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In Search of International Disaster Law
The pattern will be familiar to anyone working in international disaster response. In the immediate aftermath of a large-scale earthquake, hurricane or Tsunami, domestic responders are quickly overwhelmed, and offers of international aid begin pouring in. By filling gaps in local relief efforts, this international assistance can make a critical difference in the lives of disaster-affected people. Yet when aid is needed most, it can also get mired in bureaucratic red tape: foreign disaster relief workers face visa restrictions, delays and fees; relief goods and equipment get stuck in customs; foreign search and rescue dogs are held in quarantine. In other cases, the breakdown of governmental authority makes it hard to filter bad aid out from the good: (however well-meaning) private donors ship ill-suited goods or expired medications to the affected area; transportation bottlenecks delay incoming aid shipments; healthcare workers arrive with unrecognized foreign licenses to practice; unsolicited or unprepared volunteers become an additional drain on scarce local resources, with the potential for causing more harm than good.
As the number and variety of actors providing international disaster assistance has grown, regulatory challenges such as these are becoming all the more common, raising the question of how international legal frameworks can help to ease some of the frictions inherent in international aid efforts before, during and after disasters strike. What then, does international law have to offer disaster response?
Soft law for hard challenges
In light of the various legal impediments that can arise in international disaster response, there have long been efforts to develop international law in this area. Unlike international humanitarian law (IHL) for armed conflict, or international human rights law (IHRL), however, the status of international disaster law (IDL) as a distinct branch of international law remains a matter of debate. This is due in large part to the lack of a foundational treaty – something akin to IHL's Geneva Conventions (1949), or IHRL's International Covenants on Civil and Political Rights (1966) and Economic and Social Rights (1966). Indeed, states have appeared particularly reluctant to relinquish some sovereignty in this area through a comprehensive treaty. The result is that the international legal framework regulating disaster relief remains largely fragmented, scattered and piecemeal.
In an effort to fill some of these gaps through a universal treaty on disaster law, the International Law Commission (ILC) recently adopted Draft Articles on the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters, which have been submitted to the UN General Assembly for potential adoption by states. Given the current reluctance of states toward any new international law-making in general, however, the prospects of adoption appear uncertain at best. As Giulio Bartolini notes, efforts to develop a similar convention failed to reach consensus in the 1980s, and subsequent practice evolved in the direction of "universal treaties only addressing specific types of disasters or forms of assistance, regional instruments with different characters in terms of efficacy and structure […], an incoherent network of bilateral treaties […], and a vast array of soft-law instruments scarcely able to influence stakeholders." For instance, specific provisions applicable in disaster situations have been included in a number of sectoral treaties, e.g. on civil aviation, health, maritime traffic, nuclear accidents, and telecommunication. Numerous bilateral and regional treaties on disaster prevention and response have also been adopted, e.g. in the North Sea, the Caribbean, the Black Sea, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and the European Union (EU), among others.
Overall, however, states have been reluctant to adopt a comprehensive treaty regulating disaster situations. So what are the sticking points?
What is a disaster?
One of the first challenges holding back the development of international disaster law is the lack of a common definition of what constitutes a disaster, and by extension, what situations would trigger the applications of special provisions. States have taken to answering this question in a variety of different ways in various national and international instruments, but commonly make reference to: natural or man-made events; causing severe impact or damage to human lives and property. Some definitions also include damage to the environment or cultural heritage, and some include armed conflict as a type of man-made disaster, while others do not. Additionally, some definitions require that disasters seriously disrupt the functioning of society, or exceed the affected community or state's ability to cope. The ILC proposes the following definition of "disaster" in its Draft Articles:
a calamitous event or series of events resulting in widespread loss of life, great human suffering and distress, mass displacement, or large-scale material or environmental damage, thereby seriously disrupting the functioning of society;
Given the variety of relevant legal instruments – including bilateral and regional agreements – this lack of a common definition of 'disaster' produces a degree of inconsistency and uncertainty as to whether a given situation triggers certain potentially applicable international agreements or not. The different thresholds for 'disaster' in different instruments means that some agreements may be triggered and others not, creating further confusion in the immediate onset of an emergency. This is the case even within regional instruments, such as the variety of EU regulations that offer somewhat differing definitions of disaster.
What are the responsibilities of states in the event of disaster?
Beyond definitions, perhaps the most significant point of contention regards the responsibility of states in the event of disasters. For instance, what responsibilities do states have to prevent and mitigate disasters in the first place? And when disasters do strike, what responsibilities do states have to protect persons in the event of disasters (as the title of the ILC Draft Articles highlights)? If domestic response capacity is overwhelmed, do states have an obligation to request international assistance, or to facilitate its effective arrival? Do other states (or the international community at large) have an obligation to provide such assistance?
In terms of disaster risk reduction, a variety of international agreements and soft law instruments have sought to clarify and expand the obligations of states to reduce the risk of foreseeable disasters, especially through an emerging convergence between environmental law and natural disasters. This includes reference to disaster risks in measures to prevent or mitigate environmental degradation or climate change, such as the binding Paris Agreement, and the non-binding Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
While many of these instruments direct states to develop domestic measures to reduce disaster risks and improve disaster response and recovery, they provide much less guidance on how. To address this gap, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, amongst others, have created tools to help states develop their domestic legal frameworks – including disaster management laws and disaster risk reduction measures – and to promote international standards. For instance, the 2007 Guidelines for the Domestic Facilitation and Regulation of International Disaster Relief and Initial Recovery Assistance ("IDRL Guidelines") provide recommendations to governments for disaster laws and plans, as well as minimum standards for humanitarian assistance.
Protection of persons in the event of disaster
With regard to state obligations to protect persons in the event of disaster, international human rights law serves as a key source of individual rights and state responsibilities. While few IHRL instruments make explicit reference to disasters (with some exceptions), a number of human rights are relevant to protection in disaster situations. According to the ILC:
Examples of the rights that are pertinent in the event of a disaster include the right to life, the right to food, the right to health and medical services, the right to the supply of water, the right to adequate housing, clothing and sanitation, and the right not to be discriminated against.
Notably, however, most human rights – with the exception of freedom from torture or slavery, for instance – are subject to restrictions in the public interest, or in the interest of protecting the rights of others. In disaster settings, then, states may reasonably limit the enjoyment of certain human rights in the interest of public order, safety or health. Under many human rights instruments, states may also formally "derogate" (i.e. deviate) from their obligations. As set out in the ICCPR, for instance:
In time of public emergency which threatens the life of the nation and the existence of which is officially proclaimed, the States Parties […] may take measures derogating from their obligations […] to the extent strictly required by the exigencies of the situation, provided that such measures are not inconsistent with their other obligations under international law and do not involve discrimination solely on the ground of race, colour, sex, language, religion or social origin. [Art. 4(1)]
The question then, is whether a disaster may constitute a "public emergency which threatens the life of the nation"; and here too, states enjoy a wide margin of discretion. While several states – including Guatemala, Chile, Ecuador and Georgia – have made use of such derogation clauses in disaster situations, overall such declarations remain relatively rare.
Request and facilitation of international assistance
In cases when a disaster exceeds the capacity of the affected state to respond, the affected state may request international assistance, and foreign states (and international organizations) may offer such assistance. But what if a disaster affected state refuses international aid? The cases arose for example in Burma (Myanmar) after Cyclone Nargis in 2008, prompting widespread international criticism and legal debate.
