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Berkeley celebrates historic Supreme Court decisions
by Frances Dinkelspiel June 27, 2013, 11:30 a.m. October 4, 2022
Berkeley Wednesday celebrated the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to allow same sex marriages in California. Shown here: the rainbow flag outside Berkeley City Hall on March 26 while the US Supreme Court was hearing oral arguments in the Prop. 8 case. Photo: Lance Knobel
After the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on Wednesday allowing same sex marriages in California, Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner got a text from her 31-year old daughter in New York. Sirona Skinner-Nixon and her girlfriend, Sinead O'Rourke, 34, had been glued to the news.
"Mom, we can get married at home," Skinner-Nixon texted. "Happy tears when I read the headline."
Tears almost rolled down Skinner's cheeks as she read the message to a crowd that gathered Wednesday evening in front of Old City Hall to celebrate the Supreme Court's two historic decisions impacting same-sex marriage.
Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner addresses a rally outside Berkeley's Old City Hall on Wednesday June 26. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel
Skinner recalled how Berkeley has played a central role in the fight for marriage equality, starting with her first day of her first term as a Berkeley city councilmember – either Dec. 1 or 2, 1984, said Skinner. On that day, the city passed a domestic partners ordinance, becoming the first city in the nation to do so.
"I am so happy we are having a celebration here in Berkeley," said Skinner. "We have really come full circle."
The small but spirited gathering, attended mostly by elected officials and City Hall insiders, was filled with moving personal testimonials about love, marriage, and the fight for equal rights.
City Councilman Darryl Moore told the crowd: "This is so exciting. I just can't control myself." He then showed off his 2008 marriage license to his husband, Bradley Johnson.
Moore said the Supreme Court ruling tossing out the Defense of Marriage Act meant that he would only have to file one tax return, not three.
Berkeley School Board Director Judy Appel told the crowd that she woke up at 6 a.m. on Wednesday and drove into San Francisco. She wanted to be at City Hall when the Supreme Court released its ruling on the legality of Prop. 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act. There were about 400 people in the rotunda, all waiting to hear the news.
"It was amazing," said Appel, who is also the director of the Our Family Coalition.
School Board member Beatrice Levy-Cutler said she will be marching in Sunday's Pride parade in San Francisco in support of her gay son.
A small group gathered at Old City Hall on Wednesday — including City Manager Christine Daniel and council members Jesse Arreguín and Kriss Worthington — to celebrate recent victories for marriage equality. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel
Berkeley City Manager Christine Daniel told the crowd that the day was "historic, groundbreaking, and thrilling."
Daniel said she thinks she and her long-term girlfriend will now tie the knot. "We intentionally waited for this to be resolved at the federal level," said Daniel.
Daniel also praised Berkeley for its warm embrace of the LGBT community. Berkeley's early acceptance of gays and lesbians has made it a welcoming place to work and now there is a "vast network," in the city, she said.
"It's not unusual in Berkeley; it's the norm," said Daniel.
Berkeley School Board director Judy Appel addressed the rally. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel
Berkeley's role in the fight for gays to marry was a central theme at the rally. In 1996, City Councilman Kriss Worthington introduced a resolution supporting marriage equality. There was a lot of resistance and the resolution was delayed a year, but it finally passed on an 8-1 vote in 1997, said Worthington. (Margaret Breeland was the dissenting vote, he said.)
One of the plaintiffs in the court challenge to Prop. 8 , Kristin Perry, is from Berkeley. The city plans to honor her and her partner, Sandy Stier, by naming a day after them, said Worthington. The city council will consider the proclamation on July 16.
Worthington said that although he was pleased with Wednesday's events, he does not think he and his partner, Martin Spence, will get married.
"We love each other and are happily committed to one another," said Worthington. "I don't think we have ever thought of having it sanctioned by government or religion."
While there was a lot of happiness expressed Wednesday, there were words of caution. The Supreme Court did not make same sex marriage available to all.
"There are people in other states who do not have marriage equality," said Moore. "The Supreme Court did not make the same rights we have in California available to them. We will not be free until they, too, have these freedoms."
Moore and others also mentioned that the court's rulings were not all good. Earlier in the week the court had decimated the Voting Rights Act.
But overall the mood at the rally was upbeat
"I am so proud to be in a community like Berkeley that cares about these issues and actually does something abut these issues," said Mayor Tom Bates.
Obama lauds Berkeley couple who fought Prop 8 and won (06.26.13)
Berkeley marks Supreme Court cases with rainbow flag (03.26.13)
Berkeley couple at heart of Prop 8 case speak out (08.05.10)
Berkeley couple at center of same-sex marriage trial (01.11.10)
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Tagged: Christine Daniel, Judy Appel, Kriss Worthington, LGBTQ, Marriage equality, Nancy Skinner, Prop 8, Same-sex marriage
Frances Dinkelspiel
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Frances Dinkelspiel, Berkeleyside and CItyside co-founder, is a journalist and author. Her first book, Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman... More by Frances Dinkelspiel


Fox News Channel's chief White House correspondent will take over anchor chair beginning Jan. 5.
Brit Hume passed the baton to Bret Baier Tuesday on Fox News Channel's Special Report. Baier, Fox News' chief White House correspondent, will take over as primary anchor beginning Jan. 5, when the program will officially be retitled Special Report with Bret Baier.
Hume, who announced earlier this year that he was retiring from the daily grind, will continue to appear periodically on Special Report in his new capacity as Fox News senior political analyst. He'll also appear during major news events and on the Fox News Sunday panel.
Longtime anchor to step down from day-to-day reporting but remain at network as senior politcal analyst.
Former White House press secretary, Fox News Channel personality dies after long bout with cancer.
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Yaghoobi, S., Parsa Moghaddam, B., Ivaz, K. (2018). A numerical approach for variable-order fractional unified chaotic systems with time-delay. Computational Methods for Differential Equations, 6(4), 396-410.
Sholeh Yaghoobi; Behrouz Parsa Moghaddam; Karim Ivaz. "A numerical approach for variable-order fractional unified chaotic systems with time-delay". Computational Methods for Differential Equations, 6, 4, 2018, 396-410.
Yaghoobi, S., Parsa Moghaddam, B., Ivaz, K. (2018). 'A numerical approach for variable-order fractional unified chaotic systems with time-delay', Computational Methods for Differential Equations, 6(4), pp. 396-410.
Yaghoobi, S., Parsa Moghaddam, B., Ivaz, K. A numerical approach for variable-order fractional unified chaotic systems with time-delay. Computational Methods for Differential Equations, 2018; 6(4): 396-410.
This paper proposes a new computational scheme for approximating variable-order fractional integral operators by means of finite element scheme. This strategy is extended to approximate the solution of a class of variable-order fractional nonlinear systems with time-delay. Numerical simulations are analyzed in the perspective of the mean absolute error and experimental convergence order. To illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed scheme, dynamical behaviors of the variable-order fractional unified chaotic systems with time-delay are investigated in the time domain.


