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Jericho and Third Watch alum Brad Beyer has booked a two-episode arc on NCIS during November sweeps, TVGuide.com has learned.
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Beyer will play Marine Capt. Joe Westcott, an upstanding unit leader who returns from a tour in Afghanistan after his best friend and many more of his men lose their lives. As Gibbs (Mark Harmon) and other federal investigators question him, he begins to unravel and perhaps shows signs of post-traumatic stress disorder.
Some of Westcott's issues may stem from his tense relationship with his gruff father, himself also a former Marine. As such, executive producer Gary Glasberg tells us Gibbs and Westcott will make a "real connection" over the course of these two episodes.
Given the events of last year's NCIS finale, during which a car bomb exploded at NCIS headquarters, it's safe to say that some of the team members may also be dealing with their own post-traumatic feelings. Could some of those issues perhaps bubble to the surface during this arc?
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In addition to his work on Jericho and Third Watch, Beyer starred on ABC's short-lived GCB. He's also had guest spots on CSI: NY, NCIS: Los Angeles and The Mentalist.
NCIS returns Tuesday, Sept. 25 at 8/7c on CBS. Beyer's two-episode arc will air sometime in November.


text: I'll admit, I stole this thread idea from a Toyota Land Cruiser forum that I belong to. But it's a cool idea. So what did you do with your Trials Bike today? Maintenance? Compete? Overhaul? Restore? Nothing? Post it here! I'll start off. I dragged out my old 314 Montesa to get it ready for Trials Camping Silliness next year, and decided that the destroyed LH bar switch (that controlled the long-gone lighting system) had to go. Yeah, I know the hillbillied choke lever is hideous. Gimmie time.... After only 27 minutes of wrestling, the lighting wiring harness was freed from the 314... I did discover that I had a new 314 clutch cable hidden with some new Aprilla Climber cables I had lying around..... The 'Prilla cables seem to match the 314 cables exactly. Hmmmm....I may have to replace the throttle and clutch cables with these. I mean after all, it's SO much easier to come up with Aprilla cables than Montesa cables....:huh The finished product. I just noticed that the bars are bent. I'll deal with that next week. After removing the radiator scoop to get access to the cables and wiring, I am now wondering if I should put it back on or go with the "stripped" look. What do you all think??


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JEDDAH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's ageing King Abdullah flew to the United States for medical treatment on Monday, while a frail Crown Prince Sultan hurriedly returned from abroad to govern the world's largest oil exporter.
The kingdom is keen to show its allies in Washington and elsewhere there will be no power vacuum as health problems beset its octogenarian rulers, but the question of whether a reformist or a conservative will take over remains a matter of concern.
Abdullah, thought to be around 86 or 87, asked Crown Prince Sultan to fly home from Morocco to run the kingdom during his absence.
The king will be seeking treatment after a blood clot complicated a slipped spinal disc, the state news agency SPA said. It did not say when Abdullah would be back.
With both Abdullah and Sultan in their 80s, speculation arose that conservative Interior Minister Prince Nayef, at a relatively youthful 76, could take over running the affairs of state some time in the near future.
Diplomats say Sultan, who is also defence minister and has major health problems of his own, has been much less active during his convalescence in Morocco.
Abdullah appointed his half-brother Nayef second deputy prime minister in 2009 in a move that analysts say will secure the leadership in the event of serious health problems afflicting the king and crown prince and improve Nayef's chances of one day being king.
Diplomats in Riyadh say Western governments concerned about the fate of social and economic reforms promoted by Abdullah have reservations about the ascent of Nayef, seen as a religious and social traditionalist.
Nayef long denied that the Sept. 11 attacks of 2001 were carried out by Saudis or al Qaeda, suggesting they were carried out by supporters of Israel. He is seen as close to the powerful and hardline Saudi clerical establishment blamed by Washington for encouraging an ideology that promotes bigotry and fanaticism.
