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Firm creates all-inclusive opportunity for real estate ownership in Nigeria
…Says, offer opens for all
By David Ijaseun on September 23, 2022
Paradise Investment Network Cooperative (PINCOOP) has introduced an all-inclusive opportunity for Nigerians across all strata to own a piece of the booming real estate market in Nigeria.
At the launch of the PINCOOP real estate cooperative society in Lagos, opportunities are opened for all Nigerians irrespective of status and income level to become real estate investors and own properties of their choice in the country.
According to Christy Kanu, PINCOOP Founder, the initiative is designed to give equal opportunities to all Nigerians to invest their savings in the increasingly lucrative real estate sector in the country.
She stated that the launch of PINCOOP was borne out of her inability to invest in developed properties at choice areas, which was almost impossible to afford for low-income earners.
"Some years ago, I was keen on investing in the real estate market in Lagos, but it became increasingly difficult because properties are extremely expensive in choice areas. I was only left with properties outskirt of the city. It's like a situation whereby the rich get richer and the poor get just the crumbs, because I had my money and I went into the real estate market and I found out that I couldn't invest in some developed property in prime locations," explained Christy while narrating why she founded PINCOOP.
Read also: We must democratise real estate market and revolutionise housing finance'
She said although the cost of properties in prime locations across Nigeria is high due to inflation and rising cost of building materials, it is not enough reasons to deprive low-income earners the opportunity of participation and ownership in the sector.
Kanu also said that with a minimum of N50,000, low-income earners like the market women and street vendors could key into the PINCOOP cooperative, to invest and co-own properties in prime locations through direct membership or referral.
"PINCOOP will launch different real estate products for co-ownership, including properties that would bring high yield to the co-owner or co-investors. Most properties in Nigeria have a 99 year lifeline, so you earn rental income for life. What we are fostering is to ensure that everybody will be able to partake in this real estate co-ownership platform," she said.
"I want a situation whereby both the rich and the poor benefit equally based on their share in a property without only the rich getting richer while the poor get the crumbs. With as low as N50,000, low-income earners like the market traders and artisans could become proud property owners in Lagos and beyond. This is why PINCOOP is basically disrupting the real estate marketplace so that everybody will get a share of interest regardless of income level.
Azeez Sadiq and Olorunkemi Salau, both Community Development Officers at Eti Osa Local Government, Lagos presented PINCOOP pioneer members with certificates of registration and recognition.
Paradise Investment Network Cooperative (PINCOOP) has introduced an all-inclusive opportunity for Nigerians across all strata to own a piece of the booming real estate market in Nigeria. At the launch of the PINCOOP real estate cooperative society in Lagos, opportunities are opened for all Nigerians irrespective of status and income level to become real estate investors and own properties of their choice in the country. According to Christy Kanu, PINCOOP Founder, the initiative is designed to give equal opportunities to all Nigerians to invest their savings in the increasingly lucrative real estate sector in the country. She stated that the launch of PINCOOP was borne out of her inability to invest in developed properties at choice areas, which was almost impossible to afford for low-income earners. "Some years ago, I was keen on investing in the real estate market in Lagos, but it became increasingly difficult because properties are extremely expensive in choice areas. I was only left with properties outskirt of the city. It's like a situation whereby the rich get richer and the poor get just the crumbs, because I had my money and I went into the real estate market and I found out that I couldn't invest in some developed property in prime locations," explained Christy while narrating why she founded PINCOOP. Read also: We must democratise real estate market and revolutionise housing finance' She said although the cost of properties in prime locations across Nigeria is high due to inflation and rising cost of building materials, it is not enough reasons to deprive low-income earners the opportunity of participation and ownership in the sector. Kanu also said that with a minimum of N50,000, low-income earners like the market women and street vendors could key into the PINCOOP cooperative, to invest and co-own properties in prime locations through direct membership or referral. "PINCOOP will launch different real estate products for co-ownership, including properties that would bring high yield to the co-owner or co-investors. Most properties in Nigeria have a 99 year lifeline, so you earn rental income for life. What we are fostering is to ensure that everybody will be able to partake in this real estate co-ownership platform," she said. "I want a situation whereby both the rich and the poor benefit equally based on their share in a property without only the rich getting richer while the poor get the crumbs. With as low as N50,000, low-income earners like the market traders and artisans could become proud property owners in Lagos and beyond. This is why PINCOOP is basically disrupting the real estate marketplace so that everybody will get a share of interest regardless of income level. Azeez Sadiq and Olorunkemi Salau, both Community Development Officers at Eti Osa Local Government, Lago...
Paradise Investment Network Cooperative (PINCOOP) has introduced an all-inclusive opportunity for Nigerians across all strata to own a piece of the booming real estate market in Nigeria. At the launch of the PINCOOP real estate cooperative society in Lagos, opportunities are opened for all Nigerians irrespective of status and income level to become real estate investors and own properties of their choice in the country. According to Christy Kanu, PINCOOP Founder, the initiative is designed to give equal opportunities to all Nigerians to invest their savings in the increasingly lucrat...
Paradise Investment Network Cooperative (PINCOOP) has introduced an all-inclusive opportunity for Nigerians across all strata to own a piece of the booming real estate market in Nigeria. At the launch of the PINCOOP real estate cooperative society in Lagos, opportunities are opened for all Nigerians irrespective of status and income level to become real estate investors and own properties o...
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This fall wedding at The Barns at Hamilton Station was so much fun to style and coordinate! Elese and Ray wanted a warm intimate gathering with a laid back, organic feel, as they both love hiking and being outdoors. Ray broke his ankle just days before the wedding, but as you can see, they still were on cloud nine! The lush jewel-toned blooms were from the uber-talented Petals and Hedges and these awesome photos are by Katie Stoops.
I'm a bit obsessed with the bride's baubles and dress from J. Crew. We brought in some vintage throw blankets for the evening with the same pattern as her dress!
We made a ton of custom chalkboards for Elese and Ray!
That arch—Petals and Hedges hit the ball out of the park on this one!
Vintage rugs were a big part of this wedding to help make it seem more cozy and intimate feel and bring splashes of their colors. Many of these beauties actually came from Elese's mom's house.
We pulled out all the stops with upholstered furniture and drapes for lounge seating for their wedding. In all, they had six different groupings of our vintage sofas and vignettes, to really make it feel warm and intimate. Check and check.
For their sweetheart table, we wanted to make it feel cozy and incorporate their pickled favors from Rick's Picks. So I went to work pickling cabbage, beets, onions, to make this glowing backdrop. I love the way the jars glowed with the candles nearby.
We mixed our farm tables with vintage seating in with round whitewashed tables to give the dinner area a more eclectic look.
More of our vintage lounge seating!
Yummmmy desserts on their dessert buffet—and vegan too from Vegan Treats in Bethlehem, PA.
With Holiday parties right around the corner, we are happy to offer our catering friends a 20 percent discount on our reclaimed barn wood farm tables. These beautiful tables are perfect for your winter gatherings, with their richly-colored wood sourced from 100 year-old Pennsylvania barns and hand-crafted by Amish carpenters. The normal price is $125 per table, but we are offering them to caterers for $100 each ($600 minimum) + delivery from now through January 1.
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You may have heard that we are getting dining canopies or pergolas—it's true! We are! It is our winter project to build beautiful canopies our of reclaimed wood to frame a dining table, ceremony alter, or lounge area that can be draped with gauzy linen and fabric. We see pergolas on the West Coast and want to bring some of that beauty out here to DC! They will be complete by April 2015 and we are taking reservations now.
Let me just say that it was a true pleasure coordinating Gina and John's gorgeous wedding. When Gina asked us to help her coordinate her wedding just six weeks before her big day at Woodend Sanctuary, I couldn't say no after getting a glimpse that our styles aligned perfectly. Gina loved lace, chic details, and all things vintage, and well….I do too! You'll see from these pics that it was an amazing day, despite the near 100 degree heat and insane humidity.
I am absolutely obsessed with Gina's Inbal Dror gown! And she looks absolutely stunning in it. OBSESSED!
This is our of our grande chalkboards with our custom calligraphy showing their guests which direction to walk for the ceremony. I never get enough gold!
At the ceremony, Gina and John wanted their guests to relax and have a good time, so they served their signature "Carlson Sweetheart" cocktails and refreshments from our whitewashed bar before the guests took their seats. It was a great touch with their guests in mind. It was SUPER hot, so I'm sure it was a welcome treat for their friends and family!
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Check out her picture-perfect bridemaids in pretty blush dresses.
Boom! That dress. And she looks beautiful in it!
When Gina and I were discussing what she wanted her reception to look like, the words that kept popping up were "pretty" and "lots of lights". I'd say she made it happen! We used our eyelash runners to give our farm tables a romantic feel along with Sweet Root's beautiful flowers and vines as well as vintage inspired china. And gold.rimmed.glasses. Heavenly!
Gina and John managed to get some great couples shots at the end of the evening on our pretty Victorian sofa. It really was a pleasure coordinating their big day and working with the other awesome vendors that made this day perfect despite not so cooperative weather!


