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Legal Practice Postgraduate Diploma
LA0844 - Mental Health
This module is one of the electives available to students during Stage 2 of the Legal Practice Course and forms part of the General Practice Route elective group.
The aim of the module is to provide students with both an understanding of the law of relevance to the detention and treatment of those believed to be suffering from a mental disorder, and an appreciation of the application of the range of legal provisions in practice.
Throughout the course the diverse legal provisions will be illustrated by practical scenarios. Students will be encouraged to develop practical skills of interviewing, researching, drafting and advocacy.
The module will be delivered by a combination of large group sessions, small group sessions, directed and independent learning. The module will be assessed by examination.
Mental Health Act 1983 (as amended) and the associated Code of Practice and Guide
Mental Capacity Act 2005 (as amended) and the associated Code of Practice
Mental Health Act Manual – Jones – Sweet and Maxwell – 2017
Mental Health Law – Policy and Practice – Bartlett & Sandland – OUP – 2013
Mental Health – The New Law – Fennell – Jordans – 2007
Blackstones Guide to the Mental Health Act 2007 – Bowen – OUP – 2008
International Journal of Mental Health Law – Northumbria Law Press – x2 issues per annum
Mental Health Law Reports – Southside Publishing
Detailed Lecture Notes
E-learning Portal Site – on which a range of materials will be provided to facilitate directed learning.
Element 1: Care and treatment of the 'incapable' patient
Students should develop a knowledge and understanding of statutory provisions in respect of the care and treatment of patients who by reason of mental disorder are incapable of making decision for themselves, and should be able to
1. understand the provisions of the Mental Capacity Act 2005, in particular its principles, the meaning of 'incapacity', the concept of 'best interests', and the provisions generally of relevance to 'acts of care and treatment';
2. appreciate the role of the Court of Protection, and the powers of attorneys acting under Lasting Powers of Attorney and deputies appointed by the Court;
3. advise about the 'deprivation of liberty' safeguards introduced in April 2009 (including the distinction between 'deprivation' and 'restriction' of liberty).
Element 2: Compulsory detention
Students should develop a knowledge and understanding of statutory provisions in respect of the compulsory detention in hospital of those believed to be suffering from mental disorder, and should be able to:
1. understand the statutory definitions of 'mental disorder' and 'learning disability';
2. distinguish and understand the statutory roles of the Responsible Clinician, the Approved Clinician, the Nearest Relative, the Approved Mental Health Professional, the Hospital Managers, the Ministry of Justice and the Independent Mental Health Advocate;
3. advise on the law and procedure in respect of 'civil' admissions for assessment, or for treatment, or in an emergency;
4. understand the law concerning 'holding' powers;
5. understand the law concerning renewal of the statutory authority to detain for treatment;
Element 3: Community Care Provisions
Students should develop a knowledge and understanding of statutory provisions in respect of compulsory provisions for care in the community of those believed to be suffering from mental disorder, and should be able to
1. research and advise on the statutory provisions in respect of leave from hospital of those liable to be detained;
2. research and advise on the legal provisions associated with guardianship andcommunity treatment orders.;
3. understand the concept of the Care Programme Approach;
4. advise on the after-care responsibilities arising from section 117 Mental Health Act 1983.
Element 4: Treatment
Students should develop a knowledge and understanding of statutory provisions in respect of the treatment of those believed to be suffering from mental disorder, and should be able to
1. appreciate the wide statutory definition of 'treatment';
2. develop a basic understanding of common treatments for mental disorders;
3. understand and advise on the relevant provisions of the Mental Capacity Act 2005;
4. understand and advise on the provisions contained within Part 4 Mental Health Act 1983;
5. understand the 'availability of appropriate treatment' test;
6. appreciate the role of the 'Second Opinion Appointed Doctor'.
Element 5: Discharge
Students should develop a knowledge and understanding of statutory provisions in respect of discharge from being liable to the compulsory provisions (both when in hospital and in the community) contained within the Mental Health Act 1983, and should be able to
1. understand the discharge powers of the responsible clinician, the hospital managers, the nearest relative, the Secretary of State for Justice and the Mental Health Tribunal (MHT);
2. appreciate the 'routes' by which cases come to be considered at MHTs;
3. understand the role of the legal representative with regard to his/her role at MHT hearings, including the taking of instructions and particular issues relevant to interviewing a patient suffering from a mental disorder , possible professional conduct issues such as conflicts of interest, funding, and preparation of the case;
4. understand the particular advocacy issues relevant to the Law Society guidelines for representation at MHTs
5. understand both the powers and duties of MHTs, and the procedures adopted by them, including an understanding of the MHRT Rules;
6. advise on means of challenging a decision of the MHT;
7. understand the role of theCare Quality Commission.
This elective aims to provide students with an appreciation of the law which forms the basis of compulsory treatment, care and detention of those believed to be suffering from mental disorder. It aims to inform students about the powers and duties of those with responsibility for caring for and treating those with mental disorders, both professionals and family members. It aims to inform about patients' rights and statutory safeguards.
The content of the elective will be relevant to those students who might be required in the future to advise, assist and represent (1) patients and their families; (2) professionals employed by local authorities; (3) professionals employed by NHSbodies; (4) professionals employed in the private sector.
The elective will encourage students to develop further the skills of interviewing, practical research, drafting and advocacy. It will also demand the acquisition of understanding and appreciation of the relevance and significance of the Human Rights Act 1998 and the European Convention on Human Rights to the care and treatment of those deemed to be suffering from mental disorders.
On completion of the Mental Health Law vocational elective, students should have a good and critical understanding of the law of relevance to the care, treatment and detention of those who are believed to be suffering from a mental disorder. At the conclusion of the elective, students should be able to demonstrate:
1. an understanding of the law and practice of relevance to the care and treatment of those incapable, by reason of mental disorder, of making decisions for themselves;
2. an understanding of the law and practice associated with the 'civil' process resulting in the compulsory detention in hospital of those believed to be suffering from mental disorder;
3. an understanding of the law and practice associated with the community care provisions of guardianship and community treatment orders. 5. an understanding of the law and practice associated with statutory and common law provisions in respect of compulsory treatment of those believed to be suffering from mental disorder;
6. an understanding of legal provisions in respect of discharge from liability to be detained, including the role of the Mental Health Tribunal;
7. an appreciation of how the Human Rights Act 1998 and the European Convention on Human Rights affect those believed to be suffering from mental disorder;
8. an ability to provide appropriate legal advice on all aspects of detention and treatment both to patients and professionals involved in their care;
9. an ability to plan and conduct for a patient, an application to a Mental Health Tribunal for the discharge from compulsory provisions (either in hospital or in the community) as set out within the Mental Health Act 1983.
PREREQUSITES
LEARNING AND TEACHING STRATEGY
The module will be delivered through a combination of large and small group sessions, directed learning and independent learning.
The large group sessions will be delivered to the entire module cohort and will be used in part to introduce students to the major principles of each topic and the associated 'black letter' law. They will place these principles and legal provisions in context by examining them against relevant factual scenarios.
The small group sessions (which will again be delivered to the entire module cohort consisting of between 16 – 20 students), will, in conjunction with the directed and independent learning, expand on the material covered in the large group sessions with emphasis on the use of practical scenarios. For example, some of the sessions will include the opportunity to participate in role play to appreciate the respective positions of the various professionals and family members and carers involved in the admission and treatment processes. Other sessions will require problem solving skills to identify key factors of relevance to issues such as compulsory treatment and care in the community, or discharge from compulsory measures. Where appropriate to the subject area, students will be required to analyse and critique relevant legal material, such as primary and secondary legislation and judgments from the High Court and above.
Students will be given directed learning which will both expand on the materials provided in the large group sessions and cover specific topics not dealt with in those sessions. This will be supported by formative self test and multiple choice questions. Students will also be expected to carry out independent learning to both expand on the materials covered in the large group sessions and directed learning and to prepare for the tasks in the small group sessions. Examples of independent learning will include locating and reading relevant legal source material.
a Summative assessment and rationale for tasks
Summative assessment will be provided by an examination made up of a one hour closed book multiple choice paper plus a two hour open book practical paper based on advance documents. The use of advance documents allows a greater opportunity to test knowledge and application in the examination and allows greater use of realistic legal scenarios.
b. Additional formative assessment – detail of process and rationale
Formative assessment will be provided by a combination of self test questions and multiple choice questions which students will complete through the module e-learning portal site and in small group sessions.
Students will also have the opportunity to sit a mock open book examination paper.
c. Indication of how students will get feedback and how this will support their learning
The multiple choice questions will be undertaken in a small group session and feedback given during this session. Detailed answers to the self test questions and feedback on the mock examination will be given via the e-learning portal and in both large and small group sessions.
IMPLICATIONS FOR CHOICE
Northumbria Law School
LPC Dean's Award


