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Door Opens to 9/11 Claims Against Foreign Governments
By: Justin T. Green, Steven R. Pounian
The noncommercial tort exception of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) proved to be a crucial provision in the advancement of Doe v. Bin Laden against the country of Afghanistan regarding their alleged involvement in the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001.
Also known as "the terrorist exception," the noncommercial tort exception was added in response to the bombing of Pan Am flight 103.
Soon after 9/11, a suit was brought against the nation of Saudi Arabia and several Saudi princes for their alleged support of Al Qaeda, but was dismissed, largely due to FSIA.
Doe v. Bin Laden, however, exposed a significant difference from prior cases in that it needed to be established if the Taliban were acting as the sovereign nation of Afghanistan.
The Second Court ultimately upheld a decision that allowed discovery to proceed and move the case forward.
This past November, in Doe v. Bin Laden,1 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that a man could proceed with his lawsuit against the nation of Afghanistan for the death of his wife in the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center attack. The plaintiff, who was allowed to file the action using a pseudonym to protect himself and his family, seeks to hold Afghanistan liable for the support and protection its former Taliban-led government provided to the al Qaeda terrorists. The ruling was the first positive legal news for 9/11 families who have brought death claims against Afghanistan and other foreign sovereigns.
Doe represented a swift legal about-face for the Second Circuit that led the panel to solicit the views of all active judges under a rarely invoked "mini-enbanc" internal court procedure designed to address inconsistent prior opinions.2 Resort to the procedure was necessary because of the Second Circuit's decision three years earlier in In re Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001,3 which declared that the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) barred suits against the government of Saudi Arabia and its officials for their alleged involvement in the 9/11 attack and specifically ruled that the FSIA's noncommercial tort exception was inapplicable. Doe determined, however, that the noncommercial tort exception of the FSIA actually allowed suit against a foreign government for the 9/11 attack.
FSIA and Exceptions
The FSIA provides that a foreign state is immune from the jurisdiction of U.S. courts unless one of a limited number of exceptions to sovereign immunity applies. The two exceptions addressed in litigation involving the 9/11 attack are the noncommercial tort exception, 28 U.S.C. 1605(a)(5), and the terrorism exception, 1605(a)(7).
The noncommercial tort exception allows claims to go forward against foreign states that seek:
money damages against a foreign state for personal injury or death, or damage to or loss of property, occurring in the United States and caused by the tortious act or omission of the foreign state or of any official or employee of that foreign state while acting within the scope of his office or employment…
except for "any claim based upon the exercise or performance or the failure to exercise or perform a discretionary function regardless of whether the discretion be abused."4
The terrorism exception was added to the FSIA by Congress in 1996 in response to a series of horrific terrorist attacks against Americans overseas, most notably the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. Under the FSIA prior to that amendment, suit against a foreign government such as Libya, whose agents secreted a suitcase bomb onto the Pan Am jet, was barred where an attack occurred outside the United States.5 Congress decided to fill this gap in the statute by adding a limited right to sue certain foreign governments for acts of terrorism abroad. The terrorism exception allows jurisdiction over foreign states in actions arising from "acts of torture, extrajudicial killing, aircraft sabotage, hostage taking, or the provision of material support or resources" against U.S. nationals abroad only if the Department of State officially designates the foreign nation as a "state sponsor of terrorism."6
The Second Circuit considered these FSIA exceptions in In re Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001, which consolidated various actions filed against al Qaeda and its alleged sponsors, including the nations of Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Iran. Early in the litigation, Saudi Arabia and several Saudi princes named as defendants moved to dismiss on various grounds, including FSIA immunity. Both the district court and the Second Circuit ruled in their favor.
The Second Circuit determined that Saudi princes named individually as defendants were entitled to dismissal because the "FSIA grants immunity to individual officials of a foreign government for their official capacity acts."7 This ruling, however, was abrogated by the Supreme Court's 2010 decision in Samantar v. Yousif,8 which held that the FSIA did not apply to actions brought against individual defendants, even those working in their official capacity.
The Second Circuit also determined that the FSIA did not permit suit against the Saudi state. The court found that:
The State Department has never designated the Kingdom [of Saudi Arabia] a state sponsor of terrorism. As a consequence, the Terrorism Exception is inapplicable here. But to apply the Torts Exception where the conduct alleged amounts to terrorism within the meaning of the Terrorism Exception would evade and frustrate that key limitation on the Terrorism Exception.9
The court concluded it would be improper to "shoehorn" a claim properly brought under the terrorism exception into the tort exception.10
Case Against Afghanistan
Three years later in Doe, the Second Circuit addressed similar conspiracy and wrongful death claims against Afghanistan. The complaint alleged that Afghanistan was liable for providing support to bin Laden and al Qaeda as well as a safe haven and base of operations to conduct terrorist attacks on the United States. Afghanistan did not respond to the suit for several years and then moved to vacate the entry of default and dismiss the complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
The plaintiff argued that his allegations of Afghanistan's support to al Qaeda fell well within the parameters of the FSIA's noncommercial tort exception. Afghanistan repeated the same arguments previously made by Saudi Arabia in the 9/11 litigation, namely that the only proper basis for the claims was the FSIA's terrorism exception, which permitted suit only against a designated state sponsor of terrorism. Afghanistan asserted that it was entitled to immunity because the State Department had never made the designation required by the statute.