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Vosseler, Warren, CAPT
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131X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Pilot
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Line Officer
1966-1968, 131X, VP-4 Skinny Dragons(USN)
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I received word today from Ursula Vosseler, widow of CAPT Warren P. Vosseler, that he had passed away this past October.
Warren reported aboard VP-4 in Nov 1966 and became Executive Officer in Dec 1966. He served as Commanding Officer from Nov 1967 until Dec 1968.
Warren Paul "Voss" Vosseler, Capt. (Ret.) U.S. Navy, 86, a 25 year resident of Annapolis, died October 18 at home suddenly, battling lengthy illnesses.
He was born September 28, 1926 in Orange, N.J., receiving a B.S. degree from the United States Naval Academy in 1949; followed by a B.S., Aeronautical Engineering, U.S. Naval Post Graduate School, Monterey, CA; M.S., Aeronautical Engineering, University of Michigan; M.S., International Affairs, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.; and Naval War College, Newport, RI.
Capt. Vosseler received a Naval Academy Congressional Appointment from the State of New Jersey by Senator Robert Taft, graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1949. Following a brief ship tour to the Arctic, he proceeded to flight training in Pensacola, FL, qualifying as a Naval Aviator.
Operational tours were with Anti-Submarine Patrol Squadron NINE (VP-9) deploying twice in support of the Korean War and Anti-Submarine Patrol Squadron EIGHTEEN (VP-18) deploying in support of Cuban Missile Crisis and UNITAS, Joint British and Greek Operations in the Mediterranean, British and Canadian Operations in the Atlantic, and Pacific Rim Flight Exercises.
He reported aboard Anti-Submarine Patrol Squadron FOUR (VP-4) in 1966 as Executive Officer, eventually fleeting up as their Commanding Officer in 1967; deploying twice in support of combat operations in the Vietnam Theater of Operations.
Ashore, he served as the Air Guided Missile and Air Officer at U.S. Pacific Fleet and Special Projects Officer with Navy's POLARIS missile system. Captain Vosseler completed his Naval Career in Washington, D.C., retiring in 1979 with 30 years of active duty service.
He became active as a private consultant in the National Defense community. He was awarded the Air Medal (2 Awards, 1strike/ flight award), Navy Unit Commendation, World War Two Victory, National Defense Service Medal (2 awards), American Campaign, Korean Service (3 Awards), Vietnam Presidential Unit Citation, Korean Service, Vietnam Service, and Vietnam Campaign.
Captain Vosseler was a longtime Annapolis Rotarian. Naval Academy activities included the USNA Sesquicentennial, the Annapolis Tri-Centennial, Squadron Commander of the Annapolis Chapter of the Association of Naval Aviation, life member of the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association, and Association of Naval Aviation. He diligently served his community of Chesapeake Harbour as a volunteer.
He loved to travel with his wife to Europe, especially Germany, where they both had family and friends. Numerous other adventures included Asia, Australia, South America, Africa, and worldwide ocean cruises. He enjoyed skiing, sailing, golf, shopping, and Bavarian Austrian folk dancing. In his later years, he enjoyed reading, crossword puzzles, and his artistic side, including ceramic pottery, and scrapbooking the family travels. He had a lifelong love of Navy football, cheering at the last three games.
Married on November 15, 1975, Captain Vosseler is survived by his wife, Ursula Vosseler; and his daughter, Leslie Carol. He is also survived by numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, two god-children, and one delightful German mother-in-law.
There will be a memorial service at 10 a.m. on Monday, November 5, at the U.S. Naval Academy Chapel. Inurnment immediately following the service.
Contributions can be made in his memory to your preferred cause or charity.
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Fitch, Aubrey Wray, ADM, (1906-1947) Vice Admiral
Holloway Jr., James Lemuel, ADM, (1918-1959) Rear Admiral Lower Half
EBERT, Walter, RADM, (1930-1950) Captain
FORD, Walter, RADM, (1925-1961) Captain
HAMILTON, Thomas, RADM, (1927-1948) OFF 131X Captain
Murray, Stuart Shadrick, VADM, (1919-1956) OFF 112X Captain
Pirie, Robert Burns, VADM, (1922-1962) OFF Captain
Ryan Jr., Thomas John, RADM, (1921-1950) Captain
Thomas, William Nathaniel, RADM, (1918-1949) OFF 410X Captain
Baumberger, Walter Harlen, VADM, (1934-1974) Commander
Brockett, William Alden, RADM, (1934-1965) Commander
Craighill, Richard Starr, RADM, (1932-1967) Commander
Davenport, Roy Milton, RADM, (1933-Present) OFF 112X Commander
Dornin, Robert Edson, CAPT, (1935-1965) Commander
Enright, Joseph, CAPT, (1933-1963) Commander
Fiala, Reid, RADM, (1931-1959) Commander
Gray, James Seton, CAPT, (1936-1966) OFF Commander
Kane, William Richard, CAPT, (1933-1957) OFF 131X Commander
Massey, Forsyth, RADM, (1931-1968) OFF 131X Commander
PETERSEN, Wallis, RADM, (1920-1963) OFF 111X Commander
Reed, John Ward, CAPT, (1932-1962) OFF 000X Commander
Rotrige, Henry John, RADM, (1942-1972) OFF 410X Commander
SHEPLER, Dwight, CDR, (1942-1947) Commander
Ward, Norvell, RADM, (1935-1973) Commander
Baumberger, Walter Harlen, VADM, (1934-1974) Lieutenant Commander
Bergner, Allen Alfred, RADM, (1940-1972) Lieutenant Commander
Compton, Emmett Mobley, CAPT Lieutenant Commander
Geist, John Willard, CAPT, (1934-1961) OFF Lieutenant Commander
Mendenhall Jr., Corwin, RADM, (1939-1959) Lieutenant Commander
Adamson, Robert, VADM, (1943-1976) Lieutenant
Crommelin, Quenton, CAPT, (1941-1973) OFF 131X Lieutenant
LAUFF, Bernard, CAPT, (1937-1968) OFF 111X Lieutenant
Atkinson, Bert, CAPT, (1946-1965) OFF 000X Ensign
Beard, Donald Wayne, LCDR, (1949-1964) OFF 110X Ensign
Earl, William, CDR, (1951-1973) OFF 000X Ensign
Howard, Joseph Bowyer, CDR, (1950-1974) OFF 000X Ensign
Rivers, Wendell Burke, CAPT, (1946-1976) OFF 110X Ensign
Hoch, John, CAPT, (1949-1982) 00 Naval Aviation Cadet
Villamil, Ernesto, MCPO, (1945-1975) Petty Officer Third Class
Wynne, William, CAPT, (1943-1976) CN Petty Officer Third Class
Anderson, Stanley Joseph, RADM, (1946-1985) Midshipman
Baciocco, Albert J., VADM, (1953-1987) 00 Midshipman
Bivin, Homer Richard, CAPT, (1941-1976) Midshipman
Carr, Kenneth, VADM, (1943-1985) 00 Midshipman
DiNola, Michael, LCDR, (1953-1963) OFF 110X Midshipman
HAAK, Frank Sutherland, RADM, (1945-1976) OFF Midshipman
HALL, Donald, RADM, (1945-1981) Midshipman
Hardisty, Huntington, ADM, (1952-1991) Midshipman
Harvey, John Wesley, LCDR, (1950-1963) Midshipman
Hayward, Thomas B., ADM, (1943-1982) 00 OC Midshipman
JACKSON, Dempster McKee, RADM, (1952-1983) Midshipman
Krag, Robert, LCDR, (1950-1963) Midshipman
Laulor, Richard, CAPT, (1945-1976) 00 OC Midshipman
Lawrence, William P., VADM, (1951-1986) Midshipman
Linder, James Benjamin, RADM, (1943-1979) Midshipman
Litke, Robert, CDR, (1943-1968) Midshipman
MITCHELL, John, CAPT, (1947-1978) Midshipman
MOHRHARDT, Robair, CAPT, (1943-1977) Midshipman
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Vendakka Mezhukkupuratti / Ladies Finger Stir Fry / Kerala Homemade Recipe / വെണ്ടക്ക മെഴുക്കുപുരട്ടി is a tasty and healthy side dish for Rice. It is very easy to prepare and requires very few ingredients, mainly Vendakka, Green Chilly and Shallots.
A single cup of raw Ladies Finger contains about 3 grams of dietary fiber, 2 grams of protein, 7.6 grams of carbohydrates, 0.1 grams of fat, 21 milligrams of vitamin C, around 88 micrograms of folate, and 57 milligrams of magnesium. It helps to prevent Cancer, Heart Disease and also improves Immunity and Mental Function.
Wash vendakka (Ladies Finger) well with water. Remove its head and tail and cut it into small pieces.
Heat coconut oil in a pan and add curry leaves, chopped shallots, green chilly and saute well for 3 minutes.
Add chopped vendakka, red chilly powder and salt into it and mix everything very well. Cover and cook on a low flame for 5 minutes. Do stir in between.
After 5 minutes, open the lid and stir continuously until the vendakka becomes crispy.
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The heart of the Côte de Nuits, the central jewel in the necklace of Burgundy climats, the epicenter of the Grands Crus, Vosne-Romanée is probably the most celebrated of all the villages of the Côte d'Or in Burgundy. There are 152 hectares of vines of which 57 hectares are Premier Crus. Not only are its six Grands Crus the most famous names in Burgundy, but the producers who are based in the village are amongst the world's finest.
"Bourgogne has produced nothing better than this little corner where all her charms come together" wrote Gaston Roupnel, a celebrated historian and writer. Here the Pinot Noir grape ripens to its best. Apart from the 14 Premier Crus, the parcels found in the village appellation lie either at the top of the slope or at its foot on either side of the Grand Crus and in some cases reach the same altitude. The soils are limestone mixed with clayey marls. The depth of soil depends upon where the parcels are located from some tens of centimeters at the top of the hill to one meter deep around the village. The exposure is easterly.
The typical characteristic of Vosne is ripe fruit over spices lifted by the presence of strawberry, raspberry, bilberry, or blackcurrant fruit. These refined and well-blended aromas evolve with age into aromas of preserved fruits, leather, cedar and gamey/woodland scents. On the palate the wine is velvety and distinguished. In their youth, Vosne wines can appear rather austere and closed; they need time in the bottle to develop structure and fleshy texture. These spicy, rich wines match well with roasted meats, especially beef and game and hard cheeses.
This magnificent estate, which is ideally situated in the centre of Vosne Romanée, holds some very old vines producing very concentrated, pure wines. Despite the being of village level, the cuvee merits an exclusive bottling and label which mentions this special lieu-dit of which Etienne Grivot is so fond.
A lovely combination of power and energy here. A wine with very expressive fruity flavours, mixed with aromas of violet and roses. Very lively and attractive.
This village climat, lying just near the Grivot cellars produces wines that are more ambitious than the village appellation would lead you to believe. The 2014 is particularly fine with good fresh red fruit character in the nose, lots of energy and a fine vein of acidity running through the wine to a deeper, quite intense finish. A lovely wine with lots of charm to be enjoyed during the next five years.
Very expressive nose with tight and concentrated notes of vanilla and red fruits. On the palate the wine begins to open to reveal berried fruit, excellent tannins and well-integrated oak. A powerful wine, which tastes much grander than its village appellation.
Dit klimaat, gelegen nabij de wijnkelders van Grivot, produceert wijnen die ambitieuzer zijn dan zijn appellatie zou suggereren. De 2015 is, net als zijn broers, prachtig zijdeachtig en fris met tonen van kleine rode en zwarte bessen. In de mond is de wijn rond en genereus, wat het zonnige wijnjaar weerspiegelt. Zoet en heerlijk, deze charmante wijn is klaar om te drinken van 2020 tot 2025.
One of our favourite wines from the Grivot domain, this 1er cru is located in the northern part of the appellation near Echezeaux. There is lots of fruit on the nose with flavours of plums, blackberries and blueberries. On the palate the wine becomes altogether more serious with some good oak, fine integrated tannin and a touch of mineral spiciness. This is a wine to lay down in the cellar for at least another 5-6 years.
A fresh and expressive wine with lively notes of cherries and red fruit and in the background more serious, darker notes of tannin and good oak. Elegant and balanced, this wine impressed me when I tasted it out of barrels and I believe it has a good future ahead of it.
One of our favourite climats, with a rich and complex nose which leads to tasty, spicy, woody notes. On the palate, the wine is quite tightly structured for now with lots of fresh red fruit flavour and marked tannins. A great wine which will age very well.


