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Magic swimsuits
Swimsuits, and not swimmers, are breaking swimming records. At least that is the idea stuck in some German Olympic swimmers' minds. A note published in Yahoo explains that the German swimmers are worried that their performance in the Olympic games in Beijing will be hindered by the swimsuits they'll be wearing: After all, who would want to wear an Adidas suit when there is Speedo equipment available in the market?
It looks that a model recently introduced by Speedo, the LZR Racer, has been worn by record-breaking swimmers around the world. It's a pattern that the German Olympic swimming team has noticed lately, and they think that their performance in the upcoming Olympics is doomed unless their federation terminates a contract with Adidas, who has the exclusive rights to provide swimsuits to the German swimmers until 2009. Unfortunately for their case, they are not being backed up by the authorities of their own federation.
How can it be possible that a team considers their chances of success nil because of the swimsuits they wear? Not only that's a slap in the face to Adidas and all other swimsuit manufacturers, but it also reflects a lack of self confidence among the German swimmers. Interestingly, the FINA (Fédération Internationale de Natation), which is the governing body of water sports, has discarded a ban to the use of Speedo's 'magic swimsuit' in the Beijing Olympics, as they have found no scientific proof that the suit in fact provides unfair advantages to the swimmers wearing it.
It will be interesting to find out after the Beijing Olympics if, as the Germans suggest, there is indeed a correlation between the use of Speedo's swimsuit and the medals won in water disciplines.


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Tree planting doubtful
In response to the person who suggested planting trees along Interstate 35 north and south of the Diamond Joe Casino because of the wind problems.
I doubt that that will ever happen. You see, you're in turbine alley (wind turbine, that is).
The power companies have contracted the removal of trees in this area for more than five years. … Why would these people now come back and plant trees where they have been removing them for more than five years? The DNR would have to give them the OK to do this.
They took down three nice apple trees along one fence line that we used to drive by. They have moved on now to another wind farm site.
You are right – the wind blows through this area constantly, but what do you expect when they removed so many trees from the Minnesota border to south of Manly?
If you know where the next wind farm is being built, you will most likely see … trucks removing or spraying trees for the vision of a wind farm. That's progress or a vision, so let's apply for a subsidy and correct this problem.
DENNIS CHRISTENSEN, Manly
18 March 2008
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Carroll is a seasoned human resources professional dedicated to supporting a Varnum culture that places the highest value on sustaining and building relationships based on mutual respect and trust. She is committed to balancing business needs with the best interests of the people and played a key role in developing the Firm's Good2Great tradition. In conjunction with Varnum's long-standing commitment to diversity and inclusion, Carroll was instrumental in establishing the Diversity & Inclusion Council in 2007. The Council is a representative group of local leaders who share a desire to make Varnum – as well as our community – a more inclusive, welcoming place to live, work and "call home."
After more than 25 years, Carroll has assumed a new role as Director of Professional Development. She will focus her creative energies and knowledge of Varnum on attorney recruitment and retention.
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- 50 Most Influential Women in West Michigan, 2012
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- Association of Legal Administrators
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This is a collection guide. It is a description of archival material held in the Special Collections Division,
J.Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University. The materials described here are physically available in our
reading room. None of the original documents in this collection are digitally available online at this time.
Papers (1939-1959) including photographs, awards, correspondence, orders, propaganda leaflets, and miscellaneous items.
Collection (1839-1976) including correspondence, receipts, legal papers, poems, military orders, list of patients, etc., related to Nash and Franklin counties, North Carolina, and a scrapbook tracing the activities of Miss Minnie B. Parker as a nurse for the American Expeditionary Force in France, during World War I (1918-1920).
Papers (1819-1872) of Thomas Sparrow (1819-1884), a Washington, N.C., lawyer until the outbreak of the Civil War. He was commissioned a captain in the Confederate Army in 1861 and served at Fort Hatteras until he was taken prisoner by Union forces in August of that year. After the war he returned to Washington and represented Beaufort County in the North Carolina General Assembly in 1870 and 1881. Papers include correspondence, military...
Papers (1730-1928) of surveyor and Baptist pastor, including correspondence, court records, land records, financial papers, promissory notes, bills, land grants, indentures, Civil War orders, etc.
A collection of Lt. Richard Norman Tetlie's military service records (1943-1946) and the official records of the USS
New York's lengthy service in the U.S. Navy (1914-1948). As an officer during World War II, Lt. Tetlie trained recruits at the Ship-to-Shore Division of the Fort Emory Detachment, Landing Craft School, Coronado, CA, in the fundamentals of the amphibious ship-to-shore maneuver. He then served as the USS
This collection contains photographs, books, and memorabilia related to Clarence Stasavich.
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Collection (1768, 1799, 1825-1865, 1887-1931, 1985) assembled by prominent Democratic politician, newspaper editor and historian Henry T. King (1861-1924) of Greenville, N.C. Included are the papers of Edward C. Yellowley (1821-1885), a Greenville, N.C., lawyer with particular emphasis on correspondence while he was serving as a Confederate officer in the Civil War;
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Nicole Beharies Attends 'Brave Summit' Panel at Georgetown University
While attending yesterday's Brave Summit: Women in Media panel at Georgetown University, Sleepy Hollow actress, Nicole Beharie, reportedly gave attendees a glimpse into what led to her character being killed off during the show's shocking season three finale. According to journalist Phyllis A. Gilchrist, Nicole cited "creative tension" as the reason behind her no longer appearing on the show. However, whether she chose to leave Sleepy Hollow or was fired, remains unknown.
Nicole also reportedly took time to acknowledge the unwavering support of her fans, saying: "Those folks don't know it, but they buoyed me, and I want to say, in this moment, I love y'all for that."
You can check out a few images I found from the Women in Media panel below. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear anyone bothered to record it, which is really sad. Nicole has attended several such panels over the years and in each case, no one so much as pulled out a camera phone to record what was happening. SMH.
Above: A really cool fan made video for Nicole. She got wind of it via Twitter and promised to finally upload a new video of herself singing.
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Well, along with my better known relatives Jonny and Alastair, I completed the triathlon today.
Think I need to work on my transition times a little - about 3 hours from swim to cycle and then two days to running!
It's been a laugh though and got my OH interested in doing something similar - so well done Dozzer!
