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- Commodification of nature
The commodification of nature is an area of research within critical environmental studies concerned with the ways in which natural entities and processes are made exchangeable through the market, and the implications thereof.
Drawing upon the work of Karl Marx, Karl Polanyi, James O'Connor and David Harvey, this area of work is normative and critical,[1] based in Marxist geography and political ecology. Theorists use a commodification framing in order to contest the perspectives of "market environmentalism," which sees marketization as a solution to environmental degradation. The environment has been a key site of conflict between proponents of the expansion of market norms, relations and modes of governance and those who oppose such expansion. Critics emphasize the contradictions and undesirable physical and ethical consequences brought about by the commodification of natural resources (as inputs to production and products) and processes (environmental services or conditions).
Most researchers who employ a commodification of nature framing invoke a Marxian conceptualization of commodities as "objects produced for sale on the market"[2] that embody both use and exchange value. Commodification itself is a process by which goods and services not produced for sale are converted into an exchangeable form.[3] It involves multiple elements, including privatization, alienation, individuation, abstraction, valuation and displacement.[4]
As capitalism expands in breadth and depth, more and more things previously external to the system become "internalized," including entities and processes that are usually considered "natural." Nature, as a concept, however, is very difficult to define, with many layers of meaning, including external environments as well as humans themselves.[5] Political ecology and other critical conceptions draw upon strands within Marxist geography that see nature as "socially produced," with no neat boundary separating the "social" from the "natural."[6] Still, the commodification of entities and processes that are considered natural is viewed as a "special case" based on nature's biophysical materiality, which "shape[es] and condition[s] trajectories of commodification."[7]
- 1 Origins and development
- 2 Aspects of commodification
- 3 Problems with commodification
- 4 Crisis and resistance
- 5 Further reading
- 6 See also
- 7 References
Origins and development
Classical liberalism and enclosure
The commodification of nature has its origins in the rise of capitalism. In England and later elsewhere, "enclosure" involved attacks upon and eventual near-elimination of the commons—a long, contested and frequently violent process Marx referred to as "primitive accumulation."[8]
Classical liberalism, the ideological aspect of this process, was closely bound to questions of the environment. Privatization was presented as "more conducive to the careful stewardship of natural resources than the commons"[9] by thinkers like Bentham, Locke and Malthus. The neo-Malthusian discourse of Garrett Hardin's "Tragedy of the Commons" (1968) parallels this perspective, reconceptualizing public goods as "scarce commodities" requiring either privatization or strong state control.[10]
Capitalist expansion
Marxists define capitalism as a socio-economic system whose central goal is the accumulation of more wealth through the production and exchange of commodities. While the commodity form is not unique to capitalism, in it economic production is motivated increasingly by exchange.[11] Competition provides constant pressure for innovation and growth in a "restless and unstable process," making the system expansionary and "tendentially all-encompassing."[12]
Through market globalization, the tendency Marx described in the Communist Manifesto in which "[t]he need of a constantly expanding market for its products chases the bourgeoisie over the entire surface of the globe,"[13] capitalism converts nature into "an appendage of the production process."[14] As Neil Smith argues, "[n]o part of the earth's surface, the atmosphere, the oceans, the geological substratum, or the biological superstratum are immune from transformation by capital."[15]
Neoliberal nature
Since the late 1980s, an ideology of "market environmentalism" has gained prominence within environmental policy.[16] Such a perspective is based in neoclassical economic theory, which sees degradation as a result of the absence of prices in environmental goods.[17] Market environmentalism gained widespread acceptance through the rise of neoliberalism, an approach to human affairs in which the "free market" is given priority and money-mediated relations are seen as the best way to deliver services.[18]
A neoliberal approach constructs nature as a "world currency," valued in international markets and given "the opportunity to earn its own right to survive."[19] This "selling nature to save it" approach[20] requires economic valuation — either indirectly, as with cost-benefit analysis and contingent valuation, or through direct commodification.[21]
While commodification efforts are propelled in large part by private firms seeking new areas of investment and avenues for the circulation of capital, there are also explicit policy prescriptions for privatization and market exchange of resources, production byproducts and processes as the best means to rationally manage and conserve the environment.[22]
Stretching and deepening
The commodification of nature occurs through two distinct "moments" as capitalization "stretches" its reach to include greater distances of space and time, and "deepens" to penetrate into more types of goods and services.[23] External nature becomes an "accumulation strategy" for capital, through traditional examples like mining and agriculture as well as new "commodity frontiers" in bioprospecting and ecotourism.
David Harvey sees this as "the wholesale commodification of nature in all its forms," a "new wave of 'enclosing the commons'"[24] that employs environmentalism in the service of the rapid expansion of capitalism.[25] This "accumulation by dispossession" releases assets at very low or zero cost, providing immediate profitability and counteracting overaccumulation.[26]
Aspects of commodification
At the most abstract level, commodification is a process through which qualitatively different things are made equivalent and exchangeable through the medium of money. By taking on a general quality of exchange value, they become commensurable.[28] Commodification turns on this apparent dissolution of qualitative difference and its "renegotiation," as commodities are standardized in order to maintain a constant identity across space and time.[29]
Commodity status is not something intrinsic to a natural entity, but is rather an assigned quality,[30] brought about through an active process. The conversion of a whole class of goods or services[31] necessitates changes in the way nature is conceptualized and discursively represented.[32]
There is no "single path" to commodification.[33] Noel Castree stresses that commodification in fact involves several interrelated aspects, or "relational moments," that should not be confused or conflated as they can be employed independently of each other.[34]
Element Meaning[35] Privatization Assigning of legal title over a commodity to a particular actor Alienability Capacity of a given commodity to be physically and morally separated from sellers Individuation Separating a commodity from supporting context through legal and material boundaries Abstraction Setting individual things as equivalent based on classifiable similarities Valuation Monetizing the value of a commodity Displacement Spatiotemporal separation, obscuring obscuring origins and relations
Privatization is the assigning of legal title to an entity or process. A commodity needs to be owned, either by an individual or a group, in order to be traded.[36] Privatization of natural entities can entail enclosure or the representation thereof (as with intellectual property rights), and represents a shift in social relations, changing rights of access, use and disposal as things move from communally-, state- or unowned modes into private hands.[37]
Alienability is the capacity of a given commodity to be separated, physically and morally, from its seller. If a commodity is not alienable, it cannot be exchanged and is thus shielded from the market.[38] For example, human organs might be privatized (owned by their bearer) but very rarely would they be considered alienable.
Individuation is the representational and physical act of separating a commodity from its supporting context through legal and/or material boundaries. This could involve "splitting" an ecosystem into legally-defined and tradable property rights to specific services or resources.[39]
Abstraction is the assimilation of a given thing into a broader type or process, the transformation of particular things into classes.[40] Through functional abstraction, "wetlands" are constructed as a generic category despite the uniqueness of physical sites[41] and different gasses and activities are equated through carbon markets.[42] Through spatial abstraction things in one place are treated as the same as things located elsewhere so that both can form part of the same market.[43]
Valuation is the manifestation of all expressions of worth (aesthetic, practical, ethical, et cetera) through a single exchange value. Monetization is thus foundational to capitalism, rendering things commensurable and exchangeable, allowing for the separation of production, circulation and consumption over great gulfs of time and space.[44]
Displacement involves something appearing as "something other than itself." Commodities might be better thought of as "socio-natural relations" than reified as things "in and of themselves," but through spatio-temporal separation of producers and consumers, the histories and relations of commodities become obscured.[45] This is Marx's commodity fetishism, the "making invisible" of the social relationships and embeddedness of production.[46]
Problems with commodification
Critics see environmental degradation as stemming from these processes of commodification, and generally include at least implicit criticism of one or more aspect. There appear to be three broad "problem areas" from which the commodification of nature is critiqued: practical, in terms of whether or not nature can be properly made into a commodity; moral, in terms of the ethical implications of commodification; and consequential, in terms of the effects of commodification on nature itself.