King Abdullah, who came to power in 2005, is the sixth leader of Saudi Arabia, whose political stability is of regional and global concern. It controls more than a fifth of the world's crude oil reserves, is a vital U.S. ally in the region, a major holder of dollar assets and home to the biggest Arab bourse.
As home to Islam's holiest sites as well as birthplace of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, Saudi Arabia is key to global efforts to fight Islamic militancy.
Washington wants Riyadh to continue social and economic reforms promoted by Abdullah that were seen as crucial after a group composed of mainly Saudis carried out the Sept. 11 attacks of 2001.
But confusion still swirls over the real state of health of both Abdullah and Sultan and what will happen to Abdullah's policies.
Diplomats say there has been uncertainty about Abdullah's health since he cancelled a visit to France in July.
A series of official announcements over the past week on the king's health reflect a desire to reassure Washington that the ruling family's grasp of affairs remains firm in tense times.
The hasty return of Sultan from a three-month break in Morocco was more low-key than his return last year from treatment for unspecified health problems. Then the half-brother to Abdullah, only a few years his junior, was met with a Bedouin sword dance.
Saudi state television showed Sultan at Riyadh airport, where he was greeted by senior princes of the Saudi royal family, which may soon face the test of managing an orderly transfer of power. Abdullah was not present at the event.
The princes at the top of the hierarchy in the absolute monarchy are all in their 70s and 80s and the Al Saud family, in power since the kingdom was founded in 1932, will remain a gerontocracy unless it soon promotes younger princes.
While official media seek to present family unity, tensions remain between the senior princes over who will run the country and over securing positions for their sons in the future political architecture of the absolute monarchy.
Rulers have so far all been sons of founder Abdul-Aziz Ibn Saud and many of the country's 18 million people want to see power pass to a new generation.
(Writing by Andrew Hammond; Editing by Samia Nakhoul)
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I hope you all don't mind if I go on a little bit of a tangent in today's blog post. I'm publishing this immediately after I write it, so if it seems scattered or choppy that's simply because I didn't have the chance to proofread. Nevertheless, I really wanted to get a post up tonight and I need a space to do some thinking.
In life, we're constantly faced with difficult choices. The decisions that we make are what shape us as people and give our lives purpose. I think what makes a choice a difficult choice is its realm of possibility. When you have two different scenarios laid out ahead of you, each of which are incredibly different, it's easy to think about what you're giving up by making the one choice. Plus, there's that question of 'what if?' that always has the potential to come back and haunt you. Making difficult decisions is nerve-wracking, especially when the risk of one of your choices is so great.
For me, it's not so much the decision-making that causes the worry. Deep down, I think we all know what we want, but sometimes we're just too afraid to admit it. It's the actual process of carrying out the decision that I find intense, going through with your decision and living with its consequences. Whether it's saying goodbye to someone or something, or leaving a place behind, there is always an underlying element of sadness that comes along with tough choices. Because in order for a choice to be tough, it must involve giving something up.
As you're making a difficult decision, I think it's important to keep in mind exactly why you are making that decision. Given the opportunity, nerves or nostalgia will try to derail you. They"ll try to make a situation appear much more glamorous than it actually is, and then rope you into staying in it. But these mental tricks won't allow us to progress or achieve the things we want in life. If we chose to leave something behind, we did so for a reason. Continuing with it won't change anything.
It's an old cliche that making a decision is like choosing from two separate paths. While I agree that there are two different ways you can make a decision, I don't think that they're both going in the same direction. You're on one path. Your choices are to keep trekking ahead and look for what you want, or to turn back and follow what you already know. And while what's ahead of you may be unknown, it's ultimately what's going to help you grow.
So the next time you're faced with a difficult decision, remind yourself of everything that you want out of life. Think about which of your choices will propel you towards your goals. Don't allow doubt or fear to get the best of you. Take a step forward and not a step back.
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Roughly six weeks after the sequestration budget cuts became official, White House employees are about to feel the impact first-hand.