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Aamer Mohammed Promoted at Stoelting Foodservice
Stoelting veteran named director of engineering
KIEL, WI – April 14, 2016 – Stoelting Foodservice, a division of The Vollrath Company and manufacturer of frozen dessert equipment, announced the promotion of Aamer Mohammed to director of engineering.
Mohammed joined the company in 2005 as a product development engineer and was promoted to manager of engineering in 2009. Mohammed's success as the leader of the engineering department at Stoelting has led to his instrumental role in driving product innovation, delivering successful products to market, and helping Stoelting establish a competitive advantage through its state-of-the-art products.
His contributions to the new product development process and technology have resulted in the vitality index of over 30 percent at Stoelting. His team has successfully launched many innovative products and technological advancements, including IntelliTec2™ and I3 controls, variations of the F231 Soft Serve/Yogurt Freezer, the AutoVend system of customized frozen treats, and a number of portion control systems.
In his new position, Mohammed will continue to lead the engineering department in fulfilling the Stoelting brand promise with greater responsibility to help drive Stoelting products and technology to the next level. He will play a key role in driving innovation and design – development of new products and improvement of existing products – that has a direct positive impact on Stoelting's financial position and brand value.
Mohammed holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from Marquette University and a Master's degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. As a valued member of the Stoelting leadership team, Mohammed will continue to report to Rich Koehl, General Manager.
About Stoelting
Stoelting Foodservice, a division of The Vollrath Company, LLC, is an industry leader in frozen dessert equipment, offering a broad and premium line of soft serve, frozen custard, batch and frozen beverage dispensing equipment that supports a wide range of foodservice venues. For more information about Stoelting, its products, facilities in the US, Europe and Mexico, and the foodservice industries it serves, visit stoeltingfoodservice.com.

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We arrived at the restaurant at 7pm and met a group of friends who were already there. We were seated outside of the dining area in the "lounge" which was not bad except for the fact this area was being looked after by a newbie waitress who was here for her first day. Seriously, who starts their new waitress on Friday night, in Wisconsin? Hello? She did what she could, but when you have a full table of people eating nothing but Fish Fry things should run like clockwork. Our clock was a little behind and our food was a little cold as a result.
Hawthorn's had two fish options this particular Friday, cod and bluegill. The cod was All You Can Eat for $10 while the bluegill was $12 for six nice sized fillets. The Bluegill was the better of the two and had a unique batter that almost looked like buffalo sauce. It was slightly spicy but actually good with the classic bluegill underneath. The cod was less expressive. The long, thin fillets were covered in a thick, crispy batter which took over the taste of the fish. Both were not "Fish Fry hot" when served, which may have been partially responsible for their lackluster performance. Although, the AYCErs did get hotter cod on the second and third rounds and they were still nothing special.
Much like the bluegill the French fries were very good and could have easily been great if served at the peak of their deep fried freshness. The tartar sauce (which our waitress forgot on the first time through) had a tiny bit of dill which didn't ruin it but certainly didn't help it. Overall it was just kind of so-so, as was the slaw which was edible but not memorable. The two pieces of rye bread on the plate tasted fine but looked horrible with (fake?) grill marks across their limp, soggy bodies.
Can "bad" services really ruin a Fish Fry? Well, MadisonFishFry recently got a nasty letter from someone who had a bad experience at the Esquire Club similar to what we had at Hawthorn's and it makes you think. Having a rookie waitress is always a tough proposition because you know she is doing her best but when the food suffers you know why. Regardless of how she did I don't think the AYCE cod really cuts the mustard, it was decent but I don't think I will be back for it. The bluegill was a different story; I would certainly be willing to give it another chance under better circumstances. Overall this Fish Fry just left me wanting more. Maybe my expectations were too high, or maybe it was bad timing.


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The polls opened across Israel at 7am on Tuesday morning as the country began voting on the make up of the next Knesset - and the prime minister to lead it.
The polling stations were to remain open until 10pm, allowing some 6.3 million eligible voters to cast a ballot at more than 10,000 locations.
The exceptions to these hours are at hospitals, jails and small communities with fewer than 350 residents, where the polls will be open from 8am until 8pm.
Some 17,000 thousands of police forces were to be deployed throughout the country, with Israeli military imposing a general closure on the West Bank and the border crossings into the Gaza Strip.
IDF soldiers also began voting on Saturday evening at bases around the country.
The votes of soldiers, hospital patients, inmates, women in shelters, election officials and diplomats in foreign countries - known collectively in Hebrew as "double envelopes" - are counted last.
Votes are cast in Israel by paper ballot only, so as to minimize the potential for cyber attacks on the electoral process.
While in some countries voting is compulsory, in Israel it is optional. Election Day, however, is considered a national holiday in order to facilitate the electoral process.
In order to vote, Israelis have to produce an ID card, a valid driving licence or passport. Voters present their identification at the relevant polling station, and are handed an envelope in which they will place their ballot. They then go behind a screen and select a slip of paper representing the party for which they wish to vote.
The slip of paper is placed in the envelope, which is then sealed and dropped into the ballot box that is supervised by election officials at each station. Voters must take care to ensure that they do not place two slips and invalidate their vote.
Once the polling stations are closed, the elections committee members in each station count all the notes manually and note how many votes each party list received. This number is then compared to the number of eligible voters in each ballot box.
The verified results are submitted to the chairman of each Regional Elections Committee, and are then fed into a computer and forwarded directly to the Central Elections Committee.
The final results will be announced on Thursday morning, when the CEC is expected to finish counting all votes, including the double envelopes.
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I was in a rush this morning, so I sort of threw on my clothes without thinking: blue jeans, dark green t-shirt, white socks, navy blue jacket, and (ba-da-bum!) light brown walking sneakers. I feel so incredibly dorky right now.
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The Supreme Court's decisions under the pollution control statutes administered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reach startlingly anti-environmental results, but they are explained more by the Court's overwhelming hostility toward the private enforcement of statutes, rather than an anti-environmental bias. Adding insult to injury, in one of the rare victories for private environmental plaintiffs in those decisions, Justice Kennedy queried whether citizen suits intrude on the President's Article II executive power and violate the separation of power principles. While other Justices have raised the same concern, Justice Kennedy's invitation is particularly significant because he is a swing vote in environmental and other social justice cases.
Part II of this article describes citizen suits and their role in the enforcement of environmental law. Part III outlines the background of separation of powers and the dominant theories of analyzing separation of powers issues. Part IV explores the roles of public and private enforcement before and after the framing of the Constitution and the effects of those roles on interpreting the three relevant constitutional clauses. Part V examines Appointments Clause challenges to citizen suits. Part VI examines Vesting Clause and Take Care Clause challenges to citizen suits. This article concludes that citizen suits are constitutional under the Vesting Clause and the Take Care Clause and do not violate the Appointments Clause.
Jeffrey G. Miller & Brooke S. Dorner, The Constitutionality of Citizen Suit Provisions in Federal Environmental Statutes, 27 J. Envtl. L. & Litig. 401 (2012), http://digitalcommons.pace.edu/lawfaculty/891/.


