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cannabis in Europe, Germany, Hemp legalization, Laws, Legalization, News, World
Defining Hemp Case Heads to Court in Germany
The entire cannabis conversation in Europe is still in very sticky legal territory, no matter the ongoing victories and the ones obviously on the way. This includes, at a regional, EU level, a definition of what CBD is (namely not a narcotic substance), but a concerted failure, so far, by legislatures and regulators to honor or accept that by codifying it into national law.
This is why, much like in other legalizing jurisdictions, so many of these reforms have come first via court challenge rather than legislative leadership—and further using any aspect of EU law to create that legal challenge—even if it seems counterintuitive.
In Germany right now, a ground-breaking and well overdue case is finally headed to court. At the heart of the same, much like the Kanavape case in France, is the final definition of what CBD and hemp is, how much (or little) THC is allowed, and the right to sell not only extracts but the flower itself.
There are several reasons for this—all legal window dressing at this point. It starts with a lingering resistance to reform in many European legislatures, as well as the now trotted-out excuse that cannabis reform, even of the CBD kind, depends on reforming federal narcotics acts.
In Germany, the conventional wisdom so far, on both the CBD and full reform question, has used this as the excuse for why this may not be done quickly. Yet Germany, with a now-established medical market, and, if the new government is to be believed, full recreational reform on the way, has even less excuse for not dealing definitively with the issue.
On the CBD front, there is clearly no excuse anymore for embarrassing incidents like the police raiding mainstream grocery stores to retrieve items that may (or may not) contain CBD. This is true on a European level, as well as a sovereign one. After all, if France can do it, what is holding up the Germans?
That is, ultimately, the legal logic at the heart of a klage (lawsuit) now before the Higher Administrative Court of Lower Saxony.
The Legal Mumbo Jumbo in Germany
According to Article 34 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)—namely the principle of the free movements of goods, German companies are supposed to be allowed to sell CBD flowers and leaves (including in products like tea)—especially if they are imported. Domestically produced products are still in a bizarre grey area.
As a result, in fact of the decision in the Kanavape case in France, where the company imported CBD produced legally in another EU country, several German companies submitted such claims to the German Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) in April 2021.
These applications were duly rejected by the BVL.
In response, the companies filed suit last summer at the Administrative Court of Braunschweig. The Administrative Court rejected both urgent applications right before Christmas, 2021. In the opinion of the Braunschwieg Court, the BVL was allowed to deny the applications on the grounds of supposed public interest and health protection.
Keep in mind this is hemp tea that is causing all the kerfuffle. However, the official argument is that THC could be extracted from such flowers (hemp levels in Europe are in the process of transitioning from an allowable 0.02 percent to 0.03 percent.
The companies have now appealed the decision. In their favour is a pre-existing opinion by the Committee of Experts at BfArM (the German FDA) which advises the federal government on amendments to the German Narcotics Act recommended in March 2021 that CBD was not intoxicating.
Beyond this, of course, as of last September, the entire conversation about cannabis and the reform of the Narcotics Act is now front and center nationally as the Coalition begins to try to decide how to implement full recreational reform.
Case Importance and Impact
According to Kai-Friedrich Niermann, the lawyer heading up the legal challenge, this case has as much potential to change the law in Germany as the Kanavape case did in France. The case focuses on the right to first import hemp and then sell it in Germany.
"The pressure on the coalition to address these changes quickly will be maintained by these litigations. If no cannabis policy reform were to be advanced in Berlin by the new government, this case would have the potential to become Germany's 'Kanavape' moment," he said.
"If the court grants the general injunction, at least foreign products from the above-mentioned countries can be freely traded in Germany. However, domestic products would continue to be discriminated against. It would be a small step towards the liberalization of commercial hemp."
Niermann is being slightly modest. He knows that this case will enshrine a legal principle in stone that will be incorporated into the new law and the decision may be codified directly in the new pending legalization.
Beyond this, however, it is a significant case in that other countries can also now file similar proceedings. Just as in France, similar proceedings can be launched by invoking the European free movement of goods. And for this very reason, the free movement of goods and trade, would become the engine of harmonization—starting with hemp and CBD products.
It may be a slow and ridiculously torturous path to walk. However, advocates on the ground are looking for every avenue they can to change the law—and this case certainly has not only legs, but the potential for lasting impact.
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LA PLATA — Minister Joel Banks and members from the Caballito Church of Christ in Bueno Aires take turns making the hour-long drive to a new congregation in La Plata, which meets in houses, to encourage their efforts and help with worship services.
"Momentum seems to be on the upswing, as well as a vision for evangelism outside of Caballito," said Banks, adding that he hopes the La Plata congregation will one day be a self-supporting church.
SUCRE — A mission team in this South American city recently asked Christians to fast and pray alongside them for 60 days as they collected funds for their first church building.
Shortly after their fast began, Angela Meyers said that her team was forced out of their temporary meeting space because of high rent.
Feeling hopeless, a team member stumbled across a potential space that seemed too good to be true — but it wasn't.
"God not only provided an affordable place, he provided a place that is shockingly low for Sucre," Meyers said. "This means the extra money can go into savings for the new building. … This happened while we were praying and fasting. God is so good."
MARSEILLE — Recent changes within the French government have permanently left students with no school on Friday afternoons — and nothing to do.
Dolores Dauner, whose husband ministers for the Chapelle de Fuveau Church of Christ, seized the opportunity by starting an after-school program at the church.
"We have 50 children from all walks of the neighborhood who spend Friday afternoon in after-school activities at the church," said missionary Katie Young.
The program currently offers homework help and English and dance classes. Church members hope to add music and art classes. Each afternoon is capped off with a Bible class.
"Already, after just a month, we had our first family visit the church after learning about us through the children's program," Young said.
Christians in France perform a skit for children during an after-school program. (PHOTO PROVIDED)
ATHENS — Philadelphia 2014, an annual women's meeting hosted by the Omonia Church of Christ, had more participants than expected — but no shortage of food. This year's theme was "The Most Beautiful Relationship" from Ephesians 4:31.
Eleni Melirrytos, whose husband, Alexander, ministers for the church, is known for her drool-worthy culinary creations. But she knew the participants were hungry for more than just good food.
"I had the sense that every sister who was present desperately needed to be present," Eleni Melirrytos said. "It seemed that everyone was so hungry for this time of community and fellowship."
TOKOROA — More than 300 people, representing 40 churches, attended a recent family camp at Phu Kradueng National Park, said longtime missionaries Kim and Rebecca Voraritskul. Two people were baptized, and several more expressed the desire to be baptized after they returned home, the missionaries said.
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'Graham founded the Songmakers' Almanac in 1976 to explore neglected areas of piano-accompanied vocal music and to provide an alternative to the conventional song recital,' said Wigmore Hall director John Gilhooly. 'His fine programme and sleeve notes have greatly added to the wider understanding and interest in Song over the last 30 years and a wonderful discography includes outstanding recordings of the complete songs of both Schubert and Schumann for Hyperion. I can think of no other figure in the international music world who has done so much for the promotion of Lieder.'
Established in 2007, the medal honours leading classical artists who have made a commitment to London'sWigmore Hall over a significant period of time. Johnson will be presented with the medal following a gala concert.
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What are your career tips?
A career can be just a few years away, but a few months to two years can seem like an eternity.
But with the launch of LinkedIn, you can start to make a career-planning plan now and make sure you've got everything you need to succeed in this industry.
Here are some tips for those who want to start a career with LinkedIn.
Find a good fit 1.
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For example, if you are looking for an IT analyst, do you have experience with C#, Java, SQL, Python or JavaScript?
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Find a good pay offer 2.
Once you have a new role, you may want to look into what you might be able to earn with a different employer.
A good pay proposal will help you determine whether you are suitable for that role.
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Irish PM on phone calls to EU and UK officials after Brexit deal
The Irish Government has told Brussels that it is prepared to make changes to its position on EU citizens' rights to stay in the UK if the two sides can reach a deal to prevent the country from being taken out of the single market.
The Prime Minister had said last week that she was willing to make concessions on citizens' right to stay but did not give an exact figure.
However, sources close to the Government told The Irish Mirror that this was not yet a final position.
The Irish Government said it would hold a meeting on Wednesday to decide on what kind of arrangements to make to maintain access to the single marketplace for citizens.
The Government has previously said it was prepared to go back to the European Commission for clarification on citizens rights.
This is not a decision which has been taken overnight, but is a result of the work we are doing over the next few weeks and the negotiations which we are engaged in with the European Union and the UK, they have given us a final opinion.
It will be discussed in the coming days and the Government will then consult with stakeholders in the European Parliament and other bodies, such as the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Investment Bank.
The Taoiseach said in his weekly press conference on Tuesday that she is ready to discuss these matters at the end of the week.
She added that she had been in touch with the EU leaders in the hope of finding a way to make our citizens' lives more comfortable.
But she said she has been clear that the Government has to be absolutely clear on these issues.
She said the Government would be prepared to take the necessary steps to make these matters as easy as possible.
The issue of citizens' residence in Ireland was brought to the fore by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling that the UK has no obligation to guarantee citizens' fundamental rights in the EU.
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The EU has said that it will not take any further action against Ireland unless the Government agrees to make significant changes to the UK's access to Europe.
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar was quoted as saying in his press conference yesterday that the European Government's decision is "a serious issue and will have serious implications for our citizens and their livelihoods".
He added that the Irish Government had made its position clear and reiterated that it would be working with other Member States to find solutions.
"The Government of Ireland will continue to work with the Government of the United Kingdom to find a solution for this very serious issue," he said.