The entire White House staff will be hit by the cuts in the coming months, beginning with the first pay period in May.
Four of the 11 divisions of the Executive Office of the President (EOP) – including the White House, the vice president's office and the budget office – have issued furlough notices to their employees, said a White House aide who asked not to be named.
RELATED: 5 Fiscal Secrets Buried in Obama's Budget
The various divisions of the executive office have been handling their cuts independently from each other.
While it is unclear how many days will be lost by which division, employees in the EOP components are expected to have between three and 10 days of furloughs over three to seven months.
"All of this means that every EOP employee is dealing with the consequences both in their own lives and in their ability to do their job," the aide said.
The White House confirmed in early April that 480 employees of the Office of Management and Budget would be furloughed as a result of the sequestration.
The $85 billion in across-the-board budget cuts were initially designed to be so severe that Republicans and Democrats would be forced to come together and find an agreement to avert them.
This article is by Gabriel Debenedetti of Reuters.


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I'm looking for any information on William Stewart Scott. Born 1879 to william and christina scott nee stewart. He was born in West Derby Lancashire and was one of about 8 children. Brother George and sisters Christina, Jessie and a few others im not sure of their names.
We have been surching for years and are having trouble filling gaps. He was enlissted in ww1 in 1915 in sunderland and we dont know if he survived the war. he never returned to his wife and child in australia but we has recently discovered that he was already married in scotland in 1901 to a Mary Wanless. We cant find out anything on either of their lives, children, deaths etc..Please help.


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The first motorized tricycle race for women that we know of took place as early as 1897. Comparing these pioneering ladies to modern day racers shows one major similarity, courage. The Sports Techie community blog readers and followers represents thousands of women across the planet as equals to men. Yet, to this day motorsports are associated with dudes and are usually seen as a type of sport showing masculinity at its finest.
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"I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how; but what is extraordinarily important is this—who will count the votes, and how." ~ Joseph Stalin
Cop Tasers 10-Year-Old Boy After Refusing To Clean His Patrol Car
I thought this had to be a joke, but after finding it reported on dozens of apparently reputable sites it unfortunately looks like it's true.
Oh, it was an accident. And the thug was suspended for 3 days!
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What do I think? My first thought is "are you sh!##in' me?!" As a former law enforcement officer (20 years, US Army Military Police), I can't even ~imagine~ an act this stupid occurring. Moreover, I can't imagine this officer not all but spontaneously combusting under the rain of fire that ~should~ have fallen on him from his chain of command, much less ~still being employed~ months later when the lawsuit hit. Unfortunately, this seems to be exactly the kind of insanity that's becoming commonplace these days.
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Even though a man is aware of his nature that he is born to be a leader but still he acts like a whinny boy most of the time. According to women, men made women dominated in every area of life. They have lost the sexual masculinity from their nature. These statements of women are so true because when we communicate on validation level instead of attraction then we lose our masculine values. So, instead of feeling hurt and defensive, we need to understand that how to be a sexual man in our lives.
For an average man, "An exclusive sexy woman is like a million dollar check." And unfortunately, this thinking of him demolishes his sexual traits. He always puts women on higher ranks and seeks the validation from them. During his life, he only focuses on attracting those higher rank women rather than making himself a sexual man.
Here I am giving you few precious tips that will make women see you as their "SEXUAL GOD".
Have you ever played chess? Have you ever noticed that even a soldier can become the center of the game? Well, I am giving you this example because for being a sexual man, it is not necessary whether you are king, rich or average. Your presence in environment is enough to curl the toes of women with extreme sexual attraction.
You would become the fantasy man of every woman if you focus on your traits. Read these below secret tips and adopt the traits of desirable sexual man.
1. Be the Worthy Man.
2. Be Extremely Sexual.
You can not be a sexual man without these two tips. These tips not only highlight the inner quality of you but also project you as a "Sexual God" in front of women. After reading these tips in detail, you would be surprised to know that there are much more hidden things which women desire in their fantasy man. So, let me shock you with the in-depth secrets which are highly attractive for women.
