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La basílica de Superga és una església en les proximitats de Torí. Va ser edificada entre 1706 i 1731 per Víctor Amadeu II de Savoia al cim del tossal de Superga, qui al pujar per examinar la situació durant l'assetjament de Torí, va jurar construir una església en honor de la Mare de Déu si derrotava l'enemic. En ser coronat rei de Sicília, va fer complir la seva promesa. L'arquitecte va ser Filippo Juvarra, qui hi va emprar un estil classicista amb un toc barroc característic del moment. Més endavant el seu fill, Víctor Amadeu III de Savoia, faria construir la cripta de la basílica, on serien enterrats els membres de la seva nissaga.

S'hi troben les tombes de molts dels prínceps i reis de la Casa de Savoia, entre ells el Monument a Carles Manuel III (1733) d'Ignazio i el seu germà Fillipo Collino.

El 4 de maig de 1949 s'estavellà contra la muralla del seu terraplè l'avió que transportava la plantilla del Torino Football Club, un dels millors equips de futbol del moment, que havia guanyat cinc vegades seguides el campionat italià. En l'accident aeri de Superga hi morí tota la plantilla del Gran Torino entre altres persones. El fet va trasbalsar el país. Aproximadament un milió de persones va assistir al funeral en memòria de les víctimes. Actualment, hi ha un petit museu en record dels futbolistes dins del complex de la basílica.

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A few weeks back, I watched one of my daughters' favorite dance teachers, Dana Wilson, dance with Justin Timberlake at the VMA Awards. They were on fire – and my young girls (13 and 11) and I were beyond thrilled to see Dana on stage, doing what she loved.
Likability, trustworthiness and quality are Guy Kawasaki's rules of enchantment – or how to win friends and influence people in today's world. Although Guy presented at the Inside Sales Virtual Summit hosted by InsideSales.com, the message reaches far beyond sales.
A prominent trademark attorney in Salt Lake City, Nicholas D. Wells, provided me with some interesting information recently about the power of brands. Economists can argue about when China's GDP will surpass the U.S. But for marketing types, Wells points out, the clearest indication of China's growing economic power is not its raw GDP or import figures.