The district court denied the motion to dismiss, concluding that the suit was properly considered under the noncommercial tort exception but that a definitive ruling could not be made because two factual disputes remained. The court instructed that limited discovery should proceed to determine whether the Taliban was acting as the sovereign nation of Afghanistan when it allegedly supported the 9/11 attacks and whether any such actions were "discretionary" under 1605(a)(5). Afghanistan filed an immediate appeal rather than conduct discovery.
The Second Circuit upheld the district court's ruling that the noncommercial tort exception was a proper basis for plaintiffs' claims. The court observed that the allegations of the complaint fell squarely within the "plain language" of the tort exception, finding "there is no doubt that the terrorist acts giving rise to the harms at issue aircraft sabotage, extrajudicial killing, and conspiracy to support the same are all torts."11
The court rejected Afghanistan's argument that the later-added terrorism exception was an implicit limitation on the already-existing jurisdiction conferred by the tort exception. The Second Circuit focused on the statute's terms, noting that Congress limited "the terrorism exception to 'any case not otherwise covered by the FSIA.'"12 In other words, "Congress expressly stated that the terrorism exception should only apply when the preexisting exceptions failed to cover a case."13 The court stated that
Afghanistan's proposed narrow reading of the noncommercial tort exception would not so much be a reading of the statute as it would be a decision that the terrorism exception amounts to a partial repeal by implication of the noncommercial tort exception. Prior to the terrorism exception's enactment, several courts had allowed suits against foreign governments under the noncommercial tort exception for tortious and arguably "terrorist" acts occurring in the United States. Under the narrow reading of the noncommercial tort exception urged by Afghanistan, the enactment of the terrorism exception would therefore have constituted a repudiation of the then-prevailing interpretation of the noncommercial tort exception.14
In a footnote, the Doe court observed that "[w]e recognize that this holding is inconsistent with that reached by a different panel of our Court in In re Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001"15 The court stated that its opinion had been circulated to the members of the prior panel and indeed all active members of the court and that no objection was made.
The Doe decision removes the initial hurdle to suit against a foreign government for its alleged involvement in supporting al Qaeda, but the Second Circuit was careful to note the limitations of its ruling:
Let us be clear: we make no judgment as to whether the allegations in the complaint are sufficient to state a claim or even to provide jurisdiction. Indeed, the district court had ordered further discovery to provide for fact finding with regard to whether the alleged acts were attributable to Afghanistan and whether they were discretionary.16
Discovery is now proceeding in Doe and the plaintiffs in In re Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001 have petitioned the Second Circuit to reinstate the dismissed claims against Saudi Arabia and the Saudi princes.
Steven R. Pounian and Justin T. Green are partners at Kreindler & Kreindler. Melissa Jangl, a paralegal at the firm, assisted in writing this article.
633 F.3d 64 (2d Cir. 2011).
Id. at 70 n.10.
538 F.3d 71 (2d. Cir. 2008).
28 U.S.C. 1605(a)(5).
Smith v. Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, 101 F.3d 239, 246 (2d Cir. 1996).
28 U.S.C. 1605A(a)(1),(2).
538 F.3d at 83.
130 S.Ct. 2278, 2289 (2010).
633 F.3d 67.
Id. at 70.
Id. at 68-69.


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When I watch amateur golfers on the golf course I see so many shots wasted due to poor judgment or trying to play a shot that is not realistic to ones skill level. Here are two simple ways to help you make good decisions and play to your strengths.
I see many amateurs struggle with not hitting enough club on their approach shots. This in turn will the most dreaded shot in golf "the in between shot" which is not a full swing and not a simple chip shot close to the green. A big shot saver you might try the next time you are on the golf course is to try and hit more club on your approach shots. For example, if I was going to hit an 8 iron from 160 yards I would hit the 7 iron instead, a longer and stronger lofted club. This will increase your chance of getting the ball pin high or hole high. If you accomplish this task you just made the next shot 100% easier.
You might keep track how many times during the round you get the ball past pin high to see how good you decision making skills are coming with club selection.
Another shot saver would be to make sure you use a club you know you can hit solid and get in the air when know you can't get to the green. I see so many players try and try to hit low lofted clubs like 3 woods, 5 woods, or 3 irons from the ground with no success. These clubs are very difficult to hit solid and get up in the air even for the low handicap players, due to the low loft on the club.
We also need to remember we are hitting off of Bermuda grass. With Bermuda grass the ball will tend to sit down closer to the ground making these clubs even more difficult to hit. If you seem to have more success up north with these clubs it is because the grass is very different. The most prevalent northern grass is bent grass. This type of grass props the ball up much more and makes the longer clubs much easier to hit. It is almost like you have the ball teed up.
Don't feel bad if you are struggling with these clubs. Join the club because 95% of all players are struggling along side of you. The next time you are on the golf course try a higher lofted club like a 7 wood or hybrid. If this doesn't seem to do the trick try more loft until you find success. Just remember a solid wedge will always go further than a whiffed or chunked 3 wood. Play for success not failure.
Until next time………see you on the lesson tee.


More than 60 leading companies in the Australian and global energy storage industry will come together at the Australian Energy Storage Conference and Exhibition (AES 2018) on 23-24 May to explore the innovative energy storage technologies currently in the market and look at what's next for the sector.
The exhibition will be held at the Adelaide Convention Centre and feature major energy companies including Tesla, Toshiba, GE, ABB, and Victron Energy, among many others.
Australia's energy industry is in the middle of a huge transformation, as government and industry seek solutions to issues surrounding reliability, affordability, and a move to more renewable sources. Energy storage technologies have a critical role to play in these rapid changes, making it essential for industry to explore the potential of these technologies to determine which ones will be the best fit for certain areas and applications.
