Caves Beach derives its name from the numerous caves that have formed over time into the headland at the southern end of the beach. The Beach itself extends about 300 metres north to the sandy area known as Hams Beach. The dedicated members of the local surf life saving club ensure that Caves Beach is patrolled in the warmer months of the year.
The area was originally known as "The Plains", "The Plains Beach" and then "Caves Beach". Then in the 1960s it was renamed after a Swansea Hotel -keeper Mr. Mawson, but residents objected and in 1965 the name Caves Beach was returned. Mr. Mawson became a part of local history as he began a mining venture that did not develop. The breakwater at Spoons Rock is a reminder of this. ... Some locals still refer to the local pub as "the Mawson".
Swansea is located only a short drive away and provides take-away shops and a supermarket as well as a waterfront restaurant, and there are plenty of other local areas to explore.
The historic mining village of Catherine Hill Bay is like visiting an era from the past, while the vineyards of the Hunter Valley make a wonderful day trip, or spend the day relaxing on a boat on the Lake itself.
Fishing, surfing and local water sports are popular activities around Caves Beach due to the abundance of beaches and the lake, all within a short driving distance. Take a walk on the many walking trails or just sit back, have a BBQ, relax and soak up the sea air.
FREE WiFi. Uniquely designed, this modern air-conditioned home is welcoming from the moment you step inside. With 4 storeys, there is plenty of space for large groups of family or friends. Located in a quiet neighbourhood less than 500m from the sandy shores of the unique Caves Beach with access to the resort pool, this holiday home boosts stunning views and the ultimate getaway experience for those looking to relax, enjoy the rolling surf and sandy beaches.
The large and open living and dining is on the 3rd floor. With polished stone tiles, a beautiful fully equipped gourmet kitchen with 6-burner gas stove, coffee machine and large dining table make it the perfect area to enjoy a meal and the ocean breeze. The lounge area boosts comfortable seating in a coastal theme with a large flatscreen TV. This opens out onto a large verandah with comfortable seating and a BBQ; perfect to enjoy the afternoon air with a glass of wine or watch the sun rise over the horizon.
The top storey of the house is the perfect room to read a book in the comfortable arm chairs, open the windows to let the breeze, escape and soak in the crystal ocean views.
The master bedroom features a king size bed with comfortable bedding, television, iPod dock and generous en-suite with double vanity. There is also a large desk for those working away from home.
The ground entry floor has a bathroom with large shower and vanity with a separate toilet as well as a laundry equipped with washing machine and dryer. This has three bedrooms. The queen and twin single bedrooms have built ins with flat screens in each room. There is also a surf theme room with a TriBunk perfect for the kids.
The bottom storey has a queen bed, coffee machine and sink station, separate toilet and it's own living area. This retreat has a split air conditioner and smart TV with comfortable lounge and bedding.
Located right near Caves Coastal Bar you can walk just down the street to enjoy the live entertainment and fine dining restaurant. Beachside Oasis is also located just 100m from a cafe and local grocery store making Beachside Oasis the ultimate location for convenience and both both and resort holiday relaxation.
Beachside Oasis has all the luxuries of a modern holiday home, and more.
FREE WiFi. Relax, Unwind and Escape to "Ripples by the sea" ....whether you're into whale watching, surfing or simply exploring the caves, this is the place for you!
Ripples by the sea is located literally opposite the patrolled section of the beach and next to the amazing "caves" at Caves Beach. The house has uninterrupted sweeping ocean views on both levels and is only seconds walk to the beach. This 2 story house has been recently renovated and has modern comfortable furnishings. The house has 6 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 lounges, 2 kitchens and is suitable for couples or very large families (13 adults maximum).
The upper air conditioned level has an open plan living / dining area with new timber floors, Flat screen TV, DVD/CD player and docking station leading to a very large enclosed balcony/winter garden (perfect for winter!) at the front with uninterrupted 180 degree ocean views.
The modern renovated kitchen has a dishwasher, microwave and stainless steel oven/cooktop. It is a well equipped kitchen with all you need to have a great night in, have a barbie or you can simply order take out from a great range of restaurants which are a short 5min drive away in Caves beach and Swansea!
The lower air conditioned level has also an open plan living / dining area with new timber floors with sensational uninterrupted ocean views. The lower level is complete with 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom & a big enclosed outdoor living area. Both levels of the home have direct access to the backyard, in-ground pool & rear garage. Bring your fur baby with you to dog friendly home, additional charges apply.
FREE WiFi. Straight across from the Beach, this 3 level Villa occupies one of the most enviable positions at Caves Beach, overlooking the foreshores and providing panoramic ocean views.
The Townhouse provides large, open plan living areas plus a family room off the kitchen, 3 large flat screen TVs, DVD player, docking station and the roomy kitchen would delight any chef with ceramic cook top stove, oven, dishwasher and a full size family size fridge.
Step out from the family room to a private deck area with BBQ and outdoor dining furniture. The Scandinavian inspired dining suite sits between the kitchen and lving areas and is the hub of the home. … Your choice, dine indoors or dine al fresco. The main living area opens out onto a wide balcony with casual living furniture and looks out over the breathtaking Pacific Ocean. … the perfect spot to enjoy a glass of wine at the end of a relaxing day on the beach.
Accommodating up to 6 people on the upper level, the master bedroom has its own ensuite bathroom, walk-in robes and large TV and balcony overlooking the ocean. The 2nd and 3rd bedrooms each have 2 king single beds that can be converted to king doubles on request.
There is a second bathroom with bath and shower on this level, together with a laundry area with washing machine and clothes dryer whilst there is a third toilet on the ground level. The home also has its own garage.
So, if you enjoy the good things in life, then look no further than Sunrise Shores for your Beachside Holiday.


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Одрина Пэтридж (, р. 9 мая 1985) — американская актриса, телеведущая, модель и TV-персона. Более всего известна как одна из самых «продолжительных» участников американского реалити-шоу The Hills телеканала MTV.

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Родилась и выросла в калифорнийском городке Йорба-Линда, но затем переехала в Лос-Анджелес. После переезда первое время работала в Quixote Studios в качестве регистратора. Участницей реалити-шоу The Hills стала с 2006 года с помощью своей подруги Лорен Конрад, снявшись в итоге в большем количестве его эпизодов, чем любой другой участник. В 2009 году покинула шоу и одновременно начала карьеру в Голливуде в качестве актрисы, снявшись в фильмах «Крик в общаге» и Into the Blue 2: The Reef. Также снималась в рекламе сети ресторанов Carl's Jr.. С 2011 года на канале VH1 транслировалось реалити-шоу о жизни её и её семьи под названием Oudrina, которое получило негативную оценку и было отменено после первого сезона.

В 2016—2018 годы Одрина была замужем за профессиональным мотоциклистом Крисом Боэном. У бывших супругов есть дочь — Кирра Макс Боэн (род. 24.06.2016).

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Sue joined Bison Engineering in 2015 through the acquisition of EEMC/EMRC. She has a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Montana State University-Billings. Sue also has a Certified Public Accountant Certificate and is currently working under a licensed CPA to reach the hours required to receive her CPA license. Sue works in the Billings office as an Accountant/Office Manager. She maintains the accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, payroll taxes and payroll reports for the Bison subsidiary EEMC.
In the past, Sue has worked as an Accounting Supervisor, Senior Accountant, Staff Accountant and Payroll Supervisor. She has experience in reconciliation of general ledger accounts, preparation of monthly financial statements for board members and management, and preparation of monthly, quarterly and year-end federal and state payroll reports.
Some of her interests include ancient history, Native American history, archeology, draught tolerant gardening and landscaping.


