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Rain is a vital part of the cycle by which water that rises into the atmosphere as vapor from land and water surfaces of the globe later condenses and falls to the ground, thus providing moisture necessary for plant and animal life. The Bible mentions rain in connection with this wisely arranged and dependable cycle.—Job 36:27, 28; Eccl. 1:7; Isa. 55:10.
At an early point in the history of the preparation of the earth "God had not made it rain upon the earth" but "a mist would go up from the earth and it watered the entire surface of the ground." The time referred to is evidently early on the third creative "day," before vegetation appeared. (Gen. 2:5, 6; 1:9-13) The first instance in the Biblical record when rain is specifically mentioned as falling is in the account of the Flood. Then "the floodgates of the heavens were opened," and "the downpour upon the earth went on for forty days and forty nights."—Gen. 7:11, 12; 8:2.
Among the questions that Jehovah put to Job, emphasizing man's limited understanding of the forces and laws of creation and the earth, was: "Does there exist a father for the rain?" (Job 38:28) Though meteorologists have studied extensively the formation of rain, the volume The World We Live In (1955, p. 79) observes: "The processes by which a cloud manufactures rain remain obscure; it appears that several mechanisms may operate." As warm air containing water vapor rises and cools, moisture condenses into tiny water droplets. One theory holds that this condensation occurs around dust or salt particles as nuclei of the droplets. Another theory concludes that electricity plays an essential role—that rain takes place when something upsets the electrostatic balance of a cloud.
Jehovah was no mere "rain god" for Israel. He was not like Baal, whom the Canaanites thought brought the rainy season with his awakening to life. Faithful Israelites recognized that Jehovah, not Baal, could withhold the precious rain. This was clearly illustrated when Jehovah brought a drought in Israel when Baal worship there was at its peak, in the time of the prophet Elijah.—1 Ki. 17:1, 7; Jas. 5:17, 18.
It is Jehovah who prepared rain for the earth. (Ps. 147:8; Isa. 30:23) He "has divided a channel for the flood," perhaps referring to the way in which God causes clouds to channel rain down over certain parts of the globe. (Job 38:25-27; compare Psalm 135:7; Jeremiah 10:13.) His ability to control rain in harmony with his purpose is one of the things that distinguished Jehovah from the lifeless idol gods worshiped by the nations surrounding Israel. (Jer. 14:22) In the Promised Land the Israelites had even more reason to appreciate that than when they were in Egypt, where rain was very infrequent.—Deut. 11:10, 11.
In preaching to the Greeks in Lystra, Paul and Barnabas explained that the cheering rains served as a witness about the "living God" and a demonstration of his goodness. (Acts 14:14-17) The benefits of rain are felt not just by the good and righteous, but by all people; so, Jesus pointed out, God's love in this regard should serve as a pattern for humans.—Matt. 5:43-48.
A distinct feature of the climate of the Promised Land is its variety as to rainfall. Two chief factors determining the amount of rain are proximity to the sea and elevation. The plains along the Mediterranean receive considerable rain during the rainy season, with the amount decreasing as one goes from N to S. The rainfall tends to be greater in the hills and mountains because the moisture carried eastward from the sea condenses more heavily there. The Jordan valley lies in a "rain shadow," for the air traveling over the mountains has by then given up much of its moisture, and the air is warmed as it moves into the valley. Yet, when this air meets the elevated plateau E of the Jordan, clouds again form, resulting in some rainfall. This makes a strip of land E of the Jordan suitable for grazing or limited agriculture. Farther E is the desert, where the rain is too light and irregular to be useful for raising crops or herds.
The two primary seasons in the Promised Land, summer and winter, can rather accurately be viewed as the dry season and the rainy season. From mid-April to mid-October very little rain falls. Rain is rare in this period during which the harvest takes place. Proverbs 26:1 shows that rain at harvesttime was considered quite out of place. (Compare 1 Samuel 12:17-19.) During the rainy season the rain is not constant; it alternates with clear days. Since this is also the cold period, exposure to the rain is very chilling. (Ezra 10:9, 13) Therefore, a comfortable shelter is most appreciated.—Isa. 4:6; 25:4; 32:2; Job 24:8.
The Bible often mentions the "autumn [early] rain and spring [late] rain." (Jer. 5:24; Joel 2:23, 24) The rains of these periods between the summer and winter were promised by God as a blessing upon the faithful Israelites (Deut. 11:14) and are things the farmer patiently awaited. (Jas. 5:7; compare Job 29:23.) The early or autumn rain (beginning in late October) was anxiously anticipated to relieve the heat and dryness of summer. It was necessary before planting could begin, for the rain softened the ground and allowed the farmer to plow his land. Similarly, the late or spring rain (in April) was required to water the growing crops so that they would mature, and particularly so that the grain would ripen.—Zech. 10:1; Amos 4:7; Song of Sol. 2:11-13.
When God blessed Israel with rains in their appointed time, an abundance resulted. Hence, Hosea could promise that Jehovah would "come in like a pouring rain," "like a spring rain that saturates the earth" for those who sought to know him. (Hos. 6:3) God's instructions were to "drip as the rain" and his sayings as "gentle rains upon grass and as copious showers upon vegetation." (Deut. 32:2) They would be able to sink in slowly but be sufficient to provide full refreshment, as showers on vegetation. Similarly, a source of refreshment and plenty was depicted in likening the regathered remnant of Jacob to "copious showers upon vegetation."—Mic. 5:7.
