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A top Russian lawmaker has revealed he is working on a bill that would freeze the assets of European and American companies operating in Russia in reply to Western economic sanctions.
The chairman of the upper house committee for constitutional law, Andrey Klishas, is sure that Russia must have an enough leverage to deal with the threat of sanctions coming from foreign countries.A team of lawyers are currently preparing a separate federal bill that would allow the Russian president and government to confiscate foreign owned property in Russia, including assets belonging to private companies, the senator told the RIA Novosti news agency.
The bill is in response to the major political crisis in Ukraine and the threat of sanctions against Russia coming from the USA and other countries.
All sanctions must be mutual, Klishas stated.
(Excerpt) Read more at rt.com ...
Retaliatory sanctions would harm Germany and the UK greatly. Several US Companies have significant assets in Russia, too.
Zer0, "Curses, foiled again!"
and then of course, there is China, which is standing by Putin ....
Of course Russia would confiscate all foreign holdings within Russia, duh. The reason that Great Britain has refused to participate is to protect BP. BP runs the British government.
I'm not sure about this. I think it's highly unlikely.
"Im not sure about this. I think its highly unlikely."
KGB vs. ACORN.
Wasn't it Kerry who said a couple of days ago that "climate change" was our greatest threat? Does he now see how utterly STOOOOPID he now looks? Between Obama, Kerry, and Hagel the Facists are playing the Marxists like a violin.
I don't know if it's likely either but Barky's hollow talk the other day about economic retaliation was just about the only limp arrow he had left in his sad, pathetic little quiver. Now, Russia's is signaling back "Go right ahead. We'll do the same and we'll see where that all gets us. You first."
As another poster said above, Europe's general economy is more connected to Russia's and thus they'd bear the brunt of the pain.
I bet "O" never thought that 'D' in Geography was going to matter! (OR the 'F' in economics....etc.)
If you have assets in Russia, you might want to get them out now.
Great decision by Obama to end the Shuttle program without having a rocket system to replace it.
It's true. We contract with the Russians to send supplies to the ISS.
Mygosh, Russia's going to profit from US get-tough decisions.
Then there's the matter of Russia's wealthy class. Who benefits if they stop spending their money on US things?
Another chess move by the Russian government. These are not times for Amateurs. I'm saying that the US should not be beating its chest and assume any moral authority for situations overseas. These are times for behind the scenes deliberations. Of course, when your counterpart won't take your calls as in Hagel, well, the writing is on the wall.
Many believe we should avoid foreign entanglements, including myself. It is very difficult to know who all the players are. But standards should be upheld by a coalition of civilized nations. Wait and see who joins us in not going to the G8 meeting. That will tell you what our standing has become.
That's what happens when Obama is more concerned abou muslim outreach than keeping up with a way to reach the ISS.
Both sides are being unrealistic. If Russia seizes assets how difficult will it be to get foreigners to invest in Russia after this is all over? And, on our side, we really need Russian help to prevent nukes from getting out of the Middle East and being shipped to he US. They have assets we don't and can't get.
So, what should we do? Well, the number one thing we can do to earn the world's respect is replace Obama and the ridiculous changes he's made in the military. Then, we need an alpha male (or female) president who blusters around pretending to be a lose cannon. Perhaps if he pronounces it nu-cular it will scare them. It certainly scared the Democrats.
Will they also shut down the mail order bride services?
Well, there goes my social life. LOL.
Another reason to get the Keystone Pipeline signed into reality. Republicans, if they had any guts, brains or balls, could and should make this an immediate priority project, and hammer on it through the upcoming elections.
Also, a good reason to demand that Obama and whoever is the current Secy of the Interior, open up Govt owned lands for energy exploration, immediately.
Restrict the EPA from expanding any of their powers, NOW. Reign in this rogue agency and clean house of the leftsts who run it.
The same for Health and Human Services, too. Sebelius is a lunatic.
Also, speed up any nuclear facility applications.
Revive our space vehicles program, ASAP and get rid of Holden or whoever is the NASA clown that is ruining it.
Prohibit Russian investments in any American company or subsidiary. Freeze all their assets.
Reduce their KGB-loaded diplomatic and business presence in the US (I know it is the FSB or something like that, but KGB has an identifiable meaning to the average citizen).
Release all OLD CLASSIFIED FILES ON SOVIET OPERATIONS IN THE US, ESP. INSIDE OF CONGRESS, SAY FROM 1934 (DICKSTEIN) TO 2000, including the Stanley Levison/Jack O'Dell files re Martin Luther King, Jr., the KGB agents who sandwiched Albert Einstein, and Soviet operatives in the US Congress (Bella Abzug, John Conyers Jr., and others).
Release all documents of Sen. Ted Kennedy's illegal contacts with the Soviets.
Release all documents relating to Soviet operations and assets involved with Barack Hussein Obama, his father, Frank Marshall Davis (re Soviet agents Harry Bridges and Paul Robeson), and the Canter Family of Chicago. THOSE WOULD BE ENOUGH TO GET OBAMA IMPEACHED AND JAILED FOR TREASON.
[The FBI has those files but the question is whether they have destroyed any of them or not. Given our recent Bureau leadership, I'm worried, real worried about them being safe].
Let the citizens of the US (and the world) see what the Soviets/Russians have been doing to us since the 1930's. Every history book used in high schools and colleges will have to be revised, and a lot of red professors will have their reputations and careers exposed or destroyed.
