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“It had rained heavily for several days and then the morning sun came out on a lovely September day.” So begins the true story of a hurricane of unprecedented ferocity, one that caught residents of the East End by surprise on an afternoon 74 years ago tomorrow.
The account is mounted on a poster board that visitors see upon entering the East Hampton Historical Society’s Clinton Academy, where “The Long Island Express: Rare Photographs of East Hampton Town After the 1938 Hurricane” will be exhibited through Oct. 8.
The collection of 122 photographs depicts destruction on a scale that would otherwise be difficult to fathom. Huge trees completely uprooted, houses torn asunder, cars tossed this way and that — tidy villages rearranged in a matter of hours.
And while one East Hampton resident lost his life and many houses and commercial buildings were damaged or destroyed, the exhibit also depicts the coming together of a community in the aftermath of sudden devastation.
“It has its sad qualities, but is a part of the tapestry of life,” Richard Barons, the society’s executive director, remarked of the collection. “You can see [the hurricane’s] bonding qualities, the sense of survival, that ‘we will persevere.’ ”
The majority of the photographs are from the society’s own collection, which, Mr. Barons said, “grew by leaps and bounds by two collections that came to us within a year.” The troves to which he refers were taken by Earl Gardell, who lived in Amagansett, and Edward Jewett Jr., who lived in East Hampton. Peggy Sherrill, granddaughter of Mr. Gardell’s neighbor Herbert Edwards, donated the Gardell photos, while Mr. Jewett’s photographs were provided by his wife, Camilla, who has lived just three-tenths of a mile down Main Street from Clinton Academy for 63 years. The latter collection was discovered, among other photographs, in Ms. Jewett’s house last year.
Mr. Gardell’s photographs mostly depict downtown Amagansett and Beach Hampton, said Mr. Barons, while the Jewett collection includes East Hampton and Montauk. Mr. Jewett documented destruction at the Maidstone Club, where he was a member, and Montauk’s fishing village, then at Fort Pond Bay.
Mr. Barons took the original photographs, mostly two by three inches, to Reed’s Photo in East Hampton and Morris Studio in Southampton to be scanned and enlarged. “I always have them done in color,” he said of the black-and-white prints, “so you get the tonalities of what the original photograph looked like.”
Along with the enlarged prints hanging at Clinton Academy are glass cases in which the originals, along with other artifacts, are displayed. A blown-up print of page one of The Star’s Sept. 22, 1938, edition, devoted to the hurricane, is also on hand, as is a book in which visitors with firsthand knowledge have recorded their memories. This, said Mr. Barons, has spurred plans for a round-table discussion, to be held on Oct. 19 at the East Hampton Presbyterian Church’s Session House, at which witnesses will tell their stories. Other visitors, Mr. Barons added, have brought their own photographs to the society “for the next exhibition.”
As they were taken in the hurricane’s immediate aftermath, the photographs present an odd dichotomy of tranquillity amid a devastation that was probably unimaginable just two days earlier. When Mr. Jewett, a stockbroker working in Manhattan, learned of a hurricane battering East Hampton, where his parents lived, “he got in the car, but had a terrible time reaching here,” said Ms. Jewett, who is 101. “It was a disaster by the time he got to this end of the Island. There were trees down and all kinds of bad things to cope with.”
Ms. Jewett’s mother-in-law was the sculptor Maude Sherwood Jewett. She and her husband had lived on the ocean since around 1911, Ms. Jewett said, and did not evacuate. “They said the ocean was coming right through the kitchen.” Her father-in-law may have exaggerated, she allowed, “but he said fish and eels were coming through the kitchen!”
When Ms. Jewett came to East Hampton from New York City in 1939, the hurricane’s impact was still evident. “You could see where the trees were uprooted. Then the L.V.I.S. replaced most of them. They’re fully grown now, but I remember when a lot of them were planted,” she said.
The show has jogged memories, resulting in the aforementioned written recollections and visitors’ photos. There may be even more to come.
“I just went up to that drawer to see if I had more than I’d given to Richard,” Ms. Jewett told a visitor, “and I couldn’t get the drawer open — the thing sticks in summer, and the knob came off. I could probably find more, if I get that drawer open.”

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The Families of Northern Moore County: Abstract of Miscellaneous and Rare Records, Volume II 1831 - 1929
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This second volume follows up on the first volume and abstracts thousands of rare and hard to find records relating to the families of northern Moore County dating from 1831-1929 including several hundred images and hard to find maps. A full name index includes over 11,000 individuals and over 900 place names. Hardbound 622 pages.