Under existing international law, disaster response is primarily the responsibility of the affected state. Disaster affected states may request external assistance, and others may offer it. Neither requesting nor offering states are under strict legal obligation to do so, however, and offering states must respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of affected states – bedrock principles of the international legal order. Nonetheless, a tension arises between respect for state sovereignty – implying the right to refuse international assistance – and the rights of disaster victims to assistance (including under international human rights norms or domestic law) – implying the obligation for states to accept international aid when they are unable to provide protection on their own.
At minimum, under some international agreements states have an obligation to notify other states that may be affected by the cross-border impacts of a disaster – an obligation arising in reaction to the lack of notification of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
With regard to the protection of civilians from atrocity crimes such as genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity, the emerging concept of Responsibility to Protect (R2P) has sought to re-conceptualize sovereignty as not just a privilege of states, but a responsibility. This responsibility, in turn, may entail rights and obligations of international actors when affected states fail to protect. While R2P remains highly contentious, some have sought to apply similar principles to disaster settings.
While no strict obligation to request or accept international disaster assistance exists under international law, soft law has developed in the direction of such an emerging obligation. Under General Assembly Resolution 46/182 (1991), "Each State has the responsibility first and foremost to take care of the victims of natural disasters and other emergencies occurring on its territory." Reaffirming respect for the "sovereignty, territorial integrity and national unity of States," however, the resolution continues: "humanitarian assistance should be provided with the consent of the affected country and in principle on the basis of an appeal by the affected country." The ILC's Draft Articles proposes such an obligation, though again, these articles have yet to be adopted as law:
The affected State has the duty to ensure the protection of persons and provision of disaster relief assistance in its territory, or in territory under its jurisdiction or control. (Article 10(1))
To the extent that a disaster manifestly exceeds its national response capacity, the affected State has the duty to seek assistance from, as appropriate, other States, the United Nations, and other potential assisting actors (Article 11).
Generally, then, states retain the right to decline offers of international assistance; as an accepted principle of customary law, however, states may not "arbitrarily" withhold consent to assistance. This principle is found in various soft law instruments, including the 1998 UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, which concern humanitarian assistance to internally displaced persons: "Consent […] shall not be arbitrarily withheld, particularly when authorities concerned are unable or unwilling to provide the required humanitarian assistance"(Principle 25.2). Under a 2003 resolution of the Institute of International Law, "Affected States are under the obligation not arbitrarily and unjustifiably to reject a bona fide offer exclusively intended to provide humanitarian assistance or to refuse access to the victims." Article 13 of the ILC Draft Articles takes up this requirement as well: "The provision of external assistance requires the consent of the affected State. Consent to external assistance shall not be withheld arbitrarily." In the context of armed conflict, the Security Council has reminded states of their obligations to grant humanitarian access, going so far in the case of Syria as to mandate humanitarian access without the consent of the state.
Overcoming barriers to aid
While the aforementioned developments have sought to clarify some of the big international legal questions regarding foreign disaster assistance, many gaps also remain in terms of the more mundane regulator barriers to aid highlighted at the outset. This is due in large part to the absence of a comprehensive treaty at the international level – a gap the ILC Draft Articles seek to fill – as well as the lack of adequate legal frameworks for disaster risk reduction, response, or recovery at the national level. The result, notes Isabelle Granger of the IFRC, is that "aid is slower, more expensive, less effective, and sometimes counter-productive."
As the cases cited at the outset highlight, routine customs and immigration procedures of an affected state may become a significant barrier to international assistance in the event of disaster. In the absence of a universal IDL treaty covering customs or immigration issues, states continue to enjoy a high degree of discretion regarding the application of national regulations to foreign relief goods, equipment and personnel. This means that they may choose to expedite or waive customs or immigration procedures in the event of a disaster – as is commonly done for business or trade reasons – but they are not necessarily under an obligation to do so. As a result, decisions are often made on an ad hoc basis, making it difficult to plan operations in advance, causing delays or backlogs in the arrival of international relief, and making it more difficult to prevent the arrival inappropriate items, substandard relief, or corrupt practices.
Several international customs agreements have sought to address these challenges through the inclusion of provisions applicable to humanitarian relief, including on the temporary admission of goods and the simplification and harmonization of customs procedures. As with other aspects of disaster law, binding provisions regarding the facilitation international assistance are primarily found at the bilateral and regional level (especially within the European Union), or at the sectoral level. With regard to goods and equipment, various soft law instruments encourage states to facilitate and expedite international relief goods and personnel in the event of disasters, though there remains a significant need to clarify and develop these procedures before disasters strike and aid begins pouring in.
In the case of major natural disasters which overwhelm the capacity of local communities and authorities to respond, international assistance can make a difference between life and death. Foreign and international actors – whether civilian or military – can provide critical relief goods, personnel and equipment to support local efforts, especially in the immediate aftermath of a disaster. Yet as international relief activities become more professional and complex, they continue to face a variety of legal challenges and regulatory barriers to the provision of fast and effective emergency assistance. Moreover, the lack of cohesive IDL drives drives up the cost of humanitarian relief, and there is reason to believe that it may be associated with higher levels of excess morbidity and mortality – though further research would be needed to assess the actual costs of legal gaps or barriers for humanitarian operations and outcomes. In any case, from establishing a common understanding of what constitutes a "disaster" to defining what responsibilities states have to prevent and respond to disasters, to easing regulatory barriers to international assistance, international law has a key role to play in improving assistance and protection for disaster-affected persons around the globe.
In contrast to international humanitarian law (IHL) or international human rights law (IHRL), however, international disaster law (IDL) lacks a foundational treaty establishing binding rights and responsibilities of states in the event of disaster. This has led some to question the existence of IDL as a body of law in the first place, and others to push states to adopt such a treaty in the first place. In the meantime, a web of multilateral, regional and sectoral agreements, augmented by soft law instruments and principles, have sought to fill in some of the legal gaps which frequently arise in disaster response settings. With the frequency and severity of natural disasters – and the size and complexity of the international disaster response community – likely to continue to grow, these efforts at developing international law to ease barriers to effective response are more important than ever.
Senior Legal Research Associate
Julia Brooks is a Senior Legal Research Associate at Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI), where she focuses on international humanitarian law and protection in armed conflict, as well as humanitarian policy and education. For the Advanced Training Program on Humanitarian Action (ATHA), she serves as a researcher and trainer focusing on international humanitarian law and humanitarian protection in armed conflict; managing editor and contributor to the ATHA paper and blog series; and co-host and producer of the Humanitarian Assistance Podcast series. She also teaches and develops curriculum for e-learning tools, online and in-person courses and workshops on international law and humanitarian protection, civil-military relations, and humanitarian response in armed conflict and complex emergencies.
Previously, Julia worked in Berlin, Germany on human rights and transitional justice at the Foundation "Remembrance, Responsibility & Future" (Stiftung EVZ), the German Parliament (Bundestag), and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) as a Senior Fellow with Humanity in Action. She has also worked on post-conflict justice and governance at the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina (OHR) in Sarajevo, Bosnia, and on international war crimes prosecutions the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague, The Netherlands. She holds a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy (MALD) from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, where she received the Alfred P. Rubin Prize and Leo Gross Prize for excellence in international law, and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Public Policy from Brown University, magna cum laude.


