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Pine Hill Residence Property in Alanya - New apartment with nice sea view in Kargicak in new building with pool, fitness and sauna just 200 m to the beach
This new apartment with sea view is located in Alanya Kargicak in one of the best living areas.
The apartment is in a new residence at the hillside just 200 m to the beach. Behind the residence is a pine forest with a five star hotel on the top. It is quiet and natural living area.
Only 300 m away is a shopping mall with supermarkets, pharmacy and ATM. The next city center with shops, restaurants, banks and doctors is in Mahmutlar and only 2 km away.
To the new international airport Gazipasa it is just 15 minutes and therefore is this part of Alanya high in demand. There are bus connections just 200 m away.
The residence is offering a swimming pool with children pool, sun terrace, garden, playground, sauna, fitness. A doorkeeper is taking care of the communal facilities.
Here we have a very nice 2 bedroom apartment on the 2.floor for sale.
The apartment has a living space of 120 sqm and is split into a living room with American style kitchen, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, storeroom and 2 balconies.
From the balcony you have a nice open view on the Mediterranean Sea and to the castle of Alanya.
Interiors of the apartment:
- Ceramic floor tiles
- Double glazed PVC framed windows
- Front door of steel
- Panel room doors
- Kitchen cupboards with granite work top
- Stucco ceilings with spot lights
- Bathroom furniture
- Showers with cabin
The monthly fees for the residence are only 150 TL and for the title deed transfer and the registrations you can calculate with approx. 1.500 €.
For more information and an appointment to come and see this sea view property in Alanya please do not hesitate to contact us via our contact form or live chat.


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Venezuela is going through a long and deep crisis, whose most obvious consequence is the current migration abroad of this country's citizens. According to the United Nations (U.N.), around 3.2 million Venezuelans, 8-10 percent of Venezuela's population, moved abroad in the last two or three years. Venezuelans left for other Latin American countries and mostly for neighbour Colombia, where 1.2 million Venezuelans have arrived "…starving…with no money, no food, no medicine". More Venezuelans are expected to leave in the next months, and the impact of the Venezuelan migration on other Latin American societies is already a major international issue.
In addition, Venezuela is split about the legitimacy of the presidential successor of Hugo Chavéz, Nicolás Maduro, whose re-election on May 20, 2018, and swearing-in on January 10, 2019, were not recognized by the Venezuelan National Assembly. Consequently. On January 23, 2019, the president of this assembly, Juan Guaidó, took a public oath to serve as interim president of the republic. The legitimacy of the two presidents is nationally and internationally disputed or recognized through different political arenas, positions, and interpretations of the Venezuelan Constitution, and, because of all these uncertain circumstances, humanitarian intervention in Venezuela looks complicated.
In this context, disputes on the acknowledgement of the country crisis, whose severity could require or not international intervention, and authorities legitimately representing Venezuela seem to be at the centre of the current Venezuelan situation. Domestic and international, institutional and non-institutional actors, however, are also involved in these disputes stirring up unpredictable as destructive economic, political, and social dynamics.
Economic and Political Troubles
Looking at Venezuela's borders – especially the border with Colombia – even assuming fewer Venezuelans would have emigrated, it is impossible to deny that a massive number of Venezuelan citizens is leaving a country that had received Caribbean, European, and Latin American immigrants until a few decades ago. Emigration to Venezuela, indeed, has practically stopped, and a comparable percentage of Venezuelans citizens never emigrated abroad as it is occurring now. How could this happen?
Immigration to Venezuela decreased when the country's economy started to show signs of decline; especially after the 1983 devaluation of the Bolívar, the Venezuelan currency. At that time, conflicts, political violence, and economic instability in the region could still drive an important share of Latin America emigration – especially from Colombia – to Venezuela. However, the stampede of Venezuelan capitals and consequent Bolivar's devaluation of the early 1980s also revealed many investors no longer believed in the country's economic future, and they hurriedly moved their money abroad.
Several Venezuelans did the same. They started to look at other countries not only for investing but also for living. As the economy did not recover from the 1980s' crisis, leaving Venezuela gradually became an option first for investors, entrepreneurs, factories, firms, foreign residents, and later for all the population – wealthier, middle, and poorer social classes. In the last three years, the overwhelming Venezuelan crisis has undeniably converted this option in a sort of diaspora, which was unimaginable before the advent of Hugo Chávez's Fifth Bolivarian Republic since 1999; International Organization for Migration's reports show innumerable evidences of the increasing Venezuelan migration. In short, Venezuela is going through its worst crisis; Maduro cannot deny this or minimize it.
What stirred up this crisis? Certainly, the fall of oil prices in 2014-16 impacted heavily on the country's economy, but between 2003 and 2013, the governments of Chávez and Maduro received windfall income thanks to the rise of oil prices. In 2009, all prices fell because of the recession caused by the financial crisis, and Venezuela suffered the consequences of the coup against Chávez and the long oil strike of 2002-03, but, overall, the 2003-2013 cycle was an unprecedented and probably one-off bonanza period. In addition, Venezuela partially reoriented its oil exports toward the Chinese, Indian, and Russian markets obtaining generous credit lines, especially from China. Yet, during the same oil boom, the Venezuelan economy kept showing its already customary problems such as capital flight, growing dependency on imports, hoardings, inflation, shortages, smuggling, etc. Making everything worse, the Venezuelan oil production first stagnated and after declined in the last decade, and, paradoxically despite oil prices, gradually recovered in 2017 and 2018. The 2018 Venezuelan oil production is not even half of what it was twenty years ago.
So, what happened with the windfall of the oil boom? With all that money, weren't revolutionary governments able to maintain at least a consistent extraction of the country's vital resources?
According to the populist leadership of Chávez, Venezuelan governments should invest almost everything in keeping domestic and international political support for his Bolivarian and Socialist Revolution. Chávez's leftist interpretation of the ideas of Simon Bolivar, the hero of independence movements in Latin America and Venezuela, has indeed been a key element for political mobilization in Venezuela and the region. In addition, the charismatic Chávez was much more effective at arousing the enthusiasm of crowds and leaders of other countries than the insipid Maduro. Thanks to oil income and his charisma, Chávez changed Venezuela's political ideology and structure making of Bolivarianism a leftist ideology and opening his country political arena to the participation of new political actors, who emerged from the impoverishment due to the fall of oil prices in the 1980s and 1990s. At the same time and in a similar way, Chávez also grabbed and supported economically and politically the rise of leftist governments in Latin America. Through the Bolivarian internationalism, oil income and supply offered with advantageous conditions to leftist organizations and to Caribbean and Latin American countries (including Cuba and Nicaragua), Chávez also conquered an international leadership.
But all this had a price. When the Venezuelan economy began to totter under the weight of increasing debts and stagnating oil prices, Chávez put the blame on an economic war led by the U.S. empire. However, the first rounds of the United States' sanctions on Venezuela aimed only at stopping anti-democratic, terrorist, drug trafficking, and other trafficking activities of several Venezuelans and representatives of the Venezuelan government. Either such accusations being true or false, the impact of these restrictive measures on the overall conditions of the Venezuelan economy was insignificant.
