Some hosts will pay lip service to the notion of democracy under their roofs. I do not. My home (or any place I hold title to) is my fiefdom, even when I have guests over, and I make the rules unilaterally with a self-imposed sense of restraint.
I think that this is a good approach for a wide variety of situations, whether it is a party or a discussion or prayer group or ritual group that one is hosting for, as the case may be. What keeps it from degenerating into a seizure of total rule by one member (with cult like implications for religiously oriented groups) is that the role of host rotates, and that an excessively pushy host will find that none come in response to his invitation. The price to be paid for this brief burst of authority, serving as a deterrent to those who would play this role more often than is their due, is the large amount of work and responsibility that is dropped on the host's shoulders.
The other approach that I've seen tried, that of setting policy for events by a poll of the membership, doesn't seem to work for small gatherings. I've seen it result in backbiting politics and broken relationships everywhere I've seen it tried. Having seen this happen to my Jewish, Christian and Pagan friends with about equal speed, I think that I can say with confidence that the problem isn't faith or lifestyle, but human nature itself, and perhaps the structural realities of small scale politics.
For example, let us say that we have a small town, which, for some obscure reason, decides to set up a system of primaries for its mayoral elections, limiting the final race for a given term to those candidates who had won their respective party primaries (registered parties only). Let us further assume that there is a law on the books that all mass meetings must be announced and conducted in a completely democratic fashion. That sounds nice and liberating and above board, doesn't it?
Now, let us say that out of the 1,000 people living there, 800 are Libertarian and 200 are Stalinists, but the Stalinists are the only ones currently mobilized with a registered party, because the other parties were harassed into disbanding, a few years back. If Democracy worked the way we so often casually assume that it must, this wouldn't matter. The next mayor would be a libertarian, because that's what 80% of the people want. But you know what? Under the given rules, it just won't happen that way.
The reality that this simplistic analysis would ignore is that even if everyone wishes to take part in an event, it takes time for people to become aware of the existence of the event, and time, as the event continues, for people to gather. At that first meeting of the Second Libertarian party of Smallville, the organizers could consider their effort a tremendous success, if they managed to get 10% of their potential support to come. But that's only 80 people. The Stalinists hear about it, and pack the meeting with 120 of their supporters.
The Stalinists can then start ejecting the more outspoken of their opponents from the meeting, leaving a timid remnant who go along, in order to be able to "work within the system". As more Libertarians drop by, in subsequent meetings, they, too, find that they must accomodate the established leadership, or be ejected. And, in most likely, given the human nature to embrace that which has become habitual, regardless of its lack of merit, in time those who decided to "work within the sytem", will often become part of the system.
The moral of this little fable? Short term democracy can have some very anti-democratic long term results in small scale settings, especially when it is made absolute, and one of the factions, momentarily, significantly outmasses those others which have already mobilized, and is not especially concerned with ethics or pluralism. It is an unsustainable system, waiting for exactly that eventuality to arise.
The relevance of the fable? In lieu of the Stalinists in Smallville, posit the Politically Correct and their activist kindred, in the small social circles that came to characterize the America of the 1990s. Like, for example, our particular Pagan community. In place of the Libertarians, place the rest of us, who had had enough and wanted the freedom to speak without being silenced, and to live life on our own terms, not those of the self-appointed "leaders" around us, on their pseudo-messianic crusades of ego gratification, or of puritanical intolerance. The change in respective ideologies won't be that great, nor will the difference in the realities they have lead to.
Some may argue that we have overstated matters, here, that the circumstances are not so severe as all of that. But, this is an illusion. Usually, dissenters are greeted with an environment so thoroughly hostile that they can not enjoy any aspect of their presence there - they can't even feel comfortable talking to each other. Usually, this will be enough to drive people off. But once in a while, a vocal dissident will tough it out and start to be heard. Make no mistake, the cheerfully smug facade will break at that point, and someone will be ordered to stop being so "obnoxious" (by someone whose idea of counterargument is a personal attack), or leave.
One might say, that the dissenter had called the host's bluff, or, perhaps, the bluff of the one the host feels the need to appease. Feeling confident that others would back down, our would-be member of Thought Police might assert that "yes, of course I would respect a difference of opinion", seeking the legitimacy that would come from the expectation that he would show such a consideration, were the situation to arise. But let someone take him up on it, and a far different attitude is seen.
No truly distinctive (or individual) vision may be effectively pursued on these terms. One's group will simply be transformed into a clone of the ones already established, by fashionably nosy individuals who will want to see it "brought back into line".
"Fine. So what are you going to do, sob about it?"
Some questions that have been asked with dyspeptic fervor of tyrants, such as myself are to be found below. (Note : Before one is left with a picture of me holding the severed head of an errant guest, I'd like to point out that the rules I do impose are extremely lenient, by most standards. If, for whatever reason, you are curious about them, this link will take you to a page on which some of them can be found. These, I adopted after some heard the name "Aphrodite" mentioned, and some peculiar reactions followed. Sometimes middle school never gets out, I suppose. Others, found in the Uniform Base Code of Morality, are more general principles I felt the need to spell out, so when I said "if somebody was being obnoxious, he'd be asked to leave", one would have a fairly clear notion of what it was, that I would consider actionably obnoxious, and why I felt that this definition was a useful and appropriate one for my purposes).
1. "As long as you conduct yourself with dignity" ... who defines dignity? Who decides that your idea of what dignity is, is right and someone else's is wrong?"
I do. That's a privilege that comes with being the host, and I am not going to apologise for exercising it. This is my show, and it is both my right and my responsibility to make it a pleasant and productive one for those who I would want to be my guests. If what I come up with has limited appeal, then I will find myself with very few guests, as people filter off to events that better meet their needs - as they should. But I'm not going to pay lip service to the foolish position that has seemed to define much of this decade, that I need the unanimously granted permission of those around me to take a firm stance. Or that reasonability and wishy-washiness are synonomous.
If someone, in my view, is making the event unpleasant, I'll talk to him. If he responds with the sort of defiant belligerence that I feel is reflected in the relativist's rant (what I call the question above), or worse, I'll toss him out immediately, with no further discussion. That is a promise to some, and a warning to others. Nobody's visit is going to ruined at my place, because the host was too indecisive to act.
2. "But what if you object, and your guests don't? Or what if you don't object, and your guests do?"
What the guests have to say will be considered very carefully in that final decision, but that final decision must made by the host (that's me). If, for no other reason, because in granting the possibility that politicing will get the troublemaker what he wants, the host would be creating an incentive to attempt it. This can translate into his guests being hassled by a very unpleasant individual, or group of individuals, either on or off the host's premises.
It is his responsibility to stand between his guests, and unpleasantness. The problem with settling such issues by small scale democratic means, is that it invites politicing, with holdouts heavily pressured to give in, at each point. Experience tells me, that one can see a "consensus" develop, that is more a reflection of the fear that each feels of being scorned by the others, should he assertively break with their collective position, than with what most of those present individually acknowledged that they wanted, before the politicing began.
It is sad that groups so often work that way. But if the very standards of acceptability are being set by majority vote, what will keep the majority from degenerating into a mob, that tramples those would refuse to join it? Maybe, individually, the people in it are nice, but weird things can begin to happen when otherwise nice people come together to form a group that they get attached to, and they become afraid of losing their connection to it. The group will itself can take on an unhealthy character, almost independent of the wills of those in it, which it eventually may end up distorting. Nothing that it does can be viewed as "objectionable" under the standards that it sets for itself, because in denying the individual the right to disagree with it, it has denied itself the capability of self reflection. It will simply redefine "right" to be whatever it is, that it does. So, should we wonder that it will be so easily manipulated, by the most dishonest or unpleasant around us?
Every moment that an individual, like the host, for example, subordinates his sense of what is right, to the decrees of the group, the group dynamic moves a little further in this unwholesome direction. People get used to the idea, that this sort of capitulation is natural, and the institution of groupthink gets a stronger foothold, as it is acted upon.
What I would seek seek in building a group, as I've said elsewhere, is the opportunity for true freedom, and when politicing takes the place of open discussion, that is precisely what is lost. For this reason, I would not create an environment that fosters "behind the scenes" activity. One can appeal to a host's sense of reason or fair play, but one can't do likewise with a mob.
3. "Isn't this a little condescending? It sounds like you expect to be the only adult in the group"
No, not at all. That's exactly the scenario that I'm acting to prevent. But I am aware, from past observation, of the sort of behavior that tends to arise in groups run by majority whim, without any degree of leadership - even leadership that is merely of the moment. (Here, I only claim the role of leader, when I am the host - inviting others to assume that role, and their own individual styles of leadership, when they host. Which I sure hope that a good number will).
In such a case, the more hiveminded band together, and tend to drive the more individualistic out, by ganging up on them, and making life unpleasant for them, until they leave. Those they would drive away, include those I would like to keep, so I'm going to write the rules, while I'm the host, in such a way, as to thwart this effort. Denying them control over group policy, depriving them of the opportunity to have their group will empowered, may make attendance for them sufficiently frustrating, that they will leave before I even know who they are. This will keep some unpleasant confrontations from arising. But, if some should elect to stay, my promise to eject the uncivil remains in place.
4. "What makes you so confident that your little set of rules will work for people, like that?"
Well, it isn't really my little set of rules, as I didn't originate them. All I did was remember them, having observed them being lived by, in a happier time, in a freer place. I saw them work in a way, that the rules today, don't. I am not so old - in fact, I'm not very old at all - that human nature could have changed very much in the time that I've been around.
I remember how so much freedom went away, slowly but relentlessly, and it wasn't through the exercise of free individual choice. It was through the use of peer pressure, and institutional reprisals when that didn't work, to stomp out the spontanaeity, and freedom of choice in lifestyle that used to be taken for granted - and the use of social engineering to keep it from reemerging. It doesn't require confidence in one's own insights to remember the questionable things that one has seen - just that honesty which those who would script the lives of others, refuse to ever show.