There are going to be some very interesting surprises if this is done.
I feel that Whitaker Chambers and Elizabeth Bentley only exposed some of the Soviet MKVD/KGB operations inside the US government and related organizations. There is some evidence that at least two more Soviet spy rings existed within the atomic bomb program and/or afterwards (according to the late FBI agent Herb Philbrick and others).
Then we plan to do the same for Red Chinese operations and operatives, both Chinese and American, in the US. Might nail a congresswoman in the process. And clean out Red operations in NYC's Chinatown and S.F.
Also, we should expose Red Chinese infiltration and virtual takeovers of some of the Pacific islands including Fiji and Tonga, among others.
What you don't know can kill you.
Thank New Zealand researcher Trevor Loudon and his team for bringing some of this to light, esp. the Soviet agents who destroyed New Zealand-ANZAC alliances in the 1980's.
Welcome to the wonderful world of subversion and economic warfare. Brought to you by the sheer subversion of marxist Obama and his commies against the US.
And remember, 51% of the US electorate voted this traitor in. Now we are reaping his treason, all for some EBT cards and gay marriage rights.
Hillary's "reset" was a thaw in relations, but Obama's incompetence has caused a Freeze.
Perhaps it would as well be a good idea to expose Putin's financial assets and take him to court.
The Russian export in 2012 was $524,564,991,000.
Top ten breakdown:
Mineral fuels including oil: $375,423,947,000 (71.6% of total exports)
Iron and steel: $22,601,664,000 (4.3%)
Fertilizers: $11,176,846,000 (2.1%)
Inorganic chemicals: $7,835,699,000 (1.5%)
Machinery: $7,609,061,000 (1.5%)
Aluminum: $7,281,329,000 (1.4%)
Wood: $6,731,569,000 (1.3%)
Cereals: $6,246,547,000 (1.2%)
Copper: $5,787,339,000 (1.1%)
Organic chemicals: $4,516,890,000 (0.9%)
This is a typical third world export mix heavily dependent on raw materials.
Compare this to South Korea with a total export of $548.8 billion in 2012 (i.e. larger than Russia)
Top ten breakdown:
Electronic equipment: $119,084,386,000 (21.7% of total exports)
Vehicles: $70,074,094,000 (12.8%)
Machinery: $58,979,883,000 (10.8%)
Mineral fuels including oil: $57,492,603,000 (10.5%)
Ships, boats and other floating structures: $37,828,429,000 (6.9%)
Optical, technical and medical apparatus: $37,611,611,000 (6.9%)
Plastics: $28,381,150,000 (5.2%)
Iron and steel: $25,375,017,000 (4.6%)
Organic chemicals: $23,284,736,000 (4.3%)
Iron or steel products: $12,467,431,000 (2.3%)
The Russians do not know(?) that their export, without the raw materials, is only in the order of $50 billion !
The tyrant will just eat you alive. Just like a snake will always bite you.
It's what they do.
But you must do it smartly. And without hesitation.
What Putin did should have a cost attached to it and that's that....no matter what the hand wringers think.
We have on multiple occasions assured these people that we and the EU would have their backs regarding Russia...
So much for US rhetoric.....apparently it's all bull sheet.
Putin is a professional KGB criminal. He knows how to cover up his financial tracks. A dacha here, another there, under someone else's name. Same for bank accounts, and what banker in Russia is going to testify about his accounts and live more than a week?
No court in Russia is going to try him. No court in Europe is going to try him. No American court has any jurisdiction to try him, and do you think Obama and Holder want to go up against the KGB/FSB?
Would any newspaper print anything really damning about Putin? Their reporters would disappear like drug-dealers during a police raid, some permanently.
Who knows what they have on both of them, plus most of Congress, the whole damned DC government, others in government?
The deck is stacked in the dealer's favor and Putin is the dealer.
You got to have a death wish to do business in Russia anyhow. They don't exactly play by the rules.
China will expect Russia's support when they invade Taiwan.
Wouldn't it be something if Putin said "I'm not going to be pushed around by a muslim from Kenya. What? Oh, you want proof? Stand by."
Russian market and ruble down in 5... 4...
Taiwan is just a small part of the Chinese goal to establish hegemony in the western Pacific. I'm sure Putin and the Chinese will figure out a way to divide the Pacific between them and deal with Japan and the Philippines
yes, the EU bankers wont be shouldering much of the IMF/NATO/western world's shared expenses if Putin shuts off their natural gas
manned flights to repair our satellites now depend on Russian transportation
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Social Dreaming in the 21st Century: spoken word, fleeting images, and musical improvisation
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Social Dream Lab
Contemporary culture is awash in the rhetoric of dreams and revolutionary longing. From attempts to revitalize America (the American Dream) and reinvigorate civil rights (the Dream Act) to recent global grassroots movements that imagine a future of social, economic, and environmental justice for all, collective aspirations are being creatively expressed and shared with unprecedented speed and reach. During the month of February 2013, the Kimball Education Gallery will be used as a laboratory for exploring the intersection of individual and shared states of (un)consciousness. Invited guests will include experts from diverse backgrounds who will facilitate dream experiments using both poetic and scientific methodologies. During the month, artists Wilson and Zimmerman will continue research and production for their experimental film Close the Eyes as they further examine both personal and collective dynamics of dreaming and its relationship to larger social and cultural issues of our time.