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The United Nations was established by charter on Oct. 24, 1945. The primary objective of the charter was the maintenance of international peace and security and the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security was placed on the Security Council.
The United Nations was established by charter on Oct. 24, 1945. The primary objective of the charter was the maintenance of international peace and security and the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security was placed on the Security Council.
Since its creation in 1945, 68 years ago, the Security Council has proven to the whole world to be dysfunctional. We all know that Russia and China have a permanent seat and veto power. The two countries are well known for their human rights violations.
Why they do not stop the uprisings, killings and massacres around the world like the war in Bosnia, Darfur and for the last two years, more than 150,000 were killed in Syria. People are being slaughtered every day and no one is doing anything about it. Shame on the Security Council.
Russia and China should be stripped of their veto powers. They do not qualify to be on the Security Council.
Russia and China human rights situation is characterized as unsatisfactory.
Here are some of the reported human rights violations in Russia:
Widespread and systematic torture of persons in custody of police.Neglect and cruelty in Russian orphanages.Violations of children's rights.Discrimination, racism and murders of members of ethnic minorities.Executions and disappearances of civilians in Chechnya — population 1.3 million.Harassment of Russian opposition political figures.Here are some of the reported human rights violations in China:Crackdowns and detention of human rights defenders, like Xu Zhiyong.Tightened controls of ethnic Tibetan and Uighur populations in some provinces — Uighur population 21.8 million.Freedom of speech, movement and religion of its citizens.Political and legal status of Tibet — population 3 million.Neglect of freedom of press in mainland China.Lack of religious freedom, highlighted by the repression of Christian, Tibetan Buddhist and Falun Gong religious groups.The Security Council should by abolished and replaced by the General Assembly (193 member nations) requiring a passing vote of two-thirds on all issues of troubled spots world wide to stop the killings immediately around the world. What impresses me most about the General Assembly is their gullibility by not taking any stand toward the monopoly of the Security Council by Russia and China. Let us get rid of the veto power and the Security Council all together and put the burden on the193 member nations.
Let us not forget that the primary objective of the United Nations is to solve the problems of the world by maintaining international peace and security. The preamble to the charter of the United Nations regarding settlement of disputes begins with "to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war" instead of scourge of war we have seen mass killings and massacres mainly in Bosnia, Darfur and the African Continent.
We need a United Nations that propel the world forward, not backward.
Joseph J. Jacob is a former controller for Hamilton Digital Controls, Inc., former president of the National Association of Accountants in the Mohawk Valley, former president of Upstate NY Regional Council of NAA and former national director of the NAA.

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Arriva London celebrates at the National Payroll Giving Excellence Awards
Arriva London scooped three awards at the National Payroll Giving Excellence Awards held in November. The awards showcase and reward the best examples of UK employers' commitment to Payroll Giving. This year, Arriva London entered three categories and were delighted to win the coveted Gold Award in two, and be Highly Commended in a third.
The two Golds came in the categories 'The Most Innovative Campaign - Large Employer' and 'The Most Successful Sustained Scheme – Large Employer'; the Highly Commended was awarded in the 'Best Promotional Partnership – Large Employer' category.
To collect the awards on behalf of the company were Nik Partou, our Communication Support Manager, and two of our Payroll Givers, driver Stephanie and driving instructor Neil.
Our campaign theme 'It's easy to give with Payroll Giving, your colleagues do it every day' has been promoted through weekly road shows at each of the company's London garages, together with a poster and video campaign telling givers' stories and responses from the charities that are the recipients.
All participants in the scheme enter a company quarterly draw which gives four winners each a cheque from Arriva London for £250 for their chosen charity, and all givers are also entered into a ballot giving them the chance to be one of the participants in Arriva London's Lord Mayor's Show entry.
In the last two years, we are also very proud to have been awarded the Charity Aids Foundation's Platinum Award for having over twenty percent of our staff contributing to charities through Payroll Giving.
At this year's awards, it was announced that in this, the 30th year of Payroll Giving, there will be a new 'Diamond' Award for companies who achieve thirty percent of their staff involved with giving in this manner. Our Commercial Director, Peter Batty, said:
"This will be our new goal moving forward. We are delighted to have won these awards and are continuing to develop the campaign. Achieving these top awards for Most Innovative Campaign and Most Successful Sustained Scheme is something we are very proud of, and provides a platform for us to encourage more of our staff to start giving through the Payroll Giving system, providing sustainable income for hundreds of charities in the future."
If you would like to become part of the Arriva London team and subsequently join the Payroll Giving charitable team, then please click here.
Published : Thu 6th Apr. 2017 - Thu 11th May. 2017
Vintage bus parade at Victoria Bus Station to mark the 70th anniversary of the first post-war RT bus features an Arriva route
To mark the 70th anniversary of the first post-war RT bus, there was a parade of vintage buses at Victoria Bus Station on Wednesday morning.
Arriva London's Enfield garage welcomes Leon Daniels, Managing Director, Surface Transport
The visit had been organised following Leon meeting Enfield bus driver Malkiat Birdi, whilst he was attending the TfL initiative for drivers called Hello London.
Arriva London fully supports the new Tube-style colour approach to simplify the London bus network
Making the capital's buses as simple to use as the London Underground is a new initiative being trialled on seven London bus routes, including Arriva London routes 150 and 128.
Ash Grove garage holds community open day
In association with TfL and HCT Transport, we opened our doors to welcome the public, giving them the opportunity to explore the garage, meet our operations teams, ride on a bus through the bus wash, tour our operations control centres and see & ride on some historic preserved buses.
Arriva London begin operating route 19 from Finsbury Park to Battersea
Our recent route gains in North London include route 19, from Finsbury Park to Battersea Bridge (South Side), which has meant implementing an extensive mobilisation programme to maintain our high standards.
Learning is a key feature at Arriva London, for better bus services and customer satisfaction
One of the most important elements in Arriva London's development is the training and education it offers its staff, from engineering apprentices to graduate trainees, everyone in the business is offered the opportunity to develop and flourish.
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Your experiment would subject others to your interest. Do they want that? I believe your interest is really in the lowest minority. - Olneya
Here's one of my interests...
I think it's a pretty decent amount of diversity. And yes, clearly I want to subject others to this interest of mine. Why? Because I'm as certain as I'll ever be that the world would be a better place if more people shared this interest.
This one branch on my tree has more diversity than other branches on my tree. It stands to reason that some spaces have more diversity than other spaces. The Huntington desert gardens have far more diversity than any space of equal size in the surrounding foothills.
Regarding your cautionary tales...my argument is for increasing diversity...not decreasing it. Therefore, if a plant decreases diversity...then telling me it shouldn't be introduced is preaching to the choir.
Obviously I'm not a fan of monoculture. Variety is the definitely the spice of life. Which is exactly why...all things being equal...I would choose to explore the spiny forests of Madagascar rather than explore the surrounding foothills. Again, clearly these two spaces are not equally diverse.
What's neat about desert plants and epiphytes is that they've adapted to growing in areas that are too inhospitable for most other plants. Of course there's still competition for resources.
A while back I sowed some seeds of Echeveria rosea in several moss baskets. The seedlings are all competing with each other...and a few of the seedlings are clearly winning. The seedlings are all unique individuals. Each one has an entirely different combination of traits/inputs. It's a given that some combinations are going to be better than others. Some individuals are going to be better adapted to their conditions. But they are all individuals. They aren't working together...they are all competing...it's survival of the fittest.
