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The discography of Anastacia, an American singer, consists of seven studio albums, 29 singles, 30 music videos, and two DVDs.

She released her debut album, Not That Kind on June 16, 2000. The album reached the top ten in eight countries in Europe and Asia. It went four times platinum in Europe and triple platinum in Australia; her debut single "I'm Outta Love" was a global smash hit in 1999 topping the charts in Belgium, Australia and New Zealand, peaking at number two in France, Switzerland, Italy and Ireland as well as also reaching number six in Germany. The second single "Not That Kind" reached number 11 in the UK and became a Top 10 hit in Italy. It also entered the Top 20 in Switzerland and France. "Cowboys & Kisses" was released as the third single off the album, charting in the top forty in some European countries. As the last promotional only single, "Made for Lovin' You" charted in the UK at number twenty-seven and in France at number seventy-two.

Her second album Freak of Nature released in 2001, achieved successful sales in the UK where it went triple platinum as well as being a hit throughout continental Europe, however unlike her debut it did not match the same level of international success. The first single released was "Paid My Dues". The song became an overall hit, in 2001, peaking in Denmark, Italy, Norway, and Switzerland, and reaching the top ten in several other mainland European countries. The second single, released in 2002, "One Day in Your Life", reached number eleven in the UK and the top ten in many European countries. The next single "Why'd You Lie to Me" reached the top thirty in the UK. "You'll Never Be Alone", the fourth single, reached number twenty-eight on the Adult Contemporary chart in the US.

Anastacia quickly became her most successful album to date, giving her a third consecutive triple platinum album in the UK and reaching the top of national charts of Ireland, the Netherlands, Australia, Greece, Germany and other countries. Unlike her first two albums, which were released in her homeland of America, Anastacia was not, despite being scheduled for release on three occasions. The first single, released in March, was "Left Outside Alone", which saw a change in direction for Anastacia. It was one of the biggest songs in Europe of 2004, reaching number one Austria, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and number two in Denmark, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway and number three in the United Kingdom and Hungary. Overall the song remained at No. 1 on the European Billboards for 15 weeks. The song also peaked in the Australian charts where it went on to become the countries' second biggest selling single of 2004. Anastacia released three further internationally successful singles; "Sick and Tired" (which gave her another number one in Spain and another UK top five single), "Welcome to My Truth" (her best-selling hit in Spain), and the ballad "Heavy on My Heart" proceeds from the sale of which went towards her Anastacia Fund (a charitable organization providing research funding for breast cancer).

On July 24, Anastacia announced that her fourth studio album Heavy Rotation would be released October 27, 2008, in Europe and Asia (and elsewhere in 2009). Her fourth studio album proved to be less successful than her previous ones; her singles failed to reach the top 40 in her most commercially successful country (UK). The album's first single, called "I Can Feel You", began playing in some radio markets on August 25, 2008. The second single from Heavy Rotation was "Absolutely Positively", later served as a promotional single only. The third official single from the album had been confirmed as "Defeated" and was released as a promotional single only in Europe without a music video.

It's a Man's World, a collection of her covers by rock male artists was released on November 9, 2012. Anastacia confirmed via her Twitter account that she was currently writing songs for producers John Fields and Steve Diamond, and also recording her sixth studio album which will return to her own chosen "sprock" sound. The album, entitled Resurrection, was released in May 2014 with the lead single "Stupid Little Things" released on April 4. In 2017 it presents to the world a new album entitled Evolution, which is enjoying great success in Europe, and entering the top 100 in the United States ranking.

