Most Americans say they would give up a more lucrative job for a more meaningful job that pays less in a heartbeat. But it's a change that requires thought and careful planning–and doesn't always go according to plan.
In 2015, visual artist Vanita Lee-Tatum was feeling burned out after 12 years building a lucrative banking career. "I reached the VP level in my career and felt like all my dreams had come true," she says. "I traveled the world; I was making lots of money. But I started to feel this nagging emptiness, and I just couldn't shake it. And I was like, why am I not happy?" By the following year, Lee-Tatum had given up her banking job and taken up painting. "I just had this overwhelming need for change," she says.
Nine out of 10 Americans say they would give up a significant portion of their paycheck–up to 23% of their lifetime earnings–if they could swap their day job for more meaningful work, according to the Harvard Business Review. Employees who find that meaning are more likely to work more and stay loyal to their employers.
Many people I talked to about taking a pay cut echoed that sentiment. Most of them don't regret their decision, but making such a change isn't always financially within reach. For some, childcare expenses were a major consideration; other people I heard from underestimated the impact their pay cut would have on their wallet. Those with a spouse admit they couldn't have done it without the security of a dual-income household.
As an ex-banker, Lee-Tatum had some measure of financial security going into her career change. Since she worked in sales, she was also taking home commission. "I was able to essentially retire from banking at 36," she says.
But at the time she was a single mom. Quitting her job meant she could spend more time with her daughter and offset some of her childcare expenses, but it also required her to make lifestyle changes–say, getting rid of her Benz, which she had driven for years, or cutting back on travel and food expenses. (She has since gotten married, and Lee-Tatum admits the support of a partner has also been helpful through the transition, as has having a strong coparent.) "I had to reorganize and rearrange all of my expenses from top to bottom," she says.
That, coupled with a desire to move out of Ann Arbor, led her to a role at a nonprofit in northern Michigan. Since Chilcote was looking for jobs in a certain area, her options were limited–and after years at Google, she also wasn't sure what constituted a "normal" nonprofit salary or benefits outside of a city. "I make a third of what I made at Google," she says. "And I don't get any benefits, which, right now, is one of the biggest issues that comes up again and again. I was so used to having such great benefits. It was hard for us to even estimate what it would even be like to pay for benefits." That was compounded by the fact that Chilcote had a second child right before making the move. Since her husband works freelance, they had also assumed Chilcote's job would cover benefits.
Amanda Ponzar had a similar experience when she gave up a corporate job to work at a nonprofit. "I definitely felt like there wasn't a lot of purpose in my work," she says. "I found myself volunteering all the time on the side." Eventually, she felt she should integrate the impact and meaning she was craving with her actual day job. When she negotiated her new salary, she managed to match her corporate pay–but she didn't fully account for the gap in her cost of living, given she was also moving from St. Louis to Washington, D.C.


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Yesterday's setup favored the bears on the backtest of a cluster of resistance and fibonacci levels on NDX, today's lows on SPX and NDX have so far been marginal higher lows against the current retracement lows and that has me wondering about possible triangles forming here.
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I think this reversal has legs, but the buy the dippers have had everything their own way for so long now that the decline is likely to start off being very spiky, with buy the dippers jumping on every possible long opportunity until they become discouraged. It should be fun to daytrade though, and this move should set up a larger next move coming soon that should be less spiky.
Stan and I are doing our monthly free webinar on these Big Five tech stocks at theartofchart.net today an hour after the close, and if you'd like to attend then you can register for that on our June Free Webinars page. I would also note that this week's edition of The Weekly Call is posted and that the model portfolio there is up 178% in the seven months to May 19th, obviously well on course to make our target minimum 200% return over the first year. As and when that target is reached we're thinking of making the strategy there a bit less conservative. That's a free weekly service and if you trade futures I'd suggest adding it to your reading list.


Throughout most of history, the heart has been regarded as the seat of human emotion and, consequently, considered to be sacred. Now, human anatomy is much better understood and even though we know that the heart is not the center of emotions, it is however, affected by them, alongside stress, and many other factors. Nevertheless, the heart is an organ like any other and when some organs, including the heart, fail beyond medical treatment, there is an option to surgically replace them with healthy organs from donors. This is known as transplantation.
Many brilliant and ingenious doctors and surgeons have added their names to the annals of heart transplant history. Doctors such as Dwight Harken, Norman Shumway, and Christiaan Barnard have dedicated their lives to understanding this incredible organ. Their contribution to the knowledge and practice of heart surgery has changed the outcome for many people with end-stage heart failure.
Due to the complexity of factors involved in a successful heart surgery, it was only performed in a handful of cases prior to the Second World War. During the war, Dwight Harken, who was a military surgeon at the time, performed many surgeries on wounded soldiers to remove shrapnel from their hearts. As a testament to his skill, there were no fatalities, and heart surgery came to be regarded as a reliable option.
Even though the surgeries themselves were often successful, early approaches to postoperative care were inadequate and responsible for many deaths within the first few months of a procedure. Harken and Shumway were key figures in the development of cardiothoracic surgical and postsurgical care.
The concept of organ and tissue transplant has been explored for centuries. Organs have been taken from cadavers as well as animals for research. In the early 1900s, animal veins and arteries were used by surgeons to practice suturing and vascular anastomosis. Doctors and surgeons experimented on animals to hone their skills so that they would have a better chance of performing a heart surgery on a person. Norman Shumway and Richard Lower perfected their technique in dogs for many years before trying a human-to-human heart transplant.
Animals have also been used as donors for hearts and other organs. A well-known instance is when Baby Fae received a baboon heart in 1984. Efforts at such procedures have mostly been futile due to tissue incompatibility and the limitations of immunosuppressant therapy.
Christiaan Barnard successfully performed the first ever human heart transplant in 1967 on a patient with end-stage heart failure, using another human heart. The patient did not live very long, however, the surgery itself was a success and he made heart transplant history. Dr. Barnard used the techniques that were developed by Norman Shumway of Stanford University. A year later in the US, Dr. Shumway performed the first adult human-to-human heart transplant in 1968.
Today, new approaches to heart transplant and heart health are being researched. Scientists, doctors, and engineers are organizing efforts to create effective artificial hearts and ventricular assist devices (VADs) for transplant candidates either as a long-term solution or as a short-term bridge until they can find a donor. Artificial hearts have become imperative due to the rising number of patients who require a transplant as the supply of donated hearts has not increased accordingly. If patients have the opportunity to benefit from such devices, they will readily do so to improve the quality and span of their lives.
See also our page on heart anatomy and an introduction to cardiology for further information.


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A panel discussion during the 2017 Emerging Markets Summit at Harper Center.
With over 250 tickets sold and a lineup of speakers that includes the CFO of the World Bank Group and Booth's own Raghuram Rajan, current Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance and former governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Chicago Booth's Emerging Market Summit (EMS) on April 14 has its sights set on making a big impact on the greater University.