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To produce cinematic images, the URSA Mini can record uncompressed raw sensor data in the CinemaDNG format onto CFast 2.0 memory cards at up to 60 fps. The raw files preserve the full dynamic range and color tonality output from the sensor so you can have greater control over the look in post-production. However, data-heavy uncompressed raw files arent always easy to deal with on-set, so Blackmagic provides compressed raw at 3:1 and 4:1 ratios to save space while retaining postproduction flexibility.
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Hello there, i am a new member of this forum. Just wondering if anyone can give me a suggestion. I tested my Sony a7ii with MF Canon FDn 500mm f/4.5 L lens, mounted on a CF tripod (Sirui N-2204), steady shot set at 500mm then shot on and off both mode, shutter speed around 1/800 to 1/1500 but can not get a sharp image. I even can see on the magnified LCD (without touching anything) the picture is not stable, kind of vibrating. Is it camera problem or Tripod? Please help me.Thank you.


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A Batgirl #45 Review – Dick Grayson: Wedding Crasher
TITLE: Batgirl #45
AUTHORS: Brenden Fletcher, Cameron Stewart
PENCILLER: Babs Tarr
PUBLISHER: DC Comics
RELEASED: October 28, 2015
***WARNING: Spoilers lay ahead for Batgirl #45.***
By Rob Siebert
Editor, Fanboy Wonder
I'm a big fan of Barbara Gordon and Dick Grayson as a couple. I was as stoked as anybody when DC let Gail Simone work with them again during Convergence. That being said, the Batgirl team does real justice to Barbara by not putting her back with Dick in this issue.
There's no supervillain in Batgirl #45, and no real crisis for Babs to overcome. Instead, we find ourselves at the wedding of her friend Alysia. Our herioine is entrusted with keeping the ring safe for the bride. But when Dick shows up before the festivities and playfully swipes the ring, things get complicated.
***For the events leading up to this issue, check out Grayson #1, Batgirl Annual #3 and Grayson #12.***
It would have been very easy to put Barbara with Dick. That option is always going to be there, and it's always going to work. But that's not what happens here. In this issue, Dick is actually positioned as the antagonist. It's one of the few times in this era of "Dick Grayson, sexy super-spy" that we're put in a position to not like him. He's not malicious or cruel at all, but he's clearly in the wrong. It's surreal, but it's done in the interest of playing up Barbara's confidence and independence. As readers, we already knew she had those qualities. But this issue accents them wonderfully.
Simply put, Barbara stands up for herself when Dick tries to insert himself into her life romantically. She takes him to task for interrupting this special day, and that he must face the consequences of faking his own death, and what that did to the people he cares about. What makes this such a strong moment is that she's right, and we admire her for being brave enough to put Dick in his place. It's something he needed to hear, from the character perhaps best qualified to tell him.
Barbara's behavior in the early part of this issue is also very true to her character. She essentially becomes the Miss Fix-It of the wedding party, and literally pulls out a "Wedding Day Survival Kit." Not only does this work with Barbara's personality, but having been to a whopping three weddings this month, I can tell you firsthand that every bride wants a character like that around.
From an artistic standpoint, Tarr gets to be more flowery and formal in this issue than any she's done so far. Her work, paired with colorist Serge LaPointe's lavenders and pinks definitely give this issue a visual uniqueness. Tarr's rendering of Dick Grayson is also impossibly hunky, and a great representation of the temptation Barbara feels to cave in and be with Dick.
The issue ends with a mysterious teaser, likely about the next villain Batgirl will take on. Solicitations indicate Babs' mind may be failing her, and The Spoiler will be involved. If how they interacted in Batgirl Annual #3 is any indication, things will continue to be fun going forward. And considering how fun this series has been since Fletcher, Stewart, and Tarr took over, what more can we ask?
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Smithland és una població dels Estats Units a l'estat d'Iowa. Segons el cens del 2000 tenia una població de 221 habitants.

