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I could not have survived the Medicaid application process and my father's transition to a nursing home facility without all of the support and knowledge from the Rothkoff Law Team! They handled every aspect of the move including meeting with the facility quarterly regarding my father's care to handling a disgruntled spouse. Hiring them was worth every dime and more. I don't believe that I would have received Medicaid assistance for my father without them and I would recommend them to anyone who needs any kind of assistance with elderly care!
I am posting this review to relate my experience I had with Jerold (Jerry) Rothkoff concerning the many issues I had to deal with on behalf of my mother. I worked with Jerry for five years it was an excellent experience in a very difficult time. I felt it would be best to share a letter I wrote to Jerry and his staff after the passing of Mom. As follows: Dear Jerry, I am writing to you and your staff to thank you for all the help you have provided us over the years. As I look back over the 5 years we have worked together concerning my mother's issues it amazes me how well we all did keeping her as functional and care for as possible. It is clear to all of us in our family that we could not have done it without your help. Both you and your staff were always there for us. Whenever we needed anything concerning mom's affairs or even just general advice, with the lightning speed my calls and e-mails were returned with excellent information and guidance. All I heard from your side was "No problem we will take care of it" or "This is what I suggest and these are your options", and with all the details we had to work through these responses were of the greatest value. My mind was clear; Jerry is taking care of it. But also, your help went way beyond legal or financial advice. Your staff provided us with objective and compassionate direction concerning mom's continuing health issues. For example, how to look for assistance, what to do next as her dementia worsened and I can go on and on with many other examples. It was never a problem to ask advice or direction from you or your staff. Many people have lawyers who can do the law, but mom had a lawyer who cared about her as a person, and for this we all thank you. In closing Jerry when we started out on this long journey we know nothing about how to care for my mother. With your help and guidance, we kept our promise to keep mom in her home as long as possible. This was her only wish. You and your staff made this possible. I can say without hesitation you are the best investment I ever made!! Thank you again, we will not forget.
When my mother and I needed help with legal & financial advice, information on where to turn for care, and planning for an elderly family member's future, we had no idea where to begin or what to do. We felt overwhelmed, confused, stressed, and lost. Mr. Rothkoff's name and contact information were given to us by a family member's co-worker who was in a similar situation. Being unsure that anyone could even help us with the stress of trying to get a direction, we scheduled an appointment to meet with Mr. Rothkoff. When we got to Mr. Rothkoff's office, we were immediately welcomed in by a friendly staff. Mr. Rothkoff asked us what kind of advice we were looking for to determine if he could be of assistance. After our first meeting, we had already determined that Mr. Rothkoff was very knowledgeable in his field and he presented us with an initial plan to help our relative. It was at this point that we decided to hire him. Mr. Rothkoff helped us plan for our loved one's financial future, health care, benefits, comfort, happiness, and things that we just hadn't even thought of to ask when we first met with him, such as how to simplify the planning. Mr. Rothkoff has an intimate relationship with clients and was on hand to answer questions whenever we phoned. His large staff was always available to answer questions and address situations. While the fee seemed scary at first, we really got the bargain: without billing a la cart like so many lawyers do: we had unlimited access via phone calls, personalized meetings, and other individual client specific services - whatever they happened to be in the moment. Mr. Rothkoff never left us wondering when we had a question, explained all of our options, explained whatever he thought the best solution for any issues that arose, allowed us to decide and kept us informed on every aspect of our loved one's situation as he continued to handle things for us. With the legal aid of Mr. Rothkoff, we were able to let go of all of the stress associated with our loved one and be a family, while he worried addressed the difficulties of planning and getting the "bigger picture" taken care of. As a result of our work with Mr. Rothkoff, we know that as we age, if we need the assistance of an elder law firm, we can place every bit of our trust with Mr. Rothkoff and the rest of his compassionate, responsive staff.
Our family needed help and direction in choosing an Alzheimer's care facility for a family member. We chose Rothkoff Law Group based upon the recommendation of an attorney in Florida, and after more than 2 yrs as Rothkoff clients we feel so very fortunate to have benefited in so many ways from the skill, knowledge and dedication these caring people have shown us. Their high degree of effectiveness is a direct result of their attention to detail, ability to listen to family input in a skillful and concerned way, and the manner in which the team works as a whole. The staff all have different skills and special areas of expertise yet they all manage to focus together on one goal......and that is providing the guidance and direction we needed during a difficult time. The Rothkoff Law Group provided our family with the choices and information necessary to select a care facility that would provide comfortable, quality care for our family member. Different staff members all contributed to help our family deal with insurance issues, financial counseling, liason with agencies, they submitted complicated applications on our behalf, answered our many questions and arranged meetings as we needed them. We are profoundly thankful for the suggestion and recommendation Rothkoff Law Group made to us for the facility in which to place our family member. This is confirmed by the continuing flow of accolades I hear as relatives and other family members visit the facility and they witness first hand the high level of quality care, competence, and caring motivation of the facility staff. Rothkoff Law Group, through their screening process, attention to detail, use of trained and qualified individuals on their law staff, was able to give my family all of the information we needed in order to make the decision on what facility to choose. We simply could not have even come close to achieving this level of success on our own. The value of Rothkoff Law Group services goes far beyond simple fees......it is about quality of life for a valued and loved family member. The Rothkoff Law Group is one very high performing team.