"EMS is a big conference that could put UChicago on the map when it comes to emerging markets," said Linda Chelala '18, sponsorship co-chair of this year's Summit.
Centered on the theme of "Navigating Emerging Markets in a World of Transition," the student-led summit features panelists representing the regions of Africa, Latin America, South Asia, the Middle East, and APAC in addition to Global speakers to discuss emerging market questions more broadly.
Sponsors for EMS 2018 include the Polsky Center, the Rustandy Center, the Chicago Booth Global Visibility fund, and the UChicago Graduate Council. The event's slate of media partners is also broad, such as the Latin American Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, International Trade Club of Chicago, WorldChicago, the Stigler Center, and the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce.
"Compared to last year, we tried to expand our reach in terms of sponsorships and establishing relationships," Chelala said.
Behind the scenes, Chelala described how the EMS student group underwent major changes, from adjusting the team structure to growing this year's audience through new marketing strategies, such as further involving regional student groups in promotions and using social media more aggressively. In addition, student task forces within the EMS student group have been working since the fall quarter to find speakers for panels to fill the programming for regional tracks of the event.
The Summit has come a long way from nearly being dropped completely when former co-chair Alex Sukhareva '17 was getting started at Booth.
In contrast to the social events that regional student groups most often organize at Booth, EMS looks to highlight business aspects of emerging markets from industry updates to the changing landscape of women in business across cultures.
Sukhareva found her learnings and experiences from EMS to be particularly useful during her internship in international strategy at TransUnion where she worked with colleagues and partners in Colombia, Hong Kong and South Africa. One panel she attended during EMS was particularly helpful during her internship with the global credit reporting agency.
"I had attended a panel that talked about the growing need for consumer data as it relates to credit scores, and it was great to see how EMS became something useful in my job experience," Sukhareva said.
Tickets are available for purchase through April 13 or until sold out. For those on the fence about attending, Chelala said that all members of the campus community have something to gain from the event.


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Australia's Hayman Island is now on your bucket list
Ian Livingston October 9, 2013
Ian Livingston is a travel writer and regular writer based in Brooklyn, NY. In addition to serving as the editor of JohnnyJet.com, he is the chat manager for the weekly #TravelSkills chat and provides copywriting on request. He has spent nights in 63 countries. See more at ianlivingston.nyc.
The iconic Hayman pool looking particularly good
Sunny, upbeat Australia is about the size of the continental United States—much bigger than it is convenient to remember halfway around the world. We all know the Sydney Opera House and the Outback, but just as America is so much more than the Empire State Building and the Grand Canyon, Australia is impressively, infinitely more than its own icons. There's Shark Bay, Lord Howe Island, Uluru and Tasmania—even the world's most livable city for three years running.
It is a huge country, unconquerable in all but the most singularly devoted lifetimes, which mine is decidedly not. Finding a month to be more reasonable, I recently gave the country 30 of my days.
All 30 were incredibly, life-changingly great, but just 12 were spent outside of Sydney, which I found to be a fascinating blend of Southern California and urban Britain. A mere three days were spent loving life on Hayman Island, and so on paper I should not be able to proclaim Hayman king of the Australian experience.
Well, this is the internet, where there is no paper. Hayman Island is king, and it should be on everyone's bucket list.
What is Hayman?
Hayman is a world-renowned, 726-acre private luxury island in Queensland, Australia's Whitsundays, a handful of 74 radiant, sparkling islands delicately scooped out of the life-giving Great Barrier Reef. Best known as the home of Whitehaven Beach, objectively one of the world's best, they are Australia's Caribbean—paradise just a short flight away, but with the Western standards and cartoonish ecosystem of our brothers down under (including rock wallabies crossing the path to dinner one night and flying foxes scampering through the trees).
The Whitsundays, as seen from a NASA satellite
Hayman, as seen above, is the northernmost island in the archipelago, and so its setting alone justifies its world renown. Blanketed in free-flowing green, embroidered with the world's softest white silica sand, lapped against by idyllic turquoise waters full of creatures green and yellow and huge and amazing, Hayman and the rest of the Whitsundays pop dramatically against one of our planet's most colorful backdrops.
Self-contained paradise, as seen from the beach
All this beauty, you can focus on, because at Hayman, literally everything is taken care of. It's Australia's most awarded resort, and so highly regarded that you can actually pay to be flown to the island for a half-day of the Hayman experience. More importantly, it is a self-contained paradise into which I could have easily disappeared forever. This—the freedom of detaching fully and completely from the outside world—is to me the trademark of the world's best escapes. And after three days of blissful freedom, I can say confidently that Hayman belongs high on that list.
The backstory—and the latest story
Since the 1950s, when aviation pioneer Reginald Ansett built the (his) island's first hotel, Hayman has increasingly drawn the world's premier tastemakers. Its earliest acclaim can be attributed to the popularity of the 1971 Australian series, "Barrier Reef," which used the island as a filming location. But in the decades since, it's been a unique commitment to raising the vacation bar that has become its trademark. Transfer to the island from Hamilton Island airport, for example, is by private champagne-filled yacht, helicopter or seaplane.
This is the sort of thing that's made Hayman regulars of filmmakers, artists, politicians and the rest since Ansett's day. The island is an evolving blend of privacy and intimacy, exoticism and comfort, luxury and perspective, and the evolution has been impressive as the product itself.
In 1985, with the Australian public in particular already quite satisfied, A$300 million (that's Australian dollars) was poured into resort renovations. In 1987, Hayman was invited to join the illustrious Leading Hotels of the World consortium, and its reputation grew.
In 2010, six years worth of vision, environmental consultation and labor culminated in the approval of further upgrades under the ownership of Mulpha Australia Limited, which has led right into the most recent, and relevantly exciting news from just this past month: under a new agreement with South African billionaire Sol Kerzner, Hayman will soon be relaunching as a One&Only resort.
Somehow getting better, the One&Only way
If you're not familiar with Kerzner's One&Only chain of hotels, then just know the name carries as much weight as any in the world of hospitality. The One&Only experience (defined here) is a source of industry aspiration, and a standard for the world's most demanding globetrotters. Hayman will be just the eighth resort awarded the name. As seen in this map, this says a lot about Hayman's location, which is now in spectacular company.
To undergo the $A50 million in renovations and changes necessary for this transformation, Hayman will close its doors in January of 2014 until April 2014, when it will reopen. Here's more on the One&Only deal courtesy of the internet:
One&Only takes control of Australian resort
Sol Kerzner Signs Management Agreement For Hayman Island Resort
Kerzer to renovate Hayman Island, rebrand as One&Only
At Hayman, you look forward to your airport transfers
As the gateway to the entire Whitsundays, Hamilton Island's Great Barrier Reef Airport (HTI) is your destination when flying to Hayman. Flights to HTI are available from Australia only (Brisbane, Cairns, Melbourne and Sydney) with Quantas, Jetstar and Virgin Australia. Upon arrival at Hamilton Island, whose airport is pretty tiny, you'll find the Hayman desk is the first on your right. Friendly, white-adorned hosts will ask for your last name, give you your room key and take you outside to wait for your bags.