This cultivar has H. venusta in its background and it originated in Japan. The miniature (3 inches high by 7 inches wide) size mound has green foliage with creamy yellow to white marginal variegation. Its widely elliptic leaves have smooth texture and average substance. Purple flowers bloom in early July.
The Book of Little Hostas by Kathy and Michael Shadrack (2010) says: "Needs special care but once mature will do well in a container or trough."
The New Encyclopedia of Hostas by Diana Grenfell (2009) states in its Miniature Hostas chapter: "More vigorous than H. 'Cat's Eye', but still needs special care and attention. Grow in a container for several seasons to allow a good root system to develop...A superb, tiny, rapidly growing hosta but still very rare. It has been known in Japan since the early 1990s but only reached the United States about 10 years later...The rigid leaves have a very perky appearance."


Genuine Panama hats are crafted as they always have been in Ecuador, a South American country that once shipped its exportable wares to the Isthmus of Panama. In the mid 1800s, the hats were picked up by gold seekers crossing the isthmus overland as they rushed to and from California. During the Spanish American War, in 1898, the U.S. government bought some 50,000 of these hats for the troops from merchants in Panama. Add to that the hat's popularity with the crews that constructed the Panama Canal in the early twentieth century, well, it's a wonder that anyone knows them as Ecuador hats.
To understand how a Panama hat zigzags from an outpost just south of the equator to the gleaming window of a New York haberdashery is to understand how the world works. The trail begins in Cadeate, a coastal village in Ecuador's Guayas province. For five days in every lunar cycle, they harvest toquilla (Carludovica palmata), the ten-foot-tall, palmlike wild plant from which the Panama hat is woven.
The straw cutters schedule their monthly harvest for the five days after the moon reaches its waning quarter, when, Vicuna explains, the straw holds less moisture and thus is lighter, easier to cut, and more pliable to weave. Wielding machetes, they harvest the slender new four-foot-high stalks, each containing the tightly wrapped fingers of one growing frond. The village council imposes a daily quota of 1,200 stalks per family; the harvest is brought back by mule and truck. The outer sheath of each stalk is stripped away, and the inner fingers are split and separated, leaving dozens of yard-long, ribbonlike strands attached to the leaf stem. The prepared stalk is tossed into a vat of boiling water for about an hour and then hung on a clothesline to dry.
The straw gets trucked east to Guayaquil, Ecuador's largest and most industrialized city, and then to Cuenca, a town in the Andes that is at the center of hat production.
You've surely seen famous men such as Humphrey Bogart, Gary Cooper, Winston Churchill, Harry Truman, or Franklin Roosevelt above donning them, in photos or perhaps on film. Whatever the case, panama hats are as much a legend, as the powerful men who helped make them popular.
The story of this legendary hat has, I believe, a number of generations to go. Every month, on the waning quarter-moon, I think of the path this product travels from straw to sale, and if I'm wearing my Panama, I tip it toward the equator.


War of the Rebellion: Serial 018 Page 0922 Chapter XXIV. OPERATIONS IN N. VA., W. VA., AND MD.
will probably be by the route of the Big Sandy, which is isolated and without communication, into the flank of the enemy, advancing by Cumberland Gap or by the road to Dublin Depot, and will be without influence or advantage to the defense of this department. The withdrawal of his force from mine, already inferior to the enemy's in our front on Flat Top, leaves to the enemy free access to the fruitful valley between the Cumberland and Clinch Mountains, and eventually, by a combined movement from Cumberland Gap and Flat Top, the possession of the salt-works and the railroad also. I therefore respectfully and earnestly recommend that this movement of General Marshall's be suspended until re-enforcements arrive, so that by combined action before his withdrawal the enemy can be destroyed and the safety of the country secured in his absence; and that the re-enforcements heretofore asked for-the occasion for having which is now more urgent then ever-be sent at once.
Orders will be given immediately to Colonel Starke's regiment to report to General Loring. I am about to nominate to the President Colonel A. G. Jenkins as brigadier-general, to command the cavalry of General Lorings' department. Will it not be well to suspend General Marshall's movement? A small expedition of infantry will effect nothing and will run great risk of being captured. If General Marshall co-operates with General Loring, and the two North Carolina regiments of Gibbs and Godwin join, I understand from Colonel Fitzhugh, of his staff, that General Loring will take the offensive.
If General Marhall could have moved when Colonel Morgan was in Kentucky I think it would have been highly advantageous. If it is true that Morgan has retired it may now be too late. I cannot judge at this distance of the temper of the people. General marshall and General Loring have better opportunities. It may now be better for those two officers to unite, if they can sweep the enemy out of the valley and then enter Kentucky together.


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Q: BeautifulSoup not finding a table elment that exists I'm trying to scrape a table from this website: https://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/cebl/broadcast.
I checked and confirmed the table exists, here is a snippet of what the HTML code looks like: snippet of HTML
However, when I input this code to find the table element with beautiful soup, the output shows None.
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import requests

url = 'https://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/cebl/broadcast'
page = requests.get(url)
soup = BeautifulSoup(page.text,'lxml')
print(soup.find('table'))

Then, when I find the division that contains the table with...
url = 'https://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/cebl/broadcast'
page = requests.get(url)
soup = BeautifulSoup(page.text,'lxml')
soup.find('div',{'class':'schedulecanvas'})

it outputs

In the HTML code the table should be contained inside this  tag and it isn't showing up in my program output. Please let me know why it is not finding the table element.