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Pilgrims from the Diocese of Wilmington pray Oct. 5 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington.
Pilgrims from the Diocese of Wilmington traveled to Washington Oct. 5 to visit Our Lady at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
Bishop Malooly leads pilgrims in prayer Oct. 5 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington.
Led by Bishop Malooly, pilgrims explored the Basilica Shrine — the largest Roman Catholic Church in North America and one of the ten largest churches in the world. The day included confessions, rosary, Holy Hour, and concluded with a concelebrated Mass with Bishop Malooly presiding.
The diocesan Marian Pilgrimage takes place at the Shrine of Our Lady Queen of Peace on the campus of Holy Spirit Church in New Castle in even-numbered years and at the national shrine in odd years.
The pilgrimage Oct. 5 to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception included the "Our Lady of Wilmington" portrait.
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GOODBYE PRETTY LITTLE LIARS Finale Review (SPOILERS!!!)
Tuesday, June 27, 2017 - 2 comments
This post is for all of my fellow PLL viewers. I just finished watching the finale and...
First off, I would like to say that I'm sad it's over but also very happy. This show has been on for 7 years and I've been keeping up with it... the whole time!! I started watching this show when I was 19, which is crazy because I'm 26 now!!! Let me fill you in on my thoughts and if you watched it tonight, I want you to leave yours as well.
The finale was good at certain points but overall was very underwhelming. I feel like it really didn't answer any questions for me. Like, how did those moms really get out of the basement? If Spencer's twin (Alex) is A.D, why was she torturing everyone who wasn't even related to her? I could see her only torturing her family, but what did everyone else have to do with her problems? Who killed Maya? Was it Alex? If so, why? Where was Aria's brother? Why did she kidnap Ezra at the end? What was the point of making Alison carry Emily and Wren's babies? After years of crimes, everyone just got away with everything? Mona had Mary Drake locked up with Alex at the end? Why? Was Mary Drake really evil, good, or just twisted. I'm just overall confused. For an episode we have been waiting for, it could have been way better. I feel like they kind of wasted the first hour with unnecessary scenes and then tried to cram everything in the last hour, especially the last 30 minutes. Was I surprised Spencer had a twin? Yes and no. People were already calling it, that Spencer would have a twin but I didn't know if she would actually have one or not. So when the twin came on the scene, the shock factor was at a low but still sort of there. So on a scale from 1-10, I was probably on a 5 shock factor. Melissa being home in the beginning was weird and her character was always sketchy to me, but I knew her being A.D would be too obvious. I wish they would have gone into detail about how she was able to do all of those things. And maybe they did, but her "accent" was throwing me all off. If any of you can explain some of these things to me, then please do so in the comments.
How funny was that scene at Aria's wedding when the phone was going off and it was the creator's.
Oh, and how many of y'all rolled your eyes at the very last scene with the little girls.
I have always been a HUGE fan of this show and it has been one of the greatest shows I have ever seen. However, I must say, I am happy that it's over.
What questions do you have? Do you have some of these answers? Chat with me in the comments below!
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Pretty little liars was my favorite show too but yeah finale was a not disappointment. But never the less,throughout the season it went too good that I just couldn't have taken my eyes off from it.
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Tachi Shimoyama, among the last members of the Glendale Chapter, recently sent me a small stack of newsletters. While I found them to all be interesting, one in particular was a true gem, the very last FCCA newsletter, dated December 1999. About a year ago, Glenn Davis sent me the very first FCCA newsletter, dated July 1951. Having "bookends" like these is a historian's dream, and it seemed to me to be a fitting occasion to track the known history of FCCA newsletters. Most chapters had their own newsletters, but as a national organization, it was imperative that the club have a common means of communicating with all members, across all chapters. The inaugural national newsletter was called "Exhaust Notes" and it first appeared as a legal sized (8 1/2 inch by 14 inch) mimeographed publication in July of 1951. With the September 1952 issue of Exhaust Notes, the club made a huge step forward, publishing the newsletter as a slick magazine, measuring 5 1/2 inches by 8 1/2 inches. The burden of sustaining such a sophisticated magazine was soon apparent, however, as the volunteer publishers began complaining about a lack of materials from chapter clubs and the cost and time involved in creating the magazine format publication. The last magazine format issue of Exhaust Notes I have is that for October 1953. The Glendale Chapter later adopted the "Exhaust Notes" name for its chapter newsletter. Sometime around 1954, the FCCA national publication's name changed to "Rally", in the same size and format as the magazine version of Exhaust Notes. I only have one issue of Rally, that for July 1954. This magazine was Volume 1, Number 5, so there must be other issues of Rally out there. In 1957, the national publication changed its name to "Dash Plaque", (some issues were 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches and others were 5 1/2 inches by 8 1/2 inches) a slick magazine that was usually limited to four pages printed on 11 inch by 17 inch stock, folded in half. The first issue of Dash Plaque in the archives is Volume 1, Number 2, May 1957. The last issue of Dash Plaque in the archives is that for November 5, 1967, Volume 11, Number 5. The club also tinkered with inserting its national news in various sports car focused magazines. When one of these publications, whose name I have yet to identify, changed its name to "California Sports Car" chapters outside of California were understandably unhappy. I'm still looking for some issues of California Sports Car. Below is a photograph of selection of the variously named newsletters of the FCCA, with the first newsletter on the left and the last newsletter on the right. While, the last newsletter does not have a title page, it was in fact an issue of the Glendale Chapter's "Exhaust Notes". So there you have it, the club began in Glendale and its first newsletter was titled "Exhaust Notes". It also pulled the plug in Glendale, and its last newsletter was also titled… "Exhaust Notes". Interesting stuff!
THE FIRST AND LAST NEWSLETTERS
One thing I learned in collecting the first and last FCCA newsletters is that I previously had the year the club ended all wrong. Former members told me the last year of the club's existence was 1996. Tachi's last newsletter proved this date wrong. In fact, the club lasted almost to the turn of the twentieth century! The club's last newsletter was its December 1999 issue of Exhaust Notes and its last meeting was its December 12, 1999 Christmas Party. By this time, only two FCCA chapters remained, the Glendale, California Chapter and the Motor Sports Enthusiasts Chapter of Lancaster, California. The Glendale Chapter had dwindled to a club of 18 memberships. It is unknown how many Motor Sports Enthusiast memberships were on the rolls of 1999, but it was likely a small number. MSE was an autocross focused group, and Glendale had evolved from an active rally club to one focused on monthly social events. When MSE lost its autocross parking lot it's reason for existence disappeared. Glendale's membership was aging and new members were not joining, so it, too, chose to follow MSE and go out of business. Below, for the titillation of your historical curiosity, are the first and last newsletters, bookend documentation of the beginning and ending of the FCCA.
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Q: How do I add a method so I can just a String instead of typing a whole statement how do i make it so i only have to type "onion" instead of typing the whole thing.
I am trying add a String for the Flavour of PackOfCrisps, but i have to type:
new PackOfCrisps("onion")
this is what i have done for the method
public void addPack(PackOfCrisps pack) {
      if (packets.size() < capacity) {
         packets.add(pack);

