What's worse than snakes on a plane or sharks in a tornado? Real-life crocodiles in trees. Scientists recently observed four species of crocodile climbing trees and lounging on the branches.
Although people around the world have observed and photographed the arboreal abilities of many types of crocodile and alligator, herpetologists hadn't studied the behavior much. Now, recent research documented tree-climbing Australian freshwater crocodiles, American crocodiles, Central African slender-snouted crocodiles and Nile crocodiles. The paper also presented anecdotal reports of many other croc species taking to the trees.
The crocs weren't just clambering onto easily reached low branches. The animals could climb vertical trunks. Some climbed all the way to the trees' crown.
Most of the tree-borne crocs were young and still relatively small. Most of the arboreal crocs were two meters (6.5 feet) or less in length. The animals may have been climbing the trees to bask in the sun, since the areas where the animals were observed in trees often lacked other suitable sun bathing locations, noted the study's authors.
The crocs may also have used their perches to observe their surroundings and watch for threats. The animals often picked branches hanging over bodies of water. When startled, the young crocs would plunge into the water. Green iguanas use a similar behavior. A few years ago, while rafting in iguana territory in eastern Honduras, I recall that a loud splash was often the only clue that an iguana had been nearby.
The slender-snouted crocodile of central Africa proved particularly adept at arboreal acrobatics. The reptiles roosted on branches both night and day. One specimen climbed though a tangle of branches to rest on a branch five meters from the river bank and four meters above the water.
The study "Climbing behavior in extant crocodilians" was published in Herpetology Notes. Vladimir Dinets of the University of Tennessee led the study.


Sam Russell and Reid Rooney look forward to another successful CHIPYS in 2011 | Grand Central Magazine | Your Campus. Your Story.
Central baseball players Reid Rooney and Sam Russell look for continued success in raising money for cancer research with the 2011 CHIPY Awards.
The CHIPY awards recognize the top athlete performers in the past year at Central Michigan University. Eleven different awards will be presented on Sept. 18.
The CHIPYS started as random talk in the outfield between Central baseball players Reid Rooney and Sam Russell. They envisioned an award show that emulates ESPN's ESPY awards. The CHIPYS include a "Maroon" Carpet prior to the event, the award show itself and even prepared skits throughout the show.
Over a year later and one successful CHIPYS under their belts, Russell and Rooney are now preparing for the second annual show that will take place Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011 at 7 p.m. in the Plachta Auditorium.
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Last year's event featured over 650 guests and raised $2,500 for the V Foundation which supports cancer research, an impressive feat for an event created out of outfield chatter.
Former NFL running back T.J. Duckett will be attending as well as presenting an award at the event. Duckett is a major supporter of the Special Olympics and Rooney said that it will be a "powerful moment" when Duckett presents the award.
The CHIPYS are a black tie event and tickets can be purchased in advance for $3 and at the door for $5. All proceeds go to the V Foundation.
"It's a cheap way to take a girl or a guy out and to dress up and look snazzy," Rooney said.
Russell will be hosting the show by himself this year as last year's co-host Brendan Emmet graduated. More information can be found on the CHIPYS by visiting their Facebook page.
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Jose Mourinho felt a 2-2 draw at Chelsea was an "awful result" for Manchester United and a "phenomenal" one for Maurizio Sarri's men after Ross Barkley equalised in the 96th minute at Stamford Bridge.
Anthony Martial's second-half brace looked to have secured a superb win for Mourinho's men against his former club, with United coming from behind after Antonio Rudiger opened the scoring.
However, Chelsea substitute Barkley had the final say deep into stoppage time , the England midfielder's goal prompting wild celebrations on the touchline and a furious row as Mourinho was left incensed by provocation from Marco Ianni , a member of Chelsea's coaching staff.
That issue was said to be resolved as Mourinho accepted an apology from Ianni, but United's manager was still frustrated by the result of the game.
"[We were] the best team on the pitch," he told Sky Sports .
"If you say before the match, one point at Stamford Bridge is always a good result because it's so difficult for teams to win here.
"After the game, the way the game was, [it] is an awful result for us, and a phenomenal result for them [Chelsea]."
Mourinho said he could not understand the amount of stoppage time played, adding: "I hope every referee does the same as Mike Dean, to give six minutes. Normally when I'm losing I never have five or six or seven minutes."
In a subsequent news conference, Mourinho was asked what pleased him in United's performance and replied: "Everything. I think what I call the Chelsea triggers, we controlled them, and the reality is we conceded two goals from set-pieces, not in organised play.
"We controlled that very, very well ... I think we deserve much more than this result but this is what it is.
"If they [United's players] focus on the performance they will be really happy with themselves; if they focus on the result they will be very, very disappointed."