A: The data you see on the page is loaded from external URL via Javascript. To load it into a pandas DataFrame you can use next example:
import requests
import pandas as pd

url = "https://www.cbc.ca/sports-content/v11/includes/json/schedules/broadcast_schedule.json"

df = pd.DataFrame(requests.get(url).json()["schedule"])
print(df.head(3).to_markdown(index=False))

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Canadian Elite Basketball League: Scarborough Shooting Stars vs Hamilton Honey Badgers
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Home » Business » Historic Santa Fe Depot Reportedly Sold to Private Investor
Historic Santa Fe Depot Reportedly Sold to Private Investor
by Toni McAllister October 4, 2017 October 5, 2017
The Santa Fe Depot in downtown San Diego. Photo: Doug Letterman/Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license
The 102-year-old Santa Fe Depot in downtown is about to change hands, according to media reports.
The nationally registered historic site at Broadway and Kettner Boulevard is being sold to a local private investor with escrow scheduled to close in early November, according to The San Diego Union-Tribune.
Voit Real Estate Services, which is representing the buyer and seller, told the U-T it was not at liberty to disclose information about the investor nor terms of the deal.
The current owner is San Francisco-based ProLogis, a logistics real estate company, according to the U-T, and under terms of the sale the historic structure with its signature twin tile domes will remain.
The sale does not include the former baggage building where the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego is located, the U-T report continued.
The Santa Fe Depot officially opened on March 8, 1915 as a train station built by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. The site still serves as an active transportation center, providing services to Amtrak, the San Diego Coaster, the San Diego Trolley, and the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System bus system.
The Depot's use as an Amtrak station will continue under the current lease that runs through 2021, but under the new ownership "restaurant, retail and boutique hotel uses could figure into the building's future," the U-T reported.
Tagged: Amtrak, escrow, Santa Fe Depot, sold, Voit Real Estate Services

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Christ Church, also known as "The Little German Church", has been a vital part of the Locust Point community in Baltimore for 125 years. It was founded in 1886 as the "Vereinigte Evangelische Christus Gemeinde" (United Evangelical Community Church of Christ). [Elliott indicates that the church was founded in 1887 by Rev. E. Huber of St. Matthews] At that time, they were affiliated with the Reformed Church of the United States. It was officially dedicated on June 9, 1888 and the actual facade and church itself hasn't changed much from the original. It was built by M.F. Decker and the first pastor was Rev. W. Batz. The church was designed by Pastor Eduard Huber of St. Matthews United Evangelical and Reformed Church.
Prior to 1910 all services were given in German; after that time, services were given in English and German. In 1941, the Evangelical Synod of North America and the Reformed Church in the U.S. merged and the church adopted a new constitution and changed its name to Christ Evangelical and Reformed Church. In 1972, it became the Christ Evangelical and Reformed Church, United Church of Christ and became affiliated with the United Church of Christ.
Christ Church's roots go back to their predecessor denominations: The Evangelical Synod of North America and its merger with the Reformed Church in the United States to form a new denomination, the Evangelical and Reformed Church, in 1934. The church was built in connection with the Emigrant's Mission, and was under the missionary of that institution at the turn of the last century, who was Rev. H. Dalhof.


For concerts and warm weather, fashion wrap bracelets are sure to earn a double take. Stack together leather wrap bracelets alongside beaded coil bracelets to bring attention to your wave.
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Q: Is there a utility supporting g++ or clang memory resident compilation? Apache commons provides a Java API to compile code without loading it from a file. Is there any similar API for C++, either g++ or clang?  I would like to be able to have the compiler loaded in memory and feed it code to compile without having to run it every time, and without having to load the code from a file.

A: GCC accepts input from a pipe:
> echo 'int main(){}'|g++ -x c++ -o prog -

note: you need to specify the language -x c++ and the end hyphen - is important.


Christian Vium is a visual artist and Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in social anthropology at the Department of Anthropology, Aarhus University. He primarily works on long-term projects anchored in participatory observation and experimental collaboration, investigating the intersection between art, documentary, and the social sciences across multiple platforms.
Christian Vium is a FOAM Talent 2015, Lensculture Emerging Talent 2015 Grant Winner and is on the Critical Mass 2015 list. In 2016, he received the Prix HSBC pour la Photographie for his long-term project 'Ville Nomade' (The Nomadic City), which was published as a monograph in July 2016.


Having liability insurance that covers you when you need it most is essential. As a doctor of chiropractic in a lawsuit-inclined world, securing the correct coverage can mean the difference between a long-lasting business and one that fails. The expenses that one can incur during even the most straightforward kind of lawsuit have the potential to bankrupt a business. As you go about your research of different chiropractic insurance programs, make sure that you fully understand the impact of having claims made versus occurrence form coverage.
The difference between occurrence form and claims made coverage is critical to understand before you purchase your chiropractic liability insurance. The most significant takeaway is that occurrence form coverage is preferred in the industry.
To provide you with an example, say that you are covered by an occurrence form policy from January to December of a given year and do not renew your policy. If a client sues you the following July for an incident or injury that occurred between January and December when you were insured with occurrence form coverage, you will be covered by the occurrence form insurance policy. If you are covered for a given year and a claim is made at a later date that relates to that same year you were covered, occurrence form coverage will protect you.
HOWEVER, if you are covered with claims made coverage between January and December of a given year and do not renew your policy the following year, if your client sues you the following July for a prior January-December event during which you were insured, you will not be covered with your claims made policy and you will have to pay out of pocket. When you opt for claims made coverage, if you do not renew your policy, a lawsuit stemming from an event in the previous year that you were covered by insurance will not be covered by claims made coverage.
You want to have the maximum protection available from a chiropractic insurance provider, and you want to take on the least amount of personal, business, and financial risk possible. Make sure that when you make this important decision, you fully understand the risks and rewards. While you will no doubt plan for the best outcomes for your business, having the best plan in place—along with the most solid chiropractic insurance—is a great way to guarantee a bright future.