My donation goes to the British Heart foundation in memory of my Dad whom we lost to a massive heart attack 15 years ago. When the running gets tough, just remember the health benefits we are all getting.


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We were all so impressed with the food, its presentation, and the professionalism of the staff. It was a very nice touch for Jacques to stop by. I just wish he could have heard the many, many compliments about the fabulous food.
I'm really looking forward to working with you again next year. I can't imagine you could possibly top this year's menu, but I bet you you'll come up with another winning display.
Thanks for helping us make our Patron Party such a success.
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Ben F. Gorrell, Jr. - Rich & Cartmill, Inc.
Dear Krisa and your team,
Just a short note to let you know how much we appreciated working with you! We are very pleased with the breakfast you provided on December 8th. The food, layout, personnel, etc. were all sources of compliments from our employees and tenants! Well Done!
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Thanks Kaila. Everything WAS great. I am very pleased!
We have already received lots of compliments and positive feedback on the event, especially the food. A couple folks have even asked for your contact info – so hopefully that will lead to more business for you. I'll definitely be in touch for help with future events.
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"When you are educated you'll believe only half of what you hear. When you are intelligent you know which half." -Jerome Perryman
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Why Are You Here, Again?
10 comments:
- Bag Blog said...
I often wonder the same thing - why would anyone want to read my blog? I, too, am thankful for my blogger friends.
- March 13, 2008 at 6:55 AM
- Junk Diva said...
I am very new to blogging, so don't know much about them. I read yours because I do like you, you are like a ray of sunshine. I comment on peoples blogs because I like to interact with them. I like communication in all forms.
- March 13, 2008 at 8:11 AM
- The Friendly Neighborhood Piper said...
i don't like you but i read you anyway. Knowing that is complete tongue in cheek... i personally enjoy seeing how you as a young adult with the wisdom that you have been given are putting that into practice. I know that when writing i have time to express myself more clearly. i think it opens the door to me a little wider than just casual conversation, and i think that's true of most of us. Writing can be quite introspective and when it comes in this media, others get to enjoy that introspection too. That's why i read who i read and 86 the others. I'm a socialite, and like to know people beyond the weather. That's why i read your blog.
- March 13, 2008 at 8:42 AM
- Buck said...
Well... what Jay said, for starters. I read all sorts of different folks, from the deep-thinking types (coz they're SO different from YoursTruly) to the superficial (occasionally, and present company is NOT in that category). I enjoy reading about other folks' experiences and the way they present them. And there's the learning aspect, too.
You're a good read, Ash. I enjoy your narrative and your photos.
- March 13, 2008 at 12:39 PM
- Becky said...
How well I know the feeling! I often wonder why anyone would read my blog. My life is so dull. Work, karate, knitting, work again...But I continue reading the blogs I read because I feel a connection with the author. Even though I've never met you or Lou, or Buck, or any of my other regular reads, I consider you to be my friends. And I always care about what my friends have to say.
- March 13, 2008 at 3:53 PM
- Bag Blog said...
And I always care about what my friends have to say.
Very nice and very wise, Becky!
- March 13, 2008 at 6:13 PM
- Inquiries said...
Lou: I am with ya! Your blog is great.
Diva: Thank you {blush} I like to meet and talk to people too.
Jay: Thank you. Jay the social butterfly. I think I am a social butterfly too.
Buck: Thank you. It is interesting to see how other people view things.
Becky: Thank you. I consider you to be my friend too. I like your blog. It is interesting and funny. Plus your knitting fascinates me.
- March 13, 2008 at 8:51 PM
- Dawn said...
Well, I'm late again :) don't know how I missed this one. You guys pretty much covered all my reasoning for reading the blogs I do. When I blog,I always try to keep my focus on who I'm blogging for and it's simple, just for those I care for(including myself:) cause other wise I don't keep in touch. I've learned so much from you guys and I've learn a bit more about myself. It's been a good thing for me.
And as for boring? Boring meaning tiresome, that's just a state of mind one doesn't give place to when they care about the writer!
Your post are great Ash, keep it up!
- March 14, 2008 at 6:47 AM
- Inquiries said...
Thank you Dawn.
- March 14, 2008 at 1:32 PM
- Laurie said...
What Becky said. I haven't been blogging much lately at all, and certainly nothing of subtance that has come out of my own heart or brain, just too busy for that these days. But I do like to keep up on reading my friends blogs, and one of the best ways to find more like minded blog friends is by visiting the commenters of those blogs. I found Buck by a comment he left on someone elses blog, and then I found Lou through him, and now I've found you through Lou. :)
- March 14, 2008 at 2:30 PM


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In the webcomic "Schlock Mercenary", the spacefaring soldier-of-fortune Kaff Tagon is often seen in a state of sheer bliss by the opportunity to get paid twice for the same job, and getting paid three times sends him into paroxysms of joy. And well it should, because he's getting paid multiple times for the same work by different people — and it all adds up. So why wouldn't other mercenaries wish to do the same? But we don't have mercenaries, you say, but you would be mistaken — we do. We call them healthcare providers.
The whole issue of providing health care services, from the simple doctor's office visit to catastrophic hospitalization, has been a study in getting paid more than once for the same job, and any effort to reduce this to a simple, single payment from patient to doctor has been actively opposed. Not by patients, and not even by doctors, but by institutions that surround both and game the medical finance business to line their pockets. It isn't hospitals that get paid to save your life — that is a difference in degree, not in kind, as the doctors deserve to get paid for their work, and someone needs to pay for the use of the facilities. But a simple patient to provider financial trail is rarely seen.
The excuse is that the costs are so astronomical, no individual could ever pay it without going broke. And nowadays, yes, that's true. I spent most of a week in the hospital this summer, just getting a kidney stone under control, and the total bottom-line cost claimed by all of the providers was something on the order of $50,000. But that number is the end-result of a long inflationary spiral, created by the mercenary application of two key concepts: It's not their money, and charge everything the market will bear.
Let's be clear, there's a tendency to see the patient as the market, and once that was actually the case, but in the past 60 years or so, that has changed. The patient is only the instigator, not the market, because the patient doesn't PAY the entire amount charged. In some cases, the patient pays nothing or only a small portion at point of service, and a "premium" over time. Even this premium doesn't begin to scratch the surface of the on-paper cost of most healthcare nowadays. Enter the healthcare facility, the insurance company and at least one government agency as new players, beyond the patient and his or her doctor.