Practical problems
Much of the literature relates commodification of nature to the issue of materiality—the significance of biophysical properties and context. The qualitative differences of a heterogeneous biophysical world are seen to be analytically and practically significant, sources of unpredictability and resistance to human intention that also shape and provide opportunities for capital circulation and accumulation.[47]
The tangible non-human world thus affects the construction of social and economic relations and practice, inscribing ecology in the dynamics of capital. While some "natures" are readily subsumed by capitalism, others "resist" complete commodification, displaying a form of "agency."[48] The ecological characteristics of marine fish, for example, affect the forms that privatization, industry structure and regulation can take.[49] Water, also, does not commodify easily due to its physical properties, which leads to differentiation in its governing institutions.[50]
The demarcation and pricing of nature-based commodities is thus problematic. Divisibility and exclusion are difficult, as it is often not possible to draw clean property rights around environmental services or resources.[51] Likewise, pricing is a problem as many species, landscapes and services are unique or otherwise irreplaceable and incommensurable.[52] Their monetary values are thus in many ways arbitrary, as they do not follow changes in quality or quantity but rather social preference, failing to convey "real" ecological value or reasons for conservation.[53]
Moral difficulties
A single monetary value also denies the multiplicity of values which could be attributed to nature — non-monetary systems of cultural and social importance.[54] The environment can express relations between generations as a sort of heritage. Livelihood, territorial rights and "sacredness" poorly translate into prices, and dividing a communal-social value — a forest, for instance — into private property rights can undermine the relations and identity of a community.[55]
Neoliberal policies have been implicated in greatly altered patterns of access and use. Markets generally deal poorly with issues of procedural fairness and equitable distribution, and critics see commodification as producing greater levels of inequality in power and participation while reinforcing existing vulnerabilities.[56] Ecosystem benefits might be considered "normative public goods"[57] — even when commodified, there is a sense that individuals ought to not be excluded from access. When water privatization prices people out, for instance, a sense of use rights inspires protest.[58] While neoliberal approaches are often presented as neutral or objective, they disguise highly political approaches to resources and the interests and power of certain actors.[59]
Problematic consequences
Through commodification, natural entities and services become vehicles for the realization of profit,[60] subject to the pressures of the market where efficiency overrides other concerns.[61] With climate commodities, the profit motive incentivizes buyers and sellers to ignore the steady erosion of the climate mitigation goal.[62] Market exchange is "reason-blind,"[63] but without rational assessment of different strategies and the ecological importance of particular natural entities, commodification cannot effectively deliver on conservation.[64]
Harvey thus declares that there is something "inherently anti-ecological" about capitalist commodification.[65] It ignores and simplifies complex relations, obscuring origins and narrowing things to a single service or standard unit.[66] The treatment of things as the same for a particular end — either profit or a single utility — leads to a homogenization and simplification of the biophysical. As governments and private firms seek to maximize carbon content for emissions markets, they invest preferably in tree plantations over complex forest ecosystems, eliminating species diversity, density and resulting in domino effects on processes such as water flow.[67]
The neglect of relational aspects also ignores the emergent and embedded character of ecosystem functions. Components are frequently dependent on each other and the result of interactions between biotic and non-biotic factors across space and at multiple levels. Alienation and individuation may thus be counterproductive to the provision of ecosystem services, and veils human perception of what an ecosystem is and how it functions—and consequently how to best conserve and repair it.[68]
Crisis and resistance
Incomplete capitalization and the fictitious commodity
When confronted with natural "barriers to accumulation," capitalists attempt to overcome them through technical and social innovation.[69] This often involves the modification of nature to fit the needs of production and exchange, allowing for fuller realization of profits. Nature is "subsumed" to capitalist accumulation, losing its "independent" capacity and approaching "the archetype of a 'pure' commodity."[70]
However, as nature becomes "rationalized" and internalized, increasing the control of capitalists over exchange, production and distribution,[71] a new contradiction emerges. Capitalist penetration into natural commodities can never be complete, because a certain amount of production, by definition, takes place prior to human intervention.[72] Because natural entities and processes do not require capital or labor to be produced, and their social, cultural and/or ecological value exceeds the market value placed upon them, they are considered pseudo- or fictitious commodities.[73] This basic fictitiousness is the origin of the material contradictions that arise when natural commodities are treated as if they were "true" commodities, as completely privatizable, alienable, separable, et cetera.[74]
Degradation of resources, underproduction of conditions
As fictitious commodities with origins outside of capitalist production, the value of nature, counter to the neoclassical assumption, cannot be fully accounted for in monetary terms, and there is a resultant tendency toward the overexploitation and "underproduction" of nature.[75]
Natural entities that are commodified are subjected to the competitive drive for accumulation. Capitalism is "ecologically irrational," with a systematic tendency to overexploit its natural resource base.[76] At the same time, what O'Connor terms the "conditions of production" (all the phenomena upon which capitalism depends but is unable to produce itself, including environmental conditions and processes) are subjected to indiscriminate degradation as they cannot be fully commodified.[77] This is the "second contradiction" of capitalism, between the relations and forces of production and its conditions.[78] Capitalism undermines its own production system, "producing its own scarcity."[79]
Reclaiming the commons?
Recruiting nature into relations of capitalist exchange "incites a good deal of push back," as these entities and services "matter a great deal to ordinary people."[80] Social needs compete politically for access and control of an increasingly commodified nature,[81] and as price is insufficient to resolve these competing claims, counter-movements emerge,[82] expressing the "crisis tendencies" of capitalist nature[83] through socio-political struggles over representation and access.[84]
Protest movements, transnational coalitions, instances of alternative practices and counter-discourses all fall within a broad tent of resistance struggles to "reclaim the commons."[85] This can be seen as Polanyi's "double movement," in which tendencies toward and against market coordination interact,[86] based in a rejection of the treatment of the environment as alienable market goods.[87]
Further reading
Notable contemporary studies concerning the commodification of nature include:
- Bakker, Karen (2002) 'From state to market?: water mercantilización in Spain', Environment and Planning A, 34(1): pp. 767–790.
- Bakker, Karen (2007) 'The "Commons" Versus the "Commodity": Alter-globalization, Anti-privatization and the Human Right to Water in the Global South', Antipode, 39(3): pp. 430–455.
- Corbera, Esteve, Brown, Katrina, and Adger, W. Neil (2007) 'The Equity and Legitimacy of Markets for Ecosystem Services', Development and Change, 38(4): pp. 587–613.
- Duffy, Rosaleen (2002) A Trip Too Far: Ecotourism, Politics, and Exploitation, London: Earthscan.
- Kloppenburg, Jr., Jack Ralph (2004) First the Seed: The Political Economy of Plant Biotechnology, 1492-2000, Second Edition, Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.
- Kosoy, Nicolás and Corbera, Esteve (2010) 'Payments for Ecosystem Services as Commodity Fetishism', Ecological Economics, 69(1): pp. 1228–1236.
- Lohmann, Larry (2010) '"Strange Markets" and the Climate Crisis', in Bonilla, O. and Galvez, E. Crisis Financier o Crisis Civilizatoria, Quito: Instituto de Estudios Ecologistas del Tercer Mundo.