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We would like to pay tribute to Professor Richard (Dick) Smallwood AO. Retiring after four years as a Board member, Dick also chaired the Grants committee where he lent his substantial scientific and medical gravitas to Snowdome greatly contributing to the Foundation's success.
Dick's career achievements are many: he is an Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Melbourne and was Head of the Department of Medicine and Chairman of the Division of Medicine at the Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre. He was also Director of Gastroenterology at the centre and was President of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. He was Chair of the National Health and Medical Research Council and a member of the Australian Health Ministers Advisory Council. In 1997 he was made an Officer of the Order of Australia for services to medicine and served as Australia's Chief Medical Officer for four years. He was Chair of the National Influenza Pandemic Advisory Council, Chair of the National Health Information Management Advisory Council and Chair of the National Health Priority Council. In 2000 he was a Vice President of the World Health Assembly in Geneva. Dick was Inaugural Chair of the National Blood Authority and Chair of the Ministerial Taskforce for Cancer in Victoria. He was a board member of the Victorian Health promotion Foundation, the Victorian Neurotrauma Initiative and the Australian Stem Cell Centre.
His ongoing appointments include President of the Australian Medical Council, Chair of the Forum of Health Professions' Council and Board member of the National Stem Cell Foundation of Australia.
In Dick's words, "It is a privilege to be a part of Snowdome and to have the sense that you are able to contribute to an organisation which supports ground-breaking research into the treatment of people with blood cancers."
We wish him all the very best for the future and thank him for his time and effort in supporting Snowdome.
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Start walking. Allowing the lumbar spine and pelvis to naturally tilt and rotate through normal gait allows for improved joint mobility improving blood supply and lymphatic drainage.
Help yourself: Always wear appropriate shoes i.e. a comfortable fit to allow your feet to move and if necessary be supportive to prevent increased impact in the spine and peripheral joints.
In addition to this provided it is safe to do so, entering a swimming pool and walking in the water not only provides support to the body but added resistance to the muscles and joints for further strength and cardiovascular benefits.
Exception: Too acute to swim or even go for a walk, rest up laying flat with hips flexed to allow for a relaxed neutral spine but still getting up little and often to keep the spine relatively mobile.
Cease high impact exercise (running, plyometrics, etc), allow for the swelling in the anterior compartment of the shin to subside but swim, row, bike (if not too acute) to substitute the cardio element.
Help yourself: Always wear appropriate footwear when running. A significant proportion of shin splints injuries are caused by wearing inappropriate shoes.
Exception: In extreme cases tibial compartment syndrome requires complete rest or even surgery due to excessive pressure build up in the muscle compartment. To avoid this, don't push through the pain. This is your body's way of saying stop!
High impact exercise like running or impaired form deep squats, can irritate the knee joint and its surrounding structures. Females tend to have a lower hamstring to quadriceps ratio. This means they typically have weaker hamstrings compared to males. An additional imbalance through the hip rotators can lead to uneven weight distribution through the knee and therefore more problems occurring.
Help yourself: Consult a personal trainer running coach or running rehab specialist to help with these specific exercises.
Exception: Chronic knee injuries like osteoarthritis mean that high impact exercise should really be avoided for better pain management, so get in that swimming pool or on a bike for reduced force!
Often caused by repetitive neck extension out of the water or constant rotation one way, usually due to impaired technique, fear of getting ones face in the water or having just been to the hairdressers and not wanting to ruin the new do!
Counter: Stay in that pool your still safe…..
Help yourself: Swimming lessons to improve technique, in particular how and when to breath in the stroke, get some goggles and get your hair done after!
Exception: If the neck range of motion is so restricted then mix up the stroke or seek alternative exercise however given the support the water provides it's unlikely it you cant find a way to swim effectively.
Boxing and related training drills are a fantastic way to improve mobility, speed and strength however always remember to support the wrists with boxers strapping, otherwise expect very sore wrists post a punch bag session!
Don't do any exercise that requires gripping with your hands! If strength work is your fix, hit the leg circuits for a cardio blast instead.
Help yourself: If the sprain is recovering well you may be able to train having had it professionally strapped via regular taping or kinesiotape which aids healing.
Exception: Bad sprains or worse can be aggravated even when running or swinging the arm so rest is the key aid your healing an get back gradually.
The only way to get "bulky" is by eating the required amount to complement the training and therefore "bulk up". Resistance strength training is still applicable even when maintaining regular tone.
Help yourself: Even for the endurance athlete, strength training is a must to improve form in what ever your pursuit may be.
Exception: None. A degree of healthy muscle mass is vital for amongst other benefits, day-to-day metabolic and postural function.
Slow and steady wins the race! You won't get fit unless you train!
Help yourself: Avoid high impact to begin with, always set mini goals, eat well otherwise the training is counter productive.
Exception: Always address any underlying reasons for why you don't want to train, are the muscle aches an excuse for deeper psychological concerns, always seek the cause. Not an exception but a grounding for aiding beneficial training.
Bloated stomach, aching back, general fatigue and bleeding can limit exercise in many ways so to force exercise at this stage is counter productive. However gentle low impact exercise like yoga or if appropriate swimming to sooth back ache and mobilise the body will help.
Help yourself: Listen to your body and individual symptoms will dictate what you can and can't do.
An understandable excuse but an excuse nonetheless. MAKE TIME!
Help yourself: Walk up the stairs at work don't use the lift or escalator.
You don't need any gear to do a good all-round body workout: push ups, squats, lunges etc hit many muscle groups.
Counter: Get outside and hit the many "park style gyms" for outdoor workouts.
Personal trainers at home are a plenty but always seek personal recommendation. Attend an independent yoga or pilates class, join your local running club or tennis club for some social perks too.
Help yourself: Simply find, which sport or exercise flicks your switch and go with it. If you enjoy it, you will do it!
Exception: Gyms are a great place to workout however more often than not the time spent there isn't cost effective so use the space well and ask a trainer for help with a workout program. An active gym goer is a happy gym goer!
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Acton's Disappearing Schoolhouses
Acton has utilized many school buildings throughout its history, most of which are long-gone or unrecognizable. The most recent to disappear was the red brick schoolhouse on Harris Street that was torn down earlier this spring. We thought it an appropriate time to review the history of Acton's school buildings.
The Society has documents and maps that have tried to pinpoint the location of Acton's early schools, the result of much work by local historians including James Fletcher, Horace Tuttle, Ida Hapgood Harris, Harold Phalen, Florence Merriam, Elizabeth Conant and others. In addition, Acton Memorial Library has made early town meeting records easily accessible online. But even with those resources, it is still a very confusing subject. Early schools were temporary and seasonal. Historical documents refer to people, structures, and areas that are unfamiliar today. (Where were "Deacon Brookses Squadron" and "Capt Haywards Corner"?) Seemingly logical labels ("north", "southwest, "east") referred to various divisions of town at different times. We have some payment records from early years, but it is not clear whether the payments to individuals "for schools" were for their own teaching and whether a school was actually kept on their own property. As time went on, schoolhouses were built, used for a time and then abandoned, moved or creatively reused. Town meeting records give us clues, but one has to be careful about making assumptions based on a favorable vote at a town meeting. Acton had a habit of voting on an issue and later voting to reconsider the same issue, sometimes multiple times. On school matters, there was a high probability that a vote would be overturned within the next few months or years. Stepping bravely (or foolishly) into the quagmire, we begin our survey of Acton's schools.
After a vote on March 3, 1739/40 not to "erect" schools, apparently the town voted to have a "reading, riteing and moveing Scool" in March 1740/41 (its funding was not clear). Acton's public education was more definitely organized by a vote in December 1743 to divide the town into three parts, holding a school in each section. In the earliest years of Acton's history, classes were held on private property by individuals who were willing to teach. Exactly how the students were accommodated was not specified in town reports. The individuals who kept the schools generally farmed, so presumably classes were held at times of the year when teachers and students were not needed for agricultural labor. As time went on, expenditures for a "schoolmaster" began to appear in town reports. Very early, the issue of equity arose; there had to be enough schools in town that all families had access to education for their children within a reasonable distance. The number of school districts, (sometimes known as societies or squadrons), was a recurring issue at town meetings. After the initial three districts in 1743, the number of divisions varied from four to seven.
The first mention of town-owned school buildings appeared in town meeting records in 1771. On May 27, the town voted that Acton should have seven school houses in the center of each division of the town. Four had already been built privately and were to be purchased and repaired by the town. Three new Schoolhouses were to be built, "Eighteen feet in Length and Sixteen feet wide" but the districts could, at their own expense, upgrade them to twenty by eighteen feet. They apparently were to have four windows, plaster ceilings and at least partial plaster walls.
Locating North Acton's Schools
Starting our survey of Acton's schools with the schoolhouse(s) in the vicinity of Harris street, we find that the 1771 list of proposed school locations did not include that area. There was already a schoolhouse near the Healds' residence on present-day Carlisle Road and apparently another near Josiah Piper's on "Procter's" Road (now Nagog Hill Road) that could have served families in the northern part of Acton. After some deliberation, on March 2, 1772, it was decided to leave the schoolhouse where it stood near Josiah Piper's.
After the schoolhouse vote, complaints started and a series of re-votes followed. In particular, "Samuel Fitch and a Number of His Neighbours" thought themselves injured by being "to[o] Remote from Any School." (March 1774). The town's response was that Mr. Fitch and his neighbors could have their school tax money to be used for alternative schooling. Existing town maps do not show the location of Samuel Fitch's house in Acton, but we know from the Tuttle/Scarlett maps that at least some of the neighbors mentioned, (David Lamson and the widow Temple), lived in the Nagog Pond/North Acton area. (It was the same area that included John Oliver's farm, the subject of another blog post.) On January 4, 1775, the town voted to build a schoolhouse "to accomidate Samuel Fitch and others." One might think that was the end of the story, but on May 14, 1776, the town again voted that the Selectmen should build a School House in "Samuel Fitchs Society." Probably based on that vote, Horace Tuttle's 1890 map dated the first Harris Street North Acton schoolhouse at 1776. That may have been optimistic. On January 31, 1780, the town was again asked to vote on building the same schoolhouse and postponed the vote. In May, 1780, the town "voted that the Committe that was Imployed to Build a School House in mr Samuel Fitchs Society Do hire money in Behalf of the Town to Pay Said mr Samuel Fitch for what he has Don." Clearly, Mr. Fitch had taken matters into his own hands. Unfortunately, the exact location and whether a schoolhouse was fully built at that point is not clear from the town meeting records. Around that time, the redistricting of families that were set off to the District of Carlisle necessitated another vote on the location of a schoolhouse, combining the families in the Fitch area with those who had been in Lieut. John Heald's district (the "northest part of this town", November 20, 1780). Money was voted toward building the schoolhouse at that time.
The next period in which school buildings were discussed was the 1790s. On November 2, 1792, the town voted to reduce its school districts from seven to four. That was a short-lived plan. After proposals and counterproposals, on May 6, 1795, the town settled on five school districts and decided that "every Person Shall have the Liberty to Join the District to which he Chuses to belong and his Scholl [school] Rate Shall be expended in the School". (Acton's policy of school choice started early. It was also subject to many later votes.) Five schoolhouses were to be built including one "where the School House Stands near John Harris'." This is the first direct mention that there had been a school near the location of the (later) brick school house. That was a welcome moment of clarity for us. It was temporary.
In the 1796-1797 period, there were numerous town meetings in which the town was asked to reconsider, repeatedly, previous votes on school districts and schoolhouses. The warrant for the May 1796 meeting asked the town to "Reconsider all the votes that have been passed in the town meetings Respecting the Districting the town for Schools and building School houses for Seven years past" and in January 1797, the town was asked to reconsider all of their former votes on the issue. On May 1, 1797, the town voted not to fund the building of the five schools. Clearly, the decision-making process was not going well. In October 1797, a committee was formed to "fix a place for a School house north District".
Based on the voting chaos, it seems unlikely that a new school was actually built before the town's school districts were consolidated around 1800. Town records discussed selling old school house(s) in the "east" part of town, and the Schoolhouse "near John Harris" was sold to David Barnard for $31.25 (Dec. 3, 1800). The neighboring residents were clearly not happy, because the town was asked to vote on building a schoolhouse in the Northwest part of town in December 1801. The town voted it down.
According to town histories, for a period of about thirty years, the north and east districts were combined. There is no mention of a "North" school district in the records of those years and the sale of the schoolhouse indicates that the Harris Street site was not in use at the time. Instead, a schoolhouse was built approximately at the current intersection of Davis and Great Road. An 1830-1831 survey map shows a school at that location (and not at Harris Street). According to Ida Hapgood Harris's 1937 school history, "Old residents relate that 80 pupils were there at one time. This was probably built around 1796." (The document is at Jenks Library.)
Leaving out occasional indecision during the early decades of the nineteenth century, on May 13, 1839, the town voted to split the "east" district again and build a brick schoolhouse in its "northern part" by November 1, 1840. Given the uncertainty of any vote being realized, we were dubious about claiming that the schoolhouse actually was built at that time. However, it must have been built then or soon thereafter, because in April 1844, the town voted that the North Acton district could put seats into their schoolhouse, as long as the town did not incur the expense. The residents must have refused to pay for the seating, because in April, 1845, the town provided $12 to "put seats into the North School house in the place of stools which are now broken". (The students must have had an uncomfortable year.)
By 1847, the town started printing the school committee's annual reports, so we have a much more complete (and colorful) picture of what was going on with the schools after that time. From the 1849 report, we find that by then, the whole town had new schoolhouses. The school committee took a look back at the schoolhouses they replaced:
"...now entirely vanished from our view – the old, square, four-roofed, one-storied, red school-houses.... with their little porticoes made to store wood and to trample clothes in... the strange and uncouth carvings, etchings and engravings which enriched them within and without. We remember too, the broken floors, the rickety and disfigured seats and benches, the blackened and dilapidated walls, and above all the ventilating apparatus, called windows. Yet they were cheerful places... But they have passed away, and other houses of a very different model stand in their stead."
Confirming that the brick school house had indeed been built, the committee wrote:
"In the place of the old house on the great road are built two substantial and convenient brick houses, capable of accommodating fifty scholars each. They have good woodrooms and clothes rooms, and are furnished with black boards and Mitchell's large map of the world; these last were purchased by subscriptions of the friends of progress in the district. These houses were built at a cost of $525 each, exclusive of the land and its preparation."
Despite the optimistic tone of the 1849 school committee, reading later town reports, one has to think that upkeep of the schoolhouses was a constant struggle. By 1851, the school committee was admonishing all of the school districts to attend to repairs so that "there is nothing to excite the evil propensities of the young destructives." Vandalism seems to have been a perpetual problem. The 1858-1859 School Committee reported about the winter term:
"Of this term for obvious reasons we shall say but little. (Sadly, that story is lost to history.) If the advancement in this, and preceding winter terms has fallen below the expectations of the parents, they should remember that such a miserable, dilapidated, cold, cheerless, uncomfortable and lonely old school house is not the place to look for anything remarkable. The pupils one day the past winter, found a large supply of shavings, in consequence of one of their number falling through a defective part of the floor. Occasionally the boys, out of school hours, amuse themselves by jumping from the floor and touching the ceiling, a feat that most of them can easily accomplish.... The location of the stove is such that [heat] is very unequally distributed.... Indeed the house may be comprehensively described as almost a perfect model of what a school house ought not to be."
By the 1863-1864 report, we read:
"...we wish to speak of our school-houses; and in no very flattering term either. We know there are a plenty ready to say, they are good enough; what would be the use to build better ones, for the scholars to tear in pieces.... Why, they exclaim, "some of our school-houses have not been built comparatively but a short time, and just look at them." That is what we say, LOOK at them, and carefully too; and we think you will come to the sage conclusion, that they are ill planned, poorly built, shammy things.... We do not believe the children and youth in this town are so much worse than they are in others; and we know they have large, convenient, and even ornamental school-houses in other towns, and they are kept well too. We believe if this town would build some good school-houses, convenient and well finished, that our scholars would take pride in keeping them so. We do not think it a good way to cultivate feelings of respect for public property, by having constantly before the eyes of our children defaced benches, dingy walls, and plastering hanging from the ceiling here and there, in a manner to tempt even those not inclined to mischief, to hit it a poke and tumble it down.... We think all should be as willing to be taxed to raise money to build good school-houses for their children to attend school in, as they would be to raise money to build a good town house to attend town meeting in, and we think if the town is able to have a town house worth some eight thousand dollars, it is able to have school-houses worth as much."
Ten years later, the town agreed that the brick building on Harris Street had reached the end of its useful life as a school. Charles I. Miller's reminiscences of North Acton (at Jenks Library) stated that a wooden replacement was built during the fall and winter of 1873 while school was still being held in the old brick schoolhouse nearby. It was a time of change; the North Acton railroad depot had just been built at the end of Harris Street. At that time, only one house and barn were visible from the station, but the area soon grew.
1873 Schoolhouse before renovation
After the brick schoolhouse was taken out of service, it became a private dwelling. The wooden schoolhouse served for 26 years. The conflict between those who wanted schoolhouses close to home and those who wanted to achieve the efficiency of having larger, "graded" schools went on for decades. By the 1890s, small, ungraded schoolhouses were falling out of favor. It had become inefficient for one teacher to try to teach a broad range of subjects in one classroom that held up to seven grades' students. The East district was merged into the Center school, but the North Acton district held out longer. Clearly frustrated, the Superintendent wrote in his 1897-1898 report that students in "out-lying districts" had:
a tendency to insubordination, which seemed to have its foundation in the idea that parental influence was paramount in all school matters pertaining to their district.... it prevails in out-lying districts generally, and is quite well developed at North Acton." [page 59-60]
Eventually, even the North Acton school was closed. In September 1899, its former students were transported to the Center school which then was divided into primary, intermediate and grammar "schools," each with three grades apiece. The former North Acton teacher, the long-serving Ella Miller, came with them. The wooden school house at 52 Harris Street was sold off and became a dwelling. That piece of Acton school history still stands.
Harris Street Schoolhouse around 1889 - Ella Miller (student) at left
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Teach Us, Qohelet (Part 11) .
1 A good name is better than fine perfume, and the day of death better than the day of birth. 2 It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, for death is the destiny of every man; the living should take this to heart. 3 Sorrow is better than laughter, because a sad face is good for the heart. 4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure. 5 It is better to heed a wise man's rebuke than to listen to the song of fools. 6 Like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of fools. This too is meaningless.