Demografia
Segons el cens del 2000, Smithland tenia 221 habitants, 101 habitatges, i 72 famílies. La densitat de població era de 237 habitants/km².

Dels 101 habitatges en un 19,8% hi vivien nens de menys de 18 anys, en un 56,4% hi vivien parelles casades, en un 8,9% dones solteres, i en un 28,7% no eren unitats familiars. En el 27,7% dels habitatges hi vivien persones soles el 15,8% de les quals corresponia a persones de 65 anys o més que vivien soles. El nombre mitjà de persones vivint en cada habitatge era de 2,19 i el nombre mitjà de persones que vivien en cada família era de 2,6.

Per edats la població es repartia de la següent manera: un 19% tenia menys de 18 anys, un 7,2% entre 18 i 24, un 17,2% entre 25 i 44, un 29,4% de 45 a 60 i un 27,1% 65 anys o més.

L'edat mediana era de 49 anys. Per cada 100 dones de 18 o més anys hi havia 90,4 homes.

La renda mediana per habitatge era de 31.406 $ i la renda mediana per família de 33.750 $. Els homes tenien una renda mediana de 31.250 $ mentre que les dones 17.188 $. La renda per capita de la població era de 14.722 $. Entorn del 4% de les famílies i el 6,4% de la població estaven per davall del llindar de pobresa.

Poblacions més properes
El següent diagrama mostra les poblacions més properes.

Referències

Entitats de població del comtat de Woodbury

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National Trust Heritage Records Online
Robin Hood's Well, Fountains and Studley Royal
30143*0 / MNA144287
Registered Park or Garden, Scheduled Monument, Listed Building: Grade II, World Heritage Site
Fountains and Studley Royal; North
Lindrick with Studley Royal and Fountains; Harrogate; North Yorkshire
SE 2767 6829
A stone fronted spring-head, possibly of medieval origin, to the east of the Infirmary.
WELL HOUSE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
A stone-built spring/well head, set in the southern side of the Skell Valley, c. 5m south of De Grey Walk (30166). It consists of a central sub-rectangular trough (1.30m E/W by 1.05m N/S) at least partly cut into natural rock. The remaining walls of the central chamber are raised in well dressed sandstone masonry, curving into a semi-circular arch, up to 1.66m above the chamber floor. The front of the trough is marked by a 30cm high stone block, with an ornately carved overflow notch, centrally placed. The facade of the feature also consists of neatly dressed stonework. This involves a chamfered arch matching the internal arch, with decorative hooding including spiral terminals. These are set in an ashlared wall face of irregular limits. Further "fallen" ashlar work lies to the north of the ends of the main face, quite probably as set dressing for the well. Also before the facade is a T-shaped gutter stone, now leading to a modern drain. The date of this feature is not known. It may well be medieval, Coppack mentioning lead pipes being found leading to the infirmary from the direction of this feature, and it may well have been fed from the ponds 30224 and 30225. There are references to work being done at "Robin Hood" before Aislabie acquisition of the Fountains estate. It is not impossible that the feature has Georgian origins, but this is not, perhaps, as likely as medieval ones - see below. The spring is currently dry, possibly because the whole structure has pulled away from the cliff side. It remains damp - and therefore less than pleasant - in this condition.
Documentary Sources: The origins of Robin Hood's Well are not greatly clarified by the documentary sources. Glyn Coppack (1993) sees it as a medieval feature, connected with water supply to the infirmary. The nature of the structure makes this a perfectly plausible explanation, but the Walbran papers at York Minster Library contain a note that the feature was built by Mrs. Lawrence at the suggestion of Sir Walter Scott. He even penned an inscription to be hung from it -
"Beside this chrystal font of old/
Could his flushed brow an Outlaw bold/
His bow was slackened while he drank/
His quiver rested on the bank/
Giving brief pause of doubt and fear/
To feudal Lords and forest deer/
Long since the date - but village sires/
Still sing his feats by Christmas fires/
And still old England's free-born mood/
Stirs at the name of Robin Hood"
- although there is no evidence that this was ever actually inflicted on the public. This version of events is retold by Lefroy in 1891 (Text 26) and Parker in 1907 (Text 23), probably drawing on Walbran. The wellhead is depicted on the 1831 estate map (Map 12) and on subsequent surveys.
The estate papers include occasional mentions of works at "Robin Hood" in the 1750s. At that time, of course, the site of this feature lay outside Aislabie ownership and these appear to be references to an area of landscaping further along the Skell valley below the Chinese garden, called Robin Hood Butts (not NT property) not this feature.
Since the completion of the Archaeological Property Survey, it has been noted that the well is mentioned by name in the botanical list given by Langdale in the 1826 edition of the Tourist's Companion - the earliest reference found to date. MN 6.V.97
SNA63944 - National Trust Report: Mark A Newman. 2009. Observations and recording at Robin Hood's Well, Fountains Abbey, March-Sept 06.
SZP10526 - Monograph: G Parker. 1900. Guide to Studley Royal and Fountains.
SZP13087 - Photograph - colour: Mark A Newman. 05/03/1996. Robin Hood's Well. 24.
SZP1657 - Monograph: J J Sheahan. 1872. The History and Topography of the Wapentake of Claro. 3.
SZP1770 - Monograph: J Pickford. 1882. A week in the Yorkshire Dales.
SZP1792 - Map: Ordnance Survey. 1854. First Edition 6" survey. 10560.
SZP1813 - Graphic material: T Macquoid. 1894. Engraving of Robin Hood's Well, Fountains Abbey.
SZP1842 - Document: J R Walbran. Notes on Robin Hood's Well, and poem by Sir Walter Scott.
SZP18963 - Photograph - black and white: 01/01/1985. Robin Hood's Well and De Grey Walk. A2-25-85.
SZP2104 - Monograph: J S Tute. 1890. Handy Guide to Fountains Abbey.
SZP2874 - Monograph: W White. 1853. A Month in Yorkshire.
SZP3090 - Map: Ordnance Survey. 1928. 10560.
SZP37631 - Photograph - black and white: 01/01/1985. Robin Hood's Well. A2-25-84.
SZP377 - Monograph: W C Lefroy. 1891. The Ruined Abbeys of Yorkshire.
SZP39786 - Photograph - black and white: Mark A Newman. 05/03/1996. Robin Hood's Well. 24.
SZP44 - Monograph: 1950. Guide to Harrogate.
SZP4552 - Monograph: W H Smith. 1905. Guide to Harrogate.
SZP4925 - Article in serial: 1900. Fountains Abbey.
SZP5740 - Map: Ordnance Survey. 1891. 25" to the mile survey. 2500.
SZP5937 - Document: Vyner Archive. Copy letters from Robert Doe to William Aislabie.
SZP7298 - Monograph: T Langdale. 1826. The Tourists Companion.
SZP823 - Map: Ordnance Survey. 1910. 6" to the mile series. 10560.
SZP8309 - Monograph: T Macquoid. 1894. About Yorkshire.
SZP8445 - Monograph: M J B Baddeley. 1897. Thorough Guide Series - Yorkshire (Pt.II). 3.
SZP8497 - Monograph: J L Armstrong. 1905. Illustrated Harrogate Handbook.
SZP863 - Monograph: J R Walbran. 1876. Guide to Ripon, Fountains Abbey etc.
SZP8694 - Monograph: Black. 1858. Picturesque Guide to Yorkshire.
SZP8818 - Monograph: Eric S Wood. 1946. Ancient Buildings of Harrogate.
Listed Building (Grade II): ROBIN HOOD'S WELL (1149812)
Scheduled Monument: FOUNTAINS CISTERCIAN ABBEY; MONASTIC PRECINCT, MILL, WATER MANAGEMENT WORKS, AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL FEATURES AND 18TH CENTURY GARDENS (1014395)
World Heritage Site: Studley Royal Park including the ruins of Fountains Abbey (1000094)
Guardianship Area
Guardianship Monument
ENA3852 - Field Survey,
ENA5583 - Archaeological Intervention, Recording and excavation, Robin Hood's Well