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"Confusion is a progressive rock/metal instrumental that includes sections of light melodic guitar work punctuated by heavy metal riffs from the seventh level of Hell, with a bit of Spanish guitar thrown in for good measure. It's eclectic musical corpus is a guitar rock work which includes whale song, bagpipes, a few synthesized sounds and even a glass harp.
"Little known by the mainstream, Randy has gathered a small esoteric following who have come to understand both the power and the serenity of his guitar work and impatiently await those rare occasions that he performs publicly to witness him as he introduces a sonic insanity to his stage show while he conducts a tonal onslaught upon his crowds."
That's the way I described Confusion when I first put it out in 2004. I still think that it is an apt description but I am often asked to explain the album, and being an almost entirely instrumental work there is no way that I can accurately put into words what the music actually says to me, and I can scarce imagine what other people may interpret it to mean, but I'm pretty sure you don't get the same thing that I do.
I can tell you this, that the music in Confusion serves as a diary of sorts. The intro guitar part to the title track (which plays on this page) still gives me a chill down my spine as it brings back memories of one of the worst nightmares that I ever had. I don't recall whether I wrote the part and had the dream that night or if I had the dream and then wrote the part next day, but they are inextricably linked in my mind.
The Spanish Guitar break in The Blood of the Guitar is solely responsible for my love affair with playing guitar in the Spanish/Classical style and indirectly led to the Legends concept (which I am slowly working on). In fact I bought the guitar for nothing more than to play that part, but I had just the most tremendous difficulty putting it down (indeed this is a difficult spot for me with just about any guitar).
I first started composing the music that would become Confusion in the spring of 1992 in Monterey, California (that riff can be heard in Sanity Sucks at 3:28 through 3:41) and continued to compose for it until sometime in 2003. I wrote the music in California, Washington, Texas, Massachusettes, Germany, Korea, and Mexico. The recording process began at Riverside Studios in 1998 and was finally completed on January 4th, 2004. The official release date was January 8, and no, it was not a coincidence that that is Elvis Presley's birthday.
Confusion is not a well known album and I hope that it never is. This may seem on odd sentiment about one's own work, but I wrote the music knowing that it would only appeal to a small segment of the population. Though there have not been a huge number of albums sold I cosider the album to be a success, not because of the money that was or was not made from it, but because I accomplished what I had set out to do: to make an album that I enjoy. That being said, it is always extremely gratifying when I am approached by the occasional fan and recieve a compliment to the order of, "I don't normally like that kind of music, but something about what you do speaks to me."
Throughout the course of Confusion you hear many things–dreams and nightmares; desire, satisfaction, happiness and pain; a broken heart, a new outlook; the birth of my daughter, the deaths of grandparents; growth, aging, learning and forgetting; not necessarily in that order, and probably not in the parts that you think it would be . . . and if all that eludes you then maybe you'll just hear some kick ass rock music.
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Every ticket for this show includes a digital download of Tim Baker's forthcoming album, Forever Overhead (available April 19). You will receive an email with more details about this offer approximately 7 days after your purchase. By Purchasing a ticket you agree to have your information passed on to Official Community for album distribution purposes.


Canine Good Neighbour | Dogs of Distinction Canine Training Inc.
Jane Bowers is a CKC Canine Good Neighbour Evaluator .
The objective of the program is to identify and reward responsible, caring owners and their canine partners throughout Canada and to ensure that one of our most favoured companions, the dog, is accepted as a valued member of our communities right across the country.
The test consists of 12 Steps which can be found here.
Passing the CGN test can be a first step in gaining certification as a therapy dog and as a Missing Animal Response trailing dog.
In some municipalities which have Breed Specific Legislation, getting the CGN certification may excuse your dog from having to wear a muzzle in public.
Next course starts Tuesday May 7th, 1:00 to 1:45 pm outdoors in Roberts Creek and Gibsons. Class dates are: May 7,14,21,28, June 4 and 11th, 2019.


I understand the longing to be a writer — I didn't just wake up one morning to discover I had written a bunch of novels — although I never considered trying to make a career out of it until long after I'd finished college. But does drive matter most, or is it all about innate talent?
I recently discovered a cache of my old journals. I've already destroyed most of them, so don't get excited, but I will share a few excerpts from a diary begun when I was twelve years old and in the seventh grade. Did my sophisticated prose and astute observations foretell a future writing career? You be the judge.
Wed, Jan 4, 1978: Today my book bag broke. My books were falling out of it. I left my lunch at home. Chris F. gave me ½ sandwich. I was thirsty. Davitta J. told me she thought my hair was cute, but she liked it better the other way.
Thurs, Jan 5: Today was Mom's birthday. When I got home from school I gave her the picture of the TV room. She liked it. We got a cake at the bakery. Sue made onion soup. Dad got home late with no present. Mom was mad.
Fri, Jan 6: Went in early this morning to English to work on verbs. In English, I was one of the people furthest, so I got a mint. Dad sent Mom flowers. Asked Tom about broken tape recorder, and he said it just needed new batteries.
Sun, Jan 8: Went to church. Saw Jonathan G. We ignored each other. When we got home I did my homework and my speech for Speech and Drama on cartoons. My ear is infected and I can't get my earring on. I am worried about it. I called Betsy about it.
Mon, Jan 9: Only got 4 ½ hours of sleep last night. Was very tired this morning. Don't have to give speech in S&D till tomorrow. After school I went down to Somer's Jewelers with Mom. He said it was only a scab. He took it off and put my earrings back in. My ears had started to close up and it hurt. The roads were icy so C.C.D. was cancelled.
Tues Jan 10: Did speech. No one paid attention to mine or anyone else's.
1. Went into school early to work on verbs.
2. Had already formed an association between cranking out the most words and getting snacks.
3. Couldn't figure out whether a mechanical device was broken or just needed a battery.
4. Was a bit of a hypochondriac.
A future writer in the making? I think it's obvious.
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Haha – Love it! I still remember finding a drawer full of "broken" calculators in Dad's desk. They all needed batteries.
So at 15 I was making onion soup? what a catch….


Dr. Garnet Hertz is Canada Research Chair in Design and Media Arts and is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Design and Dynamic Media at Emily Carr. His art and research explores themes of DIY culture and interdisciplinary art / design practices. He has shown his work at several notable international venues in thirteen countries including SIGGRAPH, Ars Electronica, and DEAF and was awarded the 2008 Oscar Signorini Award in robotic art. Hertz is founder of Dorkbot SoCal, a monthly Los Angeles-based lecture series on DIY culture, electronic art and design. He has worked at Art Center College of Design and University of California Irvine. His research is widely cited in academic publications, and popular press on his work has disseminated through 25 countries including The New York Times, Wired, The Washington Post, NPR, USA Today, NBC, CBS, TV Tokyo and CNN Headline News.


Inventors Forum - I'm an inventor but where's my stimulus money?
I'm an inventor but where's my stimulus money?
President Obama keeps bringing up innovation and encouraging everyone to innovate. Well, he should put his money where his mouth is. He should provide us who desire to invent with financial help such as subsidizing the filing fees, easy loan access, and other incentives. This would free up some of the inventor's meager money for say, hiring a patent attorney/agent, paying for a prototype, and marketing. So I think as members we need to collectively and actively push our representatives, and our President, to get the legislation passed on this very important aspect of stimulating our economy.
I could not agree more! If "new job creation" is a goal of this administration, what better way is there to create new jobs than to support the grass roots economic engine of independent inventors?
Backing the success of "the little guy" is not only cost effective, but fiscally sound. Us independents could do a heck of a lot of R&D and marketing development with the same funds BIG companies squander on a weekly basis. In other words, give GM $500K - and give me $500K, let's see who does more with it!
Lastly, everyone on Capitol Hill wants to kick around the words "Let's make America great again" - OK fine, so let the little guys get to it - just as was the case for decades, turn-of-the-Century through the 1980's.


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El Heartland Football Club és un club nigerià de futbol de la ciutat d'Owerri.

Història
Evolució del nom:
 1976: Spartans FC
 1985: Iwuanyanwu Nationale FC (en agafar el control del club Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu)
 2006: Heartland FC (el govern de l'estat d'Imo obté el control del club)

Palmarès
 Lliga nigeriana de futbol:
 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993

 Copa nigeriana de futbol:
 1988, 2011, 2012

 Supercopa nigeriana de futbol:
 2011, 2012

 Lliga de Campions de la CAF
 Finalista el 1988

Jugadors destacats

Referències

Enllaços externs
 Heartland get Bulgarian striker
 Heartland promise better days

Clubs de futbol nigerians


hey all - just a heads up that this week i'll be sending out a mass email regarding poster sale stuff. no reason to keep hitting refresh, the email will arrive and all will be well. if you're interested in a poster i mean. it's ok even if you're not interested, i think.
til then, enjoy the apocalypse.
- rip harlan ellison. this advice from him has stuck with me for years as a freelancer. too real.
- batman ninja. yeah, nuts.
- interesting article on those that died at mt st helens.
- jurassic park vehicle replica. nuts.