The reign of God's king described in Psalm 72 would be marked by prosperity and blessing. Consequently, he was represented as descending "like the rain upon the mown grass, like copious showers that wet the earth" and produce fresh verdure. (Ps. 72:1, 6; compare 2 Samuel 23:3, 4.) The goodwill of a king was likened to "the cloud of spring rain," for it gave evidence of pleasant conditions to come, just as rain-bearing clouds assured the water necessary for the crops' fruition.—Prov. 16:15.
However, the falling rain does not always result in vegetation that is a blessing to the human cultivator; the watered earth may produce thorns and thistles. Paul used this as an example, comparing the rain-watered ground to Christians who have "tasted the heavenly free gift, and who have become partakers of holy spirit." If they do not produce the fruits of the spirit, but fall away from the truth, they are due to be burned, like a field producing only thorns.—Heb. 6:4-8.
In John's vision in Revelation he saw "two witnesses" with "the authority to shut up heaven that no rain should fall during the days of their prophesying." (Rev. 11:3-6) These "witnesses" representing God as 'prophets' or spokesmen would not pronounce God's favor or blessing on the plans and works of wicked men on earth. Like Elijah, who announced a three-and-a-half-year drought on Israel because of their practice of Baal worship promoted by King Ahab and his wife Jezebel, so these "two witnesses" figuratively "shut up heaven" so that no refreshing "rain" from God would come to bring prosperity to such efforts of men.—1 Ki. 17:1–18:45; Luke 4:25, 26; Jas. 5:17, 18.


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Why falling fuel prices are bad, bad news
Richard Truett covers engineering for Automotive News
Cheap gasoline usually brings higher incentives on hybrids and other fuel-efficient cars -- making it harder for automakers and suppliers to sell them at a profit.
When it comes to buying gasoline, I have deep pockets but short arms. Like you, I don't want to pay more than necessary. When gasoline sells for $3.50 a gallon, my Jeep's empty fuel tank can swallow the better part of a $100 bill.
And yet, I view the dramatic plunge in fuel prices as a bad, bad thing.
Since June, the price of a barrel of crude oil has tumbled more than 50 percent. A gallon of regular unleaded gasoline now costs less than $2 in many states. Last week, crude prices fell below $50 a barrel.
If oil prices keep falling, there's a real danger that the billions invested by automakers and suppliers on smaller and more fuel-efficient engines, lighter vehicles, hybrids and more-efficient transmissions will be lost.
Fuel-efficient vehicles are harder to sell when gasoline is cheap. Demand for Volkswagen's fuel-efficient diesels has plummeted in recent months, for example, and sales of most hybrids are tanking.
Cheap gasoline usually requires higher, profit-draining incentives on hybrids and high-efficiency cars. If returns on technology investment fall, it's harder for automakers and suppliers to develop the next generation of fuel-efficient hardware.
Despite the plunge in fuel prices, several high-ranking executives I spoke with promise not to stop investing in new technologies -- even if sales sag.
"If you are a slave to monthly sales, you give up your long-term vision," says Mark Reuss, General Motors' global product development chief.
"We did that" with the EV1, he said. "We had the first electric car. And we didn't follow it up. Think of where we would be today if we hadn't done that. We are not going to make that mistake again."
Still, low fuel prices make it harder to justify spending billions to develop products that customers don't want to buy. It can prompt lobbying efforts to repeal fuel economy and CO2 regulations.
Raj Nair, Ford's global product development chief, admits the company's most fuel-efficient vehicles, such as the C-Max Hybrid, Fiesta SFE and Focus Electric, are harder to sell in an era of cheap gasoline.
"Certainly on some products like hybrids and electric vehicles, lower gas prices make it more difficult," Nair says. "Although we haven't seen a big near-term impact, ... we have seen a longer term impact on total electrification sales for the industry. They are not as high as some people expected."
Nair doesn't rule out boosting incentives if hybrid sales continue to decline. "We'll always look at pricing and ... transaction prices ... and make sure we are competitive."
We need a temporary hike in petroleum taxes to prevent Americans from returning to guzzlers. Cheap fuel is America's addiction. When oil is cheap, the economy grows faster.
Meanwhile, engineers have the budgets -- for now -- to keep developing new, more efficient powertrains.
Bob Fascetti, Ford's vice president for powertrain engineering, said: "We're as thrilled as anyone to see some relief at the pump, but we will continue to invest in fuel-saving innovations because it's the right thing to do for our customers."
This won't be popular, but I hope fuel prices rise in 2015. Failing that, maybe Americans have learned a lesson and won't abandon fuel-efficient vehicles.
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A well-moisturized United States set a new record in this week's update of the U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM), with more than 90 percent of the country not experiencing any type of drought or "abnormally dry" conditions. This is the greatest expanse of the contiguous United States that's escaped unusual dryness since the USDM began issuing its analyses on January 4, 2000.
This is the fourth week in a row we've set an all-time record for the amount of land that's seen on-par or excessive hydration. The only regions experiencing dry conditions at the moment are a chunk of the southeast, a lingering-but-much-improved drought in the Four Corners region, and the long-term drought in the Pacific Northwest that steadily improved through the winter and early spring months.
Bob Henson of Weather Underground reported this week that the United States just endured its wettest 12-month period on record, with records dating all the way back to 1895. Recently, an assortment of storm systems over the last couple of months provided ample opportunities for rain and snow from the Pacific coast to the Atlantic seaboard. Above-average snowfall in the northern Plains and Upper Midwest set the stage for record river flooding downstream once it started to melt this spring. Ample rainstorms across the West Coast allowed the entire state of California to completely eradicate its drought—and even see many of its reservoirs approach 100 percent capacity.
Strictly from a drought-is-bad perspective, the May 7 update is probably the best drought monitor we'll see for a long, long time. It took a long time to get here. It wasn't too long ago that it felt like the epic droughts in California, Texas, and the southeast would never end.