Mr. Rothkoff maintains a staff of specialists covering many facets of elder care. He and his staff have helped us navigate through a difficult period of arranging and managing care for an elderly parent with Alzheimer's.
I found Jerold Rothkoff to be very experienced, straight forward and very trustworthy as I did with his entire staff. I highly recommend Mr. Rothkoff and his staff.
From our initial meeting 3 years ago to the present, my family and I have been in good hands with Jerold Rothkoff and his team. In the beginning, it was all about the legal guidance we needed to plan for my Mother's future at a time when we were overwhelmed. But, throughout this journey, the relationship has become much more. Jerry and his professional, caring team have become an invaluable extension of our family! They are consistently responsive, trustworthy, reliable, and compassionate in all matters. Jerry's staff has effectively assisted me in coordinating my Mother's health care as her mobility continues to decline due to a neurological condition. I feel confident that she is getting the best care possible. In addition, Jerry's persistent and diligent professionals reviewed the details of my Mother's Long Term Care Insurance policy and were instrumental in securing benefits that were due to her. We could not have had a more positive experience over these last 3 years, and I would recommend the Rothkoff Law Group without hesitation to anyone that asked.
We met with Jerold one time in his office. He went over all the details regarding our long-term care insurance policy. Our policy got cut off by the company. He went over all the paperwork we brought in and discusssed our options and how to go about getting our policy re-instated. After that we communicated with Jacinda most of the time and she kept us informed as to the status of our appeal and how things were going. Jerold did call to keep us abreast of how things were going and what he was doing. Eventually after about five months of back and forth between the office and our insurance, our policy finally did get re-instated. We are very gratetful to have the policy back in force. We thank everyone for the work they did to help us in our situation. It was well worth it. If we need any assistance with insurance in the future, we will be contacting Rothkoff again
I recently retained Bryan J Adler's services because I needed a knowledge , meticulous, and detail oriented Lawyer to draft my Estate planning and Living Will documents. To say that I was extremely pleased would be an understatement! Bryan guided me through this daunting and arduous process with extreme ease and made me feel very comfortable with the decisions that my wife and I made together as a family. I needed a lawyer who understood my concerns regarding Estate planning as a Father, Husband and Physician. My Financial Planner recommended an attorney from a large firm, but I did my own research and found Bryan Adler and was extremely pleased with the results. I would recommend Bryan to any Physician or other professional who needs Estate Planning and/or Living Will documents prepared.
My family was introduced to Jerry Rothkoff and his firm over 6 years ago. My father was going to be 80 years old and moving into an independent living facility. We found the need for some sound legal advice in regards to his long term health and financial needs. Jerry and his team met with all of us, got a good idea of my Dad's needs and resources and helped design a plan for my Dad to get the maximum benefit from what was available to him. Without Jerry and his team, my Dad would not be going on 87 years "young" and still going strong. The help, advice and guidance have been invaluable and have enabled all of us to rest easy that Dad is happy, healthy and taken care of.
As one of his clients,Mr. Rothkoff and his team were most helpful and resourceful with my family's elder care and retirement planning requirement needs. The "team" was extremely helpful with all of the "senior" needs of mine ,my family, (handicapped brother and sister-in- law) and elder parents. I recommend this Firm w/o reservation.
We have been a client for 3 yrs and from our first meeting to discuss my mothers Life Care Plan, I have had complete confidence in Jerold and the staff at Rothkoff Law Group. Initially, we faced the challenge of updating her legal and financial plans, Jerold and team quickly developed the plan and put it in action. We then had a complete review of her insurance policies and public programs for her medical care. As my mother's condition progressed, they were there each step of the way. Finding the right care facility was a frightening task but with their specialists, we had their expertise on our side. I have found them to be compassionate and professional at all times. Although our roles as children of aging parents is not easy, Jerold has provided me with the peace of mind that I am making the best choices for my mom. I have and will continue to recommend Rothkoff Law Group to family and friends.


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I've worked with Graham and Successfactory regularly over the last 15 years with various businesses and in differing capacities. Graham and his team have a great talent for working with people at all levels either in groups or individually and their skills extend from team building activities to supporting executive teams to develop strategy.
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As a Thai Language and Culture teacher, you will have the opportunity to share your own passion for, and knowledge of aspects of Thai history and culture as well as teach Thai Language. Topics covered include historical events and context, geography, architecture, culture, reading and writing in Thai, and more. Teachers are encouraged to present material as they see fit to achieve clearly defined goals. A student's life-long interest can be sparked by a teacher's passion for their subject, and we support our teachers in presenting concepts in a way that is exciting for both themselves and their students.
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Year: 1973
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She's a Reve de Mer. I bought her years ago (30) on the river Hamble. She's still a fast sailing boat, even more in light airs, though not as fast as those from a later generation. I sail her for cruising these days out of Willemstad, Netherlands.