Saturday, March 2, 1 pm
Social Dreaming in the 21st Century an afternoon of spoken word, fleeting images, and musical improvisation with special guests and followed by an artist reception.
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The Gospel according to Matthew 27:62-66
Next day, that is, after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate and said, "Sir, we remember how that impostor said, while he was still alive, 'After three days I will rise again.' Therefore order the sepulcher to be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples go and steal him away, and tell the people, 'He has risen from the dead,' and the last fraud will be worse than the first." Pilate said to them, "You have a guard of soldiers; go, make it as secure as you can." So they went and made the sepulcher secure by sealing the stone and setting a guard.
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Pasta Frittata
Makes: 4 servings
Time: 40 minutes, including cooking the pasta
This is a perfect way to use leftover pasta, instantly lovable and easily varied; add whatever fresh herbs you like or use grains, bread, or potatoes instead of pasta (see the variations). And you don't even have to use long pasta; try this with rigatoni for more chew.
1/4 pound spaghetti, linguine, fettuccine, or other long pasta or about 1/2 pound cooked pasta
4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter or extra virgin olive oil
5 eggs
Freshly ground black pepper
1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/4 cup chopped parsley or fresh basil leaves (optional)
1. If you're using dried pasta, bring a large pot of water to a boil and salt it. Cook the pasta until barely tender, somewhat short of where you would normally cook it. Drain and immediately toss it in a wide bowl with half the butter or oil. Cool it a bit.
2. Preheat the oven to 400°F. Put the remaining butter or oil in a large ovenproof nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
3. Beat the eggs with some salt and pepper in a large bowl, then stir in the pasta with half of the Parmesan and the herb if you're using it. Pour the egg mixture into the skillet and immediately turn the heat down to medium-low. Use a spoon if necessary to even out the top of the frittata. Cook, undisturbed, until the mixture firms up on the bottom, 10 to 15 minutes, then transfer to the oven. Bake until the top is just cooked, about 10 minutes more. Remove and serve hot or at room temperature with the remaining Parmesan.


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Fraternity Records, out of Cincinnati, was started in the early 50s by Harry Carlson, the director of a photographic studio. The first forty releases through the new imprint were mainly MOR titles, reflecting Carlson's late introduction to the music business. However by 1957 the joint had started to jump, and the wild, wild sounds of that rock'n'roll music were pounding out of the Fraternity office. A whole collection of cool cool cats cut sides for Fraternity-.-Dale Wright went top 40 in 1958 with the neat "She's Neat", Carl Dobkins Jr. rattled off two sides in Nashville with the Jordanaires, in between Decca singles, and of course Bobby Bare became Bill Parsons for the No. 2 sound of "All American Boy", featured here in an alternate take, as by the actual singer, Bobby Bare - confusing isn't it! Then again there was Sparkle Moore, representing that rarely heard breed, the wild wild woman of rock'n'roll. Two of her singles, "Rock-A-Bop" and "Killer" feature here alongside the unissued and decidedly weird "Flower Of My Heart." 20 tracks-7 previously unissued - in this good rockin' package of all American Midwest rock'n'roll.


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Braun's Absence a Concern by Andrew Dunn-Bauman
With the Brewers off to a 22-11 start in 2014, not a whole lot has been made of Ryan Braun's nagging injuries and his subsequent absence from the lineup. But with the recent struggles the offense has had since their biggest slugger was placed on the 15-day disabled list with an oblique strain, it's time to take a closer look.
Ryan Braun will have missed 16 games this season once he is eligible to return from the DL on May 12. That means he will miss a minimum of 16 games through the first two months of the season, and even more if he isn't healthy enough to play in the 18 remaining games for the Brewers this month.
Historically, Braun has missed his share of games with nagging injuries, especially trouble with his thumb. But in his six full seasons in Milwaukee, Braun has missed 12 games total in the first two months of a season. That means in 2014 he will miss at least four more games than he has missed in his whole career in April and May. That's troubling.
Braun said in a statement following the announcement of his season-ending suspension last year:
"During the latter part of the 2011 season, I was dealing with a nagging injury and I turned to products for a short period of time that I shouldn't have used. The products were a cream and a lozenge which I was told could help expedite my rehabilitation. It was a huge mistake for which I am deeply ashamed and I compounded the situation by not admitting my mistakes immediately."
If Braun was indeed using a banned substance to battle injury, it's certainly possible that he used it for some time prior to 2011, evading repercussions from MLB. Now that he has received a suspension for his "cream and a lozenge" usage, those medications are no longer available to him (unless he plans on being suspended for 100 games.)
The Brewers need Braun in their lineup. In the 22 games he has appeared in this season, the team is scoring 4.1 runs per game. In the eight games he has missed since April 27 (coming into last night versus Arizona), they are scoring just 2.9 runs per game. A big part of the offensive lull has to do with the struggles of Aramis Ramirez lately, but Braun's absence in the lineup is more than slightly problematic.
The biggest concern with his injuries is that they are wide-ranging. We're a little over a month into the season, and Braun has already been dealing with an oblique strain, an intercostal strain, and a sore thumb. It's not as if there's one specific injury to treat and heal. He has been nicked up in a variety of ways already. Perhaps I'm wrong, but given his time missed already, it doesn't seem that Braun is going to be the picture of good health any time this season.
Just how many games he will miss is going to be the key. The Brewers can deal with Braun missing 25 to 30 games this year if it means he is healthy for the stretch run, as long as the pitching holds up. But anything more than that, and we're entering the danger zone.