We're almost six years removed from the July 17, 2012 update of the USDM, which showed a record high of 80.75 percent of the United States in some form of dryness or drought. The weeks-long heat wave that summer was infamously miserable, the effects of which included the destructive derecho that tore across the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic on June 29, 2012.
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As an afterthought to the chapters in the book, this epilogue plays with the idea of looking to the future by briefly examining what is happening at earlier stages of education today. By understanding some of the objectives of the Finnish national core curriculum 2014 and taking a look at the practices at school, we can imagine the optimal skillsets that a now 12-year-old child will have when they enter higher education in a few years' time. Optimally, we will be faced with a person with a developed understanding of how they learn best, a creative learner and problem-solver with skills in meaningful use of technology. This chapter argues that it does not mean the efficient future learners will not require teaching; on the contrary, we will continue to need competent pedagogical thinkers to guide the students on their individual paths to lifelong-learning.
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The introduction discusses how the digital trend that has substantially disrupted other sectors is transforming the higher education sector or even posing a threat to academic institutions' core business. What could be the rationale for higher education institutions to incorporate a comprehensive digital agenda into their core strategy? Outlining the main developments over the past years in the areas of education, research and knowledge sharing, the authors argue that academic institutions are still far from grasping the full potential of what the digital offers to the academy. Not only does the adoption of online and open practices allow universities to respond to major challenges facing them today, but a digital vision also allows higher education institutions to re-define their role in society. Subsequently, the authors outline how the examples discussed in the book, stemming from a variety of academic contexts, will enrich our understanding of what 'moving online' might entail and how to make it work in practice.
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Over the last half century, Korea successfully escaped from poverty and socio-economic instability to achieve remarkable economic growth and democracy. An average Korean lived on 2.3 dollars per day in the 1950s; she now earns about 60 dollars per day. Since 1960, the Korean economy has maintained a 6 percent annual growth rate of real GDP per capita, becoming the 13th largest economy in the world (Maddison Project, 2013). This achievement is regarded as a historic case of sustainable growth. While several factors contributed to this outstanding growth, there is emerging consensus that Korea's achievement of both sustained economic development and democracy is mainly due to its investment in people. At its initial stage of development, Korea faced problems similar to most other developing countries. To escape from a vicious cycle of poverty, Korea had to overcome a legacy of antiquated traditions in education and training. Koreans had traditionally neglected vocational and technical training, owing partly to Confucianism, which praises scholars of the humanities and farmers while disregards professions in manufacturing and trade. Because parents encouraged their children to pursue academic education in colleges and hold white-collar jobs, industries lagged behind with few technicians, skilled workers, and blue-collar workers. To make matters worse, Japanese colonial rule prohibited Koreans from accumulating both physical and human capital for entrepreneurship in industrial sectors. The three years of the Korean War with the division of the Korean peninsula also devastated the economic and social infrastructure and fundamentals for economic growth.
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Deteriorating skills and weak lifelong learning
It is well-known that Korean students' performance belongs to the top group in international competence tests such as OECD's PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment), which have been testing fifteen-yearold students from the OECD member countries in reading, mathematics and science every three years since 2000. Recently, the OECD implemented a similar test for adults during the period from 2011 to 2012, called PIAAC (Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies), where the competence or skill levels of 16_65-year-old adults are measured in the three areas of literacy, numeracy and problem solving in technologyrich environment skills. Surprisingly, the performance of Korea's adult population in the PIAAC test was quite disappointing. In contrast to the stellar performance of the Korean youth in PISA, Korean adults' skill levels turned out to be slightly lower than the OECD averages. Furthermore, the gap between Korean skill level and the OECD average widens as the population gets older. We are motivated by this puzzling fact and attempt to explore the features of Korean adult skill levels from the PIAAC data. In particular, we focus on establishing empirical patterns of age–skill profile after controlling for a rich set of confounding factors rather than establishing the causal relationship. However, we will provide a benchmark study so as to infer that weak life-long learning is the key fundamental problem for the Korean education system and labor market. It would be difficult to establish a solid causal inference about the relationship between skill levels and age simply from observing that the skill level decreases in age from PIAAC. Such observation may indicate that the skill level deteriorates as people get older, which can be interpreted as a 'depreciation' of human capital stock with age for some reasons. However, this may also indicate that younger generations are more skilled than older generations. That is, it might indicate that there has been improvement in skill across cohorts during Korea's development process. To distinguish between the two possible interpretations, we need to use panel data. PIAAC, however, provides a cross-sectional data at the moment so that the empirical pattern about the cross-sectional age–skill profile from PIAAC does not clearly tell us about the precise interpretation.
Education bubble and widening inequality
Goldin and Katz (2008) called the twentieth century the era of American human capital and argued that the U.S. economic dominance in the twentieth century was possible because the U.S. surpassed Europe in terms of education. Similarly, the second half of the twentieth century was an era of Korea's triumph in terms of human capital accumulation, which was recognized by the Nobel Laureate economist Robert Lucas (1993) and also by the former U.S. President Barack Obama. Korea's successful educational development has been praised not only by such global leading figures but also by various international communities and developing countries. During this period, Korea transformed itself from a poor and aid-dependent nation to a donor country providing development assistance to others. This was possible in large part by the human capital accumulation through the rapid expansion of education (Kim, K-H., 2013). For the last half century, Korea showed the fastest educational expansion in the world and reached the world's top level in terms of average years of schooling, performance in international academic achievement tests, and number of researchers per population. Yet Korea still faces quality problems in higher education that is not apparent in quantitative indicators. For example, Korean research universities have yet to reach the world's top level in terms of research impacts; colleges are vertically differentiated based on admission test scores, and the horizontal differentiation through specialization and industry–academia cooperation are still weak. Korean primary and secondary schools place strong emphasis on cognitive skills that are measurable through test scores, and their test score performance of those skills are in fact superb. However, the emphasis on measurable cognitive skills in Korean schools seems excessive, lacking sophisticated evaluation criteria and supporting conditions for developing students' creative thinking, character skills, and effective on-the-job social skills.