In 2017, U.S.'s sanctions, instead, started to become increasingly severe hitting directly or indirectly P.D.V.S.A. (Petróleos de Venezuela Sociedad Anónima) – the state oil enterprise of Venezuela – and the access of the Venezuelan government to the American debt and equity markets. On January 28, 2019, the U.S. government finally blocked all P.D.V.S.A.'s properties and interests under U.S. jurisdiction and prohibited all U.S. persons from doing business with the Venezuelan oil company. Now, there really is a confrontation between the U.S. and the Nicolás Maduro's presidency.
On the other hand, after the clumsy and improvident, American support to the 2002 coup against Chávez, for reasons linked to domestic and foreign politics of both countries, the United States and Venezuelan kept trade relations with considerable reciprocal advantages. After all, the American oil market was the most reliable cash supplier of the Venezuelan government, which has its crucial foreign investment right in the U.S. through the oil company CITGO, and Venezuela remained the closest country to the U.S. with gigantic oil reserves. For the United States, in other words, despite Chávez's incendiary rhetoric, the Bolivarian Revolution, and even the alliance between Cuba and Venezuela, the Socialist country of the Bolivarian Revolution could still be a more reliable energy supplier than other far away oil-exporting countries.
The governments of Chávez and Maduro have also blamed the imperialist economic war imposed by the United States for capital flight from Venezuela, corruption, currency devaluation, hoarding and smuggling of commodities and goods, hyperinflation and inflation, etc. But all these economic phenomena are already well-known negative consequences of the controls on the Bolívar's exchange rate, interest rates, and market prices that the Venezuelan governments have sustained well beyond the time these controls were exceptionally needed. These controls have always ended by setting off unstoppable inflation and devaluations. Rather than being the weapons of an alleged economic war fuelled by foreign powers, corruption, inflation, and devaluations, they are, first of all, the outcome of the obsolete rentier economy based on oil income of Venezuela.
When Chávez began his Revolution, it was very clear that such rentier pattern was no longer practicable. The 1983 devaluation, after all, had rung the first alarm that cautious changes in the country economy should begin urgently, but Venezuelan governments realized it too late and were not able to make politically viable economic changes during the 1980s and 1990s.
During the 1998 electoral campaign and right after his presidential inauguration in 1999, Chávez was not particularly critical of the economic readjustment carried out by the previous government of Rafael Caldera; Chávez even kept the same Caldera's finance minister, Maritza Izaguirre, in his first administration. Chávez and his movement leaders, however, believed that the solution to the Venezuelan problems was to be found in politics rather than in modern economic reforms and readjustments.
Consequently, the new Constitution and politicians led by a charismatic leader/commander were going to begin the new era; just as it is usually promised with the advent of authoritarian and totalitarian regimes. Approving a new Constitution is not a problem by itself, but this kind of change is not well perceived in Latin America, where too often constitutional changes are the first steps towards the de-legitimization of whatever was done before the new constitution by whomever that may become a political adversary or sponsor a competitive ideology.
The Bolivarian Revolution, in fact, did not change at all the Venezuelan rentier economy. Quite the reverse, Chávez's Bolivarianism has been deeply conservative proposing a mythical image of the past (another ideological aspect of authoritarian regimes) clinging to an outdated rentier economy. In this way, today's Venezuela has ended by relying more than ever only on a single resource: crude oil, whose current extraction is insufficient to satisfy even the most immediate needs of Venezuelans.
Political Confrontations
Due to the disputed 2018 presidential election, Maduro is at his second, consecutive mandate.
In 2013, Maduro succeeded Hugo Chávez Frías, who lead the Bolivarian Revolution, began, first, the Fifth Republic Movement to change the Venezuelan Constitution (1999), and later the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV in Spanish); consequently, supporters of the "commander" Chávez are generally called "Chavistas" and his political movement and ideology are known as "Chavismo".
Chávez died in 2013 after indicating his party comrade Maduro as the next presidential candidate. Maduro won the 2013 presidential elections but by a narrow margin against Henrique Capriles Randosky, the candidate of the Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD in Spanish).
Maduro's unconvincing victory showed times were changing in Venezuela. After years of control over the presidency and the National Assembly, the Bolivarian Revolution had lost Chávez, its charismatic leader, and could no longer keep generous social spending thanks to the high oil prices; since in the second semester of 2014 oil prices fell abruptly making everything more difficult for Chávez's heir. In 2015, Capriles' MUD obtained a clear and crucial majority of the National Assembly. It was the first time Chavismo did not win an election since the approval of the new Constitution. The "Commander" Chávez had only lost a referendum for the amendment of 69 constitutional articles in 2007 but he practically imposed a new vote and won the referendum in 2009.
Confronting not only the solid opposition of the National Assembly during the economic crisis but also an attempt of a referendum for removing him from the presidency in 2016, and a consistent political mobilization against his government, Maduro also found his way to partially recover control over Venezuelan politics. He called for the elections of a very powerful National Constituent Assembly, which would have to rewrite the country's Constitution. At this point, however, the fracture between government and a growing opposition had become irremediable.
Many more details would be needed to explain how the increasing reciprocal repudiation of their respective leaders, institutional and representative authorities, and functions and organs, as well as decisions and legitimacy issues between government and opposition, drove the country to the current political situation. The two presidencies with different international and domestic recognitions summarize the peak of a confrontation that was relatively latent but now is evident. The Venezuelan situation, however, should also be understood through a wider political perspective.
Having the support of the Venezuelan military, for example, gives a remarkable advantage to Maduro, but the worsening crisis and the consequent, undeniable migration of Venezuelans to other countries pushed the Venezuelan crisis into the regional and international arenas. In this context, Guaidó's presidency rose according to a new political strategy of the opposition, which now looks for more effective coordination among national alliances and Latin American and international support in fighting Chavismo. The Secretary of the Organization of American States, Luis Almagro, for example, launched a pioneering campaign to delegitimize Maduro's government. The Group of Lima, which includes Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, México, Panamá, Paraguay, and Perú, condemned the economic and political deterioration of Venezuela and recognized Guaidó as the country's legitimate president, and it was not accidental that Trump's administration not only recognized Guaidó's presidency, but also implemented more aggressive sanctions to weaken financially Maduro's government and threatens with a military intervention in the country.
The United States' initiative, however, has also taken the Venezuelan confrontation to a sort of brinkmanship situation with unpredictable consequences in the short and medium terms; it forced several domestic and international actors to readjust their positions for the possibility of any kind of direct intervention in Venezuela. Several countries supporting Guaidó's presidency, for example, strongly disagree with the U.S.' military intervention proposition. On the other hand, China and Russia, have been on Maduro's side at the United Nations Security Council's (UNSC) meetings and no agreement on what should be done in Venezuela seems to have been met in the debates. Maduro's government, in the meanwhile, blocked aid trucks and repressed protesters on the Venezuelan borders with Brazil and Colombia and claimed that he would rely on alleged, incoming aid from Russia, but Venezuelan hospitals announced they haven't received it, yet. Another important element to understand the Venezuelan crisis is the presence of thousands of Cubans in the country – Cuban intelligence, indeed, has been crucial in orchestrating political strategies for the Venezuelan governments after the 2002 coup attempt against Chávez. Russia, which also provided military supplies to Venezuela, and Turkey are important trade partners of the country. They export, process, and sell gold extracted from Venezuelan environmentally protected areas, which may be under the control of corrupted military and gangs.