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Home / News / House approves bill to avert government shutdown and suspend debt limit but shoots down Republican attempt to add $1 billion in funding for Israel's Iron Dome
House approves bill to avert government shutdown and suspend debt limit but shoots down Republican attempt to add $1 billion in funding for Israel's Iron Dome
House Democrats approved a bill on Tuesday to avert a government shut down and increase the debt limit but shot down a Republican attempt to add back $1 billion in funding to Israel's Iron Dome program.
The House passed the measure, 220 to 211 along party lines, to fund the government through December 3rd.
The bill also increased the debt limit until December 2022 in order to stop the government from defaulting on its debt. Additionally, there is $28.6 billion in disaster funding to help the South after Hurricane Ida and the North East from severe storms and $6.3 billion to help Afghan refugees relocating to the United States.
The bill now goes to the Senate, where it's expected in the 50-50 chamber where Democrats will be hard-pressed to find 10 Republicans to reach the 60-vote threshold needed to overcome a filibuster.
Also on Tuesday night, House Democrats batted down an attempt by Republicans to send the bill back to committee so funding could be added for Israel's defense system after it was removed due to the objections of progressive Democratic members Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Pramila Jayapal of Washington.
Instead, House Majority Whip Steny Hoyer said he'll try to bring up a standalone Iron Dome bill this week.
'It is my intention to bring to this floor a suspension bill before the end of this week that will fund fully Iron Dome. I was for that. I'm still for it, we ought to do it,' he said on the House floor.
House Democrats approved a bill to avert a government shut down, increase the debt limit, provide disaster relief and help Afghan refugees
House Democrats shot down a Republican attempt to add back $1 billion in funding to Israel's Iron Dome program
Earlier in the day, Hoyer told Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid the removal of funds from the stopgap bill was only a 'technical delay' as Democrats were forced into crisis talks over the issue.
In Tuesday night's vote on the government funding bill, Democrats forced a showdown with Republicans who oppose the package despite the risk of a fiscal crisis. If it hadn't passed, the government risked shutting down at the end of the month and the U.S. risked defaulting on its debt.
Backed by the White House, Democratic congressional leaders pushed ahead at a time of great uncertainty in Congress. With lawmakers already chiseling away at the $3.5 trillion price tag of President Joe Biden´s broad 'build back better' agenda, immediate attention focused on the upcoming deadlines to avert deeper problems if votes to shore up government funding fail.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer will meet with Biden at the White House on Wednesday to discuss his legislative agenda, according to reports.
The meeting comes as Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said he was not about to help pay off past debts when Biden was about to pile on more with a 'reckless' tax and spending package. He said since Democrats control the White House and Congress, it's their problem to find the votes.
'The debt ceiling will be raised as it always should be, but it will be raised by the Democrats,' McConnell said.
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made clear he was not going to approve a bill to raise the debt limit
The Treasury Department warned that it will soon run out of cash on hand, and have to rely on incoming receipts to pay its obligations, now at $28.4 trillion. That could force the Treasury to delay or miss payments, a devastating situation.
Mark Zandi, the chief economist at Moody's Analytics, warned if lawmakers allow a federal debt default 'this economic scenario is cataclysmic.'
In a report being circulated by Democrats, Zandi warned that a potential downturn from government funding cutbacks would cost 6 million jobs and stock market losses would wipe out $15 trillion of household wealth.
Once a routine matter, raising the debt ceiling has become a political weapon of choice for Republicans in Washington ever since the 2011 arrival of tea party lawmakers who refused to allow the increase. At the time, they argued against more spending and the standoff triggered a fiscal crisis.
Echoing that strategy, McConnell is refusing to provide Republican votes, even though he also relied on Democratic votes help raise the debt ceiling when his party had the majority. He explained his current thinking to senators during a private lunch Tuesday.
Still, some GOP senators might have a tough time voting no.
Republican John Kennedy of Louisiana, whose state was battered by the hurricane and who is up for election next year, said he will likely vote for the increase. 'My people desperately need the help,' he said.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters that 'in our view, this should not be a controversial vote.' Psaki said Congress has raised the debt ceiling numerous times on a bipartisan basis, including three times under President Donald Trump.
Meanwhile, behind the scenes, Democrats were negotiating among themselves over Biden's big 'build back better' package as the price tag likely slips to win over skeptical centrist lawmakers who view it as too much.
Publicly, the White House has remained confident the legislation will pass soon, despite sharp differences among progressives and moderates in the party over the eventual size of the package and a companion $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill.
There has been a flurry of outreach from the White House to Democrats on Capitol Hill, and Biden himself was given a call sheet of lawmakers to cajole, even though his week was dominated by foreign policy, including his speech to the United Nations General Assembly.
The president has been talking to a wide number of lawmakers beyond his recent meetings with Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., and Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., two key centrist votes, according to a White House official familiar with the calls and granted anonymity to discuss them.
Biden's big initiative touches almost all aspects of Americans' lives. It would impose tax hikes on corporations and wealthy Americans earning beyond $400,000 a year and plow that money back into federal programs for young and old. It would increase and expand government health, education and family support programs for households, children and seniors, and boost environmental infrastructure programs to fight climate change.
Biden´s plan aims to not just rebuild the country after the COVID-19 crisis and economic fallout, but begin to change longstanding federal spending patterns in ways that provide more services to more Americans, and attempt to level growing income inequality.
With Republicans opposed to Biden's vision, Democrats have no votes to spare in the Senate, and just a few votes' margin in the House.
Pelosi has promised a Sept. 27 vote on the companion bill, a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill of public works projects that enjoys widespread support from both parties in the Senate, though House Republicans mostly oppose it.
Even though that bipartisan bill should be an easy legislative lift, it too faces a political obstacle course. Dozens of lawmakers in the Congressional Progressive Caucus are expected to vote against it if it comes ahead of the broader Biden package. And centrists won´t vote for the broader package unless they are assured the bipartisan bill will also be included.
Lelocle 22 September 2021 at 23:01
The American people have gotten tired of the demands, bullying, and blackmail the American government has received from the fully nuclear armed, viciously apartheid, theocracy which is what Israel has become in the 21st century.
And we have one word for you: enough!!
We will provide you no more American military to get slaughtered or maimed for life in the process of "neutralizing" all your alleged existential threats in the Middle East. And of course, as we both know, that includes all of your neighbors in the region.
And on top of that, sir, we would appreciate it greatly if the US government immediately pull all financial and military aid from your country immediately, as all this aid is completely illegal under the Symington Amendment.
We the people would like to see this accomplished and immediately, sir. The days of the host/parasite relationship between the Us government and that of Israel may well be coming to a very abrupt halt, and it is damn well about time, sir!!!
Sun comes up, Israel demands money. Sun goes down, Israel demands money. Moon waxes, Israel demands money. Moon wanes, Israel demands money. Weather is sunny, Israel demands money. Weather is rainy, Israel demands money. I sense a pattern here!