      }
      else {
         System.out.println("capacity reached");
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and this is the interface i get where i have to type:
new PackOfCrisps("onion")

A: Create a method that takes a String as an input and creates a PackOfCrisps out of it. You can then have that method use your already existing method to insert this new PackOfCrisps object.
public void addPackByFlavour(String flavour) {
    // create a new object with the given flavour
    PackOfCrisps pack = new PackOfCrisps(flavour);

    // insert that object by using the already existing method
    addPack(pack);
}

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Q: only scroll to bottom if user not scrolling I find myself getting frustrated with JS yet again! please help!
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Any help greatly appreciated.

A: See How I have used current scroll position and counted that whether user has scrolled or not..

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ABT has announced its presence at the 2018 Geneva Motor Show with a tuned Audi RS5 Coupe, which is limited to only 50 units.
The premium compact car's 2.9-liter biturbo V6 engine has received a few upgrades that allow it to produce 530PS (523hp) and 690Nm (509lb-ft) of torque.
That's 80PS (79hp) and 90Nm (66lb-ft) of torque more than the stock model, enough for this Audi RS5 Coupe to complete the 0 to 100km/h (62mph) acceleration in 3.6 seconds, an 0.3sec improvement.
The new ABT RS5-R also features an upgraded suspension with sport stabilizers and height adjustable springs, with the tuner claiming that a special coilover suspension is under development in collaboration with KW.
Its head-turning ability has been enhanced by the special green shade, tweaked grille, front apron, side skirt add-ons, wheel arch vents, decklid spoiler, and rear diffuser with incorporated quad exhaust pipes. The 21-inch wheels replace the standard 19-inch ones, and are wrapped in 275/25 tires.
At the time of writing, ABT hasn't released any images with the interior, but states that the partial leather seats, with the RS5-R logo, ABT gear shift cover made from carbon fiber, '1 of 50' plaque, and other extras, complete the package.
As previously mentioned, the ABT RS5-R will be shown to the public in Geneva, which starts on March 6 for the international media, and two days later for the public.
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World leading manufacturer of resistance welding technology, Sciaky Electric Resistance Welding Machines is using piezo-electric strain sensors to meet the demands of the aerospace industry for precise monitoring of the welding process.
With experience spread over 80 years and an impressive worldwide customer list, which includes most of the leading automobile and aerospace companies, Slough-based Sciaky Electric Resistance Welding Machines has led the way in the development of resistance welding, especially of 'difficult' materials. In particular, aerospace applications, where very clean aluminium and titanium are welded, demand reliable monitoring of the welding process.
A critical parameter is the force exerted by the welding electrodes, which was previously measured by a load cell installed inside the ram connecting the weld cylinder to the electrode control mechanism. This required special machining and significant dismantling when replacement was needed. But a switch to a piezoelectric strain sensor from Kistler offered a number of advantages. By contrast to the load cell, the Kistler piezoelectric strain sensor, mounted externally on the main structure of the machine, requires only simple machining to provide a flat seating and a single tapped hole for mounting the sensor.
Unlike the load cell, the piezoelectric strain sensor measures the force at the electrodes indirectly by reference to the strain on the main body of the machine. The conversion from strain to force is achieved using a Kistler Type 5073A single channel industrial charge amplifier which is mounted on the machine remotely from the sensor.
In addition to fitting the sensors to new welding machines, Sciaky now retrofit the Kistler strain sensor whenever the old-style load cell needs replacing. According to Sciaky Managing Director, Louis Kunzig, the strain sensor is now fitted as standard to all Sciaky Resistance welding machines supplied for aerospace applications and for critical applications, such as manufacturing steering components, in the automobile industry.