Why should I bother propagating Echeveria rosea? Why should I make the effort to make it more abundant? Why do I think there should be more...rather than less...of this plant? Because I value it. Because it's an epiphyte...because it's one of the few Echeverias that can grow outside year around in milder parts of the UK. Because it has nice flowers. Because somebody hasn't already made it abundant enough here in California.
Have you ever seen it in Northern California? If it can grow in milder parts of the UK...then I'm sure it would have no problem growing in NorCal. Perhaps you wouldn't mind growing it...but you clearly wouldn't want it escaping up there.
Don't look now...but Platyceriums are escaping in Columbia...
Here's a perpetrator growing on an organ pipe cactus.
They aren't the first ones to escape to the Americas though. Platycerium andinum infiltrated the Americas a while ago. How long ago? Long enough ago that we consider it a native. Same thing with Rhipsalis baccifera in Africa.
And here we see Tillandsia usneoides infiltrating Australia.
So now we have Platyceriums from Asia and Africa starting to grow in the Americas and a Tillandsia from the Americas starting to grow in Asia. It's plant globalization.
With market globalization...how often does a foreign product infiltrate America without destroying a local product? Chinese food certainly didn't destroy American food...but the two products definitely compete for some of the same limited resources.
Would we be better off if we simply closed our borders to all foreign products? Shall we pretend that we have absolutely nothing to gain from foreign innovation? Shall the Chinese pretend that they have absolutely nothing to gain from foreign innovations? That's what Mao did. It didn't work so well. In 1978 Deng Xiaoping opened China up...and the results have been remarkable.
Here in the Americas...Platycerium bifurcatum is a foreign product. Any product is simply a unique combination of inputs. In certain conditions...Platycerium bifurcatum's combination of inputs allows it to grow on organ pipe cactus. For the most part...there's not too much competition for space on a cactus. It's not exactly prime real estate.
The California desert and scrub isn't exactly prime real estate either. But I'm certain that our native habitat could gain from foreign innovations. Would any foreign product be a sure investment? Of course not. Every investment is always a risk. Every possible allocation of resources could be a mistake. Nobody has a crystal ball.
But because nobody has a crystal ball...it's essential that we hedge our bets by diversifying. Right now the human species are all in one basket (Earth). If we want to ensure our survival...it would behoove us to colonize other planets sooner rather than later. If we want to ensure the survival of the maximum amount of plants...it would behoove us to spread them to as many baskets as possible.
Don't keep all your eggs in one basket. Introduce California natives to other winter rain areas...Chile, western South Africa, the Mediterranean and western Australia...and introduce their natives to our wilderness. There will be competition, diversification, differentiation...
Each new introduction will provide a new opportunity...it can provide a new type of shelter for some...a new food source for others. But most/many of these new opportunities won't be seized over night. It can take a long time before a product is created that fills a specific niche.
I grow quite a few Tillandsias...and some of them volunteer here and there. Each generation of volunteers will be somewhat better adapted to our winter rain climate. A Tillandsia that has a longer growing season will have an advantage over those that have a shorter growing season. Longer growers will reach maturity faster and their progeny will quickly outnumber the shorter growers. I'll share my Tillandsia abundance with my friends...and they'll share their abundance with their friends...and so on. It's a numbers game...the more numbers...the less time it will take before a Tillandsia is created that can escape and survive with only winter rain. Then it will be able to take advantage of so many bare tree branches. A product will finally have been created for a specific microhabitat. It's likely that this Tillandsia will be pollinated by hummingbirds...so more nectar opportunities for hummingbirds...and more shelter opportunities for invertebrates. More complexity, species richness and numbers...value and interest.
The standard is "man man zou". That's Chinese for "walk slow". When I first moved into my house...my plant friends would quickly walk past my Cedar tree. As I started attaching more and more plants to the tree...it took them longer and longer to walk past it. The other day a lady actually got choked up when she saw all the orchids blooming on my tree.
This poem comes to mind...
January by H.R. Hays
The air is Sucked clear of dross.
Space is enlarged.
A hundred miles away
Birds are whistling
And I know
That time is pale blue.
If I throw a stone
It will disappear,
Snatched by a yellow hand
With burnished nails.
Sunlight and stillness,
Creeping along the branches,
Nest in the pine needles.
Ponds stare at the sky
Through opaque,
glittering spectacles
And do not reflect
The skeletons of angels,
Picnicing in Refracted light.
The cold has
Bathed my eyeballs with tears
As I stare into the crevices
Of an ancient Paradise.
Breathe in,
Breathe out.
It's not difficult for some to worship the beauty that can be found in the surrounding hills. But that's not the standard. Hiking in nature here in California should be extremely slow going for most. Every step should yield an abundance of wonder, awe and worship. Few should be able to escape its grasp. And removing plants from nature wouldn't be a crime...because there would be an abundance of anything that was demanded.
If we now turn to consider the immediate self-interest of the consumer, we shall find that it is in perfect harmony with the general interest, i.e., with what the well-being of mankind requires. When the buyer goes to the market, he wants to find it abundantly supplied. He wants the seasons to be propitious for all the crops; more and more wonderful inventions to bring a greater number of products and satisfactions within his reach; time and labor to be saved; distances to be wiped out; the spirit of peace and justice to permit lessening the burden of taxes; and tariff walls of every sort to fall. In all these respects, the immediate self-interest of the consumer follows a line parallel to that of the public interest. He may extend his secret wishes to fantastic or absurd lengths; yet they will not cease to be in conformity with the interests of his fellow man. He may wish that food and shelter, roof and hearth, education and morality, security and peace, strength and health, all be his without effort, without toil, and without limit, like the dust of the roads, the water of the stream, the air that surrounds us, and the sunlight that bathes us; and yet the realization of these wishes would in no way conflict with the good of society. - Frédéric Bastiat, Abundance and Scarcity
My friend Elmer has some of the coolest weeds. The future can be like that as well. But it's only possible if we facilitate the free flow of resources.


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Instructor Manual
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Methods of Assessment Manual
Material Safety Data Sheet
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Sodium Bicarbonate
Copper Sulfate
Ethanol (Ethyl Alcohol)
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Nearly half a million people crowding the nation's regional jails — two thirds of the jail population — are awaiting trial. Many of them are poor people of color incarcerated on non-violent, non-felony charges for an average of two weeks because they can't afford the price of freedom: the going bail rate for their alleged crime.
For some, the time in lock-up means lost jobs and homes. Their children may have to move in with a non-parent, or their medical care may be interrupted. All this, despite a presumption of innocence.
If that doesn't move you, consider this: It costs the country's taxpayers $9 billion to detain defendants before trial — all defendants, from the accused murderers to the drug users. Advocates say as many as a quarter of the latter variety could be set free before their court dates, which often result in sentences of probation, without posing a public risk, relieving cramped quarters and potentially saving billions.


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Weekend Diaries III
February 26, 2012
It's raining a lot right now. I've been trying to get inspired in many ways these days, but nothing seems to work. I've been drawing, painting, reading and listening to new music and stuff like that. This week I'll be working with a photographer called Pierina Diez in a new project which I think you'll love! Pierina is currently a graphic design student and she takes really nice pictures, you can check her blog here. I took these pictures around 2 weeks ago and that's the only thing I have to share, so please, excuse me for being so boring and for my lack of updates to this blog.