"Reimbursement" is the name of the game, and it has nothing to do with charging the patient for services rendered. It's about keeping the Queen moving, distracting the mark, palming the money card, bending a corner, or otherwise convincing a mark to play, thinking he can win. In reality, the only ones who win are the dealer and his shills — in a proper game of three-card monte, the mark never wins.
The original system was simple. You get sick, you go to the doctor. The doctor treats you, you pay him cash (or chickens) and you go home. The doctor pays his expenses, and any profit left over is his own pay. The cost was relatively low because it was only one stage, and only one person had to make any profit. (Yes, there are nurses and office staff, they come under the heading of "expenses", as they aren't providing the patient with services, they're providing the doctor with services.)
Around the turn of the 20th century, there was a relatively common health care support system called "Lodge Practice". This was a cost-sharing system similar to insurance, created by "Fraternal" or "Friendly" organizations such as the Knights of Columbus or the Masons. The lodge member would pay a small fee each month into a common pool. The lodge would contract with a doctor to provide services to its members for a set amount. Doctors would compete with one another to get the lodge contracts, keeping the price low. Good doctors were in demand, poor doctors didn't get their contracts renewed — the patients drove the system. In the heyday of lodge practice, when a doctor would generally cost a person one or two dollars a visit, the lodge member would only pay, on average, one or two dollars A YEAR. Lodge practice was actually cheaper than the same care without it, but doctors still got paid a reasonable amount.
Of course, some didn't like this practice because they felt it made the cost of health care TOO LOW, and they objected to patient riff-raff judging the quality of physicians — so they demanded that Government Do Something. Between the government and the fraternal organizations themselves getting greedy, lodge practice was first made uneconomic, then legislated as illegal. The result was much higher costs due to a lack of competition.
The real Find-the-Queen game begins during World War II, when salaries were frozen. Because giving your employees health insurance was not considered wages, but instead was a separate thing, a "benefit", it was not subject to the freeze. This was used to reward an employee rather than giving a raise, or used to entice a good candidate to come work for you, or continue to work for you, when it was not legal to simply offer them more money. This is the financial equivalent of sucking the mark into the game — he is convinced that he can win by the dealer and his shills.
Now we have an entirely new game — you pay the insurance company your "premium", basically a fee to be allowed to play, and you place your wager, usually called a "co-payment". Insurance is, when you get down to it, gambling on your health. That's what actuaries do, they calculate the odds of you getting sick and costing them money. They charge you a playing fee based on how likely or not you are to make a claim — the house percentage, which the house ALWAYS wins. They bank on you sitting around, ogling the cigarette girls, buying overpriced, watered drinks, and eating the hors d'oeuvres. They don't have to pay anything out for that, in fact, those drinks pay for the munchies and the time and energy to serve you. (An $8.00 mixed drink goes a long way.)
Here's where the gaming of the system starts. You go to the doctor, you pay your co-payment, see the doctor, go home. The doctor, who used to simply pocket that money and go home himself, files a claim against your insurance for between $150 and $225. He doesn't expect to get that much, of course, he knows he'll only get a percentage, but he figured out what he needs to charge in order to get what he really wants, so he's happy. Then the insurance company files with a government agency for their OWN reimbursement, again gaming the amount to get what they want. By the time everyone has gotten done filing claims and requesting reimbursement, the cost of that simple doctor's visit is up around $200. The patient, however, doesn't pay $200 — he pays what he would have paid originally, without the whole Three-Card Monte mob…and a premium on top. This entire process takes a $25.00 office visit and inflates it into $200.00 worth of cash shuffling from one account to another. This is not the patient's money, it's Someone Else's Money. The price is inflated as high as the providers can manage, based on What The Market Will Bear. Since the market is not the patient, but insurance companies and government agencies, it will bear quite a lot. The insurance companies increase their premiums, diddle the copays, and the government agencies levy higher taxes, taking in MORE of Someone Else's Money, and the process continues. But still…the patient only got the same service he would have gotten had he paid cash.
Catastrophic cases are not a exception to this process — I paid, out of pocket, about $2,000 for that bout of kidney stones. This is pretty much what I would have paid, cash, back when insurance companies and government agencies were not involved. I didn't save a single cent, and paid them for the opportunity to get fleeced. I don't even escape if I have Medicare, since I paid a "premium" for nearly 40 years for the opportunity to play the game now that I'm disabled. I also pay about $80 a month for a prescription drug plan, to pay between $5 and $75 for each prescription — what the drugs would have cost without the inflation afforded by Someone Else's Money.
Oh, but the game gets better! A Three-Card Monte dealer makes the most if he has his own box to set up for his marks, one easily whisked off should the police be seen. He makes less money if he has to split it with someone who will let him use their property, so he's better served if he has his own place. Now we see a trend building, where healthcare providers (hospitals) are buying insurance companies and issuing their own insurance, or vice-versa, insurance companies buying hospitals and medical practices. Why would they do this? Easy! To cut down on how many people they have to split the take with!
When the insurance company owns the hospital, it's like that old Steve Martin routine about "Fred's Bank". Fred has a bank. Actually, it's just a white suit…you give him a deposit of $50, he puts it in the right-hand pocket. "You gotta remember that," Fred says. The case of insurance owning the hospital takes the white suit one step further. The hospital makes a claim on the insurance…"Fred" takes the $50 and moves it to the left-hand pocket. All they are doing is paying themselves…with Someone Else's Money. They even convince the mark that he's getting a much better deal, saying they've "reduced costs". They have — they no longer have to split the take as much. But the patient STILL is only getting the care he would have gotten, had he paid cash.
But where's the proof? How do I know that it's just a big, convoluted, paper-chase game of Three-Card Monte? Because a form of lodge practice is becoming popular again. MedLion is the fastest-growing medical services provider in the country. They charge a small monthly fee, then your doctor visits are just $10.00. It seems like insurance, but it isn't. It's a simple service fee, to pay them for their efforts to find and enlist physicians. It's just like lodge practice — doctors compete to be in MedLion, and the cost goes down. The fee is fixed, the doctor's visit is paid in cash, everyone is happy with what they got, and all of the overhead — paying all the shills in the con artist's mob — has gone away.
Respectfully Submitted.