Attendees at AES 2018 will be able to take a look at the most groundbreaking of these technologies, including: lithium batteries, flow batteries, hydrogen, silicon thermal storage, compressed air storage, flywheel energy, inverters, lead acid, pumped hydro, system providers, and energy management.
While the conference and exhibition forms the peak industry event for energy storage in Australia, it also has global significance, as attendees will hear from leading international companies and see where their technologies are headed. With so much innovation and change in the Australian sector, it's important to look to other countries and see what we can learn and implement here.
A highlight of the 2018 exhibition will also be the addition of new floor zones which give a targeted look at specific storage areas and include live demonstrations.
This year will see a German Pavilion as well as an electric vehicle and charging zone, featuring Delta/Mitsubishi, Hyundai, Bestech, and Aurrigo, who will showcase self driving pods.
There will also be a future tech zone where first time exhibitor 1414 degrees will join Aurrigo, to highlight the advantages of silicon thermal energy storage and what it's doing differently in the market. This is in addition to a Renewable Cities Zone featuring Tritium.
If you work for an energy system provider or manufacturer; a utility; in mining or a remote community; in any level of government, for an installer, contractor, designer or specifier; or anywhere else in the energy sector, this event is your chance to stay ahead of new technologies, processes, and improvements across energy storage.
There's only two weeks to go so register today for the free exhibition, or the conference, by visiting www.australianenergystorage.com.au/register.


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In the desert, as in the mountains, the weather can be violently unpredictable. Storms can explode out of a serene blue sky in a matter of moments. For this reason, native people, who spent most of their time out of doors, were acutely attuned to the warning signs. Drawing on these facts of nature, I imagined a dramatic vignette of turn-of-the-century Apache life. A young mother out gathering berries with her child has heard the drums of distant thunder. Pursued by a lashing wind and bolts of lightning, she hurries toward shelter.
As with all of my pieces, the historical details are important to me and I spend a lot of time doing research. The "burden basket" the woman carries over her shoulder is specific to Western tribes and is given to young girls at their puberty ceremonies. Her jewelry is all based on what was made and worn at the time, from the silver dollar medallion and glass trade bead necklace, to the wood amulet carved by a medicine man out of lightning-struck wood that is believed to be an entrail of the Wind God.
For me, the detail doesn't just exist for detail's sake. It's integrated into the sculpture in ways that subtly support the original concept. The way the woman is dressed is an example. Rather than putting her in traditional clothes, I have her wearing the kind of long and loose cotton dress Western Apache women adopted after contact with Europeans. This allows me to bring more movement to the piece, accenting the woman's flight and the swirling wind, which in turn adds drama and urgency to the action. When you look closely at the child in her arms you can see that it appears to have recognized its mother's alarm, and it too senses the danger that's chasing them. I've suggested this not only by the wild-eyed expression registered on its face but also by the fact that it has imitated its mother's decisive action, clutching its rescued doll in its hand.
In this piece, I've focused my interest on sculpting Native women and placing them in contexts that allow them to demonstrate strength and character. Though concern is etched in this young Apache mother's brow, she acts swiftly and competently to stay ahead of trouble. We all face moments in life when we need to act swiftly and competently. This piece celebrates all of those moments and all of the women, and the men, who've faced them and will continue to face them.

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Sheriff: Jayme Closs found alive, suspect in custody
By The Associated Press 01/11/2019
FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2018, file photo, volunteers cross a creek and barbed wire near Barron, Wis., on their way to a ground search for 13-year-old Jayme Closs who was discovered missing Oct. 15 after her parents were found fatally shot at their home. The Barron County Sheriff's Department said on its Facebook page that that the teenager Closs has been located Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019, and that a suspect was taken into custody. (AP Photo/Jeff Baenen, File)
A 13-year-old northwestern Wisconsin girl who went missing in October after her parents were killed has been found alive, authorities said Thursday.
The Barron County Sheriff's Department said on its Facebook page that Jayme Closs has been located and that a suspect was taken into custody.
Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald said the sheriff's office in Douglas County, about 70 miles north of Barron County, located the girl. A suspect was apprehended a short time later. The statement did not say where Jayme was found or give any further information about the suspect.
The sheriff's office plans to hold a news conference Friday morning to discuss the case. Gillian Drummond, a spokeswoman for the Wisconsin Department of Justice, and Leonard Peace, a spokesman for the FBI in Wisconsin, declined comment Thursday evening. Both agencies have been involved in the search for Jayme.
Jayme Closs has been missing since her parents, James and Denise Closs, were found shot to death Oct. 15 in the family's home near Barron. Investigators said Jayme was quickly ruled out as a suspect.
Detectives pursued thousands of tips, watched dozens of surveillance videos and conducted numerous searches in the effort to find Jayme. Some tips led officials to recruit 2,000 volunteers for a massive ground search on Oct. 23.
Fitzgerald said in November that he kept similar cases in the back of his mind as he worked to find Jayme, including the abduction of Elizabeth Smart, who was taken from her Salt Lake City home in 2002, when she was 14 years old. She was rescued nine months later with the help of two witnesses who recognized her abductors from an "America's Most Wanted" episode.
"I have a gut feeling she's (Jayme's) still alive. I've always been a glass half-full kind of guy," Fitzgerald said at the time.
Barron Mayor Ron Fladten said Thursday night he hadn't heard any details about Jayme's discovery yet but was overjoyed at learning she is alive.