What's with the Sewers in Highlands?
April 2013, when I brought up that " our "flow" had not decreased since Sandy, and it should be a huge RED FLAG.
What I got from the council was, Mayor Nolan "All the residents are still living in Highlands, just not in their homes" and that was why it was the same.
Well, I'm not an engineer, however, any explanation that we could possibly have the same amount of flow before and after Sandy was illogical.
So here's the real story, we have failing pipes and infrastructure and even putting meters on residents/businesses isn't going to change the fact 'as a town' we owe $x every month in waste treatment. However, I do find it a little unfair, that the businesses aren't covering more of this expense than what they are.
We can't change the overall bill until certain aspects of the infrastructure is fixed, but we can sure as heck redivide up the bill to make it more fair across the board.
So what do you think we should do about the Sewer situation in Highlands?
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this is why the town was so eager to get rid of the ahhhr sewer authority. They didn't want the authority bringing up all the time the issue of I and I. So now noone will know what's going on until the ground caves in!!!
Get rid of the current leadership. If they cant take the time to provide responses to questions or a plan to fix it, they serve no purpose.
Your issue is valid Sick & Tired. Make sure you – and all Highlanders – get out and vote May 13th!
Well, I don't know, technically what to do about it but I know that I pay about 18:00 per month in water use and the sewerage use is minimal . You know this hasn't been addressed , as far as I know , ever but it was talked about in the passed. The quarterly payment is way out of line.
I would think that technology is much more efficient that it used to be and we had our own facility in the past…well I know the boards are supposed to do the thinking around here maybe they thought about that . I'm pretty sure you can get a copy of that I&I thing if you ask so… that's about it It is time for this to happen if you ask me.
What should we do? We should upgrade the system.
In the mean time, maybe the town finds out what the average household usage is. Then bill the businesses the same flat fee that the residents pay for usage up to that average number and a per gallon charge above that. But then you get into the businesses either paying on the honor system or submitting their bills and a reconciliation for review.
I'm surprised the Environmental Committee hasn't been all over this and implementing ways to reduce I&I until we can fix the system.
On another topic…when we finally get around to fixing the pipes, who pays for that? Does it come from the sewer authority (our sewer bills) or the town (our property tax bills)? Some council members want to lower our bill because they think we're going to have greatly reduced costs. But if the sewer authority has bonds and will need to pay for the future upgrades, doesn't it make sense to keep the bills at the same rate and use the surplus to pay down debt and/or finance the upgrades?
Costs will only continue to rise if not fixed. I think we need to fix these problems instead of some of the things money is being spent on. Flooding & infrastructure important to any kind of growth.
for the record when former Sewer Authority commissioner and former councilman John bentham beought these issues up at council meetings years ago he was ridiculed by both former councilmen johnny unbanski and billy caizza and the democrats who did not want to do anything about or address the issue. Much of the I and I comes from leaking laterals coming from peoperties to the mains. So do the math on why the don't want to do anything about the problem!!
Bentham was ridiculed BC he was ridiculous. That guy used to make up fake names then have conversations with his invisible friends. That guy bbentham needs to wipe the cheetos off his keyboard.
I don't think that there is a single council person past or present who takes Mr. Bentham's comments seriously. The poor man was a running joke. Duncan you really shouldn't pay much attention to his past commentary, it carries little weight. I am a little surprised that he didn't try and run for a council seat . I heard he wasn't well so maybe that explains his not taking up the torch.
Angus … now and then I check out the Highlands Forum section on the http://www.ahherald.com website … and I noticed you and Chris were discussing these same sewer issues back in 2011.
Then Sandy hit. BUT WHY HAS IT TAKEN UNTIL NOW IN 2014 FOR THESE KNOWN FACTS TO BE ADDERESSED? So it seems to me that Highlands is facing serious infrastructure repairs that don't come cheap. We have the $4M bond to replace the pumps that were not maintained … but what will it take to restore the leaking and failed sewer lines?
I noticed when Jk Reilly was replacing Gas pipes that they pumped out a load of water from underground and I feel our street is sinking which I mentioned in a council meeting. They also patched up streets in a way that water now has obstacles to get to drains.
I fear it may require a major overhaul – especially since we have separated from the Atlantic Highlands partnership. The infrastructure is old and band-aids aren't working anymore. Was this even listed on our FEMA Long Term recovery top 3 list? Or does the responsibility default to the sewer commission? Either way it is a taxpayer problem that needs qualified answers.
Isn't there legal things required on the running of sewerage over the years? I recall Atlantic Highlands had the same problem and they did something about it. The system is old too.
Barbara – I seem to remember Chris Francy saying that the flood control efforts had three arms – and I&I was one of the projects. I could be wrong …..
You ask a good question. What are the top 3 priorities from that FEMA group?
Back when I was on the council we started to repair and rehabilitate the sewer system.We obtained a grant from the ahhrsa and repaired basin 8.After that was complete we[the boro] began to investigate basin 2 for repair after I left this didn't continue.The way it works is the town hires a company usually an engineering company to television inspect and smoke inspect the designated area and devise the best way to repair.Then the repair is put out for bids.After the repair is complete the lines are reinspected to verify the repair.After basin 8 was repaired the boro was going to repair the whole downtown basin by basin.Also new watertight sanitary manhole covers are installed this keeps the saltwater intrusion out during our full moon monthly events.It needs to be repaired,its going to cost a lot of money,but we have to fix it this is the only way we are going to be able to lower our sewer rates.The more time that goes by the more money we pay to pump clear water is poor use of money we could spend to fix the problem.Another thought on this matter is when we have new development we must make sure that they contribute money to upgrade the system so I can handle the capacity.One example might be when you replace 50 one bathroom mobile homes with sixty 2 and a half bath homes.It shouldn't be a deterrent for new development just a cost which would benefit the owners by reducing rates.And as far as the 4 million dollar flood cost project I wouldnt move forward until whoever designed this could gaurantee a valve system at the end of our outfall lines that will stop high tide water from going past and flooding our streets and a maintainence program for flood to ensure that our money will be well spent. Lack of maintainence seems to be a major part of the problem and needs to be addressed.A simple tide clock tells you when a full moon tide is coming check the gates and turn on the pumps.Lets make sure we are spending 4 million dollars on a flood project that is actually going to stop the flooding if there are flaws address them now.
And this is why I vote Johnny. He knows the problems and works for solutions and consensus.
Every vote counts 🙂 !