- Mansfield, Becky (2004) 'Rules of Privatization: Contradictions in Neoliberal Regulation of North Pacific Fisheries', Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 94(3): pp. 565–584.
- McAfee, Kathleen (1999) 'Selling Nature to Save It? Biodiversity and Green Developmentalism', Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 17(2): pp. 133–154.
- Prudham, William Scott (2005) Knock on Wood: Nature as Commodity in Douglas-Fir Country, London: Routledge.
- Robertson, Morgan McEuen (2004) 'The Neoliberalization of Ecosystem Services: Wetland Banking and Problems in Environmental Governance', Geoforum, 35(3): pp. 361–373.
- Shiva, Vandana (1998) Biopiracy: The Plunder of Nature and Knowledge, Cambridge: Green Books.
- Swyngedouw, Erik (2005) 'Dispossessing H2O: The Contested Terrain of Water Privatization', Capitalism Nature Socialism, 16(10): pp. 81–98.
See also
- ^ Prudham, William Scott (2009) 'Commodification', in Castree, Noel, et al. (eds) A Companion to Environmental Geography, Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 123-142. (p. 125)
- ^ Polanyi, Karl (2001) The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time, Boston: Beacon Press. (p. 75)
- ^ Kosoy, Nicolás and Corbera, Esteve (2010) 'Payments for Ecosystem Services as Commodity Fetishism', Ecological Economics, 69(1): pp. 1228-1236. (p. 1229); Prudham 2009 (p. 125)
- ^ Castree, Noel (2003) 'Commodifying What Nature?', Progress in Human Geography, 27(3): pp. 273-297.
- ^ Braun, Bruce (2009) 'Nature', in Castree, Noel, et al. (eds) A Companion to Environmental Geography, Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 19-36. (p. 20); Castree, Noel (2005) Nature, London: Routledge.; Smith, Neil (2008) Uneven Development: Nature, Capital, and the Production of Space, Third Edition, Athens: University of Georgia Press. (p. 11)
- ^ Bakker, Karen and Bridge, Gavin (2006) 'Material Worlds? Resource Geographies and the "Matter of Nature"', Progress in Human Geography, 30(10): pp. 5-27. (p. 8); Braun 2009 (p. 24); Castree 2005 (p. 24); Castree, Noel (2010a) 'Neoliberalism and the Biophysical Environment 1: What 'Neoliberalism' is, and What Difference Nature Makes to it', Geography Compass, 4(12): pp. 1725-1733. (p. 1725); Smith 2008
- ^ Prudham 2009 (p. 128)
- ^ Castree 2010a (p. 1730); McCarthy, James (2009) 'Commons', in Castree, N., et al. (eds) A Companion to Environmental Geography, Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 498-514. (p. 500)
- ^ McCarthy 2009 (p. 501)
- ^ McCarthy 2009 (p. 503)
- ^ Prudham 2009 (p. 125, 127)
- ^ Castree, Noel (2010b) 'Neoliberalism and the Biophysical Environment 2: Theorising the Neoliberalisation of Nature', Geography Compass, 4(12): pp. 1734-1746. (pp. 1736-1737, 1738)
- ^ Marx, Karl, and Engels, Friedrich (1967) The Communist Manifesto, New York: Monthly Review Press.
- ^ Smith, Neil (2008) Uneven Development: Nature, Capital, and the Production of Space, Third Edition, Athens: University of Georgia Press. (p. 71)
- ^ Smith 2008 (p. 79)
- ^ Kosoy & Corbera 2010 (p. 1230); Liverman, Diana (2004) 'Who Governs, at What Scale and at What Price? Geography, Environmental Governance, and the Commodification of Nature', Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 94(4): pp. 734-738.
- ^ O'Neill, John (2001) 'Markets and the Environment: The Solution is the Problem', Economic and Political Weekly, 36(21): pp. 1865-1873. (p. 1865)
- ^ Castree, Noel 2010a (p. 1726)
- ^ McAfee, Kathleen (1999) 'Selling Nature to Save It? Biodiversity and Green Developmentalism', Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 17(2): pp. 133-154. (p. 133, 134)
- ^ McAfee 1999
- ^ Castree 2003 (p. 285); O'Neill 2001
- ^ Harvey, David (2007) A Brief History of Neoliberalism, Oxford: Oxford University Press.; Prudham 2009 (p. 123)
- ^ Castree, Noel (2010b) 'Neoliberalism and the Biophysical Environment 2: Theorising the Neoliberalisation of Nature', Geography Compass, 4(12): pp. 1734-1746. (p. 1739); Prudham 2009 (p. 125)
- ^ Harvey, David (2003) The New Imperialism, Oxford: Oxford University Press. (p. 148)
- ^ Castree 2010b (p. 1744); McAfee 1999 (p. 134)
- ^ Harvey 2007; McCarthy 2009 (p. 511)
- ^ Prudham 2009 (p. 126)
- ^ Castree 2003 (p. 278, 279)
- ^ Kosoy & Corbera 2010 (p. 1228); Prudham 2009 (pp. 129-131)
- ^ Castree 2003 (p. 277); Prudham 2009 (p. 124, 129, 137)
- ^ Castree 2003 (p. 278); Prudham 2005 (p.8)
- ^ Bridge, Gaven and Perreault, Thomas (2009) 'Environmental Governance', in Castree, Noel, et al. (eds) A Companion to Environmental Geography, Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 475-497. (p. 487); Prudham 2009 (p. 125)
- ^ Prudham 2009 (p. 126)
- ^ Castree 2003; Prudham 2009 (p. 132)
- ^ Castree 2003
- ^ Castree 2003 (p. 279)
- ^ Castree 2011 (p. 35, 36)
- ^ Castree 2003 (p. 279, 280); O'Neill 2001 (p. 1867)
- ^ The construction of something as a resource is a matter of convention, and "involves a discursive and practical 'cut' into the seamless complexity of the world in order to name discrete 'noun-chunks' of reality that are deemed to be socially useful" (Castree 2003, p. 280)
- ^ Castree 2003 (p. 281); Kosoy & Corbera 2010 (p. 1231)
- ^ Castree 2003 (p. 281); Robertson, Morgan McEuen (2000) 'No Net Loss', Antipode, 32(4): pp. 463-493.
- ^ Lohmann, Larry (2010) '"Strange Markets" and the Climate Crisis', in Bonilla, O. and Galvez, E. Crisis Financier o Crisis Civilizatoria, Quito: Instituto de Estudios Ecologistas del Tercer Mundo. (p. 5); MacKenzie, Donald (2009) 'Making Things the Same: Gases, Emissions Rights and the Politics of Carbon Markets', Accounting, Organizations and Society, 34(1): pp. 440-455. (p. 440)
- ^ Castree 2003 (p. 281); MacKenzie 2009 (p. 440, 444)
- ^ Castree 2003 (p. 281); Prudham 2009 (p. 124)
- ^ Castree 2003 (p. 282); Prudham 2009 (p. 132)
- ^ Kosoy & Corbera 2010 (p. 1228, 1229)
- ^ Bakker & Bridge 2006; Braun 2009; Castree 2003; Castree 2005; Kloppenburg, Jr., Jack Ralph (2004) First the Seed: The Political Economy of Plant Biotechnology, 1492-2000, Second Edition, Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.; Mansfield, Becky (2004) 'Rules of Privatization: Contradictions in Neoliberal Regulation of North Pacific Fisheries', Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 94(3): pp. 565-584.; Prudham, William Scott (2005) Knock on Wood: Nature as Commodity in Douglas-Fir Country, London: Routledge.