food & drink EAT top5 RESTAURANT TABLES What We're Eating Now The tables we can't get enough of right now. There's also the Grape Leaf's patio and the leather chairs way in the back at Patrick O'Shea's and — well, let's just say this could have easily been a Top 25. —Olivia Harlow El Mundo (2345 Frankfort Ave.) The table to the left of the curvy bar on the dim and cramped top foor. Firstcome, frst-served. Right in the center of the chaos. Feel the electricity. And the glare from the patrons who wish they'd snagged your table. The best part? You're, um, next to the bar. Can you say "margarita"? Good. Now order one or four. Hammerheads (921 Swan St.) It's a carnivore's paradise that's (literally) underground. The table in the back-left corner, in a seat facing the door, becomes a crow's nest that lets you survey the action without being right in the middle of the elbowknocking hustle and bustle. The Cafe (712 Brent St.) With metallic stars hanging from the ceiling, colorful walls and antique furniture, this place has a Lynn's Paradise Cafe funkiness to it. Try to sit on the right side of the restaurant in the corner next to the antique stove and mirrors. Great for a group lunch. And for Italian wedding cake. Garage Bar (700 E. Market St.) Pad thai at Yang Kee Noodle. The "Havana Rumba" sandwich at Havana Rumba. Spinach-and-cheese empanada at Havana Rumba Express. Chorizo-potato tacos at Taco Punk. Fried macaroni and cheese balls at Hammerheads. Grilled chicken sandwich with applewood bacon strips and blue cheese at Bluegrass Burgers. Buffalo chicken sandwich at Bluegrass Brewing Co. Pepperoni Combos (large bag) and Yoo-hoo from the Shell on the corner of Liberty and First streets. "Shogun Slider," aka lump crab meat between "buns" made of lightly frittered and fattened sweet potatoes at Shogun. Chicken bulgogi at Charim Korean. Peanut butter-sea salt chocolate from Cellar Door Chocolates. On the pebbled patio, those tiered benches are made of — what is that, Astroturf? Cunningham's Creekside (6301 River Road) "Deconstructed" duck nachos at Seviche. Right on Harrods Creek, which empties into the Ohio River. Pick any picnic table and watch boats putter by. It's relaxing because there's not, well, a Captain's Quarters-sized crowd. 12 8 LOUISVILLE MAGAZINE 8.13 "ChocoMaca" protein smoothie from Life Bar. Also, the avocado ice cream at Seviche. The "skin" is chocolate. The "pit" is a gooey, chocolaty bourbon dulce de leche. Whoa. A hot dog at Slugger Field.


I am delighted to welcome Catherine Curzon to the Regency History blog today. Catherine is a royal historian and blogs on all matters 18th century at A Covent Garden Gilflurt's Guide to Life.
She has just released her book, Life in the Georgian Court, published by Pen & Sword Books.
There are few royals as divisive as King George IV, a chap who I spent a lot of time getting to know whilst writing Life in the Georgian Court.
A spendthrift, womaniser and seemingly spoiled brat, the Prince Regent (later King George IV) had a passion for splashing the cash. Whether at Carlton House or Brighton, whether buying silver, horses or clothes, he just couldn't stop spending. The public, exhausted by war, looked on his profligacy with disgust and in Regency England, the fires of revolution began to smoulder.
George seemed utterly immune to his public image and nothing dented his enthusiasm for the high life. The fury of the suffering people inevitably bubbled over into action as the walls of Carlton House were daubed with graffiti. Mobs surrounded and assailed George's carriage and the crowd hissed and spat at the prince. As things became more inflamed, his vehicle was stoned and few could be found to sing the praises of the embattled Prince Regent.
Things had hit a new low earlier in 1817 when the prince was returning from the state opening of Parliament. Proceeding along Pall Mall on his way home to his opulent home of Carlton House, a projectile suddenly shot through the glass of his carriage window and past the Prince Regent's face, missing him by a hair. What was initially thought to be a hurled stone was soon revealed to be something just a little more worrying.
Lord James Murray, who had been with the prince, reported that the window of the vehicle showed a most peculiar sort of damage in the form of two small holes. These were not the sort of irregular holes that a stone would leave but were, he believed, the result of an air gun pellet piercing the glass.
At the Parliamentary enquiry into the apparent attack, Lord Murray noted that the glass was later completely shattered by a number of large stones hurled by the crowd. He also confirmed that no bullets were discovered in the carriage itself. Indeed, no attacker was ever apprehended and the supposed gunman remained at large.
One or two of George's acquaintances raised an eyebrow at the claims of a shooting, believing it more likely that the panicking prince had merely overstated a stoning for dramatic effect. Still, whatever the truth of the matter, a Prince Regent being stoned, hissed and shot at in the street was not the mark of a happy nation!
Things for George would get worse before they got better, but that is a tale to be told another time!
Catherine's work has been featured by publications including BBC History Extra, All About History, History of Royals, Explore History and Jane Austen's Regency World. She has also provided additional material for the sell-out theatrical show, An Evening with Jane Austen, which she will introduce at the Royal Pavilion, Brighton, in September (tickets are available here).
Her book, Life in the Georgian Court, is available now from Pen & Sword Books, Amazon UK, and the Book Depository and available for pre-order on Amazon US.


Sunset strolls along the warm waters of the Indian Ocean, boat rides through crystal clear waters, dinners for two by the beach and an incredible view everywhere you turn. That's Reunion Island in a nutshell. Whether it's a family holiday you're planning, a romantic honeymoon or an adventurous escape with bae, Reunion Island has something for everyone. With over 1900 kilometres of combined inland and coastal trails and 40% of its territory classified as UNESCO World Heritage Site, its diversity makes it possible to explore the Island by foot, horseback or mountain bike!
Do a tandem para-jump from a helicopter flying over the Indian Ocean, traverse through the treacherous tunnels and natural water slides of Trou Blanc, explore a secret tunnel 20,000 leagues under the sea or have fun kayak jumping or stand up paddleboarding. Choose from an adventure on land, at sea or from the air, and get your heart racing.
Reunion Island is home to gorgeous lagoons and beautiful calm waters that are perfect to snorkel, dive and swim. Dolphins and whales are common here and if you're lucky the dolphins will venture quite close to you! Reunion Island has some exceptional dive sites where you can dive through wrecks or glide past the beautiful coral reefs, with brightly coloured fish peeking out at you.
Reunionese is a delicious mix of flavours inspired from European, Indian, African and Chinese dishes. Local food include delicacies like the 'bouchon' which is flavoured meat wrapped in pastry. Indulge in Creole curries, and then culminate your meal with some sweet potato cake or fruit pancakes.
The legacy of Reunion Island dates back to about 500 years ago. Since then, the island has emerged as a multi-cultural oasis of music, dance and festivities that celebrate a variety of religions and culture. Be prepared for a brilliant kaleidoscope of culture and religion expressed through the Creole language and the unique music and dance here.
Soak up the sun at the edge of one of the lagoons, where fish of a thousand colours await you. Give way to a gentle couple's massage at the end of a lazy day. Get adventurous by diving, sea kayaking, deep sea fishing and tours in a glass bottom boat. Try out a romantic sunset horse ride through the savannah with your partner and leave the island with lasting memories and discover why Reunion Island is ranked one of the top three honeymoon destinations.
We've listed out five, but there are really a hundred more reasons why you should explore this oasis of well-being.
If you're feeling inspired, and you're ready for a little adventure, check out more details here.


Amid summer days that have had both highs and lows, and parenting moments that have been amazing as well as frustrating and exasperating, I feel like my parenting has had some creative moments that I thought I might share.
I LOVE fabric, and I love to just look at fabric and imagine what I might create with a piece of cloth that has a beautiful pattern on it. As you can imagine, it doesn't work very well to have 3 children under the age of 6 running around the fabric store and whining that I am taking too long, all while I try to look at fabric, calculate expenses and envision what I might create. Distracting doesn't begin to explain it. I have had one particularly terrible experience in the past with the kiddos along that has caused me to normally go to the fabric store alone. This past week I was in the city with the kids along already, and needed to make a stop in order to avoid 2 extra hours of driving.
Just the mention of the fabric store caused whining to ensue (why do kids whine like that????), which almost made me turn around until I had an idea – perhaps even a brilliant idea (can I say that?). We parked in the parking lot and I looked at them with my most excited face and told them that we were going to have a scavenger hunt adventure in the fabric store, to which they were delighted! Inwardly I rejoiced. I found a scrap of paper in the car and immediately began to scribble a long list of things they had to find while we were looking at fabric: "Owls, polka dots, trains, zig zags, hearts, flowers, cars, rainbows…..".
I was able to get all that I wanted to accomplished, and they walked with me intently looking at fabric and getting excited as they crossed off each item that they found (I was very thankful that my oldest daughter is a good reader and could head this up without my help with the list). We left the fabric store happy. All of us! This was a small miracle.
The hot toy item this past week has been the basketball. Practicing to dribble the ball has become the pastime of the older two, who are definitely improving their dribbling skills. The other day we were outside and both older girls wanted the ball at the same time… Everyone was getting upset when I had the idea of setting up an activity rotation! We got out the walking blocks and they took turns dribbling and walking on the walking blocks for about half an hour until we were all hot and needed to go in to cool off and get some water. This would be fun to do with a whole bunch of activities, and a bigger group of kids too.
We went into the kitchen to make some popcorn for a snack in the afternoon, and I had some very eager helpers. So eager that one little helper opened the bag of popcorn kernels and then proceeded to bend down to get the popcorn popper out of the lower cupboard with the open bag in hand. Well, I'm sure you can guess that this ended in half of the bag of kernels spilling all over the floor as well as inside the cupboard. I took a deep breath, thought about how unclean my kitchen floor was at the moment, and then had the idea that we could collect the kernels and make some beanbags out of them (I love it when I can get rid of some scraps of material!). So our next project is to pick out the material and sew them up. I also thought that it would be cool to make home made shakers with different things inside each for our impromptu musical singalongs – rice in one, corn in one, dried beans in one. The kids would love it and I'm sure would love the different sounds that they each would make.
I hope that these ideas have given you a bit of inspiration for creative solutions to parenting dilemmas. I know that I am going to try and think outside the box more when faced with everyday challenges. Creative parenting seems to make life go a little smoother, and that is something that I can appreciate!