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La capitaneria generale del Guatemala (spagnolo: capitanía general de Guatemala), nota anche come Regno del Guatemala (spagnolo: Reino de Guatemala), fu una divisione amministrativa dell'America spagnola che copriva buona parte dell'America centrale, inclusi gli attuali Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala e lo stato messicano del Chiapas. Il governatore-capitano generale era anche presidente della Audiencia Reale del Guatemala.

Precedenti
La colonizzazione dell'area che in futuro sarebbe diventata la capitaneria generale iniziò nel 1524. A nord, i fratelli Gonzalo, Pedro de Alvarado, Hernán Cortés ed altri guidarono varie spedizioni all'interno di Guatemala ed Honduras. A sud Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, che agiva col conforto di Pedrarias Dávila a Panama, entrava nell'attuale Nicaragua.

La capitale del Guatemala si spostò molte volte nel primo decennio. Nel 1540 la città di Santiago de los Caballeros de Goathemala fu fondata dopo l'abbandono di Tecpán Guatemala a causa della sua vulnerabilità. Il secondo insediamento fu distrutto nel 1542 da un'alluvione, e venne fondata la nuova capitale di Antigua Guatemala per sostituire la vecchia. Nonostante Antigua Guatemala fosse diventata nei secoli successivi una delle capitali più ricche del Nuovo Mondo, fu a sua volta abbandonata nel 1776, dopo che una serie di terremoti la distrussero. La terza capitale fu l'odierna Città del Guatemala.

La Chiesa giocò un ruolo importante nell'amministrazione dei possedimenti oltremare della corona spagnola. Le prime diocesi furono quelle di León in Nicaragua, e quella di Santiago di Guatemala nel 1534. Un'altra diocesi prese vita nel Chiapas nel 1539. Le diocesi del Guatemala e del Chiapas dipesero dall'arcidiocesi di Siviglia fino al 1546 quando passarono sotto al controllo dell'arcidiocesi di Città del Messico. La diocesi di León apparteneva all'arcidiocesi di Lima nel 1546. Un'altra diocesi di vita breve fu istituita ad Alta Verapaz nel 1559. Lungo la costa honduregna dei Caraibi si registrarono numerosi tentativi, che alla fine portarono nel 1561 alla creazione della diocesi di Tegucigalpa, soggetta all'Arcidiocesi di Santo Domingo.

Nel 1543 il distretto fu ufficializzato tramite la creazione di unaudiencia, che avrebbe governato buona parte dell'America centrale. Questa audiencia e quella di Lima si spartirono il territorio della precedente Audiencia Reale di Panama. Fu la prima volta che l'impero spagnolo riconobbe l'America centrale come regione a sé stante (Panama esclusa).

Istituzione

Nel 1609 l'area divenne una capitaneria generale, quando al governatore e presidente dell'Audiencia fu concesso il titolo di capitano generale per reagire alle minacce esterne. Fu concessa autonomia in ambito militare ed amministrativo. All'incirca nello stesso periodo, la Spagna degli Asburgo creò altre capitanerie a Porto Rico (1580), Cuba (1607) e Yucatán (1617).

Nel XVII secolo iniziò un processo teso a riunificare la gerarchia ecclesiastica centroamericana. Le diocesi di Comayagua e León furono spostate sotto l'arcidiocesi di Città del Messico nel 1620 e nel 1647. Infine, nel XVIII secolo, la diocesi del Guatemala fu elevata ad arcidiocesi nel 1743, controllando quelle di León, Chiapas e Comayagua, fornendo alla regione una certa autonomia religiosa.

Attraverso le riforme borboniche, nel 1786, la corona istituì una serie di intendenzie nella regione, con l'obiettivo di sostituire i vecchi corregimientos. Agli intendenti erano concessi ampi poteri fiscali, ed erano incaricati di stimolare l'economia locale. Le nuove intendenze furono create a San Salvador (El Salvador), Chiapas, Comayagua (Honduras) e León (Nicaragua). Il governatore-capitano generale -presidente del Guatemala divenne anche superintendente general. La regione agricola meridionale della Costa Rica rimase sotto al controllo di un governatore civile e militare con diritti di controllo fiscale solo in materia militare; le spese del governo civile erano gestite dall'intendente di León. Le intendenza aiutarono a sviluppare un'identità politica locale che, in futuro, avrebbe portato alla creazione degli stati sudamericani.

Indipendenza
Nel 1812 le Cortes di Cadice divisero la regione in due provincie: Guatemala (Guatemala, Chiapas, Honduras e El Salvador) da una parte e Nicaragua e Costa Rica dall'altra. Queste provincie esistettero tra il 1812 ed il 1814, e tra il 1820 ed il 1821, periodo nel quale fu in vigore la Costituzione spagnola del 1812. Le due provincie eleggevano sette deputati alle Cortes nel primo periodo. Il jefe político superior (governatore) del Guatemala rimase capitano generale del Centro America e del Chiapas. La capitaneria generale terminò nel 1821, quando il ceto alto locale supportò il Piano di Iguala che portò all'indipendenza ed alla creazione del Primo Impero messicano. Il Chiapas si staccò dal Messico pacificamente nel luglio del 1823, dando vita alle Province Unite dell'America Centrale. Nonostante la regione rimase per un certo tempo politicamente coesa, le forze centrifughe divisero le provincie nel 1840.