Cat Cubie Casts A Fly Rod!
Cat Cubie, Scottish television weather presenter currently working for BBC Scotland opens the official Salmon fishing Season at Dunkeld, Scotland January 15th.
Along side guest presenting and writing for a number of different broadcasters, 'Cubie' hosts her own show on Real Radio and writes a weekly column in the Evening Express. As an experienced event host and compere, Cat accepted the invitation to cast the first fly rod on the Tay this season. The symbolic opening ceremony is the start of the Salmon Fishing Season on the Tay where hundreds of anglers meet in anticipation of the first Salmon of the year .
When Cat's not behind the camera or microphone she loves to play in the Scottish Highlands – Skiing and walking along some of the most beautiful scenic paths and ridges. The Scottish Weather woman also enjoys heading to warmer climes to scuba dive or trying her hand at more unusual hobbies like circus skills and fly fishing, among other outdoor activities.
Reports all around the river are showing that opening day on the Tay was worth braving the cold. A number of fish were caught on a range of fishing methods; being so early in the season anglers who fished lures and spinners seen best results.
Below is a perfect example of a 21lb Tay Springer, caught by Gordon Nicoll.
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Figure 1. QMRA concept for UV technology application
Did I Get What I Paid For? Lessons Learned in Water and How They Can Help Air and Surface Applications
Castine Bernardy, Ph.D. student, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New Hampshire
James P. Malley, Jr., Ph.D., editor-in-chief, UV Solutions, professor of civil and environmental engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New Hampshire
Editor's Note: Owners and operators of UV technology are an important stakeholder group; these professionals have limited time and often prefer to remain anonymous when providing feedback. As a result, this column is built from responses to a Qualtrics survey sent out each quarter with the help of UNH graduate students.
Major events, while often disruptive or tragic, spur reactions that can lead to positive outcomes. The COVID-19 pandemic is viewed by many as one of the most globally impactful events since World War II. One of the positive outcomes has been an unprecedented increase in research, development and engineering applications of UV technologies. UV technologists have not seen an increase in activity this large since the '90s when a waterborne disease outbreak from Cryptosporidium sparked decades of UV technological growth in the water field and led to the birth of the IUVA. The objective of this column is two-fold: Report lessons learned from the application of UV technology to water, and suggest ways those lessons can inform the next steps in the selection, design, application and monitoring of new UV disinfection systems for air and/or surfaces. The survey asked the following three questions:
How do operators know their UV facility is working?
A respondent from a large drinking water plant replied, "Each month we produce a state report ensuring that our UV system operates in specification and achieves the objective of maintaining 2-log disinfection credit for Giardia and Crypto at least 95% of the time – although we generally hit 99%."
A wastewater facility representative responded with, "Our daily samples are used to determine our average monthly E. coli count, and if we are at 14 CFU/mL or less, we meet our discharge permit." A response from an innovative and recently built application of UV disinfection in drinking water stated, "We worked with our two consulting engineers, the UV maker, the state and UNH researchers on our EPA pilot study to obtain 3-log virus credit for UV. We monitor flow, UVT and delivered UV dose continuously and report it monthly to the state to demonstrate compliance and on-spec operations. We are on spec more than 97% of the time, and our past problems with low source water UVT have not reoccurred."
Ensuring public safety and device efficacy for the air and surface applications of UV technology for the foreseeable future likely will be much more difficult. In the absence of clear regulatory guidance and standards, the purchaser and/or operator of the UV technology – as well as the public it is meant to protect – are left without a uniform, STEM-based proof of performance.
QMRA for drinking water
Several members of the UV technology community, including IUVA President Ron Hoffman, have suggested the adoption of a Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment (QMRA) approach (Figure 1). A QMRA type approach provides a uniform basis for the current US drinking water regulations (Figure 2), which specify that disinfection technologies must provide a 4-log virus inactivation capability (credit). The QMRA calculations followed this basic logic:
Risk set at one new infection per 10,000 exposures.
Infectious dose set at < one virus particle per exposure.
Initial virus concentration assumed 10,000 #/volume.
Calculated regulatory requirement: Log (10,000) – log (1) ~ 4-log inactivation (US drinking water law).
What lessons were learned from applying UV technology?
A respondent at a wastewater facility with 30 years of experience suggested the importance of "checking with other places that bought and use the UV system you plan to put in. Be sure the system has enough dosing capacity to deal with unexpected pathogen loads. We are on our second UV system, replacing the first one after 15 years of problems. It was ineffective, claims made were wrong, lamp replacement was too frequent and the sensors never worked. (We just turned them off.)
"My men spent a lot of time fixing components in that system; the town hired an electrical guy just to deal with it each day. The new equipment has been running for approximately 16 years and has been very good, as it uses a lot less power and labor. It uses wipers, and with our upgraded I&C in 2016 we can monitor it using Wi-Fi or cellphone from anywhere. I think the old one had over 200 coliform violations; the replacement system has less than one in a year."
Owners and operators also offered comments on improvements they have seen over the years regarding the shift from low-pressure (LP) mercury vapor lamps to medium-pressure (MP) lamps and, most recently, to the balancing of fewer lamps with more energy efficiency that gave rise to low-pressure high-output (LPHO) lamps. "The first systems we used at the W1 had shorter lamp life than expected, and we had to maintain a large number of lamps and much more electrical maintenance. When we built UV at W2, I installed MP with about 10 times fewer lamps, making it much easier to keep them clean, and we had almost no electrical fixes. However, it used a lot more power and had many ballast problems for the first few months. We put out a bid for a new UV system to replace W1 and cities' focus during the bid was to require components meet applicable certifications and the entire system meet EPA validation in addition. We want maximum energy efficiency, longer lamp life and much less maintenance cost."
The recent UV LED literature for drinking water suggests that technology is progressing, as demonstrated by the article published in Q3 2019 on the Typhon UV LED system validated by Carollo Engineers using the EPA Ultraviolet Disinfection Guidance Manual protocols up to a flowrate of 250 m3/hr (~1.3 MGD).
This promising validation result, at a larger scale than seen before, will undoubtedly promote next steps and the actual field use and benchmarking of UV LEDs in small drinking water system flow applications. It is hoped that owner/operator experiences with the more conventional UV lamp technologies can inform the emerging applications of UV LED in water disinfection.
Scale up and benchmarking lessons learned in the UV applications for water can provide a valuable resource to the process engineering needed for air and surface disinfection. The water experience suggests due diligence, importance of conservative design, as well as validating system components and overall system performance. We look forward to the day when owners and operators of UV facilities for disinfection of air and surfaces on a larger scale can provide feedback, lessons learned and benchmarking of those applications.
Water UV owners and operators also offered comments on the changes they have seen in lamp systems. "We started in the '90s with many low-power LP lamps at three wellhouses, which were a headache to maintain. By shifting to MP lamps, we saved space, used autowiping and had much fewer electrical connection problems. Our five-year plan to reduce carbon footprint includes a switch to LPHO systems."
As process engineers focus on UV applications for air and surfaces, they should consider the advantages of fewer, more energy-efficient lamps to reduce operation and maintenance issues as well as embrace the continuing efforts to reduce carbon footprint.
What monitoring of the UV facility is performed and/or required?
Water UV systems include certified components, validated process performance and the governing principle that if a potential aspect of a UV system – such as low wavelengths from an MP lamp – cannot be monitored, then it cannot receive disinfection credit. Effective monitoring relates on a day-to-day basis, to the key question: Did I get what I paid for?
An ASDWA member responded to this question with good insight: "Overseeing four MP systems, we struggled with the best way to correct for low wavelengths and quickly adopted a policy that if calibrated and verified low-wavelength sensors are not used, then disinfection credit for these wavelengths cannot be given, and the validated operating flows of the treatment plant need to be reduced. It helped us to have independent third-party guidance from consulting engineers and UV experts recommended by IUVA."
Furthermore: "Each reactor has a human-machine interface (HMI), and they monitor the UV systems and dump continuous data to SCADA on flow, UV sensors, influent UVT monitors, calculated UV dose, all alarms, hours of lamp operation and reminds us when UV sensors need to be checked against our reference sensor. Everything is backed up at the end of each shift."
Figure 3. Typical continuous monitoring and control in UV disinfection of water. (Courtesy of Bethlehem, New Hampshire, Water and Sewer Department and USEPA)
Water UV technologists and process engineers have wrestled with this monitoring question in drinking water since the early 2000s. Since 2006, drinking water facilities across the US have addressed this question by providing independent third-party-validated UV systems, validated sensors (germicidal and low wavelength as appropriate) and essentially continuous monitoring of key parameters to ensure the UV technology operates within the validated range (corresponding to flow, UV transmittance of the water and lamp sensor reading) and the owner and the public are getting what they expected. Example displays from typical HMIs on UV devices depicting parameters continuously monitored are shown in Figure 3.
Some version of this approach can be refined and adapted so that the promise of widespread UV LED use in water applications can be realized. For example, when a reactor is composed of hundreds and/or thousands of individual UV LEDs, a means of effectively monitoring this system on essentially a continuous basis will need to be devised so it can monitor and respond to aging, fouling or changes in flow or UVT of the treated water.
Applications of UV technology to air and surfaces may benefit from water UV experiences and improvements in monitoring and process control. Historically, the efficacy of UV applications for air and/or surface disinfection for controlling measles, tuberculosis or, more recently, reducing healthcare acquired infections (HAIs) at the full scale have been anecdotal in large part, backed up by a few well-designed studies that collected data and then inferred a logical cause and effect between installing UV treatment as part of a multifaceted approach for disease control and the rates of infection.
If widespread application of UV to air and/or surfaces need to demonstrate that benefits outweigh costs (which may include known or unknown risks) it is likely that owners and operators will begin to expect more specific monitoring and control data to be collected and reported.
Contact: Castine Bernardy, [email protected]; James P. Malley, Jr., [email protected]
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Tenure Track Position in Experimental Composition
The School for the Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University invites applications for a tenure-track position in Experimental Composition at the Assistant Professor level. We are seeking an experimental composer with a hybrid practice in two or more of the following: instrumental music, live electronics, improvisation, interactivity, maker culture, sound art, popular music, within an established interdisciplinary and collaborative practice.
The faculty member will be directly involved in teaching within the Bachelor of Fine Arts Music Major program, which has an emphasis in composition within the context of a multidisciplinary environment of the School for the Contemporary Arts. Other majors include dance, film, theatre, visual art, and art, performance and cinema studies, as well as a Master of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Arts and a Master of Arts in Contemporary Arts. The faculty member will be expected to supervise graduate students and have the ability to teach in the graduate program. Advising and committee responsibilities are also required for the position.
The music area boasts an innovative program designed to foster a creative practice that is inclusive of electroacoustic, technological interaction, instrumental and vocal music, generative music and new media, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and hybrid combinations of the above. The study of music and sound in the School for the Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University is distinctive in Canada for its focus on creative music making and sound art, and the role contemporary perspectives play in the development of a broad range of creative and technological skills in an integrated fine arts school.
Requirements for the position include a Doctoral degree in a relevant area, and a serious artistic practice. University-level teaching experience is an asset. An applicant's artistic work should clearly reflect contemporary or experimental issues and a fluency in contemporary notation practices for both instruments and electronics. A background in interdisciplinary and collaborative art production is advantageous. Applications must include a letter of application, a curriculum vitae, links to at least three recordings and/or scores of the candidate's compositions/creative works, a statement of teaching philosophy, and the names and contact information (e-mail, telephone) for three confidential referees.
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AL Player Analysis - September 4, 2017
Carlos Correa(SS-HOU): Carlos Correa (thumb) went 1-for-3 with one RBI, one run, one stolen base and one walk vs. the Mets in his return from the DL. Correa was back in his customary spot in the middle of the Astros lineup and looked like he didn't miss a beat. The 22-year-old has hit 20 homers over 85 games, and his improvements in his plate discipline (two-percentage point drop in his swinging strike rate from 2016) and his batted ball profile (five-percentage point increase in his fly ball rate, two-percentage point increase in his hard hit rate) suggest that the power surge is real. He's already a worthy top-20 pick, but unless he can recapture the speed game, he may not crack the first round in standard drafts. I'm still bullish on his five-category potential and think he could be undervalued heading into 2018.
Mitch Haniger(OF-SEA): Mitch Haniger went 4-for-5 with a homer, a double and two RBIs vs. the Athletics. The 26-year-old was struggling since a return from an oblique injury, but he has picked things up over the past four games, collecting 10 hits, two homers, and six RBIs in that span. I buy the skillset he flashed before the injury, and sense that he is turning a corner physically. He was dropped in many leagues, so if he's out there, pick him up and ride the hot hand down the stretch. And etch him into your notebooks for OFs to swipe in the middle rounds come draft day.
Lucas Giolito(SP-CHW): Lucas Giolito won after allowing one run on three hits (one homer) and one walk with 10 strikeouts over seven innings vs. the Rays. Yes, he has stranded every runner he has allowed on base through three starts, but I'm encouraged by his 18:4 K:BB ratio and 29 percent hard contact allowed. He was erratic in the minors, but he's attacking the strike zone with the White Sox as indicated by an impressive 67 percent first-pitch-strike rate. There is risk here in the short term, but his upside makes him a must-start down the stretch and an excellent keeper option in all formats. With the White Sox allowing him to be himself once again, the sky is the limit.
Tim Anderson(SS-CHW): Tim Anderson went 3-for-4 with a homer, a double, three RBIs and two runs vs. the Rays. Despite reaching the 15-homer mark, the 24-year-old hasn't developed as many had hoped during the preseason. He is chasing 40 percent of the time while still maintaining a swinging-strike rate just south of 15 percent. And despite his blazing speed, Anderson has only attempted seven stolen bases this season, and unless he learns more patience at the plate, he likely won't be able to fully tap into that resource. I'm not giving up on him in keeper leagues, but I sense that this could be a slow, gradual development path.
Parker Bridwell(SP-LAA): Hitters have only mustered a .258 wOBA against Bridwell on the road. The Athletics are 16th in overall offense vs. right-handers and 14th at home. I like the potential win factor with Chris Smith toeing the rubber opposite Bridwell. I also like the fact that Bridwell will likely be under-owned coming off a seven-run performance. At $6600 on FanDuel, he looks like a great tournament play that can allow you plenty of cash for the plethora of upside bats on the slate today.
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Skovelhjulsgrävmaskin är en anläggningsmaskin för gruvdrift i dagbrott. Olika storlekar förekommer men de flesta av denna maskintyp är väldigt stora. Den allra största är Schaufelradbagger 293 från 1995 som väger 14 200 ton, är 225 meter lång, 96 meter hög och kan gräva 240 000 m³ per dag. Maskinen finns i dagbrottet Hambach utanför Köln i Tyskland.