Check-in on the boat
All passengers have to wait for their bags to be rolled out on carts, so you'll have to wait just a moment to fully leave the real world behind, but then it's off to the complimentary yacht, which merely by existing as a concept will signal that the real world has departed. You can opt to pay a bit more for transport by the even more decadent helicopter or seaplane (winds can ground both), but I found that the 50-minute yacht ride was the perfect transition into the Hayman experience.
There was an endless buffet of champagne, wine, beer and hors d'œuvres, and the scenery was unbelievable. And with help from the on-board hosts and the Hayman daily newsletter, we were able to check-in prior to arrival and familiarize ourselves with the resort and all that awaited.
Specifically what awaited was a chauffeured golf cart waiting to take us to our Beach Villa. And then as we approached the Villa, as if posing for a family photo, six hosts standing firm to welcome us to their home—which was now our home.
The hospitality is absolutely unreal, to the degree that it feels like it's being unfairly applied to you alone. It's not, so don't feel bad for the other guests and just enjoy it. From the moment you greet the Hayman desk at the Hamilton Island airport for your transfer to the island (50 minutes), you don't just feel immediately at home—you immediately wish Hayman were your home, and the difference is important. The team in white warranted all my most tired descriptors—experienced, professional, competent, approachable, willing to go the extra mile—but what really stood out was the fact that all 400 or so staff refer to themselves as "hosts."
As it turns out, everyone who works at Hayman lives full-time on this island paradise in a village above the resort. They work with, and hang out with, and share accommodations with, and get after-work drinks with their coworkers in a home that the rest of the world saves up to trade theirs in for. When guests arrive by yacht or seaplane or helicopter, then, Hayman's residents and employees are one and the same. They are, in a word, "hosts."
Transfer to Hayman, about to be hosted
I understand that the widespread use of this term was almost certainly a management decision, but it was hard not to get swept up in the logic behind it. The sincerity with which the staff embraced every question and inquiry I took to them was real enough. I got backstories—from one woman on the anxiety she was feeling in her first (that) week and in a girl from South Korea's animated and even touching enthusiasm for the social side of Hayman employment. Everything was explained in full, with the trusting wisdom of a good journalist. In other words, I was presented with a wealth of exceedingly detailed information, but with the mutual understanding that ultimately I wanted to decide what to do with it.
Here are some highlights from my interactions with my Hayman hosts:
Sakib, the bartender at the Gatsby-library-like Club Lounge, attempting to make my girlfriend's desired amaretto drink, then asking how it was and finally making her another one free with her thoughts on the first round incorporated
Mack, from the Concierge, helping us get back to our villa when a lock malfunctioned; he got us through it immediately, asked about our plans, and in the morning, we found a message from him telling us the lock had been fixed and wishing us well on our helicopter ride that day
The sun sets over the Coral Sea and the Great Barrier Reef
The reef!
As stated in a 2002 press release from the Australian government, "the Great Barrier Reef is the biggest single structure made by living organisms and is large enough to be viewed from outer space." Stretching 133,000 square miles, it is by far the world's largest coral reef system, and Hayman, fully engulfed in it, reaps the benefits. More than 33,000 different species add brilliant color to the warm blues just off the island's shores, on the outermost fringe of the Inner Reef.
Though the Outer Reef is even more impressive, snorkeling and diving options still abound. Blue Lagoon Bay—on the non-resort side of the island and so a short walk from the room—perhaps the best option for both. The 2 pm snorkeling class in the bay came highly recommended, and the diving is supposedly as good or better than what's offered in the Outer Reef (which many say is some of the best in the world).
Private, Hayman-style day trips are available to the Outer Reef, as well, and personalized snorkeling trips can be arranged to pretty much anywhere in the area. Some areas are protected, but your hosts know it all, and working closely with the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, they can guide your Great Barrier Reef adventures from perhaps its premier gateway.
Watersports are also available if you're into those, as I am until I get bored and fall trying to use only one waterski. And make sure to check out the Adventure Station, where conversations on the Reef and the best places to dive and snorkel happen everyday over drinks.
The Hayman Pool
Perhaps the resort's most iconic feature, the Hayman pool is unlike any pool I've seen or gone swimming in before. From above, or even a distance, it's like a collection of powder blue shapes, somewhat artistically pieced together around the perfectly heated center bit. So in reality, it's two pools: the center one, and then the outer pool, which is filled with slightly cooler, filtered sea water straight from the Coral Sea just a few steps away. The middle bit is warmer, and not salty, but it's small, and I ended up sharing that small space with a man and his child.
The outer pool is much bigger (7x the size of an Olympic swimming pool), and so if it's just you, a man and his child swimming in it, it won't be nearly as awkward. The pool wraps around the middle platform (and inner pool) like a maze of concentric circles, weaved together by tiny and beautiful wooden bridges. From above or afar, it's pretty grand, and on the ground, with the whitewashed Pool Rooms and Suites embracing it from behind, it feels isolated—like a human interpretation of a hidden swimming hole. It's raised slightly, with most of the resort, above the water line as well, so the views of the island and water are stunning.
Two cool features of the pool:
Guests with pool access rooms can enter the pool directly from their private balconies
You can also get concierge service while you lounge or swim here
One&Only update?
Word is there will be minor changes to the pool area, but with respect for the iconic status the pool has achieved (which as far as I can tell just means they're adding daybeds and cabanas). In any case it's in good hands with One&Only, whose history of pool work includes this pool in the Maldives.
The Beach Villa bedroom, with electric shades up
There are essentially three sections to choose from in picking where you'll be staying at Hayman: Hayman Pool, Hayman Lagoon and Hayman Beach. With the One&Only rebranding, the total number of rooms will drop from 209 to a slightly more intimate 160, and both Hayman Pool and Lagoon will be upgraded under the direction of DBI Design. Much of the interior aesthetics are in for an overhaul. Hayman Beach, meanwhile, was completed more recently, and after staying there, I struggle to comprehend what an upgrade would even mean applied there.
Hayman Lagoon, a beautiful, white cluster of accommodations clutching the Hayman lagoon, will offer entry-level accommodations come April. Views of the lagoon, home to resident swans Billy and Elizabeth, and of the sea beyond will improve as you move up from the ground floor—as will amenities, space and price.
Hayman Pool, itself another beautiful, white cluster of temporary homes, logically hugs the iconic pool instead of the lagoon. Upon completion of its own renovations, it will feature rooms as well as one- and two-bedroom suite options that will also go up in quality and price as the floors do. All suites, as in Hayman Lagoon, will include private porches, which for pool access rooms also means direct and private entry points into the pool. It will be the next level up.