Less known but equally important aspects of the crisis are the domestic, disintegrating consequences of Venezuelans' exposure to the highly unstable economy and politics. Informal circulation of scarce goods such as medicines and the insufficiency of medical services, on one hand, and power relations based on abuse and intimidation, on the other hand, are already dominant aspects of Venezuelan daily life. With the decline or subordination of legal authorities under Chavismo, the government did not hesitate to rely on paramilitaries to repress and control dissidence. In this scenario of widespread illegal activities, corruption thrives and the alarming rise of violent crimes and lack of respect for human rights are increasingly major concerns, not only for Venezuelan citizens but also for Latin American countries, other foreign powers, and international organizations.
It can be concluded that because of an economic war or a corrupted and inefficient rentier regime, Venezuela is going through its worst overall crisis since the wars for independence in the nineteenth century. The current immigration of Venezuelans to foreign countries is the clearest evidence of the crisis. The recent period of prolonged lack of electric power seems to have had even worse consequences than the previous problems that forced many Venezuelans to migrate. The country is politically split, and support of foreign powers for the two sides of the confrontation has also made the situation worse until now. A low-intensity conflict may become a repressive or an active resistance strategy for the government, in a first case, or the opposition, in a second one. Thanks to the loyalty of the military, the government looks more prepared for this in the case of conflict. For the opposition, despite Guaidó having obtained remarkable international support, clashes with the military and the police could trigger the instauration of a dictatorship forcing more Venezuelans to leave the country for political reasons. The game is quite open, in other words, and many observers are not only studying carefully the moves of Guaidó and Maduro and their respective supporters but also thinking about the world's biggest oil reserves of Bolívar's fatherland.
Further Reading on E-International Relations
- Venezuela: A Difficult Puzzle to Solve
- Oil and Protests in Venezuela
- Venezuela in the Firing Line of Threats to Democratic Stability in Latin America
- Crisis in Venezuela: Will Anybody Support Democracy?
- Opinion – The Survival of Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution
- The Venezuelan Crisis: Maduro's Regime Legitimacy and Potential Outcomes
- China-Venezuela Relations in the Context of Covid-19
- A Non-Violent Conflict: The Venezuela-Guyana Dispute
- Opposition in Bolivarian Venezuela: Caught Between Conflict and Compromise
- Understanding the Venezuelan Displacement Crisis

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I'd like to mention one other posting that fell just outside the top 10 but which I believe set one of the most important themes of the year:
I have other favorites but must press ahead with preparing some new posts. As I mentioned earlier this month, I have a backlog of stuff I want to start writing about. I think 2005 has been a year of marking time while a number of developments coalesce, both for me personally but also for SOA as a set of best practices. 2006 will be the year these developments begin to blossom.
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My vintage country wedding
Ben and I didn't want an over-complicated wedding. We wanted to keep things simple and go for a mainly DIY wedding. There are so many things that we loved about the day – the simplicity of the styling and the personal touches – like matching the souvenir spoons on the bomboniere to our guests; carefully choosing each song in the playlist; hand picking plates; personally choosing peonies from the Spring Hill Peony Farm; and serving our guests with Shiraz produced by Ben's dad.
Both coming from close knit families, we wanted our wedding to feel like one big family dinner where everyone shared stories, food and drink. We decided to have the reception at Ben's parents property with shared plates down the middle of long trestle tables dressed in vintage linens and crockery.
My mum and grandma have always been avid collectors of antiques and second hand treasures, which I also love too, so we incorporated lots of vintage props and treasures like a small meatsafe for cards, vintage ladders to display flowers, wire handled jars for flowers and candles (made by my dad), cut glass and crystal dishes for salt & pepper and fine bone china tea cups.
We did all of the styling ourselves – around the property, in the garden and in the marquee. We folded the napkins, set the tables and shared our wine – just as we would do if we had people over for lunch or dinner. My mum even made the wedding cake.
Here's some of our favourite photos from our big vintage country wedding with lots of founding pieces in the Betty May collection. Hope you enjoy them.
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David Cameron is today set to meet with E.U. Ministers at the beginning of a process of international negotiations, amid pressure from the right of his party to get Britain out of Eurovision.
The series of talks, aimed at getting a better deal for the United Kingdom from the traditional song contest system, will trigger an in-out referendum on whether to continue exporting manufactured pop to the Eurozone, or to go solo and find something else to do on one Saturday night each year, that we might be better at.
"What I would say is that we need to make sure that Eurovision delivers for British pop, so that working families of soap opera stars from five years ago and Big Brother contestants so unpopular that they get evicted in the second week can encourage their children to queue up for seventeen hours outside the X Factor regional first-round trials heats, in the knowledge that they can hope to be performing on a level playing stage with an elected committee of Songstresses with dress cleavages designed to be reminiscent of the English Channel with nipple-tape instead of the Chunnel termini, and the Latvian Wheelchair Basketball Team rap" said the prosciutto-faced politician.
The Prime Minister is in a difficult position between tight-suited Euromusic Bureaucrats and Tory grey-suited Elgar groupies, with many commentators likening him to being 'Like a Puppet on a String'. Many Eurovision sceptics in the Conservative Party contend that British levels of funding to the EBU does not sing in tune to the music, ever since download sales were included in the figures counted toward the charts, meaning that the top ten can recycle old Kylie singles now that Australia is in Europe, and relight my fire of used Take That hits.
The recent crisis of radio-play migrants having to be rescued from the Sea of Mediocrity has led to the rise in popularity of EUKIP, which gained nearly four million votes for this year's British hopeful Nigella Farage with his song 'Un Point'. The official government policy is that the band will only split up if musical differences over trade deals cannot be resolved by sensible dialogue accompanied by a really good, catchy tune and a lively poppy riff. The opening lyrics and epileptic-fit inducing flashing lights begin between EU Commission sex-symbol Jean-Claude Juncker and the artist formerly known as Dave, now that the show is over and the PM has won the vote to evict, being able at last to expel backing singer Nick Clegg from the act, since he's not as good-looking as he used to be.
The result of the General Election was largely influenced by the opposition party Labour leader failing to convince the electorate to 'Hold Me Now', while the Scottish National Party enjoyed a big swing with their promise to have a 'Boom-Bang-A-Bang' explosive effect on the Westminster Parliament. The Green Party asked the country to 'Save Your Kisses For Me', so that they could be composted and used to grow healthy organic vegetables.
Meanwhile, Ireland has held a referendum on whether Song Contest winners ought to be allowed to marry, and has overwhelmingly elected that transgender metrosexuals can in future be legally solemnized, on condition that the dominant entrant has to host next time.
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My family just found out there is a Mormon dry foods cannery/store near by. You can order 100lbs of wheat for twenty dollars, dried foods by the case! You can even go and can your foods for free at their cannery. You just need to clean up after yourself and no kids are allowed in the canery. Simple enough!
They have a dry foods machine that you can use, along with a machine that cans foods in the number 10 cans. They sell the cans for only 80 cents each, and they last for 30 years! WOW! This is sooooo much better then canning with glass jars! Especialy for larger size families.
That said, I was able to do some wheat research with the kids today. I have heard of hard wheat and soft wheat, but really had no idea what the difference was. And yes, I have been grinding my own wheat for several years now.