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by Oui Sat Jan 21st, 2023 at 11:47:07 PM EST
Brutal US Sanctions, Sanctions and more Sanctions ...
Amid catastrophic energy shortages across Iran, kilometer-long queues of cars have been formed at gas stations in several cities while more oil industry workers stage strikes. [_link] pic.twitter.com/njrrR6i7LF
— Iran International English (@IranIntl_En) January 20, 2023
Sunni provocation in local districts of Iran
The Islamic Republic has put the top Sunni cleric of Azadshahr, Mowlavi Mohammad-Hossein Gorgij, under house arrest and barred him from leading the northern iranian city's Friday prayers or giving sermons, @IranIntl learned.
His supporters on Friday gathered outside his house. pic.twitter.com/R67F7mk4VY
During the George Bush regime, there was always a drive to overthrow the Iranian government as a revenge for many incidents of confrontation since the Revolution of 1979, not the intervention of 1953 to place the Rena Khan Pahlavi Prince on the Western oriented throne ...
Provocation in Saudi province of Bahrain with vast Shia majority
Bahrain, Saddam's Guards and Saudi Military a Sunni Front | Mar 16, 2011 |
The king of Bahrain came under heavy opposition pressure to prove his newly-stated commitment to reform yesterday by sacking his unpopular uncle, the world's longest-serving prime minister.
Shia opposition leaders said they would resist a government offer of dialogue until the kingdom's Sunni rulers made a significant gesture by sacrificing Prince Kalifa, who has held his position since Bahrain's independence from Britain in 1971. They also called for the release of political prisoners.
British Colonel the Butcher of Bahrain
(BBC News) Feb, 2003 - Colonel Henderson, who is in his mid-seventies, has had an interesting career. In the 1950s, as a colonial police officer, he helped stamp out the Mau Mau insurgency in Kenya.
When Kenya gained its independence, he was dispatched to Bahrain - then a British protectorate - where he became head of state security for some 30 years.
Ansar al-Islam in Iraqi Kurdistan | HRW - 2003 |
Ansar al-Islam fi Kurdistan (Supporters of Islam in Kurdistan) is one of a number of Sunni Islamist groups based in the Kurdish-controlled northern provinces of Iraq. Its bases are in and around the villages of Biyara and Tawela, which lie northeast of the town of Halabja in the Hawraman region of Sulaimaniya province bordering Iran.
Four Decades of Assassination and Imprisonment of Sunni Imams in Iran | IranWire - 2020 |
Back in 1979, at the birth of the Islamic Republic and the establishment of a Shia government, the Sunni clergy enjoyed a brief honeymoon period. But it did not last long, a mere five months. Over the last 41 years, hundreds of Sunni clerics have been arrested, and some have been executed or assassinated.
Ahmad Moftizadeh was the most influential Sunni cleric arrested after the revolution. He remained in prison until a short time before his death. Ayatollah Khomeini once called him "a respected scientist and a brave cleric," but ordered his arrest in 1982, describing him as "corrupt."
Originally a supporter of the revolution, Moftizadeh became a critic of the Islamic Republic after Shia Islam was proclaimed as the country's official religion in the Constitution, and Sunnis were removed from political positions.
The Political Function of Religion in Kurdish and Perso-Iranian Nationalist Confrontations after the 1979 Revolution
7.0 Maktab Qur'an and Political Issues in Kurdistan
In Kurdistan, some groups brought religion into political game, despite of the little applicability of the political function of religion in the line of Kurdish rights. One of the first and important groups was Maktab Qur'an, founded by Ahmad Moftizada. They are known as `Maktabi' or `Kak Ahmadi' in Kurdistan. Here, we briefly explain this trend and its political ideas and activities.
7.1 Ahmad Moftizada and the Formation of Maktab Qur'an
Ahmad Moftizada (Note 4), well known as Allameh Moftizada or kak Ahmad, the leader and founder of Maktab Qur'an trend, was born in 1933 in Sine (Sanandaj) in a religious family. From his childhood, he was an ardent believer and follower of religious stance and he attained religious sciences. [Under the Shah he was also arrested]
On March 6, 1979, he founded the Islamic Musawat (Equality) Party. On March 18, 1979, he participated in the conference of Kurdish religious leaders in Seqiz (Saqqez). In June 10-12, 1979, he launched the conference of autonomy in Sine. Besides, in spite of canceling his candidacy in Experts Assembly (Majlese Khebregan) election by himself, he participated in the assembly after its formation. In September 1979, he conducted a series of addresses in Hosseinieh Ershad that was the beginning of new stage in his political life. He opposed with some principles of Islamic Republic of Iran's constitution especially the 12th article that led to the formation of the `Sunni Central Council' (Shoray Markazi Sunnat or ShMS) on March 31 and April 1, 1981. Through his invitation on March 13, 1981, the Sunni clergies and leaders participated in the Tehran conference that they enacted a 16 articles manifesto. On August 5-6, 1982, he launched the memorial of the foundation of council in Kermashan (Kermanshah). On September 9, 1982, he was arrested in Tehran and was taken to jail. After 10 years in August 4, 1992, he was released and in February 8, 1993, he passed away. Apart from speeches, articles and his poems, he has two important works: 'A Brief Discussion about Islamic Government' and 'About Kurdistan.'
Letter of Imam Khomeini,
The Great Leader of the Islamic Revolution and Founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran,
To President Mikhail Gorbachev, Leader of the Soviet Union
In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Iran: Explosions, Ecstasy, and Elections | by susanhu on Jun 13th, 2005 |
Cross-posted @dKos
"Top national security official Ali Agha Mohammadi told AFP late Sunday that the attackers 'infiltrated Iran from the region of Basra' in southern Iraq.
"'These terrorists have been trained under the umbrella of the Americans in Iraq,' he charged, adding that Iran suspected British troops across the border might also have links to the separatist group."
Iran's Islamic regime pointed the finger at Arab separatists, possibly backed by US and British forces in Iraq, for a string of deadly pre-presidential election bombings.
The interior ministry said outgoing President Mohammad Khatami had mobilised the country's vast security apparatus ...
"The people behind these bombing must be pan-Arabists who are based outside Iran," Ali Hadad, an aide to the governor of Ahvaz, told AFP.
Official media said eight people were killed and 75 others wounded Sunday in a series of four blasts outside public buildings in Ahvaz, capital of oil-rich Khuzestan province and an ethnic Arab majority city close to the Iraqi border. ...
Later Sunday, another blast hit a busy square in Tehran, killing two people and seriously wounding at least two others. ...
More headlines in recent years ... terrorists hiding a plain sight inside the EU
MEK's violent past looms over US lobby for regime change in Iran | Al Jazeera - March 2018 |
Secretive Iranian opposition group finds new White House ally in John Bolton, but remains a `pariah' back home.
On June 28, 1981, a huge explosion ripped through the headquarters of Iran's ruling Islamic Republic Party, killing at least 74 government officials, including the country's chief justice, Ayatollah Mohammed Beheshti and more than 20 parliament members, gathered that Sunday evening in southern Tehran.
Iran blamed the attack on the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq (MEK), a left-wing political group, which also killed Americans before the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
The suspect reportedly placed the bomb in a rubbish bin near where party leader Beheshti, 52, was addressing the group.
The incident, one of the deadliest political killings in Iran's history, is still remembered as the Haft-e-Tir bombing, so named after the date when it took place on the Persian calendar.
Two months later, President Mohammad Ali Rajaei, Prime Minister Mohammad Javad Bahonar, and three other people were also killed when an explosive hidden in a briefcase detonated inside the prime minister's office.
'No love lost for MEK'
The MEK's history of violence has resurfaced in recent days, after US President Donald Trump appointed John Bolton as his national security adviser. The former US ambassador to the UN is a lobbyist for the group and its "government-in-exile", the Iran National Council of Resistance.
Bolton and the MEK support Trump's threat to undo the Iran nuclear deal and advocate for "regime change" in Iran. But critics warned the group's proximity to the levers of American power and the policy they espouse could be a recipe for more bloodshed in the Middle East.
A year before that, Prince Turki bin Faisal Al Saud, a former intelligence chief of Saudi Arabia, also spoke before the group, denouncing the "Khomeini cancer", in reference to the Islamic Republic's founder and first Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
Iraq's Camp Ashraf MEK internment near the border with Iran
In exchange for its support of Saddam Hussein, MEK received "protection, funding, weapons, ammunition, vehicles, tanks, military training, and the use of land".
That decision by the MEK to collaborate with Saddam only magnified Iranian public opinion against the group, Javadi said.
After 35 Years, Iran Liquidates MKO Terrorist near Amsterdam | Aug. 10, 2018 |
The historical event of a savage bombing inside Iran's new leadership after the Islamic Revolution of 1979. The Pahlavi monarchy was ousted, kept in power for decades by foreign states: USA, UK and Israel (Mossad trained the Savak secret police). The occupation of the U.S. Embassy and hostage taking uncovered top secrets detrimental to both the CIA and Mossad. How the Reagan administration managed to make a deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran to keep the hostages imprisoned until after the presidential election of 1980 is one of the secrets of the "deep state" - Pentagon and vast Intelligence Community (27 agencies).
Iran's Long-exiled Prince Wants a Revolution in Age of Trump | Voice of America - April 10, 2017 |
In addition to the deal with Iran, delivering spare-parts needed to keep the Western purchased fighter planes in the air, the CIA used the proceeds to fund the right-wing extremists in Central America: El Salvador and Nicaragua. The military goods were delivered to Iran through emissaries of Israel.
Rear Adm. John M. Poindexter [infamous for death squads during occupation of Iraq called the Salvador Option - see also Amb. Pyatt in Baghdad and Kyiv], the President's former national security adviser, testified that he had approved diversion of the profits to the contras without ever telling President Reagan or anyone else.
The Mess the Iraq Invasion Made | Nov. 18, 2005 |
The Third Option: Covert Action and American Foreign Policy | Book by Loch K. Johnson -2022 |
Loch Johnson's new book explores the subject of covert action, often referred to as a "Third Option" between America's use of diplomacy and warfare---a shadowy approach to international affairs based on the controversial use of secret propaganda, political activities, economic sabotage, and paramilitary operations (whether clandestine warfare or assassinations).
The three major instruments that guide United States foreign policy are the Treaty Power, the War Power, and the Spy Power. Within the category of Spy Power is the "Third Option" the use of covert action. Ever since the creation of the Central Intelligence Agency in 1947, the US has often turned to the third option in the conduct of its international relations. This controversial approach includes covert propaganda campaigns, subversive political activities, economic sabotage, and paramilitary operations ranging from clandestine warfare to the assassination of foreign leaders. From the beginning of the Cold War to the present day, America's intelligence and national security agencies have employed all of these "third option" tools in order to advance America's global interests.
Confession by John Bolton: regime change is US foreign policy ...
John Bolton: Proud of A Hard Day's Work
A war criminal's confession as he was analysing the witness statements of Trump's involvement before the January 6th Commission of U.S. Congress and on America's propaganda outlet CNN ...
No rage, no raised eye brows by leading reporter ...
Joe Biden: JCPOA Is Dead
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— دامون مقصودی (@DamonMaghsoudi) December 20, 2022
My diary -- Biden: Iran Nuclear Deal Is Dead | Dec. 21, 2022 |
Biden not serious to reinstate the JCPOA nuclear deal scrapped by the former president to favor Israel …
Biden reluctant to remove Iran's Revolutionary Guards from terror list | France24 - April 20, 2022 |
A serie of three articles on outside intervention led by the U.S. [and Israel] supporting foreign terror groups in assassinations and terror campaign of bombings. The sanction regime by the Western nations leaves Iran in an economic poor shape and poverty. The historic ethnic division of Iran leaves multiple opportunities to be exploited by funding opposition movements seeking independence or at least some autonomy. A universal trend for self-identity and nationalism.
US War Powers, Regime Change — Part 1 — Part 2
The criminal acts by the Jewish State of Israel is not covered in these series as it would be too extensive from the Mossad training the Shah's secret service SAVAK in methods of oppression and torture.
The Fall of the Shah — The CIA has lost eleven espionage ground stations along the 1,600 km Iranian - Soviet border. The thousands of US military personnel contracted by the DoD have left.
The 8 years during the Reagan administration could by itself be written in a lively book.
Israeli Intelligence and Assassinations | Feb. 8, 2022 |
Has any major power been using the argument of borders and sovereignty recently? UN Charter provisions. #bansanctions #brotherhood #sisterhood
US War Powers, Regime Change and Third Option | 10 comments (10 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)
Golan Heights: International Borders, Sovereignty (none / 1)
Israel has done one better than 2 of the most vile murderous colonial powers in history: it has erased borders and claims intervention rights over all of it: Syria, Lebanon, even Iraq and Iran. [_link]
— Tikun Olam (@richards1052) January 21, 2023
Trump Heights: Israel approves plan for occupied Golan settlement
'Sapere aude'
by Oui (Oui) on Sun Jan 22nd, 2023 at 09:16:40 PM EST
Israel approves drilling for oil in Golan Heights | JPost - Feb. 22, 2013 |
Syrian occupied territory - A New Jersey-based company was awarded the license, covering half the area of the Golan from the latitude of Katzrin in the north to Tzemach in the south.
Sources informed "Globes" that, a few days ago, the Ministry of Energy and Water Resources' Petroleum Council recommended awarding the license to Genie Energy Ltd., headed by former minister Efraim Eitam. Shareholders include chairman Howard Jonas, Lord Jacob Rothschild, and Rupert Murdoch. Former US Vice President Dick Cheney is an adviser.
Hard Nosed Human Rights Abuser Dies at 83 (none / 0)
h/t Cat Interview with John Pilger
Duane R. Clarridge, Brash Spy Who Fought Terror Networks, Dies at 83
Duane R. Clarridge, a pugnacious American spy who helped found the C.I.A.'s Counterterrorism Center, was indicted and later pardoned for his role in the Iran-contra scandal, and resumed his intelligence career in his late 70s as the head of a private espionage operation in Afghanistan and Pakistan, died in Leesburg, Va. He was 83.
Mr. Clarridge was an unflinching champion of a brawny American foreign policy and of the particular role played by the C.I.A.'s clandestine service -- a cadre he likened to a secret army that "marches for the president" and ought to be subjected to as little outside scrutiny as possible.
Mr. Clarridge, widely known by his nickname Dewey, delighted in the role of rogue. He often arrived at work in white Italian suits or safari jackets and bragged to other C.I.A. officers about the brilliant ideas he had conceived while drinking the previous night.
"If you have a tough, dangerous job, critical to national security, Dewey's your man," Robert M. Gates, the former director of central intelligence and later defense secretary, was quoted as saying in "Casey," a 1990 biography of William J. Casey, the Central Intelligence Agency's chief during the Reagan administration, by Joseph E. Persico. "Just make sure you have a good lawyer at his elbow -- Dewey's not easy to control."
Clarridge: Iran-contra: The Underlying Facts
Weaponizing Human Rights for Regime Change (none / 0)
Searching for studies in this framework:
Weaponizing Human Rights for regime change LGBT protest, Islam women
Reference the initiatives to use the R2P policy of the moment to use military force in the Arab Spring protest for regime change in Libya and Syria in 2011 in the shadow of the "successful" Iraq campaign to remove dictator Saddam Hussein in 2003 by the Bush/Cheney administration. The extensive social media campaign and pro-active role played by American tech giants Facebook, Twitter and Google. An extension of American global power, intelligence agencies and the Pentagon. Another element is tribal warfare and creating division.
Related reading ...
Invisible issues: Hidden people, hidden problems | UNA-UK - Autumn 2012 |
Exploiting human misery in the Third World by global powers for a new form of Colonialism.
Identity Politics 2.0: Cyber Geopolitics and the Weaponization of Social Media | Arab. Enter Washington DC - June 2019 |
The processes by which group identity instigates conflict can be attributed to group-based marginalization, whether real or perceived. When members of ethnic, religious, or socioeconomic groups feel threatened, they retreat to tribalism. Similarly, powerful political elites have used identity delineations to deny rights and control populations and resources. Social psychology research has shown the thin line between identity politics and genocide; through a gradual process of inter-group dynamics, the demonization of the out-group as a threat to the in-group can lead to the dehumanization of out-group members and the belief that violence against them is a virtue and a moral obligation to protect the in-group. Some of the most atrocious crimes and genocides in history started with hateful disinformation about a community.
But identity politics in itself is not the problem. Perhaps the most useful classification of identity politics is that of Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt, who propose two versions. The first is an inclusive identity politics where the collective community is united yet recognizes the injustices experienced by certain groups within it and the need for political processes to resolve them. The second version is based on politics of fear with a binary, zero-sum, "us vs. them" perspective. The problem lies in the upsurge of the latter rather than the former.
In the Arab world today, the zero-sum exclusionary identity politics is prevalent. Much of the region's conflict is based on inter-group competition, group-based marginalization, ethnic tensions, and fear of an existential threat, all of which create a self-perpetuating cycle of violence and counter-violence. While identity has long been a fixture of political discourse, the explosion of social media tools has intensified division and expanded the domain of conflict to the digital sphere. Due to the role of identity in instigating conflict, its manifestations and dynamics on social media are of vital importance when addressing conflict and strife.
Identity Politics: The Double-Edged Sword
The election of Donald Trump as the president of the United States has intensified identity politics and polarization. These have flooded media and political conversations not only in the United States but around the world. On the one hand, with identity playing a major part in the grievances of marginalized communities and with unequal power structures continuing to affect minorities, identity politics becomes a platform to confront, recognize, and address disparities.
On the other hand, shifts brought on by globalization have increased identity politics on the right, especially among middle-class white populations, leading to resentments over perceived lost economic opportunities, affronted dignities, and threats to status, lifestyle, and even existence.
The resulting global rise of populist nationalism(1) and the shift from multiethnic democracies and multilateralism to internally focused narrow identities that vilify minorities have caused many to question the utility of identity politics and to view it as detrimental to liberal democracy. The impact of this discourse was evident in increased extreme-right attacks, most recently on the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania synagogue and the Christchurch, New Zealand mosques.
Note (1) Study new religions: Christian Identity
I watched a discussion on Al Jazeera on white supremacy, Trump presidency and role religion, the difference between Christian nationalism and Evangelical nationalism. The role of the Supreme Court's role to break down the barrier between Church and State. Moving forward to a "Christian" nation of the Aryan race of God's chosen people -- exceptionalism as underlying cause.
I would strongly argue the fictional "Clash of Civilization" narrative augmented by a few dozens Saudi and Middle East terrorists on 11 September was further amplified by the ugly racist and fascist statements of Bibi Netanyahu to declare all Palestinians as terrorists. In many ways, the cult of Israeli and American neoconservatives intend to remold the whole Middle East in Israel's interest. This is continuing today, except the clash of civilization is now about a Global Order and a division between East and West, a hot Cold War and stand-off between the United States on one side and Russia and China on the other pole. The unipolar position of the US will not last.
by Oui (Oui) on Mon Jan 23rd, 2023 at 01:12:00 PM EST
Re: Weaponizing Human Rights for Regime Change (none / 0)
Another amazing narrative found here ... after a quick glance misunderstood by me. Worthwhile vision from the largest populated nation of Africa, Nigeria.
M.A.D. Anti-Einstein Rhetoric
About checks and balances and America policing the world -- that pivotal year 2014. US bona fides earned in the global war on terror and the Afghan and Iraq campaign. Failure of diplomacy, communication between global nuclear powers and increased distrust.
Unipolar World In Crisis as Russia Challenges the U.S. and Allies, Dragging other Disgruntled Nations along
By F.A. Olasupo - Sept. 2014 | Obafemi Awolowo University in Nigeria |
Again, if in error, Soviet Military had retaliated, nuclear war would have ensued. Americans too would have looked nowhere else for harbinger of the calamity other than USSR and, might therefore have also responded.
The second incident was a "major war game exercise, Operation Able Archer, which involved 40,000 US and Nato troops moving across western Europe, co-ordinated by encrypted communications systems, imagined as scenario in which Blue Forces (Nato) defended its allies after Orange Forces (Warsaw Pact countries) sent troops into Yugoslavia following political unrest. The Orange Forces had quickly followed this up with invasions of Finland, Norway and eventually Greece. As the conflict had intensified, a conventional war had escalated into one involving chemical and nuclear weapons" (Guardian World News, 2013a).
Earlier in "September 1983, Russia shot down a Korean Airlines Boeing 747, killing all 269 people on board, after the plane had mistakenly strayed into their airspace. There is evidence to suggest that Russians thought the Boeing was an American spy plane".
Before these and in the same year 1983, US President Ronald Reagan, made a high-profile speech describing the Soviet Union as the "evil empire" and announced plans to build the "Star Wars" strategic defense initiative. With distrust between these two powerful nations in the world at unparalleled levels during this period, both sides "were operating on hair trigger" (Guardian World News, 2013a).
As Able Archer commenced and Russia close to threating the exercise as prelude for a nuclear strike against them (USSR), the Kremlin gave instructions for a dozen aircraft in East Germany and Poland to be fitted with nuclear weapons.
Grand Illusions: The Impact of Misperceptions About Russia on U.S. Policy | Carnegie Endowment for Peace - June 2021 |
by Oui (Oui) on Tue Jan 24th, 2023 at 06:09:08 PM EST
In response, the USSR ordered squadrons of fighter-bombers in East Germany loaded with nuclear weapons and put on 24-hour alert, including "preparations for the immediate use of nuclear weapons" to "destroy first-line enemy targets" within 30 minutes. [_link]
— Stephen Schwartz (@AtomicAnalyst) November 2, 2021
Largest ever demonstration against war and placing short-range nuclear NATO Pershing II and cruise missiles in Europe.
More than 600,000 people demonstrated Saturday in The Netherlands | UPI - Oct. 29, 1983 |
More than 600,000 people demonstrated in The Netherlands and Denmark, and hundreds of anti-nuclear activists blockaded two U.S. bases in West Germany to protest NATO plans to deploy new nuclear missiles in Europe.
Some 120,000 people took to the streets in cities and towns across Denmark to protest the missile deployment. It was the Scandinavian country's largest nationwide demonstration ever.
Peace movement in The Netherlands "Before the Bomb Drops"
Europe Didn't Buckle in 1987 Under US Pressure (none / 0)
After Exterminism | New Left Review - Mar/Apr 1988 |
Signing of an INF Treaty at the Washington Summit of December 1987 has brought to a symbolic (if illusory) close a dramatic episode in postwar history.
It will not, it seems, mark a decisive reversal in the nuclear arms race. Compensatory adjustments, on the nato side at least, and the us determination to develop a new generation of space-based weaponry will probably carry the military competition forward into a qualitatively new round, while sea-based systems will take over the strategic roles of Cruise and Pershing II.
It will not represent the recovery of a European popular sovereignty against superpower occupation, or the emergence of a progressive `third way' in the political alignments of the international community. The Thatcher and Kohl governments came unwillingly, and under strong American pressure, to an acceptance of the deal; and they looked ahead not to dealignment and denuclearization but rather to the coalescence of a European nuclear pillar of nato. It may not even be the solid foundation it appears for improved superpower relations.
Window of Opportunity Closing Fast (none / 1)
Within two years all trade with China will suffer from harsh economic and financial sanctions form US-UK-NATO Western powers. The Iron Curtain moved toward Russia's capital Moscow and broadened from the Barents Sea to the Persian Gulf.
Agreement signed between the US and EU on SWIFT banking system -- EU-US agreement on the processing and transfer of financial messaging data for purposes of the US Terrorist Finance Tracking Programme (TFTP)
Warning from the diaries ...
The long SWIFT arm of the US IRS | by ARGeezer on Nov. 28, 2009 |
DOES ANY OF YOUR ESTATE CONSIST OF US ASSETS? ARE YOU OR ANY OF YOUR HEIRS "US PERSONS" PER IRS DEFINITIONS?
Financial Sanctions, SWIFT, and the Architecture of the International Payments System | January 2023 |
It has become so much easier to define terrorism, a terrorist and a terror state or NGO ... the hybrid warfare of a collapsing empire of US dollar transactions. Waiting for a move by Saudi Arabia. China has introduced its very own crypto currency.
U.S. four-star general warns of war with China by 2025
A four-star general in the U.S. Air Force has warned of war with China within the next two years, likely over self-ruled Taiwan, in remarks that the Pentagon quickly sought to distance itself from.
Gen. Mike Minihan, who heads the U.S. Air Mobility Command, warned in a letter to the leadership of its roughly 110,000 personnel that it must speed up preparations for a looming conflict, citing Chinese President Xi Jinping's goals and the possibility that Washington and Taipei will be preoccupied with other domestic issues in the ensuing two years.
"I hope I am wrong," Minihan wrote in the letter dated Feb. 1 but sent out Friday. "My gut tells me we will fight in 2025. Xi secured his third term and set his war council in October 2022. Taiwan's presidential elections are in 2024 and will offer Xi a reason. United States' presidential elections are in 2024 and will offer Xi a distracted America. Xi's team, reason, and opportunity are all aligned for 2025."
Dutch far-right conservative PM Mark Rutte agreed with Joe Biden in White House pow-wow to block sales of ASML advanced chip lithography machines to China to avoid crippling sanctions by uncle Joe ... poster "I Want You" has been upgraded.
News headlines today in the greatest democracy of the world and protector of universal human rights, except ... Politico USA
by Oui (Oui) on Sun Jan 29th, 2023 at 10:35:44 AM EST