Inspired IV
February 11, 2012
This week has been really stressful; lately I'm so busy with school stuff, I barely have time to sleep. Well; the thing is, today my friend Sarah told me about a girl called Lianne La Havas. She's a 22 year old singer and songwriter from London. Her music is really beautiful, it made me feel so warm and peaceful, she's got an amazing voice and she plays guitar so nicely! I'm glad Sarah introduced me to her music, because that girl is just beyond. Here's a video from La Blogotheque:
Lonely girl
February 05, 2012
Test shoot with my cousin Laura today. It made me realise I need new models, new places and new lenses! I have a huge wishlist right now, haha. We walked so much and ate apple popsicles, we had a nice time together.
Inspired III
February 03, 2012
Hey! It's been a lot since my last 'inspiration' post; so here's only a little bit of
what's inspiring me at the moment, I promise to update this section for next week!
1. Backstage at Jil Sander menswear F/W 2012-13
2. Face at Skogafoss (Iceland) by Reinhard Pantke


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The first good news of 2005 happened when I offered to volunteer with the theatre school where I have performed since I was 8 years old, Tir na nOg. Jack and Julie, the principals of TNN agreed to assist me with my audition pieces, and even better, they offered to take me on as their first intern in the school. They warned me of long hours, and cautioned that they and the students would be counting on my reliable attendance and participation. I am not sure that I can say that I enjoyed the hours sorting dusty old costumes, but I loved working with the young actors and serving as stage manager on several of the productions for the spring festival. Since kids get sick, it also meant that I'd sometimes have almost no time to learn a part to fill in for a performance.
Bowen Island is lucky to have Tir na nOg, and Jack and Julie are two caring and dedicated people. There is now a generation of young islanders who are fearless about performing and love to work with playwrights like Fry, Stoppard and Shakespeare. I have had so many wonderful experiences with them!


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jPodder is packed with cool features. It was among the first programs
to be created for podcasting and has been innovating evers ince. jPodder is built with java technology. Java does not always have a good reputation when it comes down to desktop applications. It is however proven that cool Java applications are possible and this is what we have accomplished to a great extend. Here is an overview of the most important features.
- Multi Platform program (Java based).
- System tray (Minimize jPodder)to download in background).
- UI Menu and popup menu's.
- Multi-Language
RSS Feed management
- Add, Remove & Edit feeds.
- Sort feeds by name
- Move feeds up/down
- View detailed Feed information.
- Extended Feed information stored in easy XML format.
- Extensive status bar.
- Drag & Drop Podcasts link
- Import & export feed list in OPML format
- Synchronise Feed list with online synchronisation (OPML)
- File association for One-Click subscription
- Build-in browser with popular directories
- Add feeds from transitr directory
RSS Feed reader
- Read feed items.
- Support for iTunes tags (Categories, Image, etc..)
Enclosure previewing
- Preview enclosures incl. name, date, size..
- Show enclosure status(Downloaded, In player..)
- Show previous downloads from this feed.
- Highlights partial downloads.
- Highlights previous downloads.
- Scheduled downloads
- Multiple simultaneous
- Single enclosure download
- Smart-Download, Downloads latest only.
- Maximum downloads, Limiter to the number of downloads
- Resume partial downloads
- Automatic and Manual download retry
- Feed Authentication
- Proxy Server support (Including authentication)
Media Player Interface
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I've been wanting to launch a series on "Ethicureanish" music, and a friend in England has just turned me on to a great band with which to start. Carbon/Silicon is the project of Mick Jones (formerly of The Clash and Big Audio Dynamite) and Tony James (Generation X and Sigue Sigue Sputnik). They make politically astute, current-sounding punkish rock, much of which is free to download from their website.
Having just come home from the farmers market this morning, I was hooked on their energetic song "The News" with the very first lines: "People started caring about what they eat/People started smiling at everyone they meet."
Given all the horrible news right now — flooding in the Midwest, food riots, etc — I defy anyone to not be cheered up by it. Alas it's no longer posted on their site for download, but you can watch the (jerky) video for it on there, or hear the whole thing streamed for free at LastFM. The album it's on, 2007′s "The Last Post," is available on iTunes. I also recommend "Soylent Green," which you can listen to on their MySpace page, and "Buckethead," their 8-minute, slightly pedantic screed about carbon vs. silicon, or "meatspace" versus "internet" (and disengagement).
And while I'm at it, I've always thought the Shins' "Sleeping Lessons" would make a great SOLE food anthem: You're not obliged to swallow anything that you despise." (Official video on YouTube)
Got any songs you want to recommend about chewing the right thing? Even tangential ones are fine. :-)
"The News" was played on one of my local radio stations twice while I was working on a cheesecake tonight, and both times it got me dancing around my kitchen. A very fun song.
I could get hooked on this song to. "And the weathers good."
I nominate "Canned Goods" written by Greg Brown as the all time best food song. The cover by the Fyder and Everhart is best. Their Northern Min. accent gives it a earthy homemade flavor. I don't fully understand it, but hearing the song always chokes me up. Here is a taste of the lyrics:
Chorus: "There's peaches on the shelf, potatoes in the bin. Supper's ready, everybody come on in. Taste a little of the summer. Taste a little of the summer. Taste a little of the summer. Grandma put it all in jars."
And a few lines from the verses:
"Well, maybe you are weary and you don't give a damn. I bet you never tasted her blackberry jam."
"Cause the canned goods that I buy at the store ain't got the summer in 'em anymore. You bet, Grandma, as sure as you're born, I'll take some more potatoes and a thunderstorm."
the link to the chicken song is broken, and i can't find it by googling, but i'd love to hear the song! Â i've just started raising chickens!
Great vegan hip hop song by the Dead Prez – here's a taste :
Lentil soup is mental fruit
and ginger root is good for the youths
Fresh veg-e-table with the mayatl stew
sweet yam fries with the green calalloo
careful how you season and prepare your foods
cause you don't wanna lose vitamins and miner-als
and that's the jewel
life brings life, it's valuable, so I eat what comes
from the ground, it's natural
let your food be your medicine (uh huh)
no Excederin (uh uh)
They say you are what you eat, so I strive to be healthy
my goal in life is not to be rich or wealthy
cause true wealth comes from good health, and wise ways
we got to start taking better care of ourselves
niggaz been livin fat for too long, knowamsayin?
Smokin bogeys, fu**in drinkin all types of shit
wailin out, not givin a f**k what they puttin in they
bodies, son, knowamsayin?
Bout time niggaz start thinkin about that shit, son, knowamsayin?
That shit is fu**in, makin us deteriorate, son
word up, we gotta care bout our little babies an shit, son
niggaz got kids to raise, straight up
ya gotta start learnin yo self, learning bout ya health, son
learnin this world we live in, kid, knowamsayin?
It's time to start changin all that shit god, word up


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A curious thing: I was on NPR's Weekend Edition this morning, interviewed by Linda Wertheimer. Wow. How about them apples?
And while I'm at it, another curious thing—with all the focus on Jane Austen lately (new movies, new Austen-inspired books, general Austen love fest), there's emerged much speculation on her looks. I've read more than one snarky journalist bemoan the fact that Austen wasn't a looker. They say such things as, "Isn't it a shame that the writer of Pride and Prejudice herself wasn't attractive enough to bag a husband? Her fans mourn the fact that she didn't look like her movie-version heroines."