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A bill was moved in the assembly to amend the TN Town & Country Planning Act, 1971 as developers faced difficulties in completing large-scale projects such as SEZs, IT parks, malls and townships within the prescribed period of three years.


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A visit to Uncle William's Animal Farm!
For this term's Learning Theme on Animals, we organized a learning trip to an animal farm for our playgroup students and their parents.
Uncle William, our very interesting farm tour guide, have an introduction to the animals on his farm.
He then brought us to the animals holding area and the children were given opportunities to feed the goat, rabbits, fishes and tortoises. The children were also given the chance to feel and touch the animals and even the frogs! The children loved the experience and enjoyed the activities thoroughly.
At the end of the tour, everyone went home with a complimentary packet of fresh eggs from the farm!
This visit opens many opportunities for learning and the children learnt as they experience the world around them. The parents who went on the trip were appreciative of the efforts taken by the teachers to organize the visit.
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Time for some numbers, as we close 2016 and open 2017.
There are (almost) 7.5 billions people and over 3 billions have access to Internet. That's a lot, but if you look at the other side of the coin over 4 billions people do not have access to the Internet, and that's even more. If you want to see the bright side, you can say that this represents a business opportunity for further growth.
Interestingly, 2/3 of those having access to Internet use Social Media. This means over 2 billion people are using a social dimension that was not existing in the last century, and that is just 16 years ago. This is, and is creating, a new way of being in touch; it might prove that the Dumbar number, after all, is no longer valid in the cyberspace. True, I cannot say that the thousands of contacts that I have in my "book", in LinkedIn and the hundreds in Facebook qualifies as friends or even acquaintances. Yet, I can leverage on each of them if need arise. And symmetrically, I am contacted from time to time by some of them that were lost on memory lane.
The number of people using Social Media keeps growing, close to 200 million new users in 2016, and even more interesting new users and old ones are rapidly moving onto the use of mobile connections, increasing by 1 million every day (that is 360+ millions in 2016). Facebooks opens 6 new profiles every second.
Social Media users are really using Social Media: Facebook Messenger and Whatsapp handle 60 billion messages every day. 1/3 of the time spent on Internet is spent on Social Media.
People are taking the web for granted, it has become a seamless companion. Google has responded to 1.2 trillion queries (over 100 billion per month, 40,000 per second). What I find most amazing is that 16 to 20% of the queries Google receives any single day have never been asked before. This means, by far, that we use the web for living the "present", we are searching for something that is happening "now". As such it is not a surprise that over 50% of the queries are generated through a mobile device.
In this sense, the web is not an archive, a world wide encyclopaedia, even though it contains over 30,000 billion pages: it is our life.
In 2016 the "shared economy" has grown even further. Airbnb has hosted more guests than Marriott. LinkedIn has become, with its 450 million accounts a real market place for jobs. When we, as EIT Digital, publish a job opening on LinkedIn we get hundreds of applications within a few hours.
In a way this is another face of Social Media taking a higher relevance, beyond Social aspects.
To close, let me point to an interesting study carried out by Facebook Research in February 2016. What is the degree of separation among people on Facebook? (that is, how far am I, on average, from any other person on Facebook that I could reach by linking to friends of friends of my friends... and so on?). It turns out the average is 3.57. Every person out of the 1.57 billion registered on Facebook at the beginning of 2016 could be reach any other person (on average) by using 3.5 intermediaries. This is way less than the 6 degrees of separation experimented by Stanley Milgram in 1967 (which made the news, although their scientific relevance was, to say the least, disputable).
The Internet, and the web, seems to strengthen our relationship, it makes our world smaller. In a way this is good news as we start a new year. The idea of being just 4 handshakes away from any other person on the planet should make feel us closer to one another and more willing to look into the eyes of our fellow voyagers on Earth spaceship, and more willing to help and smile to each other.
So Happy New Year ... for black and for white, for yellow and the red ones
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In 2018, our approach to In The Spotlight shifted to shining the light on the Presenting Denver Dance Festival and Wine & Works-in-Progress Feedback Session choreographers. Take a moment to learn about these spotlighted members of the community who are featured for their artistry in the Colorado dance community.
Get to know the choreographers of the 2019 Wine & Works-in-Progress Feedback Session.
Madeline Jazz HarveyRead more
"Human connection and the beauty of our vulnerability drive my artistic practice. Through my teaching, performance, choreography, and daily interactions…
Will TreatRead more
Choreographer Will Treat is a Colorado native who holds a B.F.A. in Film and a minor in Dance from CU-Boulder.…
Franca TelesioRead more
"When you dance, you have to be like an empty bamboo inside, quiet and still." –Robert Cohan, Artistic Director of…
Rosie GranitoRead more
"I truly believe that each person is put on this planet to create an impact. Whether that impact be on…
Andrea Jayne MartinRead more
Boulder-based and globally-minded, Andrea Jayne Martin is Artistic Director of ethereum dance co. and a Performance Coach at Arroyo and…
Jenny GramRead more
Jenny Gram, of The JGram Project, speaks eloquently about what drives her to choreograph. "Using movement as a form of…
Meet the Main Stage choreographers of the 2018 Presenting Denver Dance Festival.
