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Tove Fergo, född Andersen 24 september 1946 i Köpenhamn, död 4 oktober 2015, var en dansk präst och politiker. Hon var sockenpräst vid Simon Peters Kirke på Amager sedan 1973. Hon var medlem i det liberala partiet Venstre och var Danmarks kyrkominister 2001–2005.

Biografi
Tove Fergo gick på Jagtvejens Skole i Nørrebro som ung. 1965 blev hon student vid Københavns studenterkursus i Köpenhamn. Hon utbildade sig sedan till präst och tog en Cand.theol. från Köpenhamns universitet 1972. Tove Fergo var Venstres kandidat i Rådhuskredsen 1988–90 och i Gentofte- och Hellerupkredsene från 1990. Hon var medlem i Folketinget 1994–2005.

Tove Fergo var gift med prästen Peter Fergo, med vilken hon fick tre barn. Han utövar sitt prästämbete vid Allehelgens Kirke på Amager.

Perioden 1994–2001
I maj 2001 kritiserade bland andra Tove Fergo utrikesministeriet för att Danmark, i samband med bistånd till u-länder, inte dokumenterade och agerade mot de hot mot religionsfriheten som förekom i de länder som mottog danskt bistånd. Fergo uttryckte sig enligt följande: "Utan religionsfrihet är det ingen demokrati. Religionsfrihet är en del av de mänskliga rättigheterna och en viktig indikator för, hur det står till med demokratin i de länder, som Danmark stöder. Därför bör frågan tas upp som en fast del av förhandlingarna om bistånden med de berörda ländernas regeringar, så att det kan läggas press på dem för att förbättra förhållandena." Detta uttalande gjorde Fergo efter att utrikesministeriet hade publicerat en översikt över förhållandena i de 24 länder som Danmark gav bistånd till. Denna översikt blev dock inte satt i verket förrän Fergo i februari samma år hade ställt frågor om religionsfriheten i de berörda länderna och om vilka initiativ Danmark skulle ta för att förbättra förhållandena i dessa länder.

Fergo som kyrkominister
Efter att Anders Fogh Rasmussen bildade koalitionsregering mellan Venstre och Konservative Folkeparti 2001, utsågs Tove Fergo till kyrkominister och hon tillträdde posten den 27 november 2001. Det påstods dock att Fergo inte stod högst upp på den blivande statsministerns "lista" över potentiella kyrkoministrar.

Fergos tid som Danmarks kyrkominister kännetecknades av många konflikter mellan henne och bland andra biskopar, präster, prästföreningar och församlingsråd. Bland de första dispyterna var när Fergo hade avvisat tio års arbete med en ny psalmbok, vilket hon gjorde endast några timmar efter att hon utsetts till minister. Hon motiverade detta i ett pressmeddelande med att den tillsatta psalmbokskommissionen (da: salmebogskommissionen) hade avlägsnat många äldre och av folket populära psalmer, samt att den i sitt förslag hade ändrat för mycket i psalmernas ordalydelse. Hon ifrågasatte också om det var värt pengarna att byta ut psalmböckerna. Detta väckte starka reaktioner, bland annat från hennes föregångare Torben Rechendorff (Konservative Folkeparti), som menade att om Fergo nekar att auktorisera den nya psalmboken så kan det kosta henne ämbetet som kyrkominister. Anders Gadegaard, domprost i Köpenhamn, ansåg att utnämnandet av Fergo som kyrkominister gav upphov till en kollisionskurs mellan stat och kyrka och kallade Fergo för "påve".

En annan konflikt med Köpenhamns biskopar gick ut på att Fergo motsatte sig att präster skulle ha som sin plikt att räkna antalet deltagare vid gudstjänster. Detta var en strid hon hade tagit redan innan hon blev minister, då hon inte heller fick något stöd från den dåvarande kyrkoministern, Johannes Lebech (Radikale Venstre). Väl som minister drev Fergo på att den s.k. "kyrkoräkningen" skulle vara frivillig.

År 2002 avvisade Fergo ett krav om att Folkekirken inte längre skulle ha monopol inom folkbokföringen. Kravet hade ställts av ett antal föräldrar som motsatte sig att behöva skicka namnattesterna och födelsebevisen till de lokala kyrkokontoren. De krävde valfrihet och hänvisade till Sønderjyllands amt, där man av historiska orsaker har möjligheten att välja mellan att registrera sig hos offentliga myndigheter eller i kyrkokontoren. Fergo avvisade kravet och kallade det "historielöst" och hänvisade till att Folkekirken hade haft denna uppgift sedan århundraden tillbaka och att detta inte skulle ändras på.

Se även
 Bertel Haarder
 Margrethe Vestager

Referenser
 Danskspråkiga wikipedia
 Dagbladet Information - Tove Fergos hellige kamp
 Pressmeddelande från Kirkeministeriet
 http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Indland/2002/11/08/173712.htm
 http://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/artikel/218222:Danmark--Religioese-mindretal-lades-i-stikken?page=1
 http://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/artikel/200611:Kirke---tro--Advarsel-til-ny-kirkeminister?page=1

Noter

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Danmarks kyrkoministrar
Avlidna 2015
Kvinnor
Danska präster
Danska ministrar från Venstre
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You are here: Home › Talk of AutoZone Park sale premature: Pontius
Talk of AutoZone Park sale premature: Pontius
By Kevin Reichard on March 21, 2012 in Minor-League Baseball, News
Talk of selling AutoZone Park to the city of Memphis was premature, as the Memphis Redbirds Baseball Foundation is exploring several liquidation options, according to treasurer John Pontius.
Two weeks ago the news broke that the city was reviewing a proposal to buy the home of the Memphis Redbirds (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League). Pontuis says that while accurate, the account was a little premature: a sale of the ballpark to the city is but one of several scenarios being considered by the foundation and its lenders. One alternative scenario: that both the ballpark and the team will be sold to the same buyer.
From Memphis Flyer:
There's always been a desire — both from the foundation's standpoint and the city's — to make sure we concluded the final chapter of the Redbirds' financial story that gave it new, positive, long-term life for the city. That's what we've been working on for a few years. We're closer to a conclusion, a recapitalization, a sale, or something that repositions the Redbirds for a prosperous future in Memphis. But it's premature to speculate on which of those options will come about, and when….
There are two primary assets of the Redbirds Foundation. They could be sold separately or together, and it really depends on the buyer. Would a franchise owner want to own the ballpark too, or be a tenant in the ballpark? We're deep in the throes of understanding the options, but we're not [at a point of sale] yet.
The challenge, he added, was to put together a deal that satisfies a potential buyer and the holder of the foundation bonds: no doubt investor Fundamental Advisors would need to take a haircut on any deal, so the real issue may be how close a haircut. However, that's the risk that the likes of a Fundamental Advisors — which specializes in distressed properties — takes.
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Jarvis Cocker is a British musician, actor and presenter. Formerly frontman of Pulp, Cocker has since presented a BBC Radio 6 Music called Jarvis Cocker's Sunday Service and is now touring with his new musical project 'JARV IS…'. Cocker's new book This Book is a Song will be published by Jonathan Cape in Autumn 2019.


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SIGNIS (oficjalna nazwa World Catholic Association for Communication, pol. Międzynarodowa Organizacji Mediów Katolickich SIGNIS) – katolickie stowarzyszenie wiernych świeckich, uznane przez Stolicę Apostolską, zrzeszające specjalistów od mediów, w tym radia, telewizji, kina, edukacji medialnej i Internetu. Jest organizacją non-profit obecną w ponad 140 krajach świata.

SIGNIS powstała w listopadzie 2001 r. przez połączenie International Catholic Organization for Cinema and Audiovisual (OCIC) oraz International Catholic Association for Radio and Television (Unda).

SIGNIS ma status doradczy przy UNESCO, ECOSOC i Radzie Europy.