Last night the annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show took place in Earls Court in London and Ed Sheeran was one of the acts to perform.
Understandably, he spent the entire time with this goofy grin on his face.
It was like Christmas had come early.
Look at him here – he's absolutely stunned.
Luckily Ellie Goulding was there to tell him he wasn't dreaming.
"This is real life, Ed."
BFF Taylor Swift also offered some much-needed moral support.
But it was hard for him to concentrate surrounded by so much beauty.
He could barely keep a straight face during his performance.
Keep strumming that guitar, Ed.


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Home > Better Buildings > Making multifamily housing more energy efficient: a win-win for building owners and renters
Making multifamily housing more energy efficient: a win-win for building owners and renters
By Ben Passer | June 26, 2018
Diamond Pointe Apartments in South Minneapolis has achieved an estimated 26.6 percent gas and electric energy savings through the Multi-Family Building Efficiency Program.
Energy efficiency programs are key to helping multifamily building owners and tenants keep energy costs low. Under-resourced families have the most to gain from deeper investments in energy efficiency in affordable housing, since those families often spend up to five times more of their income on energy compared to the average household.
Over the last four years, increased access to energy efficiency in multifamily buildings has been a significant priority for Fresh Energy. As co-leaders of the Minnesota Multifamily Affordable Housing Energy Network (MMAHEN), we have worked to encourage utilities to develop energy efficiency programs that maximize energy savings in multifamily buildings, such as Xcel Energy and CenterPoint Energy's joint Multi-Family Building Efficiency Program (MFBE). The program offers energy efficiency services plus incentives for building owners for achieving energy-saving goals.
New success stories developed by Xcel, CenterPoint, and the Minnesota Department of Commerce show the benefits of a "one-stop" whole-building approach, like the MFBE program, to spur energy efficiency in multifamily buildings. Some highlights from the success stories include:
Diamond Pointe Apartments, a 63-unit complex in South Minneapolis, was the first building to complete the MFBE program since it began in late 2015.
Diamond Pointe Apartments also achieved an estimated 26.6 percent gas and electric energy savings and received the maximum incentive possible for the program (40 percent of the total cost of efficiency improvements).
Granite Trails Apartments, a three-building, 109-unit complex in Maplewood achieved an estimated 18 to 19 percent gas and electric energy savings per building and earned a 25 percent incentive toward the total cost of efficiency improvements.
Minnesota Multifamily Affordable Housing Energy Network members had the opportunity to provide recommendations and feedback to Xcel and CenterPoint as they developed the Multi-Family Building Efficiency Program. We are pleased to see these success stories of projects that will benefit both building owners and tenants through lower energy bills, decreased operating expenses, and improved tenant comfort. We look forward to continued collaboration with Xcel and CenterPoint to find opportunities to drive even more savings through this program.
For more information on the Multi-Family Building Efficiency success stories visit:
Overview of Diamond Pointe Apartments project from the Minnesota Department of Commerce, Division of Energy Resources
Overview of Diamond Pointe Apartments project from Xcel Energy and CenterPoint Energy
Overview of Granite Trails Apartments project from Xcel Energy and CenterPoint Energy
Published June 26, 2018 By Ben Passer
Categorized as Better Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Programs, Recent News Tagged Energy Access and Equity, Minnesota Multifamily Affordable Housing Energy Network, Multi-Family Building Energy Efficiency Program, multifamily housing
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Un profiteur de guerre est une personne physique ou morale qui, de manière légale, spéculative ou délictueuse, tire un enrichissement personnel d'un conflit armé.
Historiquement, le terme fut en particulier utilisé pour qualifier les acteurs économiques, plus ou moins occultes, fauteurs de guerre ou qui, dans un conflit, fournirent des biens - et tout particulièrement des armes - à tous les belligérants, indistinctement alliés ou adversaires, ou encore qui furent actifs, pour leur plus grand bénéfice, comme forceurs de blocus. Si ces activités ne sont pas toujours, à proprement parler, considérées comme illégales par les États, elles n'en paraissent pas moins ordinairement contraires à l'« éthique des affaires » pour l'opinion publique. Le terme « profiteur de guerre » reste donc marqué d'une forte connotation péjorative, que ce soit dans la conversation courante ou le discours politique - son pendant, en temps de paix, étant celui de « profiteur de crise », en particulier dans les temps de situation économique difficile.

Le « profit de guerre » peut en effet présenter différents aspects légalement, socialement, politiquement ou moralement admissibles ou non et avoir différentes origines, légales ou au contraire abusives voire délictueuses : ventes d'armements ou d'équipements aux belligérants, spéculation, spoliation, marché noir, contrebande, trafic d'armes, etc.

Le « profit de guerre »
Le profit de guerre ne doit pas être confondu avec le butin de guerre pris sur l'ennemi et ne constitue pas non plus une quelconque forme d'Indemnisation des dommages de guerre.

Les  « profiteurs de guerre  » dans l'Histoire
Si les conflits des époques pré-industrielles - de l'Antiquité au Siècle des Lumières - eurent pour origines, pour l'essentiel, des différends territoriaux ou dynastiques voire des causes religieuses, le développement des empires coloniaux et du commerce international et les prémices de l'ère industrielle amenèrent dès le  les intérêts économiques - voire les calculs affairistes - à jouer un rôle de plus en plus important dans les relations internationales au point de parfois en devenir des casus belli entre nations en tant que motivation occulte ou déclarée des belligérants ou de groupes d'intérêts agissant dans l'ombre : le rôle central joué par la Compagnie des Indes orientales dans l'histoire militaire agitée de l'Extrême-Orient asiatique aux  et   est à cet égard symptomatique. Au cours et à la suite de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, d'autres « Majors » comme Opel ou IBM ont été qualifiés de « profiteurs de guerre » pour leur participation à l'effort de guerre du Troisième Reich - les complexes militaro-industriels prêtant particulièrement le flanc à cette accusation d'une manière générale.

Le terme ne s'applique toutefois pas uniquement à des personnes morales : au cours des guerres, des personnes privées - civiles ou militaires - se sont également enrichies de manière indélicate voire délictueuse ou criminelle. Profitant de situations de pénurie et de rationnement engendrées par les conflits, du personnel militaires a tiré profit de détournements d'équipements ou de nourriture pour se livrer à la contrebande et alimenter le marché noir. Sous le couvert de pseudo-activités de résistance et d'aide aux victimes du régime nazi - juifs, résistants traqués par la Gestapo - le docteur Petiot assassina plusieurs dizaines de personnes, accumulant une fortune colossale -  les estimations des sommes détournées se montant jusqu'à 200 millions de francs - en s'appropriant les biens de ses victimes.

Révolution française et Premier Empire

Jusqu'à la complète militarisation des services d'intendance et de logistique et l'adoption de cadres légaux pour l'adjudication des marchés publics au , les fournitures de biens et même de services (transports logistiques) aux armées se faisaient par le biais de procédures de « soumissions » - demandes ouvertes visant à obtenir le meilleur prix - ou de commandes directes trop souvent faussées par le jeu de relations privilégiées ou d'influences, voire entachées de corruption, en raison notamment de cahiers des charges inexistants ou très sommaires ou de collusion entre les fonctionnaires publics et les fournisseurs privés. Un exemple de ces pratiques peu orthodoxes est donné par la manufacture d'armes de Versailles, « manufacture d'état » que Bonaparte, Premier consul, donne en entreprise à Nicolas-Noël Boutet le  pour une durée de 18 ans, avec la garantie d'une commande annuelle.

Ces défaillances ou irrégularités furent une source d'enrichissement pour de nombreux « profiteurs de guerre » sous la Révolution et l'Empire, l'histoire ayant plus particulièrement retenu parmi ceux-ci le nom de Gabriel-Julien Ouvrard. Arrêté une première fois en 1800 sous le coup d'une suspicion de malversations comptables, il le sera à nouveau de 1809 pour dette impayée puis condamné à trois ans d'emprisonnement en raison de sa tentative de négocier une paix secrète avec l'Angleterre en vue de mettre fin au blocus continental si préjudiciable aux affaires, ce qui ne l'empêchera pourtant pas de rester l'un des principaux fournisseurs de l'armée, munitionnaire général aux armées pendant les Cent-Jours après avoir déjà été chargé de cette fonction auprès de l'armée du Pays basque en . L'un des grands scandales auquel son nom sera lié sera la fourniture de chaussures en faux cuir et semelles de carton à la veille de la campagne de Russie.