We'll be doing quick recaps of every "Who Do You Think You Are?" episode right here. So if you haven't yet watched the Sarah Jessica Parker episode and you don't want to know, stop reading this second.
Sarah Jessica Parker (SJP) and her brother are joking about being related to a Mayflower passenger. I smell foreshadowing.
SJP's father is Eastern-European Jewish, but she has lots of questions about her mother's side. Her mother born and raised in Cincinnati's German Community (just like my mom's dad). SJP visits her mom and learns her great-grandmother's last name was Hodge.
SJP's great-grandfather John Hodge is reported dead in 1849 in a newspaper article, but appears in the census in California the next year.
Now she's at the Museum Center, formerly Cincinnati's Union Terminal train station (a great place to visit if you're ever in town), meeting with UCLA history professor Stephen Aron.
Hodge invested $200 in a gold-prospecting company. He left for California, leaving his wife (whom he may or may not have known was pregnant). It's neat to see SJP's genuine excitement and curiosity. Now off to California.
I'm concerned viewers will think you actually have to visit every place your ancestors lived in order to research. That might make it even more fun and exciting, but it's definitely not required!
John Hodge did die after he arrived in California. Sad.
SJP says it's "extraordinary" to think your ancestor was part of such a profound event in history. That's what I love about genealogy.
Now Josh Taylor from the New England Historic Genealogical Society is telling her about John Hodge's family. 1849 to 1635 in 15 seconds flat.
SJP is looking at an online index and sees the word "warrant" by her ancestor's last name. Cut to commercial!
I love the little review after every commercial break.
SJP's ancestor Esther Elwell was arrested for performing witchcraft against her neighbor, Mary Fitch, causing Fitch to die. SJP is so surprised, she's stammering.
Whew! SJP's relative was arrested near the end of the trials, and ended up never having to go to court. She lived to age 82.
I feel like there should be a disclosure telling us how many hours and how many people all this research took. But, I really enjoyed watching someone else enjoy the process of genealogy. It was fun watching along with my Facebook genealogy friends. I think the show told a great story, introduced us to (or reacquainted us with) historical events, and got across how meaningful family history research can be.
Update: For more details on how the research into SJP's ancestry was done, see our March 8 post.
I think it was mentioned that Elwell is SJP's 10 great-grandmother. She has over 2000 more great-grandparents at that many generations removed. That's over 2000 more discoveries to be made. This WDYTYA episode only followed one branch leading to Elwell. Imagine the possibilities . . .
Keep up the recaps for the other episodes. Here's hoping the US episodes will be online during/after the series.
I've just watched online the four Faces of America episodes, so I'm not feeling too culturally deprived at the moment.
What a great program and the things that they found along the way for SJP. I can't wait for the next program. Thanks to all involved.
Why do we need to trace the ancestors of movie stars and sports people. I get much more excited when an ordinaary person finds something spectacular in their ancestry. What happens when they don't find anything "worthy"? Do they drop them from the show? I found the show more interesting than the Gates one on PBS. I liked the search part. Gates (or at least his staff) did all the work and then just dropped the results in the "stars" laps. Not any fun in that kind of genealogy research.
Great show! Fun to see SJP reaction when she found something new. I still get very excited when I have that "Yahoo" moment. Wish that I could just jump on a plane to follow my ancesters around the country. While it's fun to see a celeb, how they fallow a one of us around sometime.
I won't watch subsequent shows as long as they're profiling big name stars and sports figures. We need to stop being voyeurs of Hollywood and the NFL and concentrate on our own family's genealogy. I thought the whole show was overly dramatic and scripted. Just another shallow "reality" show that isn't real!