Sources (Links repaired!):
- "Schlock Mercenary", Tayler, Robert. http://www.schlockmercenary.com Paid three times: http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2007-07-24
- "How Government Solved the Health Care Crisis: Medical Insurance that Worked — Until Government "Fixed" It", Long, Roderick T. http://www.freenation.org/a/f12l3.html
- "The Quiet Takeover: Insurers Buying Physicians and Hospitals", Gamble, Molly, "Becker's Hospital Review", 2011. http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/the-quiet-takeover-insurers-buying-physicians-and-hospitals.html
- "Hospitals Look To Become Insurers, As Well As Providers Of Care", Rabin, Roni Caryn, "Kaiser Health News", 2012. http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/stories/2012/august/26/hospital-insurers.aspx
- "Insurer's Cost-Cut Plan: Buy Hospitals", Mathews, Anna Wilde, "Wall Street Journal", 2011. http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303627104576413580875856442
- "MedLion Direct Primary Care Expands to the East Coast with Philadelphia Location", Williams, Marcus, "Enhanced Online News", 2013. http://eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/20130805005389/en/direct-care/direct-primary-care/marcus-williams
- MedLion website: http://medlion.com/


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Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) is back to the base as the tournament comes to the home of cricket Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (SBNCS) in the capital from today.
After a week of cricket in Sylhet, BPL has returned to Dhaka as Rangpur Riders take on Rajshahi Kings on 1:00pm and Dhaka Dynamites look to settle scores with Sylhet Sixers at SBNCS at 6:00pm.
The two matches scheduled for the day, follows the same pattern in fixture as the four teams to come head to head today also took on each other in the first day of BPL in Sylhet.
Rangpur will look to continue their domination of Rajshahi after winning against them in the first round of the tournament. But after the humbling defeat against Chittagong in their second match, Riders will require the gusto and charisma of their skipper Mashrafe Mortaza to lead them to victoy against Rajshahi.
Rangpur top-order especially Adam Lyth and Johnson Charles need to step up to the plate and make sure they give their team a solid start. Ravi Bopara would also look to bring international spotlight back on him by continuing his stunning all-round performance so far in the tournament.
Rajshahi, on the other hand, will look for vengeance for the loss in the first round. With cutter-master Mustafizur Rahman in Kings' camp, they are steadily gaining momentum. Mushfiqur would like to come into his own with 'Caribbean Mashrafe' Darren Sammy as his skipper.
Sammy has had visible effect in Rajshahi camp due to his amazing leadership skills. Rajshahi's English recruits namely Samit Patel and Luke Wright will enter the field with an intention to produce an impact making performance.
In the second match of the day, Sylhet will take on Dhaka in their second round encounter of BPL in the evening. The men from Sylhet would like to return to their winning streak against a more resolute Dhaka Dynamites.
Sylhet started their BPL campaign as the dark horses and they undoubtedly did justice to that characterisation starting off with three consecutive wins under their belt. They stuttered a little during their last match against Khulna Titans as they failed to defend an average total in view of the conditions prevailing in surface of wicket.
The 'big fish of the league' Dhaka Dynamites look all set to deliver as according to their promise with their thumping win against Khulna Titans in their second match of the season already scoring a monumental 202 for 7, the first 200-plus total in the tournament since 2013 edition. Cameron Delport and Evin Lewis are in stunning six hitting form.
Moreover, the local lad Abu Hider took three wickets and bowled with a lot of steam in that encounter after a dismal performance in the first match against Sylhet Sixers.
Sixteen matches are billed to be played at the Mirpur stadium before BPL moves to port city Chittagong, where the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium has been selected as its third venue.
The Chittagong phase will run from November 24 to 29 where 10 matches are scheduled to be held.
The remaining first round matches, elimination round, qualifying round and the final will be played at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. The money-spinning franchise-based fifth edition of the tournament will wrap up on December 12 in Dhaka.


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"Where Your Garden Grows" Almost Here!
It is currently -30 degrees celsius outside. I am teaching at the high school and awaiting the arrival of the new CD. Once it arrives I shall have the biggest celebration possible within a 20x24 feet space. There will be limited edition off stage sales as well as internet sales available shortly after. Yeehah.


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Giannis Vardinogiannis (Greek: Γιάννης Βαρδινογιάννης) (born April 7, 1962 in Athens, Greece) is a Greek of Cretan descent, the first-born son of oil tycoon Vardis Vardinogiannis. He majored in economics at Vassar College in the United States. He is a former car rally champion who owns the private rally team Cyclon Rally Sport, with seven participations (from 1986 to 1992) in the international Acropolis Rally; he was first Greek driver in Acropolis Rally for five years from 1988 to 1992. He won six times (1987 to 1992) the Greek Rally title, driving Lancia Delta with co-driver Kostas Stefanis. Since his retirement from the sport, in 1993, he works in the family business, which has interests in oil, television broadcasting, publishing, shipping, etc. The Vardinoyannis family own the independent oil refinery Motor Oil Hellas, in whose Board of Directors Yannis Vardinoyannis also serves and shipping company Avin International S.A.
In 2000, he assumed full ownership of Panathinaikos FC after buying out his uncle Yiorgos Vardinogiannis' share.
He maintains various business interests of his own, such as the Ferrari dealership in Greece. On June 15, 2007 Giannis Vardinogiannis was elected president of the Greek Super League.
On April 13, 2008, more than 40,000 Panathinaikos supporters were gathered in the centre of Athens for a peaceful march, to protest against Giannis Vardinogiannis. The grand majority of Panathinaikos fans believe that Giannis Vardinogiannis's leadership is inadequate as Panathinaikos has won only twice the Greek Championship in the last 13 years. Some of the team's football legends such as Frangiskos Sourpis took part in the protest. Many fans accuse him of lacking ambition and not being interest in the club's success. Since he took over Panathinaikos football club, the team suffered many injustices on and off the field of play. Many fans were angered that as president, Giannis did nothing to protect the team and some even suggested that he is a fan of Olympiacos. Overall his ownership of Panathinaikos was a failure.
On April 21, 2008, fans of Rapid Wien expressed their support for Panathinaikos supporters against Giannis Vardinogiannis by raising a banner citing "Vardinogianni sell and go to hell" [1]
In autumn 2011, Giannis Vardinnogianis announced that his family intend to give up the Panathinaikos business for ever and put up his 54% shares for interested parties to take for free. This decision came after the club was forced to sell its main assets in players such as Jibril Cisse and was dumped out of European competition in August for the first time in their history.