Truth be told, I had no idea what a wheat berry was a few years ago. I have really come a long way! :o)
For some reason, I always thought that flour came from the plant. (already grinded) I had no idea there was a grinding step that you had to do first, before getting the powdery flour! lol
What is a Wheat Berry? – A wheat berry is a small seed in the "ear" of the wheat plant. There are more than 40 wheat berries on each stalk! It has three parts: germ, endosperm and bran. The berries are crushed by large granite stones in our mill to make whole wheat flour.
Classes of Wheat:
Spelt Berries– Spelt is very similar to wheat, but has a slightly nuttier, sweeter flavor. Spelt contains more protein than wheat, and the protein in spelt is easier to digest. People who are allergic to wheat may be able to tolerate spelt. My daughter happens to be one of these people. She is sensitive to Gluten, but is able to tolerate Spelt.
Kamut-This grain is two times larger than modern day wheat and is known for its rich nutty flavor.Kamut can be used in place of all the different wheats; the hard and soft varieties and also durum wheat.
Hard Red Winter Wheat– is the class of wheat used mostly for bread and all-purpose flour.
Hard Red Spring Wheat– contains the highest protein content (1316.5%) is excellent bread wheat with superior milling and baking characteristics.
Soft Red Winter Wheat– is low to medium protein content, and is used to make cakes, pastries, flat breads, and crackers.
Hard White Wheat– is closely related to red wheat except for the color genes and has a milder, sweeter flavor, equal fiber, and similar milling and baking qualities.
Soft White Wheat– is used much the same way as soft red wheat (for bakery products other than bread.)
Durum Wheat– the hardest of all U.S. wheats, is good for pastas: macaroni, spaghetti, and other noodles that you would make from scratch.
What I also found rather neat, is that you can cook up wheat berries like you would rice, or oatmeal. You can serve this high protein breakfast. Drizzeled with honey, or maple syrup.
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Wireless entertainment to devices on XL, Volotea and Iberia Express
Passengers on French longhaul airline XL Airways will be able to use their wireless devices to enjoy free entertainment onboard, thanks to a new solution from Spanish company Immfly.
The free entertainment will be available on routes to North America, the Caribbean and the Indian Ocean starting in October. Three A330s are to be equipped with the new system, developed by Kontron and Immfly.
Entertainment to personal devices includes newsfeeds, magazines, documentaries, childrens' tv, music and sports videos. Journey, maps and destination information including areas the aircraft is flying over, will be streamed to PEDS. French and English destination guides will be available for download. News content is uploaded daily.
There will also be a premium offering, available for a fee, likely to be between €5 and €9.9, depending on the route.
XL will also be able to offer passengers onboard purchases and transactions via the system.
Volotea will also be offering free entertainment from Immfly starting next month in a four month trial on four A319s. Volotea is a Spanish low cost carrier with 19 B717 and four A319 aircraft.
Passengers on Iberia Express can also enjoy entertainment on their devices, supplied by Immfly. A new branded platform for Iberia Express labelled Club Express Onboard is to be launched 28th June and other partnerships in Europe and LATAM will be announced in the near future.
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When out in the field and faced with a fabulous scene in front of you, there are three choices to consider when it comes to where you should place your horizon; Top, middle, bottom. Positioning the horizon in one of these three places will dramatically effect the perspective of the picture and will help to give your photographs a more dynamic edge. Generally speaking, the casual snapper and beginner photographer will tend to put their horizons more or less dead centre, as this is the way we usually see the world from a standing perspective. However, this tends to give pictures an unnatural balance with the photograph feeling as if it should be viewed as two halves. There will be times though, that placing your horizon in the middle will work a treat.
Lets look at some examples below.
Choose to put your horizon near the top, somewhere around a third of the way down, when there is either something of great interest in the foreground or very little of interest in the sky.
It was a cold and windy afternoon when I took this shot of the rugged terrain of Dartmoor. The sky to my right was still quite bright but in front of me it was grey and gloomy and although there is some definition and interest where the clouds meet the land, it went to a flat grey the higher you looked. Sky aside, it was the fantastic group of boulders that caught my attention so it made sense to make these the real focus of the image.
As I mentioned earlier, placing the horizon in the centre will more often than not result in an average looking picture, mainly because its how we all usually see the world. You're not giving it a new perspective. However there are times when putting it in the middle works well, an example being reflection shots. For this shot there really wasn't anything to be gained by putting in either more water or sky. The focus is the subject and its reflection, plain and simple.
Place your horizon near the bottom, again around a third of the way up as a general rule, when there is little of interest in the foreground with main point of interest being in the sky. It could be something like the balloon in my image, or it could be something as simple as the clouds themselves. I placed my horizon really low for this image to allow more space for the balloon to enter into.
So next time you're out, decide where the main point of interest is and place your horizon accordingly.
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I've always had a passion for creating art, studying art and design during my school years and spending much of my time watercolour painting. After a brief love affair with playing rock guitar, photography was to be the next step in my creative life and I haven't stopped since.
My photography has always been a continuous journey, constantly trying to gather as much information as I can to help push my photography to new levels and explore new avenues of creativity.
I love sharing the things I have learned and over the past few years
I have been an active committee member of a local camera club, giving occasional tutorials on photo skills and basic Photoshop techniques. I am also the proud winner of 'The Portman cup' for 'Best Image of 2010′ at the Sussex Photographic federation's Projected Digital Image competition.


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The German Cabinet today adopted the revised Cross-Border Renewable Energy Ordinance (GEEV). This is to implement the requirements of the 2017 Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG 2017), according to which 5% of new renewables capacity to be installed each year (approx. 300 megawatts) will be opened up to installations in other EU Member States in auctions. This is the result of an agreement with the European Commission in the context of the state aid approval procedure for the Renewable Energy Sources Act.
The opening of auctions has so far been possible only for photovoltaic installations in the framework of a pilot phase. On this basis, Germany last year successfully launched opened pilot auctions for ground-mounted photovoltaic installations with its cooperation partner Denmark.
The revised Cross-Border Renewable Energy Ordinance (GEEV) that was adopted by the Cabinet today also makes possible cross-border auctions for onshore wind energy installations.
State Secretary Baake underlined the significance of the Ordinance: "The partial opening is an essential element of the integration of renewables in the European market. The cooperation with our neighbours is the right approach to anchor the energy transition across borders and to gradually adjust the funding systems. In the future, the partial opening can also contribute to diversifying the expansion of renewables and benefitting from the fact that fluctuations in wind and solar power generation can be better offset in larger regions."
According to the Renewable Energy Sources Act, three requirements must be fulfilled for cross-border opening: the opening must be based on the principle of reciprocity, i.e. the German funding system can be opened to installations from other EU Member States only if the other Member States also open their funding systems to installations in Germany. For this purpose, intergovernmental agreements need to be concluded between the cooperation partners. Furthermore, it must be possible to physically import the electricity to Germany, i.e. a real impact on the German electricity market must be guaranteed.
The Cross-Border Renewable Energy Ordinance (GEEV) implements these requirements, It is based on the proven concept that was developed in the context of the first pilot auction with Denmark.
Additional information about the revised Cross-Border Renewable Energy Ordinance (GEEV) can be found in the accompanying document on the hearing of the Länder and associations.
The Ordinance is to enter into force as soon as possible. Further cross-border auctions are planned to be carried out. This is subject to the successful conclusion of negotiations with partner countries.