Hayman Beach, which I will treasure forever like a family member, will not be receiving an upgrade because such an idea defies logic. The villas here (and I imagine the houses as well, though they're slightly more expensive) are simply unreal. The beach-side version, which mine was, comprises two rooms separated by a private pool. First of all, the water in the pool was the most comfortable I've ever been in, and floating in it beneath a sharp, Great Barrier Reef sky at night is one of the most relaxing experiences I can remember. But the rest—from the pillowy king-size bed to the bottomless fridge of alcohol to the stunning views to the electric blinds to the iPad and Blu-Ray player—was just as worthy of my superlative praise. With corresponding "retreat rooms" across the path as well (non-beach side), a pairing is a popular option for families, as parents and children can have their own quarters (children must be 12 or over).
It's worth listing separately that Hayman Lagoon will also retain its one-, two- and three-bedroom penthouses in the event that standard luxury is not enough. The king of them all, Owner's Suite (which at least for now is listed at $A8000/night), promises owner-style treatment, which includes 24-hour butler service, included meals (not included with Hayman Beach rooms), laundry and about $A8000/night worth of more. It was also designed by the owners, for whatever that's worth.
Breakfast has never looked so good
At a resort of this caliber, you know breakfast is going to be more than a choice between muffins. Now I'm not much of a breakfast guy, and I care greatly for muffins, but Hayman breakfast is nonetheless my new standard when it comes to how I'd like to start my day. It felt more like a brunch vacation from my vacation.
Served at Azure from 6-10:30 am, Hayman breakfast is taken (covered or not) in the open-air, with unbelievable views of the beach and Coral Sea beyond. And that's not all there is to savor. An extensive selection of fresh-made options is available, from omelettes to crepes to fruits and yogurts and granolas to a mouth-watering grid of baked goods. There's both a Bloody Mary and mamosa station, and a machine that makes pancakes, which is notably weird if not another plus for the breakfast.
No question about it—Hayman's food meets its own world-class standards. The culture here is an achievement on a consciously disparate scale, one born not out of necessity but out of an understanding of and appreciation for the modern culinary landscape. The menus are experimental and reactive, and the restaurants themselves are artfully executed.
Fontaine course one with jamon iberico
At Fontaine, for example, named for the French word for "fountain," German-born chef Falk has put together a French-inspired menu (all modern cuisine has elements of the French style, he says) that incorporates—expectedly—local fresh catch with some of the best beef and shellfish from around the world (though the Great Barrier Reef is rich in delicious life, it is nationally and internationally protected and so fishing is strongly regulated, a reality that demands creativity from area chefs). Its mostly circular tables gravitate around a three-tiered fountain, whose steady bubbling recalls the greater, calming soundscape of the Whitsundays. The colors are warm, the seating is cozy but accommodating (some tables offer semicircular booth seating, which was nice), and the air is filled at a comfortable volume with the sounds of international and Australian content. Need I not mention that I liked this restaurant.
Oriental, the Asian (officially Thai, Japanese, Chinese and Indian, but one chef is from the Philippines and the rest from Korea, so Asian it is) dining option, was equally impressive. Once again, the healing sounds of slow-falling water set the mood. The outdoor seating area is modeled after a traditional (we think Japanese) tea garden, complete with a koi pond and a pagoda, and at night especially, the atmosphere is pure, peaceful, serene. The pagoda and greenery are all lit from below, which directs your gaze upwards seamlessly into the clear night sky. Though the menu is trimmer than La Fontaine's, it is possibly even better, and the recommendations here came with notable enthusiasm. If you can get it, ask for the corner table on the porch outside.
I didn't get to La Trattoria (Italian and Mediterranean) or Azure for dinner (modern Australian), nor make use of Hayman's fully customizable private dining options (you can eat on the beach) or the Chef's Table option. But here's a quick list of my favorite eats from my time at Hayman:
The five-course and wine-paired Summer Tasting Menu at Fontaine (obviously seasonally available), highlighted by courses one (Jamon iberico, foie gras butter, back figs, frioche, pistachio soil, burnt fig gelée) and five (Cointreau cheesecake, which is the best cheesecake I've ever had)
Wagyu sirloin at La Fontaine
Soft-shell crab and beef sliders at the Beach Pavilion (with Hayman ketchup; I love when places make their own sauces)
Crispy duck salad at Oriental
Whole crispy snapper with three sauces at Oriental
Doing nothing with your days is an entirely respectable choice on Hayman, where a restorative calm reigns above all. But given the setting, you should make an effort to do one of the many walks around the island. You can ask for accompaniment, or simply tell the front desk where to go and when so they can keep tabs on you. I'd suggest taking the sunset walk, which usually gets a good group. I was told there is one fork in particular along this trail which has a tendency to throw people off, so it can't be a bad idea to follow someone else's lead. As an additional note, I was told there are no poisonous snakes or spiders to worry about, but tree snakes (non-venonous) are not uncommon. Wallaby and flying fox sightings, though, are more likely.
Grass basketball court
There's also a really great sports and fitness complex, which has a range of options vast enough to pull you away from the beach. I saw and did not join some sort of zumba class, which I'm sure is appealing to some people, but to me the grass basketball court stole the show. Here's a fuller list of ways to burn off your meal at Fontaine, all of which are accessible 24/7 (though lights go off at 9pm, so some of those hours are kind of impractical):
Open-air gym
Chipping range
Miniature golf course
Aerobics courses
Helicopter tour!
Check out the photos, and go ahead and pencil yourself in.
By virtue of having won the geographic lottery, Hayman is not a place familiar with cold weather. The sun shares its most glowing warmth year-round, and as I confirmed with Kate Westover, the lovely Sales Manager, there isn't really an off-season. But that doesn't mean more insight isn't helpful.
Our winter months (December, January and February), for example, are Australia's summer, and so are the littlest bit warmer, with temperatures ranging from 24°C (75°F) to 31°C (88°F). Our summer months and their winter (June, July, August), meanwhile, come with temperatures between 18°C (65°F) and 25°F (77°F). Practically speaking, this means a t-shirt and shorts during the day, and maybe a long-sleeve shirt at night. As another note, fall is apparently not a season in Australia, so save yourself the effort trying to justify that and just say autumn.
Cyclones (which as far as I can tell are the Pacific equivalent of hurricanes) have crossed through, as the quite destructive Anthony and Yasi did on 2011. But beyond noting that cyclone season falls between November 1 and April 30, you can pretty much negate this fact. Storm systems capable of affecting your experience are insanely rare, impossible to predict and no more of a risk worth considering than earthquakes in Los Angeles (or hurricanes in the Caribbean).
The Coral Sea is cooler than the Beach Villa pool, but look how clear it is
The water—and jellyfish
The water temperature, like the air's, is comfortable any time of year, subjective a statement as that may be. For me at least, the sea of late Australian winter was pleasantly swimmable as soon as I threw myself in. I preferred the water of our Beach Villa pool, but you can't beat swimming in the Great Barrier Reef.
Jellyfish feel that way as well. Between October and February, the more dangerous, Australian versions of these American sea pests (like the box jellyfish) may appear from time to time. For this reason, Hayman recommends and provides protective suits to those keen to explore the waters. If you're going out further than the beachy shallows, it's probably worth listening to just to be safe.