While waiting in line at the market, I observed two young Latina women in matching jean jackets emblazoned with rainbows and crosses. They could barely keep their hands off each other and gave into a long messy kiss just outside the store. Shame? Intolerance? No signs of it. Fellow shoppers smiled and walked by as if pleased with this celebration of young 'gay' love.
Truth 1: The majority of young adults consider LGBT+ persons victims of injustice rather than violators of chastity. So morality has to do with justice–fighting for the civil rights of sexual minorities, not repentance from sexual sin.
Truth 2: These young adults are wrong. They came of age in an era that deifies every desire and champions each person's right to create his or her own sexual universe. That is idolatry, and places a young person in grave spiritual danger. According to Scripture, these ones 'worship and serve the creature over the Creator' (Rom. 1:25); according to the Catechism, homosexual acts are depraved and disordered because 'they close the sexual act to the gift of life, and do not proceed from a genuine emotional and sexual complementarity' (#2357).
Truth 6: Catholic bishops from around the world are gathering throughout October to create an authoritative document on how the Church shall deal with young adults. As mentioned before, LGBT+ matters are included in this working document which if approved by Pope Francis will become binding for the Church-at-large. Fr James Martin has his fingerprints all over it, including the call to endless dialogue with the LGBT+ community—'the listening Church'…who must opt 'for dialogue as her method and style.' Hear me: I have endured three decades of 'dialogue' about LGBT+ matters with all the major denominations. Its end is death.
Truth 7: The time is now for the Church to uphold her truth about chastity infused with Almighty mercy. We listen to sinners and we call them to join us in route to integration—Jesus' goal for all His followers. That has never changed. Please join us in prayer for the next 40 days starting this Wednesday, Oct. 10th. We will pray to 'become' good news for our LGBT+ loved ones. And we shall lift up the Youth Synod, in the hope that wise bishops will uphold the Church's exquisite moral teaching as good news for a generation that will perish without it. We should not be afraid or intimidated. Truth is at once generous and firm. Truth sets us free.


Working to a 40 hour week, 16-17 tax rates / Tax Code 1150L.
52 weeks per full tax year with the company.
No other income from other sources this tax year.
This Guide is based on 4.3 weeks per month.
*What is the hourly asignment rate?


The weeks are just flying by and my boys just finished up all of their standardized tests and are in the home stretch. For now we've got to stick to it and end the year strong...and I say we because it's not just the kids that are ready for the summer! This mom is looking forward to not making lunches every morning or getting out of the house on time every day. A more relaxed schedule and some time at the pool will do everyone some good!
But it's Friday and that's always a good thing, especially when it's a Fab Friday challenge day! Yay! This is our last hurrah with a few retiring In Colors so I hope you'll play along to say good-bye!
Isn't this a pretty color combination? I think so but it was not camera friendly! I think my Blackberry Bliss looks kind black in the photo and when I tried to lighten it my Hello Honey ended up more like Daffodil Delight! Oh well, it's clear that I still don't have a handle on my new camera!
The card base is Whisper White, then a smaller Whisper White panel embossed with the Stars embossing folder for some subtle texture.
Using the Enjoy the Little Things stamp set I heat embossed the cute little striped background stamp in white and then stacked them up the side.
The Celebrate banner is stamped in Blackberry Bliss and the stamp is from the Party with Cake stamp set. I needed to use the Stamp-a-ma-jig to get it lined up just so!
Next I added a bunch of different stars in our challenge colors as well as some old style silver Glimmer paper.
The silver ribbon tied in the know is the finishing touch.
I hope you'll play along with us at Fab Friday as I love seeing all the great ideas in the gallery!


Episode 37 of the Nintendo Jump Podcast, a weekly Nintendo-based podcast created for Nintendo gamers, by Nintendo gamers. This week is all about Listener Mail! Anything from our most disappointing games, renaming the Wii U, being the main character of an RPG, new camera angles, and so much more!


We did this as a two car day hike. Our route started from the Rattlesnake Trailhead in Cedar Breaks and then down through Ashdown Gorge finishing on Highway 14. It was cold in the morning starting above 10,000 feet so walking in the water wasn't bad down lower in the warmer areas of the gorge.
Left at 8:05 a.m. Fortunately the sky remained clear all day. Was 55 degrees F in the morning but once I got going, did not feel cold at all. Was back by 12:50 p.m. Not a single person around.


Yannick DAUBY born in 1974 in the Mediterranean Alps, France. Living and working in Taiwan since 2007.His sound practice was initiated around 1996, studying tape music (musique concrète in French). He began working with field recording since 1998, during a travel in a distant country, capturing fragments of environments, urban situations, animal signals and unusual acoustic phenomenon. On stage, he improvises mainly with recorded sounds, modular synthesizer and computer. His active discography includes personal compositions, documentations of performances, and selected phonographies.
The source of everything I do is improvisation. I discovered improvising through playing guitar in blues bands in the 1960s. In subsequent decades my approach to improvising has changed according to technological developments and the way my interests have opened out. We live in a strange world right now: a lot of our time is spent online, growing accustomed to virtual and telematic relationships with people, environments, objects, distance and time; simultaneously we continue to live as humans have always lived, seeking shelter, human contact, sustenance and finding meaning through interactions that involve proximity. Presence continues to be important, whether through touch, smell or listening, or simply to be close to nature or an important person. The tools I work with attempt to deal with these different worlds.
I work with a computer, making sound files from very simple home-made sounds and actions, then transforming them in my studio and in real-time performance, but I also work with contact microphones, prepared guitar, organic materials and flutes. There is a conflict in my mind between many of these sounds – inspired by forensic listening to bioacoustics, room sounds and so on – and how they are made. Does is come from breath produced within the body or from some technical process that I don't understand? I want to share an intense listening experience with an audience as if we are hearing through the auditory equivalent of a microscope but I am also conscious of the discrepancy between presence and absence. Somehow we are learning to adapt.
Meeting on a sound loom. A flute and a computer, amplified little things. Pile of shale, branches of coral, a few hidden recordings and electronic devices. No clear idea, just weaving the making and the listening.


'About Your Benefits and You' results published.
A survey of those with direct experience of the benefit system has shown that three out of five respondents rate the current UK welfare system as 'poor' or 'very poor'.
The 'About Your Benefits and You' survey sought the views of social security experience panels members – individuals who are giving their views on the design of Scotland's new welfare system.
The current UK system was rated as 'poor' or 'very poor' by 60% of respondents with 71% saying better advice and support must be a priority for Scotland's new service.
The results also show that improving advice on eligibility and how to claim what you are entitled to is seen as a priority amongst the majority of the 1,144 respondents.
"This report reinforces what all our consultation and work so far has told us, that the UK system does not treat people well and there is a great deal to improve on.
The Scottish Government has recruited a diverse range of people from across Scotland, who have used the current benefits system, to join the experience panels as part of its commitment to build a service based on dignity, fairness and respect. This includes a mix of those with caring responsibilities and those without.
This is the first time the experience panels model has been used in public service design in the United Kingdom.


Stephen Miles is the director of Win Without War, a coalition of organizations formed in opposition to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Only by creating an intersectional movement for change at home and abroad can we fight like hell for the solutions we all know are necessary.
With years of foreign-policy failures, why has so little changed?
The senator powerfully linked domestic and foreign policy in the context of massive global inequality.
As Martin Luther King Jr. noted 50 years ago, you can't fight militarism unless you also fight racism and materialism.
Our foreign-policy alternative should be based on people's actual concerns, not the made-up "crises" Washington think tanks cook up.