When it comes to women, most men think that only humor and body language do the magic in attraction. Unfortunately, these things drop them in friends' category but never present them as worthy men. On the other hand, a worthy man covers the great deal of sexual attraction alone. He demonstrates control over his emotions, patience and life.
Few months back, I was having an interesting conversation with my one female friend, expert in human psychology. She said that, "Men can save majority of their time if they only focus on being a worthy man." She also added, "Lack of masculinity in today's men created the fantasy of rape for women." According to her, it is really tough for women to find out a worthy man, a man who can fulfill all their emotional and sexual desires while keeping the attraction, interest and fun on higher level.
To help you understand the secret traits of worthy man, I am revealing one trait in simple words. This below trait not only leads you towards successful relationship but also makes you the sexual man in women's arena.
• PERSONAL AUTHORITY: Authority is the primary need for being a worthy man. It allows you to project yourself as a dominant man. An authoritative man is a symbol of real masculinity. Also, in attraction it works wonderfully because girls want to be with a man who can dominate them. Your authoritative personality will never make her confuse or resentful entire life.
Now, you must be wondering that how to exactly project yourself as an authoritative man. Well, the only thing you need to do is to surround yourself with authoritative figures. Maintain good relationship with managers, restaurant owners, teachers and parents etc. Your relationships with authority figures keep your values on higher rank and nurture you as the worthy man.
For women, "An authoritative man is extremely sexual than average men."
As I said earlier, Authoritative man is extremely sexual than average man. Your authority makes women fantasize about you sexually. If you are in relationship then it will keep your woman faithful to you. Similarly, if you are dating then your personal authority will make women chase you.
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You need to be extreme sexual for curving the toes of women with sexual pleasures. You can be the sexual man if you follow these below highly effective tips.
• It does not matter how old she is, "Always treat a woman like a virgin." This strategy connects you with her on sexual and emotional level. This will put extreme sexual sensations inside her body.
• Use the power of "Sexual Whispering". Whispering is the safest way that turns women on sexually and makes them see you with sexual lust.


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Your readers should be able to follow links. Make a new thread about freedom of speech and I will post relevant links here. Here is another one:
Free speech is possibly the most important debate of the decade. You can start a thread or I will. Either way. I will keep it at the top.
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I love being in the field, but this year I'm not excavating. My work is museum related for now, an important part of what we do. So, here's my Day of Archaeology so far:
Got up around 6:30am and checked my email through my Blackberry. Found that our subcontract to the British Museum has gone through (much of what I do these days is done jointly with London and they are five hours ahead of me, so they have already begun work when I get up).
Got to the museum around 8:00am. I live nearby, which I like because I can walk to work. My computer is my secretary, so I checked on my 'to do' file. Yes, if I were more up-to-date I'd just use Google Calendar or some such, but I like having individual files for each day on my hard drive. I looked through the previous day making sure the most pressing things got done, deleting those items and assigning most pressing for today. I had a committee meeting for the Ur Project yesterday; I have to write up the minutes today for distribution to others on the project, that gets the most pressing mark for the morning.
Our project is taking legacy data, excavation material from 1922-1934, and modernizing, that is, recording it all digitally and uniting it in one place — the interweb. The excavation was a very important one, that of the ancient city of Ur in southern Iraq and was conducted jointly by the British Museum and the University of Pennsylvania Museum. Under laws of the day, artifacts collected were divided between the nascent state of Iraq with its newly founded National Museum and the two excavating institutions. Thus, half the artifacts are in Baghdad, the other half are split between Philadephia and London. But there is much more to an excavation than artifacts. There are also field notes, photographs, catalogues, letters, telegrams, receipts, drawings, watercolors, and so much more. We are digitizing and uniting all of this material. We want to create a site where anything and everything concerning Ur and its excavation can be accessed, researched, and gazed upon in wonder; all in open-source, freely accesible and linked data form.