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Plus, enjoy after-hours access to many popular exhibits, including the Small Mammal House, the Great Ape House, the Reptile Discovery Center, and more! The Speedwell Conservation Carousel will also be open for rides (for an additional fee). Animal experience and zoo education stations will be spread out throughout the zoo as well!
Tickets go on sale September 6, 2018, for members and September 13, 2018, for non-members.
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The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are fuscous with a whitish median fascia and subterminal fascia. The hindwings are pale fuscous with whitish lines.

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Endemic moths of South Africa
Eoophyla
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Best Universities To Study for Clinical Medicine in Canada
Health, Infomarticle
In this post, we shall be looking into the best Universities in Canada, where individuals from different regions can acquire knowledge in clinical medicine. We choose to look into Canada because it's at top ranking to global medical study centers.
According to U.S News:
In many cases, institutions with a sturdy focus on a sure subject were ranked in that subject
but excluded from the average Best Global Universities ranking. In total, 165 universities were included in the issue rankings but not ranked in the average ranking.
Three countries – Jamaica, Palestine and Tanzania – are represented in the subject rankings but not among the 95 nations in the overall ranking.
University of Toronto :
Ranked 4th in Best Canada Medical universities and 18th in Best Global Medical Universities.
University of Toronto Summary
The University of Toronto is a public institution that was founded in 1827. Around 80 percent of its students study at the undergraduate level. The school has three campuses – St. George, Mississauga and Scarborough – located in and around Toronto. Roughly 95 percent of the university's graduate students study at the downtown St. George campus, as do upward of 60 percent of its undergraduates. Thousands of foreign students from more than 160 countries and regions attend the University of Toronto. In a recent year, the top countries of origin for non-Canadian students were China, India and the U.S. Tuition is higher for international students. Read Details Here
University of British Columbia:
Ranked 34th in Best Canada Medical universities and 35th in Best Global Medical Universities
University of British Columbia Summary
The University of British Columbia is a public institution located in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The university was established in 1908 and opened in 1915. It has two main campuses – the Vancouver campus and the Okanagan campus located in Kelowna. The Vancouver campus is the larger of the two, accommodating more than 85 percent of UBC students. In a recent year, 23 percent of students at the Vancouver campus and around 13 percent at the Okanagan campus were international. Tuition costs at UBC vary by degree program and are higher for international students. University housing is guaranteed for first-year UBC undergraduates, and newly admitted international students who are second-year undergrads receive housing priority too. Housing is also available for returning undergraduate and graduate students. Read More Details Here
McMaster University:
Ranked 36th in Best Canada Medical universities and 138th in Best Global Medical Universities
McMaster University Summary
McMaster University is a public institution that was founded in 1887. The Canadian university's main campus is in a suburban neighborhood of Hamilton, Ontario, near the western edge of Lake Ontario and not far from the U.S. border. Other campuses are located in downtown Hamilton, Burlington, Kitchener-Waterloo and Niagara. The university's international students hail from more than 75 countries, and its full-time faculty members come from more than 55. Tuition costs are higher for non-Canadian students. University-operated student housing is available, with options including themed living communities such as an all-female community, a healthy active living community and a global perspectives community. Read More Details Here
McGill University:
Ranked 41 in Best Canada Medical universities and 54 in Best Global Medical Universities
McGill University Summary
McGill University is a public institution that was founded in 1821 and is located in Quebec, Canada. The university has two campuses: the downtown campus in Montreal and the Macdonald campus in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue. The two campuses are approximately 20 miles apart. The primary language of instruction is English, although in a recent year around 20 percent of university students said French was their mother tongue. In fact, around half of the population of Montreal speaks French as a first language. Around one-fourth of the student body is international, with students hailing from more than 150 countries. University housing is available for undergraduate and graduate students on both campuses. Read More
University of Alberta:
Ranked 86 in Best Canada Medical universities and 136 in Best Global Medical Universities
University of Alberta Summary
The University of Alberta is a public institution that was founded in 1908. Located in the province of Alberta in Western Canada, around 80 percent of the university's students study at the undergraduate level. The university is made up of five campuses, four of which are in the city of Edmonton, including the main North Campus, which covers around 50 city blocks. The university's fifth site, the Augustana Campus, is located roughly an hour away from Edmonton in the rural city of Camrose. Some 1,000 students study at the smaller Augustana Campus, which focuses on liberal arts and sciences. Read More
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There have been a lot of hotly anticipated albums in 2017, but after winning our award for best new artist, Rationale's debut has been top of the list here at Belwood. It's also one of the few albums that lives up to the hype. His eponymous debut showcases everything that makes him such a captivating artist. Whether he's delving into electronic pop on 'Into The Blue', synth driven, well-spoken R&B on 'Prodigal Son', or futuristic soul on 'Deliverance', Rationale is on top form. Seamlessly blending the best that a range of styles have to offer, he stands out as one of the most versatile modern artists with his powerful vocals and a masterful grasp of how to create an addictive hit, as well as his own distinctive approach and aesthetic. His debut is a thrilling first step on what will one day prove to be a remarkable career.
While it is chock-a-block with fan favourites, the album's biggest surprise and delight is closing track 'Somewhere to Belong'. The stripped back offering shines a spotlight on his gorgeous vocals, and really puts into perspective his talents both as a singer and as a songwriter. My only quarrel with the album is that it lacks cohesion. As around half of the tracklist consists of old songs it plays like a greatest hits record, and the occasionally overzealous album rollout didn't help matters either. This isn't an issue for new listeners however, and if anything helps draw in new fans by exposing them to some of his best work. Many Belwood favourites have followed greatness with missteps over the past couple of years, but this award winner shows no sign of faltering. If anything, his capacity for writing genre-defying hits seems on the up and up.


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How many times have you patted yourself on the back for hiring the "perfect" employee, only to find out a few months later that they couldn't walk their talk, or worse, they had exaggerated their experience? But then you were stuck, because your dealership had other needs and could not give up the manpower to conduct another search. So you settled for a mediocre employee who brought down morale but wasn't quite bad enough to justify firing.
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Place salt, sugar and boiling water in a pot.
Return to the boil and cook till sugar and salt melt.
In a 5 gallon bucket or large stock pot, place turkey.
Top with the cooled brine and ice to cover.
Let the turkey remain in the brine for 6-8 hours.
Remove from the brine, pat dry before roasting.
This works just as well for a chicken, duck or game bird.