CSSD is partnering with the Balsillie School of International Affairs (BSIA) and the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) to bring together a new network of academic experts on various aspects of defence and security policy: the Canadian Network for Defence & Security Analysis (2018-19). The project, organized by Bessma Momani (BSIA) and Brian Bow (CSSD) is a one-year prototype for a new network initiative funded by DND's Defence Engagement Program.
The Centre's research and outreach activities stem from its core focus on various aspects of security and development, with particular attention to the intersections between them. Within that broad array, Centre fellows are working on an ever-evolving list of specific projects, including established interests like maritime security and new priorities like disabilities and development. This page features a number of our current projects, grouped by thematic clusters; check for periodic updates here and in the Research Notes section of our Publications page.
Centre staff are now in the stages of planning for a major conference to be held at Dalhousie in the fall of 2017. This will be the first in a new series of regular "core" conferences on the intersections of security and development policy, designed to bring together diverse interests and expertise within the Centre community. This initial conference will explore the Canadian government and military's capacities in responding to complex emergencies abroad, including interventions, post-conflict reconstruction and state-building, and rapid response to complex humanitarian emergencies.
Much of the work undertaken by our colleagues at the Roméo Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative (RDCSI) is concerned with the intersections between security and development, as part of a larger effort to understand the complex forces driving the use of children in armed conflict, and the development of strategies to prevent it. In addition to research and teaching on related issues, RDCSI is undertaking a variety of specialized training programs for security sector personnel, in Canada and abroad, to build awareness and understanding of the problem of child soldiers, and work out new strategies to end the use of children in war.
With support from a SSHRC Insight grant, Brian Bow is working on a three-year project on security policy coordination in North America. This research looks comparatively at the way networks of government officials and law enforcement officers shape the design and implementation of national policies to respond to terrorism, organized crime, undocumented migration and human trafficking, natural disasters, and threats to critical infrastructure. The research is driven by numerous interviews with Canadian, US, and Mexican officials, and has been facilitated by Bow's affiliation with the Borders in Globalization (BIG) project at University of Victoria. This project builds on previous research on network-driven coordination in other issue areas.
Ruben Zaiotti continues his work on the evolution of internal security cooperation in the European Union, with particular attention to border control, migration, and refugee policy. This research builds on Zaiotti's recent published work on migration policy, including the edited volume Externalizing Migration Management: Europe, North America and the Spread of 'Remote Control' Practices (Routledge, 2016).
Building on the two projects above, and with support from a SSHRC Connection grant, the CSSD and the European Union Centre of Excellence (EUCE) at Dalhousie are co-organizing a project on regional security cooperation in comparative perspective, focusing on internal ("homeland") security cooperation in North America and Europe. Brian Bow and Ruben Zaiotti co-hosted an author's workshop for this project (Halifax, 26-27 August 2016), with contributors from Canada, the US, Mexico, and Europe. Workshop papers are currently being revised, looking ahead to the publication of a special issue in a leading journal and an edited volume.
Alex Wilner has recently been awarded a new SSHRC grant for a multi-year project on cybersecurity and deterrence in Canada, which will make important contributions to ongoing debates on both conventional homeland defence and unconventional homeland security cooperation.
The chief concern of the CFPS at its founding was the understanding of Canadian foreign policy-making, as it evolved over time and in comparative perspective, and CFPS architects Denis Stairs and Gilbert Winham made pioneering contributions in this area. The CSSD carries on that tradition with new research on the intellectual and institutional sources of Canadian foreign policy.
CSSD director Brian Bow and deputy director Andrea Lane are organizing an ongoing project on the sources and evolution of Canadian experts' ideas about foreign policy. For this "Generations" project, they have gathered a diverse group of academic specialists, and asked them to reflect on the way our ideas about foreign policy are shaped by the times in which we "came of age" politically, with attention to the cross-cutting effects of place, pedagogy, and professional socialization. Exploration of these questions is anchored in an effort to understand the growth of Canadian Foreign Policy as a field of study in the late 20th century, and its fragmentation in the early 21st century. With support from the Canadian International Council and the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History, Bow and Lane organized an authors' workshop for Generations, held at Hart House in Toronto, 28-29 September 2016. Workshop papers will be revised for publication as a special issue of International Journal and an edited volume from UBC Press.
Jean-Christophe Boucher has also looked into the sources of foreign policy ideas, but from different directions. In addition to his work on the foreign and defence policy views of the Harper government, Boucher has published extensively on public attitudes toward defence and the military in Quebec, and the impact of those ideas on Canadian foreign policy.
The CFPS established a strong profile in the study of defence policy, military procurement, and civil-military relations. The CSSD carries on those traditions, but seeks to broaden its focus, by anchoring defence policy in a more expansive "security" frame, connecting it to issues like counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency, intelligence, use of the military in complex humanitarian emergencies, and military support for domestic security operations.
The Centre has long been known for its extensive and widely-respected work on maritime security, and it has recently renewed its commitment in this area, with the recruitment of a new cohort of junior scholars. This group is currently working on a new collaborative research initiative on the way states select and develop maritime security capabilities, with a conference planned for 2017.
Several of the Centre's more established experts continue to work in this area, often in connection with Canadian Naval Review. CNR published a special issue in June 2016—with contributions from a number of recognized experts—on issues relating to Canada's Defence Policy Review. Commodore (retd) Eric Lerhe, for example, has published several recent studies on naval procurement .
Also connected to the CSSD's ongoing focus on maritime security are David Griffiths' work on regional maritime security cooperation, which includes extensive involvement in ongoing "track two" diplomacy in various parts of the world, and Aldo Chircop's work on Arctic and maritime shipping law.
David Perry, at Canadian Global Affairs Institute, continues to explore the politics and economics of defence budgeting and procurement in Canada. And David McDonough, at the Conference of Defence Associations Institute, has explored a wide variety of topics related to Canada's national defence and international security.
John Cameron continues to explore representations of development in theory and practice, linking these questions to development NGOs' efforts to engage effectively with policy-makers and the general public. He is also working on indigenous and local government in the Andean region, as part of a multi-year project supported by SSHRC and IDRC. Kristi Kenyon has also been working on NGOs and other transnational advocacy groups, but with a focus on their efforts to influence health policy and human rights in the global South.
David Black's 2014 volume, Rethinking Canadian Aid—co-edited with Stephen Brown and Molly den Heyer—had a second edition published this year. It helped lay the groundwork for a SSHRC Insight Grant, with co-investigators Stephen Brown, John Cameron, and Liam Swiss and collaborators Molly den Heyer and Shannon Kindornay, on Canadian development cooperation and the new politics of 'partnership'. David Morgan's dissertation, undertaken with Black's supervision, considers the evolution of global humanitarianism in the context of conflict, environmental stress, and migration.
With Deborah Stienstra, Stephen Estey, and Stephen Baranyi, David Black has been working on a project on disability and global development, with support from IDRC and SSHRC. The initial phase of this project resulted in a June 2015 workshop and a series of subsequent publications. Black, Estey, Stienstra and Baranyi are continuing to develop this project, expanding the network of researchers and civil society collaborators and looking ahead to future events and publications.
David Black has also continued his research on the international politics of sport, participating in a Leverhulme Foundation International Network project on sports mega-events and development. The original network-building project is winding down, but the network created is looking to carry on collaborative research in this area.
Centre Fellows are increasingly engaged with the links between environment and development, and several are also affiliated with Dalhousie's College of Sustainability. Matthew Schnurr and Larry Swatuk worked together a few years ago on a volume that explored the security implications of environmental change. Schnurr's current multi-year research project is concerned with the impact of genetically-modified (GM) agriculture on development in Africa. Anders Hayden continues to work on the economic and social struggles surrounding climate change, linking it to different ways of thinking about development and progress.
A number of Centre fellows—including some of our Doctoral Fellows—have been working on the impact of conflict and instability on states and societies, and the coping strategies individuals develop to adapt to violence and social dislocation. Erin Baines has a new book, published by Cambridge University Press, on women's experiences and identities within conflicted-affected areas in Uganda.
Building on past collaborative work with David Black, Carla Suarez's dissertation research looks at the micro-dynamics of governance in conditions of armed conflict, with a focus on the roles and reactions of civilians under rebel and 'hybrid' governance. And Michelle Legassicke is studying conflict by looking more closely at the political structures of rebel groups, and their relationships with local communities.
Some CSSD fellows approach the connection between the state and violence from another angle, by looking at the challenges posed for states by increasingly capable and numerous non-state actors. Alex Wilner carries out cutting-edge research on the organization and purposes of transnational terrorist networks, and the difficulties involved in trying to deter them. And Aaron Ettinger has explored the growth of private military contractors, in the context of changing security challenges and an evolving political and economic context for military deployments abroad.
Frank Harvey and John Mitton have recently published a number of important studies on crisis bargaining and diplomacy, including articles on the question of reputation and credibility. Mitton has also published a number of articles in this area, including a re-examination of Thomas Schelling's arguments about the meaning and importance of reputation. His dissertation is concerned with proxy conflicts in the context of enduring international rivalries.
David Beitelman is focusing on defence diplomacy, and the sources and effectiveness of military-to-military contacts as bases for the development of confidence-building measures to prevent inadvertent escalation. His dissertation research looks at recent efforts by the US and China to work out understandings to prevent or contain incidents at sea.
Elikem Tsamenyi's dissertation research is concerned with regional institutions, particularly those in Africa, and their use of sanctions as a means to effect political and economic change within the region.
Robert Finbow and Brian Bow have been looking at international negotiations from the point of view of regional trade and investment agreements. Finbow continues to work on the politics of the Canada-EU Trade Agreement, and has recently published a more general exploration of the structural politics of international trade and investment agreements. Bow published several book chapters on the question of legitimacy in regional trade agreements, focusing on NAFTA and post-NAFTA regional integration in North America.