Karakteristiskt för skovelhjulsgrävmaskiner är dess höga och konstanta grävhastighet. Dessa egenskaper gör dem utmärkta till att försörja exempelvis kolkraftverk med kol när denna finns lättbruten i horisontella lager i lös berggrund. Typen har inte förekommit i Sverige. Dock har varianter av paternostergrävmaskiner, som också kan ge ett konstant flöde av massor, förekommit.

Brytningen i dagbrotten sker med flera skovelhjulsgrävmaskiner som rör sig fram och tillbaka på flera olika brytningsnivåer. Varje maskin är ansluten till ett transportband som kontinuerligt för bort brytningsmassor till en central uppsamlings och utbytesplats. Här sorteras brytningsmassorna upp i brännbart kol - som går till kraftverket - eller schaktmassor som skickas tillbaka till en annan del av brottet som återfylls. återfyllningen sker i princip på spegelvänt sätt mot brytningen. Massorna skickas via transportband ut till en så kallad absetzer. En absetzer är ungefär lika stor som en skovelhjulsgrävmaskin, men saknar skovelhjul och har till uppgift att sprida ut massorna och har därför enbart transportband upphängd i en arm.

Historik
Skovelhjulsgrävmaskiner tillkom på 1920-talet. De första två skovelhjulsgrävmaskinerna från fabriken Lauchhammer färdigställdes 1926   Flera olika tyska skovelhjulsgrävmaskiner finns redovisade hos Lausitzerbergbau i form av foton och ritningar.

Grävmaskinens uppbyggnad och funktion

En skovelhjulsgrävmaskin har ett skovelgrävhjul, med vilket den gräver. Skovelhjulet är uppbyggt av en roterande del som drar runt skopor och en fast del som i sin främre ände av hjulet håller schaktmassorna i skopan, men låter dessa falla i ett schakt ner till ett transportband i hjulets övre del. Skovelhjulet på skovelhjulsgrävmaskin 288 är 21,6 m i diameter och har 18 skopor som vardera rymmer 6,6 m³ .

Skovelhjulet är placerad på en arm (2) som är förbunden med grävmaskinens transportenhet (3). Denna grävarm (2) är rörlig och grävhöjden ställs in genom att man använder det linspel som manövreras från motviksarmens (den arm som pekar på motsatt riktning från grävarmen) bakre del (5) och vars linor går upp till masternas block mellan vilka avståndet (6) ändras och därmed  också  grävarmens höjd ställs in. För att inte maskinen skall kantra finns en motvikt (4) på motviktsarmen. I grävarmen finns också det transportband på vilket brytningsmassorna bortföres.

Transportenheten, runt vilken grävmaskinen kan vända, är en plattform som står på flera bandförsedda larvfötter. Maskinen kan röra sig i låg hastighet, 2-10 m / min, med dessa band. Transportenheten är ansluten via en transportarm (7) till en anslutningsenhet, vilken går på en separat transportenhet, vilken i sin tur ansluter till transportbandet som skickar massorna vidare till uppsamlingsplatsen i dagbrottet. Beroende på hur maskinen gräver behöver således grävmaskinen och anslutningsenheten stå i olika vinkel mot transportbandet för att man skall kunna skicka massorna vidare. Därför är dessa enheter delade i två separata transportenheter, nummer 3 och 8 i figuren, som kan röra sig var för sig för att detta samband skall kunna bibehållas.

Museum

I Tyskland finns Ferropolis, en museiuppställning av olika dagbrottmaskiner, däribland grävmaskiner. Ferropolis (gr.-lat. ferro och polis "stad av järn") är ett Museum och visningsplats i närheten av Gräfenhainichen öster om Dessau på en halvö i före detta dagbrottet Tagebau Golpa-Nord. Ferropolis är en ankarpunkt i något som kallas Europäischen Route der Industriekultur (ERIH).

Bilder

Kultur
Den 1 augusti 2016 lanserade Lego Technic byggsaten av en skovelhjulsgrävmaskin (som under två år, fram till augusti 2018, var Lego Technics största byggsats någonsin), skapad av den tyske Lego Technic-designern Markus Kossmann som vuxit upp i ett område där skovelhjulsgrävmaskiner använts – vilka i sin tur lockat tiotusentals "åskådare" när maskinerna flyttats mellan olika grustag.

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Chinese Students Protest as Beijing Restricts Free Speech on Campus
By Max Lu
Fudan University in Shanghai has been forced to edit its charter so as to remove references to 'freedom of thought' and add references to 'patriotic education,' thus conforming with Communist Party ideals. (Image: Screenshot / YouTube)
Since December, some of China's top universities have been forced to edit their charters to align their views with Communist Party ideals. At Fudan University in Shanghai, officials removed all references to "freedom of thought," triggering an intense backlash from students who are concerned about losing their free speech.
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"At Fudan, students gathered in a cafeteria and joined in a rendition of Fudan's official anthem, which includes the 'freedom of thought' phrase that was deleted from the school's charter. Several professors at the university… posted messages online criticizing the decision to revise the charter, saying that the school should have consulted the faculty and the students. Many of their posts were quickly deleted by censors," according to The New York Times.
A student at the university circulated an open letter on WeChat, asking the institution to roll back the changes. However, the university administration justified the new charter, arguing that there was nothing illegal about it and that it was only meant to "highlight" the Communist Party's involvement in the leadership activities on campus. Rules against free speech and inquiry were always present at the university in the past. It is only now that such restrictions have been formalized.
University administration pointed out that rules against free speech and inquiry were always present at the university in the past, but it is only now that such restrictions have been formalized. (Image: Screenshot / YouTube)
Times Higher Education ranked Fudan at the 109th spot in its 2020 World University Rankings. As such, the current restriction will only hit the institution's reputation globally. Instead of "freedom of thought," the new charter refers to "patriotic education." It states that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) committee will now be deeply involved in the decision-making process at the university while also setting its direction. Xi Jinping's "Socialism with Chinese Characteristics" will be promoted throughout campuses.
"This is going on across the country in batches: The constitutions of all the universities are being revised… Since the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Party Congress … universities are being turned into strongholds of political and ideological education… Any remaining liberalism among university teachers is being completely eliminated through institutional intervention," Wu Qiang, a former politics lecturer at Beijing's prestigious Tsinghua University, said to Radio Free Asia.
In addition to Fudan, Shaanxi Normal University in northwestern China and Nanjing University in eastern China have also revised their charters in accordance with state policy. Both universities vowed to maintain the comprehensive leadership of the Communist Party at their institutions.
New Internet censorship
The Chinese government is also tightening the already strict Internet censorship rules in the country. A recent publication issued by the Cyberspace Administration of China outlines how Internet companies operating inside the country should manage their content.
The Chinese government is also tightening the already strict Internet censorship rules in the country. (Image: Screenshot / YouTube)
New guidelines advocate "recommendation algorithms that promote 'positive' ideas [read: government policies] while excluding 'bad' material. The measure explicitly forbids content that 'endangers national security, leaks state secrets, subverts state power, [and] undermines national unity.' In other words, Internet companies can't challenge the political status quo," according to Engadget.
The rules will come into effect on March 1 next year. They will also enact tighter controls on who can sign up for Internet services, the management of accounts, moderation of content, and dealing with "rumors." According to a report by Freedom House, Chinese Internet censorship hit a new low this year. The report warns that the country has become a global leader in developing, deploying, and exporting automated tools for mass surveillance on social media. China scored just 10 out of 100 points and was categorized as "not free" by the report.
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I love cycling. And living just outside of Geneva, Switzerland, I am spoiled by the options that I have. I can ride along the shores of Lake Geneva; I can ride hilly roads that take me through spectacular vineyards; I can climb the Jura Mountains; and if I am feeling ambitious, I can throw the bike in the car and in less than two hours be in the French Alps riding some of the mythical climbs of the Tour de France.
Over the years, I have logged thousands of hours and tens of thousands of kilometres cycling all kinds of terrain in all kinds of weather. But it all began long ago when I first learned to ride a bicycle as a young boy.
My memories of that time revolve around bruised elbows and scraped knees; around falling down and getting back up. Again and again and again. Until one glorious day when my father let go and I stayed up! I remember that feeling of exhilaration to this day. And I remember feeling proud that I had persisted even when it wasn't fun.
In this blog post from 8 April 2017, Seth takes us back to the time when we learned how to ride a bike. And how we learned by doing it wrong, over and over, until we learned how to do it right.
Even if you have never been on a bicycle, you have learned some skill the same way that people learn how to ride a bike. By doing it wrong; by making mistakes; by sticking with it; by learning how to do it the right way.
You learn public speaking the same way. Not just by taking a course; not just by watching TED Talks; not just by reading this blog. By getting on stage and speaking. Over and over and learning from your mistakes.
That's how you become a good cyclist. That's how you become a good speaker.
What they don't mention is how we learned. No one learns to ride a bike from a book, or even a video.
PS – This approach works for lots of things, not just bikes. Most things, in fact.
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I've been riding as an adult for decades and It just occurred to me while reading this that I have no recollection of learning to ride a bicycle. Maybe I block out the negative — the stumbles and falls? Perhaps to my detriment? Or as a coping mechanism? Interesting food for thought!
Interesting comment, Bob. If I stop to think about it, I have vague memories of falling or having to put my foot down again and again. It could be our propensity to remember the good aspects of a situation. Here in Switzerland, I have done a lot of "cyclosportifs" – organized rides that are not races but they are gruelling. The toughest I have done is the Alpenbrevet – http://www.alpenbrevet.ch/en – I have done the Silver once, the Gold once and the Platinum twice. That last one is 280 km with five huge mountain passes. You are looking at 11 to 12 hours in the saddle. I suffered on some of those climbs but my memories are all of the fun of the challenge and the pride at having finished the ride. Cheers!
However, as a fellow cyclist, I can't resist commenting that the person riding that bike needs to give the chain a thorough clean. Also, that is not where you should put your feet on the pedals.
I agree, Pablo. On both counts. I rejected photos of sleek, lycra-clad racers dashing like gazelles through golden sunflower fields in favour of a more common scene when it comes to bikes. It might not be great form, but at least he is pedalling!
This is a funny coincidence. I recently gave a speech about embracing failure because that is how we learn the best and I used learning to ride a bike as one of my examples.
Nice coincidence and a great metaphor for a speech. Hope it went well.