Fostering project-based learning and performance assessment
In March 2016, it was a shock to Koreans when Google DeepMind's artificial intelligence AlphaGo scored four wins and only one loss against Korean Go Master Lee Sedol, who is considered one of the best Go players in the world. For most Koreans, the predictions made by the Fourth Industrial Revolution Report (Schwab, 2016) presented at the Davos Forum in January 2016 seemed unreal at the time. It predicted that as digital technologies are exponentially integrated into areas of physics and biology, the way of living could change fundamentally through the emergence of new technologies such as cloud computing, big data, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things (IOT), and 3D printing. However, through the game of Go between a man and a machine, Koreans could see vividly that the Fourth Industrial Revolution was just around the corner. Furthermore, several forecasts on the labor market changes from the Fourth Industrial Revolution1 predicted that half of the current jobs could be gone by the time elementary school children become job seekers. Such warning was enough to spark a sense of crisis to parents and students in Korea that they are being educated for jobs that would eventually disappear. As a result, discussions on the necessary skills and the ways of teaching and learning these skills in anticipation of rapid technological changes were transformed into a more tangible and concrete question about how best to change the learning system in response to the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Making education diversification reform happen
Amid globalization and knowledge-based economies, many countries have given higher priority to education reforms. However, when it comes to specific goals, policy agendas, and strategies regarding education reform, consensus among countries has yet to be formed. For example, Korea strongly focused on lowering college advancement rates and reducing the test burdens on students. In contrast, increasing college enrollment rates and improving the test scores of students in secondary and primary schools are major goals of the U.S. and the U.K. Thus, the direction of Korea's education reform may appear to be headed towards the opposite direction as those of the U.S. and the U.K. In Korea, as discussed in the previous chapter, the 'education bubble', which is defined as persistent increases in educational expenditures that do not contribute to human capital accumulation, formed since the 1990s when the surge of demand for higher education enlarged the size of private tutoring and low-quality colleges with their graduates receiving wages lower than high school graduates. Korea's education bubble is the result of the quantity-oriented expansion of education, which was derived from the consistent demand for education amid low improvements in quality and weak horizontal differentiation among schools and colleges.
Nuts and bolts of the aid for TVET
There is little argument about the critical role of human capital in the process of development. There are a variety of dimensions in the sources of human capital formation in real life, from formal education at schools to on-the-job training at work places and R & D at research universities. We observe, however, that in fostering human capital formation, both academia and the international community of development aid have placed asymmetric attention to formal schooling, in particular to general education, although the emphasis has recently shifted from primary education to secondary and tertiary education. It is obvious that general education at schools is the backbone of human capital formation of any country so that the past emphasis on general schooling in promoting the development process of the less developed countries should be continued. However, it is equally obvious that vocational education, more broadly technical and vocational education and training (TVET), also plays a critical role in materializing the development potential of the less developed countries by various channels such as labor market income generation, poverty alleviation, effective school-to-work transition, and lowering youth unemployment. Here we argue the importance of vocational education in facilitating the development process in particular for developing economies, which either struggle to take off or are going through structural transformation, which has been relatively less emphasized in international development literature. Furthermore, by analyzing the recent Korea's development cooperation project (BEAR Project) on vocational education and training for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, based on Korea's own development experience, we attempt to draw important lessons about what the essential components of development aid would be in order to promote vocational education in terms of effective human capital formation, aligned with national development plans.


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fuboTV has recently added a 'News Plus' add-on which makes it possible for subscribers to add even more news content to their package, albeit at an additional cost each month. fuboTV did already offer a number of add-ons and ways to further tweak the live TV streaming experience, with the new News Plus addition unlikely to be the last.
In general, fuboTV places a great deal of focus on sports, making it a good option for those primarily interested in watching live sports. However, fuboTV has also been expanding the channel selection in other areas in a bid to appeal to even more consumers. An approach that appears to be working considering the service's subscriber base keeps growing, and at an impressive rate.
The use of add-ons is common among live TV services and can be a good way to make minor tweaks to a plan without having to majorly upgrade to a much more expensive tier. fuboTV's News Plus add-on is a prime example of this. Once added through the fuboTV website, the add-on immediately increases the number of news-related channels and content a subscriber has access to.
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You are at:Home»News»Juul to pay $40m in US lawsuit over teen targeting claims
By Gaynelle Marshall on	 28th June 2021 News
E-cigarette maker Juul has agreed to settle a lawsuit with a US state that accused the firm of marketing its products to young people.
Juul will pay $40m (£29m) to North Carolina over six years and will change its advertising in the region.
The vape manufacturer did not, however, admit any wrongdoing as part of the settlement.
A Juul spokesman said: "This settlement is consistent with our ongoing effort to reset our company.
"We continue to combat underage usage and advance the opportunity for harm reduction for adult smokers."
Juul also pointed out that it had stopped distributing its non-menthol, non-tobacco, flavoured products and paused all "mass-market" product advertising over the last two years.
The settlement, announced on Monday by North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein, is the first to be reached by the company with a state government.
Attorney General Stein told a press conference: "North Carolina is now the first state in the nation to hold Juul accountable for its instrumental role in creating a youth vaping epidemic.