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Accused Kent fondler has prior child porn conviction
By Eric Marotta Local Editor
Nov 6, 2018 at 12:34 PM Nov 6, 2018 at 1:59 PM
A Rootstown man accused of breaking into a Kent State student's apartment and fondling her while she slept has previously been convicted of possessing child porn in a case that went all the way to the Ohio Supreme Court.
That case set a precedent for crimes involving child pornography in Ohio, with Roger L. Tooley Jr. arguing it was impossible to determine whether a digital image depicting child pornography had been altered or was entirely fake.
The 42-year-old remained in jail Tuesday on $100,000 bond after pleading not guilty Monday to a first-degree misdemeanor charge of sexual imposition. He is also facing a second-degree felony charge of burglary after police responded to a report from a 20-year-old woman who said she found a strange man in her University Townhomes bedroom doorway around 5:30 a.m. Saturday.
Another woman, 23, told responding officers she woke to find Tooley fondling her breasts while she was sleeping in a different apartment, according to a report. The second woman told police she shined her phone on his face and identified him after police took her to where they had detained him about a block away.
Police said they had seen Tooley walking away from the front door of a residence on Gemini Court and walk around the back of a building as they responded to the first woman's call. Tooley initially said he was looking for a friend's apartment, but "did not know where he lived," according to a report. Tooley later "said he was invoking his right to remain silent."
In a court complaint filed Monday, Kent police referred to his prior conviction on charges of pandering sexually oriented material involving a minor and illegal use of a minor in nudity oriented material, fourth- and fifth-degree felonies, respectively.
His 2007 conviction came about four years after he was charged in 2003, as his appeal ended up in the Ohio Supreme Court.
At the time he was charged in 2003, he had been under federal supervision following a 2000 conviction for bank fraud in which he received a suspended sentence and was ordered to pay Firststar Bank more than $6,000 restitution.
According to court records, a Kent State student reported to police in late 2001 that Tooley sent her a text with her Social Security number and claimed he had hacked into the university's computer system and obtained several students' personal information. Kent State University Police obtained a warrant and later found images of child pornography among several thousand pornographic images on computers at his home.
While he was initially charged with a total of 25 felony counts of illegal use of minors and pandering, Tooley was eventually found guilty on five of those charges. Many of the charges were dropped after the judge in the case, now retired common pleas Judge John Enlow, ruled he could not definitively rule some of the images involved children.
An appeals court overturned the conviction, arguing Ohio laws were unconstitutional in that they did not require actual proof that pornographic pictures depict real children, as opposed to computer-generated images.
The appeals court also ruled the laws allow trial courts to determine which images are real children "based solely on a judge's or jury's non-expert viewing of the offending material," according to an Ohio Supreme Court summary.
The high court overturned the appeals court's decision, in part by rejecting the lower court's conclusion that current technology makes simulated and actual child pornography essentially indistinguishable, stating, "With respect to the images supporting the convictions, this court has also viewed them and has concluded that real children were involved."
Tooley eventually served time in prison on the bank fraud conviction after violating his federal supervision due to the 2003 charges. He was sentenced to 16 months in prison on the 2003 charges and a related charge of unauthorized use of property. He was granted judicial release from prison in February 2008.
Eric Marotta can be reached at 330-541-9433, or emarotta@recordpub.com.


I'm Will Smith. Give me all your money.
Kim Hollis: Hancock opened to $103.4 million this week, including $62.6 million over the three-day portion of the weekend. What do you make of this result?
Joel Corcoran: I'm not quite sure what to make of the result other than Will Smith in a leading role just about guarantees at least $50 million on the opening weekend. This movie had weak reviews, a disjointed marketing campaign, and a mish-mash of storylines. Yet it also had a unique premise, a great cast, and the image of Hancock as the "lone superman" the world is a salient metaphor for the USA's role as a lone superpower. I may not be wholly accurate here, but with so many conflicting qualities, I'm surprised the movie has already launched itself into the top ten earners of the year.
Pete Kilmer: July 4th is Big Willie Weekend. Put him in a popcorn flick on this date and he OWNS this weekend.
Max Braden: Yawn. Twelve years ago he made $50 and $96 million on the same five-day period with Independence Day. Now, if you had Hancock and Iron Man team up in a movie to stop Zod from snatching the deed to the Garden of Eden, *then* we'd have numbers to talk about.
Reagen Sulewski: I don't know that he did necessarily own this weekend - certainly not after Wild Wild West and Men in Black II called his blockbuster chops into question. Hancock is a definite step up from those two - in quality, if nothing else - but it almost feels like this was a bit of a missed opportunity for Warner Bros. People seemed to cool on it as they got closer to release, with the idea of "Oh yeah, I guess I still want to see that, it's July 4th, right?" Give it up for conditioning, I suppose.


