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What is PAYE?
A pay-as-you-earn tax (PAYE) is a withholding tax on income payments to employees. Amounts withheld are treated as advance payments of income tax due. They are refundable to the extent they exceed tax as determined on tax returns. PAYE may include withholding the employee portion of insurance contributions or similar social benefit taxes. In most countries, they are determined by employers but subject to government review. PAYE is deducted from each paycheck by the employer and must be remitted promptly to the government.
See Wikipedia for more on PAYE
Where are the official numbers?
PAYE: https://www.ird.govt.nz/how-to/taxrates-codes/itaxsalaryandwage-incometaxrates.html
ACC Levy: https://www.ird.govt.nz/income-tax-individual/different-income-taxed/salaries-wages/acc/
KiwiSaver: http://www.kiwisaver.govt.nz/already/change-contrib/amount/
Student Loan: https://www.ird.govt.nz/studentloans/owing/thresholds/
IETC: http://www.ird.govt.nz/income-tax-individual/tax-credits/ietc/independent-earner-tax-credit.html
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My PAYE value is different compared to the IRD calculator?
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Wasn't there a GST calculator around here somewhere too?
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300.801.51 SS/R: Overview of United States Health Care Provider Surveys
- Department:
- Health Policy and Management
- Term:
- Winter Inst. term
- Credits:
- 2 credits
- Academic Year:
- 2017 - 2018
- Location:
- Washington, DC
- Dates:
- Thu 01/11/2018 - Fri 01/12/2018
- Class Times:
- Th F, 8:30am - 4:50pm
- Auditors Allowed:
- No
- Grading Restriction:
- Pass/Fail
- Contact:
- Pamela Davis
- Frequency Schedule:
- One Year Only
- Resources:
- Prerequisite:
Prior to course enrollment, students should have already completed at least one biostatistics course.
- Description:
How do public health policymakers and practitioners monitor health problems and track implementation of health policies and programs? How do health services researchers and epidemiologists understand trends in health, health care delivery, risk factors, and outcomes? They need accurate, reliable, and timely representative health and health care data. This course provides an overview of some of the nation's major data collection efforts in health care establishments in the United States and is intended for students interested in learning about how national surveys are conducted by federal health statistics agencies.
Provides an overview of some of the nation's major data collection efforts in healthcare establishments in the United States. Introduces establishment-based surveys conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics, covering policy-relevant topics including health care provider and practice characteristics, and the provision of services in inpatient, outpatient, ambulatory, long-term, and hospice care settings.
- Learning Objectives:
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Describe major national data collection efforts conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics in U.S. households and health care establishments
- Discover the complexity in survey designs, development, and operations employed in national data collection efforts
- Identify and compare national health and health care survey data
- Critique research studies that use national health and health care survey data
- Methods of Assessment:
Participation 30%; Final Assignments 70%
- Instructor Consent:
No consent required
- Special Comments:
This course will be offered for 2 days in the HPM Winter Institute. Students are required to complete readings prior to the start of the course. The final assignments will be due no later than February 2, 2018.


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These Franco Sarto shoes (Asos) || rug from IKEA
Can I just say how comfortable these shoes are???? Flats with straps are 🙌
Painting by me || silk flowers from Home Goods || silk flowers & gelled "water" from JoAnn Fabrics
My little sweeties!
These silk roses were under $4 each at Joann Fabrics the other day!!! The pink pillow in the background is also from Home Goods too. I always find a few cute & inexpensive things in there!
This past week my husband was gone hiking a mountain in Colorado for a bachelor party. So while he was gone, I worked hard to add little finishing touches to our main floor living space. Neither of us felt really at home in the family room/kitchen area, but we couldn't quite figure out how to make it cozier. My idea of 'cozy' I guess was to just add a few small, but bright accents around to make the colorful theme pop more and to create more interest!
I did lots of other things too, but I can't post them yet because I still need to show them to my [tired] mountain man!


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With Christmas markets popping up all over, we wanted to give a few of our best tips for optimising sales at your next fair or pop-up shop so that you're able to get the most out of every sales opportunities. A few changes here and there can make all the difference!
1. Limit the choice in what you display.
When a customer is shown too many products to choose from, they can feel overwhelmed and end up not being able to make a decision. They could end up 'having to think about it' and wander off to be distracted by all the other booths. When you keep the assortment to a minimum of best sellers in a few different price points, you take the hard work out of shopping and make it an easy decision.
Can the shopper still not decide between all your amazing products? Offer a buy 1 get 20% off the 2nd item so that they don't have to choose.
2. Include entry price point items.
Remember that a lot of customers are connecting with your brand for the first time, and have not yet established trust with you or your products. Having only high price points at a market can be very limiting and you may lose the chance to connect with a future customer base.
An example of how to make this work? If you produce gorgeous sleepwear that retails normally around £120, consider carrying an intro product such as an eye mask made out of the same material in the £20 - £30 range. This way shoppers are introduced to your brand and can later move on to your core pieces as they establish more of a connection.
3. Make sure your products are focused on gifting and showcase any beautiful packaging.
Shoppers will be looking to make a dent in their Christmas list and the more your products appear to be ready to gift the easier the decision to purchase will be. Combine a few single notebooks into a set with a ribbon or have your beautiful jewellery boxes out on the table for customers to see. Don't have packaging? Consider offering free gift wrapping on the day.
4. Encourage repeat shopping by offering your customers a discount on their next purchase online.
Hand out business cards with a special discount code or free shipping offer when someone shops with you during the markets. This will not only allow you to see how the event drives business to your website, but it is also a way to continue the relationship with the customer long after.
5. Make sure you share with your current customer community where you will be!
Spread the word in your newsletter and social media channels, your fans will love to support you and have the chance to meet you in person. Give your mailing list a discount by having them share a 'secret' word when they visit your booth.
Would love to hear any tips I missed or some insights you may also have!


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IRS paves way for Liberty spinoff
The Internal Revenue Service has given AT&T Corp. the green light for a
tax-free spinoff of Liberty Media Group, the cable-programming unit led by John
AT&T plans to turn the company into a separately traded security by
The IRS go-ahead and AT&T's plan to shed its investment in Cablevision
Systems Corp. are the major components of AT&T's plan to comply with a
Federal Communications Commission order to either eliminate 9.7 million cable
subscribers or sell investments in programming operations that sell to Time
Warner Entertainment. Cablevision operates Rainbow Media Holdings, which also
sells cable shows to TWE.