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International Oil Companies / Uganda and Tanzania oil deal sealed
Uganda and Tanzania oil deal sealed
Presidents Yoweri Museveni and John Pombe Magufuli during the signing of the Oil pipeline deal in Dares Salaam Tanzania over the weekend
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and his Tanzanian Counterpart, President John Pombe Magufuli finally over the weekend put pen to paper by signing the East African Crude Oil Pipeline Agreement (EACOP) a move that is expected to pave way for studies to explore the possibility of building a pipeline to the Tanzanian port of Tanga.
The move is expected to cut costs on transportation of crude oil from Uganda's Hoima oil reserves to Tanga in Tanzania over a distance of 1,443-kilometre with an expectation of transporting 200,000 litres of oil per day once the project starts running in motion.
According to the Uganda's Permanent Secretary in Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Dr Fred Kabagambe-Kaliisa, who also witnessed the signing to the agreement, the deal with help both parties appraise the merits of a crude export pipeline option through Tanzania with a view to achieving the lowest unit transportation cost for crude oil from Uganda.
"If we get the least cost pipeline to Tanga, then our crude oil will be exported cheaply. We need to carry out due diligence, which requires technical work, to inform our citizens about the end-user tariffs and the memorandum of understanding sets the stage for carrying out detailed evaluation," Dr Kabagambe-Kaliisa said.
Uganda had previously hoped to enter into agreement with Kenya to develop its crude oil export pipeline, which would have included Hoima-Lacor-Lamu Port, Hoima-Nairobi-Mombasa but however, changed this after comparisons with Tanzania proved cheaper.
President Museveni and also earlier reached an agreement with Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta.
In the new agreement therefore, a team of selected experts will start work on assessing the least cost crude oil pipeline from Hoima to the Tanga Port.
Uganda had also already signed agreements with international oil companies such as Total Exploration and Production Uganda together with the Tanzania Development Corporation (TPDC).
Tanzania's acting Permanent Secretary of Tanzania's Ministry of Energy and Minerals, Ngosi Mwihava, says that Dares Salaam this infrastructure will cement regional co-operation.
Oil companies in Uganda have been in discussions with Tanzania for an alternative pipeline route through Tanga despite the recent agreement between Presidents Yoweri Museveni and President Uhuru Kenyatta to build one from Hoima to the Kenyan coast.
Museveni who signed the deal had been in Dares Salaam since Saturday where Magufuli handed over to him the Chairmanship of the East African Community (EAC).
According to a statement issued by Tanzania's State House, the two leaders signed a communique agreeing to start construction of the East African Crude Oil pipeline (EACOP) project from Hoima in Uganda to Tanga Port in Tanzania.
"The issues of the Hoima-Tanga pipeline are agreed and resolved," the statement said, adding that the signing was witnessed by ministers, senior government officials from different institutions which are involved in the project.
An oil pipeline
President Magufuli said the project is important in the development of the two countries and the East African region in general.Museveni said the Tanga Port is strategically located and easy to handle in terms of security matters.
He mentioned that the project is expected to also make fuel cheaper hence fost development of the aviation industry, whereby regional airlines will get cheaper jet fuel.
Museveni said that he was happy to have "concluded all the outstanding issues concerning the oil pipeline agreement …. This project will benefit Uganda and Tanzania. It is one of the strategic ways for the integration of the East African Community and will strengthen our relationship"
The project is also expected to generate employment for between 6,000 to 10,000 people in the two countries.
During the signing, the two presidents also directed their ministers responsible for energy in Uganda and Tanzania to sign the Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) this Friday, May 27 in Uganda's capital, Kampala.


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California tells NRA it can't sell Carry Guard insurance in state
Credit Source: Guns.com, by Chris Eger
An attendee at the 2018 NRA Annual Meeting in Dallas tries out an interactive demonstrator at the NRA Carry Guard self-defense insurance booth (Photo: Chris Eger/Guns.com)
The California insurance commissioner this week issued a cease and desist order to the National Rifle Association for marketing insurance in the state without a license.
The seven-page order, issued by Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on Tuesday, alleges the gun rights group marketed an insurance product without properly registering with his office. In the order, Jones contends the NRA sent emails to California residents featuring national spokeswoman Dana Loesch and chief executive Wayne LaPierre soliciting on behalf of the group's Carry Guard-branded self-defense insurance program, something the organization was not licensed for.
"The California Department of Insurance insists on full compliance with California law that requires persons soliciting the purchase of insurance in California must be appropriately licensed to do so," said Jones in a statement. "Because the NRA allegedly failed to comply with this California legal requirement, it became necessary for the department to take this action against the NRA to end this illegal conduct in California."
According to the order, the gun group last year began offering policies with four levels of coverage ranging from $250,000 to $1.5 million in civil defense benefits, and $50,000 to $250,000 in criminal defense benefits with annual premiums varying between $155 and $550. As of July, some 2,397 California residents had active policies.
California's insurance code forbids a person from marketing or negotiating policies in the state without a valid license from the commissioner, which Jones' office said the NRA has never held. The order demands the NRA cease offering the insurance in the state under threat of a $5,000 daily fine. Selling without a license could generate a fine of as much as $50,000. The NRA can request a hearing on the matter within seven days.
Jones, a former city and state lawmaker who was first elected Insurance Commissioner in 2010, ran against state Attorney General Xavier Becerra in the Democratic primary for that office this year. On the campaign trail, Jones repeatedly called out his opponent as being soft on guns and has run political ads touting his own position as someone who "takes on the NRA."
Since debuting their Carry Guard program last May, the NRA has come under fire from regulators in Washington and New York, in turn triggering a lawsuit by the gun group against Empire State officials. The lawsuit argues New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat with a history of enacting gun control legislation, attacked the NRA because it had been a vocal critic and opponent of his gun control policies. The filing further alleges the Cuomo administration targeted no other self-defense insurance except for the NRA's Carry Guard policies.


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Mounding of artificial islands and archipelagos, the method that was used to create a row of islands in the United Arab Emirates, has allowed many countries to recover their territories once lost to global warming and rising of sea levels. Thanks to modern technology, some countries have substantially increased their territory. The problem of overpopulation has become nonexistent. At the same time, the problem of oceanic waste utilisation has been solved: It is recycled, it makes up the building basis for artificial islands and archipelagos. Once again, modern technology has harnessed something that previously caused environmental concerns, to serve humankind. Also, thanks to this technology, people can change geographical features at will, transforming an island into a peninsula. Finally, the UK has become a part of mainland Europe.
Christopher Garrard We will certainly start seasteading, but for political reasons, the UK will not become part of mainland Europe.
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Q: Delete item from list in Python while iterating over it I'm writing a round robin algorithm for a tournament app.
When the number of players is odd, I add 'DELETE' to the list of players, but later, when I want to delete all items from schedule list that contain 'DELETE', I can't -- one is always left. Please take a look at the code -- the problem is simple and I suppose it's about lists; I just i can't see it.
"""
Round-robin tournament:
1, 2, 3, 4, | 5, 6, 7, 8    =>  1, 2, 3, 4  => rotate all but 1 =>  1, 5, 2, 3  => repeat =>    1, 6, 5, 2  ...
                    5, 6, 7, 8              6, 7, 8, 4          7, 8, 4, 3
in every round pick l1[0] and l2[0] as first couple, after that l1[1] and l2[1]...
"""

import math

lst = []
schedule = []
delLater = False

for i in range(3):                  #make list of numbers
    lst.append(i+1)

if len(lst) % 2 != 0:               #if num of items is odd, add 'DELETE'
    lst.append('DELETE')
    delLater = True

while len(schedule) < math.factorial(len(lst))/(2*math.factorial(len(lst) - 2)): #!(n)/!(n-k)

    mid = len(lst)/2

    l1 = lst[:mid]
    l2 = lst[mid:]

    for i in range(len(l1)):
        schedule.append((l1[i], l2[i]))         #add lst items in schedule

    l1.insert(1, l2[0])             #rotate lst
    l2.append(l1[-1])
    lst = l1[:-1] + l2[1:]

if delLater == True:                #PROBLEM!!! One DELETE always left in list
    for x in schedule:
        if 'DELETE' in x:
            schedule.remove(x)

i = 1
for x in schedule:
    print i, x
    i+=1

A: schedule[:] = [x for x in schedule if 'DELETE' not in x]

See the other questions about deleting from a list while iterating over it.

A: To remove elements from a list while iterating over it, you need to go backwards:
if delLater == True:
    for x in schedule[-1::-1]):
        if 'DELETE' in x:
            schedule.remove(x)

A better option is to use a list-comprehension:
schedule[:] = [item for item in schedule if item != 'DELETE']

Now, you could just do schedule = instead of schedule[:] = -- what's the difference?  One example is this:
schedule = [some list stuff here]  # first time creating
modify_schedule(schedule, new_players='...') # does validation, etc.

def modify_schedule(sched, new_players):
    # validate, validate, hallucinate, illustrate...
    sched = [changes here]

At this point, all the changes that modify_schedule made have been lost.  Why?  Because instead of modifying the list object in place, it re-bound the name sched to a new list, leaving the original list still bound to the name schedule in the caller.
So whether or not you use list_object[:] = depends on if you want any other names bound to your list to see the changes.

A: You shouldn't modify the list while iterating over it:
for x in schedule:
    if 'DELETE' in x:
        schedule.remove(x)

Instead, try:
schedule[:] = [x for x in schedule if 'DELETE' not in x]

For more info, see How to remove items from a list while iterating?