Calf-focused brand portfolio adds two colostrum replacers and two calf electrolyte products.
Calf Solutions, a calf-focused brand portfolio from Milk Products LLC, has announced the addition of a two colostrum replacers, Ultra Start 150 and Ultra Start 150 PLUS to its product line.
* The same amount of globulin protein fed every time — 150 g of bovine globulin protein (from first and second milkings) per feeding, providing one replacer feeding or up to three supplement feedings.
* Instantized ingredients designed to mix easily and completely for easy feeding. The small 350 g feeding size allows for maximum intake, even in small calves.
* Fewer steps in which contamination can occur, which supports a consistent and active approach to biosecurity.
* Ultra Start 150 PLUS features First Defense Technology.
Calf Solutions also added two calf electrolytes to its product line. TheraCaf and TheraCaf PLUS are formulated to provide calves the energy and nutrients they need for use during periods of stress or sickness.
* Ideal balance of electrolytes, energy and glycine supports rapid absorption of fluid and electrolytes. Functional protein and yeast extract optimize gut health in times of stress.
* Sodium bicarbonate and sodium citrate help to optimize blood pH (metabolic acidosis is associated with dehydration).
* Convenient packaging provides a cost effective electrolyte solution.
* TheraCaf PLUS is formulated with functional proteins and yeast extract to optimize gut health in times of stress.