Whether AT&T actually must comply with the FCC's dictate -- imposed as a
condition for government approval of the company's purchase of MediaOne Group
Inc. -- is increasingly doubtful, but company officials say they are moving
ahead with sales of the major programming investments anyway.
Last month, the FCC suspended the company's May 19 deadline for selling
enough cable investments to get below the 30 percent cap on one company's share
of pay TV subscribers. The action was prompted by a March 2 court decision
striking down the cable cap. The commission is currently amending its
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Join us for a VERY special FREE kid's show w/ The Bumpity Bumps (ALO/New Monsoon), Frances England (2017 Recording Academy / GRAMMYs nominated) & children's author Reid Genauer (Assembly Of Dust). Wow, what a collection of talent all in one room for the enjoyment of you and your kids (or grandkids, nieces, nephews etc). Share with your friends and RSVP now! HERE
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Earlier Event: January 26Kevin Blake's Wonder Show
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Single Family Detached
- 3 beds
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Through the Gate and up a quiet road to this 3 bedroom, 2 bath brick home. Pull up to the fountain in the front of the home and marble tile in the entry of this split bedroom floor plan. Formal dining. Kitchen features an island, desk, pantry cabinet, pull out shelving and a beautiful large picture window facing east towards the mountains. The large master suite has his and her walk-in closets, walk-in shower and jet tub under a picture window facing the mountains. Patios are a place to refresh yourself.
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IChemE is backing a UK government decision to lift an embargo on hydraulic fracturing – better known as fracking – after creating new regulations that it says will reduce the chance of causing earthquakes.
The technique, which involves injecting thousands of tons of water into gas bearing rock formations, has been a major source of controversy over recent years. It was temporarily banned in the UK last year, after wells drilled by gas explorer Cuadrilla Resources were linked to a series of earthquakes.
Nevertheless, the government has now ruled that the process itself poses no threat to the environment or public, provided it is well regulated. "My decision is based on the evidence," says energy and climate change minister Ed Davey. "It comes after detailed study of the latest scientific research available and advice from leading experts in the field."
"We are still in the very early stages of shale gas exploration in the UK and it is likely to develop slowly," he adds. "It is essential that its development should not come at the expense of local communities or the environment."
"Fracking must be safe and the public must be confident that it is safe."
IChemE director of policy and communications Andrew Furlong, says that 'shale gas presents an enormous opportunity for the UK', and has welcomed the decision.
"The health, safety and environmental risks associated with hydraulic fracking can be managed effectively as long as the activity is fully risk assessed and operational best practice is implemented through appropriate regulation," he adds."
"Fracking is an established technology that has been used in the oil and gas sector for decades. Furthermore, the UK has 60 years' experience of regulating the oil and gas industries, offshore and onshore."
"Chemical and process engineers have extensive knowledge of the exploration and production of natural gas."
The Government's decision to allow shale gas exploration to continue with strict safety controls is the right one, says the Institution of Gas Engineers & Managers (IGEM), which praised the Government for creating a single office to regulate shale gas and fracking and for indicating tax breaks may apply for shale gas producers. IGEM's CEO Dr Claire Curtis-Thomas said, "The Government's decision-making has been based on months of careful and detailed consideration of all the environmental aspects of shale gas extraction which directly and immediately concern members of the public. This has included listening to the anxieties of all parties including those both supported and unsupported by evidence."
"Safety controls are at the heart of this decision to allow explorers like Cuadrilla to resume fracking for shale gas. The UK has maintained an exemplary record for gas industry safety, supported by the Technical Standards IGEM produces and regularly reviews which have been relied upon every day for 60 years, and which will be developed for shale gas producers in order to keep the lights on and the public safe."
"This decision is right for the UK and will ensure that tax revenues currently paid to countries such as Qatar are in fact paid by British-based companies to the UK Government which is seeking to reduce energy bills for cash-strapped households and find new sources of income to reinvest in renewables. Our massive reserves of shale gas will make this easier and the Government has made the right decision."


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Several weeks ago, I preached a sermon on John 13:1-5 (part of a verse-by-verse study of the Gospel of John).Verse 1 reads, Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had come that He would depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end. This comment by J.C. Ryle didn't make it into the sermon.
The love of Christ to sinners is the very essence and marrow of the Gospel. That He should love us at all, and care for our souls – that He should love us before we love Him, or even know anything about Him, that He should love us so much as to come into the world to save us, take our nature on Him, bear our sins, and die for us on the cross – all this is wonderful indeed! It is a kind of love to which there is nothing like it, among men. The narrow selfishness of human nature cannot fully comprehend it. It is one of those things which even the angels of God "desire to look into." It is a truth which Christian preachers and teachers should proclaim incessantly, and never be weary of proclaiming.
But the love of Christ to saints is no less wonderful, in its way, than His love to sinners, though far less considered. That He should bear with all their countless infirmities from grace to glory – that He should never be tired of their endless inconsistencies and petty provocations – that He should go on forgiving and forgetting incessantly, and never be provoked to cast them off and give them up – all this is marvelous indeed! No mother watching over the waywardness of her feeble babe, in the days of its infancy, has her patience so thoroughly tried, as the patience of Christ is tried by Christians. Yet His patience is infinite. His compassions are a well that is never exhausted. His love is "a love that passes knowledge."


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UpcomingRound Britain and Ireland Race 2022
- RORC Round Britain and Ireland Race
June 1, 2020 - August 31, 2020
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
About the Round Britain and Ireland Race:
The Round Britain and Ireland Race (RBI) is one of the most challenging events in the offshore racing calendar and occurs just once every four years!
Performance Yacht Racing have all their yachts available for this epic challenge. We offer a full race package that ensures crew train together and have the minimum experience requirement of 500 nautical miles of RORC offshore racing, on the boat entered into the race. This results in our teams being not only ready to tackle this unique event but also able to be competitive in their class.
RORC RBI Race course
The RBI course, covering 1805 nautical miles, is usually clockwise around Britain and Ireland (and all outlying islands except Rockall) to Starboard. The start and finish are at the line of the Royal Yacht Squadron, Cowes; Isle of Wight.
The campaign will start in June with a training weekend followed by two RORC events and the ISAF Sea Safety course prior to the Round Britain and Ireland Race.