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Compilation albums

Live albums

Video albums

Singles

As lead artist

Collaborations

Other appearances

Music videos

Notes

References

External links

Discography
Discographies of American artists
Pop music discographies
Contemporary R&B discographies
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In a city as rich in talent as ours, it's never easy to choose 40 individuals who represent the best of New York's young business community. But each year, Crain's does just that.
In the following pages, you will find inspiring stories about talented executives who have helped their firms prosper and grow as the city pulled out of a downturn and shifted into recovery mode.
Our 40 rising stars work in a variety of industries—from media to medicine, from finance to the fine arts. They are a diverse group of men and women who reflect the city's dynamic population. They hail from large conglomerates, startups, nonprofits and government agencies. And they share a number of traits: They are passionate about their careers, they work hard and they pursue their goals tenaciously.
We received nearly 700 nominations for this year's honors. While so many candidates are deserving, we believe that we have once again identified the best and the brightest that New York has to offer. We hope you will agree.
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It seems to me we get more judgmental as we get older.
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The Red Sox Shouldn't Trade Mookie Betts
by Ben Clemens
The Red Sox have had a sad start to the offseason, even by the standards of baseball's recent payroll doomsaying. While some teams have intimated that they won't increase payroll, the Sox have gone further; owner John Henry announced that they plan on dropping below the luxury tax threshold for 2020, setting the tone for a strange winter where cutting salary might matter more than the eventual product on the field.
Viewed through that lens, it's somehow a bad development when one of the best hitters in baseball chooses to stay on your team. J.D. Martinez was the 16th-best qualified hitter by wRC+ last year, and that was a down year. He elected not to opt out of his current contract, and is slated to make $23.75 million next season — a steal if he hits his Steamer projection, and a useful piece for a team with no other DH options. And yet, when you set artificial salary constraints on yourself, things tend to snowball.
With Martinez in the fold, things took an even weirder turn. The offseason rumor mill seems increasingly convinced that the Sox will offload Mookie Betts to save the last year of his salary and avoid an appropriately costly extension, reaping some prospects in return and cutting payroll in the bargain. I'll attempt to quantify what this might do to the team, but let me say upfront: this seems like an obviously bad choice to me. Dan Shaughnessy hit pieces aside, Betts is probably the best non-Trout player in baseball. You don't trade someone like that and take a step forward.
But okay, fine, let's go through the math of trading Betts. We'll do the grim calculus of turning player contracts into cash amounts first: if you value a win on the free market at $8 million, Betts' 6.6 WAR projection is worth $52.8 million. If Betts earns his projected arbitration salary of $27.7 million, that works out to $25 million in surplus value. That sounds reductive, and it is. Mookie Betts isn't an asset worth $25 million to the Red Sox; he's one of the best players in baseball, and also a great bowler in his spare time. But if we're doing the math, that's the starting point.
With that surplus value in mind, we can think about what the team might get in return. Per Craig Edwards' research, a 50 FV position player prospect is worth roughly $28 million in present value, while a 50 FV pitcher is worth $21 million. Someone like Seattle outfielder Julio Rodriguez, say, since all trade examples should include a Mariner for Dipoto purposes.
But that return feels impossibly light for Betts. Indeed, stars tend to go for a bit more than that. One recent point of comparison is the Paul Goldschmidt deal from last winter. The Cardinals acquired Goldschmidt with one year left until free agency. Steamer projected him for 4.1 WAR, and his salary was $15.5 million, which put his excess value at around $17.5 million; Betts-range, though lower. In return, Arizona received Carson Kelly, Luke Weaver, Andy Young, and a competitive balance pick. That works out to something like a 50 FV position player, a 45 FV pitcher, and two 40 FV position players, though the specific deal wasn't quite that, as neither Weaver nor Kelly had rookie eligibility.
If you assume the Red Sox will also target players who can contribute immediately, this seems like a good framework for a trade. Think of it in the abstract, and it might look something like this: the Red Sox trade away Betts' 6.6 WAR in 2020 as well as his salary. In return, they get 1.65 WAR in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 between the prospects they receive in return and the money they can redeploy elsewhere (though in practice, it seems like they might just pocket the money).
That's a very simplistic analysis, and that return still feels light — again, we're talking about the position player who, since he came up in 2014, is second only to Trout in WAR (37.2 to Trout's 52.5) versus an amalgam of wins your brain has now shaped into a weird Carson Kelly/Luke Weaver/et al composite. We haven't even accounted for all the non-baseball benefits (ticket and merchandise sales, fan engagement, outfield dance celebrations) that come from having a Mookie Betts on the roster. But it's useful for our purposes. If you want to evaluate the cost and benefit of trading Betts, you need to assume a realistic return. Would the Red Sox trade Betts for Juan Soto? Of course! They can't get Soto, but they'd do it in a heartbeat. There's no point in evaluating that trade, though — so we'll evaluate a theoretical trade in which the team neither gains nor loses WAR in expectation.
From there, we can approximate how good the team will be in each of the next four years. A very, very early cut of the math puts the Red Sox at a projected 96.6 wins next year (I worked this out by adding up WAR. As Dan Szymborski will tell you, that's not a foolproof method). That's with Betts; subtract him and add back his return in trade, and it gets you to 91.65 wins.
We're getting quite speculative in projecting future years, but let's call each of the 2021-2023 squads 89 win teams without either the prospects or Betts. There's plenty of room around that projection, but it will do as a baseline. Next I also projected the other AL East contenders for the next four years; this is rocky math at best, but necessary for the next step. It looks like this:
Boston's Competition
Yankees 94 94 94 94
Rays 92 92 91 90
Wild Card Contender 1 90 90 90 90
The generic Wild Card contenders aren't any one specific team; rather, they're approximations of the talent level necessary to contend for a Wild Card. Maybe they're the A's, or the Indians — the point is, they're good but not overpowering.
If you'll recall, the Red Sox will look like one of these:
Boston's Two Options
Keep Betts 96.6 89 89 89
Trade Betts 91.65 90.65 90.65 90.65
From there, we can simulate things out to see how often the Red Sox make the playoffs in each case. Sprinkling in a bit of variance to each team's projection (here's a lovely article on variance), I simply simulated each season a million times in each of the two scenarios.
If the Sox keep Betts, they project to win the AL East 1.13 times in the next four years and a Wild Card 1.28 times. That's extremely front-loaded — they're 46% to win the East in 2020 and 34% to win a Wild Card. After that, it's scraps and variance.
What if they trade Betts? Their odds of winning in 2020 decline, of course. If you trust my method, the post-Betts Red Sox would be 28.7% to win the East and 34% to win a Wild Card. The team is better in 2021-2023, but not by quite enough to make up for the shortfall in 2020. All in all, my model gives them an average of 1.09 AL East titles and 1.33 Wild Card berths in the next four years. The two scenarios are indeed mostly equivalent, but the team would prefer the scenario with Betts in the fold marginally, as it's essentially picking up .04 AL East titles at the cost of .05 Wild Card berths.
The gap is extremely small, such that the return the team gets for Betts is far more important than going all-in for 2020 or pushing the window of contention back. And this result holds even if you think Boston is slightly better or slightly worse than my forward projections. But there's something missing: the teams that win the East with Betts are better. To wit: in the scenario where the Sox keep Betts, their East-winning teams average 99.7 wins. In the scenario where they trade him, they average only 98.9 wins. Meanwhile, the Wild Card records are roughly identical.
In essence, the Red Sox are more likely to have a juggernaut by keeping Betts, which makes total sense. They might break even on playoff berths by spreading out the wins, but they'll be doing it, on average, with worse teams. What looks like roughly an even tradeoff skews the way of keeping Betts, because their odds in the playoffs are better with him.
The differences are marginal, of course. That's always going to be the case when you assume a player gets traded for an exactly offsetting amount of WAR. But the direction is clear. When you're in a division with a perennial beast like the Yankees, a natural boom-bust cycle is a good way to maximize your odds of winning a World Series.
There's a second reason that trading Betts for parts doesn't add up. Imagine the Red Sox trade Betts for a right fielder who projects for 1.65 WAR in each of the next four years, to make the math as easy as possible. Also imagine that the team has two minor league outfielders of exactly replacement level, who might continue to develop or regress.
We can apply a rough estimate to that development or regression by applying a random variable to their future projections. If they're projected for 0 WAR in 2020, they might be projected for 0.8, or -0.8, in 2021, and so on. I've done some work on this in the past, and I applied a rough model to work out a projected right field WAR in each of 2021, 2022, and 2023.
With Betts, the math is pretty simple. In 2020, the team has Mookie Betts in right. That's a 6.6 WAR projection, per Steamer. From there, it plays whichever of its two anonymous prospects is projected to be better. That works out to the next four years of right field looking like this:
Red Sox Right Field WAR
Keep Betts 6.6 0.45 0.64 0.78 8.47
Why does the projection increase every year? Because there's more time for the two players to separate, for one of them to get good. Right now, they might both be replacement level, and indeed, if the team only had one replacement level player, their average production would always be 0. But having two increases the odds of getting lucky with one player's development.
Let's do this again, this time with our hypothetical Betts replacement in right. In 2020, the team gets his 1.65 WAR from the spot. From there, it looks like this:
Trade Betts 1.65 1.72 1.86 2.01 7.24
As you can see, future year WAR also increases in this scenario, because sometimes the replacement level players pass our 1.65 WAR man in expected production. They increase by less, though, which is only natural; the vast majority of the time, the new acquisition remains the best bet in right.
But in aggregate, Boston picks up more expected WAR by getting Betts' full brilliance in 2020 and then letting replacement level players duke it out after that. The compounding effect of uncertainty is a good way to produce players just a bit above replacement level, but that effect isn't worth as much if you have average players already filling those spots. Trading a star for an average player, in other words, decreases the value you get from prospect variance.
These two effects are small. One is worth something like .05 division titles, and one is worth 1 WAR over four years. But they're real effects nonetheless, and they point in the same direction. If Boston is making a baseball decision, trading Mookie Betts doesn't make sense, even if they get a "fair" return in WAR.
There are, no doubt, many assumptions in this analysis you could question. They probably won't get a league average right fielder in exchange for Betts; they'll probably get someone who could be either much better or much worse than that. Maybe they could actually acquire 15 projected WAR in trade, which makes my analysis moot. Maybe there aren't actually two replacement level outfielders in the system waiting to get better or worse at random. All that could be true. But I stand by my analysis. Trading Betts, even if the cold hard surplus value math balances, doesn't make sense. The Red Sox should stick to their guns and try to spike a World Series in 2020, then figure out what to do in 2021 later.
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Yep. The money would of course work for Boston. But Soto is a butcher in left. Unless it's understood that he should get a lot better.