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How To Become A BBQ Judge
Barbeque competitions are serious business. While chicken, ribs, pork and brisket may not be Olympic events yet, from the looks of the competitors – they may as well be. The process of becoming a judge is not quite as hard as competing, which was good news for me. I have never cooked in a barbeque competition, but the thought of world-class free 'cue for the rest of my life and the prestige of a Kansas City Barbeque Society Certified Barbeque Judge's badge were just too hard to resist. So I signed up for a class and got my certification last night.
What does it take to become a KCBS judge? First, you have to sign up for a judging class – this is a link to a page with a calendar of classes. Once you are signed up, the class costs about $80 including instruction, food and a one year membership to the KCBS. At the class, expect to get two hours of theoretical instruction, followed by two hours of hands-on practice judging a variety of meats. The theoretical instruction is there to familiarize you with KCBS standards and teach you how to think about the three judging criteria: appearance, taste and tenderness. The hands-on portion of the class is a test where meat is brought out with certain flaws and you have to figure out what they might be and what the proper deductions are based on KCBS standards. The hands-on portion may seem intimidating, but it is where you learn the most and have the most fun. I had the good fortune of having Ed Roith (award-winning barbeque cook with a Food Network show) leading the program, so his critiques of our judging were hilarious and informative. Once you have satisfactorily completed the hands-on portion of the program, all you need to do is take an oath of conduct before receiving your certification. The certification permits you to judge barbeque contests in every state in the Union except Texas and Tennessee. Good times.
The most interesting points that I learned about barbeque and KCBS judging rules were the following:
1) Judges must always eat barbeque with their fingers.
2) Judges may not lick their fingers.
3) Chicken may turn pink from the smoking process, so pink chicken meat is not necessarily undercooked. The best way to test to see if chicken meat is properly cooked is to check the juices – if the juices are clear, the chicken is well-cooked.
4) Ribs should be cooked so that the meat comes off the bone only where the rib has been bitten. The bone should dry right after the bite. So a rib where the meat just falls off the bone is overcooked (according to KCBS).
5) The easiest way to disguise overcooked pork is to chop it up.
6) Brisket can take 18 hours to cook. 18 hours! That sounds like a lot of effort for a meat that few people like.
7) Too much smoke on a meat will give it a bitter taste.
8) Smoke rings are not a factor in judging meat – they can be artificially created.
9) Garnish can include lettuce, parsley and cilantro only; including members of the cabbage family or other garnish is cause for an automatic disqualification.
10) The KCBS oath was something new for me. It is below. See for yourself:
I do solemnly swear
To objectively and subjectively evaluate
Each Barbeque meat
That is presented
To my eyes, my nose, my hands and my palate
I accept my duty
To be an Official KCBS Certified Judge,
So that truth,
Excellence in Barbeque
And the American Way of Life
May be strengthened and preserved
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howdy partner,
sounds like a messy business that. must have been a real hoot. i'm eager to submit my entry to you and cathleen for your objective/subjective opinions. how much bbq did you eat? Are you hiding from the vegetarian police?
big hugs from middle America, when next you visit we'll have bbq at "Bubba's"—let me assure you it'll be a first for me,too.
nanAugust 24, 2008
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I love the KCBS oath!September 9, 2008
My husband and I want to take the BBQ judges class. This sounds right up our alley! My question: is there a way to FAIL this class? If so, how? Is there a written test? Is there an "eating" test? THANK YOU!May 12, 2010
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Hi There, Just learned about the possibility of becoming a certified BBQ judge from a nice lady I sat next to on a flight. Here's my question, how do you get opportunities to judge? Do you put your name on a list and wait for folks to call? Or do you apply to judge events? Curious about how this works!December 13, 2011
Anonymous #
Thanks for your post! I'm taking my BBQ Judging course today in Canada and am really glad I found a site that helped de-mystify it for me!
Cheers!March 4, 2012
i have a big question. There seems to be several localized bbq societies/associations around the states. And although KCBS is one of many..yet it seems most prestigous. Is it common (or perhaps even necessary) for people to be certified in multiple societies in order to be a general U.S. sanctioned bbq judge?
Can a certified KCBS judge participate in ANY competition across the country?
Are there other societies equally prestigous?
thanks a bunch!
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This is beginning to get a little scary. On the day I submitted this article claiming that fears were already priced in, one of the big fears came true. Shares of Myriad Genetics (NASDAQ: MYGN) immediately tanked, If someone had read my article and bought the day of the knee-jerk reaction they would already be up nearly 20%.
I don't make these sort of investments myself. I can't stomach the volatility. I like to write about them because they get attention. I like to invest in wonderfully dull companies with steady predictable growth. This time I wish I had followed my advice.


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What Happens When you File a Credit Report Dispute?