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Day one recap NORCECA men's junior volleyball championships
Quick recap for August 16, 2010
Cuba defeated Honduras 25-12, 25-19, 25-15
Dominican Republic defeated Guatemala 25-22, 25-23, 25-23
USA defeated Trinidad and Tobago 25-9, 25-7, 25-10
Mexico defeated Martinique 25-15, 25-15, 25-16
Puerto Rico defeated St. Lucia 25-10, 25-13, 25-10
Pool B: Cuba (1-0) vs Honduras (0-1)
August 16, 2010
Cuba knows it can play better after win over Honduras
Gatineau, Que., - Cuba head coach Roberto Garcia Garcia expects his team to play better for the rest of the tournament after defeating Honduras 25-12, 25-19, 25-15 on Monday at the NORCECA junior men's volleyball championships.
"The team was not playing good today," said Garcia. "They missed a lot of services and we need better defence. They need to improve tomorrow for Puerto Rico with first place on the line in the group."
Lazaro Fundora Travieso led Cuba with 14 points while Jorge Gonzalez Garcia added 12 and captain Jorge Carlos Rojas Taylor chipped in 11.
"In the first set we tried to break the ice," said Rojas Taylor. "We were not nervous. We just made a lot of errors."
For Honduras, captain Josue Carbajal Vargas earned eight points.
"We have been training to get in our best shape for this event," said Honduras' coach Carlos Funez. "We know we have faced a very good team, a world champion potential, and we played as hard as we could."
"In the beginning we were very nervous," said Vargas. "But we just tried to enjoy the game and to play smart."
Pool A: Dominican Republic (1-0) vs Guatemala (0-1)
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Dominican Republic wins three close sets over Guatemala
Gatineau, Que. – In what was the most exciting match so far at the NORCECA junior men's volleyball championships, the Dominican Republic defeated a stingy Guatemala team 25-22, 25-23, 25- 23.
Kelvin Antonio Campechano Munoz led the Dominicans with 15 points while Anuary Burgos Agramonte and team captain Miguel Angel Vargas Garcia added 14 apiece.
"We are very happy with the result," said Osiel Vasquez Cancio, head coach of the Dominican Republic. "We reached our goals. The team performed well on the court and they knew Guatemala was a very strong team and fought very hard."
"We did our job," said Vargas Garcia. "This was a first international for the players and we are pleased with how we played."
Jeyson Fernando Nery Flores of Guatemala led all scorers with 17 points while Aldo Martin Barrios Cajas added 10.
"The sets were close," said Guatemala's head coach Pizat Fernandez. "The Dominicans figured out a way to get the points at the right time and they were superior in the court so obviously they deserved the win."
"They are very tall and very strong," said Nery Flores, the team captain. "So we tried to beat them with a fast game."
Pool C: USA (1-0) vs Trinidad and Tobago (0-1)
August 16, 2010
U.S. impressive in victory over Trinidad and Tobago
GATINEAU, Que. – The U.S., appeared in top form on Monday as it defeated Trinidad and Tobago 25-9, 25-7, 25-10 in the opening round match for both teams at the NORCECA (North and Central America) men's junior volleyball championships at the Centre Sportif in Gatineau.
The U.S., spread the offensive wealth as no players reached double digits in points, however al the players except three put their name on the scoreboard. Team captain Daylan Davis led the American attack with eight points while Taylor Crabb added six.
''We came out and had some nerves ourselves,'' said U.S., head coach John Hawks. ''I'm glad to see all the guys got in and played well. I thought we served the ball fairly well and put some pace on it.''
''It was very important for us to get the tournament off to a good start,'' said Davis. ''We had some butterflies because we had no idea what we were going up against. We just played really physical with a lot of energy.''
Team captain Akim Bushe and Bernard Renaud led Trinidad and Tobago with four points each.
''We definitely played one of the better teams in the tournament,'' said Trinidad and Tobago coach Gideon Dickson. ''They came out with a plan and worked that plan to a tee. I thought we did O.K., coming out against a team like U.S.A. We tried to maintain momentum as much possible.''
''For some of us it was the first time we played volleyball at this level,'' said Bushe. ''It was a good experience for the team. We will only get stronger.''
Pool C: Mexico (1-0) vs Martinique (0-1)
August 16, 2010
Mexico opens with win over Martinique at junior men NORCECAS
GATINEAU, Que. – Mexico earned a straight sets win over Martinique 25-15, 25-15, 25-16 on Monday in round robin action at the NORCECA junior men's volleyball championships.
Juan Revuelta led the Mexican attack with 14 points while Omar Lerma, Ricardo Galindo and Daniel Sanchez added seven points each.
"The team has been playing together for a long time but you wouldn't know it from today," said Mexican head coach Jiminez Espitia. "We hope it will be better tomorrow."
''We were a little bit nervous at the beginning,'' said Mexican team captain Jorge Barajas. ''We didn't know what to expect from the other team but as the match unfolded we got better and less nervous.''
Like St.Lucia in the previous match, this was the first ever match at these championships for Martinique.
''I'm very proud of my team,'' said Martinique head coach Eddy Salomon. ''We had trouble getting into the match at the beginning but got progressively better. This was a whole new experience for us.''
'It was completely other level of play and we weren't sure what to expect,'' said Martinique captain Joffrey Zozol. ''We tended too rush our plays too much and we weren't at our best.''