Jenny SchiffRead more
THE SCHIFF DANCE COLLECTIVE The weekend of June 23rd and 24th, The Schiff Dance Collective (TSDC) joined seven other Colorado dance companies in The Newman Center for the Performing Art's Byron Theatre for the inaugural Presenting Denver Dance Festival. TSDC, led by Artistic and Executive Director Jenny Schiff, presented the world premiere of The Ghost of My Ancestors, a work
Jacob MoraRead more
MORAPORVIDA CONTEMPORARY DANCE Jacob Mora, Artistic Director of Moraporvida Contemporary Dance, knows Denver's dance scene from the inside out. As a dancer and/or instructor with organizations such as Cleo Parker Robinson, Hannah Kahn Dance, Santee Smith Group, and Sweatshop Dance, he helps make more space for the dance community. He views his participation in the Presenting Denver Dance Festival as
Gregory GonzalesRead more
THE INNER HUMAN Principal dancer, resident guest artist, choreographer, athlete: Gregory Gonzales has worn many hats, all of which revolve around movement. For the 2018 Presenting Denver Dance Festival, Gonzales directs four dancers — including himself — in a moving new piece that functions as an exploration of the evolution of darkness into light. Working with music from Derrick Hamley,
Kelly ArcherRead more
Personal. Intimate. Connected. Chadash Contemporary Dance Movement is bringing the internal external in their new piece, Reaching for Hope, A Mountain of We, for the Presenting Denver Dance Festival. The choreographic concept was conceived by Artistic Director Kelly Archer and Artist-in-Residence Judi Daniels. Daniels is battling Stage IV cancer, which has made her keenly aware of the importance of relationships.
Kristen DemareeRead more
Kristen Demaree's new piece, Spider Dance, hacks ballet tradition, modern gesture, folk music, and ballerina-power to give audiences a fresh taste of ballet. As both choreographer and composer, Demaree makes Spider Dance a modern take on the Tarantella, one of the world's oldest and best-known folk dances. The ritual of the Tarantella starts with a poisonous bite, convention dictating
Helanius J. WilkinsRead more
CHOREOGRAPHING COMMUNITY Helanius J. Wilkins's humbling and inspirational character gently permeated the room during the Presenting Denver Dance Festival Master Class and Preview Performance series on March 17, 2018. His master class began by creating a community space with dancers in a circle speaking and changing space with one another, which then grew into an exploration of movement. This passion
Hannah KahnRead more
VETERAN OF MOVEMENT "The Hannah Kahn Dance Company has been sharing its passion for dance with the Denver community since 1988." This statement says so much about the rich history and commitment this modern dance company brings to the Denver dance scene and how significant its contributions are. Hannah Kahn is the company's founder, artistic director, and choreographer. When asked
Edgar L. PageRead more
In his new work To The Table, a duet with Saidiya Imari, dancer and choreographer Edgar L. Page uses a massive table as a tangible metaphor for the foundation that supports a relationship's weight, balance, and changes in dynamic. To up the ante, he gives each character a 'home base,' their own chair that only they can occupy. Through collision,
Allegra "Pi" DuValRead more
DANCE: THE REVOLUTION Dance company founder and director Pi (a.k.a. Allegra) DuVal utilizes dance to better herself and her community, promoting kindness and solidarity as she teaches, choreographs, performs and works for social justice. Although her path has not been easy, the Colorado native strives to be a support and foundation for others facing difficulties, especially for women and girls.
Marie-Jose PayannetRead more
INSPIRING ARTISTRY THROUGH DANCE Marie-Jose Payannet watches students rehearse a piece in her Louisville-based studio, Danse Etoile, on a rainy afternoon. Set to modernistic music with a pulsating bass beat, the dancers circle one another, flapping arms with a sharp head-bobbing movement. "They are ravens," she explains, not taking her eyes from the couple. "Stretch the fingers! Sharper movement!" she
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Grüß Gott and welcome to the 16th European Microwave Week, which will be held at the Nürnberg Convention Center (NCC), from Sunday 6th to Friday 11th October 2013. As our motto suggests, we invite you to Meet Experts, Make Friends as Nuremberg, the regional metropolis of Franconia in the northern part of Bavaria, plays host to three conferences: the 43rd European Microwave Conference (EuMC), the 8th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference (EuMIC) and the 10th European Radar Conference (EuRAD), alongside the European Microwave Exhibition and complemented by workshops, short courses and seminars.
Although it is the first time that EuMW has been held in Nuremberg, exactly 30 years ago, in the days when Germany was divided into East and West, the city was the venue for the 13th European Microwave Conference. In the three decades since, the Wall has come down, along with barriers to trade, and superseded by the building of a structure of cooperation that advances initiatives and funding in Europe aimed at nurturing and encouraging technological innovation. Since its inception, European Microwave Week has played its part in marrying the needs and aspirations of academia and industry, grown in content and stature and established itself as the premier RF and microwave event in Europe.
Due to its active and productive industry, both established and developing, geographical location and robust economy, Germany is a key destination for EuMW. The 2013 event aims to capitalize on the strength of national and local industry and academia to build on the event's strengths, develop initiatives and move forward.