When you are diligent about checking your credit report, there is a small chance you may come across an error. Thankfully, it is easy to file a dispute with the credit reporting agency to get your score fixed. But what is the process for that and what can you expect when you file your dispute? [Read More]
Move into a New Home this Spring at Providence Cape Cod Estates
If you're looking to move into a new home in Chicago this spring, you'll be pleased to learn that Providence Cape Cod Estates is preparing two new homes for a late March delivery. Located in West Elgin, Providence Cape Code Estates from K. Hovnanian Homes offers three different stylish and spacious floor plans that also [Read More]
New Home Sales Surge in January
HUD and the U.S. Census bureau recently announced that nationally, new home sales in January rose by 15.6 percent. This equates to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 437,000, the highest sales pace since July of 2008. New home sales posted solid gains across every region of the country in January. The increases were as [Read More]
Nationwide Housing Affordability is on the Rise
If you've been avoiding house hunting for a new home in Chicago because you thought you couldn't afford it, the good news is that now may be the perfect time to find an affordable home. According to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index, 74.9 percent of all homes sold in October [Read More]
SSHBA to Hold March General Membership Meeting
The Southwest Suburban Home Builders Association (SSHBA) will hold its March General Membership meeting on Thursday, March 14 at Meno Stone Company, Inc., which is located at 10800 Illinois 83 in Lemont. The featured speakers for the event will be Home Builders Association of Illinois (HBAI) Lobbyist Bill Ward and SSHBA Lobbyist Tony Rossi, who [Read More]
Case-Shiller Reports Home Price Gains in Chicago
There was good news for Chicago real estate in the release of the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price index, considered to be the leading measure of home prices.The report which included the final 2012 year to date numbers for 20 Metropolitans Statistical Areas (MSA) showed that Chicago home prices overall increased 2.2 percent for the year. "Home [Read More]
Be Careful when Filing Taxes to Prevent Identity Theft
With tax season right around the corner, it is important to be careful in your filing to make sure that your refund and identity are not stolen during this busy time of the year, when many Americans' personal information is at an increased risk of exposure and theft. Equifax experts explain that identity theft during [Read More]


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- As a part of complete blood count (CBC) or routine health examination
- If you have signs or symptoms of infection or inflammation like fever, chills, body aches, headaches
Preparation for DLC
- No special preparation required
Sample Type for DLC
The sample type collected for Differential leucocyte Count is: Blood
Interpreting DLC results
- High neutrophil count (neutrophilia) can be seen in acute bacterial infections, inflammation, burns while lower values (neutropenia) may be seen in aplastic anemia, autoimmune disorders, drug reactions or chemotherapy
- High lymphocyte count (lymphocytosis) may be seen in acute viral infections, tuberculosis, lymphocytic leukemia while lower values (lymphopenia) may be seen in bone marrow damage, aplastic anemia, autoimmune disorders
- High monocyte count (monocytosis) may be seen in chronic infections like tuberculosis, bacterial endocarditis, collagen vascular disorders, inflammatory bowel diseases while lower values may be seen in bone marrow damage
- High eosinophil count (eosinophilia) can be seen in asthma, allergies, drug reactions, parasitic infections, while lower levels are rare and medically insignificant
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Equitable distribution laws apply when New York couples end a marriage, provided spouses don't have a pre-existing agreement to divvy up property in some other fashion. Prenuptial agreements are created by couples planning to be married, generally to avoid property conflicts in the event of divorce.
Couples who bypass agreements can end up in divorce disputes over assets and debt, which may have to be resolved in a family court. A judge could decide a spouse's academic degree or professional license qualifies as marital property. Actually, it's the "enhanced earnings capacity" of a degree or license holder that is considered valuable and sometimes divisible.
A spouse who contributes to the educational or career advancement of a partner may be entitled to share in the economic fruits of a degree or a license. A contribution may be in the form of financial support for education or services, like caring for children and home care. The value of the sacrifice made by a non-titled spouse can equal a percentage of the titleholder's future income.
Once a judge decides an advanced degree or professional license qualifies as marital property, the next step is to determine what the asset is worth. Independent experts are required to calculate the value of a degree or license over a titleholder's working lifetime. Only then can a court decide how large a slice of that pie belongs to a non-titled spouse.
Critics say splitting income that has yet to be earned is unfair to the titleholder. A degree or license is not guarantee of financial success. The person can be forced into a profession he or she later doesn't want to pay off a marital debt based upon a projection.
Solutions exist that avoid property conflicts and associated efforts and costs. Philip A. Greenberg Attorneys at Law help engaged and married couples negotiate satisfactory premarital and post-nuptial agreements.


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Playing on their home court Feb. 22, the Maple Grove Education Centre Panthers defeated Northeast Kings Education Centre from Canning 43-22 in junior high girls basketball to secure a berth in the western regional championships.
The regionals will be held at Evangeline Middle School in New Minas Feb. 27.
Ellie Hiltz led Maple Grove scorers against NKEC with 17 points and teammate Zoe Schwan had 13. Janaya Hiltz had seven.
The Panthers thought they had clinched a spot in the regionals two days earlier, on Feb. 20, when they defeated Barrington at home 35-20, but because Maple Grove and Barrington were the only teams competing for the Yarmouth/Shelburne district, Northeast Kings had challenged Maple Grove for a berth in the regional championships.
So NKEC, which had placed third in its own district tournament, made the trip to Hebron to take on the Panthers on Feb. 22, but Maple Grove prevailed with a 21-point win, thereby securing their berth in the regionals after all.
Vikings' season over
A week after their trip to Cape Breton for the Coal Bowl Classic basketball tournament, the Yarmouth Consolidated Memorial High School boys took part in the Division 1 western regional championships, where their season came to an end with an overtime loss to Avon View.
Heading into the Feb. 16-17 regionals – which were hosted by Horton District High School – the Vikings were ranked second in the western region behind the host Griffins, with Avon View seeded third, but when Yarmouth and Avon View squared off in the regionals, the Windsor school won it 85-76 in OT.
Matt MacPherson and Dylan Smith were the top Viking scorers, each netting 23 points.
The same two teams had faced each other Feb. 5 in the opening game of the Coal Bowl tournament in New Waterford, where the Vikings were 75-56 winners.
Yarmouth went 2-2 in its four Coal Bowl games while Avon View went 0-4.
Meanwhile, in the western regionals at Horton, the host Griffins went on to take the title, defeating Avon View 81-47 in the championship game.
The 2017-2018 basketball season is over for both the YCMHS boys and girls. The Yarmouth girls fell to Horton in the regionals, putting an end to their campaign.


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Tuesday, May 11, 2010
The Facade Printer
Automated Paintball Turret = Large Scale Printer.
This is a project I've wanted to build for years - my own concept was to construct a system powerful enough to paint a graphic on the side of a dorm at my Alma Mater from across campus.
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"Worms"- Youth Lagoon
Considering 2013 was the year the cold vastness of space grew larger with the debut of Gravity, it seems oddly appropriate music in the early part of 2014 would begin to reflect that vastness. "Space-rock" is a sub-genre that's been floating around for decades, but has largely been ignored by the mainstream since Hawkwind's brief flirtation with Billboard in the early-70s and Pink Floyd's shift to more Earthly-concerns with Dark Side of the Moon. Lefse Records is attempting to change that with their ambitious Space Project, which uses actual "sounds" from space. Though it's not directly possible to hear sound in space, it is possible to take fluctuations in electromagnetic radiation and particles and "convert" those occurrences into sound.