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Gerald Celente: The Monetary Methadone is Running Out
Tom welcomes Gerald Celente Trends Forecaster and Founder of the Trends Reach Institute back to the show.
Gerald lays out how he truly feels about the pandemic and the resulting actions of governments around the world. One country after another is acting in lockstep attempting to 'flatten the curve' by locking you down and putting you out of business. Then the vaccines came but largely seemed to do worse than nothing. We adopted the Chinese way of taking away freedoms.
The repo markets showed just how rigged the markets are and we've seen the massive amounts pumped into the system. He says, "When all else fails they take you to war."
The inflation calculations are all fake and currently very understated. They've rigged the game because the social security numbers are based on these figures. Keeping the 'numbers' low also helps keep rates low so the banks can continue their activity. Our freedoms are being robbed from us.
Gerald believes inflation will continue to get worse in part due to what has happened in Ukraine. Inflation has gone from temporary to transitory to something else. They are keeping the game going because they know if they stop the monetary methadone the system will crash. We have a crime syndicate running the West. He says, "Banksters, big tech, and drug dealers with big pharma are in control of a country near you."
They are going to have to raise interest rates but he expects only a mild decline in housing prices. Housing will likely be held up by the high inflation. He describes the downtown commercial core of New York as almost dead at night. "Now you can park anywhere you want at any time of day."
The mainstream media lies about everything and we've seen that numerous times during the conflict. They're called presstitutes for a reason. These 'journalists' are being paid to spew their master's narratives. NATO broke its promise to not move eastwards and now we see the results. He is totally opposed to the invasion but he understands why Russia did it.
There isn't enough talk about peace instead we're sending lethal weapons around the world.
Lastly, for Gerald wealth protection means gold, silver, and bitcoin in that order. He discusses the importance of being prepared and having a bug-out plan.
0:41 – Shanghai'd
5:48 – Repo Markets
8:30 – CPI & Inflation
10:33 – Monetary Methadone
14:13 – Rate Hikes & Politics
17:50 – Hedonic Adj. Pizza
18:24 – Mainstream Message
22:01 – Imploding Currencies?
22:51 – War – West Vs. East
25:42 – Safe Haven Assets
27:21 – Bug Out Plan
Talking Points From This Episode
The pandemic and adopting China's model.
The System is failing and they are taking the world to war.
Inflation, CPI numbers, and low-interest rates.
His concerns around the future and why you should have safe assets and an exit plan.
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/geraldcelente
Website: https://trendsresearch.com/
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Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gerald-celente-trends-in-the-news/id1453893108
Substack: https://trendsinthenews.substack.com
Gerald Celente is the Founder/Director of the Trends Research Institute and publisher of the weekly Trends Journal magazine. He is the author of the highly acclaimed and best-selling books "Trend Tracking" and "Trends 2000" (Warner Books).
With a 40-year track record of identifying, tracking, and forecasting trends, Celente is world-renowned as today's #1 Trend Forecaster. Celente has earned the reputation as a trusted name in trends for his many accurate forecasts; among them, the 1987 Stock Market crash, Dot com bust, "Gold Bull Run," the "Panic of '08," the rise of organic foods, and the popularity of gourmet coffee long before Starbucks was a household name.
Celente, who developed the Globalnomic methodology to identify, track, forecast, and manage trends, is a political atheist. Unencumbered by political dogma, rigid ideology, or conventional wisdom, Celente, whose motto is "Think for Yourself," observes and analyzes current events forming future trends for what they are – not for how he wants them to be.
A true American Patriot, Celente owns three pre-Revolutionary stone buildings on the most historic corner in America, where the seeds of Democracy were sown, Colonial Kingston, New York's first Capitol.
Self-described as a "Warrior for the Prince of Peace," Gerald Celente is also the Founder of "Occupy Peace & Freedom," a not-for-profit movement to honor the Constitution and Bill of Rights and restore Freedoms.


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Hildéric (en vandale : Hildirîx, en , en ) est l'avant-dernier roi des Vandales et des Alains, de 523 à 530. Bien que mort au moment où le royaume vandale est renversé en 534, il joue néanmoins un rôle clé dans cet événement.

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Hildéric est le petit-fils du roi Genséric, fondateur du royaume vandale. Son père est Hunéric, et sa mère est Eudocia, la fille de l'empereur romain  et de l'impératrice romaine, Licinia Eudoxia.

À son époque, la plupart des Vandales sont ariens et persécutent les nicéens, mais Hildéric va favoriser ces derniers, car étant la religion de sa mère, rendant son accession au trône controversée. En 523, Hildéric devient roi à la mort de Thrasamund. Peu après, il fait emprisonner la veuve de son prédécesseur, Amalafrida ; il échappe à un conflit avec son frère, le roi gothique Théoderic le Grand, seulement par la mort de ce dernier en 526.

Son règne est remarquable pour les excellentes relations de son royaume avec l'Empire romain d'Orient. Procope écrit que Hildéric est , notant que Hildéric et Justinien . Hildéric permet à un nouvel évêque nicéen de prendre ses fonctions dans sa capitale, Carthage, et de nombreux Vandales commencent à se convertir au christianisme nicéen, à l'effroi de la noblesse vandale.

Au moment où il est affecté à la couronne, Hildéric est au moins dans la cinquantaine, sinon âgé de plus de 60 ans. Pour cette raison, selon Procope, il se désintéresse des opérations militaires des Vandales et les laisse à charge d'autres membres de la famille, dont Procope choisit de mentionner son neveu, Hoamer.

À la suite d'un grave revers subis en Byzacène face à un groupe de rebelles Berbères dirigés par Antalas, le chef de la tribu des Frexes, Hildéric est victime d'une révolte menée par son cousin Gélimer, qui a engagé  et les a persuadé de déposer Hildéric, .

Gélimer dépose Hildéric, après 7 ans de règne, et devient le nouveau roi des Vandales et des Alains. Il rétablit l'arianisme comme religion officielle du royaume, emprisonne Hildéric, avec Hoamer et son frère Évagès mais sans les tuer. Justinien proteste contre les actions de Gélimer, exigeant qu'il rende le royaume à Hildéric. Gélimer renvoie les représentants byzantins qui lui ont apporté ce message, sans leur donner de réponse, crève les yeux de Hoamer qui meurt quelques semaines après, et enferme Hildéric et Évagès dans une prison plus étroite, .

Justinien envoie une seconde ambassade pour protester contre ces actions, mais Gélimer lui répond qu'il n'a pas l'autorité requise pour faire ces demandes. Furieux de cette réponse, Justinien conclut rapidement sa guerre contre les Sassanides et prépare une expédition contre les Vandales en 533. Une fois que Gélimer apprend l'arrivée de l'armée byzantine, il ordonne à son frère, Ammatas, qui est à Carthage, d'assassiner Hildéric, ses parents et amis, et Évagès ainsi que d'autres partisans de Hildéric qu'il a emprisonnés, ce qu'il exécute.