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In this brand new Courtney Series novel by bestselling author, Wilbur Smith, comes an epic story of tragedy, loss, betrayal and courage that brings the reader deep into the seething heart of the French and Indian War. 1754. Inseparable since birth and growing up in India, Theo and Connie Courtney are torn apart by the tragic death of their parents. Theo, wracked with guilt, seeks salvation in combat and conflict, joining the British in the war against the French and Indian army. Connie, believing herself abandoned by her brother, and abused and brutalised by a series of corrupt guardians, makes her way to France, where she is welcomed into high society. Here, she once again finds herself at the mercy of vicious men, whose appetite for war and glory lead her to the frontlines of the French battlefield in North America. As the siblings find their destinies converging once more, they realise that the vengeance and redemption they both desperately seek could cost them their lives . . .
Wilbur Smith (Author) Wilbur Smith was born in Central Africa in 1933. He became a full-time writer in 1964 following the success of When the Lion Feeds, and has since published over forty global bestsellers, including the Courtney Series, the Ballantyne Series, the Egyptian Series, the Hector Cross Series and many successful standalone novels, all meticulously researched on his numerous expeditions worldwide. A worldwide phenomenon, his readership built up over fifty-five years of writing, establishing him as one of the most successful and impressive brand authors in the world. The establishment of the Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation in 2015 cemented Wilbur's passion for empowering writers, promoting literacy and advancing adventure writing as a genre. The foundation's flagship programme is the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize. Wilbur Smith died peacefully at home in 2021 with his wife, Niso, by his side, leaving behind him a rich treasure-trove of novels and stories that will delight readers for years to come. For all the latest information on Wilbur Smith's writing visit www.wilbursmithbooks.com or facebook.com/WilburSmithTom Harper (Author) Tom Harper is the author of thirteen thrillers and historical adventures including The Orpheus Descent, Black River and Lost Temple. Research for his novels has taken him all over the world, from the high Arctic to the heart of the Amazon jungle. He lives with his family in York. For more information about Tom's books, visit www.tom-harper.co.uk.
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Biography: Wilbur Smith (Author) Wilbur Smith was born in Central Africa in 1933. He became a full-time writer in 1964 following the success of When the Lion Feeds, and has since published over forty global bestsellers, including the Courtney Series, the Ballantyne Series, the Egyptian Series, the Hector Cross Series and many successful standalone novels, all meticulously researched on his numerous expeditions worldwide. A worldwide phenomenon, his readership built up over fifty-five years of writing, establishing him as one of the most successful and impressive brand authors in the world. The establishment of the Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation in 2015 cemented Wilbur's passion for empowering writers, promoting literacy and advancing adventure writing as a genre. The foundation's flagship programme is the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize. Wilbur Smith died peacefully at home in 2021 with his wife, Niso, by his side, leaving behind him a rich treasure-trove of novels and stories that will delight readers for years to come. For all the latest information on Wilbur Smith's writing visit www.wilbursmithbooks.com or facebook.com/WilburSmithTom Harper (Author) Tom Harper is the author of thirteen thrillers and historical adventures including The Orpheus Descent, Black River and Lost Temple. Research for his novels has taken him all over the world, from the high Arctic to the heart of the Amazon jungle. He lives with his family in York. For more information about Tom's books, visit www.tom-harper.co.uk.


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Aims: The question of interactions between the renin angiotensin aldosterone system drugs and the incidence and prognosis of COVID-19 infection has been raised by the medical community. We hypothesised that if patients treated with ACE inhibitors (ACEI) or AT1 receptor blockers (ARB) were more prone to SARS-CoV2 infection and had a worse prognosis than untreated patients, the prevalence of consumption of these drugs would be higher in patients with COVID-19 compared to the general population. Methods and results: We used a clinical epidemiology approach based on the estimation of standardised prevalence ratio (SPR) of consumption of ACEI and ARB in four groups of patients (including 187 COVID-19 positive) with increasing severity referred to the University hospital of Lille and in three French reference samples (the exhaustive North population (n=1,569,968), a representative sample of the French population (n=414,046), a random sample of Lille area (n=1,584)). The SPRs of ACEI and ARB did not differ as the severity of the COVID-19 patients increased, being similar to the regular consumption of these drugs in the North of France population with the same non-significant increase for both treatment (1.17 [0.83-1.67]). A statistically significant increase in the SPR of ARB (1.56 [1.02-2.39]) was observed in intensive care unit patients only. After stratification on obesity, this increase was limited to the high risk subgroup of obese patients. Conclusions: Our results strongly support the recommendation that ACEI and ARB should be continued in the population and in COVID-19 positive patients, reinforcing the position of several scientific societies.