"There was a lot of discouragement because this took quite a while to play out," Fladten said. "A lot of people have been praying daily, as I have. It's just a great result we got tonight. It's unbelievable. It's like taking a big black cloud in the sky and getting rid of it and the sun comes out again."
He acknowledged that Jayme may not be the same person she was before she disappeared.
"I hope that she's in good shape," the mayor said. "She's no doubt been through just a terrible ordeal. I think everybody wishes her a good recovery and a happy life going into the future."
FILE – In this Oct. 23, 2018 file photo, a Barron County, Wis., sheriff's vehicle is parked outside the home where James Closs and Denise Closs were found fatally shot on Oct. 15. A search to find the couple's missing13-year-old daughter, Jayme continues. (AP Photo/Jeff Baenen File)
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Jobs have been going buh-bye this year and the economy is looking a little precarious. It might be a good idea to head into this holiday season with a solid plan so you don't come out with a holiday hangover.
A more sensible approach to the holidays doesn't mean you turn into a Grinch. It does mean thinking about what are you going to do differently this year that doesn't involve simply walking into the mall, swiping your card and ticking names off your list. Getting through the holidays on a budget means you have to think hard about what you'll give and to whom.
You could make your gift. Homemade is full of love and doesn't have to be hokey. How about giving your sister a coupon book for free babysitting? Or maybe your best friend needs a pet-sitter for her next vacation. Wouldn't your mom love it if you weeded her garden or helped her clean out the garage? A gift of time and effort, with loads of love and laughter, is one of the best gifts going.
Some families have already initiated the "gifts just for the little kids" approach to the holidays. The spirit of Christmas is to be together and celebrate. No one says those celebrations have to centre on the exchanging expensive presents. For those of whom pressies are still a big part of the experience, choose names. Then each person only has one gift responsibility. Some families also set a price limit to keep budgets in check.
Before tossing anything into your shopping cart ask yourself why you are buying it. Are you just fulfilling your duty to give? Are you showing off? Are you trying to keep up? Are you giving something you can afford that your friend, sister, son or partner will truly enjoy receiving? Your mom, brother or BFF aren't going to be happier that you put yourself in financial stress rather than giving them something that might be slightly less and within your means, if they really love you. If they are judging you on the price of your present, then they don't really love you and you shouldn't be buying them ANYTHING.
Resist the enticing offers to open up all those store credit cards you'll be offered as you hit the stores. It may be tempting to get that 10% or 20% off your purchase for the day, but think for a minute: stores must be making a lot of money on interest and late fees in order to offer you that special deal. And if you're the sucker who ends up carrying a balance, you'll spend far more in interest than you saved on purchases. And, yes, opening and closing store cards can mess with your credit score.
Skip the extended warranties too. Most are a rip off, so if you're even considering it, calculate the cost as a percentage of the item you are buying. Remember, manufacturers' warranties protect you, usually for up to a year, against any defect. And if you shop with the right (balance free) credit card your warranty can be extended to up to two years. Of the dozens and dozens of extended warranties I've been offered in my shopping life, there's only one that I would have made money on!
NO self-gifting while you're shopping. The one-for-me-one-for-you approach is just an excuse to be self-indulgent. Did you know that more than three-quarters of us buy something for ourselves while shopping for others? Cut it out!
Wondering how you're going to come up with the money to make holiday magic? One way to fund your gift giving is to sell stuff you no longer have a use for and use that money to go shopping. Since the money won't be coming out of cash flow or going on your credit card, you won't have to give anything up in order to give pressies. Just make sure you limit your shopping budget to the funds you raise.
Christmas – the Season For Debts to Grow… Or Is It?


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Justin Trudeau didn't deliver on his campaign pledge of "modest" deficit spending with a plan to balance the federal budget by 2019. "Our path to balance in five years is a thoughtful and a measured approach to take".
"It's a awful budget for the people of Ontario because what it shows is that this government is prepared to slash-and-burn and prepare to not be really clear with Ontarians about what they're doing", Horvath said.
While that measure has been confirmed by the government, it was not part of the budget plans.
The People for Education says changes proposed by the province would result in a almost $1 billion cut to education funding and 7,200 teaching positions. Fedeli says they expected to further reduce it by almost $1.5 billion to $10.3 billion. "This represents the first comprehensive change to Ontario's fiscal planning legislation in 15 years".
"Every dollar we spend on interest payments is money that is not going to health care, to education, to long-term care, to mental health", Walker explains. After years of PC claims that Ontario's budget shortfalls were a simple matter of out-of-control spending, a problem easily solved, Thursday was surprising, and sobering. "The challenges of an aging population and older schools are real and will require even further investment".
The budget does unveil a new tax credit - CARE - for families with low or modest incomes which is created to help offset child care expenses for about 300,000 families. Depending on income, families will receive up to 75 per cent of their costs, up to $6,000 per child under seven and up to $3,750 for kids between the ages of seven and 16. Fedeli said $1 billion will go towards the spaces which could be operated by for-profit or not-for-profit groups.
Some changes to the regulation of alcohol are also included in the budget.
Parents would need to keep the receipts for the child-care expenses they incur. The budget also commits to an expansion of dental services for low-income seniors through mobile dental buses and expanded public health units. But big capital projects often feel free to governments, because capital spending is accounted for separately from operating costs - giving the PCs room for big announcements that boost debt but don't have an immediate impact on the deficit. "I think they got the balance right".
Currently, sports gamblers in Ontario must place a minimum three-game parlay through the OLG's Pro-Line system.