Creating it takes time, patience, and money. It takes access to the artifacts and archives which are not solely spread among the three museums mentioned, but objects also secondarily sent to many smaller museums around the world, paricularly the Commonwealth at the time. There are Ur artifacts from our excavations as far afield as Australia and New Zealand. And many more in the UK: Almost 1000 artifacts are in the Birmingham Museum and Art Galleries. Not only that, but reconstructing the original numbering system for artifacts and photographs, and connecting that to the modern museum numbering systems, linking objects back to their original field records is not as easy as one might think. Our work is quite complicated. But also most worthwhile.
Museum cafe opens around 9am. Armed with coffee, and organized on my computer daily to-do list, I can face the rest of my day in confidence.
10:00am Eastern: Skype conference with British Museum colleagues. We've been trying now for some weeks to establish dates and room reservations for a project meeting near the end of the calendar year. Since this one needs to include funding agency, high-level museum administrators, principle investigators, other museum representatives, etc. it's been difficult to mesh schedules. It's also difficult to get space in the British Museum since it is in high demand.
Next we discussed the state of the merger of datasets between our two museums concerning Ur. It's going slowly because we created our digital data from two sets of records divided by decades and the Atlantic. These records have to be meshed so that a unique identifier refers to each and every object. Then we have to get it all on a server so that both museums can access, update, and correct it. As I have probably already noted, re-unification is not easy. But we have great people on both sides of the pond working on it. Birmingham is on board and we're starting the process of contacting the other institutions that have subsets of the Ur material. And of course we're still trying to get the Iraq National Museum on board, but politics has gotten in the way for now.
More emails and arrangements have placed me at about the half-way point of my Day of Archaeology. More in part 2…


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chloecullen wrote:I would LOVE to see something from Alice's point of view.. I'm not sure how likely that is, because it could get kind of confusing with her visions, considering how often she has them. But I think it would be interesting. My second choice would be Nessie's POV. But I think the most likely narrators to come up first are Jake and/or Leah.
I agree w/ you. I would love to see Alice's point of view because she is one of the major-minor characters, ha. If that even made since. Possibly her point of view or a bit more of Edwards, or Jacob's would be interesting.


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Tall shino bottle with throwing lines on the neck and bottom half and embedded seashells.
Impressed with the two potters' marks and the incised date 2011.
30 cm high and 14 cm in diameter.
In good condition.
Provenance: Julieanne Rainau, 2016.
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by Sarah Fitz-Claridge, founder of TCS
I had been interested in the idea of bringing children up without coercion for many, many years before I had children.
When I was a child, I noticed that my parents had different ways of treating me. Their ideas and practices conflicted. My teachers at school also each had different ways of treating the school pupils. Neither my parents nor the school teachers could be described as non-coercive, but because there were such obvious differences in their ideas about how to treat children, I thought about the differences critically.
At the age of about 11, I watched a re-run of the 1967 series, The Prisoner, I started thinking deeply about freedom and how children should be treated. I already knew, then, that if I should ever have children, I would not force them to go to school.
As a teenager, I read many of the classics including books like George Orwell's 1984 (as well as less obviously germane books like those by Austen and Eliot), and continued to think more and more about freedom in general and raising children free from coercion in particular.
When I was pregnant with my first child, I desperately searched for books on parenting and education that would appeal to me and found almost nothing. I read between 2 and 7 books a week, the most interesting (though not satisfactory to me) being John Holt's How Children Fail and Escape From Childhood.
As a result of reading the John Holt books, I subscribed to Growing Without Schooling, and started making a nuisance of myself, writing letters to the editor, Susannah Sheffer, complaining because she was allowing people to advocate hideous educational coercion without comment or criticism. Susannah Sheffer graciously replied, asking whether I knew David Deutsch, who had "the same educational philosophy" as I. Excited to learn that there might be a likeminded soul in the universe, I replied that I did not know him but would like to be introduced to him.