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What's new for home viewing on video-on-demand and Netflix, Amazon Prime, and other streaming services starting Friday, Dec. 29, 2017.
Top streams for the week
David Attenborough hosts "Planet Earth II" (2016), the acclaimed six-part documentary that looks at how animals navigate their unique ecosystems. Produced for BBC with state-of-the-art nature photography, the 6-episode series is now on Netflix.
Anne Shirley turns 13 in "Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars" (2016, G), the TV movie with Martin Sheen and based on the beloved L.M. Montgomery novels. Now streaming on Amazon Prime.
Also on Amazon Prime: Robert Pattinson is a Manhattan billionaire watching his empire crumble in "Cosmopolis" (2012, R), David Cronenberg's fascinating adaptation of Don DeLillo's satirical novel.
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Idris Elba and Kate Winslet are strangers who must work together to survive a plane crash in "The Mountain Between Us" (2017, PG-13). Also on DVD and Blu-ray.
Also new are three horror films: remake "Flatliners" (2017, PG-13) with Ellen Page and Diego Luna, unconventional "The Killing of a Sacred Deer" (2017, R) with Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman, and more conventional horror sequel "Jeepers Creepers 3" (2017, not rated).
Two Netflix original shows return: the science program "Bill Nye Saves the World: Season 2, Part 1" (13 episodes) and time travel thriller "Travelers: Season 2" (12 episodes) with Eric McCormack.
Foreign TV: from France comes the thriller "La Mante: Season 1" with Carole Bouquet as a serial killer who helps her police detective son find a copycat killer. Also new: "Cable Girls: Season 2" from Spain (both with subtitles).
The non-fiction series "Myths & Monsters: Season 1" delves into the history and legacy of the most enduring legends of Europe (6 episodes).
Foreign affairs: the mountaineering adventure "The Climb" (France, 2017, not rated, with subtitles) stars French comedian Ahmed Sylla as a young suburban man who scales Everest for love.
True stories: Michael Chiklis narrates "Fallen" (2017, not rated), a tribute to police officers killed in the line of duty.
Stand-up: "Todd Barry: Spicy Honey."
Foreign affairs: "Once in a Lifetime" (France, 2014, not rated, with subtitles) is based on the true story of a Paris schoolteacher who encourages her students to engage with the Holocaust from a different perspective.
Streaming TV: "Teen Wolf: Season 6, Part 2" brings the young adult supernatural melodrama to a memorable conclusion and the family friendly comedy "Eerie, Indiana: Complete Series" (1991-1992) offers grade school investigators in the suburban capital of weird.
Amazon Prime and Hulu
Johnny Galecki and Vincent D'Onofrio star in the horror movie sequel "Rings" (2017, PG-13) (Amazon Prime and Hulu).
True stories: "Banksy Does New York" (2014, not rated) chronicles the legendary street artist's "31 works of art in 31 days" guerilla residency in New York City (Amazon Prime and Hulu).
Stand-up: "Anjelah Johnson: Mahalo & Goodnight" (Amazon Prime and Hulu).
Streaming TV: road trip sitcom "The Detour: Season 2" with Jason Jones and Natalie Zea, CNN non-fiction series "United Shades of America: Season 2" hosted by W. Kamau Bell, and Cartoon Network series "Clarence: Complete Season 3."
Jessica Chastain is "The Zookeeper's Wife" (2017, PG-13) in the World War II drama based on a true story.
Arriving Saturday night is "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword" (2017, PG-13) with Charlie Hunnam.
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FilmStruck's director of the week is Jane Campion and the collection spans from her award-winning short film "A Girl's Own Story" (1984) to her Oscar-winning "The Piano" (1993, R) to "Holy Smoke" (1999, R) with Kate Winslet and Harvey Keitel.
Also debuting on FilmStruck are four comedies starring Fernandel, including "Fric-Frac" (France, 1939, with subtitles) with Arletty and Michel Simon and Julien Duvivier's black comedy "The Man in the Raincoat" (France, 1957, with subtitles), plus Masaki Kobayashi's three-film epic "The Human Condition" (Japan, 1959-61).
New on Criterion Channel is "Cherie" (2009, R) with Michelle Pfeiffer.
New on disc this week:
"Flatliners," "The Mountain Between Us," "Brawl in Cell Block 99," "Jeepers Creepers 3," "The Killing of a Sacred Deer,"
Now available at Redbox:
"Dunkirk," "The LEGO Ninjago Movie," "Flatliners," "Brawl in Cell Block 99," "Jungle"
Sean Axmaker is a Seattle film critic and writer. His reviews of streaming movies and TV can be found at http://streamondemandathome.com.
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The Castro-Chávez link: What are 30,000 Cuban advisers doing in Venezuela?
Published March 16, 2010 | By Cubaverdad
The Obama administration has dismissed Venezuela's Hugo Chávez as a pesky loudmouth. But he imperils regional security and freedom.By John Hughes / March 16, 2010Provo, Utah
While two wars in Southwest Asia and a dangerous confrontation with Iran dominate President Obama's foreign- policy worry list, oil-rich Venezuela, much closer to home, is becoming more than a minor irritant.
To date, the Obama administration has dismissed Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez as a pesky, leftist loudmouth, whose verbal eruptions against the United States pose no threat. But a new era of "Cubanization" in Venezuela should warn of a crackdown against Mr. Chávez's domestic opponents and a stepped-up drive for socialist revolution across Latin America.
Chávez has been importing "advisers" from Cuba. There are now some 30,000 of them, many of them intelligence, security, and political affairs officers, as well as medical personnel.
Chávez's recent installation of Cuban Vice President Ramiro Valdes in a key advisory role in Venezuela is seen by Chávez opponents as a sinister move toward greater "Cubanization" and Castro-style communism. Mr. Valdes is also Cuba's communications minister and ranks third in the Cuban hierarchy. His job in Venezuela is supposedly to handle an electricity crisis – though his qualifications are suspect.
In recent years, Chávez has established alliances with nations that could be counted on to tweak Washington. Russia has engaged in military exercises with Venezuela and signed an agreement to supply up to $2 billion worth of weaponry. China is buying more than 330,000 barrels of oil daily from Venezuela and has signed an investment agreement to develop more. China also has just completed a $400 million communications satellite for Venezuela.
Iran has been Venezuela's most ingratiating suitor. The two nations have signed dozens of agreements in recent years to boost infrastructure, energy, and manufacturing in the South American country. Chávez has visited Tehran often, pledging cooperation with Iran in opposing "US imperialism," liberating countries from the "imperialist yoke," and furthering "Bolivarian socialist principles" in Latin America. Chávez has consistently endorsed Iran's nuclear program.
At home, Chávez lauds Fidel Castro as a political blood brother, and communist Cuba as an example for all of Latin America.
His governance has become increasingly authoritarian, detailed in a blistering report by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. It highlights how Chávez has undermined judicial independence, intimidated or silenced opposition media, hobbled elected opposition figures, and criminalized dissidents and human rights groups.
Last week, a Spanish judge accused Venezuela of colluding with terrorist groups including the Basque ETA rebels and the Colombian FARC.
Once lauded by his people as a reformer, Chávez is now the target of angry street rallies, especially as he has rather blatantly plotted to stay president for life.
Cuba depends on Venezuela's cheap oil (the US is also a major buyer) and would be disadvantaged if the Chávez regime fell. Havana may be alarmed by the fissures in Chávez's support and probably welcomed the opportunity to position Valdes in Caracas to bolster Chávez.
Cuba's leaders may also have some concerns about their own country's political stability. Cuban dissidents say word has been passed up the military command that the ailing Fidel Castro may not outlast this year. His succession is by no means certain. Fidel's brother Raúl, currently managing the country while his brother is incapacitated, is credited with being a better administrator than Fidel, but lacks Fidel's charisma.
The Obama administration, beset by major problems at home and challenges abroad, may have thought it could delay confronting lesser problems in Latin America. This may prove to have been an unwise calculation.
Mr. Obama: Don't be surprised by that 3 a.m. call.
John Hughes, a former editor of the Monitor, writes a biweekly column.
http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/John-Hughes/2010/0316/The-Castro-Chavez-link-What-are-30-000-Cuban-advisers-doing-in-Venezuela
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Pro-Castro demonstrators break up dissident demo in Cuba
Pro-Castro demonstrators break up dissident demo in CubaPosted : Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:56:08 GMTBy : dpa
Havana – Supporters of the Cuban communist government led by President Raul Castro on Tuesday broke up a dissident demonstration in Havana, witnesses said. More than 100 men and women shouting slogans in support of former long-time ruler Fidel Castro and the government now led by his brother, Raul. They chanted "Long live Fidel!" and "This street belongs to Fidel!" as they surrounded around 30 members of the so- called Damas de Blanco, the Ladies in White, a group of wives and mothers of imprisoned dissidents.
On December 10, government supporters had similarly heckled a demonstration by the Damas de Blanco to mark the International Day of Human Rights.
The group has scheduled various protest actions for this week, to mark the seventh anniversary of the arrest of their loved ones, 75 dissidents who were sentenced to up to 28 years in prison after being considered "mercenaries" in the service of the United States. Of these, 53 remain in prison.
Cuba has been the target of strong international criticism in recent weeks over the situation of political prisoners. One of them, Orlando Zapata, died last month while on a hunger strike. Another dissident, Guillermo Farinas, has been on hunger strike for 21 days and was being force-fed to keep him alive.
Cuban authorities insist that there are no political prisoners on the island and that Zapata and others are common prisoners. Human rights organizations, however, say there are about 200 political prisoners in Cuba."
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/314406,pro-castro-demonstrators-break-up-dissident-demo-in-cuba.html
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Cuba dissidents start "Black Spring" protests
Cuba dissidents start "Black Spring" protestsMarch 16 2010 at 09:08AMBy Jeff Franks