These savings would be a welcome change for many Ontario drivers as auto insurance rates in the province have been among the highest in Canada for almost a decade now. It will also create a digital portal for apprenticeship opportunities.
It's been just over 24 hours since the budget was released and there's still many questions about what's in the lengthy document. Fedeli said they are taking steps to improve consumer choice and convenience.
People will also have more time to file the information for the tax. "We are committed to providing two-way, all day service, every 15-minutes in core segments of the networks". Those establishments will also be permitted to advertise "Happy Hour" specials.
They are also introducing a driver care card which is expected to streamline access to care to make the claims process easier to access. The government says it will also look at ways to lower beer costs at Royal Canadian Legions by this fall.
Commercial vehicles will also be getting a redesigned plate with the slogan "Open for Business", one of the Ford government's favourite catchphrases. Fedeli said it will shift 10 million transactions to digital platforms over the next five years.
The budget "sends a message to the world that we are serious about fiscal sustainability", Finance Minister Vic Fedeli told a media briefing.
"I'm very skeptical, based on the way that information has rolled out from this government when they're taking in generalities and cash infusions, which is contradicting everything they've said to this point and it's hard to read as to what this budget will mean until we see the specifics", Judge said. It said that current prohibitions on the activity in the province is sending revenue to so-called "grey market" websites. We call for the government to make decisions based on research and not ideology.
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VeganNation, A Designated Place For Vegans To Talk About Being Vegan
Alessia Laureati
VeganNation, a community connecting vegans across the globe, is announcing today the launch of the first global vegan-friendly decentralized community platform.
Based on blockchain technology, a designated cryptocurrency, and a sharing economy, VeganNation will create a fully functioning ecosystem that will support every aspect of life for vegans, providing a platform for the exchange of products and services that are verified 100% vegan and cruelty-free, uniting the global vegan community.
With over 300 million vegans around the world, the vegan community is close in size to that of the United States. Yet, it's surprising that such an enormous population still lacks access to a single ecosystem that assists vegans in living and enjoying a truly plant-based and environmentally conscious lifestyle. Living a vegan lifestyle is a daunting task. In today's world, it can be nearly impossible to track the origin of food or product and authenticate whether it is 100% cruelty-free and fair. Enter VeganNation: a global community platform uniting hundreds of millions of vegans and providing services that make the vegan lifestyle more attainable (just like a nation would do). Providing an ecosystem with its own traceable currency, marketplace, content platform and more,
VeganNation will create a full vegan economy equipped with its own traceable cryptocurrency, a vegan product marketplace, online social platform, meal-sharing platform, and vegan-tech incubator — an overall ecosystem of activists working together to make an impact. VeganNation will be based on blockchain technology, using smart contracts to ensure a transparent supply chain and provide a designated coin to serve the community members in all their transactions. Upon joining the platform, members will be provided with a "Passport", VeganNation's digital wallet.
The ecosystem will include several components:
Meal Sharing Platform: Members will be able to host vegan meals at home with other members, search and find vegan restaurants and great company wherever they are in the world. They will also be able to cook meals for delivery utilizing existing food delivery services.
Online Content Sharing Platform: A one-stop-shop for all vegan news derived of user-generated content including articles, blog posts, recipes and restaurant recommendations.
E-commerce Platform: A vegan and environmentally sustainable online marketplace for products and services that facilitates transactions using the transparent, safe, blockchain-based VeganCoin currency.
Meetup Platform: A network of VeganNation ambassadors offering people an opportunity to physically meet, converse, and organize offline activism.
Innovation Incubator: A resource where vegan-tech innovators have access to vegan investors, entrepreneurs, funding opportunities and more.
"The wise Fela Durotoye said 'a nation is not defined by its borders, a nation is defined by adverse people who have been unified by a cause and a value system and who are committed to a vision for the type of society they wish to live in and give to the future generations to come.'" says Isaac Thomas, CEO and Co-founder of VeganNation. "In today's digital age, individuals from around the globe can unite to create more than just a community, but a nation to create change."
"The global vegan community is in need of support, and can truly benefit from a unified nation of like-minded people dedicated to the vegan way of life. VeganNation is the solution to making the vegan lifestyle more accessible, and giving them the power to make global change," Thomas adds.
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UPDATE: Unofficial results show Charlie German ahead of Jackie Baker by 4 percent in Camp Verde mayoral race
Butner, LeBeau, Whatley lead in race for three council seats
Charles German, Jackie Baker
By Bill Helm | BillHelm42
Originally Published: August 28, 2018 9:36 p.m.
Updated as of Thursday, August 30, 2018 9:02 AM
CAMP VERDE – According to unofficial results, Charlie German is about 4 percent ahead of Jackie Baker in his quest to remain as mayor of Camp Verde.
With 1,946 mayoral votes counted as of 3:11 a.m. Wednesday, German has 958 votes to Baker's 875, with write-in candidate Alex Goetting at 113 votes.
Short of the necessary 50 percent plus one additional vote, the incumbent would run against Baker in the Nov. 6 general election.
German said Wednesday he is "pleased" with the results so far, and that the public having choices "is good."
German also said that both he and Baker "should have an opportunity to voice their positions again."
As mayor at least until the new council members are seated following the canvas of vote for the Nov. 6 election, German said he "continue[s] to work for the town, as long as the town sees fit for me to be there."
Baker, German's opponent in the general election, is currently on the Camp Verde Town Council.