Boris Zeline led Martinique in scoring with nine points.
Pool B: Puerto Rico (1-0) vs St. Lucia (0-1)
August 16, 2010
Puerto Rico earns win over St.Lucia to open men's NORCECA Juniors
GATINEAU, Que. – Jorge Antonio Lopes and Ricardo Archilla scored 11 points each to lead Puerto Rico to a 25-10, 25-13, 25-10 victory over St. Lucia to open the NORCECA men's junior volleyball tournament.
"We played good but still we need to work on technical aspects of the game," said Puerto Rico's coach Ramon Lawrence. "But generally we played well."
"It was good first match for us, many of us are inexperienced internationally," said Puerto Rico team captain Ramon Burgos. "They can see what we are going to face in the next games and we have to continue improving. We want to win this tournament."
For St.Lucia it was their first ever match at this tournament and head coach Elvin Ryan Germain was proud of his team.
"I'm happy with how we played," said Germain. "There are some elements we need to work on but we played with a lot of positive energy and we look at this as a great experience because this is another level for us and we hope we can get to that level soon."
"It was just great to go up against a team that plays at that level and intensity" said St.Lucia team captain Gillan Octave. "Win or lose there is no disappointment, I'm very proud how are team played. We gave everything we had."
Julian Bissette led the St.Lucia offence with six points.
6 p.m. and 8 p.m. matches to be broadcast at http://ssncanada.ca/media/special_pages/volleyballcanada-live.html
Coming up:
Tuesday, August 17
11:00 Mexico vs Trinidad & Tobago
13:00 Cuba vs St. Lucia
15:00 Puerto Rico vs Honduras
18:00 USA vs Martinique
20:00 Canada vs Guatemala
Wednesday, August 18
11:00 Honduras vs St. Lucia
13:00 Trinidad & Tobago vs Martinique
15:00 USA vs Mexico
18:00 Cuba vs Puerto Rico
20:00 Canada vs. Dominican Rep.
Thursday, August 19
13:00 Consolation Quarter Final
15:00 Consolation Quarter Final
18:00 Quarter Final
20:00 Quarter Final
Friday, August 20
13:00 9th place match
15:00 7th place match
18:00 Semifinal
20:00 Semifinal
Saturday, August 21
13:00 10th place match
15 :00 5th place match
18:00 Bronze medal match
20:00 Gold medal match
20:00 Gold medal match
(all matches at Centre Sportif, Gatineau)


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Transboundary effects of industrial accidents
By acceding to this Convention, the Community and the Member States wish to protect human health and the environment against industrial accidents capable of causing transboundary effects, and to promote active international cooperation between the contracting parties before, during and after such accidents.
Council Decision 98/685/EC of 23 March 1998 concerning the conclusion of the Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents.
In Helsinki on 18 March 1992, 26 countries, including 14 Member States of the Community, and the Community itself signed the Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents, within the framework of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. With this Council Decision, the Convention is approved on behalf of the Community.
The Convention lays down a set of measures to protect human beings and the environment against the effects of industrial accidents, and to promote active international cooperation between the contracting parties before, during and after such accidents.
It applies to industrial accidents capable of causing transboundary effects, including accidents caused by natural disasters, with the exception of:
- nuclear accidents or radiological emergencies;
- accidents at military installations;
- dam failures;
- land-based transport accidents;
- the accidental release of genetically modified organisms;
- accidents caused by activities in the marine environment and the spillage of harmful substances at sea.
The contracting parties must identify hazardous activities within their jurisdiction and must inform the affected parties of any such proposed or existing activity. At the initiative of any one of them, the other parties must enter into discussions on the identification of activities capable of causing transboundary effects.
The signatory states must take appropriate measures to prevent industrial accidents. In particular they must:
- induce action by operators to reduce the risk of industrial accidents;
- establish policies on the siting of new hazardous activities and on significant modifications to existing hazardous activities, with the objective of minimising the risk to the population and the environment;
- prepare for emergencies caused by industrial accidents, introducing the necessary measures, including contingency plans, to prevent and minimise transboundary effects. The signatories must endeavour to make their plans compatible.
Under the Convention, the contracting states must ensure that adequate information is given to the public in the areas capable of being affected by an industrial accident arising out of a hazardous activity. The contracting states must also, in appropriate cases, give the public an opportunity to participate in the decision-making process concerning prevention and preparedness measures.
Natural or legal persons who are, or may be, affected by the transboundary effects of an industrial accident in the territory of a signatory state must be given the same access to the relevant administrative and judicial proceedings as a national of the state concerned.
Each party to the Convention must introduce a system of notification.
In the event or imminent threat of an industrial accident causing or capable of causing transboundary effects, the state of origin must:
- notify the affected states without delay;
- ensure that the contingency plans are activated;
- ensure that the response measures are taken as swiftly as possible so as to contain and minimise the effects of the accident. The contracting states must endeavour to coordinate their response measures.
The state of origin may ask for assistance from the other signatories.
Each contracting party must designate one point of contact for the purpose of industrial accident notifications and one point of contact for the purpose of mutual assistance. It must notify these to the other signatories within three months of the date of entry into force of the Convention.
The contracting parties must actively encourage scientific and technical cooperation and facilitate the exchange of technology for limiting the risks and consequences of industrial accidents. They must also support appropriate international efforts to draw up rules on responsibility and liability.
The parties to the Convention must meet at least once a year.