"They did it to teenagers across North Carolina and this country simply to make money."
Under the agreement, Juul will not be allowed to target its advertising at underage people or use anyone in its adverts under the age of 35 in the state.
The deal also caps the number of Juul vaping devices and pods that consumers in North Carolina can buy monthly or annually.
The North Carolina lawsuit had been scheduled to to go trial in July.
The company faces other similar cases brought against it by state officials, school districts and even young people in the US, which are still ongoing.


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Canada's Department of Justice
Encouraging Innovation and Involvement
The mission of the Department of Justice is to:
support the Minister of Justice in working to ensure that Canada is a just and law-abiding society with an accessible, efficient and fair system of justice;
provide high-quality legal services and counsel to the government and to client departments and agencies; and
promote respect for rights and freedoms, the law and the Constitution.
The Department of Justice works to ensure that Canada's justice system is as fair, accessible and efficient as possible. The Department helps the federal government to develop policy and to draft and reform laws as needed. At the same time, it acts as the government's legal adviser, providing legal counsel and support, and representing the Government of Canada in court.
The Department's responsibilities reflect the double role of the Minister of Justice, who is also by law the Attorney General of Canada: in general terms, the Minister is concerned with the administration of justice, including policy in such areas as criminal law, family law, human rights law, and Aboriginal justice; the Attorney General is the chief law officer of the Crown, responsible for conducting all litigation for the federal government.
The Department of Justice is a medium-sized government department, but one with a wide influence. Justice employees play a central role in drafting bills for Parliament, whether they originate with the Department of Justice or with another department. Roughly half of the Department's staff are lawyers; the other half includes experts in fields such as research, the social sciences, and communications, as well as paralegals and support staff. Many of our lawyers work in legal services units in some 40 other federal departments and agencies.
In addition to its Headquarters in Ottawa, the Department has some 17 regional offices and suboffices across the country, whose staff provide legal advice and support to federal departments and agencies outside of the National Capital Region.
The Department's work and operations are managed by the Deputy Minister, who meets regularly with the Minister to discuss policy and emerging issues. Just as the Minister of Justice is also the Attorney General of Canada, the Deputy Minister of Justice is also the Deputy Attorney General. As the Department's senior public servant, the Deputy Minister works with a team of Associate Deputy Ministers who share the Deputy's functions and handle issues requiring immediate attention. The team, in turn, draws on the extensive accumulated knowledge and skills of the Department as a whole.
Making law
As the government's legal adviser, the Department of Justice helps federal departments develop, reform, and interpret laws. For example, one of the most important questions about any new law is whether it will be fully consistent with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Department examines all new legislation in detail to identify any areas which might lead to a law being challenged in court on the basis of the Charter.
Once Cabinet has decided what new laws should be introduced during a session of Parliament, work begins on preparing bills (drafts of proposed laws). When the subject in question is the responsibility of a department other than Justice, specialists in that department work with Justice lawyers, who provide the legal expertise to draft the bill. Justice is consulted in the early stages of the work and continues to be involved through each step, from obtaining Cabinet approval to drafting – and redrafting – the bill until it is enacted by Parliament. At that point, it becomes part of the law of the land, and is referred to as an "act" (also known as a "statute").
The Department also ensures that all draft regulations are legally valid, that they are clear in both official languages, and that they take into account both of Canada's legal systems (the civil law in Quebec and the common law in the rest of the country). Regulations set out rules, standards, procedures and other details related to particular statutes. Justice lawyers draft the regulations or examine those sent by other departments, and provide advice and other services as needed.
Criminal law reform
Ongoing law reform ensures that Canada's laws remain effective and relevant. Law reform is not just a matter of reacting to legal and social challenges as they arise; it also involves a broader, long-term plan based on enduring values and principles. Department of Justice experts regularly review existing laws and identify emerging issues that may require new legislation. Reforms may be called for in order to take decisive action to deal with crime; to ensure the law respects the Charter; to reflect the law as it evolves in the courts; to take account of scientific developments related to detecting and prosecuting crimes, such as DNA identification and testing; to keep pace with technology and globalization that affect the scope of international criminal activity; and to reflect changing social attitudes about whether and how we should use the criminal law to influence individual and corporate behaviour. In developing options for legislative reform, the Department consults closely with provincial and territorial officials and non-governmental organizations.
Making policy
The Department of Justice plays an active role in developing federal government policy. Many Justice policies have a direct impact on the daily lives of Canadians, and the Department's policy work is founded on the values that we share as a society. For instance, Canadians value fairness and access to the justice system for all – these are among the most basic elements of any policy the Department develops and of the policy advice we give to other departments. Our policy work also helps shape Canadian attitudes by reflecting these common values not only in laws, but also in programs and services that in turn have an influence on society. We contribute to a wide range of public policy areas, such as protecting children from Internet predators and improving access to the justice system for official language minorities.
The Department's work in public safety and security provides a good example of the need for policy making to keep pace with changes in society. The Department developed the Anti-Terrorism Act, which was designed to protect the safety, security and basic rights of Canadians while allowing Canada to work with the international community in the fight against terrorism. When the time came for the Act to be reviewed by Parliament, the Department coordinated the government's support of the review. It will play an active part in the effort to design appropriate measures to update and improve the Act, and will also continue to be involved in developing new international anti-terrorism tools.
Similarly, in response to concerns about the growing threat of organized crime, the Department has worked with the provinces and territories to improve the law and help law enforcement officers and prosecutors disable and dismantle criminal organizations.