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Taxing natural gas is a political football in Pennsylvania
February 27, 2011 5:00 AM
Joshua Knicely stands at the podium Jan. 20 as a proponent of shale drilling as residents gather for a public hearing on proposed ordinances affecting Marcellus Shale drilling in Mount Pleasant Township. Mr. Knicely is an employee of Red Oak Water Transfer, a business that could benefit economically from its use by shale drilling companies.
By Tom Barnes Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
HARRISBURG -- Let's say you're a gambler on a losing streak and you're a whopping $4 billion in the hole. But things have started turning around, and a few hot hands have brought you $300 million or so.
Then you stun the other players by just quitting the game and leaving all that cash on the table.
Some critics say that's exactly what state officials are doing by not passing a severance tax on the huge amount of natural gas being pumped from the Marcellus Shale deep underground in much of the state. Unlike 30 other states, Pennsylvania doesn't have a tax on extracting that particular nonrenewable energy source.
"For us to be the only state that doesn't tax shale gas makes no sense," said Rep. Dan Frankel, D-Squirrel Hill. "Eliminating that important revenue option from the upcoming budget is irresponsible."
Sharon Ward of the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, a liberal group, views a severance tax as "no different than the sales tax or any other tax that the state levies to pay for basic services such as schools, public safety and Medicaid."
Gov. Tom Corbett acknowledges the state faces a deficit of about $4 billion for the 2011-12 budget, which starts July 1, and he'll unveil his spending and taxing plan on March 8. To erase the large deficit, he is expected to call for major spending cuts in many programs -- but no severance tax or any other new tax.
His pledge of no new taxes was a major reason for his victory in November. Asked last week if the governor has changed his mind on taxes, spokesman Kevin Harley said flatly, "The answer is no."
Shale drillers already pay a number of levies. The state now gets up to $13 million a year from fees on drilling permits, said former state Environmental Secretary John Hanger, who favors an extraction tax. During his tenure from 2008-10, the permit fee cost (after being unchanged for years) rose from a flat $100 to a range of $5,000 to $10,000 each, depending on how deep a well is. That money was used to increase state well inspectors from 88 to 202.
The state also leases 700,000 acres of state forestland for drilling -- about half of the forestland within the Marcellus footprint. That leasing has produced $525 million for the general fund over the last three years, said former Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary John Quigley. Gas royalties collected by the state bring in another $30 million or so per year.
Mr. Corbett is likely to lift a moratorium on further forest leasing that then-Gov. Ed Rendell imposed last year. That would increase the lease payments to the state, but critics fear it could hurt sensitive forest land.
Mr. Harley said drilling companies also pay corporate taxes and their employees pay income taxes to the state. Drilling companies have added hundreds of jobs in the past three years, many in rural areas where jobs have been few, and more hiring is expected as more wells are drilled.
While a severance tax seems dead, the millions such a levy could raise might take on a new appeal if Mr. Corbett proposes huge program cuts and layoffs March 8. But House Democrats, along with environmentalists and a handful of Republicans, aren't waiting for Mr. Corbett's budget message.
Rep. Greg Vitali, D-Delaware County, and others are pushing a two-part severance tax: 5 percent on the gross sale price of each 1,000 cubic feet (mcf) of gas, plus a second levy of 4.6 cents per mcf. The first tax would fluctuate with the market price of gas, while the second charge would be constant. It's akin to an extraction tax in West Virginia.
Mr. Vitali estimates his tax would generate $245 million this year, $320 million in 2012, $400 million in 2013 and more in later years. The Vitali plan is a variant of one proposed in 2010 by then-Rep. David Levdansky. D-Forward. He proposed a tax of about 35 cents per mcf, which he thought would bring in nearly $300 million a year.
Last year, discussion was held concerning a tax like the one in Arkansas -- 1.5 percent per mcf -- which some Senate Republicans, including President Pro Tem Joe Scarnati of Jefferson, supported.
But Mr. Rendell, a Democrat, couldn't reach a tax agreement with legislators. Republicans couldn't agree on a rate and didn't like Mr. Rendell's plan to sock some severance tax revenue into the state's general fund.
Mr. Scarnati now favors a "local impact fee" on shale gas, meaning money for municipalities and counties where gas drilling is going on. Details must be worked out, such as: What would the money be used for -- just roads, or other local costs? Would towns that abut towns with drilling rigs also get some money? Would some of the fees go for state environmental programs?
Some critics wonder if the reason state officials are reluctant to enact a severance tax is related to campaign contributions that have flowed from the powerful gas drilling companies
Critics say that with more than $900,000, Mr. Corbett easily led all other politicians last year in gas industry political contributions. Mr. Scarnati also was high on that list, at $117,000.
These suspicions have grown stronger in light of the recent disclosure that Mr. Scarnati and Sen. Tim Solobay, D-Canonsburg, had their trips to the Super Bowl paid for by Consol Energy. Both Mr. Solobay and Scarnati aide Drew Crompton said there is "absolutely not" any connection between the Super Bowl trip (for which they are reimbursing Consol) and their stand on a tax.
Mr. Crompton noted his boss supported a 1.5 percent severance tax last year and now supports a local impact fee to help affected communities.
Special interests "don't do these things without expecting something in return. Anyone who says otherwise is trying to fool people,'' said Tim Potts of Democracy Rising PA, a government watchdog group.

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PRINCE Charles re-opened the Florence Institute and championed Merseyside industry during a visit to the region today.
The Prince of Wales also enjoyed an unscheduled stop-off in a local pub for a drink of Guinness, as he clearly enjoyed himself during his stay in Liverpool.
The Florrie's official re-opening marked the end of a long refurbishment project and the chairman of the Florence Institute, Denise Bernard, said it was a memorable day.
She added: “I took Prince Charles around the Florrie on St George’s Day six years ago when this place was a wreck. I’m ecstatic that he’s come back for the reopening. This tops the lot. He’s maintained his interest in the restoration over the last six years."
Clearly enjoying his visit, the Prince earlier received thunderous applause at the Florrie when he unveiled the plaque to commemorate his visit and the reopening.
Speaking to the audience of local people and civic dignitaries packed into the Florrie’s main hall, he said: "Imagine how thrilled I am to see this building fully restored. It’s entirely down to so many people’s unbelievably dedicated efforts.
“I know how complicated and frustrating it can be to put together funding and tick all the boxes for a project like this. I know it’s taken a year off Denise’s life!
“I want to congratulate all those who brought back this building and also the many who love this building and made it a big part of the community.
“The fact it’s to be used by so many groups is something to be celebrated. Nothing gives me more pleasure than to unveil this plaque.”
Young dancers from The Works Academy performed for the Prince and he was delighted when one presented him with a baby-grow printed with the words “Grandad’s little workie”.
Earlier, Prince Charles had toured the production line at Jaguar Land Rover in Halewood, as well as meeting local schoolchildren at the manufacturer's education centre.

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As a ripple effect from the release of the audio and video to the single “Lord Today“.Toluwanimee has followed up with the release of the live version of same song (the video), coming off the “Go Deeper” album, .
“Lord Today (LIVE),” is a rephrase of the original version, ministered live with emphasis on the prophetic unction which the song possesses.
Brace up for an intense worship experience with a revelation of the Omnipotent One.
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Arranged by: Manus Akpanke
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When somebody sits down to test drive a new wheel loader or excavator, it is the seat accessories - the armrest, headrest and control holders – that are often the first things they touch.
And as Anders Claesson, the Managing Director of the Swedish seat accessories specialist Sittab explains, those first impressions really can make all the difference.
"Wherever there is a requirement for a modern, well-equipped operator station, Sittab has the premium product," says Claesson.
"Rather than marketing components, however, we like to think of ourselves as selling an optimisation project.
We have a flexible design team that will work to a customer’s requirements based on the products we have. We can build whatever they want with our Lego – and we have the best Lego in the box.
Sittab is a small company with very large customers. All our designers work together developing the significant Sittab features that we then bring to each individual customer project.
Comfort based on ergonomic data
Everything is processed through our headquarters in Sweden so it’s easy for us to pick up on trends and market needs, which we incorporate into our customers’ requests, while still reflecting their own design culture.
We have that ‘comfonomic’ fingertip feeling – that’s comfort based on ergonomic data.
One particular trend we’ve been exploring is for electrified and digitised seat accessories.
In the past, these were all mechanically operated with a lever but electrified and digitised versions are becoming increasingly common in trucks and personal cars.
Now we are also seeing demand for their use in premium off-highway vehicles.
Seat manufacturers aren’t there yet as the volumes for off-highway vehicles are still too low. But when they are ready, we can offer the electrified armrest, power-driven turntable and power-driven seat position system with memory settings.
A safe choice
Whether opting for the latest and greatest or something more traditional, Sittab is always a safe choice.
For us, quality is designed into the product, not merely verified afterwards – and we apply this mindset automatically.
We also supply a small aftermarket locally in Sweden, which acts as a reference group for new products.
Operators test the comfort and durability of the products and we implement their feedback so there are never any surprises for the OEMs.
Likewise, customers can always rely on us to deliver. Some of the big players in the seat accessories industry have had serious availability issues of late, but that’s not anything our customers have to worry about.
With assembly stations in the USA and China, mirroring our set-up in Sweden, we can pretty much guarantee supply.
When it comes to our own suppliers, we choose companies that, like us, have short lead times and a short decision-making process, will give us priority and who can grow together with us.
Our philosophy is that quality is related to continuity of people. We believe that much of our success in sales, quality and short delivery times is because we have such a low turnover of staff.
So you know that whenever you engage us to design and supply any sort of modern and well-equipped operator station, it won’t just be a quick win, rather a reliable relationship for the long term."