Stowarzyszenie Komunikacji Społecznej SIGNIS POLSKA jest jej "organizacją krajową".

Cel i działalność
SIGNIS skupia organizacje o osoby chcące wspierać katolickie media w przekształcaniu świata w świetle Ewangelii przez promowanie godności osoby ludzkiej, sprawiedliwości i pojednania. Organizacja wspiera również działania pokojowe, różnorodność kulturową, prawa człowieka i wolność słowa.

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne
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A confidential report releaed by WikiLeaks into the dumping of toxic waste along the Ivory Coast, has seen an extraordinary gag order served on the UK media. The order gags the press from reporting a parliamentry question and answer.
In effect, the communication between parliament and the people has been muzzled.
The Ivory Coast dumping mentioned, by multi-national oil and commodities trader Trafigura, is possibly the most culpable environmental disaster since thousands were killed in the Bhopal chemical spill.
What this gags order aims at is preventing the mention of Trafigura and Minton in the same context. The Minton report was released by WikiLeaks on September 14, 2009. Despite this and some rock solid work by Guardian investigations editor David Leigh and other journalists on the boader Trafigura contamination, the Minton report released by WikiLeaks was not named in the UK press, nor were its contents report. Why? Because of the earlier secret 11 September 2009 media injuction against the report, as referred to by Paul Farrelly MP. To-date the UK public has been kept in the dark about the Minton report and its contents. Paul Farrelly's question is an attempt to take on the suppression issue. In the process it connected the Minton report on WikiLeaks to Trafigura, something the UK media has been secretly ordered not to do.
Statements made in parliament, including those of Paul Farrelly MP, traditionally enjoy an absolute exemption from molestation by the regular judiciary. Parliament does not, insomuch as it believes itself to be an expression of the national will, subordinate itself to any other court.
Knowing this, lawyers for Trafigura, Carter-Ruck, told the Guardian that the order covered reporting of Paul Farrelly MP's questions. That Carter Ruck felt this claim was makable is a bold and dangerous move towards the total privatization of censorship. Is a multi-billion pound commodities trader a truer expression of the national will than the House of Commons? The question is no longer rhetorical.
The Commons' gag and the September 11 gag are not the only issues. The London Independent has removed from its site, without explanation, its September 17 investigative article on the issue "Toxic shame: Thousands injured in African city". As for other papers, no one has any idea, because it is the habit now in the UK to secretly remove articles from newspaper archives and their indexes.


Cell. 2012 May 25;149(5):1060-72. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2012.03.042.
Dixon SJ1, Lemberg KM, Lamprecht MR, Skouta R, Zaitsev EM, Gleason CE, Patel DN, Bauer AJ, Cantley AM, Yang WS, Morrison B 3rd, Stockwell BR.
Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, 550 West 120th Street, Northwest Corner Building, MC 4846, New York, NY 10027, USA.
Nonapoptotic forms of cell death may facilitate the selective elimination of some tumor cells or be activated in specific pathological states. The oncogenic RAS-selective lethal small molecule erastin triggers a unique iron-dependent form of nonapoptotic cell death that we term ferroptosis. Ferroptosis is dependent upon intracellular iron, but not other metals, and is morphologically, biochemically, and genetically distinct from apoptosis, necrosis, and autophagy. We identify the small molecule ferrostatin-1 as a potent inhibitor of ferroptosis in cancer cells and glutamate-induced cell death in organotypic rat brain slices, suggesting similarities between these two processes. Indeed, erastin, like glutamate, inhibits cystine uptake by the cystine/glutamate antiporter (system x(c)(-)), creating a void in the antioxidant defenses of the cell and ultimately leading to iron-dependent, oxidative death. Thus, activation of ferroptosis results in the nonapoptotic destruction of certain cancer cells, whereas inhibition of this process may protect organisms from neurodegeneration.
(A) Visualization of HT-1080 cell viability over time +/− erastin (Era, 10 µM) and deferoxamine (DFO, 100 µM). (B,C) Cytosolic and lipid ROS production assessed over time (2,4 and 6 hrs) by flow cytometry using H2DCFDA and C11-BODIPY. (D) Mitochondrial ROS assessed in HT-1080 cells treated for 6 hrs with erastin+/−DFO, as above, or with rotenone (250 nM)+/−DFO. In (A–D) representative data from one of four experiments is shown. (E) Erastin-induced death in 143B ρ0 and ρ+ cells. (F) mtDNA-encoded transcript levels in ρ0 and ρ+ cells. Results in (E) and (F) are mean+/−SD from one of three representative experiments.
(A) Transmission electron microscopy of BJeLR cells treated with DMSO (10 hrs), erastin (37 µM, 10 hrs), staurosporine (STS, 0.75 µM, 8 hrs), H2O2 (16 mM, 1 hr) and rapamycin (Rap, 100 nM, 24 hr). Single white arrowheads: shrunken mitochondria; paired white arrowheads: chromatin condensation; black arrowheads: cytoplasmic and organelle swelling, plasma membrane rupture; black arrow: formation of double-membrane vesicles. A minimum of 10 cells per treatment condition were examined. (B) Normalized ATP levels in HT-1080 and BJeLR cells treated as in (A) with the indicated compounds. Representative data (mean+/−SD) from one of three independent experiments is shown. (C) Modulatory profiling of known small molecule cell death inhibitors in HT-1080, BJ-eLR and Calu-1 cells treated with erastin (10 µM, 24 hrs). (D) Effect of inhibitors on H2DCFDA-sensitive ROS production in HT-1080 cells treated for 4 hours. (E) Modulatory profiling of ciclopirox olamine (CPX), DFO, ebselen (Ebs), trolox (Tlx), U0126 and CHX on oxidative and non-oxidative lethal agents.
(A) Outline of the MitoCarta shRNA screen and confirmation pipeline. (B,C) Six high confidence genes required for erastin-induced ferroptosis. (B) Viability of HT-1080 cells infected with shRNAs for 72 hours and treated with erastin (10 µM, 24 hrs). (C) mRNA levels for hairpins shown in (B) determined using RT-qPCR. Data in (B) and (C) are mean+/−SD from one of three experiments. (D,E) Effect of shRNA-mediated silencing of high-confidence genes using the best hairpin identified by mRNA silencing efficiency in (C) on cell viability. (E) Viability of various cell lines treated with a lethal dose of erastin (indicated in brackets) for 24 hours. (E) Viability of HT-1080 cells treated with various death-inducing or cytostatic compounds. For (D) and (E) % rescue was computed relative to each shRNA alone+DMSO. (F) Cartoon outline of glutamine (Gln) metabolism. Red box indicates mitochondria. (G) Images of HT-1080 cells treated with aminooxyacetic acid (AOA) +/− dimethyl alphaketoglutarate (DMK) +/− erastin.
(A) Structure of ferrostatin-1 (Fer-1). (B) Effect of resynthesized Fer-1 (0.5 µM) on the lethality of various compounds in HT-1080 cells. (C) Effect of Fer-1 and U0126 on ERK phosphorylation in HT-1080 cells. (D) Effect of DFO, CHX, trolox (Tlx) and Fer-1 on HT-1080 cell proliferation over 48 hours as assessed by Vi-Cell. (E) Effect of Fer-1 (0.5 µM) on erastin (10 µM)-induced ROS production in HT-1080 cells (4 hr treatment). (F) Cell-free antioxidant potential monitored by changes is the absorbance at 517 nm of the stable radical DPPH. (G) Dose-response relationship for inhibition of erastin (10 µM, 24 hrs)-induced death in HT-1080 cells by Fer-1 and analogs. (H) Correlation between predicted partition coefficient (log P) and the ability of various Fer-1 analogs to prevent erastin-induced death. (I) Dose-response relationship for inhibition of erastin (10 µM, 24 hrs)-induced death by various antioxidants. (J) Plot of predicted partition coefficient (log P) and ability of various antioxidants to prevent erastin-induced death. Data in (B), (D), (F), (G) and (J) represents mean+/−SD from one of three representative experiments.
(A) Cartoon outline of hippocampal slice procedure. (B) Bright-field and fluorescent images of PI staining of treated hippocampal slices. Slices were treated with glutamate (5 mM, 3 hrs) +/− Fer-1 (2 µM), CPX (5 µM) or MK-801 (10 µM). Representative images from 1 one 6 slices per condition are shown. (C–E) Quantification of the effects depicted in (B). Data were analyzed using a two-way ANOVA (brain region × drug treatment) followed by Bonferroni post-tests. *: P < .05, **: P < .01, ***: P < .001.
(A) Modulatory profile of HT-1080 cells treated with different lethal compounds and inhibitors. (B) Cartoon depicting the composition and function of system L and system xc−. Cys: cystine, NAA: neutral amino acids. (C) SLC7A11 mRNA levels in compound (6 hrs)-treated HT-1080 cells determined by RT-qPCR. (D,E) Effect of silencing SLC7A11 using siRNA on erastin (10 µM, 8 hrs)-induced death (D) and mRNA levels (E) in HT-1080 cells. (F) Na+-independent [14C]-cystine uptake by HT-1080 cells in response to various drugs. (G) Identification of SLC7A5 as the lone target identified by erastin affinity purification in both BJeH and BJeLR cells. (H) Metabolic profiling of system L and non-system L substrate amino acid levels in erastin-treated Jurkat cells. (I) Effect of L-glutamic acid (L-Glu, 12.5 mM) and Dphenylalanine (D-Phe, 12.5 mM) on erastin-induced death in HT-1080 cells.
(A) Outline of NOX pathway. Inhibitors are shown in green. (B) Effect of NOX pathway inhibitors on erastin-induced death in Calu-1 and HT-1080 cells. GKT: GKT137831. (C,D) Effect of shRNA silencing of the PPP enzymes glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) and phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (PGD) on viability of erastin (2.5 µM)-treated Calu-1 cells. Infection with shRNA targeting VDAC2 was used as a positive control. Relative mRNA levels in (D) were assessed by qPCR following shRNA knockdown. Data in (B), (C) and (D) represents mean+/−SD. (E) Model of ferroptosis pathway. The core ferroptotic lethal mechanism is highlighted in blue.