Helping families deal with separation and divorce
Going through a separation or divorce is very difficult for families, especially when children get caught in the middle of their parents' conflict. Through a variety of means, the Department of Justice strives to make people more aware of their ongoing family obligations following separation or divorce, and encourages them to comply with those obligations. For example, the Department produces several publications in plain language on issues such as calculating child support and on making parenting arrangements that will be in their children's best interests.
The Department also provides funding to the provinces and territories for family justice services such as mediation and parenting education, to help divorcing and separating couples make decisions and reach an agreement on issues without the need for stressful and expensive court litigation.
The Department also works with the provinces and territories to implement the Federal Child Support Guidelines, to monitor their effects, and to find ways to improve them for the sake of the children.
Conducting litigation
Justice lawyers support the Attorney General of Canada in conducting a wide range of litigation – that is, legal actions such as lawsuits. They defend the government when it is taken to court, and provide legal services on behalf of other federal departments and agencies. A considerable portion of litigation work is carried out in such complex areas as taxation and immigration law, including refugee claims and other human rights issues.
Federal and provincial responsibilities
Canada has a federal system of government. This means that the authority to make laws is divided between the federal government and the provincial governments. The federal government deals with matters that affect all of Canada, such as criminal law, trade between provinces, telecommunications, immigration and extradition, and fisheries. The provinces make laws in such areas as education, property and health services.
The provincial governments carry out most Criminal Code prosecutions and property law transactions. Prosecutions under all other federal laws, including drug offences, are conducted by the Public Prosecution Service of Canada (PPSC), which acts for the Attorney General but is independent of the Department of Justice. In the territories, the PPSC conducts all criminal prosecutions, including those under the Criminal Code.
The federal and provincial governments share responsibility for family law. The federal government is responsible for the law when spouses divorce. The provinces make laws that apply when couples separate but do not divorce.
The federal government has responsibilities on the international level as well, and the Department of Justice plays an active role providing advice and support in such areas as human rights and environmental law, efforts to combat terrorism and transnational crime, and legal issues related to trade and investment and intellectual property. The Department also fulfils Canada's international treaty obligations to provide assistance to foreign states in criminal matters through extradition and mutual legal assistance processes.
Common law and civil law
Canada is not only a bilingual country but also a "bijural" one – that is, it has two systems of law that exist side by side. These are the civil law and the common law, and the Department's mandate means that its work covers both. Civil law relies on a code that has a set list of rules; judges look first to the code and then to past decisions. Civil law was introduced into North America by France, and is embodied in the form of the Civil Code of Quebec. Common law, on the other hand, is a system which originated in Great Britain in which judges use precedents, or previous decisions, to guide their decisions. In matters of property and private law, federal legislation generally depends on civil law in Quebec and common law in the other provinces and the territories.
Canada's justice system is respected around the world. Other countries look to it as a model in shaping their own legal systems (often with firsthand help from Justice employees). But there is always room for improvement, and the Department constantly seeks new ways to work with Canadians to improve the justice system here at home. Department of Justice policy encourages and supports innovative approaches, notably in such areas as dispute resolution and Aboriginal justice, which explore constructive alternatives to the traditional pattern of courts and prisons.
Grants and contributions
The Department of Justice uses grants and contributions to test fresh approaches to improving Canada's justice system and to contribute to the development of policies. Projects that receive funding may address such goals as promoting access to justice, equality and human rights; improving access to the justice system and making the system more fair and efficient; and addressing Indigenous needs. The Department provides grants and contributions funding in such areas as family violence, victims of crime, family justice, Indigenous justice, and legal aid.
Consulting Canadians
The Department values the concerns and ideas that Canadians have about their justice system. We frequently consult the general public as well as various groups and organizations in developing law, policies and programs, and in identifying emerging trends in law and policy. To ensure a broad cross-section of views, the Department uses a mix of conferences, community workshops, consultation documents and other means of communication, depending on the subject, to reach as many people as possible. These forums have proven valuable in exploring and developing policy on broad themes such as youth justice and the rights of victims of crime, as well as specific questions of law reform and policy.
To learn more about Canada's Department of Justice, consult the Justice Web site, or contact the Department at the following address:
Communications Branch
Department of Justice Canada
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0H8
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Slick-faced, inverted cliffs perched thousands of feet above the point at which human feet meet gravity aren't just for looking pretty in the landscape. If you're a rock climber, those sheer walls are stone playgrounds just waiting for some action. See what happens when some crazy climbers team up with filmmakers when the Reel Rock Film Tour makes a stop in Boise today on its inaugural trek around the country. First Ascent from filmmaker Peter Mortimer follows climbers (including Timmy "Urban Ape" O'Neill) as they attempt--you guessed it--first ascents, and Dosage Vol. IV is the latest installment of the "definitive annual portrait of climbing's state of the art."
Doors at 6:30 p.m., show at 7:30 p.m. $5 for students with advance tickets (purchase at Boise State's Outdoor Center), $8 general. Boise State Special Events Center. For more information, call 426-2628.
Beware, culture vultures. The annual A Taste of Opera Idaho event is a trick. Yep, that's right: They're planning to ply you with great food and wine, then once your guard is down, lay some opera on you and--WHAM!--before you know it, you have been converted to opera fandom.
For this intimate and relaxed evening, Opera Idaho will bring in four of the Winery at Eagle Knoll's most popular wines and fabulous French-stye hors d'oeuvres to tempt your mouth, and resident company members John Mauldin and Betany Cofflund will tempt your ears by singing selections from their personal repertories and Opera Idaho's upcoming production of The Barber of Seville (and if you only know it as the Rabbit of Seville, leave the Loony Toons at home and check out this event).