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South Dakotans await ACA reform with anxiety, hope
Dana Ferguson, dferguson@argusleader.com
As proposals to repeal and replace President Barack Obama's landmark health insurance law were debated in relative secrecy this week, South Dakota health providers and insurance policy holders wondered and worried about what might be in store.
Few details have emerged about President-elect Donald Trump's proposals to reform the Affordable Care Act, but early indicators trouble industry leaders who've seen improvements in health insurance coverage under the law.
"I'm reading everything I can get my hands on," said Deb Fischer-Clemens, senior vice president of public policy at Avera Health. "Without knowing exactly what repeal and replace will look like, we're just doing everything we can."
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The state's health companies have been left out of early discussions about proposals to reform the act, but representatives said they're hopeful that their priorities won't be forgotten as Congress takes up the issue.
Among their top worries is a fear that Trump would drop the health insurance mandate, requiring everyone to have a policy or face a tax penalty, and would drive up prices on independent policy plans by eliminating the federal exchange and instead using pools based on health risk.
Since the act was enacted, more than 20 million people have gained access to insurance. That group includes some with pre-existing conditions who couldn't afford coverage before.
"We can't leave people, that vulnerable group of folks, without coverage again," Fischer-Clemens said.
Cindy Morrison, chief marketing officer for Sanford Health, said she's not worried about the proposed changes because she doesn't think Republicans will call for a complete repeal of the Affordable Care Act. More likely, she said, they would strip away some pieces with replacements available.
"I don't think we get overly concerned because we've been here so many times," Morrison said of the ever-evolving health care field. "I don't think there's any significant angst, there's curiosity for sure."
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Travis Sitter, 44, a small business owner in Watertown, said he's optimistic that whatever reforms the business mogul brings will help bring down costs for people like him.
"We are optimistic that the Trump administration can solve this crisis," Sitter said.
Sitter said he's seen the costs of funding health insurance for his employees grow since the Affordable Care Act took effect. And more recently he had to freeze hiring to make sure his books would balance.
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Diana Sanabria
Daniel Schönfelder
Recognising Nuances
Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence in Mexico and Colombia
This week, the German Parliament is beginning its debate on the cabinet draft for a national Due Diligence Act (Sorgfaltspflichtengesetz). Critics of Germany's initiative often claim that it would run counter to the development interests of the Global South. This, however, not only ignores strong development policy arguments in favour of human rights due diligence (HRDD) regulation but also the fact that several countries in the Global South are calling for similar obligations or have already created them. In particular, Germany may learn valuable lessons from the Colombian Constitutional Court's recent case law which has created meaningful HRDD obligations for companies as well as from a draft for a Mexican Due Diligence Act.
Accountable businesses
Germany is in the process of debating and ratifying new human rights laws. ILO Convention 169, which calls for participation rights of indigenous groups in projects that affect their interest, has just been ratified. And the cabinet draft for a national Due Diligence Act is about to be debated in Parliament. Essentially, this Act would oblige enterprises to implement HRDD, a risk management process to identify, prevent, mitigate and account for ways in which enterprises impact human rights and to remedy any adverse impacts, according with the UN-Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGP). Insights from Latin America might enrich these debates.
The UN Binding Treaty Process – an initiative by Ecuador and South Africa for an international treaty on businesses' human rights obligations, which in the past has been rather ignored or blocked than supported by great parts of the Global North – is receiving most public attention. In the following, we will analyse the developments in Colombia and Mexico and show that the topic of corporate human rights obligations is already being confidently shaped by actors of the Global South. The legal debate in the Global North might also learn something from this.
Mexico: Differentiated obligations
In September 2020, senator Martínez Cázares from Mexico's ruling party Morena presented a draft for a "Corporate Accountability and Due Diligence Act" to the Mexican Senate (upper house of Mexico's bicameral Congress). The draft is based on the UNGP. The Act would obligate all enterprises and educational institutions operating in Mexico to prevent and mitigate the adverse impacts of their business activities, considering also environmental and corruption aspects.
Several aspects of the draft are problematic: A similar obligation for enterprises to implement a CSR project (arts. 11 et seq.) is criticised in India because of misleading incentives, arts. 72 et seq. seem to be designed to make companies direct actors of state policy and art. 24 contains several diffuse or unrelated obligations as part of the HRDD obligations.
But there are also parts that might inspire constructive debate. The draft proposes a way to implement a mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence by proportioning the obligations according to the size of the enterprise and the inherent risk of certain sectors. Small and medium enterprises ("SMEs" – in the manufacturing industry: enterprises with up to 250 employees; in the commercial and service sector: enterprises with up to 100 employees – art. 22) only must meet lower requirements: According to art. 23 of the draft, they are only obliged to keep the ledger and corporate books up-to-date and to include in the enterprise's articles of association the obligation to fulfil their responsibility to respect human rights. The full obligations are to be met by (i) large enterprises and (ii) SMEs in high-risk sectors (defined as textile, mining and energy, tourism and agriculture art. 4 para. 2). While art. 23 does not specifically mention full obligations for SMEs in high-risk sectors, a systematic interpretation, considering art. 4 para. 2 would include them. This provision stipulates that high-risk sectors – regardless of the enterprises' size – are bounded to the "highest standard of fulfilment" of this Act.
In the same spirit, art. 2 No. 2 and 3 of the resolution of the European Parliament from 10th of March 2021 recommend to the EU Commission that SMEs in high-risk sectors shall be subject to HRDD. This goes beyond the focus on big enterprises by the French Loi de vigilance (for enterprises with at least 5.000 employees) and the German draft of a Sorgfaltspflichtengesetz (for enterprises with at least 3.000 employees until 2023 and at least 1.000 employees from 2024). The Mexican and the European proposals recognise that high-risk SMEs can have considerable impacts on human rights and that their capacity for HRDD must be reflected by the proportionality of graduated due diligence requirements or specific measures for support (art. 15 European resolution). This approach – adapted application to SMEs, instead of no application to SMEs – can achieve effective protection of human rights while not overregulating SMEs.
The Mexican draft does not explicitly call for "civil liability". According to art. 6 there will be "liability" for companies involved in adverse human rights impacts. Following systematic interpretation, this could be read as "civil liability": Arts. 3 and 64 make clear that a civil proceeding or a trial can be initiated independently of an administrative proceeding against an enterprise. The draft also provides alternative mechanisms for dispute resolution for the compensation claims for damages (arts. 77 et seq.).
Additionally, the draft includes sanctions for the violation of human rights, e.g. an official public warning, a financial penalty, the exclusion from public procurement, the suspension of the enterprise's activities or even the dissolution of the enterprise (art. 50). A register shall function as a blacklist of companies abusing human rights (art. 44 et seq.). Unlike the current German Lieferkettenregistergesetz proposal, this blacklist is not designed as an alternative to other sanctions and obligations, but as an additional tool to help companies select suppliers that respect human rights.
It is still open if the Mexican draft will actually be adopted. Senator Martínez Cázares faces headwinds from the private sector and from parts of civil society because of the lack of public participation. Furthermore, after unrelated public controversies with the Mexican president, it is not clear, if the senator has the political capital to make his draft succeed.
Colombia: Giving effect to human rights
The Colombian National Action Plan for Human Rights (NAP) calls on businesses to voluntarily conduct HRDD. It is rightly criticized for its lack of concrete verifiable objectives. The Constitutional Court (the Court), however, has created meaningful legal obligations. It has mentioned HRDD and the UNGP in several decisions. Decision SU-123-18 stands out as it defines clear parameters and consequences for companies that do not comply with HRDD. This holds lessons for other countries where the constitution makes reference to international human rights standards. In these, the UNGP might become "soft law with teeth" – as has already happened in South Africa.