Christmas travel tends to be bigger with the non-American crowd, but the "Festive Season" is a particularly special time at Hayman. Prices (at least prior to the One&Only relaunch) are a little higher between December 21 and January 5, but for some serious added value, including:
Santa arriving by red helicopter
Elves waterskiiing in behind a boat and up to the beach
Snow in the entertainment center
Added activities for children to give parents time to themselves
Jacko the fish
He's sort of the Hayman mascot, or maybe a pet. Jacko, a near-six-foot giant grouper, has been showing up to Hayman's daily fish feeding for more than 20 years. For a look at this mammoth, just head down to the pier at 11 am, when he'll appear right on schedule as always.
Of course, that's assuming it's not his mating season, which falls roughly between September and November of each year. I missed out on the big guy, but luckily got to see the rest of the feeders, a gang that includes giant trevallies and yellowtail fusilliers.
And while I may not have met Jacko this time, I now see what he sees in Hayman. It really is a place worth coming back to, a place able to wring the happiness out of my days like nowhere I've ever been. It won't be 11 am tomorrow, but I'll be back to Hayman. Jacko, I'll see you soon.
Hayman pool by night
Hayman pool
Transfer to Hayman awaits
What a nice airport
Yacht transfer to Hayman
At Hayman
Sliders from the Beach Pavilion
My favorite breakfast spot
Omelette at breakfast
Random bit of path at night
The Coral Sea is colder than the Beach Villa pool
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Beach Villa bedroom
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Beach Villa bathroom
One of several complimentary Beach Villa fridges
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UK based Islamic preacher under probe for praising Boko Haram's Chibok abduction
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A United Kingdom-based Islamic preacher, Mizanur Rahman, is being investigated by police after a video showed him praising Boko Haram for kidnapping over 200 schoolgirls.
The 31-year-old of Palmers Green, north London, claimed in the video-recording posted online that killing non-Muslims was 'not necessarily a bad thing.'
The sect had abducted the pupils from Government Girls' Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State since April 14.
A report by a UK tabloid, Daily Mail, said Rahman also praised the terror group for its activities.
He said in the video, "People want to make it out as though history began on the day these girls were taken from – sorry I should say these women – were taken from this high school in Nigeria.
"They didn't do to these girls what the Nigerian government had been doing to the Muslims all these years. They didn't rape anybody. They didn't torture. They didn't murder any of these girls."
The preacher was quoted to have described the terrorist group as being "full of good messages," including its support for Al-Qaeda.
Rahman, said to be a follower of a firebrand preacher, Anjem Choudary, was convicted in 2007 for a murder-related case and bagged a six-year jail sentence. He was released from prison in 2010.
Choudary, who set up the banned Al Muhajiroun organisation with exiled Omar Bakri Muhammad, however, said Rahman was a 'good friend' who had given a measured response to the crisis.
He said, "I believe if you look at what he was saying it was very measured. You just have to look at the atrocities that, especially in 2011 and 2012, that were carried out against the women and child of Al Mujahideen by the Nigerian government.
"That story has not been told, and this is retaliation for that. The Americans are only interested in Nigeria because of its oil reserves. Otherwise, they would not be bothered."
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said, "We are aware of the video and we are assessing its contents. We are not prepared to discuss this further."
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Rams running back Todd Gurley runs the ball against the Arizona Cardinals during the first half of an NFL game, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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The Rams rebound from their humbling Monday-night loss to the Baltimore Ravens in a big way, rolling to a 34-7 victory over the Arizona Cardinals Sunday at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Jared Goff passed for 424 yards and the Rams' defense limited Kyler Murray and the Cardinals offense to a meaningless fourth-quarter touchdown as the Rams improved to 7-5.
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Los Angeles Rams defensive end Dante Fowler, left, sacks Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Silicon Valley is leaving money on the table, and Arlan Hamilton will go to extremes to prove it. She's a venture capitalist like no other — black, female, gay — and she's out to prove that investors in the Valley are overlooking big returns they could tap into by investing in more outsiders. Arlan calls them "underestimated" founders, and she's planning to get as rich as Richard Branson by investing in them. But her thesis is still untested, and she's running out of time to show Silicon Valley what she's got.
This is the first part of a six-part series on Arlan Hamilton and her company, Backstage Capital.
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Lauren and Jasper were my last set of twins in 2015! And like the previous three sets, they were such wonderful babies to photograph. There wasn't a lot of additional time needed for the session and I was able to do photos with their toddler sister (whom I also photographed when she was a newborn), them together, them on their own and some family photos. The last family photo in the set is sort of an outtake, but also a good representation of what I imagine it is like to have a toddler and two little babies at home.
Newborn twins can be a challenge to photograph but they look like they did amazing during their session! Love the outtakes - those are always such fun memories!
Oh my gosh! Lauren and Jasper are soooo cute. I love how happy big sister looks in all the photos. Newborn sessions with toddler siblings can be so challenging but you rocked it. I also like how you used such cozy knits and blankets... perfectly suited to an Edmonton winter.
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Clayton Kershaw strikes out 14 in Los Angeles Dodgers' 4-2 win
WASHINGTON -- Clayton Kershaw was on top of his game Saturday afternoon, but the All-Star left-hander figured it was useless to try and talk manager Don Mattingly into letting him pitch the ninth inning.
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MLB: Colorado 6, Pittsburgh 3
Troy Tulowitzki singled in the go-ahead run in the seventh Friday, helping Colorado to its sixth win in eight games with a 6-3 decision over Pittsburgh.
MLB: N.Y. Yankees 3, Boston 1 (10 inn.)
Curtis Granderson opened the 10th inning with a home run Wednesday that lifted the New York Yankees to a 3-1 victory over Boston.
Yankees sign pitcher Park to 1-year deal
Right-handed pitcher Chan Ho Park has signed a one-year contract with the New York Yankees, team officials said Sunday.
Series hero Matsui files for free agency
World Series MVP Hideki Matsui and Johnny Damon of the New York Yankees filed for free agency Monday, along with 29 other major-leaguers.
MLB: Philadelphia 6, Washington 1
Joe Blanton threw six shutout innings Wednesday and Jayson Werth hit a grand slam, carrying Philadelphia to a 6-1 win over Washington.
MLB: Philadelphia 2, New York Mets 0
Joe Blanton and three relievers combined on a four-hit shutout Sunday, leading the Philadelphia Phillies' 2-0 win over the New York Mets for a three-game sweep.
MLB: Atlanta 5, Philadelphia 4 (10 inn.)
Martin Prado drove in Gregor Blanco in the 10th inning Tuesday to give the Atlanta Braves a 5-4 victory over Philadelphia.
MLB: Philadelphia 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 3
Chan Ho Park, pitching against his former club, and Raul Ibanez, with a two-run double, led the Philadelphia Phillies Tuesday to a 5-3 win over the LA Dodgers.
MLB: LA Dodgers 4, Arizona 2
Hiroki Kuroda went a strong 7 1/3 innings and Manny Ramirez homered, drove in two and scored twice Saturday night when the Los Angeles Dodgers beat Arizona 4-2.