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HomeTravel Planning2022 Destinations: The Coolest Dozen
December 18, 2021 airtravel360 Travel Planning 0
It is that time of year to look to NEXT year.
We attempt to forecast which cities will be at the top of everyone's flight search history, where the most exciting hotel openings will happen and which countries will emerge from the periphery to be the hottest new destinations for intrepid travelers.
But for the last two years, this has felt like an increasingly challenging task. Sure, we can see where airlines are doubling down on service and where popular hotel brands are breaking ground. But after so many false starts and squashed travel plans, I think we all know that divining the future — particularly in the travel industry — is more art and inspiration than science.
Travelers are eager to return to their favorite destinations and discover new ones, but the ongoing pandemic has made it more difficult than ever to plan anything.
Still, we keep our sights set on what's next, because sometimes that's all you can do: Keep looking ahead. As another challenging year comes to a close, these are the destinations we're most excited about — the ones that fill us with optimism and give us all something to anticipate.
Few destinations in the U.S. have made a comeback quite like New York City. So many people speculated that it might have met its untimely end during the prolonged pandemic when Broadway temporarily closed its curtains and some of the city's most iconic hotels and restaurants shuttered.
But simply step onto a subway platform and you'll immediately feel that the city's energetic pace is back. Despite its extended shutdown, the city is eager to welcome tourists from across the globe. If you haven't been to New York City since the onset of the pandemic, you'll find a spate of new attractions, including a mind-bending new observation deck in midtown Manhattan and a park comprised of concrete platforms that look like lily pads floating above the Hudson River.
There are also a number of hotel openings on the horizon that will make Manhattan the most talked-about borough in the city. In addition to the long-awaited Aman New York, The Ritz-Carlton is taking reservations for its second Gotham location in the NoMad neighborhood starting in May 2022.
For travelers craving wide-open spaces within the continental U.S., there are few better places to visit in 2022 than the Cowboy State, which is famous for its world-class skiing, freewheeling Old West culture and stunning national parks.
In 2022, Yellowstone — the country's first national park — will celebrate its 150th anniversary with indigenous art exhibitions, free tours on the park's iconic yellow buses and other events and activities. Plus, domestic airlines have been doubling down on Wyoming and other national park gateways since 2020, making it easier than ever for travelers to reach this destination.
No matter where you're traveling in Wyoming, you'll want to book accommodations far in advance. In addition to classic park lodging, such as the Old Faithful Inn, and luxury hotels, like the relatively new Cloudveil, an Autograph Collection property, travelers can consider a luxe chalet from onefinestay, which expanded to the mountain town of Jackson Hole this ski season.
The southernmost continent is an inhospitable, wintry desert. Getting there has never been a particularly easy task, but with the reopening of borders in South America, it's possible once again for travelers to visit and, in many cases, check off their final continent.
The Antarctic travel season, which kicks off during the austral summer, is just resuming and will continue into early 2022. There's only a fraction of the number of usual vessels calling on Antarctica this season, but more than ever will come here next season, meaning travelers will see even more wild, undisturbed scenery and wildlife.
Though coronavirus protocols continue to complicate travel, many people may find an expedition cruise here takes some of the guesswork out of that. Not to mention, travelers don't need to be too worried about coming into contact with the virus in this uninhabited stretch of ice and rock.
Debut cruise line Atlas Ocean Voyages is chartering an A330 to get travelers directly from Orlando to Ushuaia, Argentina, where its first vessel, World Navigator, embarks. Travelers who sail with Silversea have the option to fly directly to King George Island on Antarctic Airways this season. Or, cruisers could sail on Lindblad Expeditions' new National Geographic Endurance, which can be booked with World of Hyatt points instead of cash.
When United announced it would fly to five new European destinations in 2022, the airline's senior vice president of international network and alliance, Patrick Quayle, said the expansion was about connecting travelers with "new, unexpected places." Among them, the fjords of Norway via Bergen (BGO), to which the airline will start flying from its Newark (EWR) hub starting May 20.
Both first-time and returning travelers will have new places to stay throughout Norway, including Sommerro, a reborn Art Deco landmark in Oslo that will boast 231 rooms and residences and the capital's first year-round rooftop pool. There are also reports that the long-awaited Svart hotel in the Arctic Circle will welcome its first guests next year.
Ras al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
Fans of Dubai and Abu Dhabi should set their sights on the northernmost emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, which is home to its own array of superlative attractions and five-star hotels, including the forthcoming Anantara Mina Al Arab Ras Al Khaimah with overwater villas and an InterContinental slated to open in February.
Once there, travelers can enjoy a spate of over-the-top diversions, such as record-breaking fireworks shows and the world's longest zip line, which whisks travelers down 1.76 miles of the tallest peak in the United Arab Emirates at heart-thumping speeds.
Florida continues to be a top destination for travelers, and in 2022, Orlando will be at the center of this attention.
Disney's 50th-anniversary celebrations continue into the new year with an exciting lineup of new attractions, events and developments, including the launch of Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser. This highly anticipated immersive hotel experience will be complemented by the opening of Disney Vacation Club resort studios at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa.
Disney enthusiasts can also look forward to the opening of the Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind attraction and enhanced technology throughout the parks with "Hey, Disney!" and MagicBand+.
Increased airlift from a number of major airlines will also make it particularly easy — and far more comfortable — to fly to Orlando in 2022. Even international airlines are getting in on the action: Aer Lingus has launched nonstop transatlantic flights from Orlando (MCO) to Manchester, England (MAN).
You don't have to be flying to Disney World to get excited about traveling to this city in Central Florida. By the end of 2022, the high-speed rail company Brightline is expecting to finish its connection between Orlando and Miami.
Luxury travelers have plenty of reasons to plan a visit to Montenegro next year. This small Balkan country with a thread of beaches along the Adriatic Sea is a great alternative for travelers seeking a crowd-free version of Croatia. Check out One&Only Portonovi (the brand's first resort in Europe), which opened in May 2021, and Aman's new sister brand, Janu, which will debut at Sveti Stefan in 2022.
Travelers who want to visit destinations before an influx of tourists should travel here soon, as a luxury hotel with residences, Fairmont Smokva Bay Resort, is also in development for early 2023.
Want to explore the region? Book a flight on the country's new national airline, Air Montenegro, which just launched this year. Flights are available between Montenegro and Serbia, Germany, Slovenia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
United Airlines began its thrice-weekly, year-round service to Accra, Ghana (ACC), from Washington, D.C. (IAD) in May, making it easier for travelers to visit this nation in West Africa.
Ghana is an awe-inspiring gateway for travelers eager to return to the continent thanks, in part, to it being at the center of the heritage travel movement. Every visitor should consider a pilgrimage to ominous Cape Coast Castle, overlooking the Atlantic, to see the so-called "Door of No Return" where many enslaved Africans were forced onto ships bound for the Americas.
These days, the country's capital, Accra, is home to one of Africa's liveliest music scenes, with numerous clubs and other venues hosting concerts by up-and-coming artists. You don't have to venture far for some of the continent's best surfing, either, at Kokrobite beach.
You can even explore some of Africa's lesser-known (and therefore far less crowded) national parks and reserves encompassing everything from grasslands and woodlands to lush rainforests teeming with monkeys and crisscrossed by canopy footbridges.
With so much uncertainty still clouding the travel landscape, many adventurers are seeking solace in familiar, long-loved destinations such as Italy, which is one of the most booked destinations in Europe for next year.
Even frequent visitors may be lured by major hotel openings from some of the top brands, including the intimate 65-room Rosewood Porto Cervo on the island of Sardinia. In Rome, IHG is transforming an early 20th-century property on the Via Veneto into an InterContinental. The capital city will also welcome outposts from Bvlgari, Six Senses and Edition Hotels in 2022.
Travelers might even be able to catch a flight on the nation's new flag carrier, ITA Airways, which takes the place of the now-defunct Alitalia. It will welcome a fleet of new Airbuses in 2022 and is focusing on connecting the East Coast of the U.S. to Milan and Rome.
For years now, Mexico has landed on TPG's list of hottest upcoming destinations. Though it may not be surprising or new, it's a destination that continues to evolve. Throughout the pandemic, Mexico has been consistently welcoming to tourists: Unlike so many nations around the world, it never shut its borders to visitors.
As a result, it's really no surprise that Viator found that, compared to 2019, bookings for hot spots on both coasts (such as Tulum and Cabo San Lucas) have increased by double digits.
In 2022, a new round of fresh hotels and resorts from a number of our favorite brands will welcome travelers for the first time, including Amanvari on Baja's East Cape, the Waldorf Astoria Cancun and the Hilton Tulum All-Inclusive Resort. An Edition hotel is also slated to open in the popular Riviera Maya resort development.
When Canada finally reopened to American tourists, the excitement was palpable — and that wave of energy will continue into 2022. Consider a stay at the forthcoming Ace Hotel in the city's Fashion District or the W in Yorkville, which is expected to open this spring.
Toronto will also be at the center of Canada's cruising comeback, which won't start until April 2022. At this time, the first eastern Canada cruise on the schedule from a major line, Viking, is a 12-night voyage from New York to Toronto embarking on April 18, 2022. By April, it will have been about two years since cruise ships called on Toronto.
In a time of so much uncertainty, it's impossible to say when tourism to Australia will return to something resembling normal. After all, the nation has attempted to reopen in fits and starts, and is still only allowing citizens, residents and their family members to visit without quarantine.
But the decision to relax entry restrictions on Nov. 1 is an important signal that the return of tourism to Australia could be on the horizon. There will be so much to experience when the time comes, particularly with regard to high-end places to stay from the major hotel brands.
Next year, the W brand will return to Sydney, and a Kimpton crowned with a rooftop bar will open in the city as well. In Melbourne, a Ritz-Carlton is expected to open in the West Side Place development. And for travelers who want to splurge with cash, a 169-room Langham will welcome guests to the country's Gold Coast. After years of anticipation, The Tasman, a Luxury Collection Hotel, is officially opening its doors in a historic building in the heart of Hobart as well.
Travelers who are already thinking about how they'll get to Australia should consider flying with United Airlines and Virgin Australia, as both airlines just announced plans to launch a codeshare partnership in 2022.


