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News 28 July 2014 – 6:30 pm EST
Clyde River groups challenge Nunavut seismic testing in court
"The NEB's decision violates the fundamental rights of the people of Nunavut"
By NUNATSIAQ NEWS
More than 100 people who took to the streets of Clyde River — and in Arctic Bay — this past July 23 to protest the National Energy Board's approval of seismic testing in Baffin Bay and Davis Strait. (FILE PHOTO)
Updated 4 p.m. July 28
A lawyer representing groups in Clyde River filed an application at the Federal Court of Appeal July 28 that seeks a judicial review of a recent decision by the National Energy Board to permit a five-year seismic testing project in Baffin Bay and Davis Strait.
Constitutional lawyer Nader Hasan of Toronto represents the Clyde River groups, which include the Hamlet of Clyde River, the Nammautaq Hunters and Trappers Organization of Clyde River, and Clyde River Mayor Jerry Natanine.
"I'm excited and scared," said Natanine, from the hamlet office in Clyde River. "Excited because it's happening. Our appeal has been filed. Scared because I've never done anything like this before."
Hasan filed the application at a Federal Court office in Toronto. (See document embedded below.) Right now, it's not clear where the action would be heard, but lawyers are arguing it should be held in Iqaluit.
Hasan said it's not unprecedented for a case such as this to be heard in a local jurisdiction, but the court may decide to hold the hearing in Ottawa or Toronto instead.
But it's clear that Clyde River's lawyer will argue that the NEB decision is a breach of Section 35 of the Constitution, which guarantees existing Aboriginal rights, and a breach of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement.
"The NEB's decision violates the fundamental rights of the people of Nunavut," Hasan said in a news release.
"The federal government has a solemn constitutional obligation to meaningfully consult and accommodate the people of Nunavut on any issues affecting their Aboriginal or treaty rights. That didn't happen here. Once again, the NEB was a rubber stamp for the energy industry."
The Federal Court of Appeal, which sits in different parts of the country, is set up to hear appeals on decisions made by federal boards and tribunals.
The law firm representing Clyde River said the seismic program could produce "catastrophic consequences" for marine mammals.
"Unsurprisingly, seismic testing is harmful to marine life. The heavy sounds and vibrations caused by seismic testing can cause permanent damage to marine animals, including permanent hearing loss, disruption of feeding, and disruption of migration routes," the law firm said in a news release.
The NEB announced its approval of the dispute seismic testing proposal this past June 26, following an application by a group of companies called Multi-Klient Invest, or "MKI."
That sparked protests July 23 in Clyde River and Arctic Bay, where residents expressed deep opposition to the idea.
The application asks for a permanent injunction against seismic testing in Davis Strait and Baffin Bay.
Hasan said the firm would have considered filing for a temporary injunction if the testing were slated to go forward as planned this summer but the project has been delayed until next season so that temporary injunction was not deemed necessary.
While the application talks about the impact seismic testing could have on fish and marine mammals, it also points out potential gaps in the consultation process.
"The proponents… were unable or unwilling to show that the community's rights and interests would be protected.
"In its environmental assessment conducted in connection with the project, the NEB noted that the proponents were 'unable to answer numerous questions from community members' about potential adverse impacts of the Project on marine life and the community,'" the application states.
And while the companies proposing the seismic testing were required to submit a Benefits Plan to the federal minister of aboriginal affairs, none of the affected communities has been shown a draft of that plan.
Hasan is arguing that the NEB failed to honour the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement, failed to apply Inuit traditional knowledge, failed to consider the cumulative impacts of oil and gas development on the environment and nearby residents and failed to properly consult and accommodate Aboriginal peoples impacted by the project.
All these arguments have yet to be proven in court.
Hasan has 30 days from today to file all the evidence in the case, including what was put before the NEB during the initial hearing, as well as supplementary affidavits from people in Clyde River attesting how this might impact their traditional lifestyle, and experts who can provide evidence on the impact of seismic testing on marine environments.
The respondents, who include the NEB, the Attorney General of Canada as well as the seismic testing consortium of companies, then have 30 days to submit their body of evidence to prove why the testing should go forward.
Another 30 days follows during which both sides can rebut the other's evidence. Then they have a final 30 days to sum up their legal arguments in something called a factum.
After that, it's up to the Federal Court of Appeal to set a hearing date and location. Hasan said the hearing would likely last one or two days.
Issued Notice of Application for Judicial Review – Clyde River


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My chosen organizational guru, "The Organizing Connection," (OC) offers a six-step program to help procrastinating saps like me reach my clutter-free bedroom goals. My plan is to take a week or two for each step.
I totally concur. If I had a family room and a home office, I would kick the homeworking-and-internet-surfing-teenagers and the six-year-old Hannah-Montana-watcher out of my bedroom. Unfortunately, my modest two-storey home has neither of those extra rooms. The kitchen, dining room and living room (and three other bedrooms) are also stuffed to capacity.
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When everything else is falling, it's widely believed that gold is the place to put your money.
Market volatility is higher than the recent past and inflation is on the rise, so it's not surprising that gold is appearing on investors' radars once again. At Coutts, however, we don't currently hold any gold in our portfolios and don't think it's time to turn to it just yet.
One of the big problems with gold is the complex factors that influence its price.
The gold supply is limited and relatively static. There are approximately 190,000 tonnes 'above ground' according to the World Gold Council, equivalent to a cube measuring about 21 metres on each side. Mining adds about 2,500 to 3,000 tonnes a year. By contrast, central banks can create cash – or remove it from the system – at their discretion, and manipulate its value through interest rates.