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THE case involving Bulawayo deputy mayor Gift Banda, who was charged with contempt of court after he defaulted paying maintenance towards his child, took a new twist yesterday, as a warrant of arrest was issued for the mother of the child.
Banda allegedly defaulted paying maintenance for his child he sired with Kholiwe Sitshoni, with the debt accumulating to
$2 400, prompting the child’s mother to return to the courts to report the default.
Banda appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Tawanda Muchemwa when the case was expected to be heard, but Sitshoni, who is believed to have gone to South Africa, was in no show at the courts.
Muchemwa ordered that a warrant of arrest be issued against Sitshoni for defaulting court, while he ruled that Banda be placed off remand pending the arrest of the child’s mother, with the case now expected to proceed by way of summons.
At the start of the case two weeks ago, Banda failed to appear in court and a warrant of his arrest was issued. He was later fined $20 for contempt of court.
The State alleges that on January 27 2014, Banda was ordered to pay maintenance of $150 per month for the upkeep of his child.
Banda defaulted paying for the agreed months in 2014. The deputy mayor was due to pay his child’s school fees and medical bills last July and he accumulated arrears of $2 400.


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In an extraordinary move, Union Home Ministry has empowered an officer of the rank corresponding to that of the lowest rank of members of the Assam Rifles (AR) under the Code of Criminal Procedure, to arrest anyone and search a place without warrant in the states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland, and Mizoram.
The opposition Congress on February 22, 2019 moved an adjournment motion in the Assam Assembly over the Centre’s move to bestow additional powers on the Assam Rifles, and resorted to a walkout when the Speaker disallowed it on procedural grounds.
According to Leader of Opposition in the Assembly, Debabrata Saikia, the party condemned and strongly opposed the Central government’s notification giving the force power to arrest people and search premises without any warrant in Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh, and termed the move as manifestation of an undeclared Emergency, especially in the Northeast.
It may be mentioned that the notification was necessitated amid rising unrest in the Northeast. On various occasions, the AR personnel were targeted through ambush, restricting the movement of the force. Now, the personnel will exercise these powers and discharge their duties under sub-section(1) of section 41, sections 47, 48, 49, 51, 53, 54, 149, 150, 151 and 152 of the CrPC within the local limits of the area within the border districts of the five mentioned states.
Saikia stated that the said notification negates the right to freedom of movement guaranteed to citizens by the Constitution of India and hence poses a threat to democracy. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had in his Independence Day speech last year promised to withdraw the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from the northeastern states. Also during a pre-election rally in Imphal, Modi had promised to withdraw the controversial AFSPA if the BJP formed the government at the Centre, hence the notification has exposed his own duplicity by resorting to the undemocratic tactics by giving powers arbitrarily to the Assam Rifles, instead of keeping his word on the AFSPA.
The Leader of the Opposition pointed out that the Assam Rifles has a dodgy record in upholding human rights and added that there is a strong possibility of this new step hampering integration of the Northeast with India’s mainstream.
It may be pointed out that four North East states – Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram and Manipur, share 1,643-km border with Myanmar. The Assam Rifles personnel are part of the patrolling forces, who have been time and again being attacked by the militants; they are serving the nation amidst extreme threats and minimum facilities.
The paramilitary force has been sent to take up humanitarian works in the event of refugees entering Lawngtlai district of the Myanmar Army. The personnel were also deployed to prevent insurgents from infiltrating into Mizoram soil.
Similarly, Assam Rifles personnel were also posted in Manipur near the Indo-Myanmar border, and frequently, actually almost on daily basis, they are being ambushed and attacked by the militants. Such attacks were never condemned nor did any quarter express any solidarity with the Jawans or the personnel who are guarding the international border.
There are numerous incidents where the AR personnel were attacked.
Given the past record of the force, especially when coupled with the draconian AFSPA and in respect to the human rights, opposition Congress has a valid ground to oppose such move of MHA but it must also consider the threat on the ground that the jawans face. Instead of simply opposing or staging a walk-out, they should try to brainstorm and find a middle ground wherein the jawans can discharge their duties but also not violate any human rights.


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Upper Makefield Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 8,190 at the 2010 census. It has the 8th highest per capita income for Pennsylvania townships. Its multimillion-dollar homes, top-notch public schools and easy commute to both Princeton and Philadelphia led to its ranking as Best Place to Live in the Suburbs in Philly Mag’s Best Places to Live list. George Washington and the Continental Army crossed the Delaware River here the night of December 25–26, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War in preparation for the Battle of Trenton. The Brownsburg Village Historic District, Buckmanville Historic District, John Burroughs Homestead, Dolington Village Historic District, John Chapman House, Eagle Tavern, Hayhurst Farm, Keith House-Washington’s Headquarters, Makefield Meeting and Smith Family Farmstead are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The median income for a household in the township was $102,759, and the median income for a family was $114,064. Males had a median income of $90,000 versus $42,365 for females. The per capita income for the township was $56,288. About 1.6% of families and 2.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and 1.5% of those age 65 or over.


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Two supermarket workers have been sacked for smoking in their store car park.
Evacuated from the store due to a fire alarm at 7am – an hour before opening time – Werner Cull and Adam Little lit up to pass the time.
The pair admit breaching Morrisons’ rules but Adam, 24, from Cheltenham, Glos, – who had 18 months’ experience – said: “I’ve had no previous warnings at all which is why I think they’re in the wrong.
“Normally you get two verbal warnings, a written warning and then a final one, but they’ve gone straight and sacked me.”
Werner, 59, from Tewkesbury, who had been an administrative assistant at the store for 19 months, added: “It’s excessive. The severity of the punishment was way out of order.”
Both men, who have consulted the conciliation service, Acas, say other staff have smoked without being punished and have appealed against their dismissals.
Werner added: “I’ve got bills to pay, which aren’t going to be met.” Adam has got another job.
A spokesman for the store in Tewkesbury, said: “Ensuring customers and colleagues enjoy a smoke-free environment is of paramount importance.
“As such, we have a clear smoking policy and a breach of this policy is dealt with under the company disciplinary procedures.
“We cannot comment on individual cases.”