A: Don't modify a sequence being iterated over.
schedule[:] = [x for x in schedule if 'DELETE' not in x]

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Do you run a sales team? Have you ever noticed that sales people are brilliant at coming up with excuses for why their promised sales didn't eventuate. I use a simple strategy on my sales team that stopped the excuses and doubled the sales.
A couple of years ago I read a very interesting piece of research. The business school of a major university was conducting an international study into sales management. One of the amazing things they discovered was that sales people who reported to a sales manager, on average produced less than sales people who did not have a sales manager.
The reason for this was that the sales managers tended to be critical of the shortcomings of their team members and this made the sales people nervous. They became so preoccupied with having to face the music at the sales meeting that their focus was on failure rather than success. If your focus is on failure then failure is what you will get.
This is all very interesting but there is still the practical matter that most sales people are performing well below their potential. So how does a sales manager get his or her team performing without creating the problem of failure focus?
When I first started managing a sales team I discovered that sales people had an incredible talent for coming up with excuses. They seemed to be able to justify any lost sales by giving you a plausible reason why it was not possible to get the sale. While I admired their creativity I also realized that in most cases the sale was getable. The problem I had was how to get the sales person away from the excuse habit and onto the success habit.
I also remembered when I first entered the sales world, and how my sales manager had harassed myself and the other sales people at each sales meeting. I used to dread going to those meetings.
I ended up creating a solution that got rid of excuse behavior, avoided the harassing situation and led to a doubling of my sales team's output. I made a rule that the only excuse that a salesperson was allowed to offer was an excuse that was so good that if they wrote it on a piece of paper and took it to the manager of the local supermarket that the manager would be happy to give them a week's groceries in exchange for the excuse.
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L'antisémitisme ne s'est manifesté que de manière occasionnelle au Venezuela durant l'histoire des Juifs dans ce pays.

Cependant sous les présidences de Hugo Chávez et de Nicolás Maduro les allégations d'antisémitisme par le biais d'actions ou de déclarations du gouvernement vénézuélien se sont multipliés tout comme les incidents publics en tout genre. La population juive du Venezuela a aussi considérablement décliné sous le gouvernement bolivarien selon l'Algemeiner Journal, avec une population passée de  en 1999, pour moins de  en 2015.

En 1827, un groupe de juifs partit de Curaçao pour s'installer à Coro. En 1855, des émeutes dans la région forcèrent finalement toute la population juive, soit 168 personnes, à retourner à Curaçao. L'intégration des juifs au Venezuela fut compliquée, bien qu'il y eût de petites communautés à Puerto Cabello, Carúpano, Villa de Cura, Rio Chico, Maracaibo ou encore Barquisimeto.

En juin 1902, un autre épisode d'antisémitisme se produit à Coro pendant le gouvernement du général Cipriano Castro. Les Juifs ont demandé l'asile à Curaçao, qui a été accordé par le gouverneur de l'île, J. O. de Jong van Beek, qui a envoyé le navire de guerre « HNMLS Koningin Regentes » pour les protéger. Sur le chemin du retour vers Curaçao, le navire emmena à son bord quatre-vingts femmes et enfants. En juillet de la même année, le même navire fut envoyé à La Vela de Coro par le reste des Juifs, et seuls quelques-uns y restèrent pour protéger les biens des exilés.

Début 1903, des restrictions concernant l'immigration des Juifs sont mises en place avant d'être finalement abolies à la fin des années 1950. En 1950 environ  juifs vivaient au Venezuela. Les vagues d'immigrations les plus importantes eurent lieu après la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale et de la guerre des Six Jours en 1967. La population juive du Venezuela était alors très largement concentrée à Caracas, avec quelques communautés à Maracaibo. À la fin du siècle, la plupart des juifs sont vénézuéliens de la première ou seconde génération. Le Venezuela se révéla alors être un lieu hospitalier pour les Juifs qui en retour « développèrent des liens profonds avec leur pays et un fort patriotisme ».

Émigration
Selon le Congrès juif latino-américain, la communauté juive du Venezuela comptait autour de  personnes au moment où Hugo Chávez arriva au pouvoir. Durant les premières années du  siècle, le nombre de juifs quittant le Venezuela pour s'installer en Israël augmenta fortement. Le journal Algemeiner affirme que l'émigration des juifs du Venezuela est due à  et que .

En 2007, un rapport estima que ce n'est pas moins de 20 % de la population juive du pays qui avait émigré à cause de l'inquiétude venant de la montée des allégations d'antisémitisme. Le Congrès juif latino-américain estimait en 2007 qu'il n'y avait plus que  à  juifs résidant au Venezuela. En , le taux de Juifs ayant quitté le pays depuis la prise de pouvoir de Chávez atteint les 50 %, ceux qui restent se mettent même à dénoncer un « antisémitisme officiel ». En 2013, ils n'étaient plus que  à être restés ; en 2015, seulement .

Pour les émigrants, les États-Unis furent la destination privilégiée, particulièrement Miami en Floride. D'autres partirent pour Israël mais aussi pour le Panama, la Colombie, le Costa Rica ou encore le Guatemala.

Médias
Dans son rapport de 2002, l'Institut Stephen Roth rapporte qu'un journaliste vénézuélien résidant aux États-Unis, Ted Cordova-Claure a publié un article dans le magazine privé et pro-démocratique TalCual où il compare Ariel Sharon à Adolf Hitler. L'Institut rapporte aussi que le journaliste Alfredo Hernandez Torres de la revue Frontera justifiait les attaques terroristes à l'encontre d'Israël, estimant que « Sharon fait preuve de plus de haine qu'Hitler en avait envers les Juifs ». Torres qualifie Sharon de  et affirme qu'Israël est coupable « d'un génocide à Jénine... qui aurait gêné même l'impassible Hitler ». L'Institut Roth indique aussi dans son rapport que des journaux vénézuéliens comme El Universal ou El Nacional ont accusé Israël de génocide, notamment dans un éditorial écrit par Maria de los Angeles Serrano dans El Nacional affirmant que les juifs israéliens « aujourd'hui étranglent, déportent, enferment et tuent les Palestiniens avec le même enthousiasme dont avaient fait preuve leur propres persécuteurs, les Nazis ». Selon l'Institut Roth, quand Últimas Noticias interviewa le politicien libano-venézuelien Tarek William Saab chef de file du Mouvement Cinquième République et Franklin González, directeur de l'École Internationale de l'Université Centrale du Venezuela, tous deux ont déploré le fait que l'Organisation des Nations Unies a déçu le peuple palestinien et que « les racines du conflit résident dans la création même de l'État d'Israël en 1947 ».

La Conférence mondiale contre l'antisémitisme de 2009 a révélé que les articles à caractère antisémites ayant été publiés dans des médias pro-Chávez atteignaient le nombre moyen de « 45 par mois » durant l'année 2008 et même d'environ « cinq par jour » durant l'Opération Plomb Durci en .

Selon le rapport de la Confédération Vénézuélienne des Associations Israélites L'Antisémitisme au Venezuela 2013 des « informations biaisées, des omissions et de fausses accusations envers Israël provenant des médias iraniens Press TV et HispanTV sont relayées par le média russe RT News, l'agence de presse cubaine Prensa Latina et les médias vénézuéliens tels que AVN, TeleSUR, Venezolana de Televisión (VTV), Alba TV, La Radio del Sur, Radio Nacional de Venezuela), YVKE Mundial, Correo del Orinoco et Ciudad CCS ».

Accusations d'antisémitisme envers Hugo Chávez
Le Centre Simon-Wiesenthal critiqua virulemment le président Hugo Chávez après qu'il eut comparé l'homme politique espagnol José María Aznar à Hitler. En 2005, le rabbin brésilien Henry Sobel, un des leadeurs du Congrès juif mondial accusa également Chávez d'antisémitisme.

En 2004, après avoir remporté le référendum sur sa présidence, Chávez intima à l'opposition de ne pas se laisser . Le jour suivant il déclara à la télévision publique qu'. L'institut Roth affirma que la communauté juive du Venezuela explique que le terme  est une métaphore dirigée envers les chefs de l'opposition et que c'est une expression répandue dans le monde catholique. Le lendemain, le vice-président José Vicente Rangel expliqua le sens de cette expression et assura les leadeurs de la communauté juive qu'elle avait été utilisée de manière inappropriée. Le Département d'État des États-Unis mentionne aussi que . Dans The Weekly Standard, l'activiste humanitaire  écrit que le rapport sur l'antisémitisme mondial du Département d'État des États-Unis note que .

Le Centre Wiesenthal a aussi qualifié d'antisémite une déclaration faite par Chávez à l'occasion de Noël 2005 dans un centre de réhabilitation. Se référant à ce discours de , le Miami Herald affirma que . En 2005, Chávez déclara que .