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Chan Ho Park (Korean: 박찬호, born June 30, 1973) is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was the first South Korean-born player in major league history.
As a high school player in South Korea, he won team Most Valuable Player honors three consecutive seasons at Kongju High School in Kongju, South Korea. He also was named the MVP at four national prep tournaments.
Park was a member of the 1992 and 1993 South Korea national baseball team. He posted a 2.76 ERA in helping South Korea earn the silver medal at the Asian Baseball Championship in 1993. He also competed in Summer Universiade in July 1993, and led his team to the silver medal.
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The Ellen Hermanson Foundation's Julie Ratner shares the inspiring story behind the breast cancer charity she launched in her sister's honor.
I was one of three daughters: My sister, Emily, is two years older than I, while Ellen was almost six years younger. Ellen was a funny, quirky, and smart child. She was an adoring younger sister, and in her eyes I knew everything and could do no wrong. As we grew up, however, the roles changed. In high school and college, Ellen's brilliance, sensitivity, intuitiveness, and talent as a writer emerged. My sister cared deeply about her world and her environment, and grappled with the issues of the day.
Ellen married Hugo Moreno in 1985, and in August 1988 their daughter Leora was born. Life couldn't have been more perfect for Ellen; she was living her dream until that following February. A young, nursing mother, Ellen was having problems with one of her breasts. Doctors assured her everything was normal, but the problem did not go away, so Ellen had a biopsy. I waited for her call to tell me everything was all right, but that call never came. Finally I called her. In an almost inaudible voice, Ellen said, "I have breast cancer." At that moment, life for my family changed forever.
Being a family of doers, we sprang into action, getting names of doctors and oncologists. Ellen had a modified radical mastectomy. Thinking that breast cancer doesn't happen to a young mother with a 6-month-old baby, we waited anxiously for the pathology report. The results were shattering: 20 positive nodes out of 20 nodes. As a trained journalist, Ellen used her well-tuned analytical skills to research her disease and became knowledgeable about treatments and clinical trials, while her oncologist, Dr. Larry Norton, mapped out a strategy to annihilate the cancer in her body.
Ellen was a powerful voice for women with breast cancer, and she devoted herself to advocacy. She fought valiantly for six years before losing her battle. In that time, Ellen taught me about caring, compassion, education, and the importance of family support. She also exposed the disparity between medical services accessible to women like her and those who cannot afford proper care.
After Ellen died, I needed to continue the work she started and make sure that Leora would always remember her mother. With that, Emily and I started Ellen's Run in 1996, and we established The Ellen Hermanson Foundation the following year to ensure that medically underserved women would have the same access to care and support that was given to Ellen.
Since 1996 the Foundation has changed the medical landscape of the East End. Through strategic grants, there is now The Ellen Hermanson Breast Center at Southampton Hospital—the only facility of its kind on the South Fork—and Ellen's Well, a program providing free psychosocial support to breast cancer survivors and their families. To continue to fund our work, we will sponsor this month's Summer Solstice honoring Robert Chaloner, president and CEO of Southampton Hospital, and philanthropist Jean Shafiroff as well as the annual Ellen's Run on Sunday, August 17, at Southampton Hospital.


If you frequently browse through internet you may have come upon the eSports word. Most commonly it is presumed that this term indicates betting on different sports or soccer leagues.
The truth behind eSports is that it is an expanding segment of the online gambling business and is overtaking the world by thunder.
Basically, eSports represents video games with a gambling feature that draws an impressive number of spectators to observe popular sport teams competing.
The eSport business has flourished from a tiny contribution of teams playing for meek rewards to piles of top players claiming gigantic cash amounts. Loads of dollars are being poured into eSports monthly and it is catching up fast with the online casino gambling regarding popularity.
The present frontrunner in all aspects and segments of the virtual world is the Millennial generations. It is the one that affects the alfa and omega of so many industries worldwide, both eSports and online casinos included.
As online casinos change the matter they present the casino games through the power of live casinos and virtual reality, eSports is tracing their path to ground casinos in the meantime.
We can reflect on why eSports is so thrilling and what is so captivating in observing a team of gamesters, equipped with computers and headsets, to draw millennial people into betting money on. It is a simple answer, from their toddler age millennials are used to go through life gaming.
Since their first days in school, millennials have been gaining their knowledge about the world with the means of computer simulations and games. As grownups and market participants, they still have that urge for gaming.
Though the conventional casinos, online or ground, will always have their place in the industry, the gambling perceptions will start changing.
Online casino slots will develop and upgrade into something more similar to computer games than the conventional single-handed machines that still are present in the casinos. New horizons have already been closing up and got within our reach. Due to online betting platforms as eSports, casinos appearance will change completely.
Luckily, there is a room for every type of gambling, casino games, likings and necessities to satisfy every player. It is still to be seen which will prevail and affirm as a frontrunner towards the gambling land-strip, but many suspect it may be eSports who will take the lead.
Will eSports and top online casinos mix anytime soon or will stay apart for good? We have to wait and see.


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Bill O'Reilly Is STILL Denying White Privilege Exists
By Catherine Taibi
Ah, nothing says "The O'Reilly Factor" like opening up a segment with this:
"White Privilege: That is the subject of this evening's 'Talking Points Memo.'"
The Fox News host had a heated discussion with Megyn Kelly Monday night about the concept of "white privilege," during which Kelly defended the idea and the evidence that supports its existence. But apparently O'Reilly still wasn't convinced, because he was back at it Tuesday night with another important announcement.
"Talking Points does not, does not, believe in white privilege," he said.
In case you didn't catch that one, don't worry, here it is written out for you:
O'Reilly went on to drop some statistics about unemployment and how Asian Americans have a lower unemployment rate than White Americans so really we should be talking about "Asian privilege."
"There is no question that African-Americans have a much harder time succeeding in our society," he argued. "Even whites do. But the primary reason is not skin color. It's education and not only book learning."
O'Reilly has been talking about the idea of white privilege for months now, denying that it's real but also making it known that he is "exempt" from white privilege because he once worked in an ice cream shop.
Catherine Taibi
Deputy Media Editor, The Huffington Post
Bill O'Reilly Media White Privilege O'reilly Factor


Les périodiques européens qui mettent en avant divers aspect du droit international sont listés ci-dessous.
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Editor in Chief: Yeghishe Kirakosyan, Ph.D. Editorial Board: Levon Gevorgyan, Ph.D., Taron Simonyan, Ph.D., Siranush Sahakyan, Anna Gevorgyan, Stepan Khzrtyan, Edgar Martirosyan, Talin Hitik, Vladimir Vardanyan, Garen Nazarian.