- Training Weekend 1 & 2 – June/July 2020
- ISAF Sea Safety Course
- RORC 1 – Cowes-Dinard-St Malo – July 2022 Dates TBC
- RORC 2 – Channel Race – July 2022 Dates TBC
- Race Prep day – August 2022 Date TBC
- Round Britain and Ireland Race start – August 2022 Date TBC
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Why we love the Round Britain and Ireland Race
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Monday, October 23, 2017
NYAPRS Note: Another piece from the Bring it Home campaign that is actively supported by NYAPRS.
State Chronically Underinvests In Housing For People With Mental Illnesses, Nonprofits Say
Crain's Health Pulse October 23, 2017
Chronically low rates from the state Office of Mental Health are forcing some housing nonprofits to avoid contracting with the agency to provide housing and services to people with mental illnesses, an industry association said.
OMH rates do not keep pace with inflation, rising rents and the cost of living in the city, according to the Association for Community Living, a group representing nonprofits that provide housing and rehabilitation services to 30,000 New Yorkers with psychiatric disabilities.
"Every year I go to the government and explain the problem to them," said Antonia Lasicki, executive director of the association, which recently launched an advocacy campaign for higher housing rates. "Some years we get a little bit of money, but we don't get enough. And we have no automatic mechanism in place to get additional funds."
OMH said the state is investing significantly in supportive housing.
"Supportive housing is a priority for OMH and Gov. [Andrew] Cuomo," OMH said. "During the last four years, OMH's budget has committed more than $32.5 million to increase funding for existing single-room-occupancy units and supported-housing stipends to help cover higher rents in counties facing the greatest fair market value cost pressures. Additionally, the governor's commitment is evidenced by the creation of the Empire State Supportive Housing Initiative to expand capacity throughout the state, and more than $60 million in resources for cost-of-living adjustments to stabilize existing community mental health programs."
The OMH budget included a 0.2% cost-of-living adjustment in fiscal 2017, but Lasicki said it was not enough.
OMH rates vary depending on the housing model. For supported housing, OMH would pay about $16,656 per year to a nonprofit that houses someone with a mental illness in a one-bedroom apartment in Manhattan and provides them with services. Clients also contribute 30% of their income—typically $247 of the $822 they get per month through the federal government's Supplemental Security Income program.
The Association for Community Living estimates that an adequate annual rate for supported housing would be $21,349 per client. That's 27.5% more than providers are getting, which the association says does not adequately cover the cost of housing (fair-market rent in Manhattan, for example, is $17,028), salaries and other expenses. "There are many providers now who will not respond to an RFP from OMH," said Lasicki. "But they still have enough that do, so they're not too concerned about it."
Low rates are a significant concern for ACMH, a nonprofit that recently took over seven OMH-funded housing programs with 427 beds from Heritage Health and Housing. OMH added $7.1 million to its contract with ACMH following the acquisition, but that funding includes one-time startup costs, said Daniel Johansson, ACMH's chief executive. He said the organization is still trying to negotiate for more money.
He sees his organization's expansion of its housing portfolio as a "calculated risk" that could pay off if it can get new revenue down the line from the health care system's shift to value-based payments, which reward providers for keeping patients out of hospitals.
"We believe that even though we're operating at a thin margin now, as we move forward in health care reform, value-based payers will begin to see housing as a critical part of staying out of the hospital," Johansson said. — C.L.


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[This is an excerpt from a paper I submitted for a class on International Law and Human Rights, 2018]
Five of us were quickly ushered into one of the trailers. We slipped through the door, an Israeli soldier closed it behind us. As a group we edged our way into a row of plastic chairs. As everything settled and became quiet again, I was able to take in our surroundings. I was seated in the second row of plastic seats—reminiscent of chairs at a bus station as you wait en route to your final destination. A divider—similar to a metal fence—was placed between "us" and "them." This divider reminded me of the twenty-foot tall concrete walls that were surrounding us outside of this temporary trailer.
On the other side of the divider was an Israeli Judge, dressed in military garb, sitting on a raised dais in front of an Israeli flag that hung on the wall. The Judge looked hot, bored, and prodded the proceedings to continue. Close to the Judge were three desks: one had an old PC computer on it, a younger soldier tapping away at the keyboard. En face of the notetaking soldier was another desk with a lawyer in an Israeli uniform, presumably the prosecutor. To the side was an enclosure with three young men with their feet chained, waiting their turn. Soldiers in police uniforms stood nearby, watching over them. The final desk was perpendicular to the others, facing the judge head on and here stood three people: a Palestinian defendant, a lawyer, and another Israeli soldier. This soldier was shouting translations from Hebrew to Arabic for the defendant to follow what was happening. The Palestinian defendant was no older than sixteen. He was barely listening to the translations and had his back turned to the judge. He was in rapid fire conversation with the three people seated in front of me—his family. They had not seen him over three weeks, since his last hearing before the same court.
Salwa Duaibis, co-founder of Military Court Watch, leaned over and translated that the family was discussing a cousin's marriage and whether or not the defendant needed more clothing. She then whispered to me, "Welcome to the vegetable market." At that moment, the electricity failed, and we were plunged into darkness and heat as the air conditioner shut down. The people in the room proceeded as though this was common, flipped a fuse, and continued with the case. The walls felt flimsy, as if the whole foundation was about to be blown away into the desert.
The Military Court system of the Israeli occupation of Palestine provides an important case study of liminal jurisdictions and the applicability of international human rights law and legal statutes. The courts sit on the border between Israeli civil law and international law. It is the judicial force in the territories under Israeli military occupation. As a result, law can be worked to satisfy the interests of those in power. This paper seeks to analyze the ways that the Fourth Geneva Conventions (GCIV)can be used either to promote human rights, or to obscure violations of human rights. By discussing three important human rights—fair and impartial judgement as noted in the Universal Declaration of Human Rightsand GCIV, the rights of children as established by the Conventions on the Rights of the Child, and the equal application of laws as designated by the Convention for the Eradication of Racial Discrimination—it becomes apparent that the courts serve as a procedural façade for justice. Furthermore, this discussion highlights the indivisible nature of universal human rights which implies that rights are interconnected and therefore requires that they are applied consistently.
It will soon become clear that the Geneva Conventions are not upheld in totality in the military court system, the courts serve as a façade of justice and human rights.