Yesterday I wished our daughter-in-law Geli happy birthday, and today it's my daughter Tiffany's turn. I don't know where the years went, because it seems like only last week that I was strapping my brand-new daughter into a car seat in the back of my brand-new Lincoln Town Car to take her home from the hospital. And now she's got teenage daughters of her own! Where does the time go?
Happy birthday, Tiffany. I love you very much and I am so very proud to be your father.
There was a gun show down in Titusville that I would have liked to have gone to yesterday, but there was just too much going on here and no way I could get away. There will be another one next month at the Volusia County Fairgrounds, and l will try to make that one.
After my morning routine of answering emails and approving entries in the current free drawing, followed by breakfast, I went to my accountant's house to pick up our income tax forms. We spent some time going over them with her, talking about ways to find and use the many deductions she is able to ferret out from our annual expenses. Being an author and blogger gives me some advantage, because pretty much anything we do could fall under the heading of research or purchases to further my writing activities. At first glance I thought I was going to have to sell a kidney, but by the time she got done the amount had dropped considerably. Her services are not cheap, but she's never lost a case when the IRS contests any of her clients' deductions.
Back at home I spent several hours figuring out the formatting problem with my author's newsletter, and once I did, I finished putting it together and mailed it out to my subscribers. This one announces the publishing of my new book, Sweet Tea And Jesus, which is enjoying a lot of sales as well as page reads by people who subscribe to Kindle Unlimited.
With that out of the way, I went to the hospital to pick up a friend of ours who was being released after several days and played cab driver to get him home. At one time in my misspent youth I worked as a cab driver for a while, and he was a lot better than some of the fares I picked up. I could tell you some stories about that. Or maybe I'll write a book about it instead.
Speaking of writing books, I will be starting on my next one, Big Lake Ninja, this week. I have missed the people in that quirky little mountain town and I'm looking forward to getting back there and checking in on them.
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We went to the T'ville show. It was fairly small. Cost $7. Not many gun dealers, some knives and accessory dealers and no ammo dealers. The Deland/Volusia show is one of our favorites. There are both new and used guns and lots of fun people. You will enjoy the show.


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Theresa May as Prime Minister is a danger to National security
Posted by Torquil Dick-Erikson | Jul 7, 2016 | Brexit | 7 |
Here is why, put very simply. There are many other reasons why she should not be PM, but this is the most important.
Ms May said in 2012 that – as Home Secretary – she would be happy to invite lethally-armed, paramilitary units owing allegiance only to Brussels onto British soil.
Once here they would obviously obey any ECJ rulings and ram alien laws down our throats, by main force. It would amount to a military occupation.
I feel it is of paramount importance that the Conservative membership be informed of this before they vote for their and the country's new leader.
I give below the Hansard reference, just in case people think that I made it all up. I quote from page 15-16 of my submission to the House of Lords ref the European Arrest Warrant and other Justice measures in 2013. The submission contains the Hansard reference. The full text of that submission can be seen here.
One measure of particular interest, which HMG has declared it intends to opt into, is Council Decision 2008/617/JHA on the improvement of cooperation between the special intervention units of the Member States of the European Union in crisis situations. "Special intervention units" are obviously going to be units of the French Gendarmerie, the Spanish Guardia Civil, the Italian Carabinieri, etc – ie the very components of the European Gendarmerie Force.
Whereas the previous [Labour] government refused to answer the Parliamentary questions, [put to it by Lord Pearson and by Bob Spink MP], as to whether it would give consent to the deployment of the Eurogendarmerie on British soil, the present government received a similar question as follows:
Criminal Proceedings: EU Law (Hansard, written answers for 11/06/2012)
Mr Raab: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to EU Council Framework Decision 2008/675/JHA, in what circumstances she envisages that the UK would request special intervention units from other EU member states to operate on UK soil. [110125] James Brokenshire [on behalf of the Home Sec. Theresa May]: The United Kingdom's response to any incident will be individually tailored to the nature and scale of that incident. Should we identify the need to seek the support of our allies in managing a crisis situation, we would of course do so. [emphases added]
The government should be warned that with this attitude it is recklessly playing with fire. The "special intervention units from other EU member states" that "of course" they would ask to intervene on British soil would be the very self-same units that make up the European Gendarmerie Force. Unless we exercise the opt-outs now, and keep them, we will be "subject to the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice, and the enforcement powers of the Commission". These powers could at some stage go beyond the power of fining non-compliant states, and could include command of the Eurogendarmerie, at present reporting to the Council of the Ministers of the participating states (CIMIN). The Commission could see an increase in the array of "enforcement powers" at its disposal, to include Europol and the Eurogendarmerie.
The point is that once the armed, paramilitary, Eurogendarmerie are inside the country, no British government can ever order them to leave, for they will only obey orders from their masters in Brussels.
For the people of Britain it will feel like being under military occupation by a foreign power, imposing alien laws on us. At that point British participation in the EU project will no longer be voluntary. Our sovereign right to withdraw, never denied by any British participants in the debate, will have gone.
This reply by the Home Office, given in 2013 when there was no question of Brexit, shows how dangerous Ms May is. Whether she be just unforgiveably ignorant of the consequences of her words, or be fully aware of the consequences (in which case the reflections on her character are even worse), she is utterly unfit for purpose.
She must be stopped at all costs from becoming PM. On yesterday's voting record it looks as if the choice before the Tory membership will be her or Andrea Leadsom.
Whatever Ms Leadsom's possible shortcomings (and I have to say she did put on a good performance at the Wembley debate), they surely pale into insignificance before the abject irresponsibility of someone who was prepared to ask lethally-armed, paramilitary units of a foreign power, which claims supremacy over us and over our Parliament, to enter the country. This could take us back to the days of Charles I.
It constitutes a danger to our national security.
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Torquil Dick-Erikson has been living in Rome for over 40 years,and, as a legal journalist, studying the differences between the continental and the Anglo-Saxon systems of criminal justice (there are no Chairs of comparative criminal procedure in any University in the UK or elsewhere, AFAIK). He has spoken in conferences in Italy and in England, and published in Italian and English law journals, as well as in the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, and elsewhere. From 1993 to 1998 he was a contributor to The European Journal, where he published his findings on Corpus Juris
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David Warwicker	on July 13, 2016 at 11:44 pm
Thank goodness UKIP treat Carswell so appallingly. As a Blairite I sleep well at night knowing that no other MPs will flip to the childish UKIP.
John Carins	on July 8, 2016 at 11:02 am
The Tories are about to make a total mess by electing May. This golden opportunity handed to them by the hard work of UKIP is about to be ignored or at best watered down by the likes of May. George Galloway described her as John Major in a skirt – it is the first time that I've found myself agreeing with Galloway
Michael Keal	on July 9, 2016 at 7:12 pm
I must say I disagree with George Galloway on this one.
She reminds me more of Tony Blair. She even looks a bit like him!
(Imagine a recent mugshot of Tony with a wig.)
David	on July 8, 2016 at 4:25 am
Two strikes already: EU army and talking with Branson. How many more will come to light?
Zorana	on July 7, 2016 at 4:57 pm
There is now way she should be leader, firstly she backed Remain…that should have barred her from the race altogether otherwise what did we actually win on June 2rd. I voted for radical change not more of the same NWO tripe.
Sorry, should have June 23rd.
Panmelia	on July 7, 2016 at 4:01 pm
Theresa May is the 'stability and continuity' candidate for leadership, which is Strike One against her, because the people have voted for radical CHANGE, not business as usual and certainly no backsliding or 'modifying' the referendum result.
Strike Two against her is her failure to back Brexit despite making speeches about immigration that convinced many people she saw the problem and would support the obvious solution. Her decision to back Remain shows cowardice, hypocrisy, lack of integrity.
Strike Three against her is the fact that she was prepared to request the intervention of a foreign law-enforcement body on British soil, as pointed out in the above article.
Strike Four consists of a series of poor decisions regarding who is allowed to enter or stay in this country. Apparently, a British-descended sick grandmother coming from South Africa to be looked after by her British family is to be denied the right to stay. Her family had to submit her cause to a Change.org petition and hope for enough signatures to make an impression on the Home Office. Meanwhile, how many undesirables with no connection to Britain at all have been allowed to stay with no quibbles? We often hear about these people after they've committed crimes, including murder. And why is Geert Wilders refused permission to visit the UK, while Islamist sympathisers are allowed in to preach ant-west, misogynistic, homophobic rhetoric in mosques?
Theresa may be the favourite with Con MPs, but let's hope she's less popular with the grassroots of the party.