The demand side for gold doesn't seem to have much influence on the price though.
Jewellery has historically been the biggest market for it, currently accounting for about 50% of demand. China recently overtook India as the world's biggest market for jewellery having seen a huge growth in demand, up from about 224 tonnes in 2004 to 669 tonnes in 2013. But generally, demand for jewellery has been declining in recent decades.
Use in industry, pharmaceuticals and – especially – electronics has been rising slowly, and now accounts for about 10% of demand. However, prices don't respond to economic conditions in the same way as other commodities with widespread industrial uses, such as copper, oil, silver or platinum.
Investor demand has become the key driver for gold prices, rising by about 235% in the last 30 years, and now amounts to about 30% of global demand. Gold prices tend to rise as investors seek its use as a safe haven, and fall as investors sell out. Gold seems to act best in times of extreme systemic risk. In the 1970s, when US inflation was in double digits, gold prices rose 18-fold, and in the year after the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008 it went from $700 an ounce to $1,054 an ounce.
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James Hamilton Lewis, född 18 maj 1863 i Danville, Virginia, död 9 april 1939 i Washington, D.C., var en amerikansk demokratisk politiker. Han representerade delstaten Washington i USA:s representanthus 1897–1899 samt Illinois i USA:s senat 1913–1919 och på nytt från 1931 fram till sin död. Han var den första ledamoten av USA:s senat som fick uppdraget som whip.

Lewis gick i skola i Georgia och studerade vid University of Virginia. Därefter studerade han juridik i Georgia och inledde 1882 sin karriär som advokat. Tre år senare flyttade han till Seattle.

Lewis blev invald i representanthuset i kongressvalet 1896 men lyckades inte bli omvald två år senare. År 1903 flyttade han vidare till Chicago och kandiderade 1908 utan framgång till guvernör.

Som demokraternas whip under sin första mandatperiod i senaten lyckades Lewis i sitt uppdrag att få många av lagarna i president Woodrow Wilsons reformprogram The New Freedom godkända i senaten. På den tiden fanns ännu ingen majoritetsledare i senaten och även befattningen som whip togs 1913 för första gången i bruk. Lewis förlorade guvernörsvalet i Illinois 1920 mot republikanen Len Small.

Lewis tillträdde 1931 på nytt som senator och redan efter två år återfick han sin gamla ledarskapsställning då han 1933 efterträdde Morris Sheppard som demokraternas whip samt republikanen Simeon D. Fess som majority whip. Demokraterna återfick sin majoritet som de senast hade åtnjutit under Wilsons tid som president. Franklin D. Roosevelt var ny president och hans reformprogram New Deal var mycket mera omfattande än Wilsons hade varit. Emellertid hade ställningen som majoritetsledare skapats och Joseph Taylor Robinson fick i den egenskapen huvudansvaret att få igenom presidentens lagförslag. Lewis hade återfått sin gamla titel som whip men han var nummer två i demokraternas grupp, under Robinson fram till dennes död år 1937 och sedan under Alben W. Barkley. Lewis avled 1939 i ämbetet och efterträddes som senator av James M. Slattery.

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The Sweet Blockbuster Chistmas Show / The Jokers @ Parr Hall, Warrington – Photo Review
Posted by John W. King | Saturday 22 December 2018 | Gigs
The Jokers
The Sweet Blockbuster Christmas Show
with support from The Jokers
Parr Hall, Warrington
Friday 21st December 2018
When I was about 5, my parents didn't have much money, but my dad had an arrangement with a firm who hired out jukeboxes to cafes and bars, where he got the old records cheap when they were done with them. He sold them in his shop, but always gave me and my bro first pick. Some of them were scratched to buggery, but it meant I was able to build up a record collection I wouldn't have otherwise had.
It was the glam rock era, and my favorites included The Wombles, Showaddywaddy, The Rubettes, Mud, The Glitter Band, Slade and The Sweet. I still remember the orange RCA label of "Ballroom Blitz" and the missing centre (jukeboxes needed the centre taken out so they could fit on the spindles) and it was one of my most played singles.
As you get older, your tastes change, by my teens I was listening to darker fayre such as Joy Division, Cocteau Twins and The Cure, and later was a big fan of C-86. My musical tastes have taken many twists and turns over the years, at one point I was really into Army of Lovers!
Now I'm at a stage where I just enjoy music!
Chinnichap – the songwriting partnership of Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn wrote the early songs. They are often seen as the 70s equivalent of Stock Aitken Waterman, in that they wrote hugely successful songs but were often seen as lacking credibility to the purists. Indeed, the poppy songs sometimes seemed at odds with the heavier sound of Sweet.
I don't subscribe to the whole "guilty pleasure" thing, if you enjoy something and it's not doing anybody any harm, why feel guilty? I mean if criticising people for liking different music makes people feel better about themselves then fair enough, I've done it myself, but it's quite sad when you think about it!
44 years on from getting the 7″ of Ballroom Blitz and watching them on TOTP/Supersonic, given the chance to go and check out The Sweet and take some photos – Hell yeah!
I've never been to Parr Hall before, with so much going on in Liverpool and Manchester, it's easy to overlook Warrington as a place to go to gigs. It's a really nice venue and not that difficult to get to – about 30 mins from Lime St by train, and a 11 minute walk from Warrington Central to the venue. The town centre looked lovely last night with all the Christmas decorations up! The staff including Security staff were all very friendly and helpful, and the bands were on stage to schedule. I'll definitely be checking out what's on at Parr Hall next year, already on my radar is the Wilko Johnson show in March.