You can find out more about current German energy policy in the fortnightly Newsletter "Energiewende direkt".


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Dr Josep Cru Talaveron
Lecturer in Spanish
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I studied a BA in Anglo-German Philology (1993) and a BA in Linguistics at the University of Barcelona (1996). I also hold an MA in Language, Literacy and Culture from the University of California, Berkeley (1999). With the support of the Institute Ramon Llull, I taught Catalan at Newcastle University and Durham University from 2007 to 2013 and in 2014 I became a Teaching Fellow in Spanish at Newcastle. In September 2013 I submitted a PhD thesis on language revitalisation and language ideologies in Yucatan, Mexico.
I am also a member of Linguapax, an international NGO based in Barcelona that promotes language diversity worldwide. Apart from coordinating the Linguapax network and organising congresses, I designed and developed pedagogical material to raise awareness about linguistic diversity and to revitalise minoritised languages, particularly of Mexico (see www.lenguasindigenas.mx). I have also been part of the Linguapax scientific committee to advise on language policy and planning with missions to Mexico (drafting of the Law of Linguistic Rights of Indigenous Peoples, 2003), Paraguay (drafting of the Law of Languages, 2005) and Chile (Implememntation of Intercultural Bilingual Education, 2007). More information at: www.linguapax.org.
In the academic year 2000-2001 I taught Spanish language and culture at Nanjing University (China) with the support of the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development (AECID) and was awarded a Merit Prize for Excellence in Teaching by the Department of Foreign Languages of that university.
Spanish and Catalan (native speaker), English. Also working knowledge of French, Portuguese and Italian, and basic knowledge of Chinese, Russian, German and Dutch.
- Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS).
- Society for Latin American Studies,UK since 2008.
- Acervo digital lenguas indígenas de México, since 2003.
- Linguapax International Network, since 2001.
- Alumnus of International House Berkeley, California, since 1999.
Organisation of International Congresses
Working at Linguapax I organised several international conferences among which:
- World Congress on Language Policies, Barcelona, April 2002 http://www.linguapax.net
- World Congress on Language Diversity, Sustainability and Peace http://www.linguapax.net
At Newcastle University I was co-convener of the conference:
- Language and Sociopolitical Struggle in the Hispanic World (28 April 2010).
2010 and 2011. Santander Exchange Bursaries Scheme to carry out fieldwork in Mexico (1,000£ each).
2010-2013. I have been involved in a four year project with Linguapax to develop Intercultural Education in Chiapas, Mexico. Barcelona City Council supported this project with 200,000 euros.
1998. 'La Caixa' Scholarhsip to undertake postgraduate studies in the United States (University of California at Berkeley).
Undergraduate Teaching
Advanced Spanish Writing. Level D. SPA4081
Spanish for professional and academic purposes. Level D. SPA4082
Business Spanish 2 (SPA2001)
Introduction to Linguistics (SML1019).
Multilingualism in Latin America (LAS 4005).
Research Interests
My research interests cover:
Sociolinguistics of the Hispanic World.
Language policy and planning, particularly in Mexico and Spain, and language revitalisation.
Discourse analysis and language ideologies.
Indigenous languages of Latin America and education.
Recent presentation of papers:
Exploring grassroots efforts to revitalise Yucatec Maya in Mexico. Society for Latin American Studies, 11-12 April 2013, Manchester, UK, within the panel "Paradigms, policies and practices of diversity: pluriculturalism, language use and education among Latin American indigenous peoples", co-convener along with Rosaleen Howard (Newcastle University) and Sheila Aikman (University of East Anglia).
Maya language promotion and the need for an ideological clarification. Presentation within a two week course 'Fourth International 3L Summer School: Endangered Languages – From Documentation to Revitalisation, 1-13 July 2012 Lyon, France'.
- Cru J. Bilingual rapping in Yucatan, Mexico: Strategic choices for language legitimation and revitalisation. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 2015, (ePub ahead of Print).
- Cru J. Language revitalisation from the ground up: promoting Yucatec Maya on Facebook. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 2014.
- Cru J, ed. The Management of Multilingualism in Urban Settings / La gestió del multilingüisme en context urbà. Barcelona: Linguapax, 2014.
- Cru J. Ideologies of language purism in Yucatan. In: Léonard, J-L; Aviles Gonzalez, KJ, ed. Documentation et revitalisation des "langues en danger" : épistémologie et praxis. Paris: Michel Houdiard Editeur, 2015, pp.370-391.
- Cru J. Language Diversity in Mexico. In: T.L. McCarthy and S. Coronel-Molina, ed. Indigenous Language Revitalization in the Americas. New York/London: Routledge, 2013. In Press.
- Cru J, Khubchandani L, ed. Linguapax Review 2010. Barcelona: Centre UNESCO de Catalunya, 2011.
- Andriamiseza N, Essomba MÀ, Cru J, ed. The Management of Linguistic Diversity and Peace Processes. Barcelona: Centre Unesco de Catalunya - Unescocat, 2010.
- Lluis A, Cru J, ed. Lenguas de América: IV Foro de las Lenguas Amerindias. Barcelona: Casa Amèrica Catalunya-Linguapax-ACCD-Linguamon, 2007.
- Seroo O, Cru J. Ex-post Evaluation of Activities in the Field of Regional and Minority Languages, 1998-2002. Brussels, Belgium: European Commission, 2004.
- Cru J. Discourses of language revalorisation in the Yucatecan press. In: Language and Sociopolitical Struggle in the Hispanic World. 2010, Newcastle upon Tyne: Americas Research Group and School of Modern Languages, Newcastle University.
- Cru J. Shifting Language Ideologies among Young Maya Professionals: Overcoming Purism in Yucatán. Critical Multilingualism Studies 2016, 4(2), 111-132.
- Cru Josep, Khubchandani Lachman, ed. Linguapax Review 2010. Barcelona, Spain: Centre Unesco de Catalunya-Linguapax, 2011.


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Tomorrow is the first day of winter, and with the season comes chilly temperatures and slippery roads and sidewalks. Stay safe with these tips.
Black ice. Winter brings danger for many motorists, with one of the most threatening being black ice. To stay safe on black ice, slow down when the presence of black ice is likely. If you do encounter black ice, do not hit the brakes. Instead, keep your steering wheel steady and lift your foot off the accelerator. Do not overcorrect your steering if you feel your car sliding.
Dress warmly. To avoid frostbite when outside in the winter elements, wear dry, loose-fitting clothing that will hold your body heat and cover exposed skin as well as a hat, gloves, and scarf.
Watch for signs of frostbite and hypothermia. Signs of frostbite include the loss of feeling and/or a white or pale appearance in extremities. Signs of hypothermia include uncontrollable shivering, disorientation, slurred speech, and exhaustion. If any of these signs occur, move to a warm location and get help immediately.
Prevent falls. Wear sturdy shoes and walk cautiously to prevent falls on ice and snow.
Winterize your home. Install weather stripping and check your heating system to make sure it is working properly.
Prepare your car. Get your car ready for winter weather by getting a tune-up to make sure the radiator is in good working condition, the tire pressure is filled to the manufacturer's recommended inflation pressure, and the antifreeze level is sufficient.
