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Was this directly attributable to gratitude? Or would the positive effect have been attainable with mere positive thinking? Finally, the studies do not meet all standards for scientific studies today. Against the background of these questions, the researchers presented the thesis that gratitude among the positive emotions correlates particularly with well-being because it has a social side. The subjects were grateful for the things they had received from others. They were grateful for external circumstances and people who positively influenced their lives.
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A brief history of the Hungarian Railway Museum
The foundation-stone of the Hungarian Railway Museum was laid on 22 November 1999, on the site of the former Budapest North Depot of the Hungarian State Railways (MÁV). The first phase of the project was completed in less than eight months, funded by the Ministry of Transport and Waterways, MÁV and MÁV Nosztalgia Ltd, the heritage division of MÁV.
After many months of effort, Europe's first interactive railway museum opened on 14 July 2000, displaying over a hundred railway vehicles and equipment of varying ages on a site of over 70,000 m2.
Fortunately the North Depot's 1911 roundhouse remained intact and its 34 bays provided an ideal home for the operational vintage fleet. This includes a steam engine built in 1870 and the legendary Árpád railcar, built in 1934, which sped from Budapest to Vienna in just under three hours. The gem of the vintage fleet is the elegant teak dining car built for the Orient Express in 1912.
The fleet is comprised of fifty engines, twelve operational and thirty-eight cosmetically restored, plus a wide range of rolling stock: railcars, self-powered rail cars and hand-carts, inspection cars, steam cranes, snow ploughs and other curiosities. The exhibits take visitors through the entire history of the railways from the steam engines of the 1870s to the powerful electric engines of today. Many of the vehicles are still in working order and used on the nostalgic train trips organised by MÁV Nosztalgia Ltd. in Hungary and abroad.
Visitors can not only admire the old machines: they can also try them out. They can drive a steam engine, travel in a car converted for rails, operate a hand-cart, ride on the turntable and on the horse tram. The engine simulator offers a virtual experience of driving the most powerful Hungarian electric railway engine, using the original equipment, while the rail-cycle challenges one's sense of balance. There is also a model railway that visitors can admire and even operate in the maroon postal wagon.
The beautifully landscaped park is ideal for relaxation, and refreshments are available in the Buffet or on the terrace of the Nostalgia Café, while the Füsti Dining Car offers a wide range of delicious dishes at reasonable prices.
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Rich Franklin: The CagePotato Retrospective Interview
("When you put your focus on one thing, you tend not to focus on the journey. Once you get there, it's not going to be as big of a deal as you thought it was going to be.")
This Saturday, Rich Franklin will step into the Octagon for the 18th time to face Forrest Griffin in the co-headlining feature of UFC 126. During his 12-year career, Ace has experienced everything from championship glory to bitter defeat, and now stands as one of the sport's most revered statesmen. "I think that what people will remember me for is that I'm a tough competitor who's put on entertaining fights for the fans all these years," Franklin tells CagePotato. "And I'm happy with that kind of legacy."
Rich was generous enough to give us some phone-time recently, and instead of asking him about his gameplan for Forrest, we discussed Franklin's career as a whole, from the moment he decided to pursue MMA as a full-time job, to the fight that changed his life, to every other notable moment that helped forge the fighter he is today. Let's begin…
The Early Days, 1993-1999
Rich Franklin: "I started training in traditional martial arts in 1993, then I saw the first couple UFCs and started doing some jiu-jitsu. I was training at a Royce Gracie chapter here in Cincinnati, and the guy who was leading my class was a blue belt. By today's standards, if the best you had in your area was a blue belt, you'd be way behind the times, but in 1994 it was a big deal to have that kind of a resource. So I was doing jiu-jitsu, working with kickboxing coaches, and of course I'd been watching the UFC, learning off instructional tapes and all those kinds of things.
I started fighting at these little local amateur shows out in Richmond, Indiana, and clearly at that point in time, I was just light-years ahead of the competition that was showing up at the event. The promoter told me, 'These are amateur events, I don't really have anybody for you to fight.' But there was a gentleman there who said, 'You know what, I run a pro show, and I'll pay you to fight." And he offered me 200 bucks. I was like, 'Wow, I can make money fighting? This is great. I'm gonna make 200 bucks." I was bankin'.
RICH FRANKLIN (5-0) vs. AARON BRINK (7-4) — Franklin's first regional title fight
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WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand pressed the Malaysian government on Tuesday to take action against a diplomat who claimed immunity and left the country after being charged with committing a sexual assault in the capital, Wellington, in May.
The diplomat was named as Mohammed Rizalman Bin Ismail, a Malaysian defense ministry official attached to the high commission in Wellington, after the court-ordered suppression of his identity was lifted.
He was arrested in early May on suspicion of burglary and assault with intent to rape. After one brief court appearance, he returned to Malaysia.
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key said the Malaysian government had been told it was expected Rizalman to answer the charges.
"We made it quite clear that we were under no illusion about how seriously New Zealand took the issue, and we expect the person to be held to account," Key told reporters.
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Key said Rizalman could be assured of a fair trial if he was sent back to face the charges, which carry maximum penalties of up to 10 years in jail.