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Typically, I am a regular ol’ chocolate chip cookie girl. I began making chocolate chip cookies when I was about eight years old, and made them almost daily in the summer when we had hired hands helping us on the farm. I can make chocolate chip cookies in my sleep. I don’t have to even think about the ingredients or the measurements while I make chocolate chips cookies. And shucks, if I do say so myself, my chocolate chips cookies taste pretty good.
Lately though, my boys have been asking for something a little different. What!? They don’t want the same chocolate chip cookie over and over and over? C’mon. Change is hard for me. And if I really care to admit it – thinking is often hard for me as well. I’d rather make something that is a no-brainer, thank you very much. Don’t they understand?
Okay, fine. A change of pace in the cookie department every now and then is nice. Which is why I played with a chocolate cookie recipe to make it healthier. We all loved the way it turned out. And if you throw some homemade white chocolate chips in these, you’ve got a fantastic “healthy-ish” cookie.
By the way, if you don’t feel like taking the time to make homemade white chocolate chips, I completely understand. Just know that regular store bought white chips typically have hydrogenated oils and corn syrup in them, which I recommend avoiding if at all possible. I did find some healthier white chips at Whole Foods a few months ago that were “clean”, and I noticed that VitaCost and Amazon had some too – so hey, all is not lost!
Whole Wheat Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/2 cups sucanat (or brown sugar)
1/2 cup melted coconut oil (butter would also work)
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups whole wheat flour (I use freshly ground flour from hard white wheat.)
1 cup white chocolate chips (optional)
Whip together eggs, cocoa, and sucanat. Stir in melted coconut oil, baking powder, and vanilla. Mix in flour until a nice dough has formed. Fold in white chocolate chips. Spoon teaspoon sized balls of dough on to a cookie sheet, about 2 inches apart. Bake in a 350° for 8-10 minutes. Allow the cookies to sit on the cookie sheet for about five minutes before removing. Makes about 24 cookies.
The dough just looked too yummy, so I had to take a picture. Kind of makes you want to reach into the computer with a spoon, doesn’t it?
These cookies are soft, sweet, and slightly coconutty if you use virgin coconut oil. (Use expeller pressed coconut oil of you don’t prefer a coconut flavor.)
What’s your favorite kind of cookie? Do you ever get into a cookie rut?
These look yummy! How many does the recipe make? I’m thinking this would be a good treat for our childre’s ministry tomorrow night. Also, do you think you could use agave nectar in place of the sucant or brown sugar?
I’d say this recipe makes about 24 cookies – I always forget to add that information to my recipe posts!!! (I’ll edit it and add that in.) :)
I don’t use agave nectar so I can’t say for sure if it would work or not.
Mmmmm!! I love chocolate chip cookies!! DH likes them w/o the chocolate chips!?!?? Oh well, that just means mine have more chips and that’s always a good thing! We make all kinds of cookies though – snickerdoodles, sugar cookie cutouts, molasses cookies, drop sugar cookies. I’m sure there’s more. If I spent half as much time making healthy food as I did cookies, we’d loose those extra pounds in no time! :)
These sound good but I hear you on the need for no brainers (I have not slept in almost 3 years – there is not much going on upstairs these days!) However, if my kids were the age of yours, I would tell them THEY are welcome to make whatever kind of cookie they would like ;) Do you ever have your boys cook with you? My plan is to teach all my kiddos (both genders) everything I can about cooking and slowly transition kitchen duties as they grow. My 2 year old stands on his stool next to the counter and adds ingredients for me. I am teaching him already to be close but respectful of the hot stove and oven and he is doing very well. If you have taught them to cook – do you have tips on raising them cooking? Sorry if you have posted about this before and I missed it.
Yes, my boys definitely have learned to cook with me – I should post about that more often. I’ve even written a couple books about it: https://www.heavenlyhomemakers.com/teaching-your-kids-to-cook-and-learn-to-cook-now-available-in-our-shop.
However, it’s interesting that as they get older, they have less time to help in the kitchen because of their involvment in other activities. Your comment has reminded me that I need to be more intentional about putting them to work in the kitchen when we can squeeze it in. :)
I can’t wait to try this recipe! I absolutely love the fact that your recipes have the option of being truly homemade from scratch.
Some of my favorites include chocolate chip (of course) as well as white chocolate macadamia, oatmeal butterscotch and sugar cookies. Though, I often cheat and use real sugar here, since I make cookies so infrequently. A cookie for me HAS to be chewy and honey just didn’t achieve that. I also recently found a recipe for homemade oreos that turned out well. (I love fake outs!) The cookie part was also great for making pie crusts called for in dessert recipes.
Oooh! Can you share the oreo cookie recipe please? It is one thing I haven’t figured out yet and so I compromise for birthdays.
my kids love and they ask for the ice cream dessert recipe for their birthday cakes which requires the crushed chocolate sandwich cookies for the crust.
Ooo, yes! Please share the oreo cookie recipe. Looks like several of us have been on the hunt. thank you!!!
Charlotte Moore says
YUM!!! Those look good. My hubby would love then=m I am sure. It will be a while before I can grind any wheat. My grinder had to go to the doctor. )-: Just sent it off Monday.
For the whole family, I might as well resign myself to living on chocolate chip cookies – I’ve never hit that request for “something new”! But I love shortbread cookies and anything with white chocolate, so maybe they will try these! They sound yummy!
These look sooooo good! My kids want me to make them today,… now! Lunch first though :)
Here is the link to the homemade Oreo recipe.
a few notes…yes, they do have sugar, but in comparison to a real oreo, they are far better for you. As michael Pollan says: everything in moderation :) For the shortening in the frosting, I used spectrum palm shortening: it is expellar pressed, trans fat free and made from sustainable palm. Also, I found it easiest to make the dough in my food processor.
Thank you for the tips and the recipe! I have Tropical Traditions Palm Shortening so I will give it a try!
Thank you for sharing the recipe!!!!!
Sara G says
Just made these…they smell divine! I can’t eat gluten so my husband will have these treats all to himself!
These look outstanding! I can’t wait to try them!
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These look wonderful! Our issue with cookies is that they must be low sugar and egg-free. We really like your breakfast cookie recipe and they succeed well egg-free; we just add in applesauce. They are a bit more crumbly than normal so best eaten in the first two days after baking. Quite the hardship for my family:)
I made your cookies and they taste very good, but… they didn’t get crinkly. Is that because I used the butter instead of coconut oil?
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It is possible…I’m not sure what else would do it.
Marie B. says
H! I made these with coconut oil and they didn’t crinkle but they taste fabulous!!!! I’ll try taking them out of the oven a bit eaarlier, maybe then they look almost done but a bit wet in the very center, and let you know how this works. Thank for the yummy recipe! I so appreciate the many recipes you’ve developed. You’ve made feeding our family whole foods much simpler for me. Thank you Laura!! My kids were pleased to eat new a homemade treat.
I just made these cookies and put peanut butter chips in them. Oh they are so good. Thanks for the recipe.
Tiffany Lewis says
So I used butter, and about 1 1/3 cup honey. Then I used unsweetened coconut instead of chips- worked well. It helped to soak up the extra liquid from the honey. However it did make them more cake like and I think next time I will make cupcakes. Would be perfect for German chocolate cake! Have to say that these are amazing!!!!!!
These are so delicious! I did use some store bought white chocolate chips that were leftover from Christmas baking (I had no idea I could make my own!), but will definitely try your reipce for them when my supply is gone. Thanks so much for the yummy recipes I can share with my boys!
Cantina Camp says
I made these for my 12 year old son’s birthday and he LOVED them! He is not a birthday cake fan. His favorite cookie is the chocolate chocolate chip cake mix cookies. Since we are trying to eat healthier I was so thankful to find this recipe!! Thank you so much Laura! We are having company tonight so I am making them again. When I told the kids what I was making for dessert they were so excited…me too!! :)