Selon JTA, la source d'information gouvernementale, et l'organisation (), les leadeurs de la communauté juive du Venezuela ont précisé que la citation omettait la référence à Bolívar et qu'elle affirmait que Chávez faisait référence aux Juifs avec nulle autre preuve que son allusion à la richesse. Selon un article publié dans The Forward, les chefs de la communauté juive vénézuélienne ont accusé le Centre Simon-Wiesenthal d'un excès de zèle concernant les accusations d'antisémitisme, précisant que les déclarations de Chávez avaient été prises hors contexte, et qu'il faisait en réalité référence à  et à . Cependant, selon l' , les communautés juives vénézuéliennes et autres organisations israélites du pays s'abstienne de toute critique envers les déclarations de Chávez afin d'éviter toute publicité négative ainsi que pour des raisons de sécurité.

Selon le site internet pro-Chávez  , Chávez a nié les accusations affirmant à l'Assemblée nationale : . Chávez réfuta les accusations du Centre Simon-Wiesenthal qu'il qualifia de propagande, et affirma qu'il espérait que l'ex-premier ministre israélien Ariel Sharon se remettrait de son AVC. Dans un discours national télévisé, Chávez accusa le Centre Simon-Wiesenthal de travailler avec Washington. Les représentants du Centre Simon-Wiesenthal en Amérique latine répondirent que la mention faite par Chávez des  était  et que .

Les critiques pointent également du doigt les relations professionnelles entre Chávez et Norberto Ceresole. Ainsi Halvorssen explique que . Le négationniste Ceresole considère ainsi les juifs du Venezuela comme la plus grande menace au Bolivarisme et au Chavisme dans son Caudillo, Ejército, Pueblo (Un guide, une armée, un peuple). Cependant Chávez nie recevoir des conseils de Ceresole qui fut d'ailleurs expulsé du Venezuela quelques mois après la montée au pouvoir de Chávez. Plus tard le média Clarín indiqua que le vice-président José Vicente Rangel trouvait les livres de Ceresole dégoûtants et abjects.

Un article du Boston Globe brosse le portrait d'un cinéaste juif vénézuélien qui a  en . Selon l'article, les animateurs d'un programme télévisé gouvernemental l'accusait d'avoir pris part à une  ; le jour suivant Chávez avait d'ailleurs réclamé la légifération de lois visant à interdire la production de films qui .

En 2006 la JTA (Jewish Telegraphic Agency) rapportait que les Juifs du Venezuela étaient de plus en plus inquiets des critiques véhémentes de Chávez envers Israël durant la Guerre du Liban avec le Hezbollah. Ils affirment que ce discours  et que les récents comportements antisémites n'étaient pas communs dans le pays il y a quelques années de cela. Les juifs se montrent ainsi hautement préoccupé par . Chávez fut accusé plusieurs fois d'antisémitisme par des organisations tels que la Ligue Anti-Diffamation, qui a d'ailleurs écrit à Chávez pour lui demander quel impact pouvait avoir ses déclarations polémiques sur la population. Le président de la zone sud de la Ligue Anti-Diffamation accuse Chávez de . Le président du Independent American-Venezuelan Citizens basé à Miami déclara en 2006 : . Les dirigeants de la communauté juive de Caracas déclarèrent également au El Nuevo Herald que les mots employés par Chávez avaient engendré une situation de . La Fédération des Associations Israéliennes du Venezuela condamna .

En 2010, les révélations de télégrammes de la diplomatie américaine par WikiLeaks révélèrent que des membres de la Confédération des Associations Israélites du Venezuela avait fait part de leur inquiétude auprès de diplomates américains concernant l'environnement hostile aux juifs du Venezuela créé par le président Hugo Chávez, allant jusqu'à affirmer qu'ils ne voient qu'un  pour leur communauté. Ils redoutaient principalement les liens croissants entre le gouvernement de Chávez et l'Iran ainsi que le langage choisi par Chávez pour protester contre les politiques de l'état d'Israël.  dit le diplomate américain Robin D. Meyer.

L'incident du SEBIN
En , près de 50 documents ont été divulgués par le média de droite Analisis24 montrant que la SEBIN espionnait . Les données récupérées par l'agence gouvernementale incluaient des photos, des adresses, des numéros de passeports ainsi que des itinéraires de voyages. Les documents sont certifiés authentiques selon plusieurs sources tel que la Ligue Anti-Diffamation.

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Etal Castle ist eine Burgruine im Dorf Etal in der englischen Grafschaft Northumberland. Die Burg ließ um 1341 Robert Manners bauen; sie bestand aus einem Wohnturm, einem Torhaus und einem Eckturm, die durch eine Kurtine geschützt wurden. Etal Castle war sowohl in lokale Konflikte als auch in die Grenzkriege zwischen England und Schottland verwickelt. 1428 gab es eine Schlacht zwischen den rivalisierenden Familien Manners und Heron vor den Mauern der Burg, 1513 wurde die Burg kurzzeitig von König Jakob IV. von Schottland während seiner Invasion Englands eingenommen.

Im Jahre 1547 ging die Burg in die Hände der Krone über und wurde als Teil der Grenzverteidigung gegen Schottland mit einer Garnison belegt. Dann verfiel sie und wurde 1603 als militärische Festung aufgegeben. Ab dem 18. Jahrhundert wurde sie nicht mehr bewohnt und verfiel zur Ruine. Heute, im 21. Jahrhundert, gehört die Burgruine der Familie Joicey, wird aber von English Heritage verwaltet. Von dieser Organisation wurde sie als historisches Bauwerk I. Grades gelistet und gilt als Scheduled Monument.

Geschichte

14. und 15. Jahrhundert
Etal Castle wurde um 1341 für Robert Manners errichtet, nachdem dieser von König Eduard III. eine Erlaubnis erhalten hatte, sein Haus zu befestigen (engl. "Licence to Crenellate"). Dies geschah, um den Ort gegen die Angriffe der Schotten verteidigen zu können. Die Grundherrschaft von Etal lag seit spätestens 1242 in den Händen der Familie Manners.

Der älteste Teil der Burg ist der Wohnturm. Dieser Turm könnte um 1341 an der Stelle eines älteren, nicht befestigten Hauses der Familie errichtet worden sein. Ein Teil des alten Hauses ist dabei wohl in den neuen, befestigten Turm integriert worden. Es besteht aber auch die Möglichkeit, dass der zentrale Turm bereits Ende des 13. oder Anfang des 14. Jahrhunderts komplett mit Zinnen errichtet worden war. In diesem Falle galt die Erlaubnis zur Befestigung, die König Eduard III. gewährte, nur für die Umfassungsmauer. Um die 1350er-Jahre war die Burg von einer Grundherrschaft umgeben, in der sich Korn- und Walkmühlen, Kalköfen und Kohlenbergwerke befanden.

Die Arbeiten wurden unter Roberts Sohn, John Manners, der das Anwesen 1354 noch in jugendlichen Jahren erbte, fortgesetzt. 1355, als Sir Edward de Letham die Mündelverwaltung für das Anwesen erhielt, wurde die Burg als Fortalice, ein nur schlecht zur verteidigendes Anwesen, beschrieben. 1368, als die Mündelverwaltung an seine Witwe Joan überging, war Etal Castle eine vollwertige Burg. De Lethan war ein mächtiger regionaler Adliger. Er könnte die Mündelverwaltung von König Eduard III. erhalten haben, womit dieser sich angesichts der schottischen Militärvorstöße  seiner Loyalität versicherte. Er und seine Gattin wirtschafteten angeblich das umgebende Anwesen herunter, was dazu führte, dass eine Kommission zur Untersuchung dieses Missbrauchs eingesetzt wurde.

John Manners starb 1402 und hinterließ die Burg vermutlich seinem Sohn, Robert Manners, der sie wiederum seinem Sohn, John Manners hinterließ. John Manners war in einen langandauernden Streit mit der Nachbarfamilie Heron verwickelt, der das benachbarte Ford Castle gehörte. Am 20. Januar 1428 gab es einen Kampf zwischen den beiden Familien direkt vor Etal Castle, in dem William Heron starb. Die genauen Vorkommnisse sind unklar und bildeten die Grundlage einer folgenden Gerichtsverhandlung. John Manners führte an, dass William Heron die Burg angegriffen habe und während dieses Angriffs gestorben sei und dass John Manners in seinen Tod nicht direkt verwickelt gewesen sei. William Herons Witwe beschuldigte John Manners und dessen ältesten Sohn, der ebenfalls John hieß, am Tode Williams Schuld zu sein, und forderte dafür einen Ausgleich. Nach einem Schiedsgerichtsverfahren durch die Kirche erklärte John Manners sich damit einverstanden, 500 Messen für William Herons Seele lesen zu lassen und 250 Mark an dessen Witwe zu bezahlen.