It will also embrace theinternational audience that the week attracts and encourages to participate. This is demonstrated by the fact that the opening and closing plenary sessions of each of the three conferences will feature keynote speeches by world leaders in their fields and a welcome address by the president of the IEEE. Acknowledging the increasing significance and influence of the Asian market, there is a special all-invited session on the Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference.
Three exciting panel sessions will be integrated into the week's programme. The increasingly popular Women in Microwave Engineering (WIE) event will focus on the challenges induced by the current trends towards the Internet of Things and cyber physical systems. How can we do better for the microwave community? – a key question raised by the rapidly changing knowledge and information based society will be addressed by the presidents of EuMA, IEEE, IEEE MTT-S and VDE/ITG in a Presidents' Panel. An equally significant issue will be addressed by an executive panel session featuring experts and executives involved in today's electronic systems development trends who will discuss whether Europe can afford for its capabilities to produce and test electronics to increasingly be shifted to Asia.
The success story of the Defence and Security Forum continues, with the event that began in 2010 as a two-hour Executive Forum now spanning one and a half days. It will encompass the Opening Session of EuRAD for the second year and the EuMIC Closing Session for the first time. The forum features presentations from industry leaders and concludes with the Executive Forum. More information can be found on page 72.
An integral and vital constituent of EuMW is the European Microwave Exhibition, which, this year, will expand to take up over 8500 square metres of gross space and has attracted over 300 exhibiting companies. The exhibition hall will not only be a focal point for innovation where companies from around the globe will showcase and demonstrate their products and services, but will also be a platform for interaction.
As in 2012, the latest in automotive radar sensor technology will be demonstrated on the show floor and beyond, while a valuable bridge between industry and academia will be provided by the European Microwave Week Microwave Application Seminars (MicroApps) that will take place in the MicroApps Auditorium for the entire three days of the exhibition. The exhibition hall will also be the home of the conference poster sessions, coffee breaks, Publisher's Corner and the ever popular Cyber Café.
EuMW has a valuable past, embraces current activities and also looks forward, both in terms of technology and the development of the engineers who will shape the future. At EuMW 2013, two European microwave schools and two student competitions will be offered especially for students and PhD students. The European Microwave Doctoral School features world leading microwave scientists and engineers as distinguished lecturers, whereas the European Microwave Student School is devoted to microwave measurement techniques; here the students can earn credit (ECTS) points. In addition, eligible students will compete in the Student Challenge, which is a poster competition, as well as in the Student Design Competition, which is a design and measurement competition.
The Meet Experts, Make Friends motto will not be epitomised better than at the Welcome Reception on Tuesday evening. It is designed to be both convivial and favorable for networking and to encourage interaction between delegate and industry. Furthermore, mixing business and pleasure can be enjoyed throughout the week through the strong calendar of social events.
From conference sessions to coffee breaks and exhibition stands to excursions, every effort has been made to make the week memorable. So on behalf of the Local Organising Committee, we would like to thank the Technical Programme Committees of the three conferences along with over 500 reviewers who worked tirelessly to shape the conference programmes. We would like to acknowledge the EuMA board for its continued advice and guidance and thank the Horizon House personnel assigned to EuMW for their indispensable expertise and support in organising this major event. Recognition should also go to the organizers of workshops, special sessions and student events and we also acknowledge the significant financial and in-kind sponsorship of many industrial companies and organisations.
Nuremberg is ready and waiting to host and welcome the RF and microwave community and we are looking forward to seeing you there.


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Living Deliberately Project – Week 36
by nomeatbarefeet
It is time…
This week on the LDP saw some chilly mornings and the trees starting to turn. That means we need to do some apple picking! Perhaps next week…
This week saw us spending $17 on some bevos—school is back, and a beer just helps the evening wind down. Amiright? There really wasn't 'much to tell this week. We finished the North Coast Organics giveaway (if you are a winner we will have sent you an email), and put up the race report from Jay Peak. Hopefully there will be a few more races this year, though none as long or brutal as Jay. Fall is by far our favorite time of year, and we look for any excuse to get out in it.
As for the LDP budget, after this week we are left with $63 for the remainder of the month. This might serve to take us out to eat, something we don't do all that often. we shall see. There are not a wide range of vegan eateries in our area—surprising for how crunchy Vermont is—so we have to be choosy and do our research. There is new restaurant in Burlington called Revolution Kitchen which we might take my parents to when they come up in a couple weeks.
We hope that you enjoyed your week, and that the weekend brings you some rest, relaxation, and a warm drink (or a cold one if you are in the southern hemisphere).


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On 12 and 13 February 2014, heads of states will meet at a London summit on the trafficking of endangered species convened by British Prime Minister David Cameron. The background to this initiative is the increasingly acknowledged link between wildlife poachers, traffickers, and armed conflict in some regions of Africa. According to the WWF, over 20,000 elephants are killed each year for their ivory tusks, many of them in central African conflict zones.