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A history of the world and the Creation of the Confederation of Nations
By Lewis Stockton
Funded by the Confederation Of Nations
Greetings, what you have in your hands is a condensed history from the year 2030 to the current publishing of this history in the year 2150.
Included in this piece are extracts from the widely used history textbook "A Brief History of the World: Volume V" which gives a lot of the history in a nice condensed form.
Also included in this piece are News Reports, News Interviews, Journals, and even a recently declassified extract from a United States Department of Homeland Security report.
We hope you enjoy this piece and fund your local Confederation library.
A Brief History of the World
Prelude to 2030
With the passing of the British enactment of Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, the European Union lost a member state. That in turn, started a downhill retention of the European Nations. Within the next several years the United Kingdom began to rebuild itself, in doing this, it began to forge new trade deals with the United States under the Trump Presidency and Hong Kong, an old British Colony.
With several more nations leaving and some joining, the Euro began to lose retention in the Union and some nations even resorted to their original currency instead of the Euro. Many countries in Europe such as Spain, Greece and France found trouble sustaining their policies with the increasing debt bubble.
Riots begin to erupt frequently due to increasing draconian measures to get several countries' financial problems under control, Governments begin to push out drastic measures to forced the storms to calm. Greece fails to uphold their economy in their stubbornness to keep their welfare system up and soon end up with most, if not all enterprises closing down. Meanwhile, Italy decides to lead by example and focus their resources on securing a stable economy.
Following concerns over increasing oil prices, and the potential to run out of oil completely, the United States government commissioned the installation of several new nuclear plants, as well as refurbishment of existing plants. Indian Point was selected as a test site for a new reactor design based on Soviet RBMK-1000 designs. American scientists worked to eliminate known flaws in the design, such as those which had precipitated the Chernobyl disaster of April 1986. Considering new advances in technology, the elimination of the flaws responsible for the Soviet disaster, and adjustments were made to process uranium in previously unheard-of amounts. Following examination of the plans, the United States approves the new reactor design, dubbed APUR-2020.
Original operations began at the Indian Point plant on September 16th, 1922, but new updates and systems were updated in March of 2021, despite protests from local environmental groups. Successful education campaigns by the government on the benefits of nuclear power help to smooth the transition period, especially given claims about the newer reactors having no feasible chance of an incident as damaging as Chernobyl, or Fukushima. With increased demand from the public and with more-than-adequate funding from the government, the plant is renovated in record time. By 2027, the plant had re-opened and resumed producing power for the East Coast. Prior to renovations, Indian Point had been solely responsible for the energy generation of New York state. Now, due to increased capacity and efficiency, the plant generates a majority of the power for the entirety of the northeastern states.
On 12 August 2030, workers at the plant initiated a partial shutdown, in order to facilitate the complete shutdown and decommissioning of the original Three Mile Island plant. The idea was to reduce power output from the plant, in order to accommodate the increased power output from the Three Mile Island plant as it shut down. However, significant power drops and communication errors led to panic amongst workers, and the initiation of the core power-up procedure. Despite initiation, the overall power level of the plant continued to drop, raising concerns that the plant would eventually go sub-critical, before cooling completely.
As workers attempted to bring the reactor up to a stable state, they removed several control rods in an effort to increase power output from the reactor, avoiding a costly reactor cool down. The reactor's power output started to increase rapidly, following the removal of the rods. Their removal represented a fatal breach of protocol, as replacing permanent rods was a slow process, where removal would happen only after the complete cooldown of the core. The power output from the reactor grew exponentially, and workers hurriedly tried to re-insert the rods.
The re-insertion was stalled by the slower mechanism, which operated the permanent control rods, as non-permanent rods could not be inserted without the permanent rods being in place. Roughly 120 minutes after power levels in the reactor started to rise, a fatal power level was reached. Steam buildup within the lower channels resulted in pipes rupturing around the core. Increased pressure, combined with the intense heat of the reactor core resulted in an explosion within the lower core. This explosion was strong enough to weaken structural, weight-bearing beams. A second explosion, believed to have been caused by the reactor core dropping into a waste reservoir below displaced the entire structure, resulting in a total building collapse.
The weight of the building dropping onto the still volatile core produced an explosion of debris which was contaminated by radioactive isotopes. Combined with the severe wind conditions and the sheer amount of debris, the radioactive cloud spread over the entirety of the Northeastern sector of the United States. Tens of millions of people are estimated to be severely affected by the radiation, and all contaminated regions are closed to all persons outside of select government organizations. Only three hundred workers lost their lives in the Indian Point disaster, primarily those who were stationed around the reactor and those who worked in control rooms above the core. Resulting deaths from radiation were not taken into account when producing the official death toll, instead, they were blamed on increasing carcinogens found in processed food and severe pollution. This outraged the international community, especially those who had been affected by previous nuclear disasters.
Following the explosion and loss of the Indian Point Plant, the United States government launched a full investigation. Attempts were hindered by the radiation from the plant, making it impossible for investigators to breach the outer premises of the plant. As a result, all information about the fatal accident was lost. When the plant director was called before Congress to attest to the failure of the plant, he blamed the lack of information on workers not following procedures and a hardware failure. Families of those who lost their lives in the accident launched a large protest when the director was acquitted of charges of negligence.
Since the contamination has reduced the American capability to perform economically, the European Union pooled funds to create a bailout loan for the devastated country. However, the loss of nearly a fourth of American land, plus the economic strain produced by clean-up of the contaminated zone and loss of important business infrastructure resulted in the United States being unable to recover from these losses, as radiation continues to spread from the Indian Point Plant.
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The Marienkirche Rötha has a single-manual organ by the famous Central German organ builder Gottfried Silbermann dating from 1722. The baroque instrument has 11 stops and is ideally suited for performing the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and his contemporaries.
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The historic organ case, dating from 1715, houses an English-Romantic organ made by Nicholson in 1890. Among the 62 stops, which are controlled from a console with four manuals and pedal, are the two solo reeds Trompeta Real 8′ and Tuba minor 8′.
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In 1954, the renowned company, J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd. from Ruislip, delivered the present organ to the London Oratory Church. Despite the fact that the actions were still electropneumatic, the tonal conception of the total of 45 stops is already strongly oriented towards the influences of the North German organ movement. The organ prospect also takes up baroque forms, but is somewhat hidden in a low side gallery of the church.
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Daniel Moult, acclaimed concert organist and film presenter film presenter, is head of the organ class at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and gives masterclasses, workshops and courses all over the world. He has pioneered the use of film as a means of promoting organ music and has organ music and is the presenter and performer of the highly acclaimed seven-part DVD+CD box set ""The English Organ"". Daniel Moult performs regularly in the in the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia. He can be heard on various CDs and DVDs and has published several organ anthologies. Moult trained at Oxford University and the Amsterdam Conservatoire. Conservatory.
William Fox, organist
William Fox took up the post of sub-organist at St Paul's Cathedral London in 2018 at the age of 23 – he is the youngest yet to be appointed to the position. In September 2019, Fox became Junior Fellow of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. He has previously matured musically as a chorister at the York Minster, as Junior Organ Scholar at Wells Cathedral and Organ Scholar at Hereford Cathedral. As a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists (FRCO), he won the Turpin and Durrant prizes. He studied music at Magdalen College, Oxford, and was Organ Scholar under the direction of Daniel Hyde and Mark Williams. https://encoremusicians.com/William-Fox