What thrilled me about David was that not only did he have the same ideas as mine about child-rearing and education, he had a deeply thought-out philosophical theory about it all that was mind-blowing in its brilliance and in its utility. I had known that coercion of innocent children (and others!) was harmful, and had had some good arguments of my own, but I did not have a deep unified explanatory theory like David's.
David told me to read Karl Popper's Objective Knowledge, then explained the link he saw between Popper's epistemology and educational theory. This was the most exciting idea I had ever, or have ever, heard. The more I thought about it, the more practical, real-life implications I could see, and the more valuable I found David's insight.
Then in 1992, I started running a home educators' newsletter; however, within a couple of issues I was finding that unrewarding because of its focus. What I really wanted to write about was non-coercive education and child-rearing. I was sure that I couldn't be the only parent in the world who held that a childhood without coercion is possible and desirable. Kolya Wolf suggested that I should change the name of my journal to Taking Children Seriously and change its focus accordingly. This, I did.
Soon after that, I got on the internet (such as it was in those days) and started discussing TCS ideas on usenet and mailing lists. Eventually, after finding that the list owners of the lists on which I was posting were getting annoyed with me for failing to stick to what they saw as the topic, I decided to start my own list.
Everyone told me that it was a terrible idea to start my own list. Friends on the usenet newsgroups and discussion lists where I was posting suggested that there was no market for a new list, and that no one would join it. They couldn't understand why I was not happy just to keep posting on the existing forums as I had been doing. David Deutsch refused to have anything to do with the new list, saying that it would never work, because parents tend to dislike criticism of their child-rearing.
But with the help of a friend in America, Tim Starr, who kindly sponsored the list and took on the technical list management at the beginning, in 1994 I went ahead and started the TCS list anyway. I was sure that by creating a forum on which TCS ideas could be discussed, I would attract likeminded individuals, and thereby create a community of TCS people.
This is exactly what happened, and as a result, in 1996, to my great joy, David finally agreed to subscribe to the list and started participating.
Jan Fortune-Wood joined the list in June 1997, but almost immediately (on June 28th) wrote a very final-sounding post to the TCS List with the subject line "So long and thanks for all the fish". But within a few months, with a little
arm-twisting friendly persuasion on my part, she was back, and has since written several books about TCS.
Meanwhile, the world wide web was beginning to take off, and I wanted to create a web site, but initially, this proved prohibitively expensive. Then I met Barry McMullin at a conference on the philosophy of Karl Popper, and he offered to provide space for a TCS website on the server at Dublin City University (which is the home of The Karl Popper Web).
Eventually, on Fri, 24th October 1997, with lots of encouragement and help from a number of people including David Deutsch and Kevin Schoedel, I set up the original TCS website on the Dublin University server. Later, I bought the tcs.ac domain name, and created a US mirror. Later still, I bought the takingchildrenseriously.com domain name, which is the permanent home of the TCS website.


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More Pics From Nikki Reed's Wedding AlbumOct 24th, 2011 | By Krystal | Category: Featured Articles, Movie News
US Magazine has added some more exclusive pics of Nikki Reed and Paul McDonald's wedding album to their site, along with some new wedding details, all of which you can see HERE!
(From what it says on their site, Taylor Lautner seems to be the only Twilight cast member in attendance. Wonder if anyone else from the cast showed up?)


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World Book Day 2013 will be held on Thursday, 07 March.
Here are some local children at Bridgend central Library on Saturday 9 March 2013. They created musical instruments made out of recycled items, and paraded through the town centre. After returning to the Library they had competitions to win prizes and listened to stories coinciding with the clown theme.
Author and broadcaster Trevor Fishlock, who has reported as a foreign correspondent from more than 70 countries for the Times and the Daily Telegraph, was the guest speaker at this year's World Book Day lecture held on Tuesday, 5 March, at the Pierhead building, Cardiff Bay.