In two recent resolutions of January 2014, on the Central African Republic (res. 2134), and on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (res. 2136), the Security Council (SC) authorized targeted sanctions against poachers, wildlife product traffickers, and against persons and entities pulling the strings. The resolutions were primarily designed to target a number of armed rebel groups operating in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in the Central African Republic. The United Nations (UN) suspects various armed groups, such as the Lord's Resistance Army, Somalia's Al-Shabaab Islamist militant group and Sudan's Janjaweed militia, to use the illegal ivory trade as a source of generating finances or otherwise to benefit from the illegal wildlife trade. With these resolutions, the Council de facto qualified wildlife poaching and trafficking as a threat to the peace. Although this statement is at least implicit in the resolutions, the rationale remains anthropocentric, as will be shown in this post.
Res. 2134 and 2136: targeted sanctions against wildlife poachers
Under res. 2134 and 2136 states must adopt sanctions, namely freezing assets and restricting travel, on any individual or entity found to be involved in wildlife trafficking. Practically speaking, the resolutions mean that traffickers must be targeted by officials from different government agencies such as interior and finance ministries, and customs.
The financial sanctions are described, in the resolution on the CAR, in the following way. The Security Council decides:
"that all Member States shall, for an initial period of one year from the date of the adoption of this resolution, freeze without delay all funds, other financial assets and economic resources which are on their territories, which are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the individuals or entities designated by the Committee established pursuant to paragraph 57 of res. 2127, or by individuals or entities acting on their behalf or at their direction, or by entities owned or controlled by them, and decides further that all Member States shall ensure that any funds, financial assets or economic resources are prevented from being made available by their nationals or by any individuals or entities within their territories, to or for the benefit of the individuals or entities designated by the Committee" (res. 2134, para. 32).
As for the travel bans, the Council decides that "all Member States shall take the necessary measures to prevent the entry into or transit through their territories of individuals designated by the Committee; (…)" (res. 2134, para. 30; see with regard to the DR Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo), res. 2136, paras 3-4).
These Council resolutions build on a number of prior reports, recommendations, and decisions. A key document with regard to the Central African Republic (CAR) is res. 2127 (2013) of 5 December 2013. Here, the UN Security Council, acting under Chapter VII, authorized the African-led International Support Mission to the Central African Republic MISCA (Mission internationale de soutien à la Centrafrique sous conduite africaine) for a period of twelve months (paras. 28 set seq.). Res. 2127 further requested the Secretary-General to establish a UN trust fund to support MISCA (paras. 41 et seq.). It also authorized French forces to take all necessary means to support MISCA (paras. 49 et seq.). Finally, SC res. 2127 imposed an arms embargo (paras. 54 et seq). As mentioned, the sanctions regime was subsequently extended to travel bans and asset freezes in res. 2134 of 28 January 2014 (see quotes above).
"Absence of the rule of law" in the Central African Republic as a threat to the peace
The key resolutions examined in this post (res. 2127 and 2134 on the CAR and res. 2136 on the DR Congo) are based on Chapter VII, and explicitly state a threat to the peace. The finding of a "threat to the peace" is important because this constitutes the principal door opener for coercive measures under Chapter VII of the UN Charter.
In res. 2127 (concerning the CAR), the Security Council for the first time considered the "total breakdown in law and order" in a state, and "the absence of a rule of law" (preamble, 3rd indent; see also paras. 14-15) as a "threat to international peace and security" (preamble, last indent). The resolutions on CAR built on the report of the Secretary-General on CAR of 15 November 2013 (UN Doc. S/2013/677, referred to in the preamble of res. 2127, 11th indent). That report had deplored "the near-total absence of State administration and services across the country. (…) [J]ustice and corrections institutions are absent throughout the country, contributing to a state of lawlessness and creating an environment of impunity for human rights violations." (ibid., para. 8) and the "pervasive breakdown in law and order" (ibid., para. 9).
The Security Council's approach builds on and extends previous Council practice. As it is well known, the Security Council has, since the end of the Cold War, continuously expanded the concept of a "threat to the peace" and moved beyond the "classical" threat in form of inter-state armed conflict.
The new practice began with res. 688 (1991) on northern Iraq which found that the danger of large refugee flows across the border, which was triggered by oppression of Kurds in Iraq, might constitute a threat to the peace. With regard to Somalia, res. 794 (1992) qualified the "human tragedy", i.e. massive violations of International humanitarian law (IHL), as a threat to the peace. With regard to Rwanda, res. 955 (1994) qualified the genocide and systematic and widespread violations of IHL as a threat to the peace. In res. 1529 (2004) the Council invoked "the deterioration of the political, security and humanitarian situation in Haiti" and determined "that the situation in Haiti constitutes a threat to international peace and security, and to stability in the Caribbean" (res. 1529, preamble; see also res. 1780 (2007); and similarly res. 1727 (2006) and 1782 (2007) on Côte d'Ivoire). Finally, res. 1368 (of 12 September 2001) qualified the attacks of 9/11 on the World Trade Center "like any act of international terrorism, as a threat to international peace and security" (see in this sense also res. 1735 (2006) on Al-Qaida and Taliban, and res. 1757 (2007) on Lebanon).