He and his group of buddies are really cool in this game. They helped me out a lot and now I can play Gears pretty well. They also go out of their way to make sure the teams are fair and even, matching skills that is. I had the most fun chilling with them on Gears than any other time. It would be cool if we could all go join up with them.
Yeah, Hero I have a blast just watching him play. Next time you play chainsaw tripple as much as you can, he really hates it lol.
I can't believe I'm finally having fun on here.


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The digital humanities at Stanford sit at the crossroads of computer science and the humanities. Since the 1980's, a wide range of computational tools have enabled humanities scholars to conduct research at a scale once thought impossible. Digital humanities foster collaboration and traverse disciplines and methodological orientations, with projects to digitize archival materials for posterity, to map the exchange and transmission of ideas in history, and to study the evolution of common words over the centuries.
At Stanford, current digital humanities projects implement tools such as 3-D mapping, algorithmic literary analysis, advanced visualization techniques, and digitization of textual corpora in non-Latin languages. Researchers experiment and interact with source materials in ways that yield new findings, while also building community and sharing information.
Stanford scholars harness new technologies through an array of digital humanities initiatives:
Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis (CESTA)
CESTA is an internationally renowned digital humanities center located in Wallenberg Hall on Stanford's campus. There, humanities scholars collaborate with qualified professional staff in an open research space that brings together interdisciplinary research teams made up of seasoned researchers, graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars who collaborate on projects with the necessary software and hardware tools. CESTA also offers opportunities for fellows and affiliates of the Stanford Humanities Center to pursue digital humanities projects, to participate in workshops and training sessions, and to publish the results of their work online.
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CIDR is a team of humanists and social scientists within Stanford University Libraries who promote digital scholarship by developing new tools and methods and integrating technology and information resources. Their expertise in data discovery, data creation, data management, and analytical tools supports the generation and dissemination of new knowledge. CIDR enables digital research and teaching to encourage and inspire innovative scholarship throughout the University.
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Project Bravo. New 109meter long superyacht from Oceano.
Oceanco's 109m/357ft 'Project Bravo' was launched on 17 November 2018. Bravo is a prime example of Oceanco's new wave of forward-thinking yachts. With her naval architecture by Lateral Naval Architects, exterior design and layout by Nuvolari Lenard and interior by Reymond Langton Design, Bravo is unlike any preceding Oceanco. She is the first Oceanco to utilize its innovative LIFE (Lengthened, Innovative, Fuel-efficient, Eco-friendly) design. LIFE revolves around intelligent naval architecture that leverages a number of fundamental principles, which create a harmonious balance between weight, power, technical areas and luxury interior on board.
James Roy, director of Lateral Naval Architects comments, "The LIFE design's use of advanced hybrid propulsion incorporating significant battery capability, combined with a single tier engine room allows novel use of space to deliver areas of outstanding luxury accommodation."
Bravo embodies Oceanco's expertise in building large complex yachts, whereby project management proficiency played an integral part in Bravo's success. "A bespoke project of such magnitude and splendor will always present interesting challenges and opportunities" says owner's representative, Burgess. "With Project Bravo we created a truly spectacular yacht whose excellence is a clear reflection of the commitment of a dynamic and professional project team."
After the innovations introduced with "Alfa Nero", Oceanco asked us to "raise the bar" and create another remarkable and revolutionary design, says Dan Lenard, senior partner of Nuvolari-Lenard. "Our approach with Bravo was to maintain a stunningly sleek profile without sacrificing any interior space. This new exterior style concept is bound to create a new design stream. It is important to us that we started this new stream together with Oceanco"
The yacht's elegant contemporary interior compliments the exterior design. Pascale Reymond, partner in Reymond Langton Design, says, "We worked with artisans and craftsmen to create bespoke artworks, fabrics and signature furniture pieces that all combine to create a warm, inviting environment on board for the Owner's family and guests."
Bravo pushes the limits within the world of superyachts to a new level!