- ^ Castree 2003 (p. 289)
- ^ Mansfield 2004 (p. 565)
- ^ Bakker & Bridge 2006 (p. 18)
- ^ Kosoy & Corbera 2010 (p. 1231); Mansfield 2004 (p. 578); O'Neill 2001 (pp. 1867-1868); O'Neill, John (2007) Markets, Deliberation and Environment, London: Routledge.(p. 42)
- ^ Castree, N. (2011) 'Neoliberalism and the Biophysical Environment 3: Putting Theory into Practice', Geography Compass, 5(1): pp. 35-49. (p. 37, 43);Liverman 2004 (p. 735)
- ^ Castree 2003 (p. 286); Henderson, George (2009) 'Marxist Political Economy and the Environment', in Castree, Noel, et al. (eds) A Companion to Environmental Geography, Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 266-293. (p. 277); Kosoy & Corbera 2010 (p. 1234); O'Neill 2007 (p. 28)
- ^ Kosoy & Corbera 2010 (p. 1228, 1232)
- ^ Liverman 2004 (p. 735); O'Neill 2007 (p. 50)
- ^ Castree 2011 (p. 36); Corbera, Esteve, Brown, Katrina, and Adger, W. Neil (2007) 'The Equity and Legitimacy of Markets for Ecosystem Services', Development and Change, 38(4): pp. 587-613. (p. 587, 608); Harvey 2003 (p. 144); Kosoy & Corbera 2010 (p. 1232); Liverman 2004 (p. 735)
- ^ O'Neill 2007 (pp. 51-52)
- ^ Prudham 2009 (pp. 128-129)
- ^ McAfee 1999 (p. 133, 135, 151)
- ^ Castree 2005 (p. 159, 282)
- ^ Lohmann 2010 (p. 4); Henderson 2009 (p. 274)
- ^ Lohmann 2010 (pp. 7-8)
- ^ O'Neill 2001 (p. 1866); O'Neill 2007 (p. 28)
- ^ Lohmann 2010 (p. 5); O'Neill 2001 (p. 1869)
- ^ Harvey 1996 (p. 155)
- ^ Kosoy & Corbera 2010 (p. 1228, 1231)
- ^ Kosoy & Corbera 2010 (p. 1231); Prudham 2005; Prudham 2009 (p. 131)
- ^ Kosoy & Corbera 2010 (pp. 1231-1232)
- ^ Castree 2005 (p. 161); Mansfield, Becky (2004) 'Rules of Privatization: Contradictions in Neoliberal Regulation of North Pacific Fisheries', Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 94(3): pp. 565-584.(p. 577)
- ^ Castree 2003 (p. 282, 286); Castree 2005 (p. 161)
- ^ Prudham 2005 (p.15); Smith 2008 (p. 68)
- ^ Bridge & Perreault 2009 (p. 488); Prudham 2005 (p.12, 16, 17)
- ^ Castree 2010b (p. 1738); Kosoy & Corbera 2010 (p. 1230)
- ^ Castree 2003 (p. 285); Prudham 2009 (p. 128)
- ^ Castree 2010b (p. 1740); Kosoy & Corbera 2010 (p. 1231); O'Connor, James (1998) Natural Causes: Essays in Ecological Marxism, London: Guilford Press.
- ^ Castree 2005 (pp. 156-158, 160)
- ^ Castree 2003 (p. 284); Castree 2010b (p. 1740); O'Connor 1998 (p. 31); Prudham 2005 (p.8, 12)
- ^ O'Connor 1998
- ^ Henderson 2009 (p. 277)
- ^ Henderson 2009 (pp. 276-277)
- ^ Prudham 2005 (p.8)
- ^ Henderson 2009 (pp. 276-277)
- ^ O'Connor 1998
- ^ Castree 2010a (p. 1731); Castree 2010b (p. 1741); McCarthy 2009 (p. 507); Prudham 2009 (pp. 128-129)
- ^ Harvey 2003 (p. 162); McAfee 1999 (p. 133); Also see Klein, Naomi (2001) 'Reclaiming the Commons', New Left Review, (9): pp. 81-89.
- ^ Polanyi 2001 in Castree 2010b (p. 1739)
- ^ O'Neill 2001 (p. 1867)
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Present: Chief Judge Fitzpatrick, Judges Bumgardner and Felton
Argued at Salem, Virginia
Record No. 2506-01-3
Joseph W. Milam, Jr., Judge
J. Patterson Rogers, 3rd, for appellant.
Eugene Murphy, Assistant Attorney General (Jerry W. Kilgore, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.
Daryl Landon Carter (appellant) was convicted in a bench trial of two counts of aggravated sexual battery in violation of Code ??18.2-67.3, two counts of indecent liberties with a minor in violation of Code ??18.2-370.1 and one count of forcible sodomy in violation of Code ??18.2-67.1. The sole issue on appeal is whether the evidence of penetration is sufficient to sustain the sodomy conviction. We find the evidence was insufficient to prove penetration, and we reverse the conviction.
Under familiar principles of appellate review, we examine the evidence in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, granting to it all reasonable inferences fairly deducible therefrom. See Juares v. Commonwealth, 26 Va. App. 154, 156, 493 S.E.2d 677, 678 (1997). So viewed, the evidence showed that appellant sexually molested D.W., who was ten years old at the time of the abuse.
D.W. testified that on at least three occasions in December 2000 appellant fondled her. Specifically, appellant "pulled my pants down, and then he put his hand on my private .?.?. he just sort of put his hand and just rubbed up and down, and then he put his mouth .?.?. in between my legs." When asked what appellant had done with his mouth, D.W. stated,
he put his mouth and sort of .?.?. when he did, he .?.?. he sort of put his tongue on my mouth .?.?. on my private, and he sort of rub .?.?. he sort of went up and down [with] his tongue and his mouth.
Appellant also "put his private on my private .?.?. [and] [h]e sort of rubbed up and down." On another occasion, appellant pulled D.W.'s pajama bottoms down, "put his private on [D.W.'s] private and sort of took his hand and rubbed up and down with his hand." Afterward appellant told D.W., "Don't tell or I'll go to jail forever." In yet another encounter, appellant "put his mouth and private on [her sister] and he had did the same with me." Appellant then forced the sister to "put her mouth on [D.W.'s] private and made me put my mouth on [the sister's] private."
Appellant contends this evidence is insufficient to prove the requisite penetration for a sodomy conviction. Appellant argues that the evidence proved only that he put his mouth and tongue on D.W.'s "private." She never testified that appellant licked her vagina or penetrated any portion of her genitalia. D.W. did not display any knowledge of the structure of her anatomy, merely referring to everything as her "private." Even viewed in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, D.W.'s testimony, without other evidence of penetration, fails to prove a necessary element of sodomy. We agree.
"When the sufficiency of the evidence is challenged on appeal, we determine whether the evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the prevailing party, the Commonwealth, and the reasonable inferences fairly deducible from that evidence support each and every element of the charged offense." Haskins v. Commonwealth, 31 Va. App. 145, 149-50, 521 S.E.2d 777, 779 (1999). "In so doing, we must discard the evidence of the accused in conflict with that of the Commonwealth, and regard as true all the credible evidence favorable to the Commonwealth and all fair inferences that may be drawn therefrom." Watkins v. Commonwealth, 26 Va. App. 335, 348, 494 S.E.2d 859, 866 (1998). "The judgment of a trial court sitting without a jury is entitled to the same weight as a jury verdict and will not be set aside unless it appears from the evidence that the judgment is plainly wrong or without evidence to support it." Reynolds v. Commonwealth, 30 Va. App. 153, 163, 515 S.E.2d 808, 813 (1999).