Conflits de l'époque coloniale et de l'Ère industrielle

Guerres anglo-birmanes.

Contrairement à une croyance trop répandue, la conquête de l'Empire des Indes - dont le territoire s'étendait bien au-delà des actuelles frontières de l'état indien - ne fut pas le fait de l'armée britannique mais celui des armées privées de la Compagnie des Indes orientales (East India Company), qui se développèrent au point de surpasser en effectifs les armées des États souverains européens contemporains.

À partir de 1824, la toute-puissante Compagnie, forte de ses appuis politiques à Londres, se lança dans une série d'opérations militaires « privées »  - pour des prétextes parfois des plus douteux - contre le royaume de Birmanie dans le but notamment d'assurer le contrôle du Golfe du Bengale pour y asseoir sa mainmise économique, guerres qui aboutiront finalement à l'occupation totale du pays qui sera annexé à l'Empire des Indes.

Si la première guerre anglo-birmane (1824 - 1826) eut pour motif officiel un différend frontalier entre le Royaume d'Ava et la Compagnie, le second conflit (1852) éclata sous le prétexte de tirs non identifiés essuyés par les vaisseaux britanniques dépêchés sur place à la suite d'accusations de meurtre faites par les autorités birmanes à l'encontre de deux capitaines de navires anglais. Certaines rumeurs coururent quant à l'origine de ces coups de feu qui n'atteignirent finalement par leurs cibles : quelque temps plus tôt, un trafiquant interlope du nom de Crisp, pressentant un conflit imminent, avait livré de la poudre et des armes à Maung Ok, un gouverneur provincial et potentat local birman, mais n'avait jamais été payé. Ses plaintes auprès de Lord Dalhousie, le Gouverneur-général des Indes à cette époque, se virent opposer une ferme fin de non-recevoir - et les coups de feu pourraient avoir été tirés par des trafiquants anglais qui avaient tous profits à tirer d'un conflit, la Compagnie elle-même saisissant finalement ce prétexte douteux pour donner suite à ses propres visées sur le royaume.
Première guerre de l'opium (1839 - 1842).
Guerre de Sécession (1861 - 1865).

La guerre de Sécession, première guerre totale de l'Époque contemporaine, est aussi celle qui mit en exergue le rôle du facteur économique dans la conduite d'un conflit moderne. Elle fut aussi marquée par de nombreuses fraudes et malversations liées aux marchés militaires et à l'approvisionnement des troupes, tant au Nord qu'au sein de la Confédération sudiste. La victoire de l'Union s'accompagna de l'activité d'une autre espèce de profiteurs, les carpetbaggers.
 Le False Claims Act.

Le False Claims Act, adopté par le Congrès des États-Unis le , marque une première tentative des États-Unis pour répondre à des fraudes avérées là où le département de la Justice s'était montré réticent à poursuivre ces cas. L'acte fut adopté à la suite d'une affaire de mules fourbues : au début de la guerre civile, des entrepreneurs sans scrupules vendirent en effet à l'armée de l'Union des chevaux et des mules décrépies et en mauvaise santé, des munitions et des fusils défectueux ou encore des rations et des provisions avariées, entre autres malversations. Il prévoyait l'offre d'une récompense à ceux qui les dénonçaient, en vertu de la notion jurique du « qui tam »  qui permet aux citoyens d'intenter des poursuites au nom du gouvernement et de recevoir un pourcentage des fonds récupérés.

Première Guerre mondiale

Le major-général Smedley Butler, USMC, a critiqué les profits de guerre réalisés par les entreprises américaines au cours de la Première Guerre mondiale dans son pamphlet . Il y décrit notamment comment certaines entreprises et sociétés accrurent leurs revenus et bénéfices jusqu'à  % et comment nombre d'entreprises vendirent sciemment du matériel et des fournitures qui n'avaient pas d'utilité pour l'effort de guerre. Dans son livre, Butler a déclaré qu'« il a été estimé par les statisticiens, les économistes et les chercheurs que la guerre a coûté à l'Oncle Sam 52 milliards de dollars. Sur cette somme, 39 milliards ont été dépensés pendant la période de la guerre même. Cette dépense a généré 16 milliards de dollars en profits. »

Guerre du Chaco
On a prétendu que la guerre du Chaco, qui se déroula entre 1932 et 1935 aurait opposé la Bolivie et le Paraguay pour le contrôle de la majeure partie du Gran Chaco sur la base de rumeurs (qui se révélèrent totalement infondées) selon lesquelles on avait trouvé du pétrole dans cette région. Le conflit aurait ainsi débordé en fait le cadre d'un différend frontalier purement local en mettant en cause des enjeux dépassant les seuls belligérants – en l'occurrence la géopolitique du pétrole – la Bolivie étant soutenue par la compagnie pétrolière américaine Standard Oil (le « cartel des sept sœurs ») et le Paraguay par la Royal Dutch Shell anglo-hollandaise. En causant la mort du quart des combattants engagés, elle reste une des guerres proportionnellement au nombre de combattants les plus meurtrières. À l'issue du conflit, la majeure partie du Grand Chaco revint au Paraguay victorieux et l'intervention supposée des deux compagnies pétrolières, qui n'a pas à ce jour (2014) connu le moindre début de confirmation, continue d'être mentionnée.

Ainsi, à l'occasion de la signature officielle du traité de paix entre le Paraguay et la Bolivie, le , sous les auspices de la présidente argentine Cristina Kirchner, celle-ci tira le constat amer que la guerre du Chaco « avait senti le pétrole comme tant d'autres guerres de ces temps-là et d'aujourd'hui » et que « ..d'autres, qui ne se trouvaient pas précisément en Amérique du Sud, en ont tiré parti. »

Seconde Guerre mondiale

La collaboration économique.
L'empire économique de la SS.
Trafics et marché noir.
Le complexe militaro-industriel japonais et la Sphère de coprospérité de la grande Asie orientale.

Époque contemporaine

Katanga
La Sécession katangaise (1960 - 1963) et l'indépendance du Sud-Kasaï (1960 - 1961).
Le , dans l'imbroglio consécutif à l'indépendance du Congo belge, la province du Katanga fit sécession et déclara unilatéralement son indépendance de la toute jeune république du Congo, soit moins de deux semaines après celle du « Congo-Kinshasa ». La « sécession katangaise » se fit sous l'impulsion de Moïse Tshombe et des milieux d'affaires pro-occidentaux, au premier rang desquels la toute-puissante Union minière du Haut Katanga (UMHK). Le contrôle des formidables ressources minières de la province fut l'un des motifs occultes de cette sécession à laquelle il ne fut mis fin qu'au prix d'un sanglant conflit au cours duquel des mercenaires furent engagés aux frais des « sponsors » affairistes de celle-ci.

Une situation similaire survint dans la province du Sud-Kasaï, des conflits ethniques et les tensions politiques entre les dirigeants du gouvernement central congolais et les dirigeants locaux - peu ou prou attisées depuis l'étranger - se cristallisant autour des ressources diamantifères locales, la Société internationale forestière et minière du Congo, société d'exploitation minière au capital belgo-américain, en constituant l'enjeu. Après une campagne militaire sanglante de quatre mois durant laquelle des milliers de civils furent massacrés, le gouvernement central congolais reprit le contrôle de la région et arrêta l'empereur fantoche Kalonji le , entérinant la fin de la sécession du Sud-Kasaï.

Guerre du Viêt Nam
La guerre du Viêt Nam dure de 1955 à 1975.

Moyen-Orient
Les  et la guerre d'Afghanistan.

Plus récemment, des sociétés ayant contribué à l'approvisionnement des forces de la coalition dans les guerres en Irak, tels que Bechtel, KBR, Halliburton ou Blackwater, ont été accusées de tirer profit de ces conflits en « surchargeant » le prix de leurs services, voire d'en être les instigateurs occultes, l'accusation « du sang pour du pétrole » – thème récurrent des slogans anti-guerre – illustrant cette opinion. Steve Clemons, un membre éminent du think tank de la «  », est allé jusqu'à accuser l'ancien directeur de la CIA, James Woolsey d'avoir à la fois profiter de la guerre et de l'avoir encouragée. Le « Center for Public Integrity » a indiqué que la sénatrice américaine Dianne Feinstein et son mari, Richard Blum, ont engrangé des millions de dollars en provenance d'Irak et d'Afghanistan par le biais des contrats de son entreprise, , Feinstein ayant voté en faveur de la résolution donnant au  président George W. Bush le pouvoir d'envahir l'Irak. Le defense contractor , qui fait l'objet d'une inculpation, a été dépeint comme « extatique »  à l'annonce que les États-Unis allaient entrer en guerre avec l'Irak : « Lui et certains de ses cadres supérieurs étaient vraiment des va-t-en-guerre », a déclaré un ancien employé. « Brent disant que cela créerait de nouvelles opportunités pour l'entreprise. Il était vraiment heureux de faire des affaires au Moyen-Orient »

Aspects éthiques, juridiques, politiques et économiques

Tirer des profits déraisonnables de la guerre étant largement considéré comme contraire à l'éthique et constituant dans tous les cas un acte profondément impopulaire, les tentatives pour sanctionner les excès de l'affairisme, telles que l'imposition des profits excessifs, reçoivent généralement un très large soutien politique et populaire en temps de guerre. Il reste toutefois bien difficile de définir de façon exacte la notion d' « excessif » en pareille situation et il est fréquent que de telles tentatives de législation permettent à des cas douteux de « profits de guerre » abusifs de rester impunis tandis qu'elles frappent les revenus d'autres entreprises impliquées loyalement dans l'effort de guerre au point de les mettre en déficit.

Une situation de guerre conduit invariablement à des rationnements voire à des pénuries en matière de biens de consommations et même de biens de première nécessité  comme la nourriture et de matières premières indispensables à l'effort de guerre, entraînant ainsi des hausses de prix générant des revenus plus élevés.