Note

Bibliografia
 Jordana Dym e Christophe Belaubre, Politics, Economy, and Society in Bourbon Central America, 1759–1821, Boulder, University press of Colorado, 2007, ISBN 978-0-87081-844-8
 Timothy Hawkins, José de Bustamante and Central American Independence: Colonial Administration in an Age of Imperial Crisis, Tuscaloosa, University of Alabama Press, 2004, ISBN 0-8173-1427-X
 Miles L. Wortman, Government and Society in Central America, 1680–1840, New York, Columbia University Press, 1982, ISBN 0-231-05212-X

Altri progetti

Storia di El Salvador
Storia del Guatemala
Storia dell'Honduras
Storia del Nicaragua
Organi amministrativi della Spagna coloniale
Guatemala
Guatemala
Vicereame della Nuova Spagna

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De Silvestro prepares for next step
By Stefan Bartholomaeus
Simona de Silvestro is preparing to enter the next phase in her Supercars development with a test day at Winton this week.
De Silvestro will return to the rural Victorian venue on Wednesday, completing the second of her three rookie test days for the year.
The Swiss driver spent a day at Winton in the lead-up to the all-in test at Sydney Motorsport Park last month, where she reacclimatised to the Altima ahead of the season.
De Silvestro enjoyed a positive if largely low-key debut in Adelaide, chalking up 24th and 25th places in the qualifying sessions before finishing 20th and 23rd in the respective races.
Although her Sunday race was compromised by an incident with James Courtney and a drive-through for excess kerb use, De Silvestro says she was encouraged by the gains made.
"The biggest thing is that now I'm pretty comfortable in the car I can start working a little bit more and trying out things, which I think will help the performance," she told Supercars.com.
"I tend to like different things in the car. I think it's really encouraging that after one race we can start working on those things.
"At the start of the weekend and in qualifying I didn't really feel confident in the car because I'm not quite there yet where I'm feeling the tyres coming in.
"In race two, I really felt the car under me and that was really cool because I was able to be consistent with my laps and could feel what I needed to go even faster.
"We're talking little bits. I was eight tenths off in the race from the faster laps, it's only little bits in each corner.
"We can get there polishing my driving but also adapting the car to my driving.
"That's really what we're going to use the test day for, to start to understand some changes and do some changes that will suit me better and make me go faster."
De Silvestro spent much of the Clipsal 500 weekend working with engineer Blake Smith on processes as she adjusts to the cars and category.
While the Winton test will be about feeling set-up changes, De Silvestro will have four non-championship races at Albert Park in which to improve her race performance.
"There were a few things that I have to polish off," she said, having been relegated to the back of the race two grid for impeding Nick Percat in qualifying.
"My starts where pretty bad which is something I have to get on top of.
"The whole process of how qualifying works, how many sets of tyres, how the tyres come in, all those things that when not you're used to a series you don't quite know.
"I think that's what makes the difference to the top guys. They know what to expect and they go out and deliver. I still need to find my way a little bit.
"If you qualify better your race is going to be better as well. That's really the focus for Albert Park and just working on the car for what I need.
"Hopefully the track suits me a little bit more (than Adelaide), but it's hard to say until we get there."
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Powers/Abilities: He is both a sadist (enjoys inflicting pain) and a masochist (enjoys receiving pain). He is skilled with various firearms and bladed weapons. He wears barbed wire around his neck, wrists, and sometimes around his fists. One of his chief tactics is to intimidate others with how much pain he can take and inflict, so that they will decide not to fight him at all. If someone calls his bluff and shoots him, he's usually out of tricks.
Height: 5' 11" Weight: 205 lbs.
History: Little is known of Mondo Pain's past.
(Punisher II#85) - Mondo Pain was hired by Ballard (heir to a dynasty of lumber and bootleg liquor) to steal his own merchandise so he could gain the insurance money, then smuggle the merchandise into China and sell it again there. Pain brutally slew one of Ballard's security agents when he discovered the theft. Ballard criticized Pain because he had instructed him not to kill, and now he had to pay the man's benefits. Pain told that's just the way he works, and when Ballard told his men to bury Pain, he intimidated them into standing down by telling them what he would do to them if they failed to kill him on the first shot. Pain then put out his cigarette on Ballard's face and walked away.
Agents of VIGIL knew that the Punisher was stalking Ballard, and they were hoping to use Ballard to get to the Punisher. A pair of agents tried to pull Pain over when he left Ballard's estate. Pain swung open his car door and took out the first's agent's motorcycle, but the other agent, Blackwell, leapt into his car and forced him to stop. Pain challenged Blackwell to try to beat the information out of him, and when Blackwell battered him savagely, Pain gained respect for him and happily volunteered anything he wanted to know.
However, Castle then contacted both Ballard and Blackwell, informing them that each knew the other's plans and that Mondo had duped them both. Ballard tried to ship early and VIGIL confronted him in mid-transport. As soon as Blackwell joined the fray, Pain broke free from the other VIGIL agent and prepared to escape. When the Punisher confronted him, Pain tried his standard bluff: "You going to shoot me? Lot's of people have tried, Punisher. They died slow and not very pretty. Think twice. Don't miss. What are you waiting for? Shoot!"
And so the Punisher shot him. Pain, his feelings and ego hurting him more than the chest wound, fell off of a bridge and Castle left him for dead.
(Punisher War Journal#73) - Having survived the gunshot, Mondo Pain was hired by Rosalie Carbone to painfully dispose of the Lady Punisher, Lynn Michaels.
(Punisher War Journal#74) - Pain was intercepted by Zafiro, who convinced him that he could still take out Michaels while working with him as well. Pain and his men (or Zafiro's or Carbone's men) tracked down Michaels and Officer Bendix, but as Pain didn't want them dead to quickly, he cold-cocked one of his men who fired on them. Lynn took advantage of his distraction to smash Pain across the face with a board. Fired up by the rush of the struggle, Pain broke the neck of one of his own men and then aimed his gun at Bendix. Michaels shot Pain in the arm, which really annoyed him, because he hadn't even gotten to do his bit yet.
Tasting his own blood, Pain then shot Bendix in the leg and tackled Michaels. She broke free from him by biting and ripping out one of his earrings, and she fled into the sewers. When he follower her, she attacked him savagely, but he just got back up, complemented her style, and began shooting at her.
(Punisher War Journal#75) - The police heard the shots fired and confronted the two, but Pain just turned his gun on them. Lynn tackled and disarmed him, but then the cops fired on the two of them. In the confusion, Lynn and Pain each escaped separately, and Pain found a copy of the Punisher's War Journal. After reading it, he called Rosalie Carbone and told her that Michaels had escaped him, but that he'd be willing to negotiate for the sale of the War Journal. As it contained info on Rosalie's affair with Castle, he knew she'd be willing to pay to keep it out of others' hands.
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40 Interesting Facts about Pollution
26Large container ship
A single large container ship emits as much pollution as 50 million automobiles.
27. The Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, New York City is so polluted that unidentifiable new forms of microbiological life have arisen in its sludge.