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Andrea Hossó is an economist and investment specialist who has held a variety of positions in asset management in the City of London. She is a member of Economists for Free Trade.
On 20th December, the European Commission, for the first time ever, activated Article 7 of the Treaty on European Union citing "a clear risk of a serious breach of the rule of law in Poland". The charge is that the Polish Government's recent measures to reform the judiciary system could jeopardise judicial independence, and thus violate the EU's common values as defined in Article 2.
Talking to the Telegraph, Guy Verhofstadt, head of the European Parliament's Brexit working group, invited Prime Minister May to raise the issue on her visit to Poland as this is "an important first test of the UK's pledge to defend European liberal democratic values".
I do not support any particular Central European government. I am not particularly familiar with the Polish judicial system. I believe, however, that it is important to examine the meaning of "democratic values" in the context of the often tense relationship between Central Europe and Brussels.
The EU's grievance against Poland has been given ample coverage but, characteristically, little attention has been paid to what Poland had to say. The Polish Prime Minister, Mateusz Morawieczki, wrote:
"No democratic nation can long accept having any branch of government independent of checks, balances, and public accountability. That is the judiciary's status in today's Poland. And this very peculiar flaw of governance, its origins, and its consequences have been rarely discussed or understood in Europe and America… In the 1989 Roundtable Talks between Poland's Communists and the democratic opposition, then-president General Wojciech Jaruzelski – the man who ran Poland's martial law government for the Soviets – was allowed to nominate an entirely new bench of Communist-era judges to staff the post-communist courts. These judges dominated our judiciary for the next quarter century. Some remain in place.
"To this day, an elite council of 25, dominated by 15 judges on the appellate level or above, nominates all judges including their own successors. No trial judge or elected official participates. The president may accept or reject the nominees. The system lends itself to nepotism and corruption."
In Central Europe, Mr. Morawieczki's words ring uncomfortably true.
The end of nasty dictatorships such as apartheid in South Africa or Nazi rule in Europe is usually followed by some sort of settling the accounts. Full justice cannot be expected from such exercises but at least the major culprits are supposed to be held responsible for their acts and, as a minimum, removed from office to clear the way for a cleaner society. Even more important is to restore the notion of justice by giving a sense of good and bad. The major beneficiaries of and perpetrators of crime on behalf of such regimes need to be named and excluded from public life.
South Africa had the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Nazi war crime perpetrators were tried and judged in Nuremberg. German and Austrian public life was denazified. At the end of Soviet colonial rule in Central Europe, however, no such exercise took place, except some "lustration" legislation in the Czech Republic excluding some official figures from public office.
In Poland and Hungary, the political "transition" meant a "compromise" between the new and old political forces, the latter including establishment figures of the Soviet-era system. The practical result of this deal was that the former flag bearers of the Soviet era, those who actively served, often in conflict with their own country's interests, in the puppet governments under the occupying forces, were smoothly recycled into the new political order. This "peaceful compromise" was very much "encouraged" by Western powers on both sides of the Atlantic. Anne Applebaum gave a concise description in Foreign Affairs in 1994:
"Western, particularly American, diplomats in Central Europe went out of their way to encourage politicians whom they perceived as antinationalist and to discourage "decommunization" programs, which were often favored by politicians whom they perceived as nationalist. This was the case across the former Soviet bloc, even though decommunization projects, sometimes called "lustration," usually did little more than forbid former high-ranking communist party officials from holding office under the new regime. While diplomatic efforts did not determine the political developments in Central Europe – they did not stop the Czechs or Germans from passing laws on lustration – they did have an impact. Right-wing and conservative politicians in Central Europe failed to receive the official approval, invitations, and fellowships given their left and center-left counterparts."
She continued to say:
"In Central Europe the greatest danger to democracy and stability does not – and never did – come from the new or the old nationalist right. The danger comes from the old left, from the remnants of the communist parties, which remain better organized and better funded than any new right-wing party could ever be. Former communist parties hold political and economic monopolies that will take years to loosen; until they do, politics will not become "normal" in any Western sense in Central Europe or elsewhere in the former Warsaw Pact."
In case the reader sees a contradiction in Western powers supporting former Soviet-era politicians against fresh faces, there is actually none. Most of those high-ranking officials, politicians and factory directors did not attribute importance to sovereignty and patriotism. After 1990, they simply switched allegiance from the East to the West. They were more pliant and conformed much better to the by then fashionable ideas of globalisation and a nationless new world than conservative politicians who wanted to build their newly independent countries into sovereign states.
Focusing on the judiciary, it may not be widely known that after German unification, West German legal professionals simply took over the majority of their East German colleagues' places in public offices. "Typically, GDR [East German] lawyers make up no more than one-fifth of the new ministries' professional staff, because relatively few have been found suitable." Especially since "many GDR jurists were involved with the former regime in various ways, rendering them unsuitable to participate in the transition."
A massive vetting process was implemented: "The alternative of immediately dismissing all GDR judges and starting with a clean slate in October 1990 was rejected because it was simply not feasible to take such a drastic step. At the same time, it was understood that all GDR judges would undergo investigation and screening. Those who were cleared could remain as judges for a probationary period of three to five years; those who were not cleared would be dismissed. The same process would be applied to prosecutors." [Daniel J. Meador, Transition in the German Legal Order: East Back to West, 1990-91, 15 B.C. Int'l & Comp. L. Rev. 283 (1992)]
Hungary has over and over again provoked criticism for what the European Commission called undemocratic measures. One of these was the government's intention in 2012 to lower the retirement age of judges from 70 to 65 years. The Commission attacked the measure and it was finally withdrawn.
Some of these judges may have an impeccable record, but quite a few of them are products of the old regime. No major figures of the whole 1945-1990 period of Communist rule have been held to account, not even those known to have taken part in atrocities. Judges who sent children fighting against the Russians in 1956 to the gallows on their 18th birthday are enjoying their well-deserved old age pension. The infamous Minister of the Interior, who led the bloody and inhuman retaliation against the freedom-fighters of 1956, when finally tried, was acquitted by the Court except for some minor matters.
The expression "democratic values" has acquired a tinge of Alice in Wonderland. The EU remaining largely silent at the sight of Spanish police brutality against civilians in Catalonia, or of the police in Hungary savagely attacking demonstrators in 2006 under the government of a Socialist prime minister, apparently conforms to preserving "democratic values". Central European countries taking steps to improve the balance of their judiciary are clearly violating the same "democratic values".
The EU, so open to the culture of immigrants from other continents, evidently has not seen the need to try to understand the problems of its nearby Eastern members. Even more worrisome is that Brussels' anguish over Polish "democratic values" hides a much deeper menace. The Visegrád Four's firm resistance to the EU's German-led migration policy is a major risk threatening the much-touted unity of the 27 member states. Shaken by Brexit, the EU must show strength, break up the Visegrád Four's alliance, cow them into submission. In essence, this does not differ much from what Central Europe experienced under Soviet occupation.
Britain voted for Brexit to get back her sovereignty. Central Europe would like the same. The EU resists both. Here is the basis of a strong alliance, because strong and enduring alliances can only rest on shared interests.
Tags: Andrea Hossó, Anne Applebaum, Catalonia, decommunization, German reunification, Germany, Guy Verhofstadt, Hungary, judicial independence, Mateusz Morawieczki, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Theresa May, Treaty on European Union, Visegrad Four


