European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment: Strasbourg, 26 November 1987 (Cm.: Treaty Series: 1991: 1634: No. 54)
November 22 In Jewish History 1348: Riots reached the Germanic lands of Bavaria and Swabia. Eighty towns, including Augsburg, Munich, and Wurzburg were attacked 1547: Asolo, Italy was the scene of one of the few pogroms recorded in Italy. Ten Jews in a town of thirty were killed, and their houses robbed with no apparent motives. 1793: Strasbourg prohibited circumcision and the wearing of beards Further...
[europa] Today, the Council of EU Ministers unanimously approved the EU's telecoms reform package, first proposed by the European Commission in 2007. Today's Council decision comes after a political agreement on the package was reached in a breakthrough meeting between the European Parliament and Council on 5 November. The new rules will enhance competition and investment in Europe's telecoms market,...
. Researchers at the Universities of Mainz and Strasbourg have prepared tiny shape-changing materials out of elasticized liquid crystals, which can serve as thermo-responsive actuators. An increase in temperature causes the round, weakly-connected liquid crystals to become elongated, dramatically increasing their length by up to 70%. The elongation is fully reversible, meaning a drop in temperature...
Future generations will want to study Barack Obama's presidency, not only because he made history by being America's first black President, but because he also appears to be on track to be America's worst President. Sure, everybody wants to know the minute details of what Abe Lincoln or Teddy Roosevelt did in the White House, but how many Americans are clamoring for the full story of the U.S. Grant...
HOPKINTON, Mass., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CALP), a leading provider of tools and services for drug discovery and life sciences research, today announced a strategic partnership between the company's contract research organization, Caliper Discovery Alliances & Services (CDAS), and Prestwick Chemical (Strasbourg, France) to provide customized outsourced...
A small Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, white margin, spreading habit; round stems, coloured green; flowers are open, self-coloured cherry-red, staminodes are medium size, edges regular, stamen is gold marked, petals red with farina, fully self-cleaning, low bloomer; fertile both ways, not known if true to type, not self-pollinating, capsules round; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm...
My personal writing friend is a translator and art historian, and who's passion shows through his historical travels in Europe. He has written an interesting and intriguing piece about a mysterious green flash at Strasbourg Cathedral on two specific times during the year. Francois Hagnere is a gem at sharing some of the inner workings of some of the most spectacular churches and cathedrals in the world....
Wild Beasts' few North American tour dates have mostly been relegated to the weeks of CMJ and SXSW, but that'll change early next year when the four-piece takes North America (by strategy). The band hit L.A. on Feb. 10, winding their way to Washington, DC on Feb. 27 before heading back to the U.K. Still Life Still open the dates. Here's the band's full itenerary: 11.20 London, England: Brixton Academy...
This could be fun. Suspended Belgian tennis players Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse are launching appeals with European authorities challenging the legality of the whereabouts rules of the World Anti-Doping Agency. Victory at the European Commission in Brussels and the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights could force WADA to change its rules on when and where athletes can be tested...
We had some great time this week-end in Strasbourg ( wikipedia ) with my wife and son. Always a great pleasure to go there, as it is a great city, and also because we have studied there for a while ;-) We had two great meals: a lunch at an Italian restaurant called “ La Grappa ”, really great. Good atmosphere and service, everything fresh, reasonable price. a wonderful dinner at “...
Image by Claude-Olivier Marti via Flickr Here is a short presentation on the electorates of the Western European Extreme Right I gave last Thursday at the Collège Doctoral Européen de Strasbourg. And here is the Summary Clear socio-demographic profile: young, male, working/lower middle class Clear attitudinal profile: Not necessarily fully paid-up extremists [...]
T hen that High Point Icestorm eisbock is only a string of winter days away. OK, maybe that's oversimplifying, since it's only mid-November, and the requisite below-30 degree temperatures to convert the doppelbock to eis have yet to pay visit to New Jersey. But have faith that it will happen, and Ramstein Winter Wheat will find its rich, velvety alter ego. High Point turned loose the 2009 version of...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ordered all crucifixes removed from state schools in Italy. This decision will now be used as a precedent to clear away all Christian symbols in schools and other public offices across Europe. The ECHR in Strasbourg ruled last week that the presence of crucifixes “violates a child’s right [...]
Reposting in full from MommyLife : Italy defies European Union school crucifix ban The issue here is: Does the European Union have the right to impose its will on an individual country? These are critical times as these international, globalist bodies are trying to usurp the self-governance of individual nations. And a warning to Americans to resist UN treaties that would take away American rights....
Ideo mittit illis Deus operationem erroris, ut credant mendacio. (2 Thessalonians 2:11) The Telegraph newspaper reports Italy has reacted furiously after the European Court of Human Rights ruled crucifixes should not be displayed in the country's schools. Seven judges in Strasbourg have decided the display of Christian crosses violates the principle of secular education and might be "disturbing"...
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