New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully said how Kuala Lumpur dealt with the issue would have "a bearing on how we deal with the country concerned".
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When you set out for revenge, dig two graves
Growing up in the sleepy English seaside town of Brynston, the fearless five – Ella, Max, Corey, Fallon and Zane – were always inseparable. Living up to their nickname, they were the adventurous, rowdy kids who lived for ghost stories and exploring the nearby islands off the coast. But when Max's beloved older sister Jessica is killed, the friendship seems to die with her.
Now years later, only Max and Ella are in touch; still best friends and a couple since they were thirteen. Their lives are so intertwined Max's dad even sponsors Ella's training for the Commonwealth Games. But Ella is hiding things. Like why she hates going to Max's house for Sunday dinner, and flinches whenever his family are near. Or the real reason she's afraid to take their relationship to the next level.
When underdog Corey is bullied, the fearless five are brought back together again, teaming up to wreak havoc and revenge on those who have wronged them. But when the secrets they are keeping can no longer be kept quiet, will their fearlessness be enough to save them from themselves?
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This year I have been reading a lot of books from the fantasy genre, so when offered the opportunity to read The Deviants, I thought I'd take a break from my comfort genre and go and explore a contemporary read. This was no fluffy contemporary book though. Instead it was a fast paced, dark story that I really enjoyed that I actually read within a day. Having never read anything by C. J. Skuse before, I wasn't entirely sure what to expect but I am glad I took the chance to give this a go.


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I'm going to go out on a limb and say that between now and oh, I dunno, March 2012, we will have a lot more pain and suffering in the stock market. (Actually, it is not I who is out on a limb, but Wall Street.) How much more pain and suffering? Well, a good, though rough, estimate would be about another 20-25% or so. We lost 50% from August 2008 to March 2009, but I think the PPT, I mean FOMC, has more experience, and that with enough pallets of cash the investment banks can do wonders with the level of the stock market. We're still in for some pain, though. [more]
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NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Dec 20, 2013) - RAPP, a global customer experience agency, today announced the appointment of Rose Cameron to the role of SVP, Experience Planning. This is a new position for the Dallas office.
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Gaza Updates: Deaths and Injuries | Diplomacy | Media
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Gaza Update: Deaths and Injuries
Updated 7:00 pm
Martyrs – 69 (20 children, 8 women, and 9 elderly persons)
Injured – 660 (224 children, 113 women and 50 elderly persons)
November 18, 2012 |
Spot the Difference: Gaza Council of Ministers
Look at the video filmed yesterday outside the Council of Ministers.
Now look at the photograph taken from a few metres further back today. Can you spot the differences? (Clue: the stairs Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh descended in the video are the same as the ones in the photo.)
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Gaza Council of Ministers today
November 17, 2012 |
Gaza Update: Deaths and Injuries
Dr. Ashraf Al-Qedra, from Al-Shifa Hospital advised the following in a Press release:
"The latest death toll is 39 Deaths (5 are children under the age of 2 years) and 340 injuries, 80% of them are civilians.
Palestinian hospitals are now suffering from a lack of medicine and medical supplies.
Gazans are asked to donate blood, and to volunteer to help with nursing.
Israel is using chemical and perhaps biological weapons in Gaza, we saw shrapnel with toxic properties in the bodies of injured and dead children and there are strange smells in the air."
November 17, 2012 |
Tunisian Foreign Minister arrives in Gaza, slams Israel
Tunisian Foreign Minister Rafik Abdesslem spoke at a Press Conference a Al Shifa Hospital today after his arrival in Gaza amidst ferocious aerial attacks, and slammed Israel's breaches of international norms.
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Tunisian Foreign Minister Rafik Abdesslem in Gaza
"We who have come from Tunisia carry a strong and clear message from our Prime Minister and members of the government to express our strong solidarity with Gaza against Israeli aggression," he said.
"What is happening to the citizens of Gaza is not justified, and is contrary to all international law and regulations. We have just seen the injured, the wounded and the martyrs and all of these manifestations are unacceptable.
This unjustified targeting of civilians and the targeting of schools and civic institutions, public and private property is unacceptable and illegal. We come charged with a message to express our solidarity and support of our brothers, the people of Gaza."
He went on to say that Israel must recognise international norms and laws, and it should be aware that there are different variables now occurring in the Arab world.
He called on the Council of Arab States and the international community to take a united stance to address the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, stressing the need to take positions similar to that of the Egyptian President, in order to strengthen and enhance it.
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Israeli tactic to foment fear, even in the media
Nothing is off-limits to the Zionist war machine – babies, families, homes of anyone from Cabinet Ministers to farmers – not even journalists.
Roaming the skies like a pack of rabid dogs, US-funded drones, F-16s and Apaches strike fear into the hearts of Gazans, whether or not they are firing rockets – their mere presence signifies that possibility.
Percussion bombs, whose sole purpose is to terrify, are a constant companion.
Israel's psy-war now extends to telephoning and texting individuals with death threats, particularly journalists.
Palestinian journalist Sameh Habeeb on Thursday received a phone call from an Israeli soldier threatening to bomb his family home, and kill him and his family.