Background on the Courts
The Military Courts of the Israeli Occupation were established after the 1967 victory of the IDF and the acquisition of the West Bank. The Judea Military Court at Ofer Prison is one of two official military courts and prisons that have been set up by the Israeli Army in the West Bank in order to prosecute cases from the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT); (there are another four military courts that exist inside Israel and are located next to the Israeli Information Agency's (ISA) interrogation facilities). The court is located on the border between the West Bank and Israeli territory. One entrance opens from the West and Highway 443—a main commuter passage between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem that cuts through Palestinian villages and the West Bank—and is accessible by those with Israeli or international citizenship. The other entrance is approached from the East and the Palestinian village Beitunia. Palestinians from the West Bank can only enter from the East side if they have proper identification.
This is the location of over a thousand cases per year as well as the Juvenile Court (B'tselem, 2017). The court has jurisdiction over all areas of the OPT that fall under Israeli civilian rule, namely Area B and Area C. However, they also receive cases that are marked "security offenses" regardless of which area of the territory they occur in. The courts are separate from the military courts that adjudicate in cases within the Israeli Army. Appeals to decisions made by the Military Courts are overseen by the Israeli Supreme Court. The military courts have a large impact on the daily life of Palestinians living under occupation.
The Fourth Geneva Conventions (GCIV): Human Rights Ideals versus Occupied Reality
The Military Court of Judea (and the northern court called Samaria) distributes a handout to all international guests that come to the court. The handout explicitly states that:
"The Military Courts in Judea and Samaria (hereinafter: "The Military Courts") were established in accordance with international law, and have jurisdiction to hear ordinary criminal cases and cases involving security offenses…Article 66 of the 4thGeneva Convention refers to the role of the military courts."
The document continues to explain a list of legal cases that have established the role of the court. By situating the establishment of the courts firmly in traditions set up by the Fourth Geneva Conventions (GCIV), the court appeals to international legitimacy. While the courts emphasize Article 66—which stipulates that the local laws may be suspended and superseded by an occupying power—they overlook other integral rights that are included in the conventions.
There are many infractions of these conventions (note that this list is not exhaustive): Article 65 and 71 that demand translation documents into the defendant's own language (B'tselem 2017, DCI, 2015); Article 66 that says the Location of the courts must be in the occupied territory (GCIV); Article 67 that requires proportionality of offense to punishment; and Article 76, Article 146, Article 147 that prohibit the moving of detainees to prisons not in the occupied territory. Military Court Watch has recorded these issues at length in the testimonies they have gathered.
Protection of Procedural Rights to a Fair and Impartial Trial
Nowhere is this selection process of human rights more evident than in the actual proceedings in the Military Courts. By highlighting three main issues, we begin to unravel the façade of procedural justice that the courts afford to the occupation in attempt to legitimize the Israeli Military's actions in the West Bank.
Issue of Remands in Custody: 99% Conviction Rate
According to Military Court Watch, there is a 99% conviction rate in the Military Courts. B'tselem explains this is a result of a system of remands in custody and prolonged detentions. The B'tselem report further explain the procedure:
"Military judges are supposed to rely on the three conditions stipulated in Israeli law for approving remand in custody: prima facie evidence to prove guilt, grounds for arrest and lack of a relevant alternative to detention which could achieve the purpose of detention in a manner that is less injurious to the defendant" (B'tselem, 2017).
While this emphasis on evidence appears promising, the actual application is less than thorough. B'tselem reports,
"The bar for the evidence that the prosecution is required to present has been set so low that it, in fact, absolves the prosecution of the duty to present evidence to justify the detention; the requirement for "grounds for detention" has been replaced with a string of presumptions, and military courts have stipulated that, as a rule, Palestinian defendants cannot be released to an alternative to custody" (B'tselem, 2017).
Furthermore, if a judge sets a bail for a defendant (a rare case), the bail is often thousands of shekels and beyond the capacity of Palestinian families to pay. Detention may be extended for as long as one year. A different B'tselem report reminds us, "Individuals on remand are not serving a prison sentence. They have not been sentenced, not been found guilty. They are being held in custody when they should be presumed innocent" (B'tselem, 2015). According to B'tselem, at the end of August 2018, "465 Palestinians - including 1 woman and 3 minors - were held in administrative detention in Israel Prison Service (IPS) facilities" (B'tselem, 2018). That means 465 individuals awaiting a trial and presumed innocent until proven otherwise, are held in remand.
As a result of this system, most cases result in a plea bargain of guilty rather than face the prospect of a drawn-out court case (B'tselem, 2017). Therefore, the majority of cases that are being heard are plea bargains rather than an actual case where a defendant is allowed to prove their innocence. Preferring to avoid remaining in detention for a long time, it is often more "convenient" to have the charges downgraded and a to receive a decision of guilt.
This has long term effects on Palestinians: often a guilty charge is used as grounds to deny permits. This has long-term impact on Palestinian social fabric, economic access, and health. A guilty charge has the capacity to derail a Palestinian's life.
Minors Rights in Court: Convention on Rights of Children (CRC)
The State of Israel is also a signatory on the Conventions on the Rights of Child. Yet the treatment of minors in the Military Court System ignores many of the protections stipulated in this convention, namely Article 3, 37, and 40 in their entirety. According to a US State Department Report, 61% of Palestinian minors experience violence during arrest, interrogation, and detention (US State Department Report). This number is further corroborated by testimonies recorded by MCW.
MCW has found that children's rights are constantly infringed in each step of the procedure from arrest (with approximately half of arrests taking place at night), to detentions (often occurs without alerting parents, guardians, or legal advisors), interrogation, lack of translation, and furthermore the convictions (MCW). Furthermore, a UNICEF report states that "the ill-treatment of children who come in contact with the military detention system appears to be widespread, systematic and institutionalized throughout the process" (UNICEF, 2013). This disregard for children's rights is a further example of misapplication of international law.
Equal Application of the Law: ICCPR Article 4, CERD Article 5
Article 5 of CERD obligates that signatories must "guarantee the right to everyone, without distinction as to race, color, national or ethnic origin, to equality before the law," notably in the enjoyment of certain civil, political, economic and social rights (Amnesty Intl, 2006). In combination with Article 4 of the ICCPR, this right must be upheld in all circumstances: war, peace, or occupation.