"Jackie is a very kind individual," German said. "She's friendly, gets along well with people, and has strong traits to bring her perspective to council."
Baker said she is "really pleased with all of our candidates" and that the amount of support she received was "very encouraging."
Baker also said she "would not be opposed" to Mayor German's suggestion that the candidates express their views in public.
"Charlie is a very knowledgeable person," said Baker. Though her preferred way of campaigning this election has been to "meet people, and listen to their concerns."
"I try to do as much of that as I can," she said. "That's my plan. But if Charlie would like to have us restate our points, I'm not opposed to that."
Butner, LeBeau, Whatley lead council election
In the race for Camp Verde's three open council seats, newcomers Joe Butner and Bill LeBeau and incumbent Robin Whatley are ahead of challengers and former council members Bruce George and Carol German.
With 1,189 votes, Butner has nearly one-quarter of the 4,849 total votes garnered by the five candidates. His 24.52 percent is more than 5 percent ahead than LeBeau and Whatley, 6 percent more than George and almost 7 percent more than former town council member Carol German.
Voting threshold
Each of Camp Verde's five council candidates met the minimum threshold of votes, according to Camp Verde Deputy Clerk Virginia Jones.
To determine the minimum threshold, divide the total votes by the number of available seats, in this case three council opening. Then divide by two and add one, which determines the 50-percent plus one vote that is necessary to win an election.
That threshold, for the Camp Verde council, is 809, Jones said.
Each of Camp Verde's five council members reached that threshold, Jones also said. This means that based on the current results, the Camp Verde council election would have been resolved on Aug. 28 with Butner, LeBeau and Whatley having defeated both Bruce George and Carol German, Jones also said.
But Yavapai County's Elections Office is not finished counting ballots county-wide, said Yavapai County Recorder Leslie Hoffman.
Still counting votes
According to Hoffman, election officials still need to count more than 6,000 early ballots that were dropped off on Aug. 28, as well as about 190 provisional ballots that need to be verified, more than 700 ballots that require duplication and more than 3,000 ballots that need to be tabulated.
The 700 ballots that require duplication means that elections officials "look those over to make sure we understood the intent of the voter," said Karen McCracken, the office's chief deputy recorder. "It's a manual process, looking at those ballots."
In a press release on Thursday, Hoffman stated that results "will continue to be updated daily, including this weekend, as ballots are processed and tabulated."
Hoffman also stated that write-in results "will be available early next week."
Visit www.yavapai.us/vote for updates on the Aug. 28 election.
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As Apple continue both the US and Worldwide market with their iPhone and also their iPod Touch devices, the makers of Android phones are catching up and gaining ground fast.
According to the latest research from AdMob, a mobile advertising network who are in the process of being acquired by Chief Android proponent Google. Both the Apple iPhone and the iPad Touch accounted for 37% of worldwide device share in March based on traffic.
That is a reduction of almost 40% from both January and February, and almost back to the same level as it was in December. And the share actually reduced from 43% to 38% in the US.
Not such disappointing news though for Motorola as they inched up slightly in the US on the strength of their Android powered Droid Smartphone and also Nokia saw growth worldwide probably to do with the Nokia N70. The research also showed which versions of the iPhone's OS are most popular and the results found that most customers out there don't just sit on their old software since Apple tends to make most of their software backward compatible.
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Just over a year after the first refugees arrived from South Sudan in this poor and remote area, stalls offering a vast range of products and services attract traders and customers among refugees and Congolese residents alike. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, supports economic activity by more than 30,000 South Sudanese refugees in Meri to help them become self-reliant.
Cash grants by the World Food Programme, distributed with the support of UNHCR, help money to circulate, and the allocation of agricultural land by the local authorities and the provision of tools and seeds by UNHCR and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization contribute to the entrepreneurial activities of the settlement.
"It costs 500 Congolese francs (about 30 US cents) to fix a bike, four times less than in South Sudan." Augustino is one of several people who repair bicycles just outside the main market.
"I left because of the war. I have an average of 15 clients a day." David bought hairdressing materials in Uganda and charges 500 Congolese francs (about 30 US cents) per customer.
"Life is hard here. The price of animals is expensive." Stalls selling fresh meat line one street of the market, catering for those who can afford it.
Victor fled Yei in South Sudan in January 2017 after armed men killed his father. He just had time to put his camera and some clothes in a bag and run. He has opened a photo studio in a wooden shack, modest in comparison with the one he had at home.
"I make seven dresses a day, but my machine is very old. After the cash distributions, I have a lot of work." Lilia is a refugee from Yei in South Sudan. The fact that refugees receive cash grants helps her business, the mother of four says, as they use some of the money to buy clothes.
"I earn two hundred Congolese francs (about 13 US cents) for each phone recharge." Denis has worked at a stall that recharges phones since he arrived in March 2017 with his brother. It is one of several such stalls in Meri, and uses power generated by solar panels.
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Microsoft Teams is making a huge impact in Australia and the uptake of this workload on Office 365 has been incredible. Microsoft's approach to rolling out new functionality is incremental. As a result, some of the functionality underpinning the Teams' offering was initially hosted in a limited number of data centres. Early adopters now find themselves in the position of having parts of their data within Australia (underpinning Teams is SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business and Exchange Online) and parts within one of the APAC data centres. This may not be a big deal for some, but if data sovereignty is a requirement for your organisation or your client, you might find yourself in a troublesome situation.