I also received such a call. At around 09:15 am on Thursday while drones swarmed the skies and rockets pounded the city around me, I answered the phone to a person with an American accent, who asked if it was Julie. When I answered "yes" they proceeded to call me an "Islamic-Jihad-supporting piece of shit" and told me that an Israeli drone was on its way to kill me. They asked repeatedly if I could hear it (given the situation, there was little else to hear, apart from their psychotic rantings…), and continued their vitriolic abuse and threats. I hung up, and the phone immediately rang again, this time with no number displayed. Two more calls followed that day.
Such tactics show that despite their nuclear arsenal and US-funded military might, Israel's hardware is no match for the power of the word, or the power of truth.
That it must stoop to intimidation of the media, especially with death threats under such conditions as currently prevail in Gaza, indicates both the paucity of its justifications for its criminal offensive, and also the depths of moral depravity to which it has sunk – and correspondingly, that even Israel itself realises that despite its big guns, it cannot win the war of hearts and minds.
Like its merciless attacks on and terrorising of the citizenry of Gaza, these attacks on the media will not succeed – they only make us stronger, and even more determined to ensure that truth and justice prevail.
And like every Palestinian with a true heart and an independent mind, I will not be deterred by Zionist threats, and will continue to resist.
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US Extradition
Extradition to the United States
Justice4assange has released 'Extraditing Assange' - a systematic rebuttal of the myths and falsehoods propagated in the UK media, primarily by David Allen Green of London-based publication New Statesman->http://justice4assange.com/extradit...]
Stratfor e-mails released on 29 February 2012 revealed that a sealed indictment has been issued by a secret grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, for Julian Assange. The email is dated 26 January 2011. This means that there has likely been a sealed extradition order for over a year, which will be activated (unsealed) against Assange in Sweden, Australia and the UK when the US Government gives the order.
The US Centre for Constitutional Rights (CCR) has issued a statement about the reported indictment.
- January 2012: In a the Houston Law and Media Seminar on WikiLeaks (January 2012) discussing WikiLeaks, former CIA officer and federal criminal defence attorney David Adler stated:
One of the major issues surrounding the Assange case is whether "we [the United States] can drag his ass over here." - David Adler, federal criminal defense attorney and former CIA officer
- Extradition Risks
- Temporary Surrender
- Legal Safeguards under Temporary Surrender and Extradition
- Will Sweden extradite Julian Assange to the US?
- Wouldn't the UK be more likely to extradite Assange than Sweden?
- United States: Secret Grand Jury & Bradley Manning Trial
- See Alexa O'Brien's excellent Timeline of US v. Manning, Assange, WikiLeaks, and the Press
- Assange: Sweden has not opposed extradition to the US since 2000, SvD, 22 December 2011 English. The article explains that on two occasions Sweden did not extradite as requested because it could not locate the suspects. However, in Assange's case, he will be put in detention indefinitely upon arrival. Having Assange in custody since 7 December 2010 in the UK (house arrest) and then in Sweden facilitates the extradition procedure once it is put in motion by the United States (although there are suggestions that a sealed indictment has already been issued).
- 'Julian Assange's clear and present danger' by Tony Kevin (retired Australian diplomat), 14 December 2011
- P.J. Crowley, former Assistant Secretary of State addresses Penn State University to speak about WikiLeaks and its impact, states that he opposes prosecution of Julian Assange (7 December 2011)
- Australia: In Parliament (22 November 2011), The Greens' Senator Ludlum asks why his question has not yet been answered by the Minister regarding whether and how Australia is taking direct action to prevent Julian Assange from being renditioned to the US and ensuring his legal and consular rights.
The US investigation against WikiLeaks is unprecedented both in its scale and nature - Australian Embassy in Washington
Extradition risks
The US investigation against WikiLeaks is unprecedented both in its scale and nature - Australian Embassy in Washington
Sweden is bound by different extradition agreements. It is not meant to grant onwards extradition to a third country without agreement from the extraditing country. But at the same level of the legal hierarchy there is a bilateral treaty between the US and Sweden that allows for extradition without consent from the UK or minimum tests. This is the temporary surrender/conditional release regime - automatic extradition on a loan basis. It is highly likely that the United States will soon request Julian Assange's extradition from Sweden and this mechanism will be used while Julian Assange is in Swedish custody.
The US government is certainly looking at the technical aspects of the two extradition agreements between the UK and Sweden and then considering the political and legal atmosphere in both places. - John B. Bellinger III, former legal adviser to US State Department and National Security Council
Of the reasons for Julian Assange's challenge to Sweden's extradition order, relevant to this topic are:
1) Julian Assange has not been charged with any offense.
2) Sweden has a bilateral agreement with the United States which would allow it to surrender Julian Assange without going through the traditional tests and standards of regular, lengthy 'extradition' procedures.
3) There are standard EU mechanisms (such as Mutual Legal Assistance) for Julian Assange to answer any questions the Swedish government may have. It is disproportionate, and an abuse, to use extradition proceedings in this manner.
4) Extradition law requires a "judicial authority" (e.g a judge or other independent body) to issue an extradition warrant, in order to keep the separation between the executive and the judiciary. It is an abuse to permit prosecutors, intelligence agents or other officials who are not independent to issue proceedings.