An accused shall be guilty of forcible sodomy if he or she engages in cunnilingus, fellatio, anallingus, or anal intercourse with a complaining witness who is not his or her spouse, or causes a complaining witness, whether or not his or her spouse, to engage in such acts with any other person, and .?.?. [t]he complaining witness is less than thirteen years of age.
Code ??18.2-67.1(A). "[P]enetration is an essential element of the crime of sodomy." Ryan v. Commonwealth, 219 Va. 439, 444, 247 S.E.2d 698, 702 (1978). Nevertheless, the "penetration need be only slight." Jett v. Commonwealth, 29 Va. App. 190, 194, 510 S.E.2d 747, 749 (1999) (internal quotations omitted).
Appellant was specifically charged with cunnilingus, which "involves stimulation of the vulva or clitoris and the vulva encompasses the outermost part of the female genitalia." Horton v. Commonwealth, 255 Va. 606, 613, 499 S.E.2d 258, 261 (1998). "[P]enetration of any portion of the vulva is sufficient to prove sodomy by cunnilingus." Id. "The fact that the man's penis is placed on, not in, the woman's sexual organ is insufficient to establish the element of penetration." Moore v. Commonwealth, 254 Va. 184, 189, 491 S.E.2d 739, 741 (1997); see also Love v. Commonwealth, 18 Va. App. 84, 441 S.E.2d 709 (1994) (the same degree of penetration is required for both rape and sodomy). The analysis of Moore is dispositive of the instant case.
Additionally, as in Moore, "there is no indication whatever in the record that the young victim here was aware of the intricate structure of her sexual organ." Moore, 254 Va. at 190, 491 S.E.2d at 742. Throughout her testimony D.W. referred only to her "private," without any further description. Compare Horton, 255 Va. at 613, 499 S.E.2d at 262 (victim testified defendant licked her vagina and her understanding of her anatomy was "evidenced by the fact that she herself used the words 'vagina' and 'penis' in describing [defendant's] attempt to insert his penis into her vagina"); Love, 18 Va. App. at 86, 441 S.E.2d at 710 (victim testified that defendant "licked her 'down where [her] private part was,' such that his tongue went .?.?. 'kind of inside of [her] crack.' She also testified that his tongue touched her 'hole' but that she knew it did not go inside 'because [she] did not feel it go in.'"). D.W. testified that appellant touched her in the "area" of where she "go[es] to the bathroom," and no circumstantial evidence provided further proof of penetration. See Morrison v. Commonwealth, 10 Va. App. 300, 301, 391 S.E.2d 612, 612 (1990) ("in the context of a sodomy charge, evidence of the condition, position, and proximity of the parties . . . may afford sufficient evidence of penetration"); Ryan, 219 Va. at 445, 247 S.E.2d at 702 (showing an "active course of abuse" permits the fact finder to infer that there was penetration); Moore, 254 Va. at 191, 491 S.E.2d at 742 ("medical or forensic evidence" can be used to prove penetration). D.W. did not testify that appellant licked her private. Instead, the only evidence is that appellant "sort of went up and down [with] his tongue and his mouth." While this testimony establishes contact, it does not establish penetration. "Here, the victim's testimony does stand alone. Consequently, we hold there was a failure of proof of penetration as a matter of law." Moore, 254 Va. at 191, 491 S.E.2d at 742. Accordingly, we reverse and dismiss the sodomy conviction.
Reversed and dismissed.
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Bangalore, 12 th August, 2002
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Posts filed under 'Chocolate Chip Cookies (2 versions)'
Finally Some Goodies!
No story, no background just plain ol' cookie goodness!
Chocolate chip cookies in two different versions your choice.
Be aware my baked goods are always a work in progress. I am big on texture and therefore if I discover a better way to create a "gluteny" counterfeit I will be sure to let you know. Who doesn't love experimenting with cookies?
Ooey Gooey Flat and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies: (GF of course)
Dry Ingredients: Mix together the following and set aside.
Oh boy, here we go. I've found that with gluten free baking the flours make all the difference. You may have other flour combinations you like to use based on your particular tastes so I suggest you try a recipe once and then experiment as you see fit. Baking without gluten is a finicky business. Disclaimer: This is not a healthy cookie so I don't bother with the more expensive, denser brown rice flour and such. Starches helps you get a non grainy texture.
- 1/2 C white rice flour
- 1/2 C tapioca starch
- 1/2 C corn starch
- 1/4 C sweet rice flour
- 1 tsp. xanthan gum (revised from 1/2tsp)
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. sea salt
- 1 1/2 tsp instant coffee, slightly crushed
- 2/3 C chocolate chips (or more!)
Gooey Mix Ingredients: You'll melt and mix the following then add the dry mix to this dough.
- 1 stick unsalted butter (melted in a saucepan) next time I will try 1/3 cup
- 1 Cup brown sugar
- 3 Tbsp granulated sugar
- 1 egg (room temp)
- 2 tsp. vanilla
Melt the butter over low heat and combine with sugars. This is the "chewy" part!
Beat the egg and vanilla extract into the butter mixture.
Combine dry ingredients and beat into butter mixture.
Stir in chocolate chips.
Now don't you dare…
You didn't see that!
Drop onto cookie sheet
Revisions: Chill the dough at least 15 minutes in the refrigerator. Drop in small teaspoons full on cooled cookie sheets (these spread quite a bit)
Bake at 375 for 6 min rotate the pan and bake another 4-6 minutes until done.
Yield 2 dozen medium cookies
I found these cookies to be sad looking (I'm not a flat fan) but after one bite I was sold! They are an incredible texture and oh so tasty!
Not So Chewy Fat and Fluffy Chocolate Chip Cookies: (GF of course)
Wet Ingredients:
- 1 stick unsalted butter (leave it cold this time and cut into small squares)
- 1 Cup brown sugar
- 3 Tbsp granulated sugar
- 1 egg (cold)
- 2 tsp. vanilla
Dry Ingredients:
- 1/2 C white rice flour
- 1/2 C tapioca starch
- 1/2 C corn starch
- 1/4 C sweet rice flour
- 1/2 tsp. xanthan gum (I think I might increase this to help with texture-see what you think)
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. sea salt
- 1 1/2 tsp instant coffee, slightly crushed
- 2/3 C chocolate chips (this time you can't get too greedy, the more chips the flatter the cookie)
Cut the butter into small cubes and combine with sugars.
Beat the egg and vanilla extract together then stir and smash (quickly) into the butter mixture and chill this mixture while you prepare the dry ingredients.
Combine dry ingredients and stir quickly into butter mixture.
Stir in chocolate chips. Remember, we aren't getting greedy this time, stick to the recipe.
Chill this dough while the oven preheats (or wrap in a syran wrap tube and refrigerate for later use).
Bake at 375 for 5 min rotate the pan and bake another 3-5 minutes until done.
Do not use hot cookie sheets. Don't get impatient be sure to cool the sheet!
Yield 2 dozen medium cookies
These cookies were beautiful to look at, fluffier and cute but I'm afraid they suffered in texture. I think more xanthan gum may do the trick but I prefer the goey not so pretty version. Which is your favorite?
Did you spot that picture above with the yellow blob on the right of the dough? That's my secret ingredient. I had a baking dream… uh you might want to get out while you still can… and I saw myself using a secret ingredient to get the yummy flavor of the first flat cookies to lift and fluff into a mile high cookie. Do you know what that ingredient was? Guess what I might have sneaked into some of my cookies and come back Friday to see what it was. It did actually work though I haven't decided how much goes un-detected.