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Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction
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Media doorstop
Subject: Energy policy, reliable energy, bipartisanship, Technology Investment Roadmap, Paris targets, nuclear energy.
ANGUS TAYLOR: The focus of our energy policy is clear: it's about affordable energy, reliable energy, and bringing down emissions without wrecking the economy. And we're kicking goals. We're seeing prices of electricity and gas coming down. We're seeing important projects like Snowy 2.0, major investments from the Government to make sure we can keep the lights on 24/7, 365 days a year. And we're bringing down emissions. We have clear targets, we have a strong plan to achieve those targets and we have an enviable track record. Now central to that is technology, not taxation, and the $2 billion Climate Solutions Fund built on the extraordinary success of the Emissions Reduction Fund. Today, we had Labor out talking about their energy policies, but they didn't explain how their energy policies would create a single job. They didn't explain how they're going to bring down prices, how they're going to keep the lights on. They didn't explain what their targets were, and they didn't explain how they're going to achieve those targets. We're getting on with it, we're delivering, and at a time like this when Australians want to know where their jobs are going to be in the coming years, coming out of COVID-19, our focus on affordable reliable power, making sure we bring down our emissions without wrecking the economy is absolutely central to our focus as a Government.
JOURNALIST: The Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese says that he wants to put bipartisanship aside and work with the Government on establishing a national framework or a national energy policy. Are you willing to do that?
ANGUS TAYLOR: We're willing to continue to focus on making sure we've got affordable, reliable energy and we bring down our emissions. That's the focus and that's what we're going to continue to do every day, and that's been a very successful focus for the government as I said a moment ago. So we'll continue to go down that path. We'll always consult with all stakeholders to make sure we're getting the best ideas coming forward, but our focus is very clear.
JOURNALIST: I'm sorry, was that a yes? You'll work with Labor?
ANGUS TAYLOR: I haven't received any invitation from my opposite number to speak, but we're going to continue to focus on those core principles. And look, we welcome the fact that Labor has embraced our technology investment roadmap. That's great news. And as I say, we'll continue to listen and talk to focus on those core principles.
JOURNALIST: The Opposition Leader also said that the Coalition is crippled by members of the Coalition who are conspiracy theorists and don't believe in the science of climate change. Is that true?
ANGUS TAYLOR: No, it's not true. Look, our position is very clear. We've got strong targets. We're focused on emissions reduction. We're delivering. We're going to over deliver on our 2020 targets by a significant margin, 411 million tonnes as of December last year. We're nailing it and we will continue to because this matters. This is important. We are unified. But I will make this point, we see division within the Labor Party. In particular we've seen on the one hand, Joel Fitzgibbon spruiking carbon capture and storage. On the other hand, Mark Butler has been saying the whole thing is a pipe dream. We're focused, we're unified, we're getting on with it.
JOURNALIST: Will you commit to net zero emissions by 2050?
ANGUS TAYLOR: We have a very clear set of targets, 26 per cent emission reduction by 2030, and we have a joint commitment through the Paris Agreement with countries around the world to deliver a net zero in the second half of the century. And let's be clear about this - Australia is 1.3 per cent of emissions. We need to work closely with countries across the globe to deliver outcomes. That's how we're going to achieve the outcomes. That's the only way we can achieve the outcomes.
JOURNALIST: Anthony Albanese also wouldn't rule out putting a price on carbon, only saying that he won't use the same policy or the old system, but he's be looking for a new framework. Is that something you'd be willing to talk to him about?
ANGUS TAYLOR: Our focus is clear. It's technology, not taxation. Now we heard the Leader of the Opposition today a number of times fail to rule out a carbon tax. And that has been the favoured policy position of the Labor government time and time again, whether it's an explicit one or a sneaky one. But our focus is clear: it's technology, not taxation, it's bringing down the cost of energy, it is making sure that Australians can make ends meet, whether in their households or in their businesses. That's our focus.
JOURNALIST: Wouldn't that give businesses certainty to invest in renewables, and also, isn't that needed to boost jobs, particularly post-COVID?
ANGUS TAYLOR: Well they are investing. In 2019, we saw $9 billion of investment in new capacity, primarily renewables, in this country - 6300 megawatts - and we're continuing to see investment at a rapid rate. So it is happening. We need to make sure it's balanced. We need to make sure there's a balance of fuel sources, that ensures that we can drive down prices, keep the lights on, and bring down emissions at the time without wrecking the economy. That's our focus.
JOURNALIST: Would you commit to nuclear energy?
ANGUS TAYLOR: We have a moratorium, and there's no plan to change the moratorium. Small modular reactors are in the Technology Investment Roadmap-
JOURNALIST: Sorry, there was no plan before COVID, but will there be one after?
ANGUS TAYLOR: I'm saying that there is a moratorium and there's no plan to change the moratorium. But let's be clear, we need many horses in the race in terms of technology. Small modular reactors are evolving quickly around the world and we'll keep a close eye on it, as we said in our Technology Investment Roadmap.


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Book Review: Playing with the Time. Experimental Archaeology and the Study of the Past by Rodrigo Alonso, David Canales, Javier Baena (Eds.)
Rena Maguire (UK)
Increasingly, there is an appreciation of using experimental work to reconstruct how people squared up to the challenges of what life was like in the past. It is a field of archaeology which has caught the public imagination, so this collection of conference papers, Playing with the Time, edited by Alonso, Canale and Baena, has considerable potential to reach a wider market than just academics.
Spanish archaeology has adopted experimental archaeology with verve, with the Experimenta group, founded in 2005, promoting the dissemination of knowledge gained through experiments via conferences, journals and books.
Spanish archaeology has adopted experimental archaeology with verve, with the Experimenta group, founded in 2005, promoting the dissemination of knowledge gained through experiments via conferences, journals and books. The introduction demonstrates that the most popular themes at past conferences have been lithics, traceology and pottery, with the Palaeolithic and Neolithic being best represented, but interestingly, the often neglected Iron Age has also proved popular (Alonso, Canales and Baena, 12-13). It is therefore useful that this book is divided into research 'zones', cutting to the chase for those with specific interests.
The Palaeolithic technology cluster starts audaciously, with Garcia Medrano's chapter on the reconstruction of the Acheulean axes of Boxgrove, Sussex, setting the bar extremely high for subsequent papers in the section. However, each proceeding paper is of equally high standard. The cluster of papers on Mesolithic and Neolithic technology includes the reconstruction of prehistoric adhesives, by which even non-archaeologists will be fascinated (Fernandez-Marchena et al., 73-81).
The section on use-wear analysis is compulsory reading, as micro-wear analysis is a staple tool in any artefact analyst's scientific arsenal. From pottery to archery wrist-guards, there is a feast of ideas and information here. Lopez-Rodriguez's work on traceology of sickles (113-119), and the function of Bolivian Pleistocene hunting tools (Clemente-Conte et al., 89-95) are particularly innovative. Osteoarchaeologists and biologists are not excluded, with a section on cut marks and diet. Methodologies range from the ultra-high-tech use of confocal laser profilometers to discover what kinds of tools were being used to hack bone (Fuentes-Sanchez et al, 171-177), through to examinations of fatty acid retention by ceramics (Santaolalla et al., 177-183).
The section dealing with rock art, music and display escorts the reader into the creative and aesthetic issues which often accompany past technologies. This is where experimentation explores enchantment, from the effects of light on rock art (Castellejo et al., 203-209) to the tone of Iron Age bells (Monells et al., 233-231). Such household magics of light, sound and fire allow for a seamless transition into analyses of utensils made from fire and earth – ceramics and metals. Practical work on firing pits is well explained, although Vidal's examination of identifying right or left-handedness in pottery decoration (261-269) is particularly thought-provoking. Metalwork is not as strongly represented as metallurgists may wish, but Gallego et al's., Iberian iron smelting work (275-281) is the stuff of future textbooks. Particularly delightful in the agriculture section is the paper by Indelicato and her team, examining the archaeology of wine in Sicily (321-329). One would suspect a considerable queue on any campus to participate in this experiment – and not all from archaeology departments.
Lopez-Castilla summarises the heart of the text succinctly, that experimental archaeology creates an empathy with the past therefore re-humanising it. Too often even the worthiest archaeological tomes make the past appear a sterile place. Certainly, the past was about survival, but for humanity, survival is insufficient. Peoples of the past sought laughter and delight in the same things as us, such as music, wine, the play of light, a beautifully made object or a great meal. It is remarkable how many of the papers are by groups, reinforcing shared experience, and working together. Perhaps that is the secret behind the rise in popularity of experimental archaeology, with both academic and layperson; it makes the past a warmer, recognisable place, inhabited by real people finding solutions to problems. This beautifully-presented 'recipe book' of practical knowledge is a perfect starter for the curious, and an invaluable handbook for the practitioner, deserving to be on academic library shelves worldwide.
Playing with the time. Experimental archaeology and the study of the past. 4th. International Experimental Archaeology Conference. 8-11 may 2014, Museo de la Evolución Huma. Burgos, Spain by RodrigoAlonso, David Canales, Javier Baena (Eds.). 2017. Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad Autonoma de Madrid.
Book Review: Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences by L. Shillito, E. Fairnell and H. S. Williams (eds)
For the Reader's Sake: Publishing Experimental Archaeology
Experimental Archaeometallurgy of Early-Middle Bronze Age Cyprus: Pilot Experiments of Copper Smelting at Pyrgos-Mavroraki
Conference review: Symposium 25: Reconstructing Ideas and Actions
The Iron Age Iberian Experimental Pottery Kiln of Verdú, Catalonia, Spain