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This press release was originally published on MarketWatch on 1/28/21. Our Founder, Matthew Capala sat with Ja Rule for an ICONNic talk.
On December 30, 2020, the two entrepreneurs participated in a live Zoom-like interview on ICONN Live, the new social platform and talent-booking app created by Ja Rule, the celebrity rap artist turned startup founder and investor.
Humbled by the lessons of his past and the impact of the recent pandemic, yet energized by the emergence of a new culture and technologies, Ja Rule offered an optimistic outlook for 2021: “We’ve been through this in 1918 with the pandemic, and what followed was the Roaring Twenties. We are going through this right now. There is a lot of the underground swelling of circles that make you feel Speakeasy-ish. It feels like we are in the Roaring Twenties again.”
Looking back at 2020 as the year was coming to an end, he declared his theme for the new year will be Impossible is Nothing. “People are faced with so many obstacles and challenges during this pandemic. And sometimes people need a little push to let them know that Impossible is Nothing,” said Ja Rule. “Some people look at what I’ve been through, coming from the bottom, and that’s what Impossible is Nothing represents. It represents the voiceless and the people who are in a daily struggle.”
With ICONN Live, Ja Rule hopes to give voice to the emerging content creators, especially hip hop artists and entertainment startups, who are shaping the current culture for which the app was created. He aims to inspire his fans to “join the revolution” to get ahead in this new economy. He sees social media as becoming more decentralized and evolving, opening the doors for new market entrants, such as his own social app.
The recent success of TikTok and ClubHouse, as well as the rapid adaption of blockchain and social commerce, are the building blocks of this new ecosystem, in which the content creator has more power and more options. “I think people like decentralization. Even when you look at the bitcoin and the crypto movement, people like the idea of not being controlled and having freedoms,” said Ja Rule.
Capala and Ja Rule partnered to record this interview as the first in the series of the “ICONNic Talks with Rule,” a new talent-booking feature on the ICONN app, which allows his fans and early adopters to schedule live video chats with the likes of Ja Rule, leveraging his celebrity status to make their own headlines.
Matthew Capala, the founder of a Miami-based digital marketing agency, Alphametic, and former NYU professor noted that “most content gets very little engagement. It’s not enough to create, you need to create and innovate.”
In the end, the two entrepreneurs expressed excitement about the rising movement of content creators who are experimenting with emerging platforms. This group includes influencers who will become early adopters, riding the wave of the new Roaring Twenties culture alongside the movers and shakers. The Capala Rule interview provides an example of how such projects can be carried out.
The full interview is available on the ICONN Live app.
Check out our most recent blog post: “Ja Rule’s Secret 3-Step Formula for Viral Content”
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IBM Revs eServersBy Jeffrey Burt | Print
Re-Imagining Linux Platforms to Meet the Needs of Cloud Service Providers
IBM offers 1.9GHz Power4+ processors in its eight- to 32-way eServer p690 systems, boosting processor speed and memory capacity.IBM is ramping up the processor speed and memory capacity of its high-end eServer p690 systems by offering 1.9GHz Power4+ processors in the eight- to 32-way servers.
The upgrade comes a week after the Armonk, N.Y., company announced that a 32-way p690 set benchmark records for transaction processing, and that a German company, Juelich Research Center, is planning to use 41 of the systems as the base for a new supercomputer.
The move also comes as IBM prepares for the introduction in the second half of the year of its Power5 chip, which IBM officials said will offer significant improvements in performance and virtualization capabilities.
Enterprises running p690 systems with the 1.1GHz or 1.3GHz Power 4 chips, or the 1.5GHz or 1.7GHz Power 4+, can upgrade to the 1.9GHz chip.


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Tinder people might-be discovering matches the internet dating app, but hooking up is on its way at a private price: his or her self-worth.
All of that swiping can really just take a cost on someone’s psychological well being, specially considering that the software is about becoming refused or paired based around appearance. Even if a user happens to be matched up with someone and seems to strike it all, they could be curious about in the back of their own idea for their basic day if this person is only considering something. That is why, maybe individuals feel like they already have converted into erotic objects instead of actually getting read for who they really are as a person.
These days, new research happens to be recommending that Tinder might be producing consumers feeling more serious about on their own, which eventually affects the company’s self-respect.
Introduced at United states mental connection’s Convention in Denver, Colo. recently, specialists from institution of North Lone-star state done a survey in which they questioned 1,000 ladies and 273 people that has the age average of 2 decades aged several problems concerning body joy (contains regarding their face and the body areas similar to their legs) and self-esteem.
Considering the emotional results of those people that take advantage of common relationship application, the specialists discovered that Tinder consumers are even more essential about themselves together with a far more adverse perspective on their own system than others that simply do not make use of application. Continue reading Tinder People Offer Reduced Self-Worth Than Others Exactly Who Don’t Swipe

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1880 – Design for Holy Ghost Hospital, Waterford
Unbuilt proposal in an architectural competition. Four years later, a design by J.J. O’Callaghan was constructed. “The design of which we give an illustration was submitted by Mr. W.G. Doolin in a competition which took place about a year ago, ending as provincial competitions have ended before now in the promoters starting a new and totally different scheme, and coolly with-holding the premiums promised by the advertisement. Several of the disappointed competitors commenced legal proceedings with the object of forcing a decision on the basis of the original programme but, owing to some difficulty in fixing the legal liability, nothing was gained thereby. The report of the referees having been withheld from the competitors, the author of the present design, with his fellows in misfortune, remains in blissful ignorance of the considerations, if any, which prompted the decision of the trustees; not a word either of explanation or thanks was contained in the communication of the secretary notifying the return of the rejected designs – merely a statement (not strictly correct by the way) that “the plans were forwarded carriage paid.”” As published in The Irish Builder, December 1 1881.
Map is being rolled out, not all buildings are mapped yet.