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"Sticks" is a short story by horror fiction writer Karl Edward Wagner, first published in the March 1974 issue of Whispers. It has been reprinted in several anthologies, including the revised edition of Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, indicating that it is part of the Cthulhu Mythos genre.

While on a fishing trip in the Adirondack Mountains, horror illustrator Colin Leverett encounters an old abandoned house surrounded by bizarre stick formations. Enthusiastically sketching the strange constructions, he enters the house and is attacked by a lich in the basement, from whom he narrowly escapes. Many years later, Leverett is contacted by a descendant of a famous horror author, H. Kenneth Allard (supposedly based on H.P. Lovecraft), who hires him to illustrate a volume of Allard's previously unpublished stories. When Leverett decides to base the illustrations on his old sketches of the stick lattices, he is unwittingly drawn into a supernatural conspiracy of potentially apocalyptic magnitude.

The mysterious lattices of twigs were inspired by the work of Weird Tales artist Lee Brown Coye, who illustrated two Carcosa Press volumes which Wagner edited: Manly Wade Wellman's Worse Things Waiting and Hugh B. Cave's Murgunstrumm and Others (the latter volume appeared some years after "Sticks" was written).

"Sticks" was also the inspiration for the lattice stick structures in the HBO show True Detective.

Adaptations
In the mid-1980s, "Sticks" was adapted for The Cabinet of Dr. Fritz, a 1984–85 binaural radio drama series produced by Thomas Lopez and the ZBS Foundation for NPR.  Some characters from the short story are excised entirely, while a love interest for Leverett is introduced as a foil. Steven Keats provides the voice of Colin Leverett, while Laura Esterman and Bill Raymond perform as Carol and George/Althol respectively. The soundtrack is composed by Tim Clark. Samples from this episode were used in the song "Stairs and Flowers" by Canadian electro-industrial band Skinny Puppy, on their 1986 album, Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse.

In June 2019, British synthwave band Kish Kollektiv released an imaginary soundtrack concept album broadly inspired by "Sticks", entitled Dwellers in the Earth.

Critics have noted similarities between the plot of "Sticks" and that of the film The Blair Witch Project (1999).