Technically, the courts are responsible for cases involving Israeli settlers as well—i.e. any transgressions of the law that occur in Area C where settlements exist. However, in the 1980s the Attorney General ruled that Israeli citizens are to be tried in the Israeli civilian court system according to Israeli penal laws, even if they live in the OPT, and even if they commit a crime in the OPT (B'tselem, 2017, Amnesty Intl, 2006). We thus see a direct violation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD)—of which Israel is a signatory of CERD since January 3, 1979— as there are two different legal systems and the application of one set of laws versus another is determined by the individual's ethnicity. Military Court Watch extensively documents the differences in treatment of Palestinian minors versus Israeli minors:
There are multiple cases in which the rights afforded to Palestinian minors violates international codes of conduct—such as the use of night interrogation, the lack of legal rights to have a parent present during questioning, and the limited right to consult with a lawyer. Furthermore, the punishments are drastically different: a Palestinian child may be sentenced up to twenty years in prison for an offense such as throwing a rock, while this charge does not exist for an Israeli child who is tried under civilian courts rather than military courts (MCW). The distinction between punishments, treatment, and access to fair and impartial hearings is clearly based on ethnic identities. (For further reflection on these divisions see the film The Law in These Parts (2011) that interviews previous Israeli Military Court Judges).
These contradictions call into question the political, legal, and moral legitimacy of an occupation. By emphasizing Article 64 and Article 66 to establish the Military Courts, Israel is held under formal obligation to uphold the rest of the GCIV.
Human Rights and International Law: Indivisible?
Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories provides an interesting case study because it is both a military occupation of a foreign population, and a continued armed conflict. Furthermore, the lack of an official Palestinian state opens up legal issues in regard to sovereignty. This investigation prompts further inquiry into the relation between human rights and humanitarian law. It is clear that the Geneva Conventions are not upheld in totality in the military court system. Further human rights abuses occur that also ignore GCIV including, but not limited to, collective punishments, deportation outside of the region, destruction of villages, demolitions of houses, state seizure of private property, splitting families, violence, limitations on freedoms to associate and organize. Legal arguments may be made that refer back to Article 66 and remind critics that during a state of emergency, armed conflict, or military occupation, normal civil laws may be suspended.
However, in 2004 the International Criminal Justice Court ruled that the ICCPR applies in the OPT. This opens up legal avenues to apply Article 4 of the ICCPR[1] and petition for redress in international courts of law. Therefore, we see a precedent that suggests that all human rights should apply in this region.
These issues highlight the tension of international covenants: is there a hierarchy of which laws reign supreme? How do we enforce and apply international law? What happens in the case of liminal spaces such as occupation? Do these laws apply extra-territorially?
I argue that human rights are indivisible, and therefore must be protected across categories, especially in cases of military occupation—where human rights abuses are more likely to occur as two parties in conflict are engaged. These contradictions call into question the political, legal, and moral legitimacy of an occupation. If legal, civil, and political rights are being abrogated in the name of security, then the legitimacy of the occupation should be called into question in both an international legal framework to protect human rights and in national context. Therefore, the fact that Israel is a signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), the GCIV, the CRC, the CEDR, as well as other conventions and agreements means that the State of Israel should be held accountable to all rights they have signed on to—not only those that further their interests. By emphasizing Article 64 and Article 66 to establish the Military Courts, Israel is held under formal obligation to uphold the rest of the GCIV. As Roberts argues, if a state has incorporated human rights conventions in their framework of operations in an occupation, it is incumbent upon them to implement the rest (Roberts, 2006, 600); it is therefore incumbent upon international actors to ensure that international law is being applied consistently in order to protect human rights.
[1] "In time of public emergency which threatens the life of the nation and the existence of which is officially proclaimed, the States Parties to the present Covenant may take measures derogating from their obligations under the present Covenant 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, color, sex, language, religion or social origin" (Amnesty International, 2006).
Treaties that Israel is a signatory to (and apply to the population in the W. Bank):
The Hague Regulations
Fourth Geneva Conventions
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC),
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (CCPR),
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR),
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD),
Convention against Torture (CAT).
Primary Sources:
Amnesty Intl (2006): Briefing To The Committee On The Elimination Of Racial Discrimination. January 2006.
https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/76000/mde150022006en.pdf, 2018.
B'tselem (2015). "Presumed Guilty: Remand in Custody by Military Courts in the West Bank," June 2015. https://www.btselem.org/publications/summaries/201506_presumed_guilty
B'tselem (2016). "Report: The Occupation's Fig Leaf: Israel's Military Law Enforcement System as a Whitewash Mechanism," May 2016. https://www.btselem.org/publications/summaries/201605_occupations_fig_leaf
B'tselem (2017). The Military Courts. https://www.btselem.org/military_courts. Accessed November 14, 2018
B'tselem (2018). "Statistics on Palestinians in the custody of the Israeli security forces," October 31, 2018. Accessed November 14, 2018. https://www.btselem.org/statistics/detainees_and_prisoners
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Defense for Children International (DCI) (2015). "For Palestinian Children of East Jerusalem, the Exception is the Rule." Jul 29, 2015 https://www.dci-palestine.org/for_palestinian_children_of_east_jerusalem_the_exception_is_the_rule
Ha'aretz. (2018). "Citing 'Extrajudicial Executions,' Amnesty International Raps Israel for Human Rights Abuses." Ha'aretz, 22 Feb. 2018. Ha'aretz, https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-citing-extrajudicial-executions-amnesty-raps-israel-for-abuses-1.5845212.
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Settlements Watch Shalom Acshav (2017). "Creeping Annexation: Changes in the Interpretation of the Laws Regarding Occupation." December 2017. https://peacenow.org/WP/wp-content/uploads/Shalom-Achshav-Report-on-Creeping-Annexation-Changes-in-the-Interp-of-Laws-re-Occupation.pdf
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UNICEF (2013). "Children in Israeli Military detention: Observations and Recommendations." February 2013. https://www.unicef.org/oPt/UNICEF_oPt_Children_in_Israeli_Military_Detention_Observations_and_Recommendations_-_6_March_2013.pdf
Yesh Din (2016). "Report: From Occupation to Annexation," February 2016.https://www.yesh-din.org/en/shhhhhh-were-annexing/
Yesh Din (2009) "Petition against holding Palestinian detainees inside Israel and holding their trials outside the West Bank," March 25, 2009. https://www.yesh-din.org/en/petition-against-holding-palestinian-detainees-inside-israel-and-holding-their-trials-outside-the-west-bank-hcj-269009-yesh-din-volunteers-for-human-rights-v-the-commander-of-idf-forces-in-the-west/Accessed November 14, 2018
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Alexandrowicz, R., director. (2011). The Law in These Parts (Shilton Ha Chok). Documentary film.
Benveniśtî, E. (2004).The international law of occupation. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press.