Prepare for any potential emergencies in your vehicle by creating a winter emergency kit that includes:
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How I Became a Bicyclist
by Stephani Meyers
When planning a move from Chicago two years ago, one of the top factors in choosing a new city was public transportation. Denver's light rail seemed decent enough on paper and it looked like they were expanding. On my first day in Denver, I walked 12 miles all over to experience the different neighborhoods that I could potentially live in. I was amazed that I could walk through so many neighborhoods in just one day. One of the very first things I noticed was the unevenness of the sidewalks, as I kept tripping everywhere I went and had to remember not to look up when walking.
One stipulation of my new apartment was that it had to be near the light rail and close to downtown. I ended up finding a place six blocks from the end of the D line. I started taking the D line to work downtown but quickly realized that walking downtown took me exactly the same amount of time, if not less. Having always lived close to Chicago's "L," I was quickly realizing how spoiled I had become. I was missing having a train arrive every five minutes during rush hour that I had grown so accustomed to taking daily. I started walking to work in the mornings and enjoyed the fact that I could walk to work. Then I discovered biking, which was even faster than walking — cutting my commute time in half. I had tried biking in Chicago maybe four times and determined it was too scary to bike on the narrow, traffic-packed roads, especially in the winter.
I never would have discovered a love for biking had I not moved to my Denver neighborhood. Its flatness, wide enough roads, and the Champa/Stout bike lanes made my commute really fun. It didn't hurt that Denver is pretty much a year-round biker's paradise. In Chicago, I was also spending $1200/year on my monthly CTA pass. Now, I am not paying anywhere close to that thanks to bike commuting and occasionally taking RTD when it snows. I am looking forward to the bike network being expanded, including the 5280 loop and funding for Denver Moves and sidewalks to make it easier to get around Denver by bike and foot. My favorite part of the day is biking to work, as my actions align with my values of directly increasing my personal health and wealth while decreasing my environmental impact.


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Home floor has not proven to be an advantage for either the Victoria Shamrocks or the Maple Ridge Burrards in their WLA final series. The series is tied 2-2 and both teams have picked up both their wins in the other team's barn. The Rocks kept that trend alive with an 11-8 win on the mainland Tuesday.
Adam Shute was back between the pipes for the Shamrocks after Cody Hagedorn got the start in game 3 while Frankie Scigliano again took his place in the crease at the other end of the floor. It was the Rocks getting another quick start, scoring the first 3 goals of the contest before Maple Ridge solved Shute. Corey Small got things started just 25 seconds in, as he picked up a rebound in front to make it 1-0 Victoria. Chris Wardle picked up another at 4:52 on a ball that was misplayed by the Burrards' netminder, allowing Wardle to knock it to the back of the net. Small picked up his second of four on the night at 7:23, going to the net and it was 3-0 for the visitors. Maple Ridge came back with a pair, Ben McIntosh tallying at 11:08 with a spin around and hard shot. Connor Goodwin got the home team within a goal at 13:33 with a low shot from outside the dotted line. Before the period ended, the teams traded goals, Rhys Duch scoring for the visitors at 14:04, going to the net and McIntosh replying with his second of the game for the Burrards at 14:47. Shots on goal were 18-17 in favour of the Shamrocks.
The Rocks got some early momentum again in the middle frame, Jr. 'A' call-up Braylon Lumb scoring at 2:32 with the extra attacker on the floor and a delayed penalty being signaled against Maple Ridge. Duch added his second of the night with a bullet from outside the dotted line at 7:23 before Maple Ridge got one back from Gord Phillips at 7:34 off the faceoff. Special teams factored into the next 3 goals as the Shamrocks scored twice shorthanded before the Burrards got one back on the power play. It was Small getting his hat trick marker at 8:24 as he came off the bench to take a long outlet pass from goaltender Shute and made no mistake. At 11:11 Wardle picked up his second of the game, another shorthanded marker, going to the net. Just 23 seconds later, Riley Loewen got a power play goal for the home team with a hard low shot from outside the dotted line. The Burrards drew within a pair at 15:29 Owen Barker getting that one, a rarity for him. The teams traded goals again to end the period, Small picking up his fourth for the Shamrocks with a hard, low shot at 19:19 and McIntosh picking up his hat trick for Maple Ridge with no time left on the clock, a goal that took a while for the officials to confirm as it was originally waved off. Victoria once again held the edge in shots on goal, 17-11 in the period and they were up by a pair 9-7 after 40 minutes.
The third period saw just 3 goals scored, Jeff Shattler opening up the 3-goal lead for the Rocks at 3:55, going across in front. Loewen picked up his second of the night for the Burrards at 6:16 to get back within a pair. Despite pulling the goaltender for the extra attacker numerous times in the final five minutes of the game, the Burrards were unable to score again. In fact Brandon Mulligan replaced Scigliano as he is able to run back and forth. In fact, the Shamrocks did manage one empty-netter goal, Jon Harnett going coast to coast and using Ethan Garland as a decoy to put the game away.
For the most part, it was hard-hitting lacrosse but it was lacrosse although there were a few rather blatant hits from behind not called. The game did deteriorate at the final buzzer as several players exchanged blows after the final whistle.
The Shamrocks were solid from top to bottom of their line-up, excellent defensively and getting some goals from their big guns. Corey Small led the offense with 4 goals and an assist while Rhys Duch had 2 goals and 4 assists. They were named first and second stars respectively. Jeff Shattler had a goal and 4 assists while it was great to see Chris Wardle come out with a pair of goals and 2 helpers. Singles went to Braylon Lumb and Jon Harnett. The defense was absolutely golden, cutting off rushes to the net, picking off passes and playing good hard-nosed lacrosse. Goaltender Adam Shute stopped 30 of 37 shots he faced and also chipped in with an assist.
Ben McIntosh led the Burrards with the hat trick and 1 assist while Mike Mallory had 3 assists and Riley Loewen had a pair of goals and 1 helper. Frankie Scigliano stopped 35 of 45 shots, was replaced by Brandon Mulligan who faced no shots, made no saves, allowed no goals and simply ran back and forth to the bench for the extra attacker. It's a dirty job but someone has to do it.
The teams return to the Q Centre for game 5 Wednesday at 7:45 pm. The Shamrocks will be looking to turn this back into a home game series by winning in front of their fans.
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New Study: How Using Bleach Could be Making Us Sick
Is our germ phobia ruining us?
A study published earlier this month suggests that a variety of illnesses may be fostered by the use of bleach, an old-time cleaner. How could that be? Bleach is used to kill bacteria, just as antibacterial soap and hand sanitizers are. Each of these products is hazardous to your relationship with the beneficial bacteria in your gut, and it is these bacteria that make up the backbone of the immune system. How ironic that the compounds we have been using to stay clean and avoid germs could be making us sick
Researchers from Spain, Finland, and the Netherlands investigated the correlation between bleach use in the home and frequency of infection in 9102 children ages 6-12. Parents filled out a questionnaire revealing whether they used bleach in the weekly cleaning of their home. They also reported the frequency of infections in their children, such as influenza, tonsillitis, ear infections, sinus and pneumonia during the past year.
Although the frequency of bleach use varied greatly in the countries from which the participants were drawn, the researchers were able to determine that overall, the prevalence of single and recurrent infections was higher among children whose parents used bleach.
They concluded that using bleach to clean the home may increase the risk of respiratory and other infections in school-age children, and this may indicate a public health issue.