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Underneath the Guildhall in a corner that's easy to overlook is a small heritage gallery with a regularly changing display.
Three glass cases, and currently three different displays.
While people can earn their freedom by various means, they can also be worthy of being given an honourary Freedom if deemed merited. Although all freedoms are equal, some are slightly more equal than others, and one offered to Robert Peel is very much more equal than most.
Although the founder of the Metropolitan Police and anecdotally the "Bobbie" is named after him, the Freedom was offered for his efforts in promoting freedom. Specifically, for his work to support the 1829 law that released Catholics from being banned from being MPs.
Peel was not actually in support of the idea, but supported the law as he felt it would assuage civil unrest if the law wasn't changed. A policeman to the very end.
The great storm which was famously dismissed by the weathermen, and reduced Sevenoaks to Twooaks for a while is also recorded in the formal language of the City.
In an era that seems so recent, yet predates mainstream computer use, the two ledgers of damage caused to City properties is still produced by typewriters in their distinctive font.
It might seem odd for the ledger to be so large, for the City is quite small, but they also manage large amounts of woodland outside the City, in many locations but most notably Epping Forest and Burnham Beeches.
The ledger shows that around three-quarters of the trees in Burnham Beeches were damaged by the storm and would need work to make them safe.
A less commented side-effect is that thanks to the storm, the Stock Market was closed on the Friday, and was unable to respond to the stock market crash building in the USA and Far East, and when the London market opened after the weekend, we had Black Monday.
Each year, two Sheriffs are elected, to support the Lord Mayor, but their office predates even the ancient office of Lord Mayor.
The sheriffs can be dated to around the 7th century, when they were "shire reeve" and worked for the King. In 1132, Henry I granted the City the privilege of electing its own sheriffs instead of having them imposed upon them.
What's on display is the Shrievalty Charter, which dates from 1199 when King John confirmed the City's unique powers of democracy.
The Heritage Gallery is open daily and is free to visit – just follow the signs to the toilets to find it.
On the morning after the storm only a few traders arrived at work. Their managers were still trying to clamber over fallen trees to get to work and there was a distinct lack of level grey heads. The result was a massive selloff.


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The duo's repertoire includes Cindy's sparkling original songs, distinctive settings of traditional Irish music, Scandinavian fiddle duets, old-time fiddle tunes from southern Indiana, and new music that Cindy and Grey invent together. There is plenty of variety and breadth of musical territory here, all deeply rooted in folk traditions, and interwoven with the renaissance and baroque counterpoint in which both Cindy and Grey, coincidentally, were immersed while growing up. Included are vocal duets, guitar, Irish flute, Irish alto flute, tin whistle, concertina, harmonium, and duet fiddling, and plenty of stories that put the music into a personal context.
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In deciding which tower of insurance was triggered, the Eighth Circuit had to determine whether the action of one insured's employee in shooting into the direction of a lake and hitting a young girl constituted gross negligence. Federal Ins. Co. v. Great Am. Ins. Co., 893 F. 3d 1098 (8th Cir. 2018).
Whispering Lake Limited Partnership owned an apartment complex. Yarco Company, Inc. managed apartment complexes and contracted to do so for Whispering Lake. The contract between the two had cross indemnity provisions. Except for fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence by Yarco, Whispering Lake was to hold harmless and defend Yarco against any claim against Yarco. On the other hand, Yarco was to hold harmless and defend Whispering Lake for any claim arising out of any fraud, gross negligence, or willful misconduct on the part of Yarco or any of its employees.
Whispering Lake and Yarco each acquired insurance policies covering commercial liability. Whispering Lake had a primary policy with Indian Harbor Insurance Company incurring $1 million in limits and an umbrella policy from Great American Insurance Company with $5 million in coverage. Yarco had a primary policy with Zurich with $1 million in coverage and an umbrella policy with Federal Insurance Company for $25 million in limits.
On Independence Day, Yarco's employee, Aaron Sullivan, worked at the apartment complex's pool as a "pool monitor." Sullivan had a handgun and celebrated Independence Day by shooting the hand gun. He also allowed others to shot the gun. He instructed others to shoot the gun away from the poll and in the general direction of a nearby lake. One of the bullets hit a young girl across the lake in the neck, shattering a cervical vertebra and damaging her spinal cord. The girl died the next day.
Sullivan was charged and pleaded guilty to Involuntary Manslaughter. A wrongful death suit was filed against Sullivan and Yarco. The insurers stepped in based upon their obligations to defend. The suit was settled and each of the insurers paid a part of the settlement, with each reserving rights against the others to litigate its respective obligations for the settlement.
Federal filed suit seeking a declaratory judgment determining the parties' obligations and any priority of coverage. The District Court granted motions for summary judgment in favor of Federal and Zurich. The court held that Great American was obligated to reimburse Federal and Zurich for amounts they contributed to the settlement because Sullivan was not grossly negligent.
On appeal, Great American argued that Sullivan's conduct qualified as "gross negligence" and that the indemnity clause exempted Whispering Lake from liability for claims arising out of gross negligence. Therefore, Great American argued, it did not have a duty to indemnify Zurich and Federal.
Neither of the indemnity clauses defined "gross negligence." Blacks Law Dictionary defined "criminal negligence" as "gross negligence so extreme that it is punishable as a crime." This definition described the incident here. Firing a handgun and allowing others to fire the gun, and encouraging them to shoot in the direction of the lake in a populated, residential area was grossly negligent. Sullivan's conviction, demonstrating "criminal negligence," further supported the court's conclusion that the conduct qualified as "gross negligence," as understood under the indemnity clause. Therefore, Whispering Lake did not have an obligation under the indemnity clause to indemnify Yarco or Sullivan for the settlement.
Still undecided was which entity was liable for the settlement. The District Court did not discuss whether the priority of coverage was governed by the insurance policies or the indemnity clause. Therefore, the case was remanded to the District Court to determine whether the insurers' priority of coverage was determined by the insurance policies terms or by the indemnity clause.