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Dinstein, Y. (2009). The international law of belligerent occupation. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Hajjar, L. (2005) Courting conflict : the Israeli military court system in the West Bank and Gaza. London, England: University of California Press.
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Territories. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.
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Hey, hey! I'm here with a few good books I read in January. I got sucked into episodes of Community on Hulu (I forgot how much I loved that show…) so I think my reading was a little lighter this month. But I liked everything I read! As always, I'll be linking up with Modern Mrs. Darcy's Quick Lit post in a few weeks. If you are ever looking for some reading inspiration her Quick Lit posts and link ups are always worth the perusal.
The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
We Need to Talk by Celeste Headlee
American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
I had two top my list this month:
Sing, Unburied, Sing won all kinds of awards last year and I was super excited to see it hit my library reserve list. This novel is beautiful, brutal and simple. It tackles all kinds of challenging topics and does it with the simplest story line. A woman and her two children drive across the state to pick up their father who is getting out of jail. By and large the story takes place over the course of 48 hours, but it's got some flashback and even a supernatural element splashed in (which I'm not usually here for, but it was really effectively done). It was an incredible story, worth all the accolades and one I'd definitely recommend.
I picked up We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations that Matter because I thought it would help me as I have all sorts of challenging conversations on my podcast. It definitely did, and the first half of the book is worth its price. The second half of the book had some almost too simple "how to" help with conversation, and it wasn't as impactful as the first half, which really encourages and challenges people to start listening (really listening) to others, especially people you disagree with. There is a story about the power of simple conversations to fundamentally change people's beliefs that will stick with me for a while. I'd definitely recommend it; its message is timely right now.
The Story of a New Name is the second of the Neapolitan novels. This books was easier to get into than the first and, like the first, it's a captivating story. Also like its predecessor I spent most of the book trying to decide if I wanted to keep reading and got to the last page totally committed to the next one in the series. (Ferrante knows how to end a book on a cliffhanger!) American Wife is inspired by Laura Bush and her marriage to George W. It's fiction and the author definitely took some liberties with Laura's story. I really liked it for the most part, though she did something on the very last page that tainted the whole book for me in a way. Either way, I'd recommend it. Sittenfeld is coming out with a similar story inspired by the Clintons that I'm very curious about.
That's what I've got this month! Any of you read anything great??


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The latest Colorado Marijuana Market Report finds that retail/recreational licenses continue to increase in number while medical licenses are now decreasing. Despite the decrease, the total number of marijuana business licenses continues to grow. The quarterly Market Report is produced by the University of Denver's Daniels College of Business Assistant Professor Paul Seaborn.
"The total number of active marijuana business licenses issued by the Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division is at an all-time record high of 2,971, up from 2,913 in December 2016," says Seaborn. "52.5 percent of active licenses are for medical marijuana businesses, down from 54.5 percent in December 2016. 47.5 percent are for recreational/retail businesses, up from 45.5 percent."
The report finds that retail dispensary, cultivation and manufacturing licenses have all increased in number since December 2016 while medical centers, cultivation and manufacturing licenses have all decreased.
The study also finds that Log Lane Village has entered the top 15 city list, the cities with the most marijuana licenses. The town of about 900 people in Morgan County has 18 active licenses. Denver, Colorado Springs, Boulder, Pueblo and Pueblo West remain the top five cities for marijuana licenses. Trinidad has now passed Aurora in sixth place.
In addition, the Green Solution is now the third largest license-holder in the state, passing SweetLeaf.
"Native Roots and LivWell continue to have the largest number of licenses operating under a single name but each have fewer active licenses than in December 2016," Seaborn says. "The Green Solution is now the third largest license-holder in the state with 33 licenses. No single organization name represents more than 2.1 percent of the state's licenses."
The Colorado Marijuana Market Report will be a quarterly publication by Seaborn analyzing the data from the Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division (MED) and other sources.
About the author:
Paul Seaborn is an assistant professor in the Department of Management, Daniels College of Business. Prior to joining Daniels, he completed a Ph.D. in Strategic Management at the University of Toronto and worked for eight years as a consultant for Mercer Management Consulting (now Oliver Wyman) and IBM Global Services. He is the author of one of the first business teaching cases on marijuana and launched the first-ever "Business of Marijuana" course at the Daniels College of Business in spring 2017. His recent research projects examine information disclosure and reputation (ratings, rankings, classification), industry regulation, and corporate political activity. Read more.


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Russia's Turn to Its Asian Past
As nostalgia surges for the eastern conquest of Genghis Khan, Putin maps out his own empire
President Donald Trump's summit with President Vladimir Putin on July 16 will take him to Helsinki, one of Russia's many lost possessions. From Finland to Mongolia, the Russian Empire and then, in somewhat different borders, the Soviet Union once ruled more than a sixth of the planet's surface. Mr. Putin has famously described the loss of this empire, which happened nearly overnight in December 1991, as the "greatest geopolitical catastrophe" of the 20th century—not least because it has stranded tens of millions of Russian-speakers beyond Russia's shrunken frontiers.


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SANDY HOOK, NJ - The National Park Service (NPS) has made available for public and regulatory review the Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Sandy Hook Unit Maintenance Facilities Project, Relocate Hurricane Sandy Damaged Maintenance Facilities to More Sustainable Locations. This project would make the Sandy Hook Unit maintenance and storage facilities resilient to coastal storm surges and flooding through relocation to more sustainable locations.
The EA evaluates the potential impacts of the proposed action, which is also the NPS preferred alternative, and the no-action alternative. The NPS preferred alternative includes the construction of a consolidated maintenance facility within the Fort Hancock Historic Post Area. The consolidation would include adaptively reusing Building 49 and Building 65; constructing a new vehicle/equipment maintenance and repair shop; improvements to site access, parking, and circulation; as well as adequate vehicle/equipment and materials storage and perimeter security.
The ongoing participation of the public is very important to the success of this project. We invite you to attend an Open House to learn more about the project, the EA, ask questions, and share your comments.
Open House: Thursday, May 26, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Sandy Hook Chapel
26 Hudson Road
Highlands, New Jersey 07732
The EA will be available for public review and comment from May 16 to June 16, 2016. Please go to http://parkplanning.nps.gov/projectHome.cfm?parkId=237&projectID=49465 to view the EA and comment electronically. You are also welcome to mail comments directly to:
Office of the Superintendent
Gateway National Recreation Area, Fort Wadsworth
Attn: Sandy Hook Maintenance Facilities Relocation Project
210 New York Avenue, Staten Island New York 10305
Please postmark your comments by June 16, 2016 for consideration.