1438 erbte ein weiterer Sohn von John Manners, Robert, die Burg und das Anwesen. Infolge der Kriege mit den Schotten, der Kämpfe mit den Nachbarn und der Ärmlichkeit war der Wert der Ländereien in den Jahren davor wesentlich gefallen. Roberts Sohn, ein weiterer Robert Manners, erbte das Anwesen 1464 und gab die Burg bei seinem Tod 1495 an seinen Sohn George weiter. George Manners erbte den Titel eines Baron de Ros von der mütterlichen Seite seiner Familie und die Familie gab die Burg gegen Ende des 15. Jahrhunderts als Wohnsitz auf, als sie näher an den königlichen Hof zog.

16. Jahrhundert

Da die Manners nicht mehr vor Ort waren, wurde Etal Castle von der Familie Collingwood verwaltet, die nach und nach die erblichen Konstabler der Burg wurden. Sie pachteten das Fronhofland auf dem Anwesen von der Eignerfamilie. Die Burg war stark in die Grenzkriege zwischen England und Schottland verwickelt; normalerweise war sie mit einer Garnison von 100 Mann belegt und bildete so eine wichtige strategische Verteidigungsanlage in der Linie hinter den Verteidigungsbauwerken direkt an der Grenze.

Im August 1513 überfiel König Jakob IV. von Schottland England mit einer großen Armee. Ausgerüstet mit moderner Artillerie nahm er die Grenzfestungen Norham Castle und Wark-on-Tweed Castle ein und zog nach Süden auf Etal Castle zu. Etal Castle ergab sich schnell in der Hoffnung, eine Plünderung durch Jakobs Armee zu vermeiden, aber nichtsdestoweniger wurde die Burg teilweise geschleift, damit sie nicht wieder als Verteidigungsbauwerk dienen konnte.

Nach dem englischen Sieg in der Schlacht von Flodden Field im darauf folgenden Monat wurde die Burg von den Engländern wieder zurückerobert, mit einer Garnison belegt und von Lord Dacre zur Einlagerung der erbeuteten schottischen Artillerie unter Aufsicht von Sir Philip Tilney genutzt. Lord Dacre nutzte die Burg in den Jahren 1515 und 1516 intensiv. 1541 berichtete eine königliche Kommission, dass die Gebäude im Zustand "sehr großen Verfalls" seien, und forderten ihre Reparatur.

Die Krone kaufte 1547 die Burg von den Manners im Tausch gegen andere Ländereien im England und setzte John Elleker zusammen mit einer Garnison von 100 berittenen und 200 Fußsoldaten als Verwalter auf der Burg ein. Innerhalb von nur zwei Jahren fungierten die Collingwoods erneut als Konstabler auf der Burg, eine Position, die sie bis zum Ende dieses Jahrhunderts einnehmen sollten. Die Burg blieb als Verteidigungsanlage in Grenznähe wichtig, verfiel aber zusehends: 1564 wurde sie als in schlechtem Zustand beschrieben, "knapp noch imstande, dem Kapitän Quartier zu bieten". 1580 erwähnte ein weiterer Bericht dieselben Probleme und 1584 schrieben Kommissare, dass die fehlende Erhaltung über viele Jahre für Reparaturerfordernisse in der Größenordnung von £ 200 gesorgt habe.

17. bis 21. Jahrhundert
1603 erbte König Jakob VI. von Schottland den englischen Königsthron und vereinte beide Länder. Damit hatte Etal Castle seinen militärischen Wert verloren und ging bald in private Hände über. Im 18. Jahrhundert wurde die Burg auch als Wohnstätte aufgegeben und die Ruinen bildeten 1797 die Vorlage für ein Aquarell von Thomas Girtin auf Basis seines Besuches im Herbst 1796.

Lord Joicey kaufte die Burg 1908 und 1922 waren die Ruinen von Efeu befreit und die Mörtelbänder ergänzt. 1975 ging die Burg an den Staat über und in den Jahren 1978, 1983, 1994 und 1998 wurden archäologische Ausgrabungen auf dem Gelände durchgeführt. Heute, im  21. Jahrhundert, wird die Burgruine von English Heritage verwaltet, die es als historisches Bauwerk I. Grades gelistet haben. Es gilt auch als Scheduled Monument.

Architektur

Etal Castle stand ursprünglich über einer Brücke über den Till und wurde durch steile Dämme, die zum Fluss hin abfielen, geschützt. Die Burg bildet eine rechteckige Einfriedung, etwa 55 Meter × 49 Meter groß, geschützt durch eine mit nur 1,37 Meter Dicke relative dünne Steinkurtine. Der größte, oberirdische Teil der Mauer ist zerstört und nur die Fundamente sind erhalten.

Der Wohnturm in der Nordostecke konnte durch einen Vorbau betreten werden, was für diese Gegend unüblich war. Der Vorbau war 5,3 Meter × 2,69 Meter groß und durch ein Fallgatter geschützt. Der Wohnturm war vier Stockwerke hoch; jedes Geschoss konnte über eine Wendeltreppe erreicht werden und enthielt einen großen und einen kleinen Raum,. Der Wohnturm ist aus Sandstein gebaut; der Vorbau und das oberste Geschoss bestehen aus hellerem Sandstein als die unteren Geschosse und könnten später hinzugefügt worden sein. Das Erdgeschoss misst 14 Meter × 9,8 Meter und hatte ursprünglich eine Gewölbedecke. Die oberen Geschosse waren mit großen Oberlichten gut belichtet; die Fenster waren mit Fenstersitzen versehen. Das erste und das zweite Obergeschoss wurden vermutlich von der Familie Manners genutzt und waren mit großen offenen Kaminen ausgestattet; das dritte Obergeschoss war für die Dienerschaft gedacht. Der Wohnturm war vermutlich mit dem angrenzenden Gebäude des Rittersaals durch eine Tür im ersten Obergeschoss verbunden. Allerdings gibt es von diesem Saalbau keine Spur mehr.

Das Torhaus in der Südostecke hat eine Grundfläche von 11 × 11 Meter, und sein gewölbter Durchgang war ursprünglich durch ein Fallgatter, ein Tor und eine Zugbrücke gesichert. Auf beiden Seiten des Durchgangs waren gewölbte Wachräume, 6,4 Meter lang und bis zu 2 Meter breit. Im ersten Obergeschoss, das heute nicht mehr existiert, gab es eine große Kammer mit 6,7 Meter × 5,8 Meter Grundfläche und einem 2,29 Meter × 2,29 Meter großen Vorraum. Ein Durchgang führte zu einer Art Vorbau oder Plattform. Das Torhaus war, was der Architekturhistoriker ''Anthony Emery'' als "flammende Fensterzeichnung" beschrieb, das Wappen der Manners ist über dem Eingang zum Torhaus eingemeißelt.

Der Turm in der Nordwestecke hat eine Grundfläche von 4,3 Meter × 3,2 Meter innen, eine Eingangstüre an der Ostseite und ursprünglich ein Loftgeschoss. Es ist nicht sicher, ob es einen zweiten Eckturm in der Südostecke der Burg gab; Ausgrabungen im Jahre 1978 an einer Stelle, an der man einen solchen vermutete, ergaben keinerlei Spuren und eine geophysikalische Vermessung 1998 erbrachte ein unklares Ergebnis.

Einzelnachweise und Bemerkungen

Weblinks

 Etal Castle. English Heritage.