The concern is that the Swedish case is a holding case while the Virginian grand jury come forward with an indictment to take him to America. - Christine Assange
Temporary surrender - under the US-Sweden Extradition Treaty
It is not clear how Sweden might respond to any US request for his temporary surrender to the US, if American charges were laid against him on arrival in Sweden. The present conservative Swedish Government has a history of acceding to all US rendition requests during the War on Terror. - Tony Kevin, retired Australian diplomat
Most of the attention regarding Julian Assange's possible extradition to the US has focused on the EU agreements that are meant to prevent onward extradition - namely that the UK Home Office would have to consent to his onward extradition. Little or no attention has been given in Europe to the temporary surrender (sometimes called 'conditional release', see the Panama example below) mechanism that Sweden established bilaterally with the United States in their 1984 treaty (TIAS 10812):
VI. If the extradition request is granted in the case of a person who is being prosecuted or is serving a sentence in the territory of the requested State for a different offense, the requested State may:
b) temporarily surrender the person sought to the requesting State for the purpose of prosecution. The person so surrendered shall be kept in custody while in the requesting State and shall be returned to the requested State after the conclusion of the proceedings against that person in accordance with conditions to be determined by mutual agreement of the Contracting States.
Temporary surrender has been incorporated into the EU-US Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance agreements entered into in February 2010. The Council of the EU's handbook explains temporary surrender in the following manner:
[Temporary surrender] facilitates the orderly and efficient prosecution of a person sought in two jurisdictions by allowing the temporary transfer of the person to the Requesting State for prosecution, when that person is subject to proceedings (either prosecution or service of a sentence) in the Requested State. The transfer is subject to conditions agreed to in advance of the transfer. - Council of the European Union - Handbook on the practical application of the EU-U.S. Mutual Legal Assistance and Extradition Agreements (p. 15)
The US has put what appears to be an expedient de facto extradition in place that effectively sidesteps traditional extradition safeguards. The background for this mechanism is to combat serious crimes - typically drug trafficking, terrorism, and so on - and it has implemented such innovative mechanisms with several strong allies.
One of the strategic allies that has implemented these types of mechanisms in the context of drug trafficking, is Panama: a recently released US embassy cable described the "conditional release" regime:
use of Conditional Release, under which the GOP [Government of Panama] releases to the US a suspect already under arrest in Panama on other charges. Under this procedure, the suspect is "lent" to the US for prosecution on the condition that they will be returned for prosecution in Panama at the end of their sentence. This procedure is much faster than a formal extradition, and has proven so successful, that DEA sometimes designs operations to bring suspects to Panama so they can be arrested in Panama and turned over to US authorities quickly. - US Embassy Panama Cable, 2008
The Conditional Release mechanism appears indistinguishable from the temporary surrender mechanism, apart from the fact that in conditional release the suspect will serve his/her sentence in the US before returning to the requested state (in the case above, Panama), while in temporary surrender the US would have to negotiate with Sweden at what point Julian Assange would be returned to the requested state for prosecution/serving a sentence.
A research paper prepared for US Congress in March 2010 by the Congressional Research Service ('Extradition To and From the United States: Overview of the Law and Recent Treaties') does not mention the Conditional Release mechanism in the report and it appears that little is known about this preferred method of extradition.
US Embassy contacted regarding temporary surrender/conditional release of Julian Assange
The US Embassy in London was [contacted by The Guardian newspaper] after readers sought clarification about the temporary surrender/conditional release mechanism, and whether the US will employ it in its request to Sweden. The US embassy declined to give a statement.
Surprisingly perhaps, the Guardian did not attempt to contact the Swedish Embassy - it is after all Sweden that is bound by the two potentially conflicting extradition regimes (under the Framework Directive and the US Extradition Treaty, respectively) and would be best equipped to address whether it would treat a 'temporary surrender' as regular extradition (with its safeguards). The EU Handbook on the US-EU Extradition Treaty seems to suggest differently:
The transfer is subject to conditions agreed to in advance of the transfer.
Despite the failure of The Guardian to get to the bottom of this potentially game-changing issue, the readers' discussion raised some important hypotheticals: For example, the reader GregCallus suggested "this extradition takes place under a European Arrest Warrant [which] means that (as a matter of EU law) Sweden would be bound by the Article 28.4 rules on seeking permission from the UK (which would be judicially reviewable). If they tried to ignore those obligations, then a preliminary reference to the ECJ (on the super-fast track urgent) route would likely compel them to get the UK's permission."
However, the question remains: if the US uses not traditional extradition but temporary surrender do the presumed safeguards under EU law apply? Is it extradition if the suspect is merely 'on loan' to the US and not 'extradited' proper - as the US embassy cable suggests?
Legal Safeguards under Temporary Surrender
The retired Swedish judge Brita Sundberg-Weitman (who testified at the first extradition hearing in February) wrote to SwedenVersusAssange.com and explained that Sweden's Act regarding Criminal Extradition (Lag 1957:668 om Utlämning för Brott) requires the Swedish government to apply to the Supreme Court for permission to exercise the "conditional release" mechanism.