Augustin Ayala Martinez started working as a cleaner for the municipality in Pimentel in Peru, but shortly after decided to follow his passion: gardening. A colleague encouraged and helped him to make the transition 40 years ago. Since then, he has been working as the gardener and landscape designer at Parque de Quiñones, Pimentel's Plaza de Armas.
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Teaching children to be mindful of the waste they create is one of the first steps in developing environmental values and behaviours for future sustainability.
This week, Cleanaway's kNOw Waste™ Education Program was delivered to local children by Cleanaway in partnership with Moree Plains Shire Council.
Students from Gwydir Day Care and Preschool, Aussie Kids Moree, Moree Christian School, and Boggabilla Central School participated in the BinWise workshop within the kNOw Waste Education Program.
Council's Acting Waste Manager Tahra Sayers explained kNOw waste™ Education Program is aimed at teaching children about sustainable waste management practices and encouraging them share this knowledge at home.
"We hope children who participated in the program will share their learning experiences with their family, relatives and friends, and together we can ensure a cleaner, greener environment for us and future generations," said Mrs Sayers.
The kNOw Waste™ Education Program supports key learning outcomes in science and technology and Human Society and its Environment.
Further kNOw waste™ sessions have been scheduled for June during Storytime at the Moree Community Library and Mungindi Library.
It also demonstrates Council's commitment to reduce the amount of waste going into landfills by helping the community to recycle papers, plastics and metals, problem wastes, and in general, help individuals lead a more sustainable lifestyle.


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Regardless of your income level or economic standing purchasing a house is a pretty big deal. You're likely going to spend more money on the house than you would even think about splurging on another item because you're hoping that you're making an investment that will pay off both now and in the future. Although you have probably already contracted with a real estate agent and are being assisted throughout the home buying process, you also need to think about the legal aspect of the deal. Hiring a real estate attorney can be highly beneficial, and the following information will help you see why it is an essential move that you need to look into.
If you buy a house without conducting a title check, you could be signing up for much more than just a piece of property. The importance of having a clean title simply cannot be stressed enough. Failing to do your due diligence in regards to this critical piece of the property buying puzzle might just turn out to be one of the biggest mistakes you've ever made.
You just never know if there are possibly one or more liens against the title of the house that you are looking to purchase. Liens can come from so many different parties, including contractors who may have done work on the house and were never paid or even debtors who were granted a judgment against the former homeowners because of an unpaid debt. Once you sign for the house and take ownership of it any liens on the title could also then become your responsibility.
That's why it is so vital for you to hire a real estate attorney before you purchase a piece of property. Let them perform a thorough check against the title of the house you want to make sure it's clean.
It's also helpful to hire a lawyer because they understand how to decipher contracts. There's no reason for you waste time trying to figure out the legalese that can be found in some of the more complex real estate contracts. Your attorney will be right there to break it all down for you.
Working with a real estate attorney makes buying a house so much easier. Reach out to one of these lawyers and get them on your realty case right away.