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Call for Submissions - Rutgers University Law Review 2022 Symposium - Barriers to Innocence: Identifying, Investigating, and Undoing Wrongful Convictions - Current Issues in Law, Policy, Practice, and Science
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Barriers to Innocence: Identifying, Investigating, and Undoing Wrongful Convictions
Current Issues in Law, Policy, Practice, and Science
2023 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW SYMPOSIUM
Co-Sponsored by the New Jersey Innocence Project at Rutgers University; the Rutgers Center on Criminal Justice, Youth Rights, and Race; and the Rutgers Criminal and Youth Justice Clinic
Rutgers University Law Review ("Law Review"); the New Jersey Innocence Project at Rutgers University; the Rutgers Center on Criminal Justice, Youth Rights, and Race; and the Rutgers Criminal and Youth Justice Clinic are pleased to announce that Law Review's Volume 75 Symposium Issue will focus on recent legal and policy developments—and the need for changes to federal and state policy—related to wrongful convictions and, more specifically, claims of factual innocence. The Symposium, titled "Barriers to Innocence: Identifying, Investigating, and Undoing Wrongful Convictions," will include an in-person conference, to be held at Rutgers Law School in Newark, NJ, in Spring 2023.
Among other issues, the Symposium will highlight and explore (1) substantive, procedural, and practical challenges on the federal and state levels to pursuing wrongful conviction claims; (2) the role of the media in identifying, investigating, and reporting cases of wrongful conviction, and collaborations among media, attorneys, and community advocates in this space; (3) the role and function of conviction integrity or review units; (4) challenges to discredited or unreliable science in cases of wrongful conviction and use of recent scientific advances in the courtroom; (5) the role of racial bias and racial disparities in giving rise to and perpetuating wrongful convictions; and (6) false confessions, particularly false confessions of youth, among other topics.
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Ministers failing to deliver solutions after committing to address Lockdown issues
Statement by Alan Kelly TD
Party Leader and Spokesperson on Health and Disability Services
Series of commitments made by Government not being followed through on
This crisis is above politics and Ministers must deliver for the public
Labour Party Leader, Alan Kelly TD, has flagged the pattern of broken, delayed and piece-meal commitments from government Minister in recent days, where they promise to deliver solutions to problems caused by the third lockdown, calling on the three party leaders to address this pattern non-delivery over the weekend and restore public confidence.
Deputy Kelly said:
"Across a range of sectors the government and various Ministers have made a series of commitments but so far have failed to deliver their pledged solutions. This pattern of non-delivery is concerning, and must be addressed.
"With Covid-19 cases so high this crisis is really above politics at this moment in time, and what we urgently need is delivery of solutions for the people who are bearing the brunt of the lockdown.
"People are being let down, after having their hopes raised by Ministers who more and more often appear out of their depth and incapable of delivering solutions that families, workers and businesses desperately need.
"From mortgage breaks to vaccine data, across a range of areas the common theme is a failure to deliver. Instead of a blanket commitment to mortgage payment breaks, the Minister says people will be facilitated on a case by case basis which gives all the power to the banks.
"Commitments on in-school tuition for children with disabilities, and leaving cert students have also been abandoned due to a lack of preparation.
"Late last night a bad deal was announced on private hospital capacity, nor is there evidence of any capacity contingency plan for our acute hospitals. We still aren't getting full transparency on vaccine rollout and delivery schedules, instead we get a Friday evening policy shift announced in a press release by the Minister for Health. This is no way to rollout a vaccine.
"Parents who've paid fees to their creches but aren't allowed to send their children in still have no certainty on a refund despite soothing words from the Minister.
"What unites all these issues is a pattern of Government Ministers saying they'll address a problem but failing to follow through with solutions or when we get progress it is piecemeal and not good enough. This can't go on, and the Taoiseach, Tánaiste and Minister Ryan must get their act together this weekend and restore public confidence."
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Akshay Kumar's 'Toilet Ek Prem Katha' has entered into 100 crores and still counting. Bhumi Pednekar is surely one of those hot actresses who stole the show from the heroes.
The Queen actress Kangana has set the high benchmarks of acting skills for other heroines in the industry. Her performance in Rangoon has stolen the film from the heroes.
Anushka Sharma (hot actresses) last release 'Jab Harry Met Sejal' did not make any wonders on box office but people loved Sejal's performance, especially her Gujarati accent of Anushka in the film.
Saba is a Pakistani film and television actress and she is one of the highest paid actresses too in her country. She acted with Imran Khan in Bollywood film 'Hindi Medium' and her performance was very much appreciated worldwide.
There is no two opinion that Prabhas as Baahubali was fantastic hot actresses but Anushka Shetty as Devsena stole the show and hearts too. Don't you agree? In the first part of the film where Devsena was tied in chains, she transformed into a brave, beautiful princess in the conclusion part.


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Popular Bollywood jodi in talks for KGF sequel?
Published on Mar 2, 2019 5:29 pm IST
Yash, Prashanth Neel's KGF : Chapter 1 rewrote several records at the box office when it released in December, 2018. The action drama went on to become the first Kannada film to collect more than Rs 100 crores in Karnataka, and it has become the most successful Kannada film of all time, both in terms of its reach and also box office numbers.
Now, the makers are determined to push the envelope even further for KGF : Chapter 2. Few days ago, there were rumours that Sanjay Dutt is in talks to play a key role in the sequel. And if the latest buzz is anything to go by, the makers are also in talks with Ranveena Tandon for another important role in the film. Both Sanjay Dutt and Ranveena Tandon were part of several successful films in Hindi in the '90s, and they could soon team up for KGF if all goes well.
The filming of the sequel is yet to begin. More details about this eagerly awaited sequel are awaited.
Despite failure-Akshay Kumar eyeing yet another OTT release


It has a fruity, complex and deep aroma with a rich tone of sweet jasmine and sandalwood. It is quite relaxing and balancing in nature. The attar is made from the jasmine flower which is also known as the king of flowers.Its botanical name is Jasminum Officinalis. This sacred flower from India has been used from a long time for its seductive fragrance as well as for its healing properties. These flowers are traditionally used in Hindu spiritual ceremonies to be offered to Lord Vishnu. Jasmine has been symbolic of nobility, purity and confidence and is very traditional.
An attar is actually prepared by a definite proportion of flowers and other aromatic herbs and plants which in this case is the Jasmine sambac flower which is also popularly used to make tea which has a base of green tea. Some countries which produce jasmine essential oil are Egypt, Morocco, China and India. It is quite expensive as a large number of flowers are required in order to produce a small amount of oil. The flowers are generally collected at night as the aroma of the jasmine is greater after dark. The oil is derived from the Jasminum grandiflorum variety of the plant.
Jasmine Attar is obtained from the flowers of the plant by steam distillation method.
Possessing a complex, fruity and deep aroma it is ideal for the preparations of a range of perfumes for both men and women.
It has also found use for aromatherapy based applications due to its relaxing fragrance.
The jasmine attar is utilized in the development of jasmine creams and perfumes as it is known to have mood uplifting and stress releasing properties.