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Home EJIL Analysis US Drone Strikes in Pakistan: Can it be Legal to Target Rescuers & Funeralgoers?
US Drone Strikes in Pakistan: Can it be Legal to Target Rescuers & Funeralgoers?
Published on February 12, 2012 Author: Dapo Akande
A week ago, the Bureau for Investigative Journalism (BIJ), in conjunction with the Sunday Times (of London) published a report into US drone tactics in Pakistan. The report states that since Barak Obama came into office US drone strikes in Pakistan killed between 282 and 535 civilians. The core of the recent report was that some of these civilians were killed in follow-up strikes which delibaretely targeted those who had gone to help victims of previous strikes or were killed in deliberate strikes on funerals and mourners. In a separate piece, "A Question of Legality", the BIJ examines whether this US tactis is lawful under international humanitarian law (and international human rights law). In that piece I am quoted as follows:
Professor Dapo Akande, who heads Oxford University's Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict, believes that under LOAC the killing of civilian rescuers is problematic: 'The question is, can rescuing be regarded as taking part in hostilities, to which for me the answer is clearly "No". That rescuing is not taking part in hostilities.'
The BIJ piece (and my quote) has generated a keen debate on other international law blogs as to legality of the (alleged) US tactic of attacking rescuers and funeral goers. Bobby Chesney, at Lawfare agrees with what I say on direct participation in hostilities but argues that this only matters "if we assume that a person must be directly participating in hostilities in order to be targeted lawfully in that context.". He explains that if one agrees with the position taken by the ICRC in its Interpretive Guidance on the Notion of Direct Participation in Hostilities Under International Humanitarian Law, then a member of an organized armed group who has a continuous combat function is not a civilian and can be targeted at any time (i.e on the basis of his status alone), subject to questions of proportionality. That person does not need to be taking a direct part in hostilities to have no immunity from attack.
I agree with Bobby Chesney's assessment. He is right that the first question is whether the people who have been targeted are civilians. It is only if the answer to that question is in the affirmative that one gets to the question of direct participation in hostilities. I did make this point to the BIJ in my interview with them but I think the quote they chose to go with was one which they felt made the point about the illegality of killing civilian rescuers most strongly. I have gone over the transcript of my interview with BIJ and this is what I said on this point:
On the one hand, if we're talking about people who are known to be militants (and this is the big question, whether they are and how the US knows and all of that) then you can say, well, these people under LOAC can be targeted just because they are militants. That would be fine. On the other hand, it can be argued that the law says that if you're a civilian and you take a direct part in hostilities, then you can also be targeted. So you're not a militant, you're just a local, but you take a direct part.
So then the question is, can rescuing be regarded as taking part in hostilities, to which to me the answer is clearly 'No.' That rescuing is not taking a direct part in hostilities. And so if a person is not a militant, the fact that they are coming to recue and help, that's not taking a direct part in hostilities.
The first para above was intended to make, in simple terms, the point that members of organized armed groups can be the object of an attack (even in a funeral or a rescue situation) on the basis of that status alone. However, that would only be stage one of the analysis as all that would have been satisfied is the principle of distinction (which requires those conducting attacks to distinguish between civilians and combatants). If the attack causes civilian casualities or damage to civilian objects, one would then proceed to analyse whether the principle of proportionality is satisfied.
Kevin Jon Heller in a post on Opinio Juris takes a different view and has argued that the principle of distinction does not permit the U.S. to intentionally attack one member of an organized armed group who is attending a funeral along with a number of civilians. In his view such an attack is a clear violation of the principle which states that the civilian population as such shall not be the object of attack (Art. 51(2) Additional Protocol I, 1977). Kevin notes Article 50(3) of API which states that the "[t]he presence within the civilian population of individuals who do not come within the definition of civilians does not deprive the population of its civilian character."
I disagree with Kevin that an attack which has as its object the killing of a member of an organised armed group (lets call him "combatant" for short) fails to respect the principle of distinction because the combatant is in the company of civilians. The attack may well be unlawful because of disproportionate civilian casualties or loss but that is a different point. In the comments to Kevin's post, as well as in a post by Jens Ohlin at Opinio Juris and on his own LieberCode blog, there was much discussion of the provisions of the Rome Statute and of what it means to intend to attack civilians for the purposes of the crime of intentionally directing attacks against the civilian populations. I would like to leave the questions of international criminal law to one side and just address the IHL point. Kevin's argument assumes that any attack on a group of civilians is a breach of prohibition of attacking the civilian population. I don't think that can be right for two main reasons.
First of all, Article 51(2) which prohibits attacks on the civilian population and individual civilians does not simply prohibits attacks but rather makes it illegal to make civilians and the civilian population " the object of the attack". To me this emphasises that what is at issue is the question of who the attacker wishes to affect, who he is aiming his attack at. It seems to me that in the scenario under discussion, where the aim is simply to kill the combatant, it is the combatant that is the object of the attack. The civilians are not. The use of the words "as such" after civilian population in Art. 51(2) AP II also suggests that a violation would require that the attacker wishes to target the civilian population, knowing that they are a civilian population and making them a part of his objectives. Indeed, the ICRC commentary to the provision states that:
"By using the words "directed" and "as such" it emphasizes that the population must never be used as a target or as a tactical objective."
I am impressed with the extensive discussion of the what intent means in international criminal law and comparative criminal law but I'm not sure this is relevant to the application of the IHL norm which underlies the ICL rule. In short I agree with Jens Ohlin when he says that "the relevant question is how the concept of intent, or the idea of "directing an attack" against civilians, is understood by IHL lawyers, and in particular how the concept was understood by the negotiators of the Additional Protocol and any other relevant treaty or convention." I also agree with the Jens that it would be strange if the ICL rule was broader than the IHL rule.
Secondly, if one were to adopt the Kevin's approach it is difficult to see what meaningful role the principle of proportionality would play in the context of attacks against people. If it is ipso facto unlawful (under the principle of distinction) to launch attacks against groups of people, the vast majority of whom are civilian but which also include combatants, then we don't need the principle of proportionality when considering attacks against persons. We would only analyse proportionality when considering attacks against objects. However, this is not only contrary to received wisdom but also seems contrary to the structure of API where the proportionality principle is included in Art. 51 (which deals with attacks against civilians and the civilian populations ) and not in Art. 52 (which deals with attacks against civilian objects).
Of course, none of this is to say that attacks by the US or others on rescuers or funeral goers is lawful. They may well be unlawful if the object of the attacks are civilians not taking a direct part in hostilities or would be unlawful even if directed at combatants or civilians taking a direct part but where the attack results in excessive civilian loss or casualties.
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Kevin Jon Heller
I have posted a lengthy reply to Dapo at Opinio Juris:
http://opiniojuris.org/2012/02/12/a-response-to-dapo-akande-part-i/
John C. Dehn
Thanks, Dapo, for this post. I read the post to which you responded the same way you did. The revised claim in the above linked response to this is interesting and somewhat more defensible, but ultimately — in my view — wrong.
Intentionally "directing an attack against" the civilian population as such or making the civilian population "the object of an attack" is — in the terms your interlocutor uses — conduct. It is only by ignoring this mens rea requirement for the conduct, and instead making the presence of civilians not taking a direct part of hostilities or the civilian population as a "circumstance" that one can reach a different conclusion. That approach does not square with the language we are referencing.
The ICTY case law (linked in the response) does not change the requirement that an attack be specifically directed at the civilian population or civilians. The relevant sections of the opinion said:
Para. 105 (citing Kunarac) "The use of the word "population" does not mean that the entire population of the geographical entity in which the attack is taking place must have been subjected to that attack. It is sufficient to show that enough individuals were targeted in the course of the attack, or that they were targeted in such a way as to satisfy the Chamber that the attack was in fact directed against a civilian "population", rather than against a limited and randomly selected number of individuals."
Para. 106 (citing Kunarac) "the expression "directed against" is an expression which "specifies that in the context of a crime against humanity the civilian population is the primary object of the attack""
Para. 114 "If he [a victim] is indeed a member of an armed organization, the fact that he is not armed or in combat at the time of the commission of crimes, does not accord him civilian status.
None of this supports the idea that an attack against a combatant in the presence of some civilians is an attack against protected civilians, and even less so that it is an attack against the "civilian population if some civilians are present at the site of a discrete attack against a combatant, even if the combatant is not then in combat.
I also have trouble reading the grave breach provisions of Protocol I without reference to ALL of the relevant substantive provisions of the Protocol. The requirement that civilian population or individual civilians not taking a direct part in hostilties be the specifically intended object of the attack is the key to those provisions. This requirement is not altered by the slightly different language of Article 85. Article 85 must be read in light of them.
jpaust
Dapo: I agree, and another question to consider in context would be whether a civilian is actually engaged in "rescuing" or also something else which might be a factor before we conclude that that person is or is not directly participating in hostilities. The status question is another, and I agree with you and Bobby that if we accept the ICRC's CCF approach and change of status, that the person is targetable in any event, but there is always the additional question of proportionality.
With respect to funerals and the BIJ conclusion of "deliberate" strikes on "funerals and mourners," one would have to ask exactly who was there? Was the funeral of an important member of the Taliban or al Qaeda and were some of the mourners also members, and were they discussing plans and operations at some point during the funeral? And more generally were some civilians killed voluntary or coerced human shields. And note the number of "civilians" killed — from 282 to 535 (with a difference of 253), almost indicating a lack of real knowledge of numbers killed, who were they (e.g., members, those with CCF or DPH otherwise), what exactly were they doing? How important was the target (e.g., the top leader of the Taliban who was in Pakistan — which is relevant to conclusions about proportionality)? Were there alternatives? and so on.
I have thought it important also to use a movie camera when considering whether a person is a DPH (if one does not use the change of status or ICRC CCF test) instead of a snapshot. For example, when a civilian directly participates in hostilities by shooting enemy combatants (and is surely a DPH by definition, per hypo) but pauses for a 3-hour dinner and thereafter picks up the gun, a movie camera would allow recognition that the DPH person actually did not revert back to an ordinary civilian or actually change from DPHing over time. Similarly, what if that DPH took an 8-hour pause to sleep, and thereafter picks up the gun again, and we can identify this pattern over a period of weeks, with a few other interruptions? A movie camera would allow recongition that the DPH person has not actually reverted to an ordinay ciivilian and, over time, is still DPHing (and, e.g., is targetable while sleeping). See, e.g., 39 Denver J. Int'l L. & Pol'y 569, 572 & n.16 (2011), available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=1718548
and 19 J. Transnat'l L. & Pol'y 237, 271-72 & n.90 (2010), available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=1520717
–which address the DPH standard and movie camera or process approach also in connection with self-defense targetings outside the conext of war.
Dapo Akande is one of the editors of EJIL:Talk!. He is Professor of Public International Law at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford. He is Co-Director of the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law & Armed Conflict. Dapo is a member of the Editorial Board of the American Journal of International Law, an Emeritus Editor of the European Journal of International Law; and a member of the advisory board of several other journals. He is a Counsellor of the American Society of International Law, a Trustee of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law and a member of the Africa Group for Justice and Accountability. Read Full