The study abstract concludes:
"Passive exposure to cleaning bleach in the home may have adverse effects on school-age children's health by increasing the risk of respiratory and other infections. The high frequency of use of disinfecting irritant cleaning products may be of public health concern, also when exposure occurs during childhood."
This report is not the first to show the use of antibacterial products compromises immunity – it's called the hygiene hypothesis. Tufts University microbiologist Dr. Stuart Levy, speaking at the International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases, has found that using antibacterial soaps on children may contribute to the development of chronic disease. He noted that antibacterial products could promote the growth of drug-resistant "superbugs" that could have been kept in check with little more than a scrubbing with soap and water.
As far as he is concerned, the effort to keep bodies and the things they touch free of bacteria is misguided. "The vast majority of bacteria are out there serving a purpose for us. Helping our intestinal track mature, helping our immune system mature," he told ABC News in an interview.
Dr. Levy subscribes to the hygiene hypothesis, which states that when young children do not get enough exposure to bacteria, the immune system can overreact to pollen or dust, or other ordinarily harmless substances.
Professor Michael Osterholm of the University of Minnesota told ABC that "the hygiene hypothesis is all about killing the good bugs that we need to stimulate our immune system in our body and provide competition with the bad bugs."
In 2013, another study team evaluated the effects from household use of cleaning products during pregnancy on infant outcome. They found that using cleaning sprays, air fresheners and solvents can increase risk of wheezing and infections in the offspring.
Another longitudinal study completed in 2007 found that frequent use of common household cleaning sprays may be an important risk factor for adult asthma.
It's Really a Matter of Degree
How much exposure to such products can a child, or for that matter an adult, handle before disease begins to manifest? Right now we have become so germ phobic that the main compounds used in antibacterial products have become ubiquitous. They are found in refrigerators, cutting boards, plastic lunchboxes, furniture, mattresses, shoes, clothing, and throughout industrial settings. Are we trying to surround ourselves with an antibiotic force field?
The evidence that such behavior will lead to better outcomes is sorely lacking. Even the conservative bastion that is Harvard has come out in their health newsletter saying that regular soap and water is just as effective at cleaning as antibacterial products, and soap and water produces no side effects.
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3 responses to "New Study: How Using Bleach Could be Making Us Sick"
As someone who has been exposed to bleach as a household cleaning agent since infancy and still in regular use today (now aged 84) I have had remarkably good health so regard this finding as suspect. My present wife (2nd marriage) has suffered traumatically since birth and the smell of bleach (which was used copiously in children's homes) has an upsetting effect on her but she insists on using numerous other detergents which smell like public lavatories! Could this research be highlighting a degree of emotional deprivation or other traumatic early childhood event rather than what the results appear to suggest ?
Dr Hulda Clark wrote about this in her books on Cancer, saying that bleach releases the eggs of certain sheep parasites or flukes which we have stored in the liver, so that makes us very sick.
Wow, I never knew that before.


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Abdul Kuddus, a resident of Assam had been declared a foreigner by the Foreigner's Tribunal
But his name had appeared in the final draft of the NRC for Assam along with his family
There is a conflict in inclusion under NRC and exclusion under Foreigner Tribunals. This was a case asking the SC if the Foreigner Tribunal had powers to declare a person as foreigner.
The issue arose because, in the State of Assam, there are two ongoing processes concerning the question of citizenship.
- The first includes
proceedings before the Foreigners Tribunals, which have been established
under an executive order of the Central government.
- The second is the NRC, a process overseen and driven by the Supreme Court.
View of the Appellant
- The petitioners' case was that the two processes — that of the Foreigners Tribunal and of the NRC — should be kept entirely independent of each other, and without according primacy to one over the other.
- The appellants argued that the Tribunal is not a competent authority to declare someone a foreigner, in the context of the NRC.
- They viewed orders by the Foreigners Tribunal as mere executive orders that do not carry judicial weight.
- They cited the fact that Tribunal orders are not judgments, referring to a 2012 Amendment to the Foreigners (Tribunal) Order, 1964.
Questions before the Supreme Court?
- Is the Foreigners Tribunal the 'competent authority' to declare someone a foreigner, under paragraph 3 of the Schedule to the Citizenship Rules, 2003 (2003 Rules)?
- Does res judicata apply to orders by the Foreigners Tribunal? Meaning, once you have been declared a foreigner by the Tribunal, are you barred from approaching it a second time?
- Should the Supreme Court create an appellate forum, exercise its power under Article 142 of the Constitution, for those appealing exclusion from the NRC?
What did the Supreme Court say?
- The Court held that orders by the Tribunal prevail over orders by the government to include/exclude names from the NRC.
- The Court rejected their argument, holding that the Tribunal is the competent authority under the parent Act of the 2003 Rules.
- According to Schedule to the Citizenship (Registration of Citizens and Issue of National Identity Cards) Rules, 2003 (the "2003 Rules) stipulated that a person who had been declared an illegal immigrant or foreigner by the competent authority would not be included in the consolidated list or the final National Register of Citizens
- The Court invoked Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955, which states that the Tribunal is competent to declare someone a foreigner.
- Further, the Court stated that the appellants had failed to establish who an alternate competent authority could be. Hence, it declared that orders of the Tribunal are "quasi-judicial" and not merely executive.
- As a result of this judgment, those excluded from the NRC may only file an appeal before the Foreigners Tribunal.
- But if they have previously already been declared a foreigner by the Tribunal, their only option is to file a fresh writ petition before the High Court of Guwahati.
- The Supreme Court rejected the petitioners' arguments, and held that the "opinion" of the Foreigners Tribunal was to be treated as a "quasi-judicial order", and was therefore final and binding on all parties including upon the preparation of the NRC.
Issues with the Judgment
Neither in their form nor in their functioning do Foreigners' Tribunals even remotely resemble what we normally understand as "courts". It means that these tribunals are not effective as that of the courts in efficacy.
- First, Foreigners Tribunals were established by a simple executive order.
- Second, qualifications to serve on the Tribunals have been progressively loosened and the vague requirement of "judicial experience" has now been expanded to include bureaucrats.
Alarmingly, an investigative media report featured testimony by a former Tribunal member who stated that his compatriots competed to be what was jokingly referred to as "the highest wicket-taker", i.e. the one who could declare the highest number of individuals "foreigners".
Has Supreme Court failed to perform its duties?
When adjudicating upon a person's citizenship — a determination that can have the drastic and severe result of rendering a human being stateless — only the highest standards of adjudication can ever be morally or ethically justifiable. But in further strengthening an institution — the Foreigners Tribunal — that by design and by practice manifestly exhibits the exact opposite of this principle, the Supreme Court failed to fulfil its duty as the last protector of human rights under the Constitution.
- The Court attempted to justify this by observing that "fixing time limits and recording of an order rather than a judgment is to ensure that these cases are disposed of expeditiously and in a time bound manner".
- When the stakes are so high, when the consequences entail rendering people stateless, then to allow such departures from the most basic principles of the rule of law is morally grotesque.
Similar case of insensitivity from the past
The Court's observations in the Kuddus case, and indeed, the manner in which it has conducted the NRC process over the last few months, can be traced back to two judgments delivered in the mid-2000s, known as Sarbananda Sonowal I and II.