Aspects économiques

Aspects éthiques et juridiques
En  a été mené en Saxe un référendum – Überführung der Betriebe von Kriegs- und Naziverbrechern in das Eigentum des Volkes, litt. : Transfert dans le domaine public des entreprises des criminels de guerre et criminels nazis – visant à une éventuelle expropriation de profiteurs de guerre criminels. Si le souhait des partis démocratiques de voir sanctionner ces profits illégitimes et poursuivre les auteurs était unanime, une polémique a toutefois surgi sur la définition des faits passibles de sanctions, les « profits de guerre » et les « intérêts de guerre » pouvant tout aussi bien être sanctionnés. Cette proposition du SED rencontra donc l'opposition des partis démocratiques au motif qu'une définition vague des griefs pouvait prêter le flanc à l'arbitraire - reposant ainsi la problématique d'une définition juridique des profits « légitimes/admissibles » ou « condamnables » pour la société civile.

La législation aux États-Unis.
 Le False Claims Act et ses amendements.
Des cas de « profits de guerre » ont régulièrement été soumis aux juridictions civiles dans le cadre du False Claims Act, promulgué en 1863 pour lutter notamment contre les profiteurs de guerre lors de la guerre de Sécession.

Bien qu'adopté dans la foulée de malversations relatives à des fournitures militaires au cours de ce conflit, cet acte était à l'origine un texte législatif visant à poursuivre globalement et au seul niveau civil tout acte de fraude au détriment des pouvoirs publics et il n'était donc pas spécifiquement destiné à sanctionner les seuls « profiteurs de guerre », n'ayant par ailleurs aucune portée au niveau pénal.
Le False Claims Act fut amendé en 1943 puis en 1986. Après l'adoption d'amendements renforçant la loi à l'occasion de cette dernière modification, le texte a été utilisé principalement à l'encontre de defense contractors mais à la fin des années 1990, et particulièrement sous l'administration Bush, l'accent a toutefois été déplacé vers la répression de la fraude aux soins de santé qui représenta ainsi par la suite la majorité des plaintes déposées par les dénonciateurs et par le gouvernement. En 2009, une nouvelle révision du texte amena la promulgation du Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act.
 Le War Profiteering Prevention Act.
Le War Profiteering Prevention Act adopté en 2007 vise à instaurer des sanctions pénales à l'encontre des profiteurs de guerre et d'autres qui exploitent les efforts financés par le contribuable en Irak et ailleurs dans le monde.
 Le Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act.

Aspects sociologiques et politiques

Le terme de « profiteur de guerre » reste associé à deux stéréotypes dans la culture politique populaire : le riche homme d'affaires qui vend des armes aux gouvernements et le trafiquant du marché noir qui vend des biens aux citoyens ordinaires.

L'image « politique » de « businessman-profiteur » sous-entend la capacité d'user de son influence et de ses pouvoirs pour provoquer une guerre pour s'enrichir plutôt que de simplement en tirer profit passivement. Après la Première Guerre mondiale, l'existence de tels « profiteurs de guerre » a largement été affirmée et dénoncée, tant par la Gauche que par la Droite chez qui un tel discours était par ailleurs souvent associé avec un discours antisémite. La propagande antisémite nazie utilisa ainsi largement l'image du « juif profiteur de guerre et de crise » en mettant notamment en parallèle les prétendus profits « indécents » de la « juiverie internationale » - banquiers et affairistes israélites de Wall Street ou de la City - avec la misère du peuple allemand après la Première Guerre mondiale et le krach boursier de 1929.

Des hommes politiques ayant reçu - ou simplement soupçonnés d'avoir reçu - des pots-de-vin et des faveurs de sociétés ayant contribué à la production de guerre ont également été étiquetés comme « profiteurs de guerre ». Le premier secrétaire d'État à la Guerre du président Abraham Lincoln, Simon Cameron, a ainsi été contraint de démissionner au début de 1862 après que des accusations de corruption concernant les contrats de guerre eurent été portées à son encontre. En 1947, le représentant du Kentucky au Congrès, , président du puissant « United States House Committee on Armed Services », a été condamné pour avoir obtenu des dessous de table en échange de contrats de guerre.

Les « profiteurs de guerre » dans la culture

Après la Première Guerre mondiale, les « profiteurs de guerre »  furent dénoncés et fustigés en France par des auteurs nationalistes comme Maurice Barrès ou Léon Daudet et cette dénonciation constitua aussi un thème récurrent dans la culture allemande de l'époque comme l'illustre notamment l'œuvre du peintre George Grosz ou encore la pièce Mère Courage et ses enfants du dramaturge Bertolt Brecht, construite autour de la figure centrale d'une « Kriegsgewinnlerin ».

En , Le Petit Vingtième commence la diffusion, en épisodes, du Lotus bleu, cinquième opus des Aventures de Tintin du dessinateur Hergé, qui démarre à la veille de la guerre de Shanghai. Il y met en scène le personnage de Mitsuhirato, trafiquant d'opium japonais à la solde d'une organisation criminelle internationale et espion et agent provocateur dont le rôle est de trouver coûte que coûte un prétexte à l'invasion de la Chine par le Japon. Pour cela il fait exploser une voie de chemin de fer, que l'on suppose appartenir à une compagnie japonaise, et rejette la responsabilité de cet attentat sur des bandits chinois, entraînant l'invasion de l'armée japonaise pour « maintenir l'ordre menacé en Chine » par les patriotes qui combattent le trafic d'opium auquel il se livre.

En 1935, Hergé publie l'album L'Oreille cassée avec pour toile de fond une guerre entre deux petites nations sud-américaines pour un territoire supposé pétrolifère, chacune soutenue par une compagnie pétrolière différente et faisant appel au même marchand d'armes, Basil Bazaroff, avatar littéraire de Sir Basil Zaharoff, le directeur puis président de la société d'armement britannique Vickers. Il fait ainsi clairement allusion à la guerre du Chaco qui venait de se terminer et au rôle occulte qu'y tinrent trafiquants d'armes internationaux  et consortiums pétroliers. Après la guerre, Hergé lui-même fut un moment qualifié de « profiteur de guerre. »

Dans son roman Au bon beurre de 1952, Jean Dutourd trace le portrait d'un crémier opportuniste et peu scrupuleux se livrant au marché noir en se convaincant du bien-fondé de ses actes tandis que le film Le Troisième Homme met en scène un « profiteur de guerre » nommé Harry Lime, aux motivations ambiguës, qui vole de la pénicilline dans les hôpitaux militaires pour la revendre au marché noir. Mais le « profiteur de guerre » est aussi parfois porteur d'une image positive : ainsi en est-il de la figure d'Oskar Schindler, dans le film La Liste de Schindler, qui exploite toutes les opportunités que lui offrent les nécessités de l'effort de guerre du Troisième Reich pour sauver des Juifs.

Notes et références

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Bibliographie
 Henri Amouroux :
La vie des Français sous l'Occupation, éd. Fayard, coll. , Paris, 1961,  ; version en 2 tomes, parue aux Éditions J'ai lu leur aventure, A102/103 & A104/105.
La Grande Histoire des Français sous l'Occupation, dix vol., éd. Robert Laffont, 1976-1993.
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 François Chartrain : Causes de la Guerre du Chaco - Éléments de jugement, Cahiers du monde hispanique et luso-brésilien Caravelle 14 - 1970 (extrait du mémoire de diplôme de l'Institut des hautes études internationales de Paris I - Panthéon, 1967 consultable aussi à l'Institut des Hautes Études de l'Amérique Latine).
 Richard Cobden, M.P. : How wars are got up in India: the origin of the Burmese war - les origines de la seconde guerre anglo-birmane.
 Arthur Lévy : Un grand profiteur de guerre sous la Révolution, l'Empire et la Restauration : G.-J. Ouvrard, Calmann Levy 1929.
 Karl Marx et Friedrich Engels : La Guerre civile aux États-Unis, UGE, collection 10/18, 1970.
 Serge Noirsain : La Confédération sudiste 1861-1865 - Mythes et réalités, Collection Campagnes et Stratégies - Ed. Economica, Paris 2006 .
 Stuart Reid et Gerry Embleton : Armies of the East India Company 1750-1850, Osprey Publishing Ltd Men-at-Arms Series , Londres 2009.

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Guerre
 Complexe militaro-industriel - Conflit d'intérêts
 Nouveau riche

Articles biographiques
 Adolphe d'Espie
 Gabriel-Julien Ouvrard
 Marcel Petiot
 Oswald Pohl
 Louis Renault
 Basil Zaharoff

Articles historiques
 Guerre de course - Bien national
 Traité de Nankin
 Forceur de blocus - Chemins de fer confédérés dans la guerre de Sécession - Carpetbagger - Aspects socio-économiques de la guerre de Sécession
 Collaboration dans l'Europe occupée par les nazis - Aryanisation - Épuration à la Libération en France -  Affaire des comptes en déshérence
 U.S. Senate Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program
 Irangate - Diamants de conflits

Liens externes
  Les Profiteurs de la Grande Guerre. Histoire culturelle et socio-économique - Thèse de doctorat de M. François Bouloc
  A Responsible Plan to End the War in Iraq - legislation