Burgruine in England
Scheduled Monument in Northumberland
Grade-I-Bauwerk in Northumberland
Erbaut in den 1340er Jahren


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Yale New Haven Hospital v. Azar
YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL, Plaintiff,
ALEX M. AZAR II, Secretary, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Defendant.
RULING ON DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS FOR LACK OF SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION (DOC NO. 16) AND PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE A SUR-REPLY (DOC. NO. 26).
Janet C. Hall Judge.
Plaintiff, Yale New Haven Hospital ("YNH"), brought this action against defendant, Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, pursuant to Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, section 1395 et seq. of title 42 of the United States Code ("Medicare Act"), and the Administrative Procedure Act ("APA"), section 551 et seq. of title 5 of the United States Code. Complaint ("Compl.") ¶ 1. YNH seeks, inter alia, (1) an order reinstating its appeal of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") policy concerning Disproportionate Share Hospital ("DSH") payments to merged hospitals under Medicare for the 2014 Federal Fiscal Year ("FFY"); (2) an order invalidating said policy; (3) an order requiring the Secretary to recalculate YNH's DSH payment for FFY 2014; and (4) the issuance of a writ of mandamus requiring the same recalculation. See Compl. at 24.
Before the court is the Secretary's Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction ("Mot. to Dismiss") (Doc. No. 16) and YNH's Motion for Leave to File a Sur- Reply (Doc. No. 26). For the reasons stated below, the Motion to Dismiss is granted in part and denied in part, and the Motion for Leave to File a Sur-Reply is denied.
II. STANDARD OF REVIEW
A. F.R.C.P. 12(b)(1)
Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1), "[a] case is properly dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction . . . when the district court lacks the statutory or constitutional power to adjudicate it." Makarova v. United States, 201 F.3d 110, 113 (2d Cir. 2000). The plaintiff bears the burden of proving the existence of subject matter jurisdiction. Id. In determining whether the plaintiff has met this burden, the court must accept as true all factual allegations in a complaint and draw all reasonable inferences in favor of the plaintiff. Carter v. Healthport Techs., LLC, 882 F.3d 47, 57 (2d Cir. 2016); Aurecchione v. Schoolman Transp. Sys., Inc., 426 F.3d 635, 638 (2d Cir. 2005). In addition, a district court "may refer to evidence outside the pleadings" when resolving a motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under Rule 12(b)(1). Makarova, 201 F.3d at 113.
B. Statutory Preclusion
The Administrative Procedure Act "embodies the basic presumption of judicial review to one 'suffering legal wrong because of agency action, or adversely affected or aggrieved by agency action within the meaning of a relevant statute." Abbott Labs. v. Gardner, 387 U.S. 136, 140 (1967), abrogated on other grounds, Califano v. Sanders, 430 U.S. 99 (1977). Therefore, "[i]n determining whether a statute precludes judicial review, the court must heed the APA's basic presumption of judicial review that will not be cut off unless there is persuasive reason to believe that such was the purpose of Congress." Texas All. for Home Care Servs. v. Sebelius, 681 F.3d 402, 408 (D.C. Cir. 2012). "The presumption favoring judicial review of administrative action, " however, "is just that-a presumption" and, "like all presumptions used in interpreting statutes, may be overcome by specific language or specific legislative history that is a reliable indicator of congressional intent." Id. (quoting Block v. Cmty. Nutrition Inst., 467 U.S. 340, 349 (1984)).
III. STATUTORY BACKGROUND
The Medicare Act establishes a system of insurance for qualifying beneficiaries. See 42 U.S.C. § 1395c. The Medicare program is administered by the Secretary through CMS and its contractors. 42 U.S.C. § 1395kk. The Medicare program is split into five parts: A, B, C, D, and E. Relevant to this case, CMS pays providers, including YNH, for covered services under Part A. In 1983, Congress adopted the inpatient prospective payment system ("IPPS") to reimburse providers for inpatient hospital operating costs. See Social Security Amendments of 1983, Pub.L. No. 98-21, 97 Stat. 65 (1983). Under the IPPS, CMS makes payments to providers for operating costs based on nationally applicable rates, subject to certain payment adjustments. One such adjustment is the DSH payment.
As part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("ACA"), Congress enacted the Uncompensated Care DSH ("UC DSH") payment system. See 42 U.S.C. § 1395ww(r). Pursuant to the UC DSH payment system, beginning in FFY 2014, a disproportionate share hospital[1] received two DSH payments. The first payment was equal to 25% of the amount due to the hospital under the DSH system that existed prior to the enactment of the ACA. The second payment, known as the UC DSH payment, is the hospital's share of 75% of the national total DSH payment, calculated using a methodology outlined in section 3133 of the ACA. Under the new methodology, CMS calculates the UC DSH payment for each eligible hospital based on the product of three factors: Factors 1, 2, and 3. Factor 3, which is the only factor relevant in this case, is equal to a fraction, where the numerator is the amount of uncompensated care for [an eligible] hospital for a period selected by the Secretary (as estimated by the Secretary, based on appropriate data (including, in the case where the Secretary determines that alternative data is available which is a better proxy for the costs of subsection (d) hospitals for treating the uninsured, the use of such alternative data)), and the denominator is "the aggregate amount of uncompensated care for all [eligible] hospitals that receive a payment . . . for such period (as so estimated, based on such data)." 42 U.S.C. § 1395ww(r)(2)(C). Put simply, Factor 3 is equal to each eligible hospital's uncompensated care, stated as a percentage of the total national uncompensated care for all qualifying hospitals. Compl. ¶ 24.
CMS calculates UC DSH payments in advance of each FFY, as part of the annual IPPS rulemaking. Id. ¶ 25. CMS uses historical data to estimate UC DSH payments. For FFY 2014, CMS used data submitted by hospitals for the 2010 and 2011 Medicare cost reports, depending on which reporting period yielded more recent data. Id. ¶ 26.
Central to the pending Motion to Dismiss is that the ACA includes a review preclusion statute, codified at section 1395ww(r)(3) of title 42 of the United States Code, that limits judicial review of the Secretary's DSH payment estimates. See 42 U.S.C. § 1395ww(r)(3). The preclusion statute states:
There shall be no administrative or judicial review under section 1395ff of this title, section 1395oo of this title, or otherwise of the following:
(A) Any estimate of the Secretary for purposes of determining the factors described in paragraph (2).
(B) Any period selected by the Secretary for such purposes.
Id. The question before the court is whether this provision precludes judicial review of the Secretary's actions in calculating the UC DSH payment.
IV. FACTS
YNH merged with another hospital, Hospital of Saint Raphael ("HSR"), effective September 12, 2012. Compl. ¶ 35. As a result of the transaction, YNH assumed HSR's Medicare provider agreement, and HSR's CMS certification number ("CCN") was subsumed under YNH's CCN. Id. In the IPPS Proposed Rule for FFY 2014, CMS announced its proposed methodology to calculate UC DSH payments for FFY 2014. Id. ¶ 36; see 78 Fed. Reg. 27, 486. CMS did not mention, in either the preamble or text of the proposed rule, that it intended to change from the prior policy of calculating post-merger Medicare payments using data from both the surviving and non-surviving hospital. Compl. ¶ 36. Furthermore, in the data table published by CMS with the FFY 2014 IPPS Proposed Rule, data for both YNH and HSR appeared, and a projected UC DSH payment was calculated for both hospitals.[2] Id. ¶ 37.
YNH did not submit a comment to CMS on the calculation of FFY 2014 UC DSH payments. Id. at ¶ 38. However, another hospital, which, like YNH, had completed a merger during the relevant time period, submitted a comment noting its concern that CMS had "calculated Factor 3 using only the surviving hospital's cost report data, " and "requesting that [CMS] account for the merger and include both hospitals' data." Id. ¶ 39. CMS responded to that comment, in its publication of the IPPS Final Rule, that Factor 3 would be calculated using only the surviving hospital's data, because use of such data was "consistent with the treatment of other IPPS payment factors." Reply at 9. YNH contacted CMS to request a correction rule be issued to include the data of both parties to a merger in calculating Factor 3. Compl. ¶ 40. CMS declined. Id. As a result, CMS excluded the inpatient days from HSR when calculating YNH's FFY 2014 UC DSH payment. Id. ¶ 41.[3]
YNH timely appealed its FFY 2014 UC DSH payment through a letter dated January 24, 2014. Id. ¶ 48. The appeal was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction, based on the preclusion statute, and the CMS Administrator has not responded to an appeal of that dismissal. Id.
V. DISCUSSION
YNH alleges six claims against the Secretary. Counts I, II, and III arise under the Medicare Act and the APA. Compl. at 20-22. Count IV is brought pursuant to the mandamus statute, Count V pursuant to the All Writs Act, and Count VI under the Due Process Clause of the United States Constitution. Id. at 22-23. The Secretary argues that all of the claims are subject to dismissal.
A. Medicare and APA Claims (Counts I, II, and III).
         In Count I, YNH alleges that the Secretary violated the APA and the Medicare Act by calculating the UC DSH payment "without including HSR's data." Id. ¶ 57. In Count II, YNH alleges that "[t]he FFY 2014 Merged Hospital Policy and the Hospital's FFY 2014 DSH payment are procedurally unlawful and should be set aside because that payment was calculated using the FFY 2014 Merged Hospital Policy, which the Secretary did not adopt properly under the APA and the Medicare Act." Id. ¶ 60. In Count III, YNH alleges that the FFY 2014 Merged Hospital Policy and YNH's resultant DSH payment ...


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