For more information on Gateway National Recreation Area and this project, please go to: http://www.nps.gov.gate.


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Method 5 : Get Rid Of Winreg64.exe From syserrors.com
Method 6 : Reset Your Browser Setting
Effective Way To To Wipe Out Winreg64.exe Manually From OS
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Wipe Out Winreg64.exe From Windows XP/Vista
- Step 1: Select Start menu and then Control panel.
- Step 2: Select Add or Get Rid Of program option.
- Step 3: Search and Select Winreg64.exe or unwanted program whom you wanted to Get Rid Of from OS.
- Step 4: Click Get Rid Of Button.
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- Step 1: Click Windows Key on your keyboard.
- Step 2: Select Control panel Option From start menu.
- Step 3: Select Get Rid Of a Program option from Program menu.
- Step 4: Select Winreg64.exe or unwanted programs from your OS whom you want to Get Rid Of.
Get Rid Of Winreg64.exe From Windows 8
- Step 1: Press Win+R button to Open Run Box.
- Step 2: Type Control panel in Run Window Press Enter.
- Step 3: Click Get Rid Of a program.
- Step 4: Select Winreg64.exe and other unwanted program whom you want to Wipe Out Click Get Rid Of.
Wipe Out Winreg64.exe From Windows 10
- Step 1: Press Start button and then Choose Setting option.
- Step 2: Select OS option.
- Step 3: Click Apps and Features option.
- Step 4: Select Winreg64.exe or unwanted programs whom you want to Get Rid Of and Click Get Rid Of.
Method: 2 Wipe Out Winreg64.exe From Registry Editor In OS
- Step 1: Launch Run Window By pressing key Win+R.
- Step2: Type regedit and then Press OK.
- Step3: Search and Get Rid Of all Registry files related to Winreg64.exe.
Method: 3 Wipe Out Winreg64.exe Related Files From Task Manager In OS
- Step 1: Press ALT+Ctrl_Del Button From the key board.
- Step 2: Select Windows Task Manager Option from Windows screen.
- Step 3: Choose the malicious process related to Winreg64.exe and click on End Task Button.
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Get Rid Of Winreg64.exe Windows Xp/Vista
- Step 1: Restart your Personal computer.
- Step 2: Press continuously F8 Key to open Advance Boot Option window.
- Step 3: Once opened Advance Boot Option.
- Step 4: Select Safe Mode with Networking option then press Enter button from keyword.
Get Rid Of Winreg64.exe Windows 8/10
- Step 1: Click on Start menu Press Shift key + Click on Restart button.
- Step 2: Select Troubleshoot option.
- Step 3: Click on Advanced Options.
- Step 4: Select Startup Settings option.
- Step 5: Select Enable Safe Mode option and then Click Restart button.
- Step 6: Press F5 button to Enable and then Safe Mode With Networking option.
Method: 5 Effective Way To Get Rid Of Winreg64.exe From Firefox
Uninstallation Of Winreg64.exe From Mozilla Firefox
- Step 1: Open Mozilla Firefox and click on Menu icon (=).
- Step 2: Now Click Add-ons from the open Window.
- Step 3: In the Add-ons Manager tab Choose the Extension or Appearance Panel.
- Step 4: Select Winreg64.exe and other suspicious extensions and click on Get Rid Of button.
Once Winreg64.exe is Wipe Out successfully then close all opened windows of Mozilla Firefox and Re-Start browser to complete the process.
Uninstallation Of Winreg64.exe From Google Chrome
- Step 1: Open Google Chrome browser and click on Settings icon (=).
- Step 2: Click Tools option Extensions.
- Step 3: From the opened Extension Window you need to locate Winreg64.exe if found then click on the garbage bin icon appear on right of it.
Again re-start Google once Winreg64.exe is Get Rid Of Possible Steps For from browser.
Uninstallation Of Winreg64.exe From Internet Explorer
- Step 1: Open Internet Explorer Press Alt+T button or Click on (=) from right top corner.
- Step 2: Select Tools and then Manage Add-ons option. Toolbars and Extension tab.
- Step 3: Select Winreg64.exe and other unwanted extensions Disable button.
Note:- When you will click on Disable button a dialog box will appear to inform you that going to disable the selected toolbar and some additional tool bar might be disable as well, ignore it and click Disable. Again Restart the IE once Winreg64.exe is Get Rid Of to complete the process.
Uninstallation Of Winreg64.exe From Microsoft Edge
- Step 1: Launch Microsoft Edge web browser and Click on More(….) icon.
- Step 2: Choose Settings: select a specific page or pages from under the Open option.
- Step 3: Select Custom option and enter the URL of the page that you wish set as your browser homepage.
Note: Well, Microsoft Edge does not have extensions hence you will need to reset your browser homepage in order to Get Rid Of Winreg64.exe from your Edge browser.
Method: 6 Effective Way To Reset Browser Settings To Its Default
Effective Way To Reset Mozilla Firefox
- Step 1: Open Firefox Click on Settings icons (=) and then click on Help icon, Now click on Troubleshooting Information.
- Step 2: Click on Reset Firefox or Refresh Firefox followed by Reset button again to Get Rid Of Winreg64.exe if found and modified data Possible Steps For.
Effective Way To Reset Google Chrome
- Step 1 : Open Chrome, Click on chrome menu, Settings (=) icon.
- Step 2 : Scroll cursor click on Reset button again click on Reset button when confirmation dialog box will appear.
Effective Way To Reset Internet Explorer
- Step 1 : Open Internet Explorer Click on Gear icon -> Tools menu -> Internet Options
- Step 2 : Now in the Advanced tab click Reset option and check out Wipe Out personal settings, click on Reset followed by Close once the Reset completed.
Effective Way To Reset Microsoft Edge
- Steps 1 : Launch MS Edge and click More (…) icon -> Select Setting option.
- Steps 2: Click on view Advance setting option.
- Step 3: Press Add new option from Search in the address bar with option.
- Step 4: Enter your favorite search engine url and press Add as default.


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A Story Told Through a Toothless Grin
Look round you and see how the world is full-bellied, flushed, and pregnant.
Four fetal feet kick within her, for she is great with twins-- two primitive beauties, not tame wonders ruined by convention, instead Holst and Wagner who crash and thrum, with order enough to make you thirsty and with danger enough to keep you wide awake.