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Teacher denies sex with schoolboy, claiming she is too short for the sex position
By Dorothy G. Bender	 Last updated Dec 3, 2021
Kandice Barber, 35, is accused of sexual activity with a student (Photo: Hyde News & Pictures Ltd / PA)
A married teacher claims that she could not have had sex with a student because she is too short for the position in question.
Kandice Barber, 35, is accused of committing a sexual act on the unnamed 15-year-old boy and having sex with him while standing.
Amersham court heard she was previously convicted in a trial in September last year for sending a video to the boy, showing her pleasuring herself while on a bed surrounded by toys sexual intercourse and sexually communicating with the complainant.
The complainant, who is now 18, appeared via video link, claims he also met Barber for sexual activity on three occasions.
Nadia Chbat, defending Barber, asked him about an alleged sexual incident while he was standing: "You accept that she is quite short, she is only about five feet, right? So you were taller than her back then, were you? You didn't even think she could reach your shoulders back then, did you?
During re-examination by prosecutor Richard Milne, the boy said he had "crouched down" and bent his knees to get around the height difference.
Kandice Barber denies the offenses (Photo: Hyde News & Pictures Ltd)
The boy couldn't name the specific dates when the sexual activity took place, but he said it was from October 11, 2018 and just before mid-term, with two of the meetings he did. said it took place before and after her 16th birthday.
On one occasion, he said that Barber drove them to the side of a busy main road and parked so the boy could do a sex act on him, before they got out of the car and she gave him a blowjob in a wooded area while he was lying down. on the ground.
The court heard that before informing its principal of the allegations, the schoolboy threatened to "ruin" the teacher's life if he could not reconnect with her, promising that she would lose her family.
Ms Chbat, cross-examining the boy, said: "You, I suggest, had become obsessed with Mrs Barber, haven't you? You, I suggest, wanted more contact with her again.
"The threat, I suggest, is 'If you don't talk to me, watch what happens, you will lose your job and your family.'
"The phone calls of March 10, 2018, I suggest, are you and her arguing on the phone. She would tell you to leave her alone and you would talk to each other and threaten to tell the police about your communication. She hung up on you.
"I suggest the communication was threatening, that if she didn't get back in touch with you, you would ruin her life," the defense lawyer said.
Ms Chbat added that her client said that no sexual activity had taken place and that it was all lies, which the complainant denied via the video link.
Barber, from Wendover in Buckinghamshire, denies three counts of causing or instigating a child under 16 to engage in sex.
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Created on 2018-05-26 23:14 by terry.reedy, last changed 2018-10-14 00:41 by terry.reedy. This issue is now closed.
On my Win 10 system with a 2560 x 1440 27" monitor, the text is noticeably sharper, some colors are brighter, and some characters are better formed.  The main effect seems to be from properly lining up vertical and horizontal lines with the pixels.  Lines that are supposed to be 1 or 2 pixels wide are just that, instead of bleeding over onto additional rows or columns.
By comparing IDLE's shell with Windows consoles with the same font and text, both for Command Prompt and Python x.y consoles, I determined that the Windows consoles have DPI awareness on.  The text is longer with it off and some character shapes, such as for 2 and 3, don't match, whereas text length and shape matches perfectly with it on.
At least some other apps also have DPO awareness on.  With the patch, the Open and Save As dialogs opened opened by from IDLE, via the tkinter/tk function, match those opened by Firefox.  Without the patch, not.
I like the improvement and with 3.7.0rc1 delayed, would like to get it in now.  My question for you Windows experts is 1. Is the above exactly the right thing? and 2. Should it be unconditional, or is there a possible downside?  Do consoles always have DPI awareness, or is it conditional on the monitor?
I will make a PR as soon as I post this and get an issue number.
I changed the bare except: to 'except AttributeError:'.  If ctypes.windll.shcore.SetProcessDpiAwareness exists, can calling it with True ever fail?
I'm not a Windows expert, but looking that the API description  the patch is not entirely correct.
The API takes an integer with 3 valid values, the patch effectively passes the value 1 (which means the application claims to be DPI aware, but won't scale itself when the DPI changes for some reason).
The API can fail, but that shouldn't cause an exception as ctypes won't automaticly convert error return values to exceptions.
P.S. The pull request seems to contain an unrelated change as well.
Does Tcl/Tk have a function for this, and/or should we expose this as a function in Tkinter?  Do other platforms (macOS, X/Wayland) have similar functions?
Perhaps the argument should be 2 for supporting multi-display configuration. Currently I can't do this, but will test this recipe with Hi-DPI monitor and multiple displays after 1-2 weeks.
Ronald: I agree that an int should be passed.  I understand your ctype comment as saying that an attribute error before making the call should be the only possible exception.
I should have explained the 'unrelated change' to the one entry box.  With the default size of 20, it no longer fits properly after the change.  Adding an explicit size was the easiest fix for something that is only present for test and demonstration purposes.  A better fix, which is not needed for this issue, would probably be to add a 'expand=True' or something, somewhere else.
I checked all the other panes on the settings dialog and the other major dialog boxes and found no problems.
Zack: I had the same question.  Now that I know that IDLE as a tk app *can* look 'sharp', the current fuzzyness is annoying.  I would not be surprised if it contributes to some of the negative opinions about IDLE.
is that is can mess up spacing on current windows.  But to me, it definitely should be available.
I don't know if other systems have such a setting, or any need for such.  I will ask an someone who uses IDLE both in Windows and Ubuntu on the same machine to compare.
Serhiy: I have a space monitor and I believe my graphics card will allow me to attach one, so I may give it a try.
means.  It appears that making one call before any tkinter calls is the right thing to do if any call is to be made.
The call does not appear to be available on Windows 7 or 8.0.
Eryk Sun commented on the PR.
The correct value to pass is the one that best describes what the app does.  I believe that 0 is wrong and 1 more likely than 2.
Three people describe fuzzy tk text as a well-known problem, fixed by SetProcessDpiAwareness(1).
https://wiki.tcl.tk/8484 tk has a scaling function that gets and sets a scaling factor, dpi/72 = pixels per printer point.  "The initial value for the scaling factor is set when the application starts, based on properties of the installed monitor."  This also suggests to me also that default 0 for awareness is wrong value.  Users (apps) can changes this, but I see no suggestion that monitor changes are tracked.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/mt748620(v=vs.85).aspx gives the syntax for adding dpiAwareness to the Windows manifest.
As reported on #26698, which was originally opened as an IDLE issue, but which I turned into a tkinter issue, one can also sharpen text buy opening python(w).exe properties, Compatibility tab, clicking [Change high DPI settings], and then checking  Override high DPI scaling behavior while leaving the default 'Application'.  The effect is the same as 'SetProcessDpiAwareness (1)' -- or (2) if monitor is not changed.
Eric, thanks for the additional reference.  From Window's viewpoint, Python, not IDLE, is the application.  IDLE is just input data.  I should not touch Python's manifest, and changing it would have to consider other possible gui module input data.
This page says it applies only to Win10 desktop.  The page for SetProcessDpiAwareness says it applies to 8.1+.  That still excludes Vista and Win7, but is better than just Win10.
So maybe add the dpiAware and dpiAwareness settings to the manifest for just Windows' pythonw.exe and leave the python.exe console interpreter alone?  I'm going to guess that the pythonw.exe manifest already has some settings related to its unique status that align with this.
I'm okay to add it to the manifest for both in 3.8, along with a What's New entry.
High DPI screens are very common though, and adding it to existing releases won't allow existing apps or frameworks to account for the change. I don't want non-DPI aware apps to suddenly become unreadably small with a minor runtime update. Backporting Python-specific docs is fine.
Steve, I would like to add the SetProcessDpiAwareness(1) call to IDLE tomorrow, for 3.7.0 and 3.6.6.  Do I need to make it an avoidable option? Can it hurt people on some machines?  It seems to me that if tk is doing dpi scaling, then it should always be correct to tell Windows that it is doing so.
If you want to add it to the winapi module rather than use ctypes that's fine too.
Thanks everyone for the help.  I think this is the right patch, but as with many IDLE patches, it is hard to be sure until it is in use.  At least there is no question here of tk Windows-Linux-MacOS differences.  I checked that the Win 7 buildbots are OK with the PR.
Serhiy: My interpretation of the tk scaling doc is that 1, not 2, is the right argument.  But we can test to be sure.  I meant 'spare monitor', not 'space monitor'.  But I need to find one with a substantially different DPI.
Steve: changing the binaries' manifests is a separate issue, not limited to IDLE or even tkinter.  And 3.8 enhancements do nothing for IDLE on 3.6 and 3.7.  Ditto for a new WinAPI.
Reopening, temporarily, to add change requested by Eryk Sun after the merge.
Since there should be time before .rcs are cut, I changed the idlelib NEWS.txt entry to mention color changes, based on editing with the change in place.
I can't test on multiple monitors, but I tested on a single HiDPI monitor. With 1 it looks much better than with 0. With 2 it looks the same as with 1 on HiDPI, but doesn't scale well after changing the resolution of the display. I suppose there are the same problems on multi-monitor configuration. Thus the value 1 is the correct one.
ctypes is optional. It would be better to catch an ImportError from importing it.
pass  # The ctypes-using fix is not essential.
But, in what sense is ctypes optional *on Windows* more than most other modules?  I don't see anything in the ctypes doc.  It is normal to depend on stdlib modules being present and not wrap imports.
Steve: does the Windows installer have an option to omit ctypes?  I don't remember one.
Anyone: do you know of any CPython Windows distributions that we care about that omit ctypes?
1. This is a theoretical concern that does not justify adding noise to the code.
2. This is a real concern, but so rare that the fix can be deferred to 3.6.7 and 3.7.1.
3. This is likely common enough that we should ask Ned to cherry-pick the patch into 3.6.6 and 3.7.1.
I just ran the 3.7.0rc1 installer and here is no option to omit ctypes.
There's no option to omit ctypes, though I am aware of some custom builds of Python that exclude it. I don't think you need to worry about those being used for IDLE (but of course the general policy of the stdlib not relying on ctypes remains).
I don't know whether this is a theoretical or a real concern, but I think this fix can wait for 3.7.1.
Ping? Do we want to get this in for 3.7.1 and 3.6.7?
There is still no rush as guarding the ctypes import on Windows builds that can run IDLE may never be needed.  But I grepped the stdlib .py code and uuid is the only .py module that imports ctypes, and all are directly or indirectly guarded in the code or test_uuid.  So I moved the import inside the existing try block and added ImportError to those caught.


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Cyrano de Bergerac é um filme francês de 1990 dirigido por Jean-Paul Rappeneau, baseado na peça de teatro homônima de 1897, de Edmond Rostand. Foi indicado para um Oscar de melhor filme estrangeiro.

No 43º Festival de Cannes, Gérard Depardieu ganhou o prêmio de melhor ator.