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Large mergers in the travel industry have rarely been a net positive for customers. There are some benefits, such as larger networks for certain airlines. But, those have come with the trade-off of less rewarding loyalty programs and, in many cases, higher fares. The Marriott acquisition of Starwood is no different.
When the merger was first announced, I was pretty sure it wouldn't be an overall good thing for Starwood Preferred Guest members. SPG prided itself on technology, cool experiences and some top-notch unique hotels. Marriott had a large footprint but not much else that I wanted as a loyal SPG member.
Marriott did roll out a few positive improvements for their members, like late checkout (though they did it in a botched sort of way).
Now, they've quietly rolled out a more restrictive policy on when you can cancel a hotel booking and avoid penalties.
This is a significant change even though it doesn't change the cancellation timeframe significantly. It follows an earlier move late last year to roll back same-day cancellation policies at many hotels to a 24-hour cancellation penalty.
A 72-hour cancellation policy hurts business travelers like me the hardest. Leisure travelers generally set their travel plans further in advance. Additionally, they're less likely to cancel a trip at the last-minute.
As a business traveler, I frequently make changes to my travel plans as I go. If meetings or schedules change, I'm always happy to get home to the family early. There are also plenty of times where I need to end up in a different city at the last-minute, or change to a different area in a city due to local conditions.
As a top-tier elite member of both SPG and Marriott, I suspect that I'll have some wiggle room with this policy. SPG has shown flexibility in the past when I need to change a reservation that's past the cancellation window.
However, I've always known that was an exception. Going forward, I'll be relying on the benevolence of Marriott more when my plans change. That's not a recipe for success.
Marriott has already said they hope to have a merged loyalty program with SPG by the end of 2018. While we wait those 18 months, Marriott is going to make it harder to do business with them.
We're in something of a boom economy where hotels are having less trouble filling rooms. Hotel chains have been less rewarding with promotions and bonus points, no big surprise.
Now, Marriott appears to be seizing on increased demand and the breadth of their network to pinch customers just a bit more.
This change evidently also applies to award stays and C&P stays at Starwood which is a HUGE negative!
If they made it a new Platinum benefit that people could cancel their reservation anytime without penalty, that could add value to their most loyal customers. They could add a free cancellations up to 24-hours for Gold members as well. Doing something like that could innovate their loyalty program and still give their best guests more convenience for being loyal. At the same time, for guests that are not as loyal (Silver and no status), they can be under the new 48-72 hour policy. It also could be a motivator for more loyalty. Just a few thoughts on how to soften the blow and even create more loyalty.
Joe, that would be a smart approach. I doubt they'll do it. SPG has been pretty good about letting me out of prepaid rates occasionally. But, they don't have to do it. Now, just more times we'll be begging for favors.
Arne lied. This is the type of Marriott move that us SPG loyalists expected would come with the merger. This is just the beginning IMHO. All one has to do is look what they did with the Renaissance & Ritz-Carlton mergers. They will continue to do the same to SPG loyalists as they to Renaissance & R-C loyalists. I can't wait to see the portraits of Bill Marriott hung in the lobbies of W hotels. Buh Bye Arne.
DA, like you, I strongly suspected we wouldn't like the combination of Marriott and SPG.
DA, I think you bring up a good point about Renaissance as well. Used to really like that brand.
Perhaps it's the Platinum status but I have never had a problem with a last minute cancellation at Marriott – providing a good reason like a missed connection or a cancelled meeting.
Here is a trick to share. When you are inside the cancellation timeframe, don't cancel but change the dates to the following week. Then cancel that.
I admit to having a slightly shady nature.
Ed, Just made a Marriott reservation in Anchorage & yes it had the new, 72 hr cancel-for-free window, but it also had a $6 fee for 24-hr cancel. Not the best offer, but not dire either.
Ed, NEVERMIND – looked at rez again & it's 72 hrs – no 24 hr window at all. Sorry for confusion.