The Convention provides for three mechanisms for settling disputes between the signatories:
- seeking a solution by negotiation;
- submission of the dispute to the International Court of Justice;
- arbitration.
The last two methods can be used only in cases where the parties have been unable to settle their dispute by negotiation.
The use of these methods is optional and reciprocal; in a written declaration, a party can accept the compulsory use of one or both of these methods in their relations with any other party which accepts the same obligation.
If the parties to the dispute have accepted both means of dispute settlement, the dispute may be submitted only to the International Court of Justice, unless the states concerned agree otherwise.
The signatory states must keep the other parties regularly informed of the implementation of the Convention.
The Convention entered into force for the European Community on 19 April 2000.
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OJ L 326 of 03.12.1998
Proposal of 13 September 2006 for a Council Decision relating to a proposal for an amendment to Annex I to the UNECE Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents [COM(2006) 493 final - Not published in the Official Journal].
The proposed amendment would diminish the differences between the Convention and the Community legislation on industrial accidents, in particular the differences between Annex I to each of these texts, in respect of categories and named hazardous substances for the purpose of defining hazardous activities. These differences result primarily from Directive 2003/105/EC, which amends the 1996 "Seveso II" Directive.
Council Decision 2007/779/EC, Euratom of 8 November 2007 establishing a Community mechanism for civil protection (recasting) [Official Journal L314 of 1.12.2007]. The Community Civil Protection Mechanism supports and facilitates the mobilisation of the emergency services to meet the immediate needs of countries hit by disaster. It improves the coordination of assistance interventions by defining the obligations of Member States and the Commission and by establishing certain bodies and procedures, such as the Monitoring and Information Centre.
Council Directive 96/82/EC of 9 December 1996 on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances (Seveso II Directive) [Official Journal L10 of 14.01.1997]. This Directive was adopted in anticipation of the Community's approval of the Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents. It constitutes the instrument for transposing the Community's obligations under the Convention. Since the subject of the Convention falls within the Community's sphere of competence as well as that of the Member States (it is a "mixed" agreement), the Convention must be transposed into Community and national law before it can be implemented in the Member States.
In order to comply with Directive 96/82/EC, the Community, when approving the Convention (Decision 98/685/EC), reserved the right to apply different threshold quantities from those laid down in the Convention for certain substances referred to in Annex I to the Convention.
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text: I find it stupid to think that there's no chance of a Madara/Danzou! I bet my ballz not a damn person on the planet guess Tobi was Madara. Hell I remember when the majority of the Naruto reading community would dispell any idea of Madara being alive period. In my eyes, unless there's flat out proof printed in the manga saying it ain't true. I'm open to any theory.


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Skip to comments.Israeli Air Force takes out 40 mosques-cum-rocket stores, brings new drone into Gaza operation
Posted on 07/31/2014 10:59:28 AM PDT by BeauBo
The Israeli Air Force bombed 40 mosques in Gaza Tuesday night, July 30, in the most extensive operation against Hamas religious institutions-cum-military bases so far. In total, at least 50 mosques have been blown up along with their stockpiles of rockets and arms caches.
These concentrated air strikes on rocket arsenals are as integral to Operation Protective Edge as the ground work in destroying tunnels. They have been stepped up in advance of the preparations launched by the government on Wednesday for the possible termination of the IDF ground operation in the Gaza Strip and the withdrawal of troops. debkafile's sources say that the order to end the ground operation in Gaza would not mean that the war is over. There are no illusions about the Palestinian extremist groups laying down their arms. In practical terms, therefore, Israeli troops will regroup and spread out along the border as a barrier against future Hamas attempts to keep up its terror offensive by means of cross-border commando raids using undiscovered tunnels and firing rockets and mortars into Israel.
A good start
The Israeli Air Force bombed 40 mosques in Gaza Tuesday night, July 30, in the most extensive operation against Hamas religious institutions-cum-military bases so far. In total, at least 50 mosques have been blown up along with their stockpiles of rockets and arms caches.
This is good news. I thought these muzzie terrorists were only using hospitals and schools as weapons storage facilities and military operations.
This thread is useless with out pictures.
Can they bomb the mosques in NJ?
There must be more Mosques than toilets in Gaza
along with their stockpiles of rockets and arms caches
Then they weren't mosques. Once ham-ass stockpiles weapons in it, it is a target.
accompanying image.
Good journalism would put quotes around the word "Mosque". Mosques, at least the ones in Gaza are command and control centers and weapons depots.
Debka? Is any other source reporting this?
I didn't know they had toilets in Gaza.
Well, looks like August is gonna start off great.
Debka? Just say no!
I didnt know they had toilets in Gaza.
Oh , are they stop and drop there ?
Now where are they supposed to worship the devil?
Oh well....bombs always find other bombs...
The liberals will decry this attack on houses of worship, without addressing the fact that Hamas started this war. Or addressing the fact that these mosques are military targets because the enemy is using them as military sites.
Wrong. There are exactly the same number of mosques and toilets. The terms are interchangeable.
Is there any difference in the two?
And, boy, did this piss Obama the muslim off! That's right. I said "boy".
Ackmed is hiding inside the mosque. However, we know he is there.
"Debka? Is any other source reporting this?"
I just saw it here, but thought that it would be interesting to those closely following the war.
Debka has predicted like 11 of the last 3 important things, but sometimes they do have good stuff...Cum grano salis
Looks like they missed the minaret.