Some of these constellations appear on their face as purely domestic ones. However, in most instances, some transboundary features were present, if only in the form of a danger of a potential outflow of persons across state boundaries.
It is consistent with this practice that, in res. 2127 as well, the concern is not only the internal lawlessness of the CAR, but also "concern about the consequences of instability in the CAR, on the central African region and beyond", as the Council highlights right at the start of the resolution (preamble, 3rd indent). It is this danger of a spill-over which founds, according to the Security Council, "the need for the international community to respond swiftly" (ibid). Overall, the Charter's expanded and "positive" notion of peace does not seem to be devoid of any transboundary element yet.
Poaching and trafficking as a threat to the peace
The more innovative element in the new Council resolutions is their focus on wildlife. UN SC res. 2136 on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (30 January 2014) imposed financial and travel measures, inter alia, against "individuals or entities supporting armed groups in the DRC through illicit trade of natural resources, including gold or wildlife as well as wildlife products; (…)" (para. 4 lit. g).
The Council here:
"reiterates its call to the DRC and States in the Great Lakes region to require their customs authorities to strengthen their control on exports and imports of minerals from the DRC, and to cooperate at the regional level to investigate and combat regional criminal networks and armed groups involved in the illegal exploitation of natural resources, including wildlife poaching and trafficking (…)." (para. 24, emphasis added).
The resolution's preamble recalled:
"the linkage between the illegal exploitation of natural resources, including poaching and illegal trafficking of wildlife, illicit trade in such resources, and the proliferation and trafficking of arms as one of the major factors fuelling and exacerbating conflicts in the Great Lakes region of Africa",
and encourages the continuation of the regional efforts of the International Conference of the Great Lakes region and the governments involved "against the illegal exploitation of natural resources, (…)" (preamble, 10th indent).
With regard to the Central African Republic, a line of Council resolutions dealt with the illegal exploitation of "natural resources", which meant in the first place the so-called blood-diamonds (which have been the object of a number of Council resolutions) and elephant tusks.
SC res. 2121 (2013) of 10 October 2013 for the first time mentioned poaching and trafficking: "Condemning the devastation of natural heritage and noting that poaching and trafficking of wildlife are among the factors that fuel the crisis in the CAR, (…)" (preamble, para. 13).
In res. 2127, under the heading of "Protection of natural resources", the Security Council "[c]ondemns the illegal exploitation of natural resources in the CAR which contributes to the perpetuation of the conflict, and underlines the importance of bringing an end to these illegal activities, including by applying the necessary pressure on the armed groups, traffickers and all other actors involved; (…)" (res. 2127, para 16). Also, the Council is "reiterating its condemnation of the devastation of natural heritage and noting that poaching and trafficking of wildlife are among the factors that fuel the crisis in the CAR" (ibid., preamble, 10th indent).
Then, res. 2134 (2014) on the CAR is "expressing concern that diamond smuggling and other forms of illicit natural resource exploitation, including wildlife poaching, are destabilizing forces in CAR, and encouraging the Transitional Authorities and the State Authorities to address these issues through all possible avenues, (…)" (preamble, 7th indent, emphasis added). In the operative part of res. 2134, the Council "decides in this regard that the measures contained in paragraphs 30 and 32 [namely a travel ban and the freezing of assests] shall also apply to the individuals and entities designated by the Committee as: (…) (d) providing support for armed groups or criminal networks through the illicit exploitation of natural resources, including diamonds and wildlife and wildlife products, in the CAR; (…)" (ibid., para. 37, emphasis added).
UN findings on living "natural resources" as a reason for ongoing conflict
Previous UN documents have, at least since 2013, mentioned "natural resources" (including living resources) as a reason for ongoing conflict in various regions of Africa. The report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa and on the Lord's Resistance Army-affected areas (UN Doc. S/2013/297) of 20 May 2013 had mentioned that, in the region of central Africa "illegal ivory trade may currently constitute an important source of funding for armed groups, including LRA [Lord's Resistance Army]. Also of concern is that poachers are using more and more sophisticated and powerful weapons, some of which, it is believed, might be originating from the fallout in Libya. The situation has become so serious that national authorities in some countries, such as Cameroon, have decided to use the national army, in addition to law and order enforcement agencies (police and gendarmerie) to hunt down poachers." (para. 9, emphasis added). "Poaching and its potential linkages to other criminal, even terrorist, activities constitute a grave menace to sustainable peace and security in Central Africa." (para. 74, emphasis added). In this regard, the Secretary-General urged "Governments of the subregion to consider the issue of poaching as a major national and subregional security concern requiring their concerted and coordinated action." (para. 74, emphasis added; see also Findings and recommendations by the United Nations multidisciplinary mission to the Central African Republic, 21-26 August 2013, Annex to S/2013/557, para. 19).
The ensuing report of the Secretary-General on CAR of 15 November 2013 (S/2013/677), noted that "[p]orous borders, the absence of State authority, opportunities for the illegal and lucrative exploitation of natural resources and the remoteness of many parts of the country provide an environment that is conducive to transnational criminal activity, such as the flow of arms and mercenaries, as well as a potential breeding ground for radical networks." (para. 12, emphasis added).