In the province of Putumayo, Colombia, a business group extracted oil with a license. 400m away lived the indigenous Awá community "La Cabaña". Counter to ILO 169, which Colombia has ratified, the Awá were not consulted before the start of the project. Their representative thus filed a "tutela", the constitutional rights protection action. The tutela was explicitly filed against the business group and was rejected in the first and second instance.
The Court stated that the human right to prior consultation and consent directly creates obligations for private actors. It based this claim on two arguments: First, it is recognized that constitutional individual rights in the Colombian Constitution are indirectly binding for private actors (13.1 of the decision). Additionally, the Court relied on art. 93 para. 1 of the Colombian Constitution which states that international human rights based on international treaties that Colombia has ratified, are treated as individual rights in Colombia (13.6). This also applies to the rights of prior consultation and consent derived from ILO 169, ratified by Colombia. Second, the Court held that the UNGP "confirm" the "well-established" international principle that human rights are binding for businesses, a claim it reinforces by making reference to General comment 24 of the UN-Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (13.2 and 13.3). According to the Court, these pronunciations of international organs need to be considered when interpretating Colombian constitutional law (13.6).
The Court then developed a specific ILO 169 HRDD standard to be met by enterprises (13.5): They are required to apply due diligence to recognize indigenous groups, to analyse the impact of a project on indigenous' land, territory and natural resources and to consult the indigenous people.
The Court ruled that the business group had violated its obligation to conduct HRDD and to recognize the rights of the Awá people (23.3). It argued that companies are obligated to consult with indigenous people when these people are directly affected by a project (7.1 et seq.). It explicitly dismissed the criterion applied by the lower Courts which held that companies are only obligated to consult with indigenous people insofar as they directly use their territory for a project (7.4). The Court found that due to considerable environmental impacts on flora and fauna, the quality of water and hence a substantial negative impact on the people's cultural life, it was clear that they were directly affected and prior consultation was needed (20.19, 21.12). It based its weighting on an analysis of the concrete ethnological structure and cultural norms of the Awá, an exemplary exercise of context and cultural sensitivity that other parties to ILO 169 should strive for (19.3 et seq.).
Legal consequences of human rights violations by businesses
The violation of the Awá's right to prior consultation does not automatically imply the obligation to stop the project. Instead, the deciding judge of the tutela is required to weigh all affected constitutional rights and obligations, including the efforts made to conduct HRDD, the interests of the Awá, and legal certainty (given that the project had all official permits) as well as the rights of the workers of the business group and the state's financial interests (25.5 et seq.). The Court denied the business group a good faith defence which it could only have relied on if it had conducted HRDD (26.6). It argued that the circumstances indicated that the project had to be suspended, considering that the affection was evident (21.17), and that the Awá are a community in danger of extinction (25.5).
As the local leader of the Awá had communicated that his people do not want a halt of the project but only a proper and meaningful consultation process, the Court concluded that not a suspension, but a close monitoring to ensure a consultation process was required, as the will of the affected indigenous people must prevail (25.6).
Lessons for other states
Any legal system implementing mandatory HRDD and ILO 169 can learn several lessons from these two Latin American examples. Instead of exempting SMEs from any obliation, a tailored approach to HRDD is possible. Furthermore, to establish whether a business has violated human rights and which consequences must follow from the violation, all relevant constitutional and human rights aspects must be considered in each case. In cases of terminating business relations – even because of human rights violations –, the negative human rights impact of the ending should be considered, for example, on the labour rights of the supplier's workers. Where violations of the right to prior consultation under ILO 169 in relation to businesses' projects occur, establishing if companies conducted meaningful HRDD can be a criterion to determine if a company has acted in good faith. The Colombian Constitutional Court's definition of ILO 169's right to prior consultation and consent in 7.6 and the consequences of noncompliance in 11.5 provide useful guidance for any legal system looking to implement ILO 169.
SUGGESTED CITATION Sanabria, Diana; Schönfelder, Daniel: Recognising Nuances: Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence in Mexico and Colombia, VerfBlog, 2021/4/21, https://verfassungsblog.de/recognising-nuances/, DOI: 10.17176/20210421-101319-0.
Humberto Cantú Rivera Mi 21 Apr 2021 at 22:56 - Reply
Thanks for the post. So many other things are wrong with the Mexican bill, including the failure to recognize the actual regulatory capacity of the government as a result of austerity measures (how do they put into motion the suggested registry, for example?); the lack of capacity (and in many cases evident disregard) in terms of compliance with its own international obligations; a conceptual confusion between CSR & BHR; the idea of moving this into the direction of a consumer affairs ombudsperson; the logic of granting "certificates"; and a few more relevant items. That, of course, without referring to the outspoken opposition not just from the private sector, but also from civil society organizations that demand HRDD, and without discussing the evident conflict of interest in the drafting of the bill… In my view, such a detailed proposal will most likely run counterproductive to the purpose of enhancing human rights protection within business activities, and will face legality challenges instantly.
Also, you note that civil liability is not expressly addressed in the bill (and in my view, there is no relation between the "liability" mentioned there, and civil liability; it is framed in terms of administrative oversight and sanctions), but let's be honest: why do we need to include that in mHRDD legislation, if at the end of the day, civil law countries already have clearly established laws on extracontractual civil liability (and other kinds, including corporate criminal liability), and sufficient case law on this (including on cases that could be considered as human rights violations)? If you take into account conventionality control and the pro persona principle, there is so much than can already be done without having to move into the same direction as Europe.
The SMEs part is, however, an interesting aspect. The main issue is that more than 90% of the economy runs on SMEs, and thus, ensuring oversight and compliance doesn't look like a realistically enforceable alternative.
Humberto Cantú Rivera
Daniel Schönfelder Mo 24 Mai 2021 at 15:15 - Reply
Thanks for your comment! I do think that there are worrying parts of the Mexican bill that both we and you mention. The Indian experience with CSR spending obligations should urgently be taken into account, for instance, and Artt. 72 – 74 seem like a authoritarian power grab to me.
The law in itself, the idea of a country of the global South adopting an mHRDD law, to me seems to be a great chance: With France, Germany, the EU and other parts of the Global North moving towards mHRDD, their companies will be looking for business partners and regions that have a strong record on human rights in business. Breaking the dilema of the race to the bottom, where deregulation can be an advantage in cooperating with global firms, mHRDD in the Global North can create a setting in which strong regulation in Global South countries is not only creating an environment that respects workers, communities and nature, but that has advantages in cooperation with firms from mHRDD contexts looking for reliable partners.
As to civil liability – not all global firms operating in Mexico or other countries come from context where this is clear cut. In the Netherlands and the UK parent liablity seems to be on the rise in BHR cases, but neither are the US, China, Germany or Spain visibly following this path, nor are there many cases of supply chain liability recognized by courts. With the exit from Lugano looming in UK, parent liability for foreign subsidiaries might get even harder. So there are many gaps in civil liability that a mexican mHRDD law could fill.
Finally, the SMEs part is something to inspire European debates, mostly focused on a include them completely vs. exclude them completely.
Best regards from Germany to Mexico!
Colombian Constitutional Court, Corporate Due Diligence, business and human rights
Kolumbien, Mexiko
Diana Sanabria Diana Sanabria, LL.M. (Konstanz) is a lawyer working as Policy Officer for Global Economy at the Center for Global Ministries and Ecumenical Relations - Nordkirche weltweit and lecturer in the Master in Human Rights of the Colombian University Santo Tomás.
Daniel Schönfelder Daniel Schönfelder, LL.M. (Bogotá) is a lawyer working on BHR in Hamburg and a lecturer on Business Human Rights at the Colombian University Santo Tomás.