I must admit I hadn't heard of The Jokers before, though looking at their facebook page they are clearly very popular – and it's no surprise having seen them last night. Great performance and whilst quite heavy, the songs were melodic enough to have me tapping along even though I didn't know any of the songs.
After a hard week at work trying to get projects finished before Christmas, lack of sleep, and it's dark and rainy outside, a wee voice in my head was saying "do I really want to go out tonight when I could just stay in and chill" thankfully I told the wee voice in my head to sod off, and when The Jokers took to the stage I knew the journey was more than worth the effort!
Doors were due to open at 7pm, I turned up about 20 minutes early and there was already a long queue, which is testament to the band's enduring popularity. Indeed they've sold over 50 million records, so there are clearly a lot of fans out there.
Brian Connolly, the original lead singer sadly died in 1997, a little bit of trivia I thought was interesting when I did a bit of research, was that he was originally from Hamilton in Scotland, and Mark McManus (Taggart) was his half brother.
I only really know a handful of their popular singles such as "Teenage Rampage", "Hellraiser", "Love is Like Oxygen" , "Fox on the Run" and as mentioned "The Ballroom Blitz" but I thoroughly enjoyed every song I heard, which has lead me to listening to their albums on Spotify. I'm a bit late to the party, but what a party!
The audience were clearly loving it, which is always a huge factor in the atmosphere of a gig.
The band mentioned that the last time they performed in Warrington was back in the 70s with Deep Purple "but most of you probably weren't born then". Sure enough, there was a good range of ages in attendance! Whilst their last UK hit was in 1978, Waynes World brought them to a new generation in the 90s, and the increasing popularity of "retro" festivals and parents playing their records, plus the increased accessibility of music thanks to streaming, is presumably helping to bring them to a younger crowd.
Last night was a revelation! If I hadn't had a press pass yesterday, would I have spent £30 on a ticket and traveled to Warrington to see them after a hard week at work and very little sleep the night before? Probably not. Would I buy a ticket to see them if they come back next year? Almost certainly!
I've had photo-passes for some great gigs and festivals this year, so it was nice to end the year with a bang!
Aside from a couple of previews that's it for my ramblings for this year, so Merry Christmas + Happy New Year to all our readers!
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How to delete your Google account? Google most likely knows a lot about you. If you need any indication to really just how much official stuff they have, just check out your Google account settings page and also have a look at your Account Activity. Whether it be checking out a Youtube video, searching for a certain recipe on their search engine, or uploading a photo to Google+, Google knows. Some people might either be unaware that this data exists or just had their eyes above the clouds; however, it is safe to say that not everyone is thrilled about it. For those looking at a way to erase some of your digital footprint, one of the major steps is to delete your Google account and we'll show you how.
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Under yngre stenåldern tillverkades sticklar av flinta med smal, tvär egg och användes som mejsel eller kniv vid tillverkning och ristning av ben- och hornföremål. Sticklar förekom under större delen av den nordiska stenåldern, ända från yngre paleolitikum, vilket innebär att de är bland vårt lands äldsta typ av redskap. Sticklarna fick dock lite olika utseende under åren som gick. De såg heller inte helt likadana ut.

Vanligast i Sverige är de s.k. kantsticklarna, vilka har stickeleggen i redskapets ena hörn, samt mittsticklarna, vilka har eggen i mitten, tillverkad genom två slag. Även skivsticklar gjorda av skivor, mikrosticklar, spånsticklar gjorda av spån och liknande förekom. De var nästan alltid tillverkade av flinta i södra Sverige, mera ofta  av kvarts längre norrut i Sverige.

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 Tokmak (Ukraine), Stadt in der Ukraine, in der Oblast Saporischschja
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Tokmak ist der Familienname folgender Personen:
 Dergin Tokmak (* 1973), deutscher Tänzer
 Hüseyin Tokmak (* 1995), türkischer Fußballspieler
 Muhammet Tokmak (* 1972), deutscher Politiker
 Rana Tokmak (* 1996), deutsche rhythmische Sportgymnastin

Siehe auch:
 Tokmak-Ata (Usbekistan), Halbinsel in Usbekistan
 Tokamak
 Werchnij Tokmak, Dorf in der Ukraine


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March 9, 2012 10:49 pm #81
Re: Go on then...what are your theories?
kazza, while I'm still online, I'd like to know, why you like the idea of the Rhododendron substance having been used. Nobody else seems to think so.
kazza474
sherlocked wrote:
But later a lot of questions would have been asked.
But asked to who? By the time authorities were there, all traces of a body, witnesses, paramedic pretenders would have been gone. And with Molly's and/or Mycroft's help, all details and paperwork could be furnished later on convincingly.
.... but no CSI, when you have a dead body, would be a major glitch
Was there an investigation after a plane full of dead people was left sitting on a runway? Investigations into many 'odd' goings on? No, all would have been explained away by the relevant people. We're happy enough to accept explanations for so many things throughout this series and the last, yet when it comes to this final show, everyone wants plausibility in every detail.
Not that this is a problem because I actually believe Moftiss has almost all details covered with common sense.
- we're happy to accept the possibility that Molly helps out by fudging documents or supplying fake blood. No investigation results from this.
- we're happy to accept the possibility that Mycroft does similar. No investigation results from this.
So why is it so hard to believe that there's no official investigation into a guy jumping off a building? A lot of incidents involving death, accidents etc in life don't get investigated because all the evidence has been removed/contaminated. By the time anyone with power got to the jump site, most evidence was gone without a trace.
Also, please note that sentences can also end in full stops. The exclamation mark can be overused.