Angharad Tomos, M. Wynn Thomas, Trevor Fishlock and Phil Davies
Double Paralympics medal winner Aled Sion Davies and Olympian swimmer Georgia Davies are the new faces of World Book Day 2013 in Wales. Following their wonderful sporting achievements of 2012, they are putting their faces to the annual reading campaign in Wales. Over 10,000 World Book Day campaign posters featuring the athletes will be distributed throughout Wales in the run-up to World Book Day on 7 March.
This pack introduces a variety of reading materials on the theme of animals to KS2 pupils, but it could also be used in Year 7 and 8, or for transitional purposes between primary and secondary schools. The pack includes a handbook for teachers, 15 copies of the pupil's booklet and a CD. For further details, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com
Fabulous books at fantastic prices! Celebrate World Book Day in style on 7 March by giving your child a book. Make time to read with your child – it's a gift that will last a lifetime. These special offers are only available for a limited period – 18 February to 9 March – so hurry to your local bookshop now! Visit the Gwales.com website to view the offers, and scroll down to 'Give a Book 2013'.
Bilingual (Welsh/English) World Book Day posters and the Quick Reads 2013 magazine and posters are available free of charge. For further details, contact email@example.com.
Media queries in Wales should be addressed to: Kate Williams, Francis Balsom Associates Tel: 01970 636407 Email: email@example.com
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Resolution Res(2002)8 of the Committee of Ministers on the Statute of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance
Resolution Res(2002)8
on the statute of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance
(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 13 June 2002 at the 799th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies)
The Committee of Ministers, under the terms of Articles 15. a and 16 of the Statute of the Council of Europe,
Having regard to the Declaration and the Plan of Action adopted on 9 October 1993 in Vienna by the first Summit of Heads of state and government of the member states of the Council of Europe, creating the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (hereinafter referred to as "ECRI");
Having regard to the Declaration and Action Plan adopted on 11 October 1997 in Strasbourg by the second Summit of Heads of State and Government of the member states of the Council of Europe, deciding to intensify the activities of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance;
Having regard to the Political Declaration adopted by Ministers of Council of Europe member states on 13 October 2000 at the concluding session of the European Conference against Racism, by which the governments of member states commit themselves to consider how best to reinforce ECRI;
Taking also into account the General Conclusions of the European Conference against racism which call upon participating states to consider how best to reinforce the action of ECRI;
Having consulted ECRI on ways to reinforce its action;
Having regard to Resolution II adopted by the European Ministerial Conference on Human Rights, in Rome on 4 November 2000;
Taking into account Recommendation 1438 (2000) of the Parliamentary Assembly, asking the Committee of Ministers to fully support the work of ECRI and ensure that member states give a concrete follow-up to its recommendations;
Deeply convinced of the need to take firm and sustained action at European level to combat the phenomena of racism, xenophobia, antisemitism and intolerance, and welcoming ECRI's contribution to this fight;
Noting that, since its creation by the first Summit, ECRI has developed its activities in a step-by-step fashion, giving priority to achieving concrete results;
Considering that the strengthening of ECRI should take as its starting point the work already done, and should consolidate and develop this work,
Decides to adopt the statute of ECRI as appended hereto:
Appendix to Resolution (2002)8 Statute of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI)
Article 1
ECRI shall be a body of the Council of Europe entrusted with the task of combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, antisemitism and intolerance in greater Europe from the perspective of the protection of human rights, in the light of the European Convention on Human Rights, its additional protocols and related case-law. It shall pursue the following objectives:
- to review member states' legislation, policies and other measures to combat racism, xenophobia, antisemitism and intolerance, and their effectiveness;
- to propose further action at local, national and European level;
- to formulate general policy recommendations to member states;
- to study international legal instruments applicable in the matter with a view to their reinforcement where appropriate.