For all Australian Office 365 tenants, content for SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business and Exchange Online is currently being stored in Australian Data Centres based in New South Wales and Victoria. However, the Microsoft Teams chat service which handles and stores individual teams' structure and all conversations data, uses one of the APAC data centres as its storage. This has changed for all new Office 365 tenants from August 27, 2018, as we now have an Australian Data Centre for the Microsoft Teams chat service.
So, how do we move the data now?
Setting up a new tenant and moving Microsoft Teams data essentially means all other related Office 365 workloads (e.g. SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, Exchange Online) must be moved as well.
There isn't a straightforward migration API or service available from Microsoft nor is there a third-party migration tool to do the job.
Given the situation, an organisation that needs to migrate Microsoft Teams now must come up with a customised solution for their own requirements and must migrate other related Office 365 workloads as well. So, what does the migration story look like now? Note that below is an oversimplification of related Office 365 workloads as there may be many other services in use like Microsoft Planner, etc.
Microsoft Teams No first- or third-party tool available for migration. Develop a custom migration process.
Teams content stored in the workloads pre-dating Microsoft Teams (like Group Mailboxes and Files) have well-understood migration approaches. The newer content can be problematic.
The general structure of the teams in your source tenant can be replicated in the new tenant using custom code or scripts that leverage the Microsoft Graph API (see https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/docs/api-reference/beta/resources/teams_api_overview).
You will be able to re-create Teams, Channels, Members and Settings using this approach that will provide the skeleton of your teams within the new tenant.
Microsoft Teams' channel conversations are the core data which is stored outside of Australian data centres for existing tenants. This is the key reason most organisations would opt to migrate to a new Australian tenant, and unfortunately is the most challenging part of the migration process as well. If an organisation wants to store their new conversations in Australia and does not care about the previous ones, it's straightforward to just skip through this, but if previous conversations are to be preserved in context, then it's a relatively complex scenario.
This option is suitable for organisations only wanting to store their new conversation data in Australia. If previous conversations are needed just for compliance purposes, they are available in security and compliance centre from Office 365 admin centre. Administrators can search for previous conversations on demand. Note that if Exchange migration is performed, it would need to be tested whether the conversation history makes it to the new tenant.
Microsoft Graph API (Beta) is available to list all the conversations for a channel as well as creating a chat conversation. The API is currently quite basic as you may have to retrieve message hierarchies using a complex programming scheme (see https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/docs/api-reference/beta/api/channel_post_chatthreads).
Using the API, conversations can be retrieved from the source tenant and re-created in the destination tenant. There is a major limitation associated with it though. Creation and last modification dates and times from the source conversations will not be preserved at the destination. It may be worth considering migrating the conversation content to a different format (say as a document or page within the team) to avoid messy conversation history and confusion.
One-to-many chats are between individuals (not in the context of a team's channel). Currently, there is no available API from Microsoft to retrieve and/or create chat messages outside of a team's channel. Therefore, chat messages can't be migrated.
Tab content is not stored within the context of Microsoft Teams, as a tab is just a pin and points to something else. The configuration of these tabs though is stored in Teams. The clone method available in the Graph API requires the source Team to be in the same tenant as the destination Team, so it is not a viable option to programmatically configure them. Unfortunately, the only current approach is to recreate the tabs manually at the destination. Similarly, if any connectors are in use within the context of a team, they will have to be manually configured again at the destination.
In summary, the migration experience for Microsoft Teams is difficult, involving low fidelity replication and piece-meal solutions. If your organisation or client can wait until 2019 for the Microsoft solution for data centre move, then you are probably best to retain your current tenant. If you are in a situation where the tenant is not established, and usage is low, you may be able to use some of these recommendations and migrate your tenant now.
I hope this helps and please do not hesitate to reach out or leave a comment below should you need assistance.
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Annual Trial Monitoring Report: 67 people were sentenced to 299 years in prison in FoE trials
The annual trial monitoring report of the Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA), which has been monitoring freedom of expression trials since 2018 and which currently has the biggest trial monitoring programme in Turkey, has been published. The report contains the data gathered through the monitoring of 446 hearings of 210 freedom of expression trials held in 23 different cities with the support of the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Turkey Office of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom.
According to the report, journalists continued to be tried in terrorism cases in which their news articles and social media posts were cited as evidence for the charges. In the report, it is also stated that there is an increase in the lawsuits opened against those who had participated in peaceful demonstrations and protests. The report also highlights that prosecutors and first degree courts disregard the judgments of the Constitutional Court and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The report also draws attention to the radical increase recorded in the prison sentences imposed in freedom of expression trials.
The practice of trying journalists in terrorism cases continues
The report demonstrates that the practice of trying journalists in terrorism cases continued in the monitoring period. In the report it is shared that the charge of "making propaganda for a terrorist organization" was leveled in 62 trials and in total 143 journalists appeared before the courts over this charge. In a similar fashion, it is also shared that in 38 out of 44 trials in which the charge of "membership in a terrorist organization" was leveled against the defendants, the defendants were journalists. In total, 132 journalists appeared before the courts over "propaganda" charges. According to the report, the news articles and the social media posts of journalists constituted the majority of the evidence cited in these cases.
Unlawful evidence cited in 'insulting the president' cases
In the report, it is stated that "insulting the president" cases targeted journalists the most. 34 people were tried in 29 "insulting the president" cases and 18 out of these 34 defendants were journalists.