The good times are happening at Visual Arts Collective, and their current show is the anniversary exhibition "Small." The show has a great gimmick (so you can nail two cultural birds with one stone): The theme of the show is "small works at small prices" and pieces by local artists will be on exhibit and on sale.
7 p.m. $20 advance, $25 at the door. Visual Arts Collective, 1419 W. Grove St., 424-8297. For information or tickets, call 345-3531 or visit www.operaidaho.org or www.visualartscollective.com.
The Boise Philharmonic kicks off the 2006-2007 season with a romantic dollop of Eastern European flavor in a program they've dubbed "Romantic Rachmaninoff." Conductor James Ogle is back this year (he was ailing and MIA for several performances last year) for what we hope is just one more in a long line of season to come with him at the helm. The orchestra will be joined by a guest soloist, pianist Sara Davis Buechner--a virtuoso performer who has been a major prizewinner in prestigious international piano competitions worldwide. And in case you're wondering if Buechner has the Russian chops, don't worry your precrassny little head about it--she was a Bronze Medalist of the 1986 Tschaikovsky International Piano Competition in Moscow.
Tonight's Russian-flavored programmed features Rimsky-Korsakov's Russian Easter Overture and Shostakovich's Ballet Suite from The Bolt. But we have a particular soft spot for Rachmaninoff, so even if they were only performing his Piano Concerto No. 2 instead of rounding off the evening's program with it, we'd be there in a Moscow minute.
8:15 p.m. $24-$49. Morrison Center, Boise State campus, 1900 University Dr., 426-1110.
Oh how we love a good bagpipe. It's too bad not many people play--or play well, anyway--because this plaintive, windy beast is one of our favorite instruments. If you have the same yen, you're in luck this weekend: The Ninth Annual Treasure Valley Celtic Festival and Highland Games will take over the fairgrounds and plenty of bagpipes are promised. But that's not all the Celtic fun, oh no, lasses and laddies. Come out for Scottish dancing from the dance troupe Thistles and Ghillies, athletic competitions and feats of strength, lots of Celtic-themed vendors to ply you with their food and wares, live Celtic music by groups like Wicked Tinkers, the Sleekit Besties, fiddler Krista Walker and more, and of course, those bagpipe competitions.
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OK, all you Broadway babies, here's your chance to catch a little razzle-dazzle from the Great White Way. One of the most popular musicals on Broadway, Chicago, is coming to town. In a '20s version of the Windy City, this is a fun, racy little musical about a couple of murderous dames beating their raps. Expect a lot of cheek and Fosse babes belting out tunes like "Me and My Baby."
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German outfit have missed out on both the Bundesliga and the Champions League.
Borussia Dortmund head coach Jurgen Klopp insists that there is still much to be positive about for his club going into next season, reports the Daily Mail.
Klopp's men have just endured a campaign of heartbreak in which they finished as runners-up to arch-rivals Bayern Munich in both the Bundesliga and then in last Saturday's Uefa Champions League final at Wembley Stadium.
And with star playmaker Mario Goetze having just agreed to also move to the Bavarian giants for next season in a deal wort £25 million, experts across Europe have been quick to predict the end of an era for Klopp and Co, especially if in-form front man Robert Lewandowski also follows his team-mate to the Allianz Arena when the transfer window reopens this summer.
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New Mexico Governor Removes National Guard from Border While Slamming Trump
Michelle Lujan Grisham rejected the notion of an overwhelming security crisis for the U.S.
By Connor D. Wolf
Image Credit: NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images & Toya Sarno Jordan/Getty Images
New Mexico Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (shown above right) denounced President Donald Trump late Tuesday evening while removing National Guard troops from the southern border.
Grisham ordered the withdrawal of the majority of her state's National Guard troops that were deployed at the border.
The move came amid a bitter national fight on border security funding.
Trump has been trying to secure the southern border with a physical barrier but has faced resistance in his fight for federal funding.
"New Mexico will not take part in the president's charade of border fear-mongering by misusing our diligent National Guard troops," Grisham said in a statement. "We will deploy our men and women in uniform only where there is a need, and where their presence can make a genuine difference in ensuring public safety and an easing of the humanitarian concerns at our southern border," she declared.
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Grisham also said she rejects the narrative there is an overwhelming national security crisis at the border.
Trump has repeatedly argued the situation there constitutes a crisis. He's even entertained the idea of declaring a national emergency if lawmakers fail to come up with an acceptable funding deal to address it.
National Guard leadership was also told to assess immediately whether an augmented presence in the southwestern part of the state is needed.
The governor left troops in place in Hidalgo County and surrounding counties to assist humanitarian efforts there. Grisham also directed that the troops from several other states located in New Mexico return home immediately.
The southern border has seen a surge of migrants over the past year — with many individuals claiming asylum. The migrants have often traveled many hundreds of miles and have come in large caravans. But the increase in migrants has caused tensions along the southern border and a bitter policy dispute among lawmakers.
Trump has reinforced the border to keep the migrants out until their asylum claims can be accessed. He secured the border with additional border patrol personnel and military support.
The issue is many migrants claim asylum after already getting caught in the country illegally.
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The illegal immigrants are often released a short time after claiming asylum. They're then asked to return for a court date to determine their claims — but there is no guarantee they will show up.
Trump is hoping to avoid that problem by deterring them from illegally entering the country in the first place.
He's faced legal challenges with nearly everything he's tried to do in securing the border.
Trump and his administration have expressed concern over the nefarious individuals and entities who might be hidden among the caravans. The Department of Homeland Security confirmed on October that some individuals within the caravan are gang members or have significant criminal histories.
Seven unaccompanied minors were also rescued from human smugglers working inside one of the migrant caravans over the fall.