Um, you couldn't be more wrong, daddy-o. And it may not only be for the reason that you guess. Sure, we might take the high road here and argue it's not a person's outer appearance but inner…so on, so forth…and that's why we don't care whether or not Austen was pretty. Certainly that's true, but there's so much more. We don't need Jane Austen to be the ideal of feminine beauty because she's not our romantic interest—instead, and far more importantly, she's the ideal of our best friend.
Who else in all of history would we rather sit beside at a boring meeting than the woman who once said, "I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal." Who else would we rather sent us a letter from home than she who wrote to her sister, "You express so little anxiety about my being murdered under Ash Park Copse by Mrs. Hulbert's servant, that I have a great mind not to tell you whether I was or not." We love her because we love her thoughts, her words, her delicious way of looking askance at the world. Whenever we're in the midst of reading Austen, we walk around with a touch of her sensibility, as if her witty, sardonic voice were a ghost over our shoulder, and our thoughts began to see the world as she might. It's delightful and often vital to keep her voice with us, especially at those moments when we're in danger of taking it all too seriously. Having romance issues? Too often subjected to the pompous and the snide? You, my friend, need a little dose of Jane.
So who among us would actually wish that Jane Austen looked like Keira Knightly? The Pride and Prejudice star may be nice to watch on the big screen, but can you imagine vegging out with that skinny beauty? Her fitness routine includes eating no carbs after four p.m. I mean, really. Of course we don't need Austen to be breathlessly beautiful because, let's face it, we're not. Thank goodness. Those kinds of women are beyond irritating—the kind who only want to hang out when they're temporarily boyfriend-less, the kind who go with you to a party but leave you to drive home alone.
No, we're not that woman, so we don't want Jane Austen to be either. But some folk just don't get it. Case in point: The only known portrait of Austen is a sketch done by her sister Cassandra, a likeness that some have described as "dreary." For a new edition of Austen's works, publishers have prettified the sketch, dolling her up to supposedly increase her appeal.
Well, excuse us, but we LOVE the portrait as is. Austen has her arms folded, looking to one side, as if saying, "Come on, Cassandra, I want to get back to my writing. Mary Musgrove is just about to say something horrifying." She's got lines under her eyes, making her look a bit tired but also intensely human. She's no slouch—she's curled her hair, made herself nice. She doesn't have the glazed, sterile expression of one trying to look her best, she's not airbrushed and falsely perfected. Cassandra has caught Jane in a tangible attitude. She's the woman we love caught at an off moment, but nothing a girl's night out and a chocolate mint milkshake won't cure.
All this speculation and lamenting Austen's looks is pointless. We her loyal readers don't wonder whether or not Austen was beautiful—we already know. She wasn't a starlet and she wasn't a hag. She was a woman, just like us, sorta pretty and sorta plain, who sometimes caught an admiring eye but often didn't, who mostly spent the party at the side of the room, observing, exchanging witty remarks, and laughing herself sick with a best friend. Us. Whenever we're reading her books, we shamelessly claim Jane Austen as our best friend. And if she were ever to ask us, "How do I look?" We'd say without hesitation, "Jane honey, you look divine."


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The ball atop the tree is deadly if not handled properly! Commonly known as अरिंगाल (Aringal).....hornets(or yellow jackets?) are known for their notorious sting and delicious larva....YUMMY!!!!!!! The local hunters burn down the nest with a flame attached to a long pole and after the ferocious adults are burned, the combs are torn open and the larva taken out. Before pulling out the white larva, it is made sure that all the mature ones are dead by dipping the nest in a bucket of boiling water. The larva can be eaten raw !!!! When cooked, it has the taste that makes you forget the distaste you had before trying. Highly nutritious with protein, local people believe that the larva is an aphrodisiac and works better than Viagra !!!
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Beautiful Stay At Oheka Castle
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A memorable and amazing stay at Oheka Castle in Long Island where old time charm meets new world beauty and accommodations.
Thank you very much Oheka Castle for the accommodations, as always all opinions are my own, and I am sharing this because I truly enjoyed my experience at Oheka Castle.
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Oheka Castle is one of the most mesmerizing and charming places I have visited in the US. I can't believe it took me a decade to get to it. See, I moved to NYC 10 years ago, and this gem is about two hours from my house. Oheka Castle is a member of Historic Hotels of America® and is located on the highest point in Long Island, New York. The castle's architectural design is breathtaking, you will feel like you are a part of a royal affair.
Oheka Castle
This is the place where old meets new in the most fabulous and fascinating way. Also, it feels ethereal to walk thru this Gold Coast Mansion and think about all the history that those walls preserve. Oheka Castle offers the most contemporary and lavish accommodations you can wish for. In addition, the onsite restaurant serves very delicious food. The libraries are so perfect, that they look like something you would only see in movies.
We have visited this beautiful hotel at the end of February and were blessed with gorgeous weather. I can't wait to come back during the summer to see the green gardens. The castle has some gorgeous gardens and fountains that can be enjoyed by the guests. Walking thru the silent gardens, made me feel so at peace, far away from the craziness of the city. Our favorite moment was when we woke up on Sunday early morning and the castle and gardens were covered in a layer of fog. Enjoying our tea outside in the gardens that morning was a very beautiful and peaceful experience.
Oheka Castle is family owned and operated, and the owners are the sweetest people you will ever meet. It was such a pleasure to be their guest and to be able to enjoy their home. Our son loved the place so much, that he didn't want to leave, he said he wants to stay more at Cinderella's house.
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After our Christmas festivities, we spent the night with the grandparents in NJ. The Divine Miss Em had a fabulous time and enjoyed her first sleigh ride, played with her uncle Marc's blocks from when he was her age, opened Hanukkah gifts and as you can see created a makeshift stage where she sang with her new CD player. Quite the performer!
Friday, December 26, 2008
Thursday, December 25, 2008
From our hearts and home to yours, HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Christmas 2008
Emme and I had a great time with Ra-Ra and his family. She was quite the energetic lady keeping up with the big boys. She played basketball at the annual 3 point contest, tried her hand (and feet) at ping-pong and had many a cookie to keep her energy flowing. Being Jewish had no bearing on the day of fun and family. We were welcomed wholeheartedly and Emme and I were asked to light a candle for peace which we were honored to do.
Toddler Toes and Precious Piggies
I am spearheading a project for my daughter's orphanage in China. While I did not have the opportunity to go there since at the time she was residing on the other end of China, I have seen numerous photos and listened to accounts from other parents as to the condition of this SWI. While the children are reasonably cared for they severely lack the most basic needs such as heat, winter clothes, toys and most of all shoes. Since the babies and toddlers spend so much time in walkers they need proper covering for their precious feet not only to keep them warm but also to keep them protected from the oldness of the buildings and allow them to safely walk about. So.....I have contacted a few companies to donate shoes or soled slippers for this purpose but am also reaching out to YOU, my friends, readers and family. Please consider making a contribution to this project to help orphans in China be able to walk safely and prevent any illness, injury or disability to their precious piggies. If you require a tax receipt one will be arranged through a registered charitable organization that does work in China. You can use the chip-in on this page and I assure you that all funds will go directly toward this project with zero overhead. In addition to 40 new winter hats/mittens I am packing to go this week, I will personally pay for the postage to get these items to China as quickly as possible. Of course if it more cost effective, I will wire money to my in-country person and the shoes can be purchased there to maximize every dollar raised. While this project will extend the next few weeks I will be sending product as frequently as donations come in to ensure we get these baby's feet covered for winter. Feel free to email me with any questions. ****** UPDATE Another parent from the same orphanage has also been working on a shoe project so additional monies raised will go toward winter items such as blankets, clothing and other identified needs.