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It took three years for Health Canada to approve it in July 2015. Now Mifegymiso , the so-called abortion pill, is slowly being released across the country.
The drug arrives in this country a quarter of a century later than in France, where it’s been available since 1988. In the United States, it was approved 17 years ago, and is now being sent to different parts of the country upon request.
Canada is the 61st country to offer the Mifegymiso abortion pill, a two-part drug combination that allows women to terminate unwanted pregnancies in the first 49 days or just under seven weeks gestational age.
The combination treatment involves two drugs, mifepristone and misoprostol.
“The mifepristone is to be taken in front of the physician or a health practitioner so it could be a nurse in the clinic as well,” Dustin Costescu, assistant professor and family planning specialist at the department of obstetrics and gynaecology at McMaster University, said.
“Rationale behind that is to ensure the medication is delivered to the right patient.”
In British Columbia, the drug would need to be taking at a private counselling room at a pharmacy.
According to Costescu, mifepristone blocks the hormone progesterone in a woman. The second drug, misoprostol, induces a miscarriage, and can be taken one to two days later by a woman in their own home.
Up until this point, approximately 96 per cent of women in Canada desiring an abortion have had to go the surgical route. According to medical experts, this requires women to wait a little to get the procedure done.
“When women have abortions at later gestation ages, that is what increases the risk,” Costescu said.
“So by allowing women to access it at an earlier time in their pregnancy, it has the ability to make the medication safer.”
This explains why the introduction of this drug combination to the Canadian public could be hugely beneficial for women living in remote and rural areas, Costescu said.
“A woman that lives in a small town it might take several weeks to coordinate their life or to get travel or to pay to get travel to get to a free-standing abortion facility,” he stated.
He also argues that more access to abortions doesn’t mean abortions will happen more often.
Others are critical of the move to make abortions quicker and easier.
“I would just encourage women to look honestly and with open hearts and open eyes and ears to take care of themselves and really look into the complications with the abortion pill and abortion – period,” Colette Stang, president of the Saskatchewan Pro Life Association, said.
Those reluctant to provide the drug aren’t compelled to, but 497 physicians and pharmacists across the country have already registered to take the six-hour online course required to prescribe and distribute the drug, including 25 from this province.
The drug’s distributor Celopharma told Global News that there is one pharmacy in Saskatoon that has ordered shipment of the drug, but would not disclose which one.
It is also too soon to tell how widely available the drug will be, and it is not covered by the Saskatchewan Drug Plan, at least for now.
For coverage for new drugs, Saskatchewan Health considers the advice from the national Canadian Drug Expert Committee (CDEC) and the drug advisory committee in the province.
The medication is currently scheduled to be reviewed by the CDEC in March 2017 with a final recommendation in the late spring.


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Sony Electronics GDM-5410 Free Driver Download
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Display Drivers, Monitor
Video Tutorial: How to Download & Install a Driver
Supported Operating Systems
Windows 98, Windows 95
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This driver is for a SUN 21 inch monitor(SUN part no. 365-1399).
This monitor was manufactured by Sony as model GDM-5410. I took the drivers for a SONY CPD-520GS and modified the INF file using the SUN(365-1399) horizontal and vertical frequencies.
I tried it on my PC and it works great.
Bob Sirois (DG Member) on 9/13/2002
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Vatican YouTube losing viewers
It only launched last Friday, but already the papal Youtube channel is losing viewers.
A total of 90,411 hits were registered on Vatican YouTube on its launch day, Jan 24. By Monday, the audience for the English language version of the site, which features videos of Pope Benedict’s addresses had fallen to 31, 558 views, according to the video measuring service TubeMogul.
The channel, which uses existing content broadcast on Vatican tv and radio channels. Users are not permitted to post comments or ratings while the Vatican Channel does not allow for its videos to be embedded on third-party sites, a factor which may prevent the google site from attracting a larger web audience.
The Vatican hopes to broaden Pope Benedict’s outreach through the channel.