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Corruption
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Erick Morillo is a Colombian-American DJ, music producer and record label owner. Having produced under a number of pseudonyms, including Ministers De la Funk, The Dronez, RAW, Smooth Touch, RBM, Deep Soul, Club Ultimate and Li'l Mo Ying Yang, Morillo is best known for his international work in house music, in particular for the label Strictly Rhythm, and the 1993 hit "I Like to Move It", which he produced under the pseudonym Reel 2 Real, and which was featured in commercials, movies and ringtones. His label Subliminal Records has produced the #1 Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play hit "Fun" by Da Mob, and won the Muzik magazine "Remixer of the Year" award in 1999. Subliminal also brought attention to artists like Eddie Thoneick, Carl Kennedy and DJ DLG. He is a three time winner of DJ Awards "Best House DJ" in 1998, 2001 and 2003 and a three time winner of "Best International DJ" in 2002, 2006 and 2009 receiving a total of 15 nominations in all from 1998-2010.
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What Would Cyrus Do?
Scandal's Most Scandalous Character: Jeff Perry on Playing Cyrus
After many painful months without the beloved show, 'Scandal' is back. Jeff Perry, who plays White House Chief of Staff Cyrus Beene, says everything's about to change.
Kevin Fallon
Senior Entertainment Reporter
The pit bull of the West Wing has his tail between his legs.
For two-and-a-half bold, twist-filled, absolutely insane seasons, Jeff Perry's White House Chief of Staff Cyrus Beene has been fixing everyone else's problems, even if it means baring some teeth and barking up some morally ambiguous (if not downright unethical) trees to reach his goal.
When we last saw Cyrus 620 years ago when the last episode of Scandal aired (OK, it was December, but it feels so much longer), there wasn't a dog house big enough to put him in. Attempting to blackmail Vice President Sally Langston, Cyrus orchestrated a plan in which Sally's closeted gay husband would seduce his own husband, James, only to be caught by a planted photographer. What Cyrus hadn't bargained for was that James would catch on to his plan and take revenge on Cyrus by succumbing to Mr. Langston's advances. As it turns out, husbands don't like being used as a pawn in their partner's devious machinations.
The fact that Cyrus concocts such vile plans and Scandal lovers still feel empathy for him is owed entirely to Perry's nuanced performance. He makes it so Cyrus's blind ambition is always at an adrenaline-inducing boiling point, while always remembering to turn down the heat before the unsavory ruthlessness boils over. If Kerry Washington's Olivia Pope is America's favorite gladiator, Jeff Perry is certainly driving the chariot.
Now that Scandal is finally—FINALLY!—back on ABC Thursday night, we chatted with Perry about where Cyrus can possibly go from here, the progressive nature of his blessedly screwed up relationship with James, and what it's like to play a character who is so darned stressed all the time.
So the show comes back tonight…tell me everything.
Well the second half of the third season is, in terms of the West Wing, determined to getting out Fitz reelected. We left off with Cyrus making a grave miscalculation as his chief of staff.
To put it mildly…
Putting it mildly. Hoping to keep Sally Langston, as far as I'm concerned, the addled, hypocritical, homophobic nut job on the ticket because we desperately need the south and we definitely need women and we need the religious right. A deal made with the devil. I concoct a plan that goes south, to put it mildly. I end up with photographs of what looks like consensual sex with my husband and her husband. These photos are useless as leverage, which is one part of the problem to Cyrus's plan. The other problem is that my husband discovers what I've done. I've fundamentally endangered my marriage.
How does the dynamic between Cyrus and James change after all this. I'd imagine it changes, um, a lot.
There is so much repair to do, I don't know if there's enough marriage therapists in the world to cover it. But I know Cyrus is absolutely intent on somehow repairing this. Because despite all of his hardwiring machinations, he loves this man desperately. It's the deepest love of his life, and the truly authentic one. He's going to do everything he can think of to make it all right in the marriage. This is the kind of thing where Cyrus, the only territory in his life, would actually think of prioritizing marriage over the republic and the presidency. He might have to do it.
Cyrus knows that he went too far, but he did still use his husband as a pawn in his own schemes. How does he grapple with that, that it's the bed he made and now he has to lie in it?
It's a very uncomfortable bed. A bed of nails. [Laughs] Authentically, Shonda Rhimes and the writers take Cyrus into a little bit of the seventh ring of hell over it. So we're going to see Cyrus in trouble. We've seen him take care of everybody else's problems. That's a chief of staff's job. That he excels at, even when it gives him a brief heart attack. But to have caused the problem himself is new territory for the show and the character. So Cyrus is in unprecedented territory, personally.
Cyrus is a polarizing character for Scandal fans. You see him do things like this to his husband, but you're still rooting for him, because you root for Olivia and you root for Fitz and he's on their team. So viewers have a complicated relationship with him. What do you think about him: Is he a good guy? Is he a bad guy?
He's both. To try to do your best to inhabit a character, you judge them to the extent that you judge yourself. That shame and remorse are inevitably part of the equation when you're capable of really screwing up, which Cyrus is. Denial and pride and ambition and competitiveness are also part of the man's hardwiring, as are compassion and romanticism and idealism. So, like all of Shonda's brilliant characters, there's such authentic depth in all of the dichotomies she creates.
I'll never forget that monologue Cyrus had in season two, where he told James, "I wasn't meant to be chief of staff, I was meant to be president. But guess what? I'm not very tall, I'm not very pretty. So this is kind of as far as I can go." I felt like that gave much-needed insight into why he is the way he is.
I thought that was a beautiful revelation that Shonda created. When push came to shove, I remember James's challenge to him was, "If you love me, show me who you are. For once in your life, show me who you are." That led them to into absolutely unique vulnerability together. And like you said, Cyrus said things that he never admitted out loud. That's the kind of opportunity that Shonda creates with these characters for the viewers, moments of deep, surprising revelation.
So that scene was an eye-opening moment for us as viewers. But good lord there's been dozens of crazy, bananas scenes that you've shot as Cyrus. Do you possibly have a favorite?
So many. There's really an embarrassment of riches that I'm grateful for getting to try to tackle. I remember one in the first season, it might have been the fourth episode, where there's a long monologue where, "As far as I can tell a woman has successfully matched the president's DNA, is legitimately pregnant with his baby"—it turns out not to be true, but, as far as Cyrus could tell at that point, that was where we were and it was going to become public. And Fitz urges me to say, "Cyrus, I know you're very troubled, but we've got to spitball. What's next." And Cyrus launches into a monologue of "What's next is a predictable avalanche of bad outcomes," basically, ending with Fitz taking a gun that his father had given him when he became governor of California, putting it in the back of his mouth and blowing his head off.
It was as dark a piece of writing as has been in the show, and an amazing aria of despair. That sticks out for me, as well as the naked scene. But those are balanced by times of real, tender commiseration with Olivia, because there's ways that both of our jobs are very similar. We're supposed to fix everybody else's problems. There's pride in that job of service, and there's also sometimes a real heartache in it. Those moments stick out for me, too.
The relationship between Cyrus and James is so remarkable because it's so typically the case on a primetime network television series that, if there's a gay couple, the couple is portrayed to be perfect and happy always. But Cyrus and James are allowed to be messy and sordid and sometimes even awful to each other the way any straight couple on a series as soapy as Scandal would be. I think it's a really big leap, strange as that may be.
Yes. Shonda has been doing this her whole television career. Really looking at the humanity of people, not in a color blind fashion, but in an inclusive fashion. This person may be Asian, black, Native American, white, privileged, or dispossessed, but they are all still people and complicated, but never all good or all bad. It's really about meritocracy and what jobs they're doing. In Grey's Anatomy, are they good as surgeons? Here, are they good as fixers, in their political jobs? What are they like in their home lives? I really love that in her writing.
It can sometimes be stressful for viewers to watch Cyrus, because he always seems so darned stressed. Does playing Cyrus make that bleed into your own life, too?
Oh boy. We'd really have to ask Scandal's brilliant casting director, Linda Lowy, my wife. [Laughs] I think mostly, Kevin, because I'm allowed to vent all of that at work, I'm pretty tired and calm by the time I come home. Yeah. So I don't think I take it home too much!


Since October 2010, Joyce Rooks has driven her cello from Oceanside to Marcelo Radulovich's studio in Cardiff-by-the-Sea. Jim Call brings a theremin from Lemon Grove. Wherever the trio sets up, it's a Nicey Nice World.
The group's collective résumé is impressive. Call was in San Diego's first punk band, the Penetrators. Rooks played with the Penetrators and Cockpits; more recently, she's worked with David J of Bauhaus. Originally known for his role in Playground Slap, Radulovich has garnered a reputation for cutting-edge experimentation.
How did the group and name come about?
From the band's web page: "We make unlearned music — and, insofar as possible, unplanned." So everything NNW does is spontaneous?
How did you settle on Ducky Waddles bookstore/art gallery for your monthly residency?
Nicey Nice World will make it up as they go along, sort of, Friday, April 22, at Ducky Waddles in Encinitas.
April 20, 2011 @ 2:38 p.m.
In the late '70s, Joyce was best known to San Diego punk fans as a member of The Dinettes, an all-girl San Diego counterpart to L.A.'s Go-Gos and Bangles.
April 20, 2011 @ 4:44 p.m.
April 20, 2011 @ 7 p.m.
April 20, 2011 @ 9:15 p.m.
Just a throw out, there was a band in the late seventies that was playing in San Francisco with The Dead Kennedys' called "Chrome Dinette". We walked by the marquee and had to pop in. It changed my life as far a music is concerned. I was all of sixteen.
April 20, 2011 @ 10:47 p.m.
Yes, Chrome Dinette. I remember them, saw them play when we were in S.F. to play at the first Western Front punk festival organized by Jello Biafra. They were nice folks and a good band as I remember.
Thanks for the nice write up Mary!
April 20, 2011 @ 11:10 p.m.
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May 24, 2011 @ 9:05 p.m.
Tx, Jay Allen, for clarifying. I was on another coast during the original punk scene - re: this coast, I know a fair amount about what happened in L.A., but no, not an expert on what happened on the local scene. So the couple of accounts I've heard about the Penetrators -well, I'm gonna find those people 'n' beat 'em up! Anyway, I'm here now for Nicey Nice World, & it's a happee happee thing.