That's exactly what the label has done for the upcoming release by utilizing recordings of the Voyager spacecrafts. And our first taste of this conversion process comes courtesy of Boise's own Youth Lagoon. "Worms" culls noises from the rings of Uranus to craft a swirling number. Plucked strings dance into the great beyond while warped synthesizers evince the slow-burn of a rocket. You can hear the nervousness in Trevor Powers as he heads into an expanse of nothingness, croaking "you're much more competent, but they can't see you when you're afraid." And hidden amongst all of these sounds are tiny bleeps taken from the seventh planet in this Solar System. Small in "size", but colossal in importance they echo Powers' own sentiment, "the most significant statement is one that isn't spoken."
The Space Project doesn't have a set in stone release date yet, but it is coming soon from Lefse.
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This paper inquires into the forces that drive the practice of risk management at defined benefit (DB) pension funds in Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom and the United States in the aftermath of the perfect pension storm. First, pension funds' risk management is grounded in the context of the development of modern risk management in the financial industry more general. Second, focusing solely on single-employer sponsored DB
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The public pension system of Japan provides coverage for all, irrespective of occupation and income. Corporate pension plans provide additional benefits over the public pension in order to meet the diversified financial needs in retirement and play a key role in enriching people's life after retirement.The majority of corporate pensions in Japan are defined-benefit type. Consequently, a great amount of attention is paid to benefit
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This working paper provides draft good practice guidelines for the design of national financial literacy surveys and proposes guidelines for the design of a core set of good practice questions for embedding within any national surveys aimed at measuring financial literacy levels.
Central banks have responded with exceptional vigour to the crisis by using their traditional interest-rate tools to their limits and deploying a wide range of unconventional measures.
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Drawing on the experience of the pensions and other financial sectors, this paper examines what sort of risk-management framework pension funds should have in place. Such frameworks are broken down into four main categories: management oversight and culture; strategy and risk assessment; control systems; and information and reporting. Ways in which supervisory authorities can check that such systems are operating are also considered,
Despite progress in opening up the financial sector to international investors and in allowing domestic investors to invest abroad, liberalisation has been slow and in most market segments the foreign share remains very small.
In the years preceding the onset of the global financial crisis, the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) had two goals: to reduce inflation and limit the real appreciation of the rouble.
Japanese banks largely avoided the direct impact from the global financial crisis thanks to their limited exposure to foreign toxic assets, the regulatory framework in Japan and the small role of securitisation.
This paper examines how a range of stability-oriented regulatory policies for banking and insurance are related to selected stability and competition outcomes in these sectors.
While Mexico's growth performance has gradually improved over the past decades, its convergence toward OECD countries has been less rapid than in several other emerging markets.


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An active Communist all his life, Len Jeffries was originally a coal-miner and later on a clerk, amongst other things. He took an active part in Cardiff in the Seamen's Minority Movement. Len Jeffries visited Soviet Russia, returning to Wales in 1931 to be appointed the Communist Party's Acting District Organiser for South Wales, in the absence of the incumbent, Charles Stead, who was in Russia.
Jeffries was sentenced in 1931 to eight months imprisonment for riot, unlawful assembly and assaulting the police. This record was a major factor for his receiving a very heavy sentence two years later. He was sentenced to three years in prison in 1933. He had been arrested on January 28 1933, along with three fellow Communists. Charles Stead was sentenced to 21 months hard labour, Samuel Paddock to 15 months hard labour, and Ernest Whatley to 12 months hard labour. The men were charged on ten counts, the last of which was of unlawfully conspiring to seduce soldiers from their duty and allegiance to the King.
(See pic. left of a pamphlet about the case.)
It may be of relevance that Jeffries had connections with the Labour League of Ex-Servicemen. The three Communists had been active in discussions with soldiers and had been promoting the sael of two pamphlets under the `Soldier's Voice' title. These urged direct action by soldiers in response to cuts in their pay and, naturally demanded the end of capitalism and a socialist revolution in Britain.
Once free, with his wife, Dora, Jeffries was particularly involved in the 1930s in the establishment of a system for distribution and sale of the Daily Worker in South Wales.
Swansea University archives contain a photocopy of a pamphlet on the criminal proceedings, as well as a range of press cuttings and photographs relevant to Jeffries.


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I believe there are many different kind of bags in every woman closet. And each bag in the closets served a different purpose. A weekender for short getaways, a fancy clutch for a romantic dinner night, or even a casual cross body for the weekends. But there's one bag we cannot forget is, The Canvas Tote Bag.
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• See Brad at Discount Tire… Keselowski will make an appearance at the Discount Tire store located at 1051 Beville Road in Daytona Beach, Florida on Tuesday, February 15 at 4:00 pm ET.
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"It will definitely be cool to walk into the Nationwide Series garage at Daytona as the series champion. It means a lot to have won a championship for Mr. Penske and everyone at Penske Racing, but we are not going to live in the past. We're going to Daytona to win the race and start 2011 off in the right fashion. We had some very fast Dodge Challengers last year – we were on the pole for the last race in Daytona – so we have a lot of confidence that we can back that up this time. (New crew chief) Todd Gordon brings a new dynamic to the table. He is very talented and I have a lot of confidence in his ability to step in and make sure this team doesn't miss a beat."
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Manny Masih (some of you may remember from a long time ago) came to Cheltenham YMCA on Tuesday to get material for a show. Manny does his own show on a Sunday evening but is standing in for this one on Saturday:
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The N110 is a great example of a netbook: a solid machine that that strikes a good balance between portability and usability. But it comes in at the top end of the netbook price range.
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On a side note, Gonna Buy Me a Condo is sort of funny, but you have to be in the right mood. I think its a sort of a veiled poke at Styx's Nothing Ever Goes as Planned, which is also a song about a yuppie set to a reggae beat.


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Europcar the leader in car hire services in Europe for business and leisure users, hires out thousands of vehicles every day. But the variety of weird and wonderful items left by customers never fails to puzzle Europcar staff.
Unsurprisingly, sunglasses, CDs and loose change are the most common
items left in Europcar vehicles. However, some customers carry more
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department has recently reported. Some of the more unusual items found
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live mouse in a cage, hedge trimmer and ashes in an urn.
The urn of ashes was found when a vehicle was returned by a car hire at Belfast airport
customer. The ashes of the customer's mother had been brought over from
South Africa and the customer was relieved to have them back so that
she could scatter them at her mother's birth place.