28. The most polluted city in the world, Zabol in Iran, gets its bad air quality mostly because of natural reasons. There is a constant flow of wind blowing in from the desert for four months of the year, which brings in harmful sand particles.
29. There are more than 500,000 pieces of debris floating or orbiting around Earth now. Most of them originated as parts of satellites and rockets.
30. Our oceans are being polluted with over 2.3 billion pieces of plastic. Pushed by winds, tides, and currents, plastic particles form with other debris into large swirling glutinous accumulation zones. There are a least 5 garbage patches drifting in the oceans north and south of the Equator.
31Contaminated water
In China, 300 million people suffer from bacterial diarrhea every year from drinking contaminated water. 40% of the rivers in China do not meet safety standards and 20% of them are so polluted that they aren't even safe to touch.
32. The Cuyahoga River in Ohio was once so polluted that it caught fire 13 times between 1868 and 1969.
33. 6,000 years ago, extensive copper mining operations in North America polluted the Great Lakes region. Isle Royale National Park in the State of Michigan, features high levels of copper, lead, and potassium in the ancient sediments.
34. One-third of humanity (including 60% of Europeans and 80% of North Americans) live in such light-polluted areas that the Milky Way is not visible at night.
35. Ships that were constructed before 1945 are the primary source of steel which are not contaminated with radioactive nuclides. The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki along with nuclear tests and disasters have polluted the earth's atmosphere with nuclear particles.
36Acid Rain
In the 1970s, the pH of rain samples from parts of New York was at 3.3 due to pollution from the rust belt, the same acidity as grapefruit juice. The default pH of rain is 5.1. This prompted the creation of the term "Acid Rain."
37. Companies are known to strategically place facilities where the wind will carry pollution across the state line or sometimes even country lines.
38. Violent crime in the US and Europe was at its highest in areas with the most lead pollution. Violent crime peaked 20 years after lead additives in petrol and paint were banned, before declining thereafter.
39. In 2010 alone, a peer-reviewed study found that reductions in fine particle pollution and ozone pollution achieved by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 avoided more than 160,000 deaths and prevented 13 million lost workdays.
40. The black bricks of the UK Prime Minister's residence, 10 Downing Street, were originally yellow, only darkening due to centuries of pollution. When renovations were made in 1958 it was decided to paint the brick black, as the color had become associated with the building in the public's minds.
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Papaku July 26, 2020 @ 5:09 am
21 – Cubatão WAS nicknamed Valley of death, but due to a huge effort of authorities, and more than 1.5 bilion US$ the pollution is under control since late 90's. In 2010 there was a reallocation of about 1500 families in the neighborhoods known as Cotas, on the Serra do mar, and nowadays the forest has claimed back its space. These days we refer to Cubatão as "City simbol of environmental control".
admin July 26, 2020 @ 6:57 am
Wow that's an inspirational story. Lots of cities around the world need to follow their footsteps.
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Submitted by Anon on 20 April, 2005 - 3:54
By John Bloxam
The Respect coalition's electoral prospects on 5 May are increasingly focussed on George Galloway, who is standing in Bethnal Green and Bow, east London. The electoral "breakthrough" that the Galloway-SWP alliance have been predicting for their "radical fourth party" has now narrowed to getting Galloway, a sitting MP with a high public profile, elected in a seat with a 50% Muslim vote. "Imagine the impact if Respect wins a seat…" (Socialist Worker, 9 April, emphasis added). Respect's footsoldiers, the SWP have made this seat their priority.
Galloway/Respect have targeted the bourgeois media, both locally and nationally, with some success. Galloway has had extensive and sympathetic coverage in the local paper. Both nationally and locally, journalists see a possible Galloway victory.
Respect talk this up, claiming they already have a majority in the constituency. This is based on Galloway's vote in the Euro elections last year, where he polled 4.79% overall, but claimed a leading vote in all Bethnal Green and Bow wards. Since then Respect have stood in two Tower Hamlets Council by-elections, in Labour held seats. In both they took significant votes from Labour, pushing them into third place. They won one seat, and came second in the other behind the Tories.
A flavour of Galloway's campaign came out in a Radio London debate between the candidates on Sunday 10 April. One of the questions concerned the widespread problem of drug abuse in the area, particularly among young people.
Galloway's response was that he was against all drugs, "unlike the Liberal Democrats", and that the British navy should be withdrawn from the Persian Gulf to patrol British waters, as part of a "war on drugs", not a "war on Muslims, a war on Arabs".
In the Euro elections last year Galloway/SWP put out a leaflet in the area saying he was a "fighter for Muslims … recognised by the Muslim world…married to a Palestinian doctor… deep religious principles… teetotal."
As part of his campaign Galloway has recently spent two weeks in Bangladesh to "earn valuable support". To garner votes, this "champion of injustice" was quoted as saying, in a country riven by oppression, poverty, injustice, that "I don't want to run the political affairs of Bangladesh — that would be colonialist. I don't want to interfere in the political situation in Bangladesh".
According to Bengali press reports, he espoused the cause of restaurant owners ("I want to represent them and champion their interests in the UK") and spoke warmly to the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry. The "anti-imperialist" is quoted as saying: "I would urge the British business people to come and invest in Bangladesh to exploit its full potential", to which the Senior President of the FBCCI responded: "An extremely favourable condition for investment is now prevailing in Bangladesh. Foreign investment up to 100 per cent is allowed, and the repatriation of capital and profit is ensured by the rule." (Quotes from Independent Bangladesh Feb 28 and Mar 2; and Private Eye 1-14 April).
The Bangladesh trip has been warmly applauded by Oliur Rahman, Respect councillor and candidate for the neighbouring Poplar and Canning Town seat. He reports that families are getting phone calls from Bangladesh for a Galloway vote.
Forty per cent of the electorate in Bethnal Green and Bow are from Bangladesh, with a proportionally higher election turnout than other groups. Fifty per cent declared themselves Muslim in the 2001 census.
Since returning from Bangladesh Galloway has been publicly quoted as saying that, if elected, "he will stand only this once in the constituency, and will campaign for a Bengali candidate for the seat in the next election" (Guardian, 4 April). In part such comments must be designed to take the sting out of the Liberal Democrats' charge that Respect is splitting the Bengali/Muslim anti-war vote, and failing to back a Bengali (i.e. Lib Dem) candidate.
Has a deal been done with sections of the Bengali community to get votes for this election — our turn now, yours next? As for Respect — this is not their officially announced policy. Has it been made up by Galloway with the SWP meekly following on?
Side by side with the blatant pitch for the communal vote, Respect's campaign consists of the predictable Galloway self-promotion ("the best speaker in the House of Commons … when he speaks the world listens"), opposition to the Iraq war and a list of radical demands, supposedly "the ghost of Labour's past". The list will get wide support (pensions, minimum wage, against PFI, privatisation of council houses and top-up fees) but is both limited — properly funded, comprehensive, secular education predictably does not appear, let alone abortion or gay rights — and not socialist. Respect has also been active in local community campaigns (against Crossrail tunnelling plans and the threat to a local fire station) and supported school students wearing the jilbab.