Sherlock Holmes 28 March 13:08
Mycroft's popularity doesn't surprise me at all. He is, after all, incredibly beautiful, clever and well-dressed. And beautiful. Did I mention that?
--Mark Gatiss
"I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant."
It was actually used in the original canon ( I'll remember where later on, lol) Many (not all) of the 'call back' clues are used as an important clue (even if twisted) through out the series. I see this as a 'polite' thing that Moftiss do.
Once taken, there is no trace of it; unlike a ball that could fall out of either a pocket or an armpit at anytime from climbing the stairs, to grabbing Moriarty, etc. He does put his hand to his mouth late in the game.
So, the 2009 Sherlock Holmes movie got the use of the poison from the originals, too! If you find out, where A.C.D. used it, please post. Makes it even more likely, that MoGiss used it.
As to plausibility issues: Of course we are talking tv here, but, as you say yourself, MoGiss are doing a good job in covering all the bases, and that's exactly my point: It is a lot easier to fake badly injured and half dead, but in need of immediate medical care, than to fake completely dead but whisked away anyway from under the nose of my best friend, who is also a doctor, and who might find the string of events very suspicious later on. The writers of this series are so good, that they can sell (and have sold) almost anything as plausible, but I think, if they have the choice, they might choose the slightly more plausible string of events.
When the episodes of the third season are aired, we all have to read our little theories again and might smile a lot.
Since I am in Germany and it's already past midnight, I will end my posting for now. Here's to a lot of fun arguments to come!
March 10, 2012 12:06 am #85
Oh ACD did use it for sure, I will get on that one today. And yes, there will be several things that the RDJ movies have in common with the BBC ones, it's inevitable.
I don't have an issue with whether Sherlock is dead or alive immediately following the jump & I personally don't believe it matters. He didn't get a good look at him or a decent attempt for a pulse.
John isn't suspicious by nature, He's just had an amazing list of odd things happen to him, assassins, court cases, on the run, etc etc. I really cannot see a person suffering PTDS sitting down and searching for any more 'suspicious' things after that list!
To have John accept what has happened at face value is plausible to me.
To have Mycroft & Molly separately take care of the loose threads is plausible to me.
And to go to bed after midnight is plausible to me.
Good night & Thanks for the debate, I love it!
ps. I also find it completely plausible that in a year's time, we'll both be too embarrassed to look back at these pages!!!
March 10, 2012 1:40 am #86
I'm already too embarrassed to look back at them!
Sherlock Holmes wrote:
Nahhh just hum "The way we were" while you look at them.
So it will be for all of us: Same website, next year? If it will be next year, considering all the other employments, our fast rising actors have to fulfill.
kazza, thanks for the links to other theories. Especially one site (final problem) contained a wealth of information. I've not sifted through everything, but I found some VERY interesting ideas about the mind chess going on between M and S on the roof, and what lead finally to M's self destruction. This question was always more interesting to me than how S managed to fake his death, because I think, the general outline of that is clear. Our exchange of arguments yesterday was about details in my opinion. On the main points (Sherlock DID jump, no dummies, dead bodies,masks, lookalikes or clones were involved, something, which was not suspicious to possible witnesses, broke his fall, he had help from the homeless, Molly and Mycroft, He distracted John, so he could not see the actual impact, he might have taken something to mess with his vital signs) I think, we agree. The devil is in the details.
I don't have time now to outline some ideas, those websites gave me about what was going on between M and S, but I might try later tonight. Maybe by then you have found the reference to Rhododendron Ponticum in the original stories. I will try myself, also. Maybe the search function on my kindle will come up with something.
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Especially one site (final problem) contained a wealth of information.
Yes nice site, lots of ideas from many sources, a bit condescending for my tastes in the end . I asked a few questions, they were so intent on being right that they did an about face just to say i was stupid!
Quite amusing the lengths people go to just to prove their point.
I hadn't tackled the book yet for the poison, I'll do so now.
I think it is important, as Sherlock says to John earlier, that people see what the want to see i.e. what they expect to see. When he jumps John already really knows what to expect when he finally gets to the body. The fact that he does not see the entire jump from start to finish from the position that Sherlock has made him stand in is, I am sure, important. The mind fills in the gaps with what it 'knows' will happen in between. It is also certain that John has no opportunity to properly feel for a pulse because his hand is pulled quickly away by one of the byestanders.
Maybe rhododendron ponticum is a red herring? But my feeling is that is isn't.
On watching the rooftop scene, things I noticed a long time ago but never put into words have now 'come to me in words'.
- Note when Sherlock first gets to the rooftop how he paces around checking both sides of the building as well as the 'front' side where Moriarty sits. The audience is distracted by Moriarty's talk of 'Staying Alive'. No major revelations there, I'm just making note of that for now.
- I am sticking with the theory that Sherlock is intent on driving Moriarty 'as insane as possible'. Everything he says, all his facial expressions all give Moriarty the impression that Sherlock is panicking, is scared when he says he realises he must commit suicide.
- the close face to face interaction shows Sherlock's resolve is solid, he is not backing down from Moriarty's taunt that 'he can't break him'. Moriarty tries his hardest, but Sherlock's gaze never wavers, he totally stares him down. Moriarty (because of his mindset) cannot compete with such resolve; he knows he is beaten.
Back with more right after this short break.
OK, again I am all over the place today! Had a break, googled some cumber-news, stared at a few cumber-pics, all that stuff that we old women do to make us feel young and spritely again.
So now I am reading the transcript.