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What Happened to Player Rivalries?
What made the Magic Johnson versus Larry Bird games, and Michael Jordan verses Isiah Thomas matchups all the more interesting to watch was the mutual hatred and respect each player had for their counterpart. They shook hands at the beginning of games, and it was possible that they used those same hands in an on-court fist fight. The games were not solely interesting because of the potential quarrel, but the possibility was welcomed. It was just a part of the game.
In today's game, the hatred has died down. The players have banded together. The rivalries seem lost.
Reason #1: Players are being traded more frequently and signing to different teams in what seems like every off-season. No point hating someone you might be coworkers with in the near future, right? There has been the divide between the management of the NBA and the players, so it makes sense that the players play nice with each other, and stand with solidarity as a unit.
Reason #2: The NBA is tackling down more. While a hard foul might been overlooked in the past, they're met with more suspensions and fines these days.
Reason #3: In the last three decades, professional athletes are being seen more as role models, especially given the widespread viral visibility of their private actions. Athletes have had to toe the line a bit more than their counterparts from the '80s.
It's not like fights were ever allowed, but there's a lot more at stake now–to the point where athletes may be thinking twice about deepening rivalry relationships.
What are some other reasons you think player rivalries are gone?


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North America, Greenland, East Coast, Knud Rasmussen Land, Sortebrae Mountains, First Ascents
Knud Rasmussen Land, Sortebrae Mountains, first ascents. On May 27, 2006, a Twin Otter ski-plane transferred my group from Isafjordur in Iceland to N 69° 05.016', W 27° 38.879' on a tributary glacier feeding into the main Borggraven system. These glaciers lie east and northeast of the Ejnar Mikkelsens Fjeld and Borgtinderne massifs, ca 90km east of Gunnbjornsfjeld and the Watkins Bjerge.
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During the first four days we skied to a number of cols to spy out the terrain and also made two first ascents: Triangle Peak (2,340m, N 69° 07', W 27° 31') and Surprise Peak (2,405m, N 69° 04', W 27° 34'), the surprise being a deep crevasse hindering our passage to the gendarmed and corniced final crest.
On June 1 we transferred to a new campsite, downstream at the junction with a more easterly branch glacier. This promised access to other peaks, although it was obvious that dangerous icefalls, which we were unwilling to risk, protected some of the higher mountains. We skied up Devil's Dome (2,151m) to inspect approach routes, and in subsequent outings made first ascents of Stegosaurus 4 (2,285m, N 69° 03', W 27° 32'), Nipple (2,189m, N 69°01', W 27° 33'), Snow Castle (ca 2,105m, N 69° 04', W 27° 32') and Stegosaurus 7 (The Fin, 2,276m, N 69° 03', W 27° 32'). These climbs were predominantly on snow and steep ice, with sections of narrow, exposed arête. All rock encountered was fairly rotten basalt.
We also turned around on a few other attempts because of poor snow or storms. (The weather was more fickle than on any of my previous 10 Arctic expeditions.) Meanwhile Julian and Kate explored on ski a little farther west. The area holds impressive unclimbed peaks, but there will be considerable risk involved in reaching some of the summits.
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Gaming bae and your YouTube soulmate PewDiePie wants to thank you all for giving him 10 BILLION views on the 'tube.
The 2015 StreamysGaming Award winner gave us an epic 16-minute montage as a sign of his gratitude. It's already racked in over 2.8 million views, which means you should probably watch.
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Personalized Seed Packet Wedding Favors
Add a natural and organic touch to your wedding or other event with beautiful, customized seed packets. You tell us your desired quantity and the variety of seeds you want, and we'll work with you to design the packet!
Simply enter your custom details on the product page, select your seed & quantity (i.e. # of guests), and checkout. Next we'll contact you to design your packet and send you a proof before printing. Everything will be perfect. We cost less than our competitors, have more customized packets, all while being 100% Organic! We also have a very low minimum of only 50 packets for smaller, intimate events. If you are having a large event, we offer a discount as you increase your quantity!
Wedding packets generally follow the template shown on our website, but we have done many custom projects for many happy couples, and we would love to work with you! We love the diversity of our wedding customers and encourage people to get creative if their wedding has a certain theme or ambiance. Mexican Fiesta? Outdoorsy-chic? Same-Sex wedding? Older generation? Already have kids? Our custom seed packets will be the delight of your guests because they will be FROM THE HEART.
About Letterpress Printing
We are one of the only companies in the country to offer Custom Letterpress Printed Seed Packets. There are a few benefits and a few caveats to note when choosing letterpress:
- More lead time is required in order to design your packets and create the printing plate. Please do not choose letterpress if your event is less than 4 weeks away.
- Designs can go all the way to the edge of the packet (full bleed) whereas digital has small margins.
- More colors = more cost. Packets are all black unless otherwise agreed upon.
- The back of the packet will be printed digitally, the front will be letterpress.
- We will take a picture of the letterpress process during your printing run and include a picture for your memory book. This is a very neat memory that we provide at no extra cost.
Be sustainable, be ORGANIC, and give your guests something to remember your special day!
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Q: "What's the difference between your Custom Wedding Packets and your Promo packets besides the price?"
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-Wedding packets are available at smaller quantites (as low as 50), are printed in black ink on our 100% recycled kraft paper, and can ship in as little as 2 weeks if necessary. They can also be ordered directly through our website.
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Healthy Communities
Cotswold District Council are running a scheme entitled 'Strengthening Local Communities' which is a place-based 2-year project to improve health outcomes of local residents.
CDC are engaging with the Parish Council, Fire, Police and Youth services to determine what project could best support the Bourton community.
Please click on the attachment below to view the first edition of the North Cotswolds Locality Reference Group's newsletter:


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David Sinclair first arrived in Herndon in 1992, fresh out of the Navy and a long way from his native Iowa. His community-oriented attitude, however, acquired through his rural upbringing, led him to take on many service responsibilities in his adopted hometown.
His initial love for Herndon was, in fact, colored by nostalgia for his roots.
"Living in Herndon is like living in a small town, even within the vast metropolis of Washington D.C.," Sinclair said. "The people are just so great, so friendly, and so open," he added, "which is great to find here as a small-town Midwestern guy."
Over the years the transplanted Iowan has extended a hand to numerous local organizations, including the Elden Street Players (ESP), the local theatre company. Despite lacking a background in theater, when he was asked by the company's board to "help out every once an a while," he agreed without hesitation. He now serves as both the vice president and house manager of the theater.
Herndon Community Television (HCTV) brought Sinclair into its family in similarly casual fashion, one day inviting him to "come over and see what we do," as Sinclair remembers it. Now, eight years later, he is their vice president and tech engineer.
"Growing up in the small-town Midwest, if someone needs help you give them a hand," said Sinclair. "That's just being a good neighbor."
This philosophy also led Sinclair to Friday Night Live, a weekly summer concert series sponsored by the Herndon Chamber of Commerce.
"I live right down the street from it and I figured 'I can hear the music, so I might as well get involved,'" Sinclair said. Ten years after first giving Friday Night Live a hand, he currently heads a 25-strong team of volunteers for an event that he frequently, and animatedly, endorses.
"It's a lot of fun, it's free, and a lot of families show up," Sinclair said of the concert. "Everyone's out to have a good time." He confesses to having a pretty good time himself.
His passion for service has not gone unnoticed by the community, and in 2007 the Rotary Club recognized Sinclair as the ultimate "good neighbor" by presenting him with the Citizen of the Year Award. While flattered by the honor, Sinclair insisted that such recognition is not the primary impetus for his service.