Tower Hamlets is one of the most economically and socially deprived areas of the country. Unemployment is quoted as 70% among sections of the Bengali youth. And the New Labour dominated council is an easy target, with a bad record and air of indifference to the area. Labour councillors are noted for their absence from any of the local campaigns.
The Liberal Democrats have 13 councillors (against Labour's 34) but lack the community campaigning, door step politics they once had before they ran the council in the 1980s. Some of the old white working class vote, which had previously hived off to the Liberals from the old Labour Party for largely racist reasons, may go back to New Labour now that the Liberal Democrats have selected a Bengali candidate for the constituency (explicitly standing on a Bengali/Muslim basis).
The sitting MP, Oona King, is an open Blairite, voting for the invasion of Iraq, and publicly supporting PFI schemes and the privatisation of council estates. Although more publicly active than Labour councillors on local issues, she is damaged by the Council's record and clearly lacks some of Bengali community/business links that had been built up by her Labour predecessor, the right wing Peter Shore. There is still some reported resentment against the way New Labour secured her selection in 1997 against local Bengali candidates. Her present majority is 10,000, on a 50% turnout.
Blair has written a letter for the Bengali papers saying that New Labour will not ban halal meat if re-elected. The New Labour hierarchy now seems to be rallying to King, with photo calls and closed meetings clearly designed to try and rally disaffected Labour supporters, many of whom have left the Party. In the same vein, and to her left, there have been members-only meetings with Labour Friends of Iraq, or with Johann Hari and Nick Cohen speaking, and a Billy Bragg concert.
Again, a flavour of the campaign is the competition between New Labour and Respect/Galloway to appeal to local backwardness and conservatism. At the start of the campaign Oona King made allegations about Galloway's past sexual conduct to the Bengali media; Galloway's lawyers have forced her to publicly withdraw, apologise and pay money. But Galloway's own Respect broadsheet has laboured the point about Oona King and the alleged offer by a Labour MEP of sex for money, and their latest broadsheet comes with a picture of Oona King in what many local voters would regard as "immodest" dress.
Oona King has now alleged that "I have been told by several people that members of Respect have told them not to vote for me because I am Jewish." John Rees's response for Respect was predictable: "She had really better have signed depositions to that effect because we will issue writs against anybody who says that… We would not dream of arguing this kind of rubbish on the doorstep…". (London Evening Standard, 11 April) Whether this response is followed up with a clear and prominent denunciation of anti-semitism in Respect's local, glossy broadsheet, and a statement that action will be taken against anybody associated with Respect if proper evidence is produced, remains to be seen.
Respect has already produced a lot of expensive publicity, unlike New Labour, who have managed little more so far than individual letters about Oona King's/New Labour's "achievements". Oona King has debated Galloway and the other candidates on a number of occasions, at times effectively labelling him an "opportunist on skates" who went "grovelling" to Saddam Hussein. But against Galloway's demagogy her defence of New Labour is unconvincing and tinny.
Increasingly New Labour are resorting to the line that "If you vote Respect in Tower Hamlets, you'll get a Tory", and point to the Millwall council by-election last September. Billy Bragg was got to the area on this basis. In fact, in Bethnal Green and Bow the Tories came second in the last general election and are standing a Bengali candidate again, but they have no organisation on the ground and Bethnal Green is much less yuppified than Millwall (Isle of Dogs).
Clearly there is a soft "sympathy" for Galloway that says more about the weakness of politics in the area than anything else. One letter in the East London Advertiser was from a woman who said she had been a feminist and a socialist all her life, fighting for abortion rights over the years, and that's why she's supporting Galloway! Unison, the biggest union in the area, passed a committee resolution in December congratulating Galloway on winning his libel case against the Sunday Telegraph with only one vote against.
The more general opinion, at this stage, was probably summed up by a "local resident" quoted in the Guardian (4 April) — "Oona is a Blair patsy and supports the war, but I don't trust George either; he comes across as a self-promoter and I am not sure he will support the local area. I have been thinking hard about it. But I still have to make up my mind". This fact, together with the ugly contest for the communal vote, underlines the political tragedy of no alternative working class, socialist candidate, able to appeal to all sections of the area on a clear class basis.
In the absence of such a candidate socialists have a responsibility to at least register and publicise what is going on. And on 5 May the only alternative is the advice in the last issue of Solidarity: "Where you can, vote socialist; where you can't, vote Labour and get involved in the trade union fightback."
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With owning a house being more or less a luxury for young professionals in "de Randstad", many of us are stuck in a rented (studio) apartment for years. Apartments for rent are typically privately owned and often multiple apartments are created in what used to be just one "herenhuis". When you sign a contract with the owner, he/she becomes your "huisbaas": 'house owner' (literally 'boss').
As many of us have experienced, in order to have a good and working relationship with your landlord, you will need to demonstrate sufficient negotiation skills and be capable of exercising the right amount of diplomatic pressure that will avoid him getting annoyed, but will finally have him repair your window!!
When people have a landlady you will sometimes hear "huisbazin", but in most cases "huisbaas" is understood to mean both.
– Baas: boss [noun] [de baas, de bazen].
– Huis: house [noun] [het huis, de huizen].
– Huurhuis: rented house, house you rent [noun] [het huurhuis, de huurhuizen].
– Huren: to rent [verb] [huurde, gehuurd].
– Verhuren: to let, to rent [verb] [verhuurde, verhuurd].
– Borg: deposit [noun] [de borg, de borgen].
– Conflict: conflict [noun] [het conflict, de conflicten].
– (Huur)contract: contract, (rental) agreement [noun] [het contract, de contracten].
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Here's your opportunity to explore one of the most rugged and remote gold mining towns from the wild west, with entire buildings undisturbed and still intact from the last day the towns people packed their bags and said goodbye to Bodie.
This is the perfect summertime adventure ride which begins at the beautiful South Lake Tahoe where you will experience the ideal temperatures for dual sport adventure riding. You will explore spectacular high mountain passes and historic dirt wagon routes to the most remote and pristine ghost town from the California Gold Rush.
Bodie & Beyond dual sport adventure ride will take you back in time to experience the best preserved genuine ghost town frozen in time from the wild west. Bodie is located above 8,000 feet elevation in the high plains desert east of the Sierra Nevada and north of the vast Mono Lake Basin. Your journey will explore the wide-open expanse of the Mono Lake Basin to the water's edge where ancient Tuffa rock formations rise out of the lake like something from another world. You will also have the opportunity to explore historic dirt wagon supply routes in the High Sierra to Bodie & Beyond.