It is highlighted that in 19 cases, the defendants' social media posts were the only evidence cited for the charges. The report points out to the fact that in 14 cases, social media posts were gathered via the so-called "virtual patrol" method which the Constitutional Court ruled to be unconstitutional in its judgment on 19 February 2020 and thereby revoked the relevant law article which granted the police to employ this method. In the report, it is emphasized that the courts accepted 8 indictments which were prepared after the Constitutional Court's decision and in which social media posts gathered unlawfully via "virtual patrol" method were cited as evidence against the defendants.
800 people were tried for having attended peaceful protests and demonstrations
According to the report, 800 people were tried for having attended peaceful protests and demonstrations as per their rights guaranteed in Article 34th of the Constitution. Among those who faced the charge of "defying the Law no.2911 on Demonstrations and Assemblies" were 328 activists including Saturday Mothers/People and 285 students who were tried in 9 separate cases which were opened because of the protests initiated after President Erdoğan's appointments of rectors to the Boğaziçi University.
In the report, it is also shared that in some cases, the prosecutors cited the arbitrary demonstration and protest bans of district or provincial governorships and the demonstration bans imposed by the Provincial Public Health Boards during the pandemic in order to prove that the demonstrations and protests cited in the indictments were "unlawful."
299 years, 2 months, 24 days: Courts imposed prison sentences ignoring the ECtHR judgments
The report draws attention to the radical increase in the prison sentences imposed in freedom of expression trials. Pointing out that 67 people were sentenced to 299 years 2 months and 24 days in prison for having exercised their fundamental rights, the report underlines that prison sentences imposed upon 36 people were based on law articles which the ECtHR consistently found to be sources of systematic rights violations.
The report also includes the heavy prison sentences imposed during the monitoring period and draws attention to the fact that award-winning journalist Rojhat Doğru was sentenced to life in prison because of his activities as a journalist and that human rights defender Osman Kavala was sentenced to aggravated life in prison with no evidence and over a charge of which he was acquitted in 2020.
An increase in the number of trials ended with acquittal has also been recorded in the report. The increase has been evaluated to be the indicator of the fact that criminal investigations concerning freedom of expression easily evolve into lawsuits. According to the report, during the monitoring period 226 people tried in 51 cases were acquitted of the charges leveled against them.
The report titled 299 years, 2 months and 24 days: The cost of freedom of expression in Turkey which also contains detailed notes concerning violations of the right to a fair trial can be read here.
Journalist Onur Öncü is acquitted once again in the 'insulting Soylu' case


Have you ever heard of a bucket list? Well, it's a list of things you want to do before you die. It shouldn't sound morbid, it's actually a great way to make sure you realize some of your life's dreams and goals. On your typical bucket list you might find things like: visit Antarctica, climb Mount Everest, reunite with my childhood best friend, make a million dollars before age 65, etc. Well, today we're going to talk about a bucket list that is a little more racy than your typical one. It's a sexual bucket list. Sexual things you want to do before you go.


Home / 30hands Getting Started Course & Help Site / What is a Course?
What is the concept of a "Course" in 30hands? You know what a course is in the real world, but what is it on the web? At 30hands, we are providing teachers and students with an eClassroom on the web that in many way matches the way a physical classroom works. A 30hands Course is the "room" or container that groups together students, digital learning materials and collaboration areas. It is a place for the learning community to come together to find information and interact.
Some teachers use web sites, wikis or social media for a web presence for their students. 30hands courses combine that all together into an easy-to-use and consistent user interface. Because everyone is so busy, it has to be easy to create and easy to modify content and structure without worry. Our goal is to help teachers better engage students and help them learn how to interact in a digital world.
To sum it up, a Course is an area for teachers to create their classrooms on the web for access and interaction anywhere, anytime and on any device. There's a lot of functionality, but it's easy to start with something simple.
An interactive timeline with a forum where students and teachers can have conversations and discussions. And we include 1 level of threading, too!
A place where students view assignments, hand them in, get reviews from teachers, resubmit, get more reviews and iterate!
Remember, 30hands is all about iterative creativity which means thinking, creating, reviewing, revising and thereby taking learning to a higher level. Iteration also makes it easier to get started with learning at an incremental level.
The first step was easy -- to read this document. The next step is easy, too. Just register for a teacher account and create a course!


This is one of a trio of new kits from the Belgian manufacturer DACO. The other two feature the Boeing 737-400 and Boeing 737-500. They all depict 'white tail' machines that you can customise by adding your own markings. However, the kits do have basic general markings suitable to add to the scheme of your choice and include Corogard wing panels.
The 737-300 kit is extremely well moulded with very fine detail on all components, the panel lines being exceptionally clear and fine, and not depicted as the great grooves so often found in many kits. In some ways the detail is too great. The minute pitot heads for the forward fuselage are just about manageable, but the very small pitots either side of the fin are so tiny that you can hardly pick them up with tweezers, let alone trim off any sprue left when they are cut from the frames. The same applies to the navigation light on top of the fuselage.
The fuselage halves are moulded without windows, but a clear cockpit area is provided if you wish to do some surgery and fit it so that you can have clear cockpit windows. The rudder is a separate component to the fin and looks very realistic when fitted. All the components fit very well, and little filler was required anywhere. Optional winglets are provided. Although not mentioned in the exploded-view assembly guide, ballast will be required to prevent tail sitting. The extensive decal sheet, printed by Cartograf, provides a wealth of emergency, caution, and other stencil markings, as well as windows, walkways, doors, etc. I'm sure that whichever colour scheme you plan to finish your model in, you will find all the stencils you need on this sheet. Many stencils are provided in white, black and red to cover any fuselage colour. Good drawings indicate their positions. This is an excellent kit.
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