Havana – Cuba's dissident "Ladies in White" staged a small, mostly silent march through Havana on Monday to begin a week of protest to mark the anniversary of the "Black Spring" crackdown of 2003 when the government imprisoned 75 opponents.
The anniversary on Thursday comes at a delicate time for Cuba's communist government, whose human rights record is already under fire for the Feb. 23 death of dissident hunger striker Orlando Zapata Tamayo and for its handling of another opposition hunger striker who has vowed to die for his cause.
About three dozen women, dressed in the dissident group's traditional white clothes and carrying flowers, walked through Central Havana to a nearby church where they shouted "Zapata lives", but otherwise said nothing.
Zapata's mother, Reyna Tamayo, led the march.
Passersby looked on with surprise, but in contrast to a December march for International Human Rights Day when the ladies were jostled and jeered by government supporters, there were no incidents.
Ladies in White leader Laura Pollan said her group, made up of wives and relatives of those jailed in 2003, would stage marches through the city every day this week.
The protests are aimed at stirring support for those imprisoned in what became known as the "Black Spring" crackdown on government opponents, which began March 18, 2003 and drew broad international condemnation of Cuba.
Of those arrested then, 52, including Pollan's husband Hector Maseda, remain behind bars. In a declaration from prison last week, they called for Cubans to mark the anniversary by fasting and discussing the Bible.
Zapata, a 42-year-old construction worker, has become a rallying figure for Cuba's opposition since he died after an 85-day hunger strike demanding better prison conditions.
Pollan said the Ladies in White opposed hunger strikes, but that "unfortunately, you have to water the fields for them to flower. For us, we have had to water them with blood, and that blood was of Orlando Zapata."
Cuban President Raul Castro, who replaced his ailing brother Fidel Castro two years ago, expressed regret about Zapata's death, but blamed it on the United States for supporting dissent against the Cuban government.
HARDENING POSITIONS
Another hunger striker, Guillermo Farinas, 48, is in the 20th day of his protest fast in the central city of Santa Clara seeking the release of 26 ailing political prisoners. He collapsed on Thursday and remains in hospital receiving fluids intravenously.
The two cases have brought calls for Cuba to release its estimated 200 political prisoners and renewed condemnation from the United States and Europe.
The European Parliament voted last week to denounce the death of Zapata, and it expressed alarm about Farinas.
The resolution by the 27-nation European Union's elected body marked a hardening of its position towards Cuba and damaged hopes by Spain, currently leading the EU and a major investor in Cuba, of the bloc engaging the communist-ruled island more closely to encourage change there.
Havana responded by vowing to resist international pressure for change and accusing the Europeans of "great cynicism".
Cuba has described Zapata and Farinas as common criminals who became dissidents because of material benefits they received from its enemies. It portrays government opponents as mercenaries working for the United States and other foes.
Pollan said Zapata's death had reawakened international interest in the plight of Cuba's political prisoners and had unified island dissidents. A third person, former prisoner Orlando Fundora, has also begun a hunger strike, she said. – Reuters
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Human rights situations in Cuba that require the Council's attention
United Nations Human Rights CouncilHuman rights situations in Cuba that require the Council's attentionBy Online Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Statement delivered at the General Assembly by Freedom House, represented by Maria C. Werlau, regarding the situation of prisoners in Cuba.
On behalf of Freedom House, I thank you, Mr. President, for the opportunity to speak at this Council.
Cuba has more than 200 political prisoners, 55 whom have been designated prisoners of conscience by Amnesty International – nearly half of those 55 are journalists.
As we meet today, former political prisoner Guillermo Fariñas is in critical condition from a hunger strike.Cuba's prisoners of conscience
Cuba's prisoners of conscience have historically resorted to hunger strikes to protest abhorrent prison conditions, beatings, malnourishment, denial of medical care, forced labor, unfair punishments, extrajudicial killings by guards, and other abuses. Moreover, in the last 40 years, twelve individuals have died in Cuban prisons during hunger strikes, including, most recently, Orlando Zapata.
Currently, there are two dozen political prisoners throughout the island who are extremely ill and in danger of dying, including 46 year-old Ariel Sigler.
Countless men and women are also confined for pre-criminal "dangerousness" – an allegation by the government that they will engage in "dangerous" activities such as distributing copies of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights or discussing issues related to human rights.
Prisons are rampant with disease. Inhumane conditions lead to acts of self-mutilation, psychological disorders, and extreme suffering. From 2007 to 2009, there were 99 reported deaths from forced or alleged suicides, medical negligence, and extrajudicial killings; these reports came from just 40 of several hundred prisons.
Mr. President, we recommend, with utmost urgency, that the Council ask:
(1) for Mr. Manfred Nowak, Special Rapporteur for Torture, and the International Red Cross be allowed to visit Cuba's prisons immediately;
(2) that all political prisoners be unconditionally released, including those held for "dangerousness."
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/21027
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Crash involving two trucks kills 7, injures 40 in Cuba
Crash involving two trucks kills 7, injures 40 in CubaPosted : Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:22:09 GMTBy : dpa
Havana – At least seven people died and 40 were injured in western Cuba when a truck carrying scores of passengers crashed into a parked tanker, local media reported Monday. The accident took place on the Havana-Pinar del Rio highway and nine of the injured were in serious condition, the official news agency AIN reported.
In Cuba, trucks often carry passengers on long-haul journeys.
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/314233,crash-involving-two-trucks-kills-7-injures-40-in-cuba.html
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Almodovar signs petition to free Cuban political prisoners
Almodovar signs petition to free Cuban political prisoners(AFP) – 6 hours ago
MADRID — Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar has signed a petition calling for the immediate release of all political prisoners in Cuba, his production company said Tuesday.
The Oscar-winning director put his name to the petition entitled "I accuse the Cuban government" that was launched on a Spanish blog on Friday, the company, El Deseo, said in a statement.
Several personalities, including Spanish-Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, are among some 5,000 people who have already signed it.
The petition calls for "the immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners in Cuban jails and the respect of the exercise, promotion and the defence of human rights throughout the world."
It also condemns the death on February 23 of Cuban dissident Orlando Zapata, who was "unjustly imprisoned and brutally tortured in Castroist prisons and died from a hunger strike while condemning crimes and the lack of rights and democracy in his country."
Another Cuban dissident hunger striker, Guillermo Farinas, was last week reported to be in critical condition after losing consciousness in his third week of fasting.
The communist government in Havana argues that the dissidents are being manipulated by opponents of Cuba including the US government, and has rejected demands for their release.
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The Revolution's Troubadour No Longer Believes
The Revolution's Troubadour No Longer Believes
To walk to the edge of the stage and speak only within limits, is required practice for certain critical artists still living in Cuba. Occasionally they offer us a phrase seasoned with dissent which will be published in foreign newspapers, though it will find no echo in our national ones. With one foot inside and one foot outside the Island, it must be difficult to go from speaking out to whispering. The long stays abroad have thus become a catalyst of opinions for some representatives of our culture. Evidently, interaction with other realities – with their achievements and their problems – have made the triumphalist slogans sound very distant while the intolerance in their own backyard becomes insufferable.
Pablo Milanes' last interview – published in Spain under the title, "I want change in Cuba as soon as possible" – shows, on the one hand, the restraint with which he avoids burning the bridges of return, and on the other the audacity of someone who is very worried about what is happening in his country. There is, undoubtedly, an enormous risk in calling those who govern us, "reactionaries of their own ideas"; these are the people who have censored so many writers, musicians and actors for saying much less. The author of the song Yolanda walks the knife's edge along which others have been cut to shreds. Protecting him in this undertaking are the strength of his international reputation and the support of people from every place and generation. An unknown neighborhood singer-songwriter would pay dearly, but they need Pablo.
Emigration has marked too strongly the artistic level on our stages. Not only have my colleagues from the university and my contemporaries from the neighborhood left en masse, but Cuban culture has a percentage of its representatives – some would say a majority – outside our borders. To lose, now, this strong voice would be to admit that those who composed the background music that accompanied the construction of utopia have stopped believing in it. So no website of any official institution is going publish an aggressive and threatening diatribe against the frankness of the interviewee. Nor will they inform the Madrid consulate that he is no longer welcome in his own country, nor accuse him of speaking with the words of an "American lover." None of these stigmatizing strategies will be deployed against Pablo, but in the off-hour ministerial chats and the closed circles of power they will not forgive him for having behaved like a free man.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/yoani-sanchez/the-revolutions-troubadou_b_501486.html
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Cuban government supporters harass rights marchers
Cuban government supporters harass rights marchersBy Nelson Acosta and Jeff FranksReutersTuesday, March 16, 2010; 3:05 PM