Some of the gear you will need for the MYAU can be very expensive if you have to buy it. Other gear you may only need once or may not want to transport it all the way to the Yukon and back. Rental gear can be a good solution.
Also, if you have any questions or concerns, please let me know.
All below rental prices include tax and are regardless of the race distance you signed up for. If you participate in one of the survival courses taking place in the Yukon immediately prior to the race, there is no extra charge and the gear will be available for your course.
Rental gear that is returned damaged will be invoiced at the full recommended retail price (rental fee deducted).
P.S. Another way to save some money may be to buy or borrow used gear from athletes who have done the MYAU already. The best place to get in touch with participants from past years is our group on Facebook.
For rental sleds we mainly use the Northern Sled Works Siglin Pulk which is made in Fairbanks, Alaska. For details and features please check out our section on Pulk Sleds.
The rental sled comes with poles but without a harness, cover or bag.
We also have a limited number of Snowsled sleds available for rent. The rental price is the same. If you prefer this type of sled please let us know.
If you would like to buy Snowsled equipment, please go to www.racelite.com. Racelite also sells Siglin Pulks. If you are interested, please get in touch.
Bear in mind that you may well feel more comfortable wearing your harness slightly lower than your waist, possibly at hip level. The sizes above allow for thermal and shell clothing layers.
The belts use a duel density foam layer within a hard wearing Cordura cover, the softer foam being on the inside. At times you may find it more comfortable to haul with the waistbelt loosened.
Adjustable shoulder straps are a double layer of 50 mm webbing, with a moveable and adjustable chest strap to ensure a comfortable fit.
Standard harnesses are designed for hauling by either ropes or rigid shafts – our rental harness will have both.
This sled bag weighs 1.15 kg and has a capacity of 250 litres. Rental is EUR 49.00.
If you would like to buy a Snowsled sled bag, please go to www.racelite.com.
Carinthia is an Austrian specialist company for producing sleeping systems and insulated clothing for cold weather. Their D1200x is great for the Montane Yukon Arctic Ultra.
Including a rugged compression stuff sack from.
The rental sleeping bag does NOT include a bivouac bag nor sleeping mat or liner.
The regular sales price is EUR 1,149.99. The rental fee is EUR 250.00.
If you would like to buy the Carinthia D 1200x please go to www.racelite.com.
Thanks to Primus you can also rent the OmniLite Ti which is probably the best expedition multi-fuel stove on the market. It may help you save some cost and it certainly will help you avoid the headache of taking a stove with you on a flight.
The rental package also includes a Primus Eta pot 1.0 l and a Primus Powerlighter. The RRP of all these products together is EUR 284.85 (stove = EUR 229.95 / pot = EUR 24.95 / lighter = EUR 19.95). The rental is EUR 80.00.
You can have the world's best sleeping bag but if your sleeping mat is not good, your system will fail and you will be very cold.
With the Exped DownMat XP 9 we rent out one of the warmest and most comfortable sleeping mats on the market. It has got an R-value of 8 and a temperature rating down to – 38° Celsius. A thickness of 9 cm and high quality down insulation, mixed with air, mean that you are far away from the cold ground and have the best possible addition to your super warm sleeping bag. The Exped DownMat XP 9 (size M) measures 183 x 52 cm, weighs 895 g (plus a 60 g pumpbag and a 22 g pack sack) and has a packed size of 24 x 16 cm. It retails for EUR 219.95. Rental is EUR 60.00. Upon request we can also rent out the larger size (LW) which measures 197 x 65 cm.
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Netflix Shares Epic First Trailer for R-Rated 'Castlevania' Series
Let the hype begin.
Monica Hunter-Hart
On Wednesday, Netflix shared the first trailer for the R-rated show Castlevania, a spin-off of the popular 1980's video game series, and it looks flame — in a totally literal way. Full of explosions, fire, gore, and dialogue that threatens to be completely cheesy, but also gratifying, the trailer is epic.
Castlevania will be based on the third installment of the video game, Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse, and will be gory and "R-rated as fuck." Producer Adi Shankar has compared it to Game of Thrones. Netflix describes the show as the following:
"Castlevania is a dark medieval fantasy following the last surviving member of the disgraced Belmont clan, trying to save Eastern Europe from extinction at the hand of Vlad Dracula Tepe himself."
The trailer doesn't give us too much new information; it's basically a hype machine stocked with bleak scenery shots and a dramatic fight montage. The trailer doesn't even name the protagonist, and instead just teases us with this dialogue: "Who are you?" "The man who'll kill Dracula."
But seeing as how Dracula's Curse featured Trevor Belmont as the main character, he's probably the star here. And this guy in the trailer certainly looks like Trevor. He's definitely some Belmont or other since he's got the signature "Vampire Killer" whip that's passed down through the family.
Gotta be Trevor Belmont, right? Netflix
The trailer provides a taste of the music from the show. The original video game had a killer soundtrack.
Watch the trailer below. Castlevania will premiere on Netflix on July 7.


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FAI hit with €20,000 fine as pro-IRA chant violated 'rules of decent conduct'
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The chanting of a pro-IRA slogan by Republic of Ireland players after they qualified for the Women's World Cup has resulted in a €20,000 fine for the Football Association of Ireland.
UEFA, which oversees the European qualifiers, announced the punishment was imposed on the FAI for a "violation of the basic rules of decent conduct".
Footage emerged on social media of the players chanting, "Ooh ah, up the Ra", at Hampden Park in Glasgow after a 1-0 victory against Scotland on October 11.
That chant is widely interpreted as being supportive of the paramilitary Irish Republican Army.
In a statement issued on Thursday, UEFA said its control, ethics and disciplinary body had assessed evidence gathered by its inspector and imposed the financial penalty as a result.
Apologies soon followed the dressing room incident, with the FAI saying that it and national team manager Vera Pauw were sorry "for any offence caused" by the chanting.
Pauw told Sky Sports News in October: "We have hurt people and it doesn't matter if we didn't intend it or not – we should have known better. The players are truly hurt by the fact they hurt others."
Germany overcome Belgium to win hockey World Cup
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Nicky Henderson touched by support from Altior well-wishers but recovery has 'very long way to go'
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'Like surfing in a sewer': British windsurfer moves to Tenerife to escape polluted seawater
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Iselin, NJ – January 8, 2018 – Greenspoon Marder is pleased to announce the expansion of the firm's Immigration & Naturalization practice group with the addition of three new attorneys in New Jersey: Partner Nandini P. Nair, Senior Associate Arti K. Desai, and Associate Michael Bergman.
The firm's Immigration and Naturalization practice consists of seasoned immigration attorneys with a vast and diverse array of experience in the immigration arena. Clients include Fortune 500 companies, startups, individual investors, universities, city and state agencies or high net individuals that operate nationally or globally and are seeking foreign talent. The Greenspoon Marder team advises clients on US visas and permanent residence, provides global immigration services for movement of employees to and between countries worldwide, and counsels on immigration compliance. Additionally, the firm advises on temporary work visas, employment based green cards, Extraordinary Ability applications or family and investment visas.
Partner Nandini P. Nair focuses her practice on the strategic analysis and processing of U.S. nonimmigrant visas, employment-based and family-based green card applications, audits and compliance and other immigration benefits. Ms. Nair also advises on complex immigration strategy and corporate policy development, movement of global talent, training and compliance, immigration consequences of mergers, acquisitions and other corporate changes. Her personal experience of emigrating from India to the United States and her belief in the essential role immigrants play and the positive contributions they make to American society fuel her passion for immigration law. She is co-chair and member of various immigration related committees and speaks frequently at various events on immigration-related topics.
Senior Associate Arti Desai specializes in immigration and nationality law. Ms. Desai represents business and corporate clients in all matters of employment-based immigration. She is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association where she has co-chaired several chapter committees, including Department of Labor and New Member Division. Ms. Desai recently spoke at the AILA National Conference on the fundamentals of the labor certification process for immigrant visa. She has also lectured on corporate immigration related issues at AILA NY conferences/meetings. Ms. Desai earned her J.D. from New York Law School in 2008.
Associate Michael Bergman focuses his practice on U.S. immigration and nationality law. He began working in the field of immigration law while working as a law clerk at a New York City immigration law firm. Mr. Bergman is admitted in the New York Appellate Division, First Department; and New Jersey Supreme Court. He earned his undergraduate degree from Brandeis University in 2010 and his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law in 2013.
"The addition of this team of attorneys in northern New Jersey will help to continue to expand our presence in the ever-important New York City area market," comments Michael Marder, Co-Managing Director of Greenspoon Marder.
The attorneys are joining from Nair Law Group and will remain in their current offices in Iselin, New Jersey.
More information on the Immigration & Naturalization practice can be viewed here.


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Our dive center is authorised by Turkish Underwater Federation. All levels of courses are available at Foça Dive Center.
If you'd like to try diving for the first time, and you want to make sure it's easy, safe and fun, this course is perfect for you. No previous experience necessary! Foça has crystal clear waters and shallow, quiet bays teeming with aquatic life; add to this a one-to-one experience with your instructor and you have an unforgettable event. Breathe under the sea and you'll realize what an exciting experience this is. You're bound to come back for more.
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This course is open to divers holding a PADI Open Water diver certification or its equivalent, and consists of two core dives – a deep dive and a compass navigation dive and you will choose three elective dives chosen from a choice of eight. Self study, knowledge review sessions and a detailed briefing precede each dive. This course will normally take two or three days to successfully complete all requirements for certification.
The Emergency First Response (EFR) Course is a mix of primary and secondary care, CPR and first aid. These skills are required for the PADI Rescue Diver Course. Foça diving instructors specialize in teaching these lifesaving skills – and they're for anyone, not just divers. The Fun Part about Emergency First Response training is learning serious medical emergency response skills in an upbeat, positive environment. You gain the confidence that you are prepared to help in an emergency.
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The PADI Divemaster Course is intended for the experienced certified Rescue Diver with a minimum of 40+ dives and 60+ for certification. You will learn to be a professional dive leader and enhance your diving skills. Through a balance of classroom and hands-on training on the dive boat, you will be guided through a series of practical training exercises. This course may take four or five weeks to successfully complete all requirements for certification.