Sundberg-Weitman notes, however, that the government could ignore that requirement with little risk to itself; the legal and/or political repercussions, if any, would most likely be negligible. They would in any event be too late to be of any use to Julian Assange, who would have already been turned over to the U.S.
Bearing in mind that the the Swedish Courts (Stockholm District Court, Svea Court of Appeal) granted the prosecutor's application to have Julian Assange arrested without seriously considering the principle of proportionality and that the Supreme Court refused to reconsider that decision - it is rather likely that the Supreme Court would approve a request by the government to have Assange extradited to the US.
Will Sweden extradite Julian Assange to the US?
Certainly Assange's lawyers would mount a very vigorous opposition [to extradition] in either case [Sweden/UK], in London in particular. Past U.S. extradition requests for criminals from the UK have faced vigorous opposition, and a number of people have successfully resisted that through appeals through the House of Lords and ultimately all the way up to the European Court of Human Rights. We can anticipate lengthy litigation. - John B. Bellinger III
Both the UK and Sweden refuse to guarantee that they will not extradite Julian Assange to the United States. Political and military extraditions are expressly prohibited under the extradition treaty between Sweden and the United States, so this refusal is unusual. Moreover, it is likely that the US will request extradition on charges that are not overtly political (see below).
Shortly after issuing the EAW and Interpol Red Notice to 188 countries, the prosecutor Marianne Ny originally stated that extradition to the United States was 'out of the question' (05 December 2010) - but her statements were later redacted (see Prosecution).
The Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has adopted several strategies in order to lessen the pressure on him to provide assurances that Julian Assange will not be extradited to the United States:
1. Reinfeldt claims that the decision to extradite Julian Assange is up to the courts, not the executive.
This is false. Sweden's extradition treaty with the United States explicitly prohibits political and military extraditions. The final decision lies in the hands of the executive, who can block an extradition if it believes that political/military motivations underlie the extradition order. However, it it difficult to prove the underlying motivations of an extradition order. The US is likely to issue an order under charges that are not overtly political (see below).
It is likely that the United States will decide to charge Julian Assange with a number of offences (whether or not in conjunction with espionage) that are seemingly not political offences. The US Department of Justice has broadened its attack to include a possible indictment under the federal computer crimes statute, which it would argue was a non-political offence. Sweden is likely to consent to such an extradition given its close relationship with the US and the argument that the offences he is being sought for are not political in nature.
It is difficult for an individual to prove that the underlying motivations for an extradition are political, especially where the requesting state is a close political ally, which is the case of the United States both for Sweden and for the UK. Swedish troops are under NATO-US command in Afghanistan. Sweden was one of the first countries to send fighter jets to Libya at the request of the US and, in June, the Swedish parliament voted to send marines to Libya together with more fighter jets (See Political Interference).
2. Reinfeldt claims that it is not up to Sweden, but up to the UK, whether or not Julian Assange is extradited to the United States.
Sweden is shifting attention away from the fact that the final decision of whether to extradite Julian Assange to the United States or to block it is an executive decision.
Under EU law, Sweden should only initiate Julian Assange's onward extradition if and when the UK gives its agreement, but the UK has little incentive to block an extradition order if Sweden does not take the step to do so first. Moreover, legal commentators in the UK have stated that it is likely that the UK would consent to Julian Assange's extradition from Sweden (this is likely to raise less criticism and mobilisation if Julian Assange is not physically under UK custody).
Sweden has in the recent past violated international treaties in relation to surrendering foreign nationals into US custody to be interrogated and tortured (case of extraordinary rendition, Agiza v. Sweden at the European Court of Human Rights). Furthermore, Amnesty International and the UN Committee against Torture criticised Sweden because it rendered two refugees to the CIA who were then tortured under the Egyptian regime of Hosni Mubarak. (A documentary with the testimony of tortured refugees who had been granted asylum and then rendered to the CIA by Sweden was aired on Swedish television on 5 October 2011.
Diplomatic assurances that the person extradited will not be subjected to torture or other inhumane and degrading treatment are not a sufficient guarantee to prevent Julian Assange from suffering such treatment while in US custody, or to realize a fair trial in the United States, given the politicization of the allegations against him.
The UK and Swedish governments can choose to allege that Julian Assange is not wanted for political offences, and will not interfere with a judicial decision (despite the fact that this 'judicial decision' would be taken by the secret grand jury in Virginia where there is no judge or defence counsel).
Given that Julian Assange is neither a citizen nor permanent resident in Sweden or the UK, these countries have little incentive to afford him the type of protection they would afford one of their own citizens or permanent residents. Moreover, it is safe to assume that both the UK and Swedish government have come under pressure to comply with the United States' upcoming request for Julian Assange's extradition (these pressures by the US government proved effective in the extra-judicial and arbitrary denial of service by Mastercard, Visa, Paypal, Western Union & Bank of America of WikiLeaks donations).
Wouldn't the UK be more likely to extradite Assange than Sweden?
* Read the Freedom of Information (FOI) response from the Home Office (February 2012) regarding US Attorney General Eric Holder's direct participation in UK Extradition Act 'review'
If the Justice Department were actually to issue charges against Mr. Assange while he was still in Britain there could be potentially a decision for the UK government whether to extradite him to Sweden or to the United States, and that could get to be a complicated clash between the two different requests which would put the UK government in a difficult position. - John B. Bellinger III on Fox News
Some critical voices claim that the UK-US extradition treaty is more permissive than the Sweden-US extradition treaty. Extradition to the US, they claim, would be simpler from the UK than from Sweden.