Food stamps need to catch up to the digital age -- and quickly.
On Thursday, the Department of Agriculture put out a call to action, asking companies to apply for an upcoming pilot program that would enable people to use food stamps for online grocery purchases.
Approximately 45 million people used the Supplemental Nutritional Assistant Program (known as SNAP) in 2015. And yet there's currently no way to cash in on those benefits online. This pilot program is the first step.
The Agricultural Act of 2014, or "Farm Bill," mandated that the USDA test a way for people to use food stamps online. Until today, the USDA has said it was laying the groundwork for a pilot, sorting out things like the security of online transactions.
Now, the USDA is looking to partner with up to five retailers in three states for a two-year pilot program. The food stamps will not cover delivery or service fees for online purchases.
The pilot is slated to launch next summer, but there aren't any hard dates yet. After two years, the program will be evaluated and potentially expanded.
The news comes in the midst of growing calls for SNAP to modernize.
On Monday, Senator Cory Booker and Reps. Tim Ryan and Barbara Lee sent a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, asking the Department of Agriculture to accelerate its efforts to digitize food stamps.
"It would help us move toward a hunger-free and more nutritious America," they wrote. "Unfortunately, many of our governmental policies and programs have not kept pace with the dramatic improvement in healthy food access that technology offers."
Food startup Thrive Market, which sells affordable healthy and organic goods online, launched a petition in late June that asked the USDA to let people use food stamps online. It has garnered more than 310,000 signatures.
On Monday, meal kit delivery service Blue Apron joined Thrive Market and other brands like Clif, Kiss My Face, Garden of Life and Soylent in the petition.
"We have an opportunity to be putting pressure on making sure that food stamps are a 21st century program," Gunnar Lovelace, cofounder of Thrive Market, told CNNMoney. "We haven't run the campaign to make the USDA look bad, our goal is to be long-term partners in innovating."
It was not immediately clear whether companies like Thrive Market would be considered for the pilot program.
The move could certainly boost business for ecommerce grocery companies -- but Thrive Market said it's not the primary reason it wants to see SNAP evolve. Democratizing access to healthy food is something that hits home for Lovelace, who grew up in a single parent household and said there were months that his family lived off of rice.
Thrive Market -- which has raised $141 million since launching in November 2014 -- already has a social impact portion of its business called "Thrive Gives."
For every paid subscription (which typically costs $60 per year), the company gives one a free subscription to a low-income family so they can purchase affordable healthy and organic food. Thrive Market said it has given away more than 350,000 memberships to date.


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Matteo was born in Torino, Italy. He graduated in Political Sciences, obtaining abroad an MA in Development Studies, which drove him to work in the Development Cooperation sector for almost a decade, at various levels across 4 continents.
His passion for photography kept growing together with the numerous experiences abroad, leading him to specialise particularly in documentary photography.
Wedding photography' represents another key sector of his job; his creative skills, solid experience and personal style, together with the genuine passion for this photographic genre, making him prize storytelling of special moments. ("If you're looking for something original and different, of course," says Matteo.)
Family photos, portraits and social reportage in general are amongst his other specialties, fields of professional activity and commercial work.
As a free-lance photographer he has been published in national and international magazines and journals, collaborating with photo agencies and NGOs.
Matteo has been awarded 2 prizes at the Humanity Photo Awards 2011 (Nomination Awards and Documentary Award) in China. The contest was organised by the UNESCO and the China Folklore Photographic Association (CFPA).
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British pilot program will ban smoking in two prisons next year
LONDON, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- A ban on smoking in British prisons, due to begin as a 2014 pilot program in two of them, could bring human rights challenges, an advocacy spokesman said.
Mark Johnson, chief executive officer of the prisoner non-profit organization User Voice, said smoking is a "human right."
Johnson said that prisoners who smoke could take legal action if the ban is imposed.
Others say the ban could act as a deterrent to petty criminals who are heavy smokers, The Daily Telegraph reported Friday.
Under the ban, smoking would be forbidden throughout an entire prison, including cells and exercise yards, places where inmates may now smoke, the Justice Ministry said.
The project will be implemented in two prisons in March or April, the Telegraph said.
"We've got a serious problem the way we have the rates of re-offending, and they sort of come up with a PR line about something as minute as smoking in cells," Johnson said.
Dee Edwards, who works with the crime victim's group R and K Foundation, countered: "Prisoners are already better fed and cared for than pensioners so why should they be treated any different to the rest of society? It's getting to point where you can't even smoke outside a building now so I don't see why prisoners shouldn't be banned."
Edwards suggested the ban could discourage some criminals "if they think they could go to jail and not be able to smoke."
After the pilot program has been evaluated, the ban could be extended across the rest of the prison system, the Telegraph said.
Prisoners will be given nicotine patches to help them quit smoking and handle nicotine withdrawal.
World News // 1 hour ago
Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Pfizer and partner BioNTech say in new research published Wednesday that its coronavirus vaccine is likely to be highly effective against a COVID-19 variant first identified in Britain late last year.
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South Korea's Moon Jae-in names new foreign minister ahead of Biden inauguration
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in nominated Chung Eui-yong, a veteran of North Korean negotiations, as foreign minister on Wednesday just ahead of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration.
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Seoul reduces 'China risk' by joining trade partnership, think tank says
Jan. 19 (UPI) -- A South Korean think tank recommended that Seoul join the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership at the earliest opportunity.
South Korea prosecutors drop charges in Sewol ferry case
Jan. 19 (UPI) -- South Korean prosecutors said they found no evidence that the highest office in the nation attempted to obstruct investigations into the sinking of the Sewol ferry.
U.N. peacekeepers killed in Central African Republic; 2021 toll rises to 9
Jan. 19 (UPI) -- The United Nations said Tuesday that an armed group in the Central African Republic has killed two peacekeepers, making January an even deadlier month for its forces.
Stolen 16th century copy of Leonardo da Vinci painting recovered
Jan. 19 (UPI) -- A 16th century copy of the world's most expensive painting, Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi," which was stolen from a Naples museum, has been recovered.
S. Korea president meets with parting U.S. envoy amid N. Korea uncertainty
Jan. 19 (UPI) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in met with outgoing U.S. Ambassador Harry Harris.
Gantz rejects effort by Israeli PM Netanyahu to legalize West Bank outposts
Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Israeli defense minister Benny Gantz on Tuesday halted a proposal by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to legalize several unrecognized West Bank outposts, calling the move "irresponsible."
North Korea approves smaller increase in 2021 budget, reports say
Jan. 19 (UPI) -- North Korea's budget increased at a lower rate for 2021 than last year at a session of the Supreme People's Assembly on Sunday, according to Seoul's unification ministry.
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If you're a recent amputee, you've probably had your prosthetics provider or physician make recommendations for transforming your home into a modified, safer environment to improve your mobility and increase your peace of mind. If you find yourself struggling to reach items in your home, worrying about losing your balance, or having difficulty navigating from room to room, here are a few home improvement suggestions that will provide a sense of security - especially if you're still adjusting to your prosthetic.
Remodeling your kitchen can be quite pricey, and drastic and immediate modifications are typically not in the budget for most individuals. However, you can make a few changes that will help. First, you might start by moving commonly used items where they are easy to reach, such as on lower shelves or in bottom cabinets. "Reacher" tools with extended handles are incredibly handy and relatively inexpensive for when you must locate and grab items from higher places in the kitchen. When it comes to your cabinets, you may want to consider special hinges that help make doors easier to open and shut.
One of the top areas of concern when adjusting to life with your prosthetic is definitely the bathroom. Ultimately, you may consider replacing your existing tub or shower with a safety (also known as a walk-in) tub, which can be expensive. Depending on your own individual needs, you may want to consider this long-term solution down the road. However, if you aren't prepared for the investment quite yet, there are several simple modifications you can make in the meantime. A bath chair or bench is a must-have for most amputees, and you'll also want to research grab bars or handles for your bathtub or shower. A fall in the bathroom can be very dangerous and result in possible injury, so placement of these fixtures is key. You'll want to ensure that they're in the proper location according to your height, strength, mobility, and other factors.
Surfaces such as the driveway can easily result in a slip or fall, and safety rails and ramps are invaluable for many amputees. You'll also want to make sure that walkways are well-lit (such as with motion-sensor lighting) and clear of clutter or any items that can pose a hazard. You'll find that most home improvement stores are knowledgeable and willing to help you outfit your home with such safety modifications, and they may even suggest long-term changes to your doors or walkways, such as paving a gravel driveway or widening an entrance. You may also want to consider eventual replacement of your home's flooring materials if they are slippery or slick. In the meantime, a simple grip rug can make a huge difference in an area that receives a lot of traffic.
If you have additional questions or concerns about home modifications, New Hope Prosthetics & Orthotics is here to help! Click below to contact us, or feel free to give us a call to speak with our staff. Please do not hesitate to reach out when it comes to your safety! We will do everything we can to make your home environment a place where you can reach your full potential, regardless of your situation.