Union activists at the Molex factory at Villemur-sur-Tarn in southern France decided to hold two managers on April 20 after a meeting called to discuss some 300 layoffs ended in disagreement.
French workers angry over plans to shut a U.S.-owned auto parts supplier were barricading two managers inside their plant on April 21, in the latest case of "boss-napping". Union activists at the Molex factory at Villemur-sur-Tarn in southern France decided to hold the two managers on April 20 after a meeting called to discuss some 300 layoffs ended in disagreement.
French labor department mediators were called in to try to end the standoff but managers said they refused to offer negotiations while being held captive.
Lawyers acting for Molex asked a court in nearby Toulouse to order the release of the two bosses: deputy manager Marcus Kerriou and human resources director Coline Colboc.
"There is no question of negotiating in this situation," said Kerriou.
French workers have taken several bosses captive over the past two months to demand better compensation packages for job losses, despite a threat by President Nicolas Sarkozy to put a stop to the practice.
Separately, a few hundred workers at a German-owned Continental plant went on a rampage after a court rejected their bid to halt the factory from shutting down with the loss of 1,100 jobs. The employees ransacked offices of the regional administration in Compiegne, northeast of Paris, and a judicial source said there was some damage, but no one was injured.
"This is the worst outcome, we are doomed," said Pierre Rubeck, a union activist at Continental, after the court handed down its ruling.
Sarkozy this month said blockading company bosses in their offices was illegal and that he would not allow "matters to go on like that." No charges have so far been brought against any of the employees who have detained their bosses. In each case, the managers were released unharmed and most of them agreed to new negotiations.
Union leaders at Molex, which produces electronic connectors, said they feared that police would be called in. "We were told that we were committing an offense but is it worse than putting 300 workers on the streets?" said union official Denis Parise. Molex announced last year plans to shut down the plant that was purchased five years ago.
Union leaders say management has moved production to plants in the Netherlands and that the shutdown was planned well before the economic crisis.
Business leaders have called on the president to take action to put an end to the practice but the leader of France's top union, the CGT, has said he condoned the actions as long as no harm came to the managers.