This argument fails on several points:
The UK's judicial review process, while far from perfect, has a number of practical review mechanisms. The nearest equivalent case, of Gary McKinnon - a UK citizen who has been charged for hacking US military systems - has been opposed in the courts for 9 years. On 16 October 2012, Theresa May finally made an executive decision not to extradite McKinnon, although all the courts had accepted the extradition to the US. Abu Hamza, Babar Ahmed and three others were extadited, however, despite the certainty that they would face cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment (according to the standards of the Special Rapporteur on Torture) if convicted in the United States.*
Public opinion and the media (to a greater extent) are more sympathetic to Julian Assange in the UK than in Sweden. Public pressure could draw out the process of extradition to the United States in the UK. In Sweden the media climate is hostile (see Media climate in Sweden) due to the sex allegations. Public outcry would be significantly weaker and therefore less likely to stand in the way of a strategically convenient extradition.
In the UK, Julian Assange is better able to defend himself, muster support and understand the legal procedures against him. In Sweden on the other hand, the language barrier prevents him from effectively challenging the actions against.
The UK is politically better positioned to withstand pressure from the United States than Sweden. Sweden is a small country of nine million people close to Russia. It has grown increasingly dependent on the United States. In recent years Sweden has complied with directives from the United States in a manner that has not been scrutinised by Parliament, as has been revealed by the disclosed diplomatic cables (see Political Interference).
United States: Secret Grand Jury & Bradley Manning Trial
The United States is looking to charge Julian Assange under the Espionage Act among other charges:
A secret grand jury located in Alexandria, Virginia, only six kilometres from central Washington D.C., has been meeting since December 2010. The grand jury decides whether to bring charges against Julian Assange and other people associated with WikiLeaks.
The grand jury is held in secret, with no judge and no defence counsel. Four prosecutors are imposing subpoenas on individuals who are affiliated with WikiLeaks and on social networking sites including Twitter to disclose information about WikiLeaks' work. (See Understanding the Grand Jury)
"[The charges against Manning are] unnecessary and an overreach... It's a hard case and an unnecessary case to make. ... It undermines the credibility of the prosecution." P.J. Crowley, 16 March 2012
A respected former chief judge of New York's highest court, Sol Wachtler, famously coined the expression a grand jury would "indict a ham sandwich", given that prosecutors have complete control over the process.
The grand jury consists of 16-23 people. Given the high incidence of government employees and public and military contractors living in this geographical area, it is likely that a majority of the components of the grand jury are ideologically opposed to WikiLeaks' work.
The grand jury will most likely decide to prosecute, even on weak grounds that would not withstand the minimum threshold under normal criminal processes.
It is plausible that the grand jury has already decided to prosecute, and that a sealed indictment has been issued for extradition and will be unsealed when US extradition is convenient.
United States: What would happen if Julian Assange was extradited?
The suspected whistleblower Bradley Manning has been subjected to inhumane and degrading treatment. Julian Assange is likely to face similar treatment or worse: he will not be afforded the same constitutional rights as Bradley Manning because he is a foreign national. Over the past ten years the United States has developed a doctrine that denies basic rights to foreign political prisoners.
The 2012 US presidential elections are an opportunity to seize upon for the campaign trail: Julian Assange's prosecution will probably be used by presidential candidates to show they are strong on "national security". There was immediate pressure on the Obama administration to take an aggressive approach wen the stories first broke.
Republican candidates have urged the US Treasury to blacklist WikiLeaks (a move that the Treasury refused to do because there were no lawful grounds to add WikiLeaks to such a list). There were voices within the Department of State that WikiLeaks should be labeled as a terrorist organisation. FOX news aired interviews that called for the US to 'illegally assassinate' or kidnap Assange, and to treat him and WikiLeaks' associates as 'enemy combatants'. These public pronouncements by US senators and television personalities amount to hate speech and persecution (see Timing: EAW & INTERPOL Red Notice ).
- See Alexa O'Brien's excellent Timeline of US v. Manning, Assange, WikiLeaks, and the Press
- Assange: Sweden has not opposed extradition to the US since 2000, SvD, 22 December 2011 English. The article explains that on two occasions Sweden did not extradite as requested because it could not locate the suspects. However, in Assange's case, he will be put in detention indefinitely upon arrival. Having Assange in custody since 7 December 2010 in the UK (house arrest) and then in Sweden facilitates the extradition procedure once it is put in motion by the United States (although there are suggestions that a sealed indictment has already been issued).
- 'Julian Assange's clear and present danger' by Tony Kevin (retired Australian diplomat), 14 December 2011
- P.J. Crowley, former Assistant Secretary of State addresses Penn State University to speak about WikiLeaks and its impact, states that he opposes prosecution of Julian Assange (7 December 2011)
- Australia: In Parliament (22 November 2011), The Greens' Senator Ludlum asks why his question has not yet been answered by the Minister regarding whether and how Australia is taking direct action to prevent Julian Assange from being renditioned to the US and ensuring his legal and consular rights.