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Cookie Party
Emme and I along with friends had a holiday cookie party. The kids had a great time and we all enjoyed lunch, sugar highs and toddler dance antics. The gingerbread cookies are particularly delicious and I am partial to Emme's creation of a g-bread man with a belly button. Enjoy!
Festival of Lights 2008
Emme spent the first night of Hanukkah with grandma, nana and Twinkie (her stuffed dog). She had fun lighting the candles, opening first gifts and eating MANY potato latkas.
Monday, December 15, 2008
Thursday afternoon Emme, MP (aka Ra-Ra) and I packed up the car and headed to Lake George for a little getaway weekend. We rented a condo with all amenities and as you can see the views from our decks were beautiful. We planned to relax, go snow tubing and head to Ben & Jerry in Vermont while there. Needless to say we got stuck in the Albany ice/snow storm en route but managed to arrive safely albeit with no food. We were able to find a place to deliver pizza (YUCK) and had fun watching cartoons and taking baths. While we were essentially snowed in the next day we managed to go to the grocery store a mile away. When Emme woke up she wanted to open the door to the condo and I told her it was snow. She yelled SNOW MOMMY and this quickly proved to be her favorite new thing. She bundled up, went out and helped clean off the car and threw a few snowballs while yelling SNOW!!!!! We swam and Emme and I cooked dinner and then baked brownies for our party of three. Friday night we settled in to watch Cars and Emme couldn't keep her eyes open any longer. She told us she wanted to go "night-night" and promptly shouted "WAIT" as she turned off the TV and DVD player. In toddler translation that means wait until tomorrow when I too can watch the rest of the movie. We didn't tell her we watched it without her but happily obliged the next day when she woke and asked to watch the rest of the movie. Sadly we never made it to Vermont as we drove 1/2 way there and but once we hit the Vermont highways, the roads were a huge disappointment and not safe for traveling back in the evening. Instead we headed back, went to the Sagamore for lunch and then stopped at a few outlets. While driving we saw a billboard with a child's photo that resembled Emme so we took a picture. Despite my horrid cold, the four degree temps and lack of mega toddler activity, we managed to have a really good time.


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Tottenham's bid to take over at the top of the Premier League was thwarted by West Ham.
Michail Antonio's first-half goal condemned Mauricio Pochettino's in-form side to a 1-0 defeat, their first away from home since the opening day.
Spurs knew victory would take them above Leicester to the summit for the first time this season, as well as send out a huge statement in the race for the title.
Instead they ran into a West Ham side determined not to give their fierce rivals a reason to celebrate in the final London derby under the lights at Upton Park.
The Hammers head to the Olympic Stadium next season but they will miss nights like this with their famous old ground rocking as they ended Tottenham's run of six straight wins.
Antonio will certainly miss the place – all six of his goals for West Ham this season have come at home.
The latest arrived in the seventh minute, when Dimitri Payet swung in a corner and Antonio met it with a powerful near-post header which Hugo Lloris got a hand to but could not keep out.
Tottenham, having become the masters at coming from behind this season, had plenty of time to respond – but this time they could not find a way back.
They were almost two behind after a quarter of an hour but Lloris dived at full stretch to tip away a fierce drive from Mark Noble.
Antonio was denied a second by a last-ditch block from Kevin Wimmer, before James Collins headed another Payet corner narrowly over.
Payet was running through his full repertoire down the Tottenham right and one slide-rule pass – while looking in the opposite direction – almost sent Emmanuel Emenike clean through.
Antonio had the ball in the net again shortly before half-time but there was an offside flag against Emenike.
Spurs, who did not muster a shot on target in the first half, improved after the break but Ben Davies fired wide from the edge of the box and Eric Lamela was off target from Nacer Chadli's cross wide.
They finally tested Hammers goalkeeper Adrian on the hour mark, the Spaniard making a fine save to keep out Toby Alderweireld's shot with Harry Kane unable to convert the rebound.
Kane knew it was not going to be his night when he stretched to reach Christian Eriksen's low cross at the far post only to slice his effort wide.
Instead it was West Ham celebrating a victory which not only dented Spurs' title hopes, but also kept them in the race for an unlikely Champions League spot in this unlikeliest of seasons.


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VERGENNES — Residents in each of the five communities that make up Addison Northwest Supervisory Union on Tuesday approved by wide margins the plan to unify the district under the governance of one board, effective July 1, 2017.
As of that date, ANwSU will become the Addison Northwest Unified District (ANwUD) and a 12-member board will operate it, with four members each from Vergennes and Ferrisburgh, two from Addison, and one each from Panton and Waltham.
That board will operate the four district schools under one budget.
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HARTFORD, Conn. — After winning the NESCAC playoff championship by knocking off the top two seeds this past weekend, the 17-10 Middlebury College men's basketball team is back in the NCAA Division III basketball tournament this weekend.
MIDDLEBURY — The 18-4-3 Middlebury College women's hockey team this weekend will be hosting the NESCAC final four, with the league's automatic NCAA Division III berth at stake as well as the NESCAC playoff championship.
The top-seeded Panthers will meet No. 5 Trinity (15-8-2) at 1 p.m. on Saturday, while No. 2 Amherst (21-1-3) will face third-seeded Connecticut College (15-7-3) at 4 p.m. The winners will meet on Sunday at 2 p.m. Amherst has one league loss, giving the Panthers, unbeaten in NESCAC, the top seed.
A few items, from local to international, have recently caught my attention.
Nationally, NFL quarterbacks have been in the news.
Peyton Manning got a pass from the media after walking off the field following a Super Bowl loss to the Saints and not shaking any hands, including that of winning QB Drew Brees.
He's a competitor, said the talking heads.
MIDDLEBURY — The second-seeded Middlebury Union High School girls' hockey team had little trouble in this past Wednesday's Division I quarterfinal, blanking visiting No. 7 South Burlington, 7-0.
The harder part begins this Wednesday, when the 16-3-2 Tigers (9-3-1 in D-I play), will host No. 3 BFA-St. Albans in a semifinal at Memorial Sports Center. (Tickets will be $8 for adults and $5 for students and seniors.)
MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury College women's hockey finds itself in familiar territory, thanks to its 4-3 victory over Colby in Saturday's home NESCAC quarterfinal.
For the fifth time in six years, this weekend the 18-4-3 Panthers are hosting the NESCAC final four, with the league's automatic NCAA Division III berth at stake.
MIDDLEBURY — The third-seeded Middlebury Union High School boys' hockey team got the game-winning goal from sophomore Tyler Giorgio 1:18 into double overtime on this past Wednesday night to turn back visiting No. 6 Hartford, 3-2, in a Division II quarterfinal.
CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATION: Articles in the Feb. 25 edition about voting times in Waltham and Vergennes contained mistakes. Waltham residents may cast ballots at Waltham Town Hall beginning at 7 a.m., a one-year change from Waltham's usual later start time mandated by state law to accommodate Addison Northwest Supervisory Union unification voting.
VERGENNES — For the fourth time since 2005, on March 1 residents of the five communities that make up Addison Northwest Supervisory Union will decide if one board, not the current five, should run their four schools.
