A Case Study: Law and Emotions Within the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Whether you are a Christian or not, you cannot deny the truth of the proverb “[a] brother offended is more unyielding than a strong city, and quarrelling is like the bars of a castle,”1 especially when you study the constitutional relationship between the Netherlands and its former colonies Aruba, Curacao, and St. Maarten. The Netherlands, Aruba, Curacao and St. Maarten are four countries that together constitute the Kingdom of the Netherlands.2 These countries feel so wronged by one another that emotions often take over. In July 2014, for instance, the Prime Minister of Aruba desperately went on a hunger strike because he felt that the autonomy of Aruba had been illegally infringed upon as the Kingdom Government ordered the Governor of Aruba not to sign the country’s budget. The reasoning behind this order was in response to an opinion of the Kingdom Government that the debt had grown explosively and that this budget aggravated the problem. Subsequently, the Prime Minister of Aruba believed that the dispute settlement procedure between the Kingdom, ‘central’ (predominantly Dutch) government, and ‘local’ government was useless.3 He felt that the Dutch government would be overrepresented in this procedure, and he was afraid that the Dutch government would maintain its stance.4 The Dutch government urged for reasonableness.

A Case Study: Law and Emotions Within the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Whether you are a Christian or not, you cannot deny the truth of the proverb “[a] brother offended is more unyielding than a strong city, and quarrelling is like the bars of a castle,”1 especially when you study the constitutional relationship between the Netherlands and its former colonies Aruba, Curacao, and St. Maarten. The Netherlands, Aruba, Curacao and St. Maarten are four countries that together constitute the Kingdom of the Netherlands.2 These countries feel so wronged by one another that emotions often take over. In July 2014, for instance, the Prime Minister of Aruba desperately went on a hunger strike because he felt that the autonomy of Aruba had been illegally infringed upon as the Kingdom Government ordered the Governor of Aruba not to sign the country’s budget. The reasoning behind this order was in response to an opinion of the Kingdom Government that the debt had grown explosively and that this budget aggravated the problem. Subsequently, the Prime Minister of Aruba believed that the dispute settlement procedure between the Kingdom, ‘central’ (predominantly Dutch) government, and ‘local’ government was useless.3 He felt that the Dutch government would be overrepresented in this procedure, and he was afraid that the Dutch government would maintain its stance.4 The Dutch government urged for reasonableness.

"Слово о полку Ігоревім" - важливе джерело вивчення подій ХІ - ХІІ століть на Чернігово-Сіверщині

У статті зроблено аналіз поглядів істориків, літераторів східних, західних, південних слов'ян у процесі перекладів, вивчення змісту «Слова о полку Ігоревім», припущень щодо автора «Слова», досягнень археологів, краєзнавців Чернігівщини з вивчення історії Чернігово-Сіверщини в ХІІ-ХІІІ століттях.В статье сделано анализ взглядов историков, литераторов восточных, западных, южных славян в процессе переводов, изучения содержания «Слова о полку Игореве», предположений относительно автора «Слова», достижений археологов, краеведов Черниговщины по изучению истории Чернигово-Северщины в XII - XIII веках.In the article it has done the analyses of views of historians, specialists of East, West and South Slaves during translating, studying the contest of "The word of Ihor's regiment", suppositions of archeologists, regional ethnographers of Chernihiv Region about learning the history of Chernihiv-Siverian land in XII - XIII centuries

Tropical summer induces DNA fragmentation in boar spermatozoa: implications for evaluating seasonal infertility

Summer infertility continues to undermine pig productivity, costing the pig industry millions in annual losses. The boar’s inefficient capacity to sweat, non-pendulous scrotum and the extensive use of European breeds in tropical conditions, can make the boar particularly vulnerable to the effects of heat stress; however, the link between summer heat stress and boar sperm DNA damage has not yet been demonstrated. Semen from five Large White boars was collected and evaluated during the early dry, late dry and peak wet seasons to determine the effect of seasonal heat stress on the quality and DNA integrity of boar spermatozoa. DNA damage in spermatozoa during the peak wet was 16-fold greater than during the early dry and nearly 9-fold greater than during the late dry season. Sperm concentration was 1.6-fold lower in the peak wet than early dry whereas no difference was found across several motility parameters as determined by computer-assisted sperm analysis. These results demonstrate that tropical summer (peak wet season) induces DNA damage and reduces concentration without depressing motility in boar spermatozoa, suggesting that traditional methods of evaluating sperm motility may not detect inherently compromised spermatozoa. Boar management strategies (such as antioxidant supplementation) need to be developed to specifically mitigate this problem

The global financial crisis and its aftermath: Economic and political recalibration in the non-sovereign Caribbean

© 2017, © 2017 CALACS. The small non-sovereign island jurisdictions (SNIJs) of the Caribbean have a privileged position in the global political economy, with significant political and economic autonomy on the one hand, and useful protections and support structures provided by their metropolitan powers on the other. However, the global financial and economic crisis of 2007–2008 highlighted starkly some of the fragilities of this privileged status; in particular their economic vulnerability and the unequal and often fractious relationship with their metropolitan powers. This article considers the British, Dutch, French, and US jurisdictions and the short- and longer-term impacts of the crisis. The article’s key concern is to assess the extent to which the instability in the global economy over the last decade has affected both the economic and political dynamic of these jurisdictions, and to what extent their unique position in the global political economy has been compromised