Let's not forget some important points here:
- the newspaper article the day after the court case:
"Star witness Sherlock Holmes was not present for the verdict as in another twist to the case was thrown out of court by the Judge." - so to whoever asked ages ago, "Why didn't Sherlock go to court for the verdict?" That is why. He was ejected from court & seemingly that carries over to the next day. I'm not sure that happens over here, but then I'm no expert on court cases thank heavens!
- it was TWO months until the Rich Brook story is advertised as being in 'Saturday's' paper. That's a long time for Moriarty to set up the story etc. Also, if Sherlock got the gist of ' the fall' that gave HIM two months to plan his actions.
- The lead up story in the paper that John reads at the Diogenes club reads:
"Close Friend Richard Brook Tells All� . The article reveals that it is an Exclusive from Kitty Riley and the text reads: "Super-sleuth Sherlock Holmes has today been exposed as a fraud in a revelation that will shock his new found base of adoring fans. // Out-of-work actor Richard Brook revealed exclusively to THE SUN that he was hired by Holmes in an elaborate deception to fool the British public into believing Holmes had above-average 'detective skills'. // Brook, who has known Holmes for decades and until recently considered him to be a close friend, said he was at first desperate for the money..."
Now straight after that, the conversation goes :
MYCROFT: Someone called Brook. Recognise the name?
JOHN: School friend, maybe?
MYCROFT: Of Sherlock's?
DERRRRRR Mycroft! It says he was a close friend! Just a slip in continuity but quite amusing.
ok, so the main thing I wanted to say here is that remember, they had a lot of time to set things up, both Sherlock & Moriarty.
How do you know it was 2 months before the article was published? Oh wait, did you pause it and look at the dates on the newspapers? But does that mean you think Sherlock knew about the fall way before the scene in Kitty's flat? I always got the impression he worked it all out immediately after that scene.
Also, the bit with Mycroft. How come you think that's a mistake? It had never occured to me before you said it but maybe Mycroft knows it's Moriarty. He's clever enough to work out the Rich Brook reference and he knows Sherlock doesn't have friends, especially close ones. He's just trying to act stupid for John's benefit because he knows what's going on.
Remember Sherlock & Moriarty have tea.
The next scene is John at the ATM and the caption on screen says "two months later". Then the car comes for John & takes him to the Diogenes club, where he first sees the 'Saturday's expose" headline.
I'd slightly forgotten that fact for a while. See how getting so tied up in the 'action' makes you forget seeing the smaller details?
"Close Friend Richard Brook Tells All" is what it says in the paper.
Mycroft has read that.
Then when John says " a school friend?" he answers as if to say ' Sherlock has friends? I don't think so'.
So what I mean is if he just read it, why wouldn't he have thought " hang about,what close friend?"
The answer is of course that he knew who it was because he'd already given Moriarty the information needed. Which is what we learn later.
Which is what you said in the last sentence, lol. I must learn to read properly.
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I think, that during the three months might be when Mycroft takes Moriarty in and they try to break him, without success and Mycroft 'inadvertantly' divulges all about Sherlock's life to Moriarty. Mycroft arranges for Joh to meet him at the Diogenes Club and knew that reading the newspaper would draw it to John's attention. I think that he wants John to warn John about the revelations from Rich Brook. Mycroft is, of course, completely aware that Rich Brook is not an old friend of Sherlock's. Remember in Study in Pink how puzzled Sherlock is by the very mention of the word friend from John, when he says he has just met an old friend of his. Because the two brothers have a 'difficult relationship' Mycroft is aware that he needs to help Sherlock indirectly, certainly John would see it as strange if he started to do otherwise. Mycroft, like Sherlock is probably aware of the link between Rich Brook and Reichenbach, he is no fool and knows there is a link to Moriarty.
Regarding the court case. You are correct in that once Sherlock has been had up for contempt of court he would not be allowed back into the courtroom.
What seems strange to me is that immediately after Lestrade goes after his first failed attempt to get Sherlock to go with them voluntarily, Sherlock says that Moriarty is playing a game and it is one he is not prepared to play i.e. about a photo of his being taken into custody being Moriarty's next move. He even loses his temper with John because he suspects that John's loyalty is wavering, or just to test him out. However he then waits for the police to return with their warrant, when the photos will be taken. Also he and John subsequently go on the run with Sherlock saying that this is what Moriarty wants them to do. So by this stage he is willing to play the game with Moriarty. This is more like the game of chess that the cabbie was talking about!
Some points to think about.
John to warn Sherlock is what I meant to write, duh
I always thought Mycroft's questioning of Moriarty took place at the end of Baskerville...it's easy to forget but that episode actually ends with Mycroft letting Moriarty go...and he's written Sherlock all over the room and stuff...
Well, this is no theory at all and maybe I won't make myself clear enough but anyway I'll try. I'll put some links to youtube, but quality is not very good, so you'll probably prefer to watch this scenes from another source.
I've just rewatched The Reichenbach Fall and there are some things I have noticed this time. Maybe someone has already pointed them out, but I can't remember now, so I'm sorry to waste your time if that's the case.