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Spectra Packaging has installed new injection stretch blow moulding machinery at its facility in Suffolk, UK, to meet growing customer demand for polyethylene terephthalate (PET) products.
The new machine is the second unit installed by the company in 2016, with plans to add more in future.
The investment has been followed by recent expansion initiatives carried out across Spectra.
As part of the expansion, the company has installed new blow moulding machines and tooling equipment, as well as made an additional investment in its decoration department.
Spectra managing director Joe Maynard said: "We have seen significant increases in extrusion blow moulding, injection stretch blow moulding and injection moulding projects of late meaning the factory is working flat out to meet demand.
"Our responsibility is to our customers to deliver on schedule, which is why we have installed extra machines to fulfil obligations to them."
"Our responsibility is to our customers to deliver on schedule, which is why we have installed extra machines to fulfil obligations to them."
The company has also continued to invest in various staff initiatives in order to maintain quality.
Spectra has also conducted in-house customer service training programmes as part of its ongoing commitment to excellence.
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Warm flour tortilla stuffed with sautéed peppers, mushrooms, onions and our three cheese blend. Rideau Carleton Raceway Casino is not responsible for maintaining transportation or pick-up locations. The Rideau Carleton Raceway will undergo a multimillion-dollar expansion that will bring a hotel, a music venue and hundreds of new jobs to the struggling Ottawa horse racing and gambling facility.
The new complex will be in tough competition with the well-established Lac Leamy Casino in Gatineau, which boasts 1,700 slots machines, about 70 gaming tables, a number of restaurants, an 1,100-seat theatre and a Hilton Hotel. Rideau Carleton Raceway Casino, located in Ottawa, has been operating since 1962.
Jim Allen, chair of Hard Rock International, revealed details of the "master plan vision" for the raceway at a news conference Monday afternoon. Two eggs, home fries, and your choice of bacon, peameal bacon, sausage or country smoked ham. Lightly breaded chicken wings tossed with your choice of sauce: Served with French fries, ranch or blue cheese dressing and crisp carrots and celery for dipping.
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Shhhh. Listen. Do you hear that faint, plaintive whine in the distance? It's the sound of a million comic-book nerds crying out in anguish over a rumor from The Hollywood Reporter. According to THR reporter Borys Kit, 20th Century Fox is considering casting a woman in the role of Doctor Doom in the upcoming Fantastic Four reboot.
"Dr. Doom is said to be the villain of the reboot (the character appeared in Fox's two previous movies and was played by Julian McMahon). The Hollywood Reporter's Heat Vision is hearing that the studio is likely to go for a big name and isn't ruling out switching genders for the role."
Puny mortals! Beware the wrath of Victoria Von Doom! For she now wields… the Power Cosmic!
The Doom from the previous Fantastic Four movies wasn't particularly faithful to the source material—that's a picture of McMahon in the role above, wearing goofy metal hands and brandishing what appears to be a Super Nintendo Super Scope—but he still bore a fundamental resemblance to the character created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Flipping the character's gender would be a much more significant break from established continuity, but doesn't seem out of the realm of possibility for this version of FF. Director Josh Trank has already shown his willingness to think outside the box with this film, like picking Michael B. Jordan to play the traditionally Caucasian Johnny Storm. (THR says Jordan is attached to the project, while new actors like Miles Teller, Kate Mara, and Emmy Rossum are being tested for the parts of Reed Richards and Sue Storm.)
If you'd like to taste the comic geeks' outrage firsthand, there are plenty of places to find it online. Personally, I think the idea is kind of interesting. It creates all kinds of new power dynamics between the characters. Reed and Doom used to be friends and rivals in college; now they could be bitter ex-lovers, too. There are lots of talented women who could bring something to the part; my friend Jordan Hoffman suggested Eva Green, which sounds perfect to me. Plus, let's not forget this is a reboot. Fox made a fairly straightforward version of Fantastic Four less than 10 years ago. If the studio flacks need to remake it, they might as well do it differently. The end result might not be better than the original, but at least it would be unique.
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Three cars were produced with 4WD; this employed the running gear, engine and gearbox from a 4x4 Sierra. Gartrac did also produce a few cabriolet versions. Around thirty G6's were produced in total, although many copies were produced around this period.
Owner Jason's Escort was in immaculate condition and with a perfect Sunday morning's the sun was high in the sky with deep blue skies, the car photography took place in the county of Surrey and we used two locations, the business park worked really well with the pure white paintwork of the classic Ford.


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24.01.2019 | The Mauvoisin power plants are at nature's mercy in winter and in summer.
Nature knows no mercy
The Lac de Mauvoisin in the Valais Alps is located at about 2,000 metres above seal level. The reservoir with a capacity of 212 million m3 is one of the largest in Switzerland. The lake is surrounded by high, glacier-covered mountain peaks that rise to 4,313 metres above sea level with the Grand Combin. In the winter the area attracts off-piste skiers, and in the summer hikers pass by the dam. A great deal of work stands behind this idyllic scene. The reservoir and the power plants down in the valley are at the mercy of nature: Avalanches and landslides are not uncommon.
At the end of March 2018, the town of Fionnay in the Val de Bagnes still had a snow cover of nearly 6 metres. For obsessive skiers who want to stay on the slopes until April/May such conditions are a dream. For the Mauvoisin power plants and the 36 employees, weather changes such as those in the winter of 2017/2018 have a direct impact on work. As a rule: The more snow, the more snow removal work around the power plants. "This amount of snow at this time of year is unusual - normally there's an accumulation of about 4 metres at the end of March," reports Johan Savioz, Head of Operations at Kraftwerke Mauvoisin.
Winter 2017/2018: The frozen Mauvoisin reservoir – something that doesn't happen every year
The road to the valley that passes by the four power plants - Fionnay, Chanrion, Champsec and Riddes - must be accessible at all times. "We have to be physically present at the plant four days per month to carry out manual measurements. We have to ensure access to the power plant regardless of the amount of snow," explains Johan Savioz. Safety always comes first when clearing the access road: "In the winter months we work with a retired power plant employee who is a trained mountain guide and lives year round in Fionnay. He knows the mountains well. He is good at assessing the weather conditions in the area." Avalanches are not uncommon. Depending on the avalanche size and how much debris has landed on the road, two people need about one to two days to clear the road to the power plant. Nature sometimes knows no mercy: No sooner has an avalanche been cleared, the next one buries the road again - and the power plant employees have to expect these scenarios during winters with high precipitation.
Visible climate change
Johan Savioz has been working for the power plant in the Valais for 23 years. The contrast between the past and the present is enormous: "The glaciers get smaller every year and have shrunk by up to 50 metres. In place of the glacier tip that once reached the water catchment in the past is a stream running several hundred metres toward the valley before it reaches the plant," explains the power plant expert.
The outlook for glaciers with a southern exposure and located below 3,700 metres above sea level is less than rosy: ETH researchers predict that by the year 2100 glaciers will have disappeared completely. The natural inflows to the power plants, including glacier melt water, would then decrease from 270 million m3 today to 200 million m3. Johan Savioz also comes to this conclusion: "Today we can benefit from the volumes from the Giétroz, Brenay, Otemmag, Corassière and Mont-Durand glaciers. But the outlook for the future is very different."
Glacier shrinkage over the years - Johan Savioz is a contemporary witness
Kraftwerke Mauvoisin AG
The Mauvoisin reservoir as well as the Mauvoisin-Fionnay and Fionnay-Riddes stages were built between 1950 and 1958, and the Chanrion power plant from 1959 to 1964. The Champsec power plant built in 1930 was integrated into the Kraftwerke Mauvoisin AG in 1992. The operating company is Forces Motrices de Mauvoisin SA, in which the Axpo Group holds an interest of about 68%. The Mauvoisin dam is the highest arch dam in Europe with a height of 250 metres and a tourist attraction: Visits are possible from Monday through Friday with prior notice. You will find more information on the website.
Landslides - difficult to predict
Avalanches and their risks can be relatively accurately predicted. The local mountain guides are trained and equipped to assess these situations. Landslides are different: Even experts have difficulty determining where a landslide might occur after heavy precipitation. The Mauvoisin power plants have a safety concept to ensure that workers arrive safely at the plant. "We work closely with the local mountain guides in the summer as well. We assess the risks in the area together," explains Johan Savioz, "and sometimes we can't clear a landslide until temperatures drop again and the inflows decrease - meaning in October/November. To make these assessments, our expert is often en route by helicopter to inspect an area. Safety also comes first when it comes to landslides."
Johan Savioz has seen a lot in his 23 years at the Mauvoisin power plants
Debris blocks the tunnel after a landslide
Larger stone blocks can interrupt the flow of water
Avalanches often block the way to the reservoir
Clearing snow after an avalanche
Although clearing avalanches and landslides is hard work, very few of the power plant workers would want to change jobs: The reservoir location at about 2,000 metres above seal level offers a breath-taking view of the 4,000-metre high peaks and the Val de Bagnes. Switzerland's second-largest nature reserve with an area of 150 km2 is located here. There are some 400 km of hiking trails and 200 km of biking routes around the power plant area. "It's no coincidence that I have been at the Kraftwerke Mauvoisin for 23 years: I like working in nature and this wonderful region, and making a contribution to local, renewable power production. Nature demands a great deal of us, but that makes the work all the more interesting," comments Johan Savioz enthusiastically.
Impressions of the dam in the Val de Bagnes:
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Hosking Associates will be in attendance at the Huntingdonshire Business Fair 2013 in Huntingdon at the Wood Green Animal Shelter, just 30 minutes from Cambridge on Thursday 18th April 2013 from 11:00am to 4:00pm.
We had an excellent day with contractors who work at Ashridge Business School on Friday. Having introduced new contractor controls on the estate the aim of the day was to explain to everyone why changes have been made, what they were and how we can continue to work together to control risks for everyone working on site.
Local authority EHO's will not undertake proactive Health & Safety inspections of offices and shops from April 2013 under Government aims to kick start the economy and help ease the burden on small business from red tape. They will of course continue to act upon complaints and accidents.
Hosking Associates have been looking at convictions for serious waste offences in 2011. England & Wales went up by 25% and fines imposed by the courts went up by a whooping 45%.