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As 2018 gets underway, there are a number of top trends that are making a comeback. Driveways are the first part of the home that visitors see so when it's time to update the property, make sure that you have considered the following ideas and themes.
Inner city living does not always allow for the sprawling front driveway, but you may still want to have a chic space to park your car and welcome visitors. The short rectangular area leading to the front of the town property can still offer an attractive and welcoming look. Concrete pavers set in parallel lines leading up to the front door or driveway, leaves the middle area filled with coloured pebbles/stones. This helps to complement the outside of the property and keep the exterior on-trend.
Combining soft and hard landscape areas and breaking up the expanse of a sloping driveway has seen some stunning designs for 2018. To bring your current driveway up to date, combine a stepped pathway in the same design and material to one side of the drive.
Invest in a new stamped or coloured concrete driveway and incorporate a series of planters built in between drive and walkway. These features will soften the approach to the drive, as well as add to the garden area in a way that is accessible. There are a number of hardy native ferns and flowing grasses that will breathe life into the driveway and are able to handle the toughest of climates, so maintenance is not a problem.
2018 is the year where polished and coloured aggregates are really going to come into their own. Either on their own as squares of colour or embedded into the surface of the concrete, they will give sparkle and colour to their surroundings. For modern geometric buildings, stark black and white designs for a trendy monochromatic theme gives the property that "up to the moment" feel. Older buildings may be better suited to the brown and blue tones that were popular in the seventies, however, with a 2018 remodel, they would maintain their stylish look.
Outdoor lighting is not only good in terms of safety and security but, if strategically placed, can also dramatically light the driveway in the evening and showcase the home. However, there is no point in shining a spotlight on your driveway unless it is in tip top condition, so discuss a renovation with your local driveway expert before you consider new lighting.
With the fashion and interior design world looking back to some of the themes and colours of the 1970's, garden designers in 2018 are predicting that asymmetry is going to be one of the top trends. Instead of the regularity of paving design such as herringbone for example, they are looking for a more irregular pattern when it comes to patios and pavements. Fortunately, with stamped and patterned concrete, you can have a smooth and safe driveway to park and walk on but still have irregular shapes and designs impressed into the surface.
Whichever driveway you choose for 2018, talk to your local professional driveway expert first for some useful advice and tips.