A yes vote on Tuesday in all five towns would create the Addison Northwest Unified School District and a 12-member board to operate it, effective July 1, 2017, after a year of planning during which the existing ANwSU boards would still call the shots.
Australian ballot voting will take place in each of the five towns.
ADDISON COUNTY — When Vermont residents cast their ballots on local school budgets on most Town Meeting Days, they have a pretty good idea of how that spending will affect their property tax bills.
That has been the case even though lawmakers in Montpelier sometimes have had to tweak funding formulas in April and May once they know how much statewide school spending residents have approved.
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Research of the Institute
Condensed Matter Dynamics
Prof. Dr. Andrea Cavalleri
Atomically Resolved Dynamics
Prof. Dr. R. J. Dwayne Miller
Prof. Dr. Angel Rubio
Max Planck Research Groups:
Otto-Hahn-Group: Ultrafast Electron Dynamics
Dr. Isabella Gierz
Quantum Optics with X-Rays
Dr. Nina Rohringer
Structure and Dynamics of Cold and Controlled Molecules
PD Dr. Melanie Schnell
Scientific Service Units (SSU):
SSU Machine Physics
Dr. Friedjof Tellkamp
SSU Ultrafast Electronics
PD Dr. Guido Meier
Several research groups are as guests in the MPSD. They are established at the Universität Hamburg and at various Max Planck Institutes.
Max Planck Research Groups at the Universität Hamburg:
Ultrafast Molecular Dynamics
Prof. Dr. Nils Huse
Universität Hamburg
Theory of Correlated Systems out of Equilibrium
Prof. Dr. Martin Eckstein (UHH)
Universität Hamburg
Associated Max Planck Research Groups:
Dynamics of Nanoelectronic Systems
Dr. Sebastian Loth
Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart
Former Research Groups:
Theory of Complex Materials (2014–2015)
Dr. Alaska Subedi


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This has been easily the hardest month of my life. There have been so many ups and downs, I barely know where to begin.
Just kidding, I do.
I climbed a mountain- a WHOLE mountain. Mount Monandnock. All by myself.
If you don't believe me, there are pictures. Just scroll a ways down and you'll see that I'm in quite a few of them, wearing a green shirt and white fleece.
Everybody asks me why I don't have that much of an accent. I tell them because New Orleans is not like the rest of the south. They don't believe me, I don't think. Oh well.
I guess I's just ignant. Glad thar's a KKK meetin night in the woods, so's I can cry to my feller klanswomen...
Speaking of sterotypes....
A lot of Yankee stereotypes aren't true. Here are two that are:
1) Their food is bland. Only occasionally are things seasoned. The Walmart only sold mild and medium salsa, NO hot.
2) Yankees, specially New Englanders, love apples. Ok, so maybe that wasn't a stereotype before, but it is now. They know all the names of different apples, they like to pick them. Our cafeteria always has bananas, oranges, and THREE different types of apples. I've seen people playing an apple card game here. I need to buy cheap plates for my room, and the cheapest ones I could find have ONLY apples painted on them. Not all kinds of fruits, just apples. Like, that's what I REALLY want, when I finish a big bowl of spaghetti-- to see great big apples painted on my plate. I've even had APPLE PIE SHOTS! Those things are unbelievably awesome, big thumbs up for them. Finally the phrase "American as Apple Pie" makes sense to me, although I prefer Nick's proposal: "American as Red Beans and Rice."
Let's discuss FPC/New Hampshire drinking laws next (with good old Loyola/New Orleans life examples beside them):
Kegs are prohibited on campus. (Kegs are provided through the student activities fees for senior barbecues ON THE RES QUAD at Loyola).
Beer and wine are the only alcohol that can be purchased at grocery stores. Hard booze can only be purchased during the very specific hours during which the STATE RUN liquor store is open.
(Hey, it's 2 in the morning, I feel like making margaritas. Let's run down to walmart and get a handle of Tequila!)
Drinking games are illegal. (Enough said.)
It's illegal to have open containers outside. (In New Orleans the bars give "go cups" so you won't take your glass outside and break it on the street.)
YOU, if intoxicated, are considered an open container! If you've been drinking, it's ILLEGAL to go outside, just walk on the street with no booze in hand!!! (THIS RULE WOULD OUTLAW LIFE IN NEW ORLEANS! Mardi Gras day means over 1,000,000 New Hampshirian criminals reveling in open air!)
So yeah, there's been a little bit of culture shock, especially when a huge party busted out singing Neil Diamonds "Sweet Caroline" last week! WHERE AM I?
Seriously, I love all you FPC people, you rock my world. Specially down in those lakeviews, with your ardent yet illegal beer pong and kings.
Even though the parties supposedly have to end at 2, we have lots of fun running from the cute little campus safety and the omnipresent Rindge PD. Good times!
I'll update more now that the greatest part of the trauma seems to be over.
Just bear with me!


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World news story
Economic report: international endorsement of Peru's economic success
The 2008 Nobel Prize in Economics Paul Krugman, famous economist Nouriel Roubini, and The Economist compliment Peru's economic growth.
March was a month of international recognition for Peru's economic success and continuing potential. "Peru has the resources to be a successful country" were the words of Paul Krugman, 2008 Nobel Prize in Economics, in a conference that he gave in Lima last month. One of the most famous economists of the last decade, Roubini, also confirmed Krugman´s declaration in the IMF stating that "Peru is one of the most rapid growing economies in the region despite negative external factors during 2013".
Also, The Economist Intelligence Unit forecasted 6% in average growth over the next five years: "Peru is a very interesting country for investors, not only for its natural resources and commodities, but for its high growth dynamics" declared the regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Irene Mia. She also highlighted the expansion of the Peruvian middle class and its purchasing power, which offers many investment possibilities within Peruvian market including infrastructure, mining, and tourism. Furthermore, The Economist along with the British Peruvian Chamber of Commerce will host a major conference in Lima in May: "The Economist´s Peru Summit", due to the journal´s beliefs that Peru is positioned to play a key role on the global stage.
Peru´s GDP growth was between 5 and 5.5% in the first trimester, the second fastest growing economy in the region. The IMF endorsed this, placing Peru in the top of the Latin American countries economies. Moody's, the credit rating agency, stated that in Latin America only the economies of Peru and Bolivia maintain, a concrete basis from a macroeconomic point of view, and qualified their investment scenario as "Very Strong", taking into account economic, fiscal and external factors.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs estimated that Peru's investment rating could be upgraded, from BBB+ to A. This is backed by several factors like GDP growth, investment increase, the diminishing of fiscal vulnerabilities, low inflation and the country´s macroeconomic policies. The global organisation EY endorsed this judgement.
Peru is in the third position of Latin America in the Global Enabling Trade Report 2014, submitted by the World Economic Forum in Switzerland. The country moved up one position regionally (3rd) and two positions globally (51st) in Enabling Trade Index. The report takes into account political institutions and services that facilitate the investment and trade flow between frontiers. Peru also stands out in the "Access to market" index (4th position), also from the World Economic Forum 2014 Report.
Investment in the public sector will grow 18% this year and will be a main driver of economic growth. Major projects include the Andean South Pipeline (£2,700 million), the Chincheros Airport in Cusco (£417 million) and Lima Metro Line 2 (£3,900 million). The Energy and Mining Minister announced that investment projects in the sector this year would total £36,000 million.


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