First of them, just after Jim calls Sherlock "doofus", you can see Sherlock has something small and dark in his hands. But the next time we see him, it's gone. I don't know what it is, maybe his phone? But it doesn't look like it. It could also be the rubber ball. Thoughts?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGChdiI1rBI
Other one, just after Sherlock realizes he doesn't have to die, when he is approaching Moriarty, he seems to be playing with something in his left hand, but I can't really see what it is. And there's something that has always bothered me... the way he sings "if I've got you". I mean, it doesn't bother me, it only seems strange in Sherlock (something out of character?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCdSa6uqLSY
And the last one... I've always thought that there has to be something in Sherlock face, in his expression or anything that makes Moriarty realize he has been beaten. Something that makes him change his mind and say that Sherlock is not ordinary and then thank him. When Sherlock says "I may be in the side of the angels etc." there's a glimpse of sunlight and then Moriarty changes his mind and starts to blink. And I don't think it's because what Sherlock says but because what he sees on his face. And tonight I realized how small do Sherlock pupils look at this exact moment. They're almost invisible, two small points, just like they are when we see him "dead" on the ground. May this have some importance? Because Moriarty is the one facing the sun, not Sherlock, and it doesn't make sense that his pupils are so small in that moment. The only thing I can think of if that he had taken some kind of drug (he was a junkie, wasn't he?)... but I don't know.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DA834XBdYQ
I hope this wasn't too boring for you... I'm probably overthinking about all this and I'm sure sometimes I don't make any sense... that's the problem when you are not Sherlock and try to think too much... anyway, thanks for reading!
March 20, 2012 9:03 am #100
Irene, I noticed the same things. This exchange between M and S is most fascinating - and Sherlock has definitely something in his hands, when he is about to make hand contact with M (the handshake). I can see it very clearly, when I run my dvd in super slo-mo. It's black and metallic . The metallic end has a small hook, which is protruding from his fingers just a tiny bit. It has the size of a key. When M closed hands with S he must feel it.
I don't think, Sherlock is a junkie, though he seems to have issues with drugs on and off, when he is bored and unchallenged. In SiB John and Mrs. H search his rooms in 'all the usual places' for drugs, and S picks up on it immediately; so it is probably not the first time they are doing this. Also the hilarious drugs bust in SiP alludes to a drug history Lestrade is aware of. I belong to the school of thoughts, which believes in the Rhododendron Ponticom clue, though I'm not entirely sure, what effect he wants to create by taking it. It slows down the cardiac rate and makes for watery eyes and a runny nose, but it certainly doesn't make the pulse disappear. And I think, IF S takes some drug, it's right after M shot himself.
When you run the lab scene in slo-mo, you can see, that S pockets the rubber ball, before he goes to his roof rendezvous with M.
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It's a blessing and a curse for the NHL…an all star fan voting quandary equivalent to an election year movie hoax such as Welcome to Mooseport, Dave, or Swing Vote. Much less lovable of an antihero than Ray Romano or Kevin Costner, physical journeyman winger John Scott with his perseverance to participate in Sunday's NHL All Star Game should be a wake up call for many pretentious minds across our great game.
If you haven't read John Scott's article he posted to The Players' Tribune on Thursday, you should. His story as a big goofy engineer student athlete who worked hard to be in "The Show" might be too feel good for some, but to me it's a familiar, point blank example example of real life. And that's what truly matters compared to sports writers and suits who think someone doesn't belong.
Back in 2001, I had just moved to Colorado and was struggling in the early days of my radio career. Growing up learning how to skate in California, I had always wanted to play hockey but for many years lived in the Deep South with hardly any public ice available. But after taking a job at a 3 sheet rink in northwest Denver, this was my chance…to finally assemble my gear and transition my college basketball skills to the world of hockey.
I never thought I could ever make it far, but the competitive fire inside of me at 22 years of age kept burning because I never had the chance to play serious hockey as a kid. The laughing and staring and joking commenced, and even though some of it was in good fun… other attitudes were delivered with an air of pretension that still rears its ugly head today towards guys like John Scott. The discrimination back then towards me was so obtuse that my rink's Zamboni manager, a kid who grew up playing hockey in Minnesota, refused to teach me how to drive because he told coworkers that I simply didn't belong.
The hows and whys of the "who is better than who" attitudes surrounding this game has much more length than this article allows, but maybe- just maybe this is the weekend where one man's foundation of truth cuts through a few false ivory towers.
Whether or not he wins the hardest shot competition in the skills events tonight, it's still the John Scott Show in Smashville. And he took a photo of his media crowd to prove it.
I just hope people watching around the world read between the lines of cynicism and see the guy & game underneath.
More from Tennessee as Jonathan takes over the @Sportsology Twitter account tomorrow from Music City.


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King will also take the helm at sister company, C2P Advisory Group
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Article Review: Losing the Forest for the Trees: Syria, Law and the Imperatives of Conflict Recognition
Have you ever wondered how to tell when a riot or internal dispute becomes a non-international armed conflict falling under the regulation of Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions? If the answer is yes, I highly recommend reading "Losing the Forest for the Trees: Syria, Law and the Imperatives of Conflict Recognition" by Laurie R. Blank & Geoffrey S. Corn. This article can be found on Professor Corns' SSRN page to which the title above is hyper-linked.
In the Article, while arguing for a new approach to Conflict Classification, the authors provide detailed analysis on the history, purpose, and current test used to classify conflicts as well as an explanation as to why proper classifications of conflict are vital to the future of the LOAC.
The Article's basic argument is that the definition of "armed conflict" has become too legalistic to the detriment of humanitarian protections, the purpose for which the LOAC was formed. The definition of "armed conflict" was laid out by the ICTY in the case of Prosecutor v. Tadic as "exist[ing] where there is a resort to armed force between States or protracted armed violence between governmental authorities and organized armed groups or between such groups within a State." The Court then looked to the two elements of "intensity of the conflict and the organization of the parties to the conflict" to determine if their definition was met. In subsequent cases, both the ICTY and the ICTR solidified these two elements together as a concrete test when determining if an armed conflict exists – stating that both elements must be met. The article uses the current situation in Syria as an example noting that although violence on the ground between the Free Syrian Army and the Loyalist was intense and large number of civilians were being killed the Commission sent out to investigate human rights violations refused to call violence an "armed conflict" because both prongs of the test were not met. Therefore the LOAC did not apply.