The US investigation against WikiLeaks is unprecedented both in its scale and nature - Australian Embassy in Washington
* Thank you to the keen eyes of readers of this site who corrected the erroneous statement earlier in the year, the UK indeed has a temporary surrender clause, and this clause, as argued elsewhere on this page, is incoroporated in the EU-US treaty as well. The Temporary Surrender Mechanism is extremely untransparent on paper, and the point that is made on this page is that there is no legal certainty on how this mechanism, which is designed to facilitate transfer which involves various jurisdictions, works in practice.
Additional Resources
- Website: Understanding the Grand Jury
- Julian Assange's /usr/bin/clear and present danger - Tony Kevin, retired Australian diplomat, 14 December 2011
- Australia (22 November 2011): In Parliament, The Greens' Senator Ludlum asks why his question has not yet been answered by the Minister regarding whether and how Australia is taking direct action to prevent Julian Assange /usr/bin/from being renditioned to the US and ensuring his legal and consular rights.
- Rendering Assange: Hillary Clinton's revenge? Gena Mason, WL Central, 12 November 2011.
- Christine Assange pickets Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard's office in Canberra (4 November 2011)
- Gareth Peirce, Julian Assange's UK solicitor, has corresponded with the Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd. Peirce asked /usr/bin/which assurances the Australian government has sought /usr/bin/from Sweden, the UK and the US regarding Mr. Assange's rights. Peirce's letter, and the response are available in the Australia section.
- John Pilger "The Smearing of a revolution" in the New Statesman, 6 October 2011.
- Gareth Peirce, Julian Assange's UK solicitor, has corresponded with the Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd. Peirce asked /usr/bin/which assurances the Australian government has sought /usr/bin/from Sweden, the UK and the US regarding Mr. Assange's rights. Peirce's letter, and the response are available in the Australia section.
Council on Foreign Relations, 'The Legal Case against WikiLeaks' - Interview with John Bellinger III (December 13 2010)
Christian Science Monitor: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange: Has US already indicted him?
Douglas McNabb, US Federal Criminal Lawyer 'Julian Assage - Sweden and US Extradition Treaty'
E.B. Boyd: Why Twitter Was the Only Company to Challenge the Secret WikiLeaks Subpoena
Svenska Dagbladet The decision to extradite is not up to Sweden
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For the first time in its 15-year history, the focus of Denver-based FMI Corp.'s annual analysis of construction firm training practices was broadened to include all aspects of talent development, such as recruitment, retention, performance management, succession planning, and retirement concerns. In response to the declining workforce for the rapidly growing industry, the report discusses the challenges companies face in the "ongoing war for talent" and the necessary strategies for building and sustaining loyalty and commitment in employees. "We really wanted to look at recruitment and retention issues," says Kelley Chisholm, FMI talent development consultant and survey author. "What are firms doing when they're losing people to retirement?"
According to FMI's data collected from more than 50 construction company executives — 7% from electrical firms — construction firm staffing is expected to take a big hit in the next 10 years, with respondents predicting a 34% loss of top executives, 24% of senior managers, 21% of project managers, and 28% of field managers. All is not lost, however, if firms are willing to get creative and look beyond the traditional means of recruitment and career development by using alternative methods.
According to the report, companies that work with seniors to retain their experience and knowledge will have a distinct advantage over those that don't. Yet, less than half the respondents report that their firms offer part-time, temporary consulting, or contracting work to potential retirees. Even fewer — 16% — offer phased retirement plans. In fact, many firms still offer early retirement incentives.
These firms can take a lesson from the report's list of talent development practices. Third on the list, coaching is a highly effective method of helping employees expand existing skills or gain new ones, as well as ensuring that the critical skills and knowledge of their soon-to-be retirees is being captured and passed along to younger staff.
"With the right coaches in place, employees are motivated to achieve their best," says the report. "And management can focus on performance metrics such as profit, productivity, and customer satisfaction by building a successful business based on the strengths of its people."


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Dorrance City Cemetery
Russell County, Kansas
Lat: 38° 50' 33"N, Lon: 98° 35' 30"W
Center Twp, Sec 7
Contributed by Sue Jean White, Jul 04, 2003. Total records = 623.
To reach cemetery, drive south out of Dorrance on hwy 231 to Grant Rd, where you turn right or west. In just a short distance you will see the cemetery on the north or right side of the road.
This cemetery is owned and maintained by the City of Dorrance. It is is in good maintenance and still accepts burials. There are a number of unmarked graves or graves with markers which are broken.
Arlene White and I transcibed this cemetery from the tombstones and from a plot map in the sexton's office. We completed our first survey on May 29, 2003 (added Jun 28, 2003)
- Sue Jean White
Kansas Death Records
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This Liberty Print is called The Strawberry Thief and is one of the most iconic designs by William Morris. It's also the same name as our wonderful Major Sponsor for this event. I love the intricacies in this print, I love the dark background and I love the abundance of purple. The yellow body of this snail helps to highlight the hints of yellow in the print. One of my favourite snails!
Start Date: 8 January 2017
End Date: 5 November 2017
What Pattern Are We Using?