I think some imams got a message from the "other side" that the virgin demand can't keep up with the number of reprobates the IDF is sending over "there", so the imams are pissed... Nothing more than that... High concentration of 72-virgin eligibles in Mosques... Doncha know...
How about theme music?
Debka... hhmmm
>> Debka? Is any other source reporting this?
heh... I too am taking this with a grain of salt.
If DEBKA said the sky was blue, I'd go outside and verify it.
Impale them with concrete minaret replicas.
And Chicago, don't forget Chicago
I would have chosen this..
But that was excellent too!
Are there any vids showing secondary explosions? Those would be damning!
Rock the casbah!
They made rocks of the Casbah.
A Muslim bomb cache blowing up is "one of the prettiest sounds on Earth", to borrow a partial quote.
That works, you betcha.
Prayers up for Israel.
But bombing mosques is a war crime. The secondary explosions might harm innocent civilians.
..Let's hope ALL those Virgins, are either lambs/goats..or look like NAZI Pelosi / Helen Thomas.
Hillary Clinton , I mean John Kerry will rebuild them at no cost to Gaza
Thanks, for that..looked like my apt. in the '80s.
My husband and I sat with Helen Thomas's niece on a cross country flight. She was absolutely a "ten" and a wonderful personality. She was a conservative also, which is how we got to talking, pro-life all the way!
I recognized the Cole Porter lyrics and composition right away.
And kick the can down the road a little longer. It will be worse next time.Maybe it will be less one sided and the Americans will be pleased that the Jews are dying at the same rate as the jihadists.
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Wed, 10/09/2013 (All day)
The St. Louis County Library Foundation's Reading Garden Event Series presents a special event with sensationally popular children's book creators Jon Scieszka and Mac Barnett on Wednesday, October 23, 6:30 p.m. at Library Headquarters, 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd. Scieszka and Barnett will discuss and sign their book "Battle Bunny."
Copies of the authors' books will be for sale at the event from the Classroom Library Company. The program is free and open to the public.
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Alex has been given a saccharine, sappy, silly-sweet picture book about Birthday Bunny that his grandma found at a garage sale. Alex isn't interested-until he decides to make the book something he'd actually like to read. So he takes out his pencil, sharpens his creativity, and totally transforms the story! Birthday Bunny becomes Battle Bunny, and the rabbit's innocent journey through the forest morphs into a super secret mission to unleash an evil plan--a plan that only Alex can stop.
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Pent-up anger that erupted in rage, trustees in Green Mountain Falls let loose April 2 on Mayor Lorrie Worthey. At issue is the missing paperwork for what turned out to be a $14,046 loan from El Paso County to cover emergency expenses during the Waldo Canyon Fire. "Anything with regard to money you need to write down," said the town attorney Lisa Tormoen Hickey.
Trustee Howard Price started the tirade over the lack of communication from the mayor, about the loan. "We were told it was a gift; now we find out it's not a gift and we have to pay it back," he said. "I can get no history on this."
Why was there no intergovernmental agreement with El Paso County over the loan, Price said. "I did not vote on a loan so I'd like to know how a gift became an indenture to the town," he said, raising his voice a notch. "What are you doing behind closed doors and where is the transparency in this? I want to know."
Reticent for the most part, Worthey did say the issue of the funds had been discussed among the trustees, particularly during executive sessions. Trustee Ralph LoCascio didn't buy it. "You're not giving us answers, Lorrie, which makes us very uncomfortable and not trustworthy. How did we end up this way?" he said. "If you don't give us answers, I can only conclude that you are doing this in a malicious manner. Explain to us how it is not."
While Worthey didn't react, trustee Mac Pitrone was revved up, raising his voice with each sentence. "If there had been some communication this would all be done; but it never happened," he said. "We are now finding ourselves with $14,000 of our contingency fund at risk. Because if we write this grant and it's refused and the county wants its money back, that's where it's going to come from."
With an eye on setting precedents, Pitrone continued. "If we let this slide, there's no telling where it will go," Pitrone said.
The grant refers to a pending application to FEMA to cover the loan from the county. According to mayor pro tem Jane Newberry, if the application is successful, FEMA would grant 75 percent of the total while the state would pick up the remainder. "The state has funding for situations like ours," she writes in an email.
With the funding issue still brewing, the trustees moved on to the subject of a grievance against the board filed recently by public works director Rob McArthur. "We are not going talk about details; this is not on the agenda," Hickey said.
In fact, Hickey was at the meeting to go over procedures, including the role of the mayor as well as the board.
But with the grievance brewing that evening, and the trustees, LoCascio in particular, seeking a solution to the issue, the board adjourned in executive session after the meeting. According to Worthey, the session lasted until nearly 11 p.m.
"At the board's request, I am considering drafting a comprehensive memo," Worthey said the next day. Worthey declined to comment on the subject of the grievance or the memo but did emphasize the word "considering."
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Garth Childs, chief of the Huntington Volunteer Fire Department for more than 25 years, has been selected as the Utah Power/Utah Jazz Community Most Valuable Person for the month of January 2002.
Childs will be recognized for his contributions to his community during halftime of the Jan. 30, Utah Jazz game in the Delta Center in Salt Lake City. Bill Landels, executive vice president of Utah Power, and a representative of the Utah Jazz will present him with a special plaque and other recognition awards for his outstanding community involvement.