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PEOPLE THAT PISS ME OFF: THE "CONCERNED CITIZEN"
July 31, 2011 / Bink Seavey / ARTICLES
My former neighbor is a concerned citizen; typically, a middle aged, middle class–male or female–white person with a slew of insecurities stemming from an unfulfilling existence brought about by a succession of poor decisions. Or perhaps a micro penis. The concerned citizen has no shame, and will stop at nothing to assure the masses, or at least, the neighborhood that they're concerned with what everyone else is doing. "Get off my property!", "I'm calling the cops!", "My taxes paid for this damn park!" are the common phrases in the concerned citizen's vocabulary, but they can be hard to spot since they come in all varieties.
There are several types of concerned citizens, like the guy who could have been the star quarterback, but he drank a little too much one night and raw romped his ex, Cathy the catholic pin cushion, who shat out an eighteen year investment with a ROI of "fuck you, I can do whatever I want." Twenty or so years down the road, he's separated from his wife, living in a shit hole off of MLK Blvd. and managing Barry's Burger Joint when he's not drunk on MD 20/20 and lathering his dysfunctional wet noodle. He's a "Get off my property!" concerned citizen.
Then there are the typical old hags, like Cathy, who married her high school sweetheart after he knocked her up. She quickly settled into a life of underachievement in Middle America and started making babies. Cathy pooped out four more turds for offspring, before realizing the only thing her husband was good for is a pay check and load of life every now and again. So she kicked him out of his own house, but since she's a woman of faith, refuses to officially divorce him. Her hobbies include mixing her children's prescriptions with various boxed wines, and yelling, "I'm calling the cops!" at other people's children.
Regardless of the roads they take, all concerned citizens arrive at the same intersection, of insanity and idiocy. They are driven by self-interest and a deluded sense of what the world should be, fueled by their own insecurities and short comings. They're not afraid to share these ideas in lame and despicable ways, like calling the cops on five year olds for pissing where humans have pissed for centuries, or yelling at anyone who seems to be enjoying their day. No booze in the park. No skating on sidewalks. No loud music. No late shows. No fun.
And reasoning with these people is out of the question. The brain of the concerned citizen operates in mysterious ways, often acting on impulses before they're processed in the pre-frontal cortex–the simulator of the brain. These defective balls of grey matter aren't hard-wired for bargaining, logical thinking, or, really, much thinking outside personal gratification. And, unfortunately, they turn perfectly able bodies into little more than restless chimpanzees. Restless chimpanzees with cars, houses, boats and firearms.
It's best to avoid confrontations with the concerned citizen, but if must indulge yourself, heckle from a safe distance and leave as soon as you see a cell phone. Maybe you can piss in their bushes later, but for now, go home, sit your ass down and bitch about it on the internet. The police will be on their way shortly.
Words: Bink Seavey
Original Illustration: Mikey Giurato
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In my years of reading humorous articles, skateboarders tend to have the best way with words. I don't know what it is, but I consider them some of the best. Great job.
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God dealing with these "concerned citizens" fucking suck. Can't they let me smoke my blunt in the park in peace?!
that white lady i seen the other day
"my life sucks so all of your lives should suck too!!"
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SAN DIEGO - A 23-year-old woman was killed and three otherpeople were seriously injured when the car they were riding incrashed off a South Bay connector ramp and caught fire earlyMonday, authorities said.
The fatality at the westbound state Route 54 ramp to northboundInterstate 805 was reported shortly after 2 a.m., according to theCalifornia Highway Patrol.
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Intellectual Property Cases in India
Written by Avani Yadav
This article talks about meaning of intellectual property and also gives information about important intellectual property cases.
Intellectual Property Meaning
Property is corporal property and incorporeal property or tangible property and intangible property. Intellectual property meaning is a right pervading some material object. Intellectual property (IP) refers to creations of the intellect for which a monopoly is assigned to designated owners by law. The intangible products of a man's brain are as valuable as his land, building, goods, money, belongings etc. it is quite different from real property or a formal property. In fiction, it is a property. Therefore called as intellectual property. The rights relating to the intellectual property however recognized by law as the subject matter of rights of various intangible or immaterial products is human intelligence, skills and labor. In short intellectual property is basically a creation of intellect or relates to intellect. Intellectual property rights are legal rights which govern the use of creations of the human mind and work.
Intellectual property rights (IPRs) thus granted to the creators of IP, and include trademarks, copyright, patents, industrial design rights, and in some jurisdictions trade secrets. Artistic works including music and literature, as well as discoveries, inventions, words, phrases, symbols, and designs can all protected as intellectual property.
Here are some some Intellectual Property cases which are as follows:-
Intellectual Property cases
Satyam Infoway Ltd. v. Sifynet Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Supreme Court of India AIR 2004 SC 3540
This is a very famous and landmark case where the Supreme Court of India decided on the issue of domain name protection for the first time in its history. This was the case wherein the apex court declared that the Indian Trade Marks Act, 1999 was applicable to the regulation of domain names as well.
Satyam Infoway (hereinafter referred to as the appellant) had registered several domain names pertaining to its business: sifynet.com, sifymall.com, sifyrealestate.com, in the year 1999. It held that the word "Sify" was a combination of elements of its corporate name "Satyam Infoway" and was a term that had garnered substantial goodwill in the market. Meanwhile, Sifynet Solutions (hereinafter referred to as the respondent) had started using the word "Siffy" as part of the domain names under which it carried on internet marketing (namely siffynet.com and siffynet.net). It claims to have registered the same in the year 2001.
Subsequently the appellant filed a suit in City Civil Court, Bangalore seeking an injunction against the respondent. The appellant held that the respondent had registered the similar sounding domain names intentionally in order to carry out their business transactions under the goodwill and brand name of the former. And that it would create a confusion in the minds of the public who would think that the services of Sifynet belongs to Satyam Infoway. The respondent contended that unlike a trade mark, the registration of a domain name did not confer an intellectual property right in the name.
The court ruled in favor of the appellant and granted the injunction in their favor. It held that the appellant was the prior user of the word 'Sify' as a result of which it enjoyed immense popularity and goodwill in relation to internet and other computer related services. Thereby, if the respondent is allowed to further continue with the use of the domain names it would in all likelihood create confusion in the minds of the public. And that it may in all possibility affect the business of the appellant.
Thereafter, the respondents appealed to the Karnataka High Court. The Court stated that respondent had already invested a considerably high amount of sum in developing a customer base for its business and it would consequently suffer immense hardship and irreparable injury if the court ruled in the appellant's favor. Further it held that the business which the parties engaged in were different and therefore there was no likelihood of any confusion in the minds of the public.
Not satisfied with the decision given by the Karnataka High Court, the appellants went for an appeal before the Supreme Court of India. The case was decided by a division bench comprising Justices Ruma Pal and P. Venkatarama Reddi. It set aside the decision of the High Court and ruled in favor of the appellants. It held that though no there was no law in India which explicitly deals with the domain names, it falls within the ambit of the Trade Marks Act. Then it further observed that a domain name enjoyed all features of a trademark. Accordingly it ruled that if the respondent was allowed to further continue using the domain names it would in all likelihood create a confusion in the minds of the general public. A user could be diverted to the website containing the unauthorized domain name. And upon his arrival at the website, if he does not find the goods or services associated with the mark, he might think that the legitimate owner was misrepresenting the claims. This would result in the loss for the legitimate owner, thereby affecting his goodwill and brand name.
Thus the apex court granted an injunction in favor of the appellants, thereby restraining the respondents from further using the domain names in their business transactions.
DM entertainment v Baby Gift House and ors. [MANU/DE/2043/2010]
Daler Mehndi, the most famous pop star hailing from Punjab has created a niche audience and is immensely popular amongst Punjabi-pop music lovers. The appellant company was incorporated in 1996 to manage the artist's escalating career. The crux of the case is that the defendants had prolific businesses in selling miniature toys of Daler Mehndi and majorly cashed on to his popularity. Majorly aggrieved, the plaintiff company filed for permanent injunction from infringing the artist's right of publicity and false endorsement leading to passing off.
The plaintiff company had been assigned all the rights, titles and interests in the personality of the artist along with the Trademark, Daler Mehndi. It was contended by the plaintiff that the unauthorized or unlicensed use of or any part of the reputation of the artist, with respect to goods or services of any manner will lead to make an impression on the public that the goods or services are associated with the singer. And hence, it was submitted that such a use would lead to passing off. It was further averred by the plaintiff that such use was done for commercial exploitation without adequate permission from the person or any other authorized by him, shall constitute infringement of the person's right to publicity.