Several folks have been asking about nightmares.
Nightmares, at the simplest level, are dreams that scare, terrify, horrify us. They invoke these extreme feelings, often waking us up, breathing fast, heart pounding.
But what they are, where they come from, why they come is more complex.
But, the brief version – how we work with a dream that terrifies us is the same as how we work with "regular" dreams, for example the dream where we forgot to study for an exam.
We open the dream, feel into what the dream is offering and trust that whatever needs to open, needs to open for a reason – for knowledge (self, foremost of all), for insight, for opening to scary feelings, for release and for healing.
For us, "difficult" feelings are part of the spectrum of the experience of being human. Fear, joy, agony, terror, trauma, hilarity…..they are all expressions of what it is to be human. Dreams that scare us are rich dreams that offer an opportunity, though it may be a difficult one, it may also be necessary.
For if we carry fear in some way inside of us, as shown in the dream – then the dream itself is not creating it, but, rather, bringing it to our attention. Bringing it up from perhaps some place that we have tried to tamp it down.
The dreams, of course, do not want us to face into what is scary without support or guidance. We have also found that when we have scary dreams, there is always support offered in facing what is scary – whether from a dream that is dreamt around the same time as the scary dream or even within the scary dream itself.
This is where archetypal figures in our dreams come in – to stand with us as we open, as we heal.
When our dreams offer the opening of what is difficult, then we trust that it is time for what is difficult to be opened and experienced. But, if it is something tied to trauma or something scary, then it is meant to be experienced in a new way – where we have support and have the space to not just "survive" but to feel and heal.
We believe dreams can heal even our deepest wounds and help us face even our deepest fears. They do this with grace, tenderness, compassion and love.


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Q: restricting access to static content/authenticating via htaccess with PHP? I'm developing a LMS solution with php/apache which takes SCORM files and outputs the courses for users to undertake in the format http://www.example.com/courses/course1/index.html
The LMS itself will be accessible by anyone and as the course content is static html I dont seem to have many options in regards to authentication.
I originally thought that creating some htaccess/htpasswd files in the folder would be ok, but I can't see a way of authenticating the user in php so they're not shown a password prompt each time they want to view the course - they would of already authenticated in my app previously.
Does anyone know of the best method to secure static content so that authorised (by my php app) users can view the content fine, but everyone else sees nothing?

A: If PHP handles the login itself, the easiest option is to serve the content through PHP itself.
You can put the static files in a directory not mapped to the URL space or in a mapped URL that is behind a directory denying all requests and then use readfile:
//request to /download_static.php?file=xxxx.rtf
if (!has_access())
    die("unauthorized");

if ($f = filter_input(INPUT_GET, 'file', FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING,
        FILTER_FLAG_STRIP_LOW | FILTER_FLAG_STRIP_HIGH)) {
    if (strpos($f, "/") || strpos($f, "..") || !file_exists("statics/$f"))
        die("no such file");
} else {
    die("invalid request");
}
header("Content-type: application/rtf"); //or whatever
//can also sent e-tag, last modified, size...

readfile("statics/$f");

Another option, only available is PHP is installed as an Apache module, is to do the authentication and then call virtual.

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Q: Jquery search througha class check if it has a certain id hey I want to search through a class and check if that class contains a certain id. Do I have to use .each? if i do i dont know how to exactly use it, could someone show me how to use it in this context,
any help is appreciated
  if(id == $('.people').attr('id'))
  {
       alert("person exists");
  }

A: You can search for an ID with
$('#my-id')

In your case,
$('#' + id)

You can check if the result is empty by testing for length:
if($('#'+id).length == 0)

To verify that it is a .person element that has the given ID, you could test
if($('.person#'+id).length > 0) {
    alert('person exists');
}

A: since ids should not be used more than once, you simply can do:
if($('#' + id + '.people').length >= 1)
  alert('person exists');

A: Since an id can only be used once you can instead search for the element with that id and check if it has the class. That will be much faster:
$('#the-id').hasClass('the-class');

A: One solution would be to use a simple selector, and check if that element exists.
if ($('.people#'+id).length())  { //Checking length() checks if element exists
    alert("person exists");
}