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WASHINGTON. October 19, 2013. – On Thursday, the debt went up by $328 billion. In one day, the government borrowed $328 billion! Like a real housewife of Beverly Hills, having just been given a brand new American Express black card, the Obama Administration wasted absolutely no time at all.
To put that in perspective, in 2007 the deficit for the entire year was only $161 billion. The budget for 2007 was the last budget that was passed by a Republican Congress before it was voted out in the 2006 elections.
The Obama Administration is not spending money to build America. The military is not being built up. Roads, highways and bridges are not being built in record numbers. There is nothing for real Americans in this record spending.
So where is that money going?
Part of that money is going to fund liberal groups. Obamacare may not work as a healthcare system but it is turning into a massive slush fund and full employment agency for liberal activists.
Navigators are given unprecedented access to the information the government has on any American foolish enough to apply for Obamacare. Navigators get access to tax information, financial information and social security information. In short, navigators get access to all of the information needed for identity theft.
Navigators are not subject to a background check or to a criminal history check. In Kansas, an illegal alien activist who earlier this year helped storm the home of Kansas Secretary of State Chris Kobach has been hired as an “Obamacare navigator.”
In New York, an illegal alien was hired as an Obamacare navigator.
What does happen to a real American who is a victim of identity theft from an Obamacare navigator?
As long as Obamacare can be a massive slush fund for liberal activists, the Obama Administration does not care what happens to real Americans. They are simply on their own.
Not all of the money is going to slush funds. There are the occasional bribes that are necessary, such as the $3 billion dollar earmark for a Kentucky Dam for Mitch McConnell as he surrendered to the Obama Administration.
America’s debt has now shot over $17 trillion. Debtors never prosper. That is a firm rule of economics.
It applies to individuals, corporations and to nations as well. America is drowning in debt.
But America has a much more serious problem.
Thanks to the Republican surrender caucus, the insane spending antics of the Obama Administration are only going to get worse. It would be one thing if the GOP had fought the Obama Administration and lost. They did not even try.
Now, with Mitch McConnell, three months away from the next budget deadline already assuming the Republican position of preemptive surrender, Barack Obama knows he can demand any spending amount he wants and he will get it.
We are seeing an unprecedented shift in power from the Congress, where our founding fathers wanted the majority of power to reside, to the Executive branch.
Barack Obama may be the most powerful President America has ever seen. He relentlessly pushes the boundaries of power and the Republican surrender caucus simply acquiesces.
The Obama administration, through its various agencies, has expanded rule-making power beyond anything Congress contemplated. As the Obama Administration wastes money, expands its power at the expense of Congress and thumbs its nose at Congress and Congress’ oversight authority, the Republicans simply and meekly surrender.
Debt is a great danger to this nation.
A greater danger is a cowardly opposition party that is more interested in being bribed with benefits from the public treasury than standing for principle.
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The expression ratione temporis denotes the effect of the passage of time on obligations or a tribunal's power to decide a dispute. Numerous tribunals have dismissed claims on this basis. However, despite its potentially critical impact, this area has received relatively little attention in decisions or commentary. Tribunals frequently disagree on the basic principles or inconsistently apply the same principle.
The starting point in a specific case is the express wording of the treaty, which may determine its temporal scope.2 In the absence of express provisions, temporal issues are decided by reference to principles contained in the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLT),3 the International Law Commission's Draft Articles on State Responsibility (the ILC Articles)4 and decisions of international courts and investment treaty tribunals.
This chapter deals with common issues regarding temporal jurisdiction. Section II addresses issues relating to the timing of an 'investment'. Section III outlines the principle of non-retroactivity, and exceptions to the principle. Section IV examines issues relating to the timing of a 'dispute'. Section V outlines temporal issues relating to termination of treaties, and Section VI addresses extinctive prescription.
II TIMING OF AN 'INVESTMENT'
i What happens when the investment was made prior to the treaty coming into force?
This question does not feature significantly in cases. This is likely due in large part to the fact that an investment treaty will commonly state that it covers investments made prior to its entry into force.5
If a treaty is silent on the matter, it has been suggested that investments made before the treaty's entry into force are included within its scope.6
ii What happens if the investment occurred after the breach?
It is well settled that a tribunal has no jurisdiction ratione temporis to consider allegations of a breach of a treaty in relation to acts that occur prior to the making of an investment. In Mesa Power Group LLC v. Canada, the tribunal affirmed that jurisdiction extends only to an investment that existed 'at the time the challenged measure was adopted'.7 The same point was made in Philip Morris v. Australia.8 The tribunal found that the claimant had made its investment before the contested measure, albeit it ultimately held that the initiation of the arbitration constituted an abuse of rights, a different principle from ratione temporis.9
III NON-RETROACTIVITY OF TREATIES
Tribunals have repeatedly found that treaties, in the absence of clear language to the contrary, will not apply retroactively to acts or facts that occur before they enter into force.10 They have relied on Article 28 of the VCLT and Article 13 of the ILC Articles11 in doing so. However, facts occurring before the entry into force of a treaty can be taken into consideration in determining whether the treaty was subsequently breached.12
Some tribunals have found that it is necessary to 'distinguish between (1) jurisdiction ratione temporis and (2) the applicability ratione temporis of the substantive obligations contained in a BIT'.13 The Philip Morris tribunal stated this distinction was 'correct in theory', but was unnecessary when the cause of action was founded upon a treaty breach.14
The principle of non-retroactivity is subject to qualifications where there are continuous and composite acts, and where a treaty is not yet in force, but a state has signed it.
i Can continuous or composite acts occurring before the treaty enters into force be considered in assessing an alleged breach?
The principle of non-retroactivity may not apply to state action that is deemed to be a continuous or composite act. In such cases, a tribunal assessing an alleged breach may consider conduct that occurred before the treaty's entry into force.15 However, a number of tribunals have been cautious in attributing significant weight to such acts, so as to avoid an overreaching retroactive application of the substantive provisions of a treaty. Some tribunals have stated that continuous or composite acts prior to the treaty's entry into force are relevant only as factual background.16 Others have appeared to give them more weight.17 Acts constituting a breach, along with damages, may be limited to those that post-date the treaty's entry into force.18
A continuous act is defined as a single act that extends over time and breaches an international obligation throughout.19 Article 28 of the VCLT supports the relevance of continuous acts despite the principle of non-retroactivity.20 The same is true of Article 14(2) of the ILC Articles.21 A number of tribunals have taken a similar approach.22 Acts found to be continuous include the non-payment of a contractually specified amount,23 the continued withholding of permits and concessions,24 and a continuing delay by national courts.25
A composite act is an act composed of a 'series of actions or omissions defined in aggregate as wrongful'.26 A composite act does not 'occur' until the completion of the series. Tribunals have found it sufficient that the point of completion takes place after the effective date of the treaty.27 Tribunals have, however, been reluctant to accept claims of a composite breach whose purpose is to circumvent a limitation period stated to run from the investor's first knowledge of breach or loss.28
ii What happens if a treaty has not come into force, but a state has signed it?
Arguments that a state is bound by a treaty before it enters into force have been made in three contexts. First, where the treaty is provisionally applicable; second, on the basis that states should refrain from committing acts that defeat the object and purpose of the signed treaty; and third, by reference to an estoppel argument that a tribunal has jurisdiction to hear a case against a state that has implicitly consented to its jurisdiction through words, conduct or silence.
First, as specified in the VCLT, the contracting parties may agree to provisionally apply a treaty, or part of a treaty, before it enters into force.29 In those cases, the treaty will be binding, unless the treaty provides otherwise or it is otherwise agreed.30
Provisional application has been addressed in cases concerning Article 45 of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT).31 Tribunals have repeatedly retained jurisdiction on the basis of Article 45, including in the Yukos cases, where the tribunal found the ECT was provisionally applicable to Russia even though Russia had not ratified the treaty.32 Ultimately, Russia was held to be liable for breach of the expropriation provision.33 The tribunals in Petrobart v. Kyrgyzstan34 and Kardassopoulos v. Georgia took a similar approach.35
Second, Article 18 of the VCLT requires a state to refrain from acts that would defeat the object and purpose of a treaty. Legal security and transparency are the aims behind this principle.36 The tribunal in Tecmed v. Mexico made explicit reference to Article 18, and stated that it would take the principle into consideration in assessing acts enacted by Mexico between the signature and the entry into force of the relevant treaty.37 However, a more restrictive approach was adopted in MCI v. Ecuador, where the tribunal pointed out that Article 18 is an application of the principle of good faith and does not amount to the retroactive application of a treaty's clauses.38
Third, in Besserglik v. Mozambique, an arbitration conducted under the ICSID Arbitration Facility Rules, the tribunal held (inter alia) that an estoppel could not found its jurisdiction or give effect to a treaty not in force. It went on to observe, obiter, that even if estoppel were capable of giving rise to jurisdiction as a matter of international law, the factual predicates for an estoppel did not exist on the facts before it.39
IV 'DISPUTES' ARISING BEFORE THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE TREATY
Numerous decisions address the meaning of a 'dispute' in treaties' arbitration provisions. Cases in this area have broadly fallen into two categories.
The second comprises cases where the treaty provides no guidance and tribunals have applied general international law principles to determine whether the treaty covers disputes arising before its entry into force. Ping An v. Belgium highlighted the divergent views in such cases, noting that some tribunals have applied a presumption of non-retroactivity (with or without reference to VCLT Article 28) to deny jurisdiction,42 while others have rejected the existence of any such presumption.43 The Ping An tribunal expressed doubt as to whether Mavrommatis Palestine Concessions44 stood for 'a principle that there is a presumption that the jurisdiction of a tribunal extends to disputes which arose prior to its establishment'.45
Common to both categories is the importance of determining when the dispute 'arises'. Some tribunals have asserted that the key factor in determining the existence of a dispute is the expression of a disagreement, which in time acquires a precise legal meaning, or the establishment of a 'conflict of legal views and interests'.46 The identification of when this occurs can give rise to opposing results in apparently similar circumstances. In Lucchetti v. Peru, the tribunal outlined what has been coined the 'subject matter' test, asking if 'the facts or considerations that gave rise to the earlier dispute continued to be central to the later dispute'47 or if the disputes had the same 'origin or source'.48 It considered the subject matter, origin and source of both disputes to be insufficiently different for it to accept jurisdiction.49 By contrast, in Jan de Nul v. Egypt,50 the tribunal held that the dispute before it, which dealt with treaty violations, was a 'new dispute', which crystallised after the treaty came into force.51
This question sharply divided the tribunal regarding the second claimant in Eurogas, where the BIT at issue applied only to disputes 'which [have] arisen not more than three years prior to its entry into force'.52
The majority considered what mattered were 'the real causes of the dispute',53 holding that the transgression complained of was the original reassignment of the claimant's mining rights four years before the BIT took effect, and subsequent actions of the Slovak authorities merely maintained the effects of this. Professor Gaillard's dissent advocated a broader view, concluding that an analysis of 'all the factual and legal circumstances leading to the disagreement brought before the tribunal' revealed that later conduct of the authorities (which included ignoring court decisions quashing the reassignment) in fact constituted the 'definitive reassignment' and thus formed part of the dispute between the parties, meaning the tribunal should accept jurisdiction.54
V IMPACT OF THE TERMINATION OF TREATIES
i Can a claim be initiated after the treaty has been terminated?
Of increasing prominence are temporal issues surrounding termination of BITs. Such terminations have historically been rare,55 but a growing number of states have served notices to terminate or threatened to do so, often because of the existence of or preference for multilateral investment protection arrangements.56 EU Member States have agreed to terminate their intra-EU BITs by way of a plurilateral treaty, consequent upon the CJEU's decision in the Achmea case,57 which held that the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union precluded the investor–state arbitration provision of the Netherlands–Slovakia BIT.58
BITs tend to contain provisions regulating how they are terminated. Many specify an initial period during which they cannot be terminated except in exceptional circumstances, following which termination is permissible upon a period of written notice. In most BITs, a specific clause (a survival clause) provides for treaty protections to continue after termination for existing investments, usually for between 10 and 15 years.59 There are examples of states purporting to disapply survival clauses in cases of termination by mutual consent,60 albeit the effectiveness of this appears not to have been tested before any tribunal.61
ii What is the impact of a state's denunciation of the ICSID Convention?
The withdrawals from the ICSID Convention of Bolivia, Ecuador and Venezuela in 2007, 2009 and 2012, respectively, spurred debate around the effects of withdrawal on consent to jurisdiction given while the treaty was in force.62 Commentators and tribunals disagree on the effect of Articles 71 and 72, and more specifically, the meaning of 'consent' in Article 72, which provides that denunciation does not affect 'rights or obligations under this Convention . . . arising out of consent to the jurisdiction of the Centre given by [a State or investor] before such notice was received by the depositary'. In Venoklim v. Venezuela, the tribunal found that during the six-month period after denunciation the state was still a contracting state, whose consent to arbitration subsisted, and that consent could still be accepted and 'perfected' by an investor.63 The Blue Bank v. Venezuela tribunal had no hesitation in agreeing.64 By contrast, the tribunal in Fábrica de Vidrios Los Andes CA and Owens-Illinois de Venezuela CA v. Venezuela (Favianca) considered 'consent' in Article 72 to mean consent already perfected – Venezuela's offer to arbitrate in the treaty could not therefore be 'accepted' after its denunciation.65 The tribunal remarked that the ordinary meaning of 'consent to the jurisdiction' could encompass either interpretation, but in the context of the Article and Convention as a whole (including the travaux) it was 'quite obvious' that perfected consent was required.66 It therefore declined jurisdiction over the dispute, a determination reportedly left intact on 22 November 2019 by the ad hoc Committee hearing the claimants' annulment application.67
The Favianca tribunal's reasoning would logically imply that consent could not be perfected after the six-month period in Article 71. While the Venoklim or Blue Bank tribunals did not address this broader issue, in his separate opinion in Blue Bank, Christer Söderlund opined that consent in a treaty remained effective even beyond the six months following denunciation, so ICSID arbitration was in principle available at any time until the treaty's termination.68 Some commentators have concurred with Söderlund's view on this question.69
VI EXTINCTIVE PRESCRIPTION
The principle of extinctive prescription is that a right can be lost, or a claim barred, when not exercised within a certain amount of time.70 For extinctive prescription to operate, the delay must be unreasonable and attributable to the claimant. Prejudice to the respondent may also be a relevant consideration.71 Although this principle is recognised in customary international law, cases applying it are rare and claims are typically time-barred via a specific provision in a treaty.72
Some treaties provide express time limitations on claims. For example, the NAFTA provides a three-year limitation from 'the date on which the investor first acquired, or should have first acquired, knowledge of the alleged breach and knowledge that the investor has incurred loss or damage'.73 In Ansung Housing v. China, the tribunal summarily dismissed a claim under a similar provision in a China–Korea BIT as the claim was manifestly time-barred given the facts stated in the Request for Arbitration.74 Tribunals can, however, refer to facts occurring outside the limitation period, where relevant.75
Where a treaty does not provide specific time bars, tribunals have generally allowed claims, without rejecting the possibility of time-barring them. In Wena Hotels v. Egypt, a lapse of seven years after the expropriation was insufficient to bar the claim because the claimant had diligently pursued its claim and provided sufficient notice.76 Similarly, in Kardassopoulos v. Georgia, a delay of 10 years did not prevent the claim from being brought as the claimant had reasonably believed an amicable settlement was possible and Georgia had been given timely notice of the dispute.77