If you are brave enough to walk in the woods at the edge of spring, or courageous enough to walk along the foaming lips of the sea as a storm rolls in, you will find that all that is natural and unsullied by human hands speaks a language you've nearly forgotten.
All that has been left alone resounds, and her songs make you ache, and this is embarrassing and uncomfortable for you with all of your school of hard knocks graduate degrees, so you don't talk about it much.
But of all that is wrong in the world, is right also to ache, for this world was created to be read like a child reads.
Once you start to hear what she has to tell you, it will pass also before your eyes like a flicker of light, and you wonder if you have really seen anything at all. Then once you admit what has come to you, once you relax into all the possibilities that M-theory, and molecular biology, and Degas, and Pascal, and Vaughan-Williams strain to promise, you will have to shove your fingers way, way down into your ear canal to deny what is impossible to deny but difficult to believe.
Because here is a love song sung in an age of lost love, see? But do not sing it. Do not sing it! You dare not hold this melody inside you because it is too much for the frail wineskins of your mortal heart. It will burst you clean.
But if you will not run, I will tell you a story that goes like this... long, long ago the most eloquent of all poets, the most expressive of all musicians, the most nuanced painter of gold light upon blue shadows decided to create a new work of art.
This Creator decided to mold dimensions with his own hands, length, width, depth, time -- and work upon this canvas a creative being that He could love and enjoy forever and ever.
Like a papa creating a playroom for his own, the Creator designed a studio--an entire planet full of pigments, marble, wood, metals, jewels, and every element that could be harnessed to make more beauty still. He planted inspiration all round and about to teach lessons of form and balance, plants, and animals, and stars--a world full of textures, and stories, and lessons packed with inspiration.
But the Creator knew that an artist cannot be an artist without autonomy. Autonomy allows an artist to make new ideas come to life, and so the Creator took a great risk. He decided to give his created being freedom--freedom to love him or to reject him. Freedom to abide by beauty or to turn away from it.
He got down to the business of making his beloved, formed the animal body of the created, then knelt to place his own mouth around the nostrils of his new man. He exhaled His own sweet soul-life into his creature's lungs, and at that moment, his new man fluttered and quickened and became more than an animal--he became imago Dei--a being made in his Maker's own image.
And oh, this creative creature was stunning. As he stretched out his bare arms into the light of the star his Creator had made, as he opened and closed fingers nimble enough to play Kabalevsky or do a surgeon's work inside the chest of a little child-- the Creator smiled over his work and and said, "This is delightful."
The Creator wanted to keep close company with the created, a closeness very much like the Creator kept with His own God-Kind. So the Creator walked with the man and talked with him in the cool of the day.
He also warned his man of danger, for there was one who hated the freedom and the gifts of this Adam. This enemy was a proud, hateful being who despised the Creator and all he made.
The Creator implored his man to use his freedom to trust him, to recline in his lavish love, to dwell in the life of God-communion so that death would never come to this artistic paradise. (For all that is of God is life, and all that is not of God is dead and dying.) The Creator pointed north, east, west, and south and told his creature to play, to work, to revel in every luxury -- save one single barrier, one boundary that had to be respected out of trust in the wisdom and authority of the Creator.
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UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations Security Council on Thursday approved a major reduction of peacekeepers in Darfur, the vast region of Sudan where violence continues against civilians, according to human rights groups, and millions remain displaced after years of fighting.
More than a third of the nearly 19,000 troops and police officers deployed in Darfur will start to be withdrawn, according to a resolution unanimously adopted by the Security Council. The resolution is part of a larger effort, led by the Trump administration, to reduce the United Nations peacekeeping budget.
The General Assembly is expected to vote on the new peacekeeping budget on Friday.
Violence has subsided in parts of Darfur, according to the United Nations secretary general, though human rights groups warn of the risk of heightened abuses against civilians after peacekeepers withdraw, and humanitarian aid agencies say that without peacekeepers nearby it will be difficult to deliver assistance. Nearly three million people remain displaced from their homes.
"While it's hard to predict the immediate effect these cuts would have on civilian protection," Omer Ismail of the Enough Project, a Washington-based advocacy group, said in an email, "we know the risk of conflict is high in many of the areas where bases are to be closed and military contingents are to be withdrawn."
Mr. Omer added that the withdrawal of peacekeepers "will make several key areas unsafe for humanitarian operations, likely leading to closures of programs upon which tens of thousands of conflict-affected people rely."
Peter Wilson, Britain's deputy ambassador, told the Council that the situation remained "fragile" in Darfur, but had "evolved" sufficiently to justify the reduction of peacekeepers. Mr. Wilson said the Security Council would receive more frequent assessments of the situation in Darfur and would re-evaluate the conditions there in six months.
The government of Sudan thanked the Security Council, asserting that Darfur was now secure and stable. The country's president, Omar al-Bashir, has been indicted by the International Criminal Court on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity in connection with his government's role in the conflict with Darfur rebels since 2003.
But Mr. Bashir has refused to cooperate with the court and continues to travel widely. The United States has said it is considering lifting sanctions against Sudan, as Washington has come to increasingly rely on the government's participation in counterterrorism operations.
The United Nations mission in Darfur has come under criticism in the past for not doing enough to protect civilians from being raped or killed. The mission has routinely complained of a lack of cooperation from the government in Khartoum.
"There is no reason to believe that government attacks on civilians and other abuses have ended since the same security forces remain in place," Daniel Bekele of Human Rights Watch said recently when the peacekeeping reductions were proposed. "They have never been prosecuted for their crimes and can't be relied on to protect civilians."
The American ambassador, Nikki R. Haley, said nothing specifically about Darfur on Thursday. But Ms. Haley has called for spending less on peacekeeping, inveighing against what she has called "fat" in United Nations operations. She had sought a $1 billion reduction in the $7.87 billion United Nations peacekeeping budget.
The cuts that were finally hammered out this week, after intense negotiations with other big funders of the organization, were modest. Diplomats settled on a $7.3 billion budget, equal to what the European Union had proposed and slightly less than what African countries had sought. The United States pays for 28 percent of the peacekeeping budget, the largest share of any country, owing to the size of its economy and its permanent seat on the Security Council. China is the second-largest funder.
The United States contributes only a small number of troops and police officers to United Nations missions.
Late Wednesday, Ms. Haley celebrated the peacekeeping budget cuts on Twitter. "Just 5 months into our time here, we've cut over half a billion $$$ from the UN peacekeeping budget & we're only getting started," she posted, along with a photograph of her smiling.