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The Whispering Horror by Eddy C. Bertin. Book review
THE WHISPERING HORROR by Eddy C. Bertin,
Shadow Publishing, p/b, £10.99, LINK
Reviewed by Phil Sloman
Eddy Bertin is an author who has been around for over forty years but I suspect many will not have heard of him. Born in Germany but raised in Belgium, Eddy has published stories in a whole host of languages across a number of anthologies. The Whispering Horror provides us with a collection of fourteen of his short tales of terror, published over the decades in varying forms, set to terrify us from the shadows.
In the foreword, we are told Bertin is a Lovecraft devotee and this can be seen by his excellent grasp of language and the way he pulls us right in to the horrors which await. Bertin's stories are set to make you think, to niggle away at your mind as you are drawn into the psychologically flawed minds of his characters. Others are hard hitting doses of the unsavoury which will split audiences.
Ten, the story of a twenty something babysitter is a chilling tale showing the full extent to which a disgruntled ex-student will go to have revenge on his tutor. The conclusion is something which will sit with me for a long while. Composed of Cobwebs, which opens the collection, is a tale of unrequited love and mental breakdown which descends all too readily into madness.
Dunwich Dreams, Dunwich Screams wasn't for me. Set in Dunwich, seeking to inform the origins of Lovecraft's tales, there was far too much head nodding to his Weird Tales and the writing style which had captivated me in earlier pieces in the anthology seemed to have vanished here. Had this been the opener, I dare say I would have given up on the collection from the start. The same could be said of A Taste of Rain and Darkness which, whilst well written in form, felt dated (it was published in 1970) and uncomfortable, as a man stalks a young woman for reasons to be revealed at the end. Belinda's Coming Home, another uncomfortable read, has subject matter which will likely be too controversial for some.
However, whilst there are stories which were not for this reviewer, there was lots more to like. A Whisper of Leathery Wings is a cleverly worked tale of revenge gone wrong, a cautionary look at how things are not always what they seem. Like Two White Spiders reminded me in part of Barker's The Body Politic and then I realised Bertin had penned this tale of malevolent hands beyond their owner's control back in 1973. I Wonder What He Wanted is a fun little piece as a woman finds her dream home but loses something far more precious. The Whispering Horror and My Fingers Are Eating Me also deserve honourable mentions.
One of the lengthier, yet best, pieces was Something Small, Something Hungry, which plays out in the background of a circus with the death of a trapeze artiste. Part horror, part mystery, Bertin draws together a great cast of performers, outcasts and detectives alike as the 'Something Small' reveals itself.
Overall, The Whispering Horror will appeal a certain type of reader, the one that likes the gothic and the twisted which no doubt is down, in part, to the Lovecraftian influences we see in some of the stories. The majority of tales really grabbed me, others tempted me to put the book aside. Pick it up, there will be something there for most readers of horror but some of the tales may fall flat for a few.
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