Article 2
1. One member of ECRI shall be appointed for each member state of the Council of Europe;
2. The members of ECRI shall have high moral authority and recognised expertise in dealing with racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, antisemitism and intolerance;
3. The members of ECRI shall serve in their individual capacity, shall be independent and impartial in fulfilling their mandate. They shall not receive any instructions from their government.
Article 3
1. The members of ECRI shall be appointed by their governments in accordance with the provisions contained in paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 2 above.
2. Each government shall notify the appointment of the member of ECRI in respect of its country to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, who shall inform the Committee of Ministers thereof.
3. In the case where the Committee of Ministers considers that the appointment of one or more members of ECRI would not be in conformity with the provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 2, it may ask the member state(s) concerned to proceed to another appointment.
4. The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis where, as a result of a change in a member's situation, his/her continued membership of ECRI would not be in conformity with the provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 2.
5. The members of ECRI shall be appointed for a term of office of five years, which may be renewed. During their term of office, they may only be replaced if they have tendered their resignation, or are no longer able to exercise their functions, or in cases referred to in paragraph 4 above.
Article 4
1. If the government so wishes, a deputy to the ECRI member may be appointed. The provisions of articles 2 and 3 above shall also apply to the appointment of deputy members except that their mandate shall in all cases expire at the same time as that of the ECRI member.
2. The conditions concerning the participation of deputy ECRI members shall be set down in ECRI's internal rules of procedure.
Article 5
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe, the Holy See and the Management Board of the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia shall be invited to be represented in ECRI without the right to vote.
Article 6
1. ECRI may seek the assistance of rapporteurs or of consultants.
2. ECRI may organise consultations with interested parties.
3. ECRI may set up working parties on specific topics.
4. ECRI may be seized directly by non-governmental organisations on any questions covered by its terms of reference.
5. ECRI may seek the opinions and contributions of Council of Europe bodies concerned with its work.
6. ECRI shall periodically inform the Committee of Ministers on the results of its work.
Article 7
ECRI shall draw up an annual activity report which shall be submitted to the Committee of Ministers and made public.
Article 8
1. Meetings shall be held in camera unless ECRI decides otherwise. The quorum of ECRI shall be the majority of its appointed members.
2. ECRI shall draw up its own rules of procedure.
Article 9
The Secretariat of ECRI shall consist of an Executive Secretary and other staff members of the Directorate General of Human Rights.
Article 10
1. ECRI shall adopt its programme, which shall include, inter alia, three aspects:
- country-by-country approach
- work on general themes
- relations with civil society
2. ECRI shall, as appropriate, integrate a gender perspective into its programme.
3. ECRI may, as necessary and within the limits of its terms of reference, introduce modifications or additions to its programme.
Article 11
1. In the framework of its country-by-country approach, ECRI shall monitor phenomena of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, antisemitism and intolerance, by closely examining the situation in each of the member states of the Council of Europe. ECRI shall draw up reports containing its factual analyses as well as suggestions and proposals as to how each country might deal with any problems identified.
2. In the framework of its country-by-country monitoring, ECRI shall conduct, in cooperation with the national authorities, contact visits in the countries concerned. It shall subsequently engage in a confidential dialogue with the said authorities in the course of which the latter may comment on the findings of ECRI.
3. ECRI's country reports are published following their transmission to the national authorities, unless the latter expressly oppose such publication. These reports shall include appendices containing the viewpoints of the national authorities, where the latter deem it necessary.
Article 12
ECRI's work on general themes shall generally consist of the adoption of general policy recommendations addressed to governments of member states and of the collection and dissemination of examples of "good practices" in combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, antisemitism and intolerance.
Article 13
ECRI shall develop relations with civil society, shall have activities aimed at promoting dialogue and mutual respect among the general public and shall organise awareness-raising and information activities.
Article 14
1. The Committee of Ministers may adopt amendments to this Statute by the majority foreseen at Article 20.d of the Statute of the Council of Europe, after consulting ECRI.
2. ECRI may propose amendments to this Statute to the Committee of Ministers, which shall decide by the above-mentioned majority.


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