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Q: (R MuMIn) dredge function subsetting error I am trying to select out variables using a correlation matrix as the "subset" argument with dredge() in MuMIn (R).
My problem is precisely as described in this unresolved post:
I run a model fm1*, and use dredge to test all combinations of variables. To exclude some combinations I use a subset matrix sub1 following the method described in dredge.subset demo.
> sub1
       X1    X2    X3    X4    X5    X6    X7    X8    X9  X10
X1     NA    NA    NA    NA    NA    NA    NA    NA    NA   NA
X2   TRUE    NA    NA    NA    NA    NA    NA    NA    NA   NA
X3  FALSE FALSE    NA    NA    NA    NA    NA    NA    NA   NA
X4  FALSE FALSE  TRUE    NA    NA    NA    NA    NA    NA   NA
X5  FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE    NA    NA    NA    NA    NA   NA
X6  FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE  TRUE    NA    NA    NA    NA   NA
X7   TRUE FALSE  TRUE FALSE FALSE  TRUE    NA    NA    NA   NA
X8  FALSE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE FALSE  TRUE    NA    NA   NA
X9   TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE FALSE  TRUE FALSE FALSE    NA   NA
X10  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE  TRUE   NA

It works fine with up to 9 variables; with more I get an error message:
> form
N ~ X1 + X2 + X3 + X4 + X5 + X6 + X7 + X8 + X9 + X10
> fm1<-glm(form,data=dfmod)
> ms1<-pdredge(fm1,subset=sub1,cluster=clust)
Warning message: In pdredge(fm1, subset = sub1, cluster = clust) :
non-missing values exist outside the lower triangle of 'subset'

This is not true, as shown by:
     any(!is.na(sub1[!lower.tri(sub1)]))
     [1] FALSE

In addition to the warning, the model selection table includes sets of variables that were not allowed by the correlation matrix.
I did find a workaround by converting the matrix sub1 into a logical expression, which then works fine as subsetting condition. But it would be interesting to understand what's going on with the matrix.
*note that the same happens with glm and glmer


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Trade & Customs - Economists & Anti-Dumping Consultants 2018: Analysis
In this chapter we recognise 37 individuals who come highly recommended for their excellent work advising clients on trade policy, anti-dumping and countervailing duty proceedings and related litigation.
Global Elite Thought Leaders
1. Charles Anderson Capital Trade, Washington DC
2. Daniel Klett Capital Trade, Washington DC
3. Bernard Hoekman European University Institute, Florence
Specialist economics firm Economic Consulting Services stands out in our research this year as one of the foremost offerings in the international trade and customs arena, achieving six nominations here.
Bruce Malashevich is a well-regarded figure in the US market where he enjoys a strong reputation for his work providing economic counsel to clients across a range of sectors, from telecommunications to metals and agriculture.
Jennifer Lutz wins high praise from international sources who consider her a top name when it comes to advising clients on complex international trade and competition matters.
Kenneth Button stands out among peers for his extensive experience dealing with a wide array of trade-related issues, from anti-dumping to countervailing duties.
Maarten van de Geijn is well respected among peers and clients alike, who commend his expert handling of trade investigations and anti-dumping proceedings.
Consulting firm Capital Trade also performs well this year and sees four individuals recognised for their excellence in the field.
Charles Anderson is "excellent in all areas" according to sources one of whom effuses, "He's amazing in the anti-dumping countervailing area." He stands out as one of the top names in our research this year.
Daniel Klett wins high praise from sources who note he is "always very good" and commend his excellent work advising clients on trade regulation and economics.
Seth Kaplan is a go-to adviser on trade economics issues, and stands out in the market for his strong understanding of countervailing duties and anti-dumping matters.
Andrew Szamosszegi is well known in the US market for his first-rate trade economics practice, which spans a wide range of matters including trade policy and import pricing.
International law firm Cassidy Levy Kent sees four individuals recognised here.
Deirdre Maloney is a well-established name in the US trade market, where she is highly regarded for her superb work advising clients on trade regulation and policy.
Richard Boyce is a first-rate economic consultant who is frequently engaged in handling complex trade and customs matters for clients across a range of sectors including agriculture and automotives.
Bernard Hoekman at European University Institute boasts a strong international reputation for his work in the field of trade and customs. He is regarded as a leading name when it comes to handling trade policy and economics matters.
At Sidley Austin, Simon Schropp is "an exceptional multi-disciplinary practitioner" according to sources, who commend his "unique mix of economic and legal knowledge". One client effuses: "Simon is incredibly creative, detail-oriented, practical and thoughtful."
Paul Baker at International Economics Consulting in Mauritius is a well-respected economist who is highly sought after for his expertise in trade policy, strategy and duties.
King & Spalding's Jorge Miranda possesses over 20 years of experience in the international trade arena and is well versed in advising clients on trade remedies, WTO rules and investigations.
At Trade Resources Company in Istanbul, managing director Bulent Hacioglu receives widespread plaudits from peers who praise his impressive work on anti-dumping investigations and related compliance issues.
Cliff Stevenson at Cliff Stevenson Consulting is a firm favourite among clients who highly recommend him for his impressive knowledge of trade-related competition matters and anti-dumping regulation.
Thompson Hine's William Matthews is recognised for his first-rate trade practice which encompasses a wide array of related matters including anti-dumping cases, trade regulation and import and export policies.
Fevzi Toksoy at ACTECON is a well-recognised economist who is commended by market sources, particularly for his deep expertise in EU trade law.
At Dentons, Rudi Leleu is well known in the European market for his strong expertise when it comes to trade policy, anti-dumping and safeguard measures.
Research Schedule