And all the glasses that go unclaimed are recycled as part of Europcar's 'Go Green' pledge.
Perhaps the best item was left behind by a car hire in Blackpool
customer. It was a life-size dummy, dressed as an old lady and left in
the boot of a Ford Focus. The Europcar driver had the fright of his life
when he thought he'd found a body.
"Judging from our lost property, our vehicles have a tale to tell," said
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by StevenNewcomb (Shawnee/Lenape)
20 November 2014
In his recent column, Professor David Wilkins (Lumbee) says the doctrine of discovery has gone through many expressions, such as "a theological fiction" of popes, "a political fiction" of European nations, and "a legal fiction" of the United States. And he claims that lately the discovery doctrine has been "dangerously repurposed as popular fiction."
Professor Wilkins is a brilliant and accomplished scholar, and it is good to see him discuss a subject that his mentor, the late Standing Rock scholar and theologian Vine Deloria, Jr., did so much to publicize. That publicity includes Deloria's 1972 Open Letter to the Heads of the Christian Churches, and his celebrated 1973 bookGod is Red, in which he quoted theInter Caetera papal bull of 1493.
In any case, Wilkins's views are certainly not beyond critique, especially to the extent that his comments are inaccurate or imprecise. He says, for example, that "as originally conceived in Pope Alexander VI's 1493 papal bull," discovery "granted the Spanish exclusive interests in the Americas." Yet Wilkins does not tell us, precisely, what kind of "exclusive interests in the Americas" that the pope purported to bestow upon the Crown of Castile.
In May 2013, Debra Harry (Paiute), Sharon Venne (Cree) and I saw two of the original papal bull documents at the General Archives of the Indies. It was May 4, five hundred and twenty years from the day that one of the papal documents had been issued in 1493. On the back of one of the two velum parchment documents, the Royal Secretary's notation says that the documents were a concession from Pope Alexander VI to the Crown of Castile "to win and to conquer the Indies," ("ganaranyconquistaronde las Indias").
In other words, they were papal concessions authorizing the crowntoforce "the Indies" under Christian domination. The papal documents expressed an assumed right of Christian, Catholic, and Spanishdominiumor "dominorum Christianorum" (Eximae Devotinis, May 3, 1493). That assumption of Christian domination raises the question as to whether the Indian nations were considered, by Christian thinkers, to have sovereignty anddominium, or dominion, on the same level, and to the same degree, as the Catholic Church and the Spanish crown.
Professor Anthony Anghie in his bookImperialism, Sovereignty, and the Making of International Law(2004) says that Spanish theologian Francisco de Vitoria argued that "the Indians were not sovereign because they were pagans." It was Vitoria's view that the Indians were not sovereign because they were not Christians. Wilkins says that Vitoria "declared that Native peoples were the true owners of their lands," and that Vitoria was of the opinion that a Spanish claim of a "title through discovery could only be justified where property was ownerless." So, we're dealing with at least two issues: 1) whether, in Vitoria's view, the Indians were sovereign, and, 2) whether a "title through discovery" applied in a place where non-Christian Indians nations and peoples were already living.
Perhaps Professor Wilkins has not yet come across Vitoria's argument that the Indians were not sovereign because they were not Christians. Or, perhaps he decided to leave that argument out of his article, while mentioning what he says was Vitoria's view that the Indians "were the true owners of their lands."
In any case, the ideas of domination ("ganaran y conquistaron") expressed in the papal bulls, the claim by Spain and other Christian nations of a right of domination over all non-Christian lands, and Vitoria's view that the Christian monarchs were sovereign but that non-Christian Indians were not sovereign, resulted in a specific conceptual framework: The dominium or right of dominoum of a Christian Sovereign versus whatever title Christians deemed non-sovereign infidel, heathen, or pagan nations to have sovereignty and dominium, or dominion, on the same level, and to the same degree, as the Catholic Church and the Spanish crown.Read more athttp://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2014/11/20/toward-disestablishing-doctrine-christian-domination


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Jordi Roca Jusmet and Joan Martinez Alier have published the third edition -updated and extended- of the book Economía ecológica y política ambiental (Fondo de Cultura Económica, Mexico). The fist edition of this book appeared in 2000 and the second edition in 2001; after that, it was reprinted several times. The book has had a great diffusion both in Spain and Latin America. It analyses several theoretical perspectives on the relationship Read More ...
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Andrea Bassi, a senior researcher at the Department of Sociology and Economic Law, University of Bologna, will be visiting the Centre for Research on Economic and Social Affairs at the Faculty of Economics and Business (UB) in November, 7th to 9th.
Prof. Isabel Vidal is an Institutional Partner of the journal of the Nonprofit Policy Forum (NPF), based at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies of Georgia State University in Atlanta. The NPF is currently an electronic journal published by De Gruyter.
Gloria Rubert and Joan Gil will participate at the closing meeting of the 7th Framework Programme Project "European Care across Borders" that will take place in London School of Economics on Oct 25th.
Professor Simón Sosvilla-Rivero from the Universitat Complutense de Madrid visited the Department in October, 2nd to 5th.
Jordi Roca Jusmet is the coordinator of the book "La responsabilidad de la economía española en el calentamiento global" that has just been published by the editorial Los libros de la Catarata (Madrid). Mònica Serrano is one of the others co-authors. The book examines the evolution of greenhouse gas emissions in Spain from 1990 to the present. The main conclusion is that Spain's contribution the global climate change is disproportionately Read More ...
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Understanding the 'how': a model of practice for critical reflection for children's services practitioners
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Critical reflection is an important skill required by those who work in children's services. This paper explores the notion of reflective practice discussing (1) whether it can be taught; (2) what makes it critical; and (3) how it can be implemented. It concludes with the description of a model of critical reflection that is being used to teach children's services practitioners to use critical reflection as part of their everyday practice. The process consists of four stages. First, within the deconstruct stage, practitioners listen to one another to understand the various perspectives that exist. During the second stage, confronting, practitioners build on the perspectives of the group and confront the subject of conversation, highlighting some of the inherent ideas that are accepted and rarely questioned about an issue. The third stage, theorise, involves practitioners considering the source of their ideas. Finally, during the think otherwise stage, practitioners synthesise their perspectives and consider a position, solution or idea, while encouraging changes in practice.
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