The article then draws an analogy to U.S. Constitutional Criminal Jurisprudence to show the detriment of using such a legalistic approach to a broad conceptual idea (here: probable cause when using an informant and the existence of an armed conflict in a non-international situation) and to provide a road map to fixing the problem. In the second section, the Article tells the story of the development of the probable cause jurisprudence surrounding the use of informant's tips to obtain a warrant. In a nut shell, the Supreme Court established a two prong test which it later applied as a couplet to show why a particular warrant did not meet the probable cause requirement. Lower courts took this decision and applied the test in a way that required both elements of the test to be met before a warrant was valid. This legalistic approach caused the issue to resurface before the Court in Illinois v. Gates where the Court found that, as the Article puts it, "because the probable cause is a practical, common sense assessment of all facts and circumstances, the inflexibility of the strict two-prong approach that evolved from its earlier opinions actually undermined the very purpose of probable cause assessment. Instead, these two prongs are properly understood as a framework to guide a totality of the circumstances assessment …"
The Article concludes by arguing the the Supreme Court's decision in Gates is instructive to the future of defining armed conflicts. Much like the ridged and legalistic probable cause test leading to decision in Gates, the test used by the international community to determine is an armed conflict of a non-international nature exist "undermines" the purpose of the LOAC and therefore, as in Gates, the international community should move toward a "totality of the circumstances" approach to conflict classification.
In my opinion, the article pin points a very interesting problem in determining when a conflict exists. Labeling internal conflict within a state an "armed conflict" brings with it two very important consequences – the privilege of belligerency and the application of humanitarian protections in the LOAC (for more information on the basic principles of the LOAC see the "LOAC Basics" tab at the top of the blog). Therefore, I agree with the authors that correctly labeling conflict is vital to the future and effectiveness of the LOAC and should be addressed by the international community. Where I differ in opinion from the Authors is in thinking that an earlier classification of the conflict in Syria as an "armed conflict" would have provided additional protection to the civilians caught in the middle of the fighting. One of the most precarious issues in the LOAC is enforcement. There is no international force that intervenes to prevent or imminently punish war crimes after a red line is tripped and an internal conflict rises to the level of an "armed conflict." Instead the LOAC relies on the fighters themselves to abide by the law and criminal tribunals to punish violators long after the crimes have been committed. Therefore, I believe that the conclusion that an earlier classification would have bolstered humanitarian protections is premature at best. Assuming that a tribunal is established for Syria and the Court agrees with the Commission leaving the humanitarian violation committed in the earlier part of the conflict unpunished, an earlier classification by the Commission would mean that the harmed caused to more people would be punished. Absent this, I do not see where an earlier classification would have provided additional humanitarian protection.
This entry was posted in Human Rights, LOAC, Papers, Students and tagged common article 3 of the geneva conventions, current situation in syria, definition of armed conflict on September 27, 2012 by Jessica Poarch.
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Local orphanages may be best bet for volunteers
by Ashley Thompson
Online: Jun 26, 2012
L.P. would like to volunteer at a Catholic orphanage in the Tohoku region, near the March 11 disaster areas, but isn't sure how to get started.
I contacted Living Dreams, a nonprofit organization based in Tokyo that supports children living in orphanages (children's homes) in Japan, and they suggested La Salle Home, affiliated with De La Salle Christian Brothers. The director of La Salle, Rodrigo Trevino, said they have all the volunteers they need through March 2013, but you are welcome to get in touch about future opportunities (call (022) 257-3801).
Ichinoseki Fujinoso in Iwate is another option. They don't have a current need for volunteers, but if you are interested in helping in another way, they are accepting donations (through Living Dreams — see website below) toward rebuilding their children's home, which was destroyed by the earthquake.
On the issue of volunteering at children's homes in Japan, I spoke with Mikiko Matsumoto, executive director of Living Dreams, and Michael Maher King, founder of Smile Kids Japan, an NPO that promotes awareness of orphanages across the country and supports volunteers who regularly visit the homes.
Anyone interested in volunteering at a children's home here should first of all bear in mind that children's homes, or child welfare institutes (CWI), in Japan are very diverse, in terms of how they are run, their environment, religious affiliation, financial situation and location, among other factors. Over 33,000 children are currently living in CWI in Japan and at least 40 to 50 percent of those kids are victims of parental abuse or neglect. "Not many of the kids have lost both parents," said Michael, "and there are a variety of reasons for their placements."
When asked how easy it is for foreigners to volunteer at CWI, Mikiko pointed out that being able to speak Japanese is obviously a plus. If you don't, bringing someone who speaks Japanese along with you is advisable. "Homes might be at a loss if someone who speaks no Japanese shows up at their door," she explained.
Michael agreed, but added that he was able to "set up (a visit) with level 4 of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test and a Japanese friend."
Other than Japanese ability, no special skills are required to volunteer. "All you need is a good heart to want to help children," Mikiko said, but she also advises that "it should never become a burden for the homes."
For example, "You cannot go directly to the homes and press them to deal with you," Mikiko explained. "They have their own schedule, and volunteers should be most careful to respect that schedule."
Instead of cold-calling a home or showing up at their doorstep unannounced, Mikiko suggests first contacting an organization that knows more about each home, such as Living Dreams, to help find a suitable place to lend a hand.