"I volunteer because I enjoy myself doing it," said Sinclair. "I think that's why people help out; to have fun, not for a pat on the back."


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Brand Kenya Board has launched a Made in Kenya Brand Mark to help authenticate and reposition Kenyan made goods and services locally and globally.
Although the local manufacturing sector remains steady and have been earmarked as a priority area in the country's Big 4 Development Agenda, all these locally produced goods and services carry no unique mark to show their origin, more so in the face of increasing competition from imports of goods and services that is a threat to locally produced ones.
Without a unique and distinct differentiator, Kenyan goods lose their originality and to an extent, their preference in the local and global market.
The Mark therefore seeks to address this gap and create more value proposition and enhance competitiveness for Kenyan products and services on local and global markets. It will help identify and authenticate locally-manufactured products on local and global markets and encourage local production of quality goods. The Brand Mark will also ensure that producers take the responsibility of producing quality finished products for the local, regional and global markets.
While there are other marks in the market, this Mark combines both excellence and identity. Additionally, it's a consistent communication for Kenyan products.


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- The booking deposit is non-refundable.
- Please note that any cancellations must be notified directly to the hostel at least 24 hours in advance of your scheduled arrival date, unless otherwise stated in the hostel's conditions.
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The remainder of the amount due will be charged to your credit card 1 week prior to arrival. Should numbers or room selection change, the per person deposit times the number of people who actually travelled will be deducted from the total accommodation charge levvied by the hostel.
The following group types are not accepted by this hostel: Junior / Primary School, High / Secondary School, College / University, Business Trip, Stag/Hen/Bachelor Party If you have misrepresented the type of group you are booking for, your booking may be cancelled by the hostel."
Any cancellations resulting from agreement to these terms and conditions under false pretences will result in loss of deposit.
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We are located in one of the best areas of San Cristobal, near to restaurants, coffe shops and night clubs. In addition, we are located near to some of the finest tourist landmarks of the area such as Casa Corazon de Jade, Andador Eclesiástico De San Cristóbal and Catedral de San Cristóbal, all of them can be reached easily on foot.
We offer different types of room for diverse sort of travellers and guests. For those guests that are seeking tranquillity and quietness, we have several private options ideal for couples, friends and groups of three people, meanwhile for those venturesome travellers we have a mixed dorm for eight people that is equipped with all the necessary amenities to guarantee the maximum comfort to the travellers. In addition, we have several common areas in which the travellers will be able to get together and exchange past experiences and future plans.
La Marucha Hostal Policies and Conditions:
Cancellation policy: 48h before arrival.
Check in from 12:00 to 18:00 .
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Payment upon arrival by cash.
Taxes not included - 18.00%
The breakfast is not included. We offer a breakfast service for 30.00-50.00 MXN, depending on the modality of breakfast that you want to enjoy.
The reception service is open 24 hours per day.
No curfew.
Child friendly.
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text: The Spitlight Passiv SLM flashlamp-pumped single-longitudinal-mode (SLM) laser with a passive Q-switch and double amplifier transition is now available from InnoLas Laser GmbH. The laser's central element is a phase-conjugated mirror that enables quality loss-free double amplifier transition. Its flattop beam profile makes its beam source suitable for all applications that require high quality and focus. It also is suitable for holography applications, including pulse compression.


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About Givenchy:
Hubert de Givenchy founded his namesake fashion house specializing in Haute Couture and ready-to-wear in 1952. No sooner did it open than Givenchy earned a reputation for breaking with the fashion codes of its time. Today, the house is synonymous with aristocratic elegance, sensuality and fresh romanticism. Its legacy continues through the modern approach of its British Artistic Director, Clare Waight Keller, who was appointed in 2017 to design all Haute Couture and Ready-to-Wear collections for Women's and Men's.
Givenchy sandal with dyed mink (Finland) fur vamp.
Available in multiple colors.
1" logo-embossed flat heel.
Open toe.
Slide-on style.
Molded footbed.
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text: New map of the United States with markers for the senators of each state. The United States Senate is the upper house of the United States Congress, the lower house being the House of Representatives. The composition and powers of the Senate and the House are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each U.S state is represented by two senators, regardless of population, to ensure equal representation of each state in the Senate.


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New Opportunities
Years ago I was given an open invitation to speak at Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, MS, by my former professor, Dr. Elias Medeiros. While teaching in Orlando one summer, the Lord used him in a big way to get me onto the mission field. This past October, I took him up on his offer to teach in his missions class. What a privilege to teach in his class on a subject we love so much! We also were able to speak at a lunch the next day on campus. [excerpt from Lennox Letters Fall Report 2016 newsletter. Click here to read the full newsletter.]
I remember my first day of Missions class in seminary. It was one of those week-intensive courses during the summer with a visiting professor. That year RTS Orlando invited Dr. Elias Medeiros from the Jackson campus to teach us everything we needed to know in five fast days. For many of us, this class was the most memorable, and for me in particular, the most life-changing.
On the first day I realized that I couldn't enjoy this class without Regina. I told Regina that she would have break from the kids at home and sit in on the class for at least one session. Regina and I met in Bible college, and missions was the original passion that drove us there, but it seemed like a distant memory at this stage in our lives.
Dr. Medeiros gave us four eight-hour days of preaching through missional passages of Scripture (I was not exaggerating about being taught everything we needed to know). On the fifth day we took a field trip to the largest mosque in Orlando. By the time we got to the mosque and parked the cars, Dr. Medeiros was already making friends and giving out gospel tracts in the parking lot. He is the real deal.
During that unforgettable week, the Lord reminded me of why I started out in went to Bible college in the first place. I wanted to be a missionary. Serving on church staff was a good experience in many ways, but my heart was always longing to serve as a missionary. There was a reason I kept bringing my youth group to Cherokee, NC every year. The Lord blessed me with that burden to serve among Native American/First Nations peoples. He has been faithful to give us the desires of our hearts, and he will do the same for you.
To help us serve among Native American/First Nations people, click here to GIVE.
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It's a typical day.
That is, my alarm blares awake, siren-like (I still haven't figured out how to make the noise something quieter) and it startles me enough that I half-fall out of bed.
Coffee and mail, that's the routine. Some time ago I acquired a travel mug so I wouldn't have to remain undercaffeinated while making the twelve-story trip between my apartment and the mailboxes. It's definitely more efficient than putting one before the other – by the time I get back with the mail, I've drained my first coffee and that always seems to help when dealing with the bills.
Ow. That stupid wooden bluejay carving I bought at the market has just clonked onto my foot, again. I thought it'd look good on the hallway table, adding a bit of interest to a table that is bare other than a bowl for keys and coins, but all it seems to do is tumble off at the slightest provocation. (That is to say, at least twice a day)
Double-sided tape, or blu-tack, that's what I need. I scrawl a quick reminder and pin it to the fridge, which is so far a graveyard for all my other notes and reminders.
Automatically, I beat together a bowl of egg, cinnamon and milk, drowning slices of bread in it and dropping it in the now-hissing frying pan. The stove is temperamental at the best of times, but it seems to be working today. I'll take it as my consolation for the bluejay.
Syrup and bacon are quick to follow, and after accidentally chipping a shard off the plate where it clattered against the hard wooden cupboards, I've got a decent breakfast and second coffee to ease the bitterness of bill-paying. Seems this month they've all come at once.
The ink is blue-black, smeary on my fingers as I write what needs to be sorted, and I'm grateful for the convenience of pens, rather than having to use a quill and pot of ink.