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News November 29, 2021 10:18 am
Algeria: Release human rights lawyer tried on bogus terrorism-related charges
Algerian authorities must immediately release human rights lawyer Abderraouf Arslane and drop bogus "false news" and terrorism-related charges against him which stem from his defense of Hirak activists and the expression of his opinions online, said Amnesty International today ahead of the start of his trial on 30 November.
Abderraouf Arslane was detained on 26 May 2021 in the Court of Tebessa, where he was defending three activists – Aziz Bekakria, Redouane Hamidi and Azeddine Mansouri – who had been arrested earlier that day. After the hearing, the prosecutor ordered the detention of Arslane pending investigation on vague accusations of alleged ties with members of Rachad, an unregistered political movement, and his participation in public debates on the 2019-2021 Algerian protests, also known as the Hirak movement, neither of which are recognizable crimes under international law.
"It is terrible that the Algerian authorities are incarcerating a lawyer simply for doing his job and peacefully exercising his right to free speech. Abderraouf Arslane's imprisonment and prosecution send a chilling message to lawyers across the country who dare to defend activists or speak up about human rights, especially in the context of the ongoing crackdown on dissent in Algeria," said Amna Guellali, Amnesty International's Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa.
"The Algerian authorities must immediately release Abderraouf Arslane from arbitrary pre-trial detention, drop all unfounded charges against him, and cease the judicial harassment and intimidation aimed at unlawfully repressing his legal activities."
According to the minutes of the prosecutor's interrogation session, which Amnesty International reviewed, a prosecutor interrogated Arslane in relation to online videos in which he spoke about the Hirak movement and criticised the ongoing repression of activists by the authorities. He was also questioned about his relationship with his client, Aziz Bekakria, who the authorities have detained merely for his membership in the Rachad movement. In May 2021, the Algerian authorities arbitrarily designated Rachad and the Movement for the Self-determination of Kabylie (MAK) as "terrorist organizations". Arslane denies being a member of Rachad.
Prosecutors charged Arslane with "participating in a terrorist group" under Article 87 of the Penal Code, which is punishable by up to 20 years in prison, and for "spreading false news" under Article 196, which brings an additional three-year sentence and a fine.
During his interrogation, Arslane told the prosecutor that he had been representing Aziz Bekakria in the cases brought against him for participating in the Hirak movement.
The prosecution of Abderraouf Arslane deals a hammer blow to the rule of law and access to justice in Algeria. The authorities must ensure that all lawyers are able to carry out their crucial legal work without fear of reprisals or arbitrary restrictions.
Amna Guellali, Amnesty International
Since April 2021, the Algerian authorities have increasingly resorted to using vaguely worded, terrorism-related charges to prosecute journalists, human rights defenders and political activists. Dozens of individuals have been arrested and prosecuted under terrorism charges for their alleged ties to Rachad and MAK. Those prosecuted include human rights defenders and journalists Kaddour Chouicha, Said Boudour and Djamila Loukil, along with 12 other activists.
In 2014, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, warned about "cases in which lawyers have been sanctioned because of political activities, advocacy work, confusion between the lawyer's cause and his/her client's cause, and involvement in the legal representation of clients in sensitive cases." She called on governments "to refrain from criminally convicting or disbarring lawyers for the purposes of silencing them, preventing them from criticizing public policies or obstructing them in their legal representation of specific clients."
According to the United Nation's Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers, governments should ensure lawyers "are able to perform all of their professional functions without intimidation, hindrance, harassment or improper interference" and they should also "not be identified with their clients or their clients' causes as a result of discharging their functions". Legal representation is fundamental to the right to a fair trial, which is enshrined in numerous treaties binding on Algeria, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the African Charter on human and peoples' rights.
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