In those judgments, relying upon unvetted and unreviewed literature, without any detailed consideration of factual evidence, and in rhetoric more reminiscent of populist demagogues than constitutional courts, the Court declared immigration to be tantamount to "external aggression" upon the country; more specifically, it made the astonishing finding that constitutionally, the burden of proving citizenship would always lie upon the person who was accused of being a non-citizen.
A parliamentary legislation that sought to place the burden upon the state was struck down as being unconstitutional.
What the rhetoric and the holdings of the Sonowal judgments have created is a climate in which the dominant principle is the presumption of non-citizenship.
Apart from the absurdity of imposing such a rule in a country that already has a vast number of marginalised and disenfranchised people, it is this fundamental dehumanisation and devaluation of individuals that has enabled the manner in which the Foreigners Tribunals operate, the many tragedies in the context of the NRC It is clear that if Article 21 of the Constitution, the right to life, is to mean anything at all, this entire jurisprudence must be reconsidered, root and branch


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Sutter Gould Medical Foundation (SGMF) recently announced the purchase of Eaton Medical Center Plaza, located next to Sutter Tracy Community Hospital. SGMF plans to clear the existing site to prepare for the construction of a new care center, a move that allows patients to access all medical group clinicians in one convenient location, under one roof.
Planning for the new care center is well underway with occupancy slated for fall 2014. The center will house family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, gynecology and neurology, with room for 30 clinicians and further expansion as needed.
Read more in an article published by the Tracy Press here.
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The following notice reminds you of your rights in respect of the above legislation and how your GP Practice will use your information for lawful purposes in order to deliver your care and the effective management of the local NHS system.
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As your registered GP practice, we are the data controller for any personal data that we hold about you.
What information do we collect and use?
All personal data must be processed fairly and lawfully, whether is it received directly from you or from a third party in relation to the your care.
We will collect the following types of information from you or about you from a third party (provider organisation) engaged in the delivery of your care:
Your healthcare records contain information about your health and any treatment or care you have received previously (e.g. from an acute hospital, GP surgery, community care provider, mental health care provider, walk-in centre, social services). These records may be electronic, a paper record or a mixture of both. We use a combination of technologies and working practices to ensure that we keep your information secure and confidential.
Why do we collect this information?
The NHS Act 2006 and the Health and Social Care Act 2012 invests statutory functions on GP Practices to promote and provide the health service in England, improve quality of services, reduce inequalities, conduct research, review performance of services and deliver education and training. To do this we will need to process your information in accordance with current data protection legislation to:
How is the information collected?
Your information will be collected either electronically using secure NHS Mail or a secure electronic transferred over an NHS encrypted network connection. In addition physical information will be sent to your practice. This information will be retained within your GP's electronic patient record or within your physical medical records.
Who will we share your information with?
In order to deliver and coordinate your health and social care, we may share information with the following organisations:
Your information will only be shared if it is appropriate for the provision of your care or required to satisfy our statutory function and legal obligations.
Your information will not be transferred outside of the European Union.
Whilst we might share your information with the above organisations, we may also receive information from them to ensure that your medical records are kept up to date and so that your GP can provide the appropriate care.
In addition we receive data from NHS Digital (as directed by the Department of Health) such as the uptake of flu vaccinations and disease prevalence in order to assist us to improve "out of hospital care".
How do we maintain the confidentiality of your records?
We are committed to protecting your privacy and will only use information that has been collected lawfully. Every member of staff who works for an NHS organisation has a legal obligation to keep information about you confidential. We maintain our duty of confidentiality by conducting annual training and awareness, ensuring access to personal data is limited to the appropriate staff and information is only shared with organisations and individuals that have a legitimate and legal basis for access.
Information is not held for longer than is necessary. We will hold your information in accordance with the Records Management Code of Practice for Health and Social Care 2016.
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The GDPR sets a high standard for consent. Consent means offering people genuine choice and control over how their data is used. When consent is used properly, it helps you build trust and enhance your reputation. However consent is only one potential lawful basis for processing information. Therefore your GP practice may not need to seek your explicit consent for every instance of processing and sharing your information, on the condition that the processing is carried out in accordance with this notice. Your GP Practice will contact you if they are required to share your information for any other purpose which is not mentioned within this notice. Your consent will be documented within your electronic patient record.
What will happen if I withhold my consent or raise an objection?
You have the right to write to withdraw your consent to any time for any particular instance of processing, provided consent is the legal basis for the processing. Please contact your GP Practice for further information and to raise your objection.
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Health Risk Screening or Risk Stratification is a process that helps your GP to determine whether you are at risk of an unplanned admission or deterioration in health. By using selected information such as age, gender, NHS number, diagnosis, existing long term condition(s), medication history, patterns of hospital attendances, admissions and periods of access to community care your GP will be able to judge if you are likely to need more support and care from time to time, or if the right services are in place to support the local population's needs.
To summarise Risk Stratification is used in the NHS to:
Your GP will use computer based algorithms or calculations to identify their registered patients who are at most risk, with support from the local Commissioning Support Unit and/or a third party accredited Risk Stratification provider. The risk stratification contracts are arranged by your local CCG/Health Board in accordance with the current Section 251 Agreement. Neither the CSU nor your local CCG will at any time have access to your personal or confidential data. They will only act on behalf of your GP to organise the risk stratification service with appropriate contractual technical and security measures in place.
Your GP will routinely conduct the risk stratification process outside of your GP appointment. This process is conducted electronically and without human intervention. The resulting report is then reviewed by a multidisciplinary team of staff within the Practice. This may result in contact being made with you if alterations to the provision of your care are identified.
A Section 251 Agreement is where the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has granted permission for personal data to be used for the purposes of risk stratification, in acknowledgement that it would overburden the NHS to conduct manual reviews of all patient registers held by individual providers.
As mentioned above, you have the right to object to your information being used in this way. However you should be aware that your objection may have a negative impact on the timely and proactive provision of your direct care. Please contact the Practice Manager to discuss how disclosure of your personal data can be limited.
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Electronic patient records are kept in most places where you receive healthcare. Our local electronic systems (such as SystmOne, EMIS and Eclipse), enables your record to be shared with organisations involved in your direct care, such as:
In addition, NHS England have implemented the Summary Care Record which contains information including medication you are taking and any bad reactions to medication that you have had in the past.
In most cases, particularly for patients with complex conditions and care arrangements, the shared electronic health record plays a vital role in delivering the best care and a coordinated response, taking into account all aspects of a person's physical and mental health. Many patients are understandably not able to provide a full account of their care, or may not be in a position to do so. The shared record means patients do not have to repeat their medical history at every care setting.
Your record will be automatically setup to be shared with the organisations listed above, however you have the right to ask your GP to disable this function or restrict access to specific elements of your record. This will mean that the information recorded by your GP will not be visible at any other care setting.
You can also reinstate your consent at any time by giving your permission to override your previous dissent.
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If you have received treatment within the NHS, the local Commissioning Support Unit (CSU) may require access to your personal information to determine which Clinical Commissioning Group is responsible for payment for the treatment or procedures you have received. Information such as your name, address, date of treatment and associated treatment code may be passed onto the CSU to enable them to process the bill. These details are held in a secure environment and kept confidential. This information is only used to validate invoices in accordance with the current Section 251 Agreement, and will not be shared for any further commissioning purposes.
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