With breakfast finished and bills paid, it's time to work on the newest painting. I'm not sure where this one came from. Normally I have some inspiration, or I see something that should be placed on canvas to remember it better. This time, it was something that seemed to appear from nowhere.
The dog in the painting looks out at me, and I realize that I haven't yet given him a name. It's something I like to do, give the subjects of my works a proper name and not just refer to them by an obvious title. He almost looks reproachful, as if he would rather like a name and would like it today, thank you.
I clean the remaining paint from the brush and study him intently.
I think I'll call him Bob.


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From Marc by Marc Jacobs, 3.1 Phillip Lim and Thakoon come three On Trend collections to take note of for Spring 2014
And better yet, many of the pieces boast runway worthy appeal at prices that could be considered more attainable…
>>DISCOVER: Spring 2014 Style Tips & Advice to Try Now
Marc by Marc Jacobs-
Known for perfectly stylized vintage inspired offerings, the Marc by Marc Jacobs collection was a glow for Spring with a late disco mix of lurex, metallics and sequined stars. Here both suiting and column dresses had a languid appeal, while color-blocking made a majority of the outing on trend and wholly desirable.
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3.1 Phillip Lim-
With a starting point of raw landscapes, terrains and geode formations juxtaposed with a soft color palette, the collection was full of trend alerts galore. From printed pants to must-have sweatshirts, the offering made Lim's effort one of the best at his pricepoint.
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>>DISCOVER: Advice on Dressy Age-Appropriate & Seasonless Style
Leave it to Thakoon to work strands of pearls, pearl chained cross bodybags and jewel touches into a collection that was relaxed enough to veer clear of being too precious. The lace trimmed number above is a perfect example of the designer's knack at making tried & true elegance look relaxed.
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Note: I wrote the bulk of this right after Christmas but finished it today.
Getting upstairs last night was a struggle. It isn't usually but Elisabeth wouldn't go on her own so my husband had to pick her up and carry her upstairs. She cried the whole way. I heard her banging the baby gate upstairs ("what baby?" I think to myself as I head upstairs) and see her angry and sobbing while my husband pulls the curtains in her room. "Gate open," she cries repeatedly. I open the gate and sit there, waiting. She comes over, red-faced and desperate. "Gate open," she says. "It is open, Star," I tell her. She goes down one stair on her bottom and turns around to look at me. "Mama" she says with a look of utter despair. "Let's go into Mama's room and do a puzzle." I suggest. In an instant, she's calm and seconds later she and I are on the bed with her bedtime puzzle.
Later, I tempt Elisabeth into laying down by laying down myself and reaching for her comforter. She's in a big girl bed now so we both fit in, barely. I rest my head on her pillow. Elisabeth edges up the bed and and yawns. She lays down and pulls the comforter close to her. As per our custom, I ask Elisabeth what she is feeling grateful for. "Christmas," she says this 28th of December. "Great," I say. "What else?" "Santa Claus," she says without hesitation. "Nice, and what else?" I ask. The third answer is the usual answer "Going to Aunty Caroline's house," she says. [I've explained the idea of "grateful" as something that makes you feel good or that you are happy about. I think that must be why Aunty Caroline's house is always in there although we haven't been there since April.] I tell her that I am grateful for our breakfast with Papa at Monuts. She says, "the new Monuts," and a brief discussion on the new vs. the old Monuts ensues. "Stay," Elisabeth suddenly says to me after a moment of quiet. "I'm here, " I reply. "Stay," she repeats. "I'm here," I say again, not wanting to tell the lie of "I'm not going anywhere." She seems satisfied and closes her eyes. I do the same. I feel her feet rubbing up against my legs and remember that I had forgotten the last part of our ritual. "I love you," I say, opening my eyes. Elisabeth is looking at me. She doesn't yet know the answer to this last piece of our nightly ritual so there is only silence. I close my eyes and know Elisabeth has snuggled closer, feeling her breathe warm my face.
I'm beginning to think Elisabeth is more like a feral animal than a drunken bipolar troll. She's impulsive with big emotions that flash hot and cold. The raw honesty, though, is sometimes blinding. It's so unusual in our daily life. Conversations that adults have can go on for hours and never really reveal anything. There are double meanings, hedged words. Metaphors that go unnoticed, fruitless wishes for someone to read our mind or offer up a raise, praise or permission. With toddlers, you know exactly how they feel. They say what they mean. It can be uncanny.
A big girl bed now, not a crib. A bed where I hope Elisabeth will be until her teen years. She won't always want me to lay down next to her. It's almost 2015 but where was 2013? Wasn't its just a muggy June afternoon when we came home from the hospital with her buckled into a seatbelt, wearing a snuggly hat? It's all so far gone. And yet I know I can still preserve it by being in these bedtime moments, and others, as fully as I can. So I'll take the struggle of getting upstairs now, as I think of the future struggles. Bedtime struggles suddenly seems mild.


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Easter Ceremonies.
Our Easter ceremonies in St. Michael's Church were well attended during the week. Great credit is due to Fr. McGrath and to all those who arranged or helped with the ceremonies. There will be no morning Mass in St. Michaels this week, but Adoration will take place on Thursday from 11am to 9pm. All are welcome. .
Good Work
It is good to see the streets of the village being repaired after they were cut up during the installation of the new water mains which seem to be working well. Hopefully, now and in the future, our water supply will be free of breaks and be of good quality. The installation of this supply which replaces a system 50/60 years old is great progress. It comes as a result of almost 20 years of hard work at council level in seeking such improvements. It should be noted that the roadway and street improvements in Chapel/Kickham Street are an addition to the waterworks and not part of that scheme. This work will begin in the next few weeks with Carrick Street to follow at a later date. For further details contact Eddie O'Meara. .
Presentation Secondary School, Ballingarry.
The Parents Association of the above are holding a cookery demonstration by Anne Neary of Ryeland House on Wednesday May 7th at 7.30pm in the school. All proceeds in aid of equipment for new home economics room.Tickets €12 available from School/Committee at 052-9154104.
GAA Club Membership
Juvenile Chairman, Victor Direen informs us that the closing date for club membership is May lst. It is essential that all juvenile officers and juvenile team mentors are club members. Please give your membership to Registrar, Ricky Sheehan or Secretary Eddie McCarthy. All juvenile players should be members by now. If not, please pay at training a.s.a.p All sponsored walk cards and monies can be returned at training. Thanks for all the support.
Special Meeting
A special meeting will take place on Thursday May lst at 8.30pm to begin preparation for the 2014 tournament. All are welcome and it is vital that parents attend to begin our planning for the tournament.
Local Lotto Jackpot
The recent local lotto jackpot draw took place on Monday April 14th. There was no jackpot winner, but 3 winners shared the Match 3 prize of €150. Next draw will be on Monday April 28th when the jackpot could be worth €4,000. You must be in if you want to win.


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#100TrainingDays – Day 4 with Esteban!Leave a comment
May 15, 2014 by Darlene McC
4 days in I'm feeling fantastic. The hip/back pain I was getting from sitting all day is nearly gone and I've got more energy. My UP24 also feels a bit more appreciated as I'm taking more than 10k steps consistently and sleeping more solidly.
All and all, this is a great idea… but we'll see what I feel like day 53! Please join me – original motivation and my personal rules of engagement here.


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From an Italian heritage an exceptional trepanning set, wrought iron with monsters faces on the brace. Complete, most likely Italian or French, late 1700′s – early 1800′s.
If you are interested on this item or need more info, please do not hesitate to write us by filling the form below or calling the numbers on the side.
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