We're using the Garden Snail Quilt pattern by Pen and Paper Patterns. Click here to buy Pattern.
There's two versions of the snail in the pattern, you can make either or both snails it's totally up to you and the quilt you'd like to make.
You can find all the information about fabric requirements via the pattern link above.
How it Works
Every Sunday (in your timezone) you'll post a photo of one snail to Instagram. You'll tag the photo with the relevant hashtags and follow the relevant Instagram accounts. That's it, one photo every Sunday for 42 weeks.
It's so simple, you should have no problems keeping up.
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Because I know we're all busy with our lives, each Sunday I will post details about that week's block sponsor, hashtags and requirements for winning here on my blog and on my #SnailDay photo. This way you'll always be able to find out what you need, when you need it.
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There's no reason why you can't sew ahead, take photos ahead and then just post on Sundays. (This is exactly what I do!)
There's a number of services, both free and paid, that will allow you to schedule posts to Instagram. Just google "Instagram scheduling tool" and decide if there's any there that you like, fit with your budget and will be helpful.
Alternatively, Instagram now allows you to save draft posts for posting at a later date. Click here to read how to do it.
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To be eligible for prizes you'll need to follow the instructions on each Sunday's #SnailDay blog post and Instagram post. Don't worry, they're not going to change each week, but they will change monthly as we welcome on a new sponsor. I will make sure all the information is available to you when you need it. And don't forget, you can always add hashtags and edit your captions if you miss something!
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Major Sponsor: The Strawberry Thief
The Strawberry Thief borrows its name from the 1883 print design, for Liberty of London, by the notable William Morris, a prominent member of the arts and craft movement. The Strawberry Thief is the Southern Hemisphere's largest online retailer and wholesaler of Liberty Tana Lawn to the quilt and craft industry, distributing from Fremantle, Western Australia.
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María Diaz Montejo
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PhD, University at Albany, SUNY.
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BA, Carleton University, 2003
Research interests
Myth and narratives, traditional dance, social movements, transnationalism, ethnicity, tourism, and indigenous politics in Mesoamerica.
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Silencing the guns: terrorism, mediation and non-state armed groups
Silencing the guns: terrorism, mediation and non-state armed groups
On 21–22 October 2015, the African Union (AU), in collaboration with the Government of Namibia, hosted the Sixth AU High-level Retreat of Special Convened under the theme of "Terrorism, mediation and non-state armed groups", the objectives of the retreat were to provide a platform for delegates to deliberate on the successes and challenges in relation to tackling the underlying causes of terrorism in Africa, to provide recommendations, and to discuss and exchange views on shared responsibilities and coordination between African and international actors working on preventing and combating terrorism.
A key element of the retreat was to use the opportunity to start conceptualising a shared continental counterterrorism response strategy, as well as specifically to explore the ways in which dialogue and mediation could be used to counter terrorism. A key outcome of the retreat was the Windhoek Declaration, attached as an appendix to this report.Envoys and Mediators on the Promotion of Peace, Security and Stability in Africa in Windhoek, Namibia.
This research report is based on the deliberations of the Windhoek Retreat and provides an overview of the proceedings, highlighting the key points that came out of the discussions. Much of the report is dedicated to expanding and elaborating on some of the discussions that took place. Structurally, the report first explains the background and context to the deliberations by providing an understanding and definition of terrorism, and its origins. It also focuses on the causes of terrorism in Africa and identifies violent extremist actors, trends and dynamics on the African continent. Second, the report highlights the current approaches that have been adopted in response to countering terrorist acts, with specific reference to the challenges that remain and the role of mediation as an effective approach to oppose terrorism, by drawing on a number of case studies. Finally, several recommendations have been elicited to determine the most effective way forward that promotes a holistic approach to dealing with terrorism and violent extremism.


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... the dizzying range of easily accessible material on the internet conspires with a lack of editorial guidance to make web reading a disjointed experience that works against the sustained concentration required for serious reading.
There is an interesting piece in the London Review of Books from Colin Robinson about the impact of global economic woes on publishing. As the byline has it, "Colin Robinson until recently worked for a large publisher in New York." He outlines the pressures facing the principal cast of the publishing ecosystem (to mix my metaphors), including writer, editors, producers, retailers, and readers.
Robinson's comments on the effect of electronic communication and the internet on the life of books could be judged as accurate or out of step, depending on your perspective. (I'm not going to go there on the "For all the claims of their optical friendliness and handiness, e-books still strain the eyes" remark.) Yes, there is a lot of rubbish content on the internet, and yes society seems to be moving towards a sort of chronic individualism that exhibits itself online. But is that dreadful for publishing and reading?
Robinson points to a possible solution - that the editor's powers of curation and provision of status to some writing over other writing will migrate from paper to internet. "There is opportunity as well as challenge in this model. The roles of editor and publicist, people who can guide the potential reader through the cacophony of background noise to words they'll want to read, will become ever more important."
Perhaps what Robinson has a sense of losing is, to draw an analogy, a hansom cab for a yellow cab. That would be the other perspective.
"This is not to say that the book is doomed. But publishers will surely have to change the way they do business", writes Robinson, and I'm sure we all agree.