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Our members: Powerful educators thinking outside the tiny testing box
Categories: Education, I just had to say this
I'm still overwhelmed with tears, with pride, with hope… ok, now you'll think I'm just exaggerating. I couldn't. This is real. This is the way forward. I have seen the future of humanity, and it makes me smile.
Thomas Lentz, Amanda McCallister and Cristina Vega are teachers at Ridge Community High School in Polk County, Florida.
They are union leaders. They are education leaders. They are creative to their core. They understand the power produced when you give leadership and authority to people – whether those are big people or little people. They understand the energy produced from knowing you're responsible for making decisions that will impact something important.
They understand the very human thing produced when people come together in a democracy to propose and plan and debate and decide what to do. Apathy falls away. New ideas are generated. You have a sense of purpose and become driven to succeed.
They thought of their own students who were at risk at becoming lost in an inhuman, irrelevant bureaucracy that only counted test score points. These powerful educators began to think outside that tiny testing box.
What if the students at their school could feel the power to lead? What if their students could propose, consider and decide important things in their lives – things that mattered to their education; to their community; to their world? What if their students could clearly see the purpose of a whole and human education and the power in their how hands to achieve what they wanted to achieve?
Not much in the lives of these students appeared to be in their own hands. Ridge Community High School is made up of a diverse population of white, African-American and Latino students. Many of their families face financial struggles and immigration issues. It's not uncommon that in schools like Ridge Community, demographics become destiny.
Parents, who had little opportunity to learn when they were children, work hard at low-wage jobs with no benefits. Most have not attended college and are unsure how to help their own children navigate a system where you begin in jr. high school preparing for a pipeline of classes that will result in the right credits needed for a college application. I won't even mention the pie-in-the-sky dream of saving enough to afford a university education, even if they had the right credits.
No matter. To powerful educators the answer is always in teaching children to see the possibilities of their own lives and the power they have in their own hands. Thus was born Sigma Alpha Sigma. What should I call it? It's definitely not a club. Although it has a Greek name, it's not part of the formal Greek sorority/fraternity system. However, like the Greek system, little brothers and little sisters in high school come together to support each other.
Against what some would see as overwhelming odds, these students aspire to a university education and have formed a supportive community to learn the skills, knowledge and attitude that will take them there and beyond.
It's hard to explain exactly what Sigma is. Ridge Community High School is close to Orlando, and maybe it's the Disney influence on my brain right now, but this Sigma thing is, well, magical. There's no other way to describe walking into an auditorium with over 300 high school students on their feet clapping, shouting, cheering… for me. But they would have done this for any guest. They love telling their stories. They were happy for my company. I was transformed by theirs.
The energy of these young men and women is contagious. I'm smiling now just to think of them. I told them that I had read their story of coming together as a deliberately diverse organization of students who were leading a culture change and making education a "cool kid" thing. I asked them what they wanted the world to know about them.
Their voices sang, confident and clear:
"Tell them we're family. Sigma is about focusing on what we want in our lives and helping each other get there. We study together. We mentor each other."
"Tell them this is led by students. It's not led by teachers or parents. They can help, but this works because we lead it. We make it work or it won't work. We've created a culture around student leadership and helping each other succeed."
"Tell them we're building a community that will last when all of us have graduated and gone to college. We know that other kids will come after us who won't even know who we are, but we'll still be a part of them and they'll be a part of us because we're giving them something we started and they'll give it to the next kids. We'll always be a part of the same family. We're a family that believes in ourselves."
Student after student used the word "family". Student after student talked about the responsibility in their hands to create their own futures, but just as passionately they spoke of their responsibility to future generations of unknown Sigma brothers and sister. They had tears in their eyes. I had tears in my eyes.
This is education. It is an intensely human thing to open a child's mind to its infinite possibilities. This is what it is to teach. These talented, passionate educators knew how to begin to unfold those possibilities. They turned the engine over and then and stepped back and allowed the students to take the wheel.
Paolo Freire, the Brazilian philosopher and educator knew that children didn't come to us as empty vessels to be filled. He respected their humanity as critical, creative thinkers. He would have smiled if he could have been welcomed into the auditorium with cheers and applause.
He would have understood that these kids were cheering for the pure joy in the opportunity of sharing with the world their courageous, hopeful hearts and the focused energy of their minds. He would have understood the deep well from which that bucket of joy was drawn. He wrote long ago that the foundation of all education is ultimately love.
The teachers at Ridge Community High School understood the power of giving power to their students. The students of Sigma Alpha Sigma took that power and have created a family. They are brothers and sisters now. They will not allow their brothers and sisters to fall. Their hearts are overflowing with profound and powerful love. Their power to succeed is not in being filled with factoids for a test.
Their power to succeed is in unleashing their humanity. It's in their power to love.
3 Responses to "Our members: Powerful educators thinking outside the tiny testing box"
Edwin Horsley
Wow Lily! What an inspiring story of those students from Ridge Community High School. Thank you for going there, taking time to learn the story of empowered educators and their students and most of all, sharing that story with the world. There is still MUCH greatness in today's youth and as educators, we get to help bring it out of them.
Jeff Isom
Please explain to me why we are paying for this with funds from the NEA? I will wait patiently. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hR–ORufE7A $125,000 given from the NEA to this group. The only other group to support them is the SEIU. And this is what the NEA uses OUR money for!
Mayor Darlene Bradley, Davenport
This is a wonderful program. I've seen first hand how these students motivate, mentor and encourage each other to move forward, to prepare for advance placement classes and work as one team! It is awesome, uplifting, and exciting to be around these young professionals!….yes professionals! I recommend RCHS to every student and parent I see!


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