In 1859 William S. Bodey discovered gold while prospecting in the remote high plains desert mountains near what is now named Bodie California. Although William S. Bodey seemed to live a respectful life in his community of Poughkeepsie his lust for a more adventurous life got the best of him when he heard the news of gold being discovered in California. Soon after hearing the news of gold being discovered, Bodey said goodbye to his wife and two children and set sail to for California in search of gold and adventure.
Bodie California was a rough and rowdy wild west town in its heyday and undoubtedly one of the most legendary ghost towns in the Western U.S. Gold was first discovered in this remote location by the adventurous prospector named Willian S. Bodey. His discovery sparked a gold rush to the area, and the town of Bodie California sprang up around Bodey's discovery. Unfortunately, Bodey never had the opportunity to prosper from his discovery or see the rise of the town that was named after him due to an unexpected blizzard that took his life while making a supply trip in the Sierra Nevada. Although the town was named after this adventurous prospector, the spelling of the name was changed due to a mistake when the first sign painter misspelled his name and the word Bodie stuck.
The boom of Bodie occurred in 1876 when a mine caved, exposing a profitable deposit of gold bearing ore, which transformed Bodie from an isolated mining camp comprising of a few hundred prospectors to a Wild West boomtown. Rich discoveries in the adjacent Bodie Mine during 1878 attracted even more hopeful people. By 1879, Bodie had a population of over 10,000 people and over 2,000 buildings. By the end of the boom, the Bodie mines had produced gold valued at nearly $34 million. As a bustling gold mining center, Bodie had the amenities of larger towns, including a Well Fargo, four volunteer fire companies, a brass band, railroad, miners' and mechanics' unions, several daily newspapers, and a jail. At its peak, 65 saloons lined Main Street, which was only one-mile long. Murders, shootouts, barroom brawls, and stagecoach holdups were regular occurrences its heyday.
Bodie like many other mining towns had a popular red-light district where ladies of the night set up inside one-room cabins "cribs" for miners and the badmen of Bodie. Women with colorful names such as, Beautiful Doll were sought-after every night, but the town's most famous prostitute was Rosa May. Born in Pennsylvania, Rosa May ran away at age 16 and drifted west, where she worked as a prostitute in mining camps to survive. Rosa May moved to Bodie in 1890 where she became best known as (a hooker with a heart of gold) after giving life-saving care to many sick miners during a deadly breakout. During this time Rosa May contracted the deadly disease while caring for the menfolk and eventually died due to her illness in the winter of 1911. After her death, Rosa May was buried outside of the cemetery because she was a prostitute, and some of the "upper-class" women in town would not approve of her getting a proper burial among the more "respectable" folks.
During its heyday, Bodie was second to none for wickedness, badmen and "the worst climate out of doors." One little girl, whose family was taking her to the remote and infamous town, wrote in her diary: "Goodbye God, I'm going to Bodie." The phrase came to be known throughout the West.
Bodie is now an authentic Wild West ghost town. The town was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1961, and in 1962 the state legislature authorized creation of Bodie State Historic Park. A total of 170 buildings remained. Bodie has been named as California's official state gold rush ghost town.
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Don't Look Now! Google Glass Pwned By Lowly QR Code
Earlier this week, we wrote about how some features of Google Glass could be used as attack vectors. Well gentle reader, it has already come to pass: Lookout has announced that they have discovered a critical vulnerability in Google Glass. Thankfully, Google has already patched the issue.
By Max Eddy
https://www.pcmag.com/news/dont-look-now-google-glass-pwned-by-lowly-qr-code
Lookout's principal security analyst Marc Rogers told SecurityWatch that discovered a vulnerability in how the wearable computer processed QR codes. Because of Glass's limited user interface, Google set up the device's camera to automatically process any QR code in a photograph.
"On the face of it, it's a really exciting development," said Rogers. "But the issue is the moment Glass sees a command code it recognizes, it executes it." With this knowledge, Lookout was able to produce malicious QR codes that forced Glass to perform actions without the user's knowledge.
Glass-cast and Malicious Wi-Fi
The first malicious QR code Lookout created would initiate a "Glass-cast" without the user's knowledge. For the uninitiated, Glass-casting shares whatever appears on the Google Glass screen to a paired Bluetooth device.
Rogers pointed out that this was, actually, a powerful feature. "If you look at the glass UI, it can only be worn by a single person," he explained. With Glass-cast, the wearer can share their view with other people. Lookout's malicious QR code, however, triggered a Glass-cast entirely without the user's knowledge.
While the idea of someone being able to view a screen so intimately positioned to your face is extremely disconcerting, the attack has some obvious limitations. First and foremost, an attacker would have to be near enough to receive the transmission via Bluetooth. What's more, an attacker would have to pair their Bluetooth device to your Google Glass, which would require physical access. Though Rogers points out doing so would not be difficult because Glass, "has no lockscreen and you can confirm [the pairing] just by tapping it."
More troubling was a second malicious QR code Lookout created, which forced Glass to connect to a designated Wi-Fi network as soon as it was scanned. "Without even realizing it, your Glass is connected to his access point and he can see your [web] traffic," said Rogers. He took the scenario one step further, saying that the attacker could, "respond with a web vulnerability, and at that point Glass gets hacked."
These are just examples, but the underlying issue is that Google never accounted for scenarios where users would unwittingly photograph a QR code. An attacker could simply post a malicious QR code in a popular tourist spot, or dress up the QR code as a tempting advertisement. Whatever the method of delivery, the result would be invisible to the user.
Google to the Rescue
Once Lookout found the vulnerability, they reported it to Google who pushed out a fix within two weeks. "It's a good sign that Google is managing these vulnerabilities and treating them as a software problem," said Rogers. "They can put out the updates silently and fix vulnerabilities before users are even aware of the problem."
In the new version of the Glass software, you have to navigate to a relevant settings menu before a QR code can take effect. For instance, to use a QR code to connect to a Wi-Fi network, you must first be in the network settings menu. Glass will also now inform the user about what QR code does, and ask permission before executing it.
This new system presumes that you know what the QR code will do before you scan it, which apparently is what Google intended from the start. In addition to Glass, Google created a companion app for Android phones which creates QR codes so users can quickly configure their Glass devices. Google simply did not foresee QR codes as an avenue for attack.
When I spoke with Rogers he was very optimistic about the future of Glass, and products like it. He said that the speed of Google's response and the ease with which the update was deployed was exemplary. However, I cannot help but look at the fractured Android ecosystem and worry that future devices and vulnerabilities may not be handled so deftly.
Rogers compared the issues with Glass to those found in medical equipment, which were discovered years ago but still haven't been fully addressed. "We cannot manage [Glass] like static hardware with firmware we never update," he said. "We need to be agile."
Despite his optimism, Rogers did have some words of caution. "New things mean new vulnerabilities," he said. "The bad guys adapt and try different things."
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