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The Palais’s function room
Designed by architects Léon Jaussely and Albert Laprade for the International Colonial Exposition of 1931, the Palais de la Porte Dorée represents a clever compromise of classic references, exotic inspiration and modernity. On three levels, the building is organised around three empty areas surrounded by galleries with the function room (now the “forum”) in the centre, opening onto the approach to the main entrance; the platform situated on the opposite side indicates its festive purpose. In addition to its volume (875 m² and 22.5 m high), this room stands out through its roof and its décor (frescoes and paving).
For the roof of the function room, Jaussely and Albert Laprade designed an original capstone. Covering a large square room with anything other than a dome was uncommon at the time, and lighting it so that the natural or artificial lighting was not apparent from any point in the room represented a challenge. Albert Laprade opted for indirect lighting through a system of tiers forming a pyramid. That central pyramid was made up of a series of hollow concrete parallelepipeds resting on each other, like a staircase pyramid, and its vertical walls featured drilled openings concealed by overhanging platforms. This ingenious system was cited as an example at the conference organised by the International Office of Museums in Madrid on architecture and the development of museums (1934).
The mosaic paving was created by the Gentil et Bourdet company, located in Boulogne-Billancourt: swastikas and patterns of Dogon inspiration against a red background for the central tiered part (today covered with a parquet) and, around the edges, decorative medallions designed by Laprade, which drew from the Indo-Khmer repertoire (dancing god, helmeted warrior, winged dragon, elephant).
The mosaics combined several techniques and materials: stone tiles and stone or glass mosaic tesserae (with a gold leaf background).
In 1931, the function room played host to many festive events: ceremonies, banquets, concerts, conferences. After the Colonial Exposition, the museum was assigned a series of purposes but this space would keep its festive function: musical or dance shows at the Musée des Arts Africains et Océaniens; a wide variety of events at the current Établissement Public du Palais de la Porte Dorée, which houses the Musée National de l’Histoire de l’Immigration. While events on the theme of immigration held in a setting glorifying colonisation might not seem the most obvious choice, it is important to take a step back from what is nevertheless a remarkable testimony to a bygone era, and that contributes to the total work of art idea intended by Laprade.

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