The nexus between the (illegal) exploitation of natural resources in Africa and armed conflict (partly over those resources) is well known and has long been tackled (more or less successfully) by the United Nations, by governments, and business itself through international, national, and self-regulation (certification schemes such as the Kimberley process for diamonds). What is new is the extension of this approach to living resources, notably ivory.
The protection of living resources has so far been dealt with mainly in international environmental law. A core regime is the one established by the Convention Against Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).
The CAR has been a party to CITES since 1980, and also a party to the Convention on Biological Diversity since 1995. CITES operates by means of a permit system. It basically prohibits international trade in specimens of endangered species, subject to a few exceptions, depending on the listing status of the species. Its Conference of the Parties (CoP) meets regularly and has the power to place species in the Appendixes. The Convention also requires the State Parties to establish Management and Scientific authorities.
Appendix I includes "all species threatened with extinction which are or may be affected by trade". Trade in Appendix I-species may be authorized only in "exceptional circumstances" (Art. II (1) CITES). Appendix II lists less endangered species, and subjects trade in specimens of those species to a more lenient system of permits.
In 1989, after numerous states had adopted national moratoriums on ivory importations, the elephant was moved by the CoP from Annex II to Annex I. Since then, Appendix I lists "Elephas maximus (Loxodonta Africana)", with the exception of the populations of Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe, which are included in Appendix II only.
Art. III CITES prohibits export of "specimens" in Appendix I without the prior grant and presentation of an export permit. A permit will only be granted, if a Scientific Authority of the export state determines, inter alia, "that the export will not be detrimental to the survival of that species." (Art. III (2) (a) CITES). Art. I b (ii) CITES defines "specimen" as "any readily recognizable part [of the species] or derivative thereof." Elephant tusks hence are specimens and therefore subject to the trade prohibition. But CITES has been construed as governing only raw ivory, not worked ivory (Michael J. Glennon, "Has international law failed the elephant?" AJIL 84 (1990), 1-43 (12)).
The entire trade control system of CITES is currently not able to effectively prevent the trafficking of specimens of endangered species, for example the smuggling of elephant tusks. In weak states such as the CAR which is characterized, in the words of the Secretary-General, by "lawlessness", obviously no Scientific Authority in terms of CITES is functioning, nor can the state control poaching. The destination of the tusks is mainly Asia. It is estimated that about 90 percent of the ivory in China's ivory market stems from illegal sources.
Anthropocentric motivations
The Security Council resolutions are an important step in fleshing out the emerging field of global animal law. It must, however, not be forgotten that the entire political and legal process leading to them is dominated by anthropocentrism. The focus is on organized crime, on the proliferation and trafficking of arms, funding of armed groups, and on the emergence of radical networks. Tellingly, the meeting of the Security Council which prepared the resolutions on the CAR (S/2013/677, 7069th Meeting on 25 November 2013 on the situation in the Central African Republic, report of the Secretary-General on the Central African Republic pursuant to paragraph 22 of SC res. 2121 (2013)), did not even raise the issue of wildlife trafficking. Nevertheless, two weeks later, the link between wildlife trafficking, armed conflict, and human rights violations was made in res. 2127 (2013).
Along that line, the WWF species programme managerWendy Elliott highlighted that wildlife traffickers "are funding the armed groups that are causing the human rights violations, but it is still treated as an environmental issue and that is just not going to work out."
CITES, too, seeks first of all to conserve biodiversity, as the CITES "vision statement" conveys: "Conserve biodiversity and contribute to its sustainable use by ensuring that no species of wild fauna or flora becomes or remains subject to unsustainable exploitation through international trade, thereby contributing to the significant reduction of the rate of biodiversity loss and making a significant contribution towards achieving the relevant Aichi Biodiversity Targets." (CITES Strategic vision 2008-2020).
Biodiversity itself is sought for anthropocentric reasons. The usual grounds given for saving endangered species are the desired option of exploiting genetic characteristics, possible chemical and medical uses, the development of new products, indigenous peoples' use of food and shelter, pollution control, tourism, and the like.
Arguably, if human needs and interests were not in the foreground, the Security Council would not have taken any robust action at all. From that perspective, the central African elephants can be said to benefit from the anthropocentric approach. It would thus be wrong to pit human security against animal security, because both are ultimately in the same boat. In the long run, however, an ecocentric approach to peace and security seems more appropriate to guarantee a sustainable peace for all living beings on earth.
The novel, eco-sensitive practice of the Security Council is in line with its previous practice on climate change. Since 2007, the Security Council recognizes that climate change is relevant for peace and security (see most recently the statement of the Security Council (SC/10332) and the statement of the SC President (S/PRST/2011/15), both dated 20 July 2011). However, the Council has not outrightly qualified climate change as a threat to the peace in an operative decision – unlike what happens now with regard to the living natural resources.
The new Security Council decisions of January 2014 are a welcome prolongation and extension of previous practice of the Security Council on an "enlarged" and "positive" concept of peace. It is hoped that taking into account not only human security, but also the integrity of nature, the survival of species and the well-being of animals will be an increasingly relevant factor in global law and politics on peace and security.


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