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuban government supporters harassed and shouted at members of the opposition group "Ladies in White" on Tuesday in Havana as the women marched in protest against the 2003 imprisonment of 75 dissidents.
The women, numbering about two dozen and dressed in white, had to be protected by state security agents after they stopped and yelled "Freedom, Freedom!" in front of the headquarters of the Cuban state journalists union.
The dissidents were marching for the second day in a protest to commemorate the 2003 "Black Spring" crackdown by the government against opponents.
About 150 men and women began walking alongside and shouting them down in what is known in Cuba as an "act of repudiation," usually directed against government opponents.
"Viva Fidel! Viva Raul! The street belongs to the Revolution!" the government supporters shouted, referring to the 1959 Revolution led by Fidel Castro which subsequently installed a communist system in Cuba.
The women, who are wives and mothers of the Black Spring prisoners, were escorted by state security agents, who formed a protective cordon, to the Central Havana home of Ladies in White leader Laura Pollan.
Tuesday's demonstration was the second of seven consecutive marches planned by the women's group to mark the seventh anniversary of the Black Spring crackdown that began March 18, 2003 and drew widespread condemnation of Cuba.
The anniversary comes at a time when Cuba's human rights record is under fire for the February 23 death of dissident hunger striker Orlando Zapata Tamayo and for its handling of an ongoing hunger strike by dissident Guillermo Farinas in the central city of Santa Clara.
Farinas, who launched his strike three weeks ago to back demands for the release of 26 ailing political prisoners, has been in a hospital receiving fluids intravenously since he collapsed on Thursday.
A third hunger strike is underway by former political prisoner Orlando Fundora, who began eight days ago and is now in a hospital, his family said on Tuesday.
GOVERNMENT WARNING
The Ladies in White staged their first march on Monday without incident. But Pollan said she had been warned by the government not to march to "sacred places" that included the state journalists' center.
In December, the women were jostled and jeered by government supporters when they marched to mark International Human Rights Day.
Of the 75 people imprisoned in 2003, 52 remain behind bars.
Alejandrina Garcia, wife of prisoner Diosdado Gonzalez Marrero, who is serving a 20-year sentence, said Tuesday's incident was not unexpected.
"What happened today is the same as always — government mobs repudiated us with government slogans, but we continued shouting 'Freedom' and "Zapata lives," she told Reuters.
She said the Ladies in White would march again on Wednesday as planned, with the intention of visiting Fundora to encourage him to end his hunger strike.
A man whom Garcia identified as former political prisoner Hugo Damian Prieto was detained by security agents following a brief fracas with government supporters outside Pollan's home.
Zapata's death has become a rallying point for Cuba's small dissident community and drawn international attention to their cause. The United States and Europe have condemned communist-led Cuba over the hunger strikes and called for the release of its estimated 200 political prisoners.
Cuba's government, which views dissidents as mercenaries working for the United States and other enemies, has described Zapata and Farinas as common criminals. It has vowed to resist international pressure over the dissidents.
(Editing by Jeff Franks, Pascal Fletcher and Eric Walsh)
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Cuba Closes More Than 100 State-Run Agricultural Firms
HAVANA – The Cuban government will close more than 100 "inefficient" state-run agricultural enterprises and transfer upwards of 40,000 workers to other jobs, Communist Party daily Granma said Monday.
The announcement was made by Agriculture Minister Ulises Rosales at a meeting of the National Association of Small Farmers in the central province of Villa Clara.
Rosales, a member of the Communist Party Politburo, cited the need to "eliminate no fewer than 100 companies that are unsustainable in the current economic situation," and to "relocate" more than 40,000 farm workers.
The president of Cuba, Gen. Raul Castro, has announced agricultural reforms aimed at increasing food production to substitute imports, a policy that he considers one of national security.
Cuba imports as much as 80 percent of the provisions consumed by its 11.2 million inhabitants at an annual cost of several billion dollars.
That situation cannot be maintained considering the government's acute lack of liquidity brought on by the international financial crisis, the drop in foreign trade, the continuing U.S. economic embargo and other factors. EFE
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Smart sanctions can support democratic change: U.S.
Smart sanctions can support democratic change: U.S.Pascal FletcherHOLLYWOOD, FloridaMon Mar 15, 2010 11:35am EDT
HOLLYWOOD, Florida (Reuters) – Adjusting and even selectively loosening U.S. sanctions against countries like Iran and Cuba can serve foreign policy goals by encouraging democratic change through greater Internet freedom and other means, a U.S. Treasury official said on Monday.
Adam Szubin, director of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), which enforces U.S. sanctions against designated states, companies and people, told a conference such "smart sanctions" would help the U.S. government further its goals of fostering greater freedom and democracy.
He said Washington last week adjusted its sanctions regimes against Iran, Cuba and Sudan to allow the export by U.S. companies of services and software related to personal communications over the Internet.
This was aimed at increasing the access of citizens in those states to online communications technologies.
"It's exactly what I think OFAC needs to be doing, not simply designating new targets or tightening sanctions, but also loosening sanctions when it can further our foreign policy goals," Szubin said in a keynote address to an international money laundering conference in Hollywood, Florida.
He cited the increased use over the last year of the Internet and social networking sites by opponents of Iran's government to disseminate their anti-government activities.
He said this activity, carried out through online sites and tools like Twitter, Facebook and instant messaging, removed any doubts "that personal communication software and its widespread availability are integral to seeing democratic change come to some of the most oppressive regimes on earth."
"So we are doing our part … to open that world up to the people of Iran, to the people of Cuba and to the people of Sudan," Szubin said.
Iran remained a top priority in U.S. foreign policy and national security, he said, citing its "pursuit of weapons of mass destruction in contravention of repeated U.N. Security Council resolutions" and its "active role as a supporter of terrorism."
"There is no country in the world that is supporting terrorism as close to the level of Iran and its destabilizing role in the region, in funding, arming and fueling insurgencies and the Taliban," Szubin said.
He said OFAC would seek to make its overall sanctions enforcement more effective by clearly focusing and targeting its actions on major violators.
(Editing by John O'Callaghan)
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62E34K20100315
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Cuba criticizes US ruling on Internet access
Cuba criticizes US ruling on Internet accessBy PAUL HAVEN (AP)
HAVANA — Cuba says a U.S. ruling that makes it easier for companies to provide Internet communications services on the island is meant to destabilize the country, not loosen Washington's 48-year economic embargo.
"The government of the United States has said clearly that its objective is to use these services as a tool of subversion and destabilization," Josefina Vidal Ferreiro, director of the Cuban Foreign Ministry's North American affairs office, said Monday in a written response to questions from The Associated Press.
Last week, the U.S. Treasury Department announced it would allow the export of Internet communications services and software such as instant messaging, e-mail and Web browsing to Iran, Sudan and Cuba to help people in those countries communicate.
Cuba has the lowest level of Internet penetration in the Western Hemisphere. What services exist are prohibitively expensive for most people on the island, and many Web sites are blocked.
Opponents say Cuba's communist government intentionally keeps the Internet out of reach in an effort to control information.
Cuba counters that the U.S. economic embargo is to blame for blocking construction of a fiber optic cable, leaving the island dependent on slow, expensive satellite links.
Vidal Ferreiro said the new measures announced by the Treasury Department would apply only to individuals, not businesses or institutions, and would do nothing to loosen the grip of the embargo, which Cuban officials refer to as a "blockade."
"It shows once more that the U.S. government is not interested in changing its policies nor in developing normal communication with Cuba," she said. "This is not a measure that loosens the blockade against Cuba."
In December, American government contractor Alan P. Gross was arrested in Havana for allegedly handing out communications equipment to members of the island's tiny Jewish community. Cuba has accused him of spying, though it has yet to press formal charges.
Gross has been jailed with limited consular access at a high-security facility in the capital. His arrest has been a major factor in the worsening relations between Washington and Havana.
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US air charter companies fight Cuba judgment
Posted on Tuesday, 03.16.10US air charter companies fight Cuba judgmentBy LAURA WIDES-MUNOZAP Hispanic Affairs Writer
MIAMI — Eight charter companies that provide air travel between the U.S. and Cuba want to block an order requiring them to help pay a $27 million award won by a woman who said she was tricked into marrying a Cuban spy.
Ana Margarita Martinez says Cuban "defector" Juan Pablo Roque romanced and married her at the behest of the Cuban government in an effort to infiltrate Miami's Cuban exile community and then fled to the island. She won a judgment against Cuba in 2001. In 2007 a state court ruled the charter companies should pay her fees owed to tour companies on the island. She argued that Cuba indirectly owns the tour companies.
The charter companies' attorney asked a federal judge Tuesday to halt the order of payments to Martinez. There was no immediate ruling.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/16/1532312/us-air-charter-companies-fight.html
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