He was nominated by Huntington City Council member, Norm Richardson. Childs brought the first formal training programs to the Huntington Volunteer Fire Department in the early 1970s. In addition to serving as volunteer fire chief, Childs serves as an emergency medical technician, something he's been doing for more than 23 years, and is also a member of the Emery County Sheriff's Posse, the Emery County Fire Department, and is a special deputy fire marshall for the state of Utah. Childs also gives his time to the Boy Scouts of America in Huntington, and is a veteran of the Vietnam and Gulf wars.
"Through our association with Garth, we have never known a time when he was not actively involved in service to others, to his family, and to our community," said Richardson. "He has spent a lifetime in community service."
The Community MVP program is a partnership between Utah Power and the Utah Jazz that recognizes individuals throughout the intermountain area who make significant contributions to improving their communities through volunteer activities. The MVP program recognizes individuals in six categories: Education, Public Safety, Environment, Senior, Youth, and Human Service. MVPs are selected based on nominations. Nomination forms are available on the Utah Jazz web site, UtahJazz.com. Nominations will be accepted through April. Garth is married to Alyce Geary Childs and they are the parents of four children, Kimberly Monson, kate Bird, Kevin Childs and Kalvin Childs. They have three grandchildren, Kaira and Kameron Monson and Derek Childs.


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New York counties Monday renewed their call that costs for state services and programs not be passed down to the local level.
Until the state reduces its mandates, counties will continue to face structural deficits, said Stephen Acquario, executive director of the New York State Association of Counties.
"Counties are doing their part to lower the costs they can control, but they have no ability to reduce the costs handed down by Albany," he said in a statement.
The sputtering economic climate will result in a projected cumulative fiscal gap of more than $10 billion over the next five years, NYSAC said. Despite a cap in the growth of local Medicaid costs in 2015 and a new pension tier for future public employees, local costs for nine state-mandated programs and services will outpace available property tax revenues by $130 million in 2013.
"The counties, as the administrative arm of state government delivering state services locally, are sending an alarm signal to the state that the present programs are unaffordable to the state and local governments and the status quo is unacceptable," Acquario said.
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Teaching and learning can be enhanced through the effective use of technology. This section opens with links to websites that provide teaching strategies, examples, and information for using technology in teaching all disciplines, followed by a link for courses in the sciences. Next, mega-sites on technology in teaching provide articles, research reports, teaching strategies, and examples of technology integrated into courses. The concluding sites focus more specifically on course development incorporating technology and the use of specific teaching strategies, such as active learning with technology, clickers, and the Internet.
Specific Teaching and Learning Strategies Using Technology
Active Learning with Powerpoint (University of Minnesota, Center for Teaching and Learning Services).
An online tutorial on using Powerpoint more effectively in the classroom: for active learning, active lecturing, assessment, and educational games. Includes five short videos discussing different ways to use Powerpoint to support learning.
Blogs for Learning (Michigan State University)
This site is a resource on using blogs for instructional purposes. Contains articles, case studies, and interactive tutorials on creating, using, and maintaining an instructional blog. Also provides a blog for brief contributions on blogging called The Learning Curve.
"A Flexible Alternative to PowerPoint," Richard Olivo (Harvard University, Derek Bok Center).
Describes the use of a Web browser for teaching, offering guidelines for creating presentation pages and multiple links.
Wikis in Higher Education (Eli Collins-Brown, Methodist College of Nursing).
A wiki on ways in which faculty/staff are using wikis in higher education, compiled from a request for this information on the POD (Professional and Organizational Development Network) listserv, November 13, 2008.
Using Online Technology to Break Classroom Boundaries. Speaking of Teaching, Stanford University Newsletter on Teaching, Vol. 8, No. 1, Fall 1996. Adobe Acrobat/PDF.
Ways to integrate technology into on-campus courses to extend communication beyond the classroom: email, course web pages, electronic discussions, mailing lists, Usenet Newsgroups, and class bulletin boards.
"Handbook for Instructors on the Use of Electronic Class Discussions," Nancy Chism (Ohio State, Office of Faculty and TA Development).
Guidelines for using electronic communication to extend classroom boundaries. Presents several electronic discussion formats, the need for goals, and tips from Ohio State faculty using electronic discussion in their classes.
Find Digital Video ( University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University Library).
Extensive list of annotated links that provide digital video clips available on the Internet that can be used for teaching.
>See also on this site Using the Internet for Instruction.
"Tips for Successful 'Clicker' Use," by Dr. Douglas Duncan (University of Colorado, 2009).
Fourteen practices with clicker that lead to success and seven that lead to failure. The author cautions that "If you believe that the teacher, not the students, should be the focus of the class, it is unlikely that clickers will work well for you."
Seven Things You Should Know About Clickers (Educause, May 2005).
Discusses the positive aspects and downsides of clickers plus implications for teaching and learning.
Clicker Resources (Science Education Initiative, U of Colorado, and Carl Wieman, Science Education Initiative, U of British Columbia).
A valuable site for both the new and experienced user of clickers. Contains "An instructor's guide to the effective use of personal response systems (clickers) in teaching" plus videos with practical tips on using clickers in lower and upper division courses, and links to many other clicker resources.
See also "The Technology Literate Professoriate: Are We There Yet?" by Dan Madigan in the "Strategies and Examples" section above.
"Teaching with Clickers" by Erping Zhu, 2007 (University of Michigan Center for Research on Learning and Teaching).
This article, No. 22, provides specific methods for using clickers in the classroom plus a list of recommendations for faculty.