The Armenian Yearbook of International and Comparative Law is an annual publication, which focuses on a wide range of international and comparative law topics. The Yearbook is being published in English. One of the aims of the Yearbook is to discuss the range of legal issues from the perspective of the Caucasus, as well as to develop the academic research and writing in the field of international and comparative law, by establishing very strict quality requirements for publication . The Yearbook publishes articles, editorial comments, and also includes a section fully devoted to the legal analysis of the international law practice in the region. The Yearbook does not have any topical restrictions to a certain country or region and submissions discussing current issues of international and comparative law are acceptable.
Editorial Board: Egidijus Bieliunas; Tanel Kerikmäe; Kristīne Krūma; Egils Levits; Rein Müllerson; Lauri Mälksoo; Vilenas Vadapalas; Darius Žalimas; Ineta Ziemele; Pēteris Zilgalvis.
The Baltic Yearbook of International Law is an annual publication which focuses on a wide range of international law topics. It aims in particular at introducing readers to issues that are topical for the Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and for other countries in Central and Eastern Europe. Each volume addresses a particular theme. So far the Baltic Yearbook has among other themes contained articles on the History of International Law in Central and Eastern Europe, the 90th Anniversary of the Creation of the Baltic States, and Arbitration in the Baltics. The Baltic Yearbook is a unique source of information on the practice of the three Baltic States in International Law.
The British Yearbook of International Law has become an essential work of reference for academics and practising lawyers. Through a mixture of articles and extended book reviews it continues to provide up-to-date analysis on important developments in modern international law. It has established a reputation as showcase for the best in international legal scholarship and its articles continue to be cited for many years after publication. In addition, through its thorough coverage of decisions in UK courts and official government statements, The British Yearbookoffers unique insight into the development of state practice in the United Kingdom.
The European Journal of International Lawis firmly established as one of the world's leading journals in its field. With its distinctive combination of theoretical and practical approaches to the issues of international law, the journal offers readers a unique opportunity to stay in touch with the latest developments in this rapidly evolving area.
Founded in 2007, the European Journal of Legal Studies (EJLS) is a European University Institute (EUI) review dedicated to the promotion of legal scholarship. It publishes articles on any topic of legal scholarship relating to international, comparative and European law, or legal theory.
The Finnish Yearbook publishes in-depth articles and shorter notes, commentaries on current developments, book reviews, and relevant overviews of Finland's state practice. While firmly grounded in traditional legal scholarship, it is open for new approaches to international law and for work of an interdisciplinary nature.
Since its inception in 1948, the Yearbook has endeavoured to make a significant academic contribution to the ongoing development of international law. Over many decades the Yearbook has moved beyond its origins as a forum for German scholars to publish their research and has become a highly-regarded international forum for innovative scholarship in international law.
The Goettingen Journal of International Law(GoJIL) is an e-journal that focuses on international law. Founded in December 2007 by an interdisciplinary group of students at the University of Goettingen, GoJIL is the first German student-run law journal published entirely in English language.
The journal seeks to foster debate among scholars of international law with its numerous and diverse fields, e.g. international criminal, humanitarian and economic law, while also offering contributions from related disciplines such as international relations, history or economics.
For this purpose, GoJIL runs a permanent open call for papers, ensuring high quality by means of a thorough selection process regarding the significance of the topic for the respective academic discourse and having every submission undergo a double blind peer review.
GoJIL is published in accordance with open access principles.
The Hague Journal on the Rule of Law (HJRL) is a multidisciplinary journal that aims to deepen and broaden our knowledge and understanding about the rule of law. Its main areas of interest are: (1) current developments in rule of law in domestic, transnational and international contexts (2) theoretical issues related to the conceptualization and implementation of the rule of law in domestic and international contexts; (3) the relation between the rule of law and economic development, democratization and human rights protection; (4) historical analysis of rule of law; (5) significant trends and initiatives in rule of law promotion (practitioner notes). The HJRL is supported by HiiL Innovating Justice, The Hague, the Netherlands and the Paul Scholten Center for Jurisprudence at the Law School of the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
The Hague Yearbook of International Law is an annual publication that aims to present the newest developments in international law as they are shaped by the numerous international institutions based in The Hague. The first volume of the Hague Yearbook of International Law, which is the successor of the Annual (Hague Academy of International Law Association of Attendees and Alumni) was released in 1969. The title reflects the close ties which have always existed between the Association of Attendees and Alumni of the Hague Academy of International Law and the City of The Hague with its international law institutions. In view of the various international institutions that are situated in The Hague, the scope of the Hague Yearbook of International Law is very broad, covering public international law, private international law, international criminal law as well as relevant European law. Accordingly, the Hague Yearbook of International Law provides a forum for practitioners that are working at the international institutions as well as scholars to present their views on the trends and practice of international law. In particular, the Hague Yearbook of International Law welcomes submissions from young practitioners and scholars from around the world.
Editors: Rudolf Bernhardt, Armin von Bogdandy, Jochen A. Prowein, Rüdiger Wolfrum.
Human Rights Law Review promotes awareness, knowledge, and discussion on matters of human rights law and policy.
The Review publishes critical articles that consider human rights in their various contexts, from global to national levels, book reviews, and a section dedicated to analysis of recent jurisprudence and practice of the UN and regional human rights systems.
The Hungarian Yearbook of International Law and European Law is a collection of articles written mostly by Hungarian authors covering developments in the field of international law and EU law, and progress in domestic implementation and application of these fields of law. The objective of the Yearbook is to provide a forum for legal discussion on actual developments of international and European law, and to examine cases, new legislation, events and jurisprudence related to Hungary and Central-Eastern Europe, and Hungarian (Central-Eastern European) legislation from an international law and European law perspective.
International & Comparative Law Quarterly (ICLQ) is the journal of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. It publishes papers on public and private international law and also comparative law. It has maintained its pre-eminence as one of the earliest and most important journals of its kind, encompassing human rights and European law. The journal encourages innovative and original articles that explore the interconnectedness between the legal subject areas, moving across the boundaries that divide the law in a way that provides vital analysis at a time when formal distinctions, in scholarship and between jurisdictions, are becoming less relevant. The ICLQattracts scholarship of the highest standard from around the world, which contributes to the maintenance of its truly international frame of reference. The 'Shorter Articles, Comments, and Notes' and 'Current Developments' sections particularly enable the discussion of highly topical legal issues.
Editor-in-Chief: Malgosia FitzmauriceMerging the journals Non-State Actors and International Law and International Law FORUM du droit international, the International Community Law Review (ICLR) addresses all aspects of international law and the international community.
The Journal aims to explore the implications of various traditions of international law, as well as more current perceived hegemonic trends for the idea of an international community. The Journal will also look at the ways and means in which the international community uses and adapts international law to deal with new and emerging challenges. Non-state actors , intergovernmental and non-governmental organisations, individuals, peoples, transnational corporations and civil society as a whole – have changed our outlook on contemporary international law. In addition to States and intergovernmental organizations, they now play an important role. Rather than regional, the focus of ICLR will be multicultural, including alternative and/or critical approaches, with contributions written by scholars from all parts of the globe. The International Community Law Review, published four times a year, consists of articles, shorter articles/comments, case notes and book reviews.