Section 29 of the Trademark Act-1999 (hereinafter the Act) lays down the aspects of infringement of trademark. It elucidates that a when a person is using, in course of trade any mark, which is identical or deceptively similar to a registered mark and which he is not entitled or licensed to use shall be deemed to infringe onto the rights of the person who has the lawful right over the mark.
The Act does not give a specific description of passing off as a result it has been derived through judicial precedents drawn from common law. Put simply , passing off would occur when the mark is not only being used deceptively similar to the mark of another but it is being used to create confusion in the minds of the consumer that results in the damage or loss of business for the person or company who/which is the lawful owner of the trademark.
Character merchandising is an area of law which is unexplored in India. The first case that dealt with this was Star India Private Limited v Leo Burnett India (Pvt.) Ltd. The courts in India in these earlier cases, had not dealt with publicity rights. In this case the Court did so quite emphatically. The court meted out a compensatory amount to the tune of Rs. 1,00,000 to the Plaintiff. The intent of the judiciary is clear.
The Coca-Cola Company Vs. Bisleri International Pvt. Ltd [Manu/DE/2698/2009]
The Delhi High Court held that if the threat of infringement exists, then this court would certainly have jurisdiction to entertain the suit.
It was also held that the exporting of goods from a country is to be considered as sale within the country from where the goods are exported and the same amounts to infringement of trademark.
In the present matter, the defendant, Bisleri by a master agreement, had sold and assigned the trademark MAAZA including formulation rights, know-how, intellectual property rights, goodwill etc for India only with respect to a mango fruit drink known as MAAZA to Coca-Cola.
In 2008, the defendant filed an application for registration of the trade mark MAAZA in Turkey started exporting fruit drink under the trademark MAAZA. The defendant sent a legal notice repudiating the agreement between the plaintiff and the defendant, leading to the present case. The plaintiff, the Coca Cola Company also claimed permanent injunction and damages for infringement of trademark and passing off.
It was held by the court that the intention to use the trademark besides direct or indirect use of the trademark was sufficient to give jurisdiction to the court to decide on the issue. The court finally granted an interim injunction against the defendant (Bisleri) from using the trademark MAAZA in India as well as for export market, which was held to be infringement of trade mark.
John Richard Brady & Others. v. Chemical Process Equipment Pvt. Ltd, Delhi High Court AIR 1987 Delhi 372
This is a case concerning the legal principle of copyright infringement involving trade secrets and engineering. John Richard Brady (hereinafter referred to as Brady) was a Mechanical Engineer from the U.S and also the President and Managing Director of Fometa Overseas S.A. Castellana, Madrid, Spain. He conceived the idea of growing fresh green grass used as basic food for livestock in a compact unit capable of producing grass throughout the year irrespective of external climatic conditions. Thereafter in 1972 he developed the original Fodder Production Unit (hereinafter referred to as the FPU). After carrying out extensive research and experiments, he invented an improved Fodder Production Unit. He applied for grant of patent in India in relation to the FPU and his patent application was pending. Brady was the owner of copyright in the drawings of the FPU and was entitled to the exclusive right of publishing and reproducing the drawings whether two dimensionally or three dimensionally as he considered apt.
For these purposes Brady set up two companies in India: Fometa (India) Machine Private Ltd, a joint venture company and Sanjeevani Fodder Production Private Ltd. Accordingly he along with the members of the two companies decided that a phased programme should be adopted to manufacture the FPU in India for both domestic and export sales. For the manufacture of the FPU, the he sought quotations from Chemical Process Equipment Pvt. Ltd for the supply of thermal panels manufactured by it. The panels required were of highly specialized type and order. And to enable the company to manufacture the components of the FPU precisely, all the technical material, detailed know how, drawings and specifications concerning the FPU were passed on them under the express condition that it must maintain strict confidentiality regarding all the information given. Later, Brady discovered the inability of the company to supply the required thermal panels and cancelled all the orders given to them. It was alleged that Managing Director along with other representatives of the company made several visits to Goa where Brady's FPU was in operation in order to acquire the working know how and technology of the FPU. Some of these visits were without the knowledge of Brady who was later informed about them by his employees. Thereafter in November, 1985 he came to know that Chemical Process Equipment Pvt. Ltd was developing their own FPU by falsely representing that the innovation concerning the FPU was originated from them. The company described the Machine produced by them as 'pushti'. And a suit was filed in the Delhi High Court by Brady seeking for an injunction which would restrain Chemical Process Equipment Pvt. Ltd from manufacturing and selling machines that were substantial imitation and reproduction of the drawings of the former's FPU or from using in any other manner whatsoever the know-how, specifications, drawings and other technical information about the FPU disclosed to them by the former.
Brady contended that the Machine produced by the company was entirely based upon disclosures made them formerly and that they committed breach of confidence reposed in them. They wrongfully converted and misappropriated the know how information, drawings, designs, and specifications disclosed to them under strict confidentiality and have also infringed the his copyright by making the Machine in three dimensional form. He further contended that the Machine produced by the company was an inferior version of his own FPU. He claimed claim jurisdiction of this court to entertain and try the suit under Section 62(2) of the Copyright Act, 1957 on the ground that he has been carrying on his business along with the two companies he set, for profit and gain at Delhi and that the Chemical Process Equipment Pvt. Ltd have also been circulating pamphlets of the infringing Machine and offering it for sale at Delhi.
However, Chemical Process Equipment Pvt. Ltd contended that they have neither infringed copyright of Brady nor are they liable for breach of any confidence reposed on them. They denied that the technical Drawings of the FPU are artistic work, but they did not didn't oppose the fact that Brady was the owner of the copyrights in the Drawings. They further contended that there were other firms making such Machines in the international market for a long time, namely, LAND SAVERS and SOMERSET ZERO GRASS U.K. and DHANY A, India. And that the FPU was based on the long known theory of Hydroponic System. Hence they completely denied that Brady gave them any Drawings or technical material or know how concerning the FPU. They further questioned the territorial jurisdiction of this Court on the ground that Brady did not actually reside in Delhi nor does he carry on any business in Delhi and that they themselves do not reside or work in Delhi.
The case was decided by a Single Judge Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising of Justice A B Saharya. He ruled that unless Chemical Process Equipment Pvt. Ltd was restrained by injunction, irreparable injury and loss would be caused to Brady and his establishments by the former if they continue to manufacture and sell their Machine. Further he laid down that it was in the interest of justice to restrain the company from using the know-how, specifications, drawings and other technical information regarding Brady's FPU entrusted to them under express condition of strict confidentiality.
Thus, the court restrained the Chemical Process Equipment Pvt. Ltd from manufacturing and selling machines that were substantial imitation and reproduction of the drawings of Brady's FPU or from using in any other manner whatsoever the know-how, specifications, drawings and other technical information about the FPU disclosed to them by Brady.
Colgate Palmolive Co. Ltd & Another. vs. Mr. Patel & Others., Delhi High Court 2005 PTC (31) 583
This is a case relating to the legal principle of infringement of a trademark. It was decided by a Single Judge Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising of Justice M Mudgal.
Colgate Palmolive Co. Limited (hereinafter referred to as the plaintiffs) is a company that has been manufacturing and marketing dental products in India under the well-known trademark 'COLGATE' since 1937. The company undoubtedly is also an international leader in the trade of tooth paste and other dental related products. The plaintiffs registered their trademark in India in the year 1954. Since then they have always marketed their products in red cartons which had the word COLGATE inscribed in white on it. They used a particular font for printing the trademark on the cartons. Further they had even registered their label relating to colors in India in the year 1959. From then on they have been exclusively enjoying the ownership rights over the trademark 'COLGATE' and also the label containing the red and white colors inscribed on it.
In the year 2003 the plaintiffs came to know that Mr. Patel and his company(hereinafter referred to as the defendants) were using the plaintiff's COLGATE trade dress in the packaging of their products with relation to the layout and color combination of the cartons. The defendants used the word 'AJANTA' printed in white color in a red background in their cartons. Subsequently the plaintiffs filed a suit before the Delhi High Court seeking a permanent injunction against the defendants, thereby restraining them from using the trade dress that was similar in layout and appearance even though the names printed on the cartons were different. They contended that the defendants had infringed their trademark and copyrights. And further that they were indulging in unfair competition by trying to sell their products using the brand name of trademark COLGATE.
On the other hand, the defendants contended that there was nothing distinctive in the color combination of the plaintiff's container and that the plaintiff could not have a trademark in color combination. Further they claimed that the red and white label was common to the toothpaste trade