This wine is released after about 30 months of ageing; anyway, more years of cellaring will contribute to develop bothstructure and complexity.
Varietal Composition: 93% Sangiovese 7% Colorino .
Elaboration: Grapes are picked about 7-10 days after the harvest for their entry-level Chianti Rufina. Fermentation takes place at a temperature between 25 and 28°C. Maceration (skin contact) of about 25 days. The malolactic fermentation is completed in tanks, then the wine stays for 18 months in French oak barrels, half new and half one or two-years old.
Tasting Notes: Deep ruby red color. Concentrated nose showing plum and berry character. On the palate full and round, with soft tannins and a long, fruity, peppery finish.


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AITKEN, M., MCDONALD, S. and STRACHAN, P., 2008. Locating 'power' in wind power planning processes: the (not so) influential role of local objectors. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 51 (6), pp. 777-799.


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We don't know how lucky we are - 16 November 2021
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Mike Doig gave us his Viewpoint tonight. He said,
'Two things happened last week which have provoked my viewpoint.
'First, the Euthanasia Act came into force, after a long process involving a referendum.
'Second, my mother-in-law passed away. She was nearly 103 and would have gladly gone to her eternal rest at any time in the last ten years.
'My viewpoint is that we should embrace euthanasia, and get ready for it moving from voluntary to compulsory sometime in the future.
'It's all to do with population trends.
'Two things have changed in recent years.
'The first is falling birth rates.
'The second is the growing number of old people in the population.
'The fertility rate for a country is the ratio of live births to females. The 'replacement' rate is 2.1. This is the rate that keeps a population steady.
'The global fertility rate is falling. World population will peak and then fall away during this century. It is because of the education and emancipation of women, and more effective contraception. It is hard to see how the trend could be reversed.
'Fertility rates already vary widely. They are low in mature developed economies and high in poorer countries like Nigeria, where it is currently over 5.
'Every European country is already below the replacement rate of 2.1. including strong Catholic countries like Spain, Ireland, and Italy.
'By 2050, 150 countries will have falling populations. 2050 is not far away.
'By 2100, some, such as Spain, Korea, China, and Japan will see their populations fall by more than half.
'In New Zealand, our fertility rate was over 5 in the 1800s but has fallen to 1.6 today.
'Caring for the elderly: The proportion of older citizens in the population has been rising steadily since 1900, because of better diet, safer jobs, and of course better healthcare, including life-prolonging interventions. We seem determined to keep people alive.
'If a country has a falling, or even static, population and a rising proportion of old folk, it is heading for big trouble.
'The elderly consume more and more of the health and welfare budgets. On average, an older person uses more health resource in the last six months of their life than in all their previous life. Superannuation is the biggest component of the Welfare budget.
'I estimate that my mother-in-law, bless her, was employing the time and skills of about half a full-time equivalent worker, just to keep her going.
'This trend cannot continue. We cannot have a falling number of productive workers supporting a rising number of unproductive old people. The economy would collapse.
'Just by chance, today's Dominion has a story about palliative care. There is a funding crisis, and the demand for palliative care will double in the next 50 years. It simply isn't possible. The economy can't afford it.
'Euthanasia may be your friend
'In his masterwork "Brave New World", written in 1931, Aldous Huxley imagined that society would find a solution. He describes a world where the old are compulsorily terminated in hospitals, surrounded by their loved ones, and where euthanasia is normalised and acceptable.
'Eskimos have been doing something similar for centuries, gently removing unproductive family members by putting them out in the snow to die. To them, it's quite normal.
'So, at some time in the future, but certainly in this century, I predict that governments will allow you a fixed term of life, say 75 years, after which you will be removed from this earthly existence, humanely of course.
'In places like Japan, they will have to move quite soon. In New Zealand it will happen later.
'It raises an interesting question - would you live your life differently if you knew it would end on your 75th birthday?'


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Afro Atlantic: Mapping Journeys
Kerry James Marshall's painting Voyager, depicting two partially obscured Black figures standing aboard a ship, refers to an actual ship, Wanderer, which was among the last slave ships in the United States, illegally transporting more than 400 individuals from West Africa to Georgia in 1858—even though the importation of enslaved people had been banned in 1808. Use the painting as an entry point to discuss the Transatlantic slave trade and introduce students to the NEH-funded database Slave Voyages project.
Shakespeare's Julius Caesar: Leadership and a Global Stage
What if Shakespeare's Julius Caesar was set in a modern and newly independent nation? What do citizens look for in a leader? In this lesson, students not only consider the significance of this updated staging and political quandary, but will address important questions about how and why Shakespeare is adopted, adapted, and appropriated by people around the world in order for them to express their own political and social concerns through the universal language of Shakespeare.
Images of the New World
How did the English picture the native peoples of America during the early phases of colonization of North America? This lesson plan will enable students to interact with written and visual accounts of this critical formative period at the end of the 16th century, when the English view of the New World was being formulated, with consequences that we are still seeing today.
"Remember" by Joy Harjo
This lesson plan is the ninth in the "Incredible Bridges: Poets Creating Community" series. It provides a video recording of the poet, Joy Harjo, reading the poem "Remember." The companion lesson contains a sequence of activities for use with secondary students before, during, and after reading to help them enter and experience the poem.
"Translation for Mamá" by Richard Blanco
This lesson plan is the eighth in the "Incredible Bridges: Poets Creating Community" series. It provides a video recording of the poet, Richard Blanco, reading the poem "Translation for Mamá." The companion lesson contains a sequence of activities for use with secondary students before, during, and after reading to help them enter and experience the poem.
"Praise Song for the Day" by Elizabeth Alexander
This lesson plan is the seventh in the "Incredible Bridges: Poets Creating Community" series. It provides a video recording of the poet, Elizabeth Alexander, reading the poem "Praise Song for the Day" composed for President Barak Obama's 2009 inauguration ceremony. The companion lesson contains a sequence of activities for use with secondary students before, during, and after reading to help them enter and experience the poem.
"The Great Migration" by Minnie Bruce Pratt
This lesson plan is the fifth in the "Incredible Bridges: Poets Creating Community" series. It provides an audio recording of the poet, Minnie Bruce Pratt, reading the poem "The Great Migration." The companion lesson contains a sequence of activities for use with secondary students before, during, and after reading to help them enter and experience the poem.
"Cotton Candy" by Edward Hirsch
This lesson plan is the fourth in the "Incredible Bridges: Poets Creating Community" series. It provides a video of the poet, Edward Hirsch, offering a little backstory, then reading the poem "Cotton Candy." The companion lesson contains a sequence of activities for use with secondary students before, during, and after reading to help them enter and experience the poem.
"Every Day We Get More Illegal" by Juan Felipe Herrera
This lesson plan is the third in the "Incredible Bridges: Poets Creating Community" series. It provides a video of the United States Poet Laureate, Juan Felipe Herrera, reading the poem "Every Day We Get More Illegal" and a companion lesson with a sequence of activities for use with secondary students before, during, and after reading to help them enter and experience the poem.
"From Citizen, VI [On the train the woman standing]," Claudia Rankine
This lesson plan is the second in the "Incredible Bridges: Poets Creating Community" series. It provides a video of the poet Claudia Rankine reading the poem "from Citizen, VI [On the train the woman standing]" and a companion lesson with a sequence of activities for use with secondary students before, during, and after reading to help them enter and experience the poem.
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