The International Journal of Refugee Law has fulfilled its promise, as predicted by the Times Higher Education Supplement, in becoming one of the key source materials in the field of refugee protection.
The journal serves as an essential tool for all engaged in the protection of refugees and finding solutions to their problems. It regularly provides key information and commentary on today's critical issues, including: the causes of refugee and related movements, internal displacement, the particular situation of women and refugee children, the human rights dimension, restrictive policies, asylum and determination procedures, populations at risk, and the conditions in different countries.
The International Organizations Law Review purports to function as a discussion forum for academics and practitioners active in the field of the law of international organizations. It is based on two pillars; one is based in the world of scholarship, the other in the world of practice. In the first dimension, the Journal focuses on general developments in international institutional law. Its main interest lies in general, theoretical, issues rather than in the law of specific organizations.
Equally important, however, are the views from practice. The Review therefore also is a forum to identify and discuss legal developments within international organizations as observed by practitioners. These theory and practice pillars are to support and stimulate each other.
Established in 1869, the International Review of the Red Cross is a quarterly journal published by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Cambridge University Press. It is a forum for debate on international humanitarian law and humanitarian action and policy, during armed conflict and other situations of violence. It is dedicated to governments, international governmental and non-governmental organisations, universities, the media and all those interested in humanitarian issues at large.
Launched in 2006, the Irish Yearbook of International Law presents, on an annual basis, peer-reviewed academic articles and book reviews on general issues of international law. Beyond items of a general nature, designated Correspondents provide reports on: international law developments in Ireland; Irish practice in international fora and the European Union; and relations between the North and the South of Ireland. In addition, the Yearbook reproduces documents that reflect Irish practice on contemporary issues of international law.
Publication of The Irish Yearbook of International Law makes Irish practice and opinio juris more readily available to Governments, academics and international bodies when determining the content of international law. In providing a forum for the documentation and analysis of North-South relations the Yearbook makes an important contribution to post-conflict and transitional justice studies internationally.
The Journal of Conflict & Security Law is a refereed journal aimed at academics, government officials, military lawyers and lawyers working in the area, as well as individuals interested in the areas of arms control law, the law of armed conflict and collective security law. The journal aims to further understanding of each of the specific areas covered, but also aims to promote the study of the interfaces and relations between them.
The object of the Journal of the History of International Law/Revue d'histoire du droit international is to contribute to the effort to make intelligible the international legal past, however varied and eccentric it may be, to stimulate interest in the whys, the whats and wheres of international legal development, without projecting present relationships upon the past, and to promote the application of a sense of proportion to the study of current international legal problems. The aim of the Journalis to open fields of inquiry, to enable new questions to be asked, to be awake to and always aware of the plurality of human civilizations and cultures, past and present, and to maintain an appreciation of patterns of cultural flow and interaction that centrally affect international law and its development.
Without abandoning chronology and contextualization, which provide the essential framework within which laws and legal events make sense, the Journal of the History of International Law/Revue d'histoire du droit internationalaims to publish articles, essays and comments on thematic lines as well. By encouraging different methods of approaching the subject it is thought that new light will be cast upon familiar and not so familiar aspects of international law, including private international law.
The Journal of International Criminal Justiceaims to promote a profound collective reflection on the new problems facing international law.
Established by a group of distinguished criminal lawyers and international lawyers, the journal addresses the major problems of justice from the angle of law, jurisprudence, criminology, penal philosophy, and the history of international judicial institutions.
International dispute settlement is a relatively new field of academic study that increasingly combines private and public international law and raises enduring issues of global importance. The growth of the field of international dispute settlement in practice, the novelty and significance of the issues posed, and the originality of the academic angle from which such issues need to be addressed are the factors that triggered the launch of the Journal of International Dispute Settlement. JIDS primarily addresses fundamental and lasting issues of international dispute settlement, and gives preference to articles of enduring importance concerning significant trends in the field. JIDS is open to strictly legal approaches as well as to studies inspired by other disciplines, such as legal sociology, legal theory, the history of law, law and political science, and law and economics.
The London Review of International Lawpublishes highest-quality scholarship on international law from around the world. Reflecting the pace and reach of developments in the field, the London Review seeks to capture the ways in which received ideas are being challenged and reshaped by new subject-matters, new participants, new conceptual apparatuses and new cross-disciplinary connections. Central aims of the London Review are to encourage imaginative thinking, inspire innovative analysis, and promote excellence in writing. While no area of international legal interest is excluded, the London Review prioritises non-doctrinal scholarship, including theory, history and socio-legal studies.
By concentrating on issues connected with the United Nations and its initiatives, the Yearbook aims to facilitate a better appreciation of the changes the United Nations has undergone during the constantly fluctuating conditions of its first half-century, and to create a forum in which the potential of international organizations to affect the future course of international relations can be examined and assessed.
The Netherlands International Law Review (NILR) is one of the world's leading journals in the fields of public and private international law. It is published three times a year, and features peer-reviewed, innovative, and challenging articles, case notes, commentaries, book reviews and overviews of the latest legal developments in The Hague. The NILR was established in 1953 and has since become a valuable source of information for scholars, practitioners and anyone who wants to stay up-to-date of the most important developments in these fields. In the subscription to the Netherlands International Law Review the Netherlands Yearbook of International Law (NYIL) is included.
The Netherlands Yearbook of International Law (NYIL) was first published in 1970. It offers a forum for the publication of scholarly articles of a more general nature in the area of public international law including the law of the European Union.
Established in 1930, the Nordic Journal of International Lawhas remained the principal forum in the Nordic countries for the scholarly exchange on legal development in the international and European domains. Combining broad thematic coverage with rigorous quality demands, it aims to present current practice and its theoretical reflection within the different branches of international law.
The Spanish Yearbook of International Law brings together information concerning Spanish legal practice and a bibliography over the period of one year and makes it available to an international readership. It serves as a vehicle for furthering knowledge of Spanish practice in the field of international law among an audience with no knowledge of Spanish. It deals with both private and public international law, taken in a broad sense to include summary treatment of international organizations of which Spain is a member.
The Utrecht Journal of International and European Law (previously Merkourios) is an Open Access, peer-reviewed, student-led law journal, publishing biannually on issues within international and European law. Since it was founded in 1981, it has been contributing to legal scholarship by promoting these fields' progressive development and providing an international forum for interaction between academia, practitioners and students. Over time, the Journal has expanded its readership and is now distributed all over the world through databases such as HeinOnline and the Directory of Open Access Journals.
The Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law is the world's only annual publication devoted to the study of the laws governing armed conflict. It provides a truly international forum for high-quality, peer-reviewed academic articles focusing on this crucial branch of international law. Distinguished by contemporary relevance, the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law bridges the gap between theory and practice and serves as a useful reference tool for scholars, practitioners, military personnel, civil servants, diplomats, human rights workers and students.
The Yearbook of Polar Law, based at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Law at the University of Akureyri in Iceland, covers a wide variety of topics relating to the Arctic and the Antarctic.


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