However, with the right connections, this isn't always necessary. "If you have contacts that know the home, such as local elementary school teachers, their introduction makes the whole process a lot easier," said Michael.
You might want to help out in the Tohoku area, but Michael believes volunteers can be more effective at a CWI in their own community. "We explain how to do this on the Smile Kids Japan website under the 'how to' section. You can approach a home and see if they would like any help.
"It seems to vary a great deal by prefecture and with different directors. In Mie a volunteer group visited four homes before one accepted them. I visited one that was delighted to have volunteers and then set up visits at a second home that was also very welcoming.
"The key is sustainability—these children have had a lot of disruption in their lives and benefit from building relationships and trust. They can be hurt by false hope."
To find a nearby children's home, please contact Living Dreams, check out the Smile Kids Japan website, search for jidōyōgoshisetsu (children's home, orphanage) or gakuen (an educational institution) or visit your prefectural government's welfare page.
You can find Living Dreams online at livingdreams.jp/main/ and the Smile Kids Japan website at www.smilekidsjapan.org.
Another organization worth checking out is Bridge For Smile (www.b4s.jp/en/index.html), which runs a home specifically for youths who have experienced abuse, neglect and other forms of maltreatment.
Ashley Thompson writes unique how-tos about living in Japan at www.survivingnjapan.com. Send queries to lifelines@japantimes.co.jp
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by Rachel Beck | Oct 17, 2017 | 2 comments
Gonna start by stating the obvious: success feels good.
Getting that first commission from a stranger, being asked to speak on a podcast or a panel, fan mail, recognition at a con, even just an enthusiastic comment or a bunch of shares on your social media platform of choice – all of it or any of it is a rush, both physically and emotionally. Success is the drug of choice for creatives everywhere, but the crash is something I haven't heard talked about much, at least at the lower levels of the creative industry, somewhere in that stretch post-amateur, and pre-fame.
I call it "con-crash" because the context I'm mostly likely to experience it in is the Tuesday after a convention, but I've felt its effects after a round of un-looked for social media signal boosting or even just a positive review in the comments section. I know it's not just me – I make a point of keeping an eye on what my fellow "mid-level" creatives are doing across industries – comic makers, artists, writers, and even table-top designers I meet at cons. Some of them start reporting that feeling of exhaustion, depression, or just general listlessness native to the con-crash as early as Monday morning, others push through as late as the next week.
What concerns me most about con-crash is the trend I've seen in my admittedly-short three-year run in the convention scene is the effect is has on up-and-coming creatives. There's been a lot of focus on how the fame-drug destroys the lives of Hollywood stars but not a lot said about the masses of creatives that drop off into silence just as their careers are starting to take off. When I first arrived on the scene, I was dumbfounded as to how the people I met on panels and on the floor could enjoy the level of success they were experiencing, and yet a half-hour into conversation, admit to me that they were thinking of ditching the whole enterprise. I know better now.
Con-crash is nefarious because it exists in an industry already dogged by insecurity, or just good-old-fashioned creative angst. That drop in dopamine on a Tuesday morning can sometimes be all that is needed to nudge a person over the edge into serious depression, or other pre-existing mental health issues. Success also, like any elixir of its kind, is a drug of diminishing returns. What set off the high the first time around will not continue to thrill reliably long into the future. In order to get their fix, the creative requires more diverse and escalating accolades, only to find the crash that much more intense on the other side. The greater the height, the harder the fall. I used to think that financial success was the exception to this – surely if you were at least making money that would take the edge off the impact, but that turned out to be pure naivete. Almost exactly a year ago today, I returned from what was our most financially successful convention to date, wildly outstripping our expectations, and found that I just didn't care. I immediately plunged into what would prove to be one of my most debilitating depressive episodes to date, unable to get out of bed in the morning, and lasting almost into the new year.
I don't have a ready-made, off-the-shelf solution – all I can offer you is what I've learned in the past year and what works for me to combat the effects of con-crash. In no particular order, here's what I've found works for me:
Knowing is half the battle. Just being aware that con-crash was a thing helped me hold my emotions in balance. My work with children ensures that I have the physical immune system of a goddess, but thinking of con-crash as an emotional flu or head cold of sorts and treating it similarly to the biological equivalent helps mitigate its effects substantially.
Prioritize. One of the most crushing things about that depressive spell last October was realizing how many of the things I truly cared about I'd let slip in the pursuit of my next success-fix. Some of it was big things, my faith and my relationships, some of it was tiny things – I'd stopped ritualistically drinking hot chocolate in the morning, every morning, which sounds silly, but is something I really love doing. By spending the following months and year properly ordering myself, a la Platonic virtue, the crash became significantly less crippling or all-encompassing to my internal world.
Get a hobby. Something that creatives often forget when they turn their hobby into a business is that they need to find a new hobby. Get something that doesn't engage the work-side of your brain because even if you love it, creative work is still work. For me, it's table-top rpgs, and video games. Enough said.
If you've experienced your own version of con-crash, or have other tips and solutions for handling it, I'd love to hear from you, either through a private channel, or in the comments. Talking about it as a creative community helps newcomers know they're not crazy for feeling bad in the wake of success, and maybe, just maybe, will help keep people from giving up on their dreams, just as they are starting to actualize.
Sarah Y	on 2017-10-17 at 12:46 pm
These insights are so important! It's easy to assume that reaching another level of success will bring satisfaction in life, but real satisfaction comes from something deeper and more personal. Hot cocoa and video games help, of course. Or for me, baking and watching Korean dramas 😉
Glitch	on 2017-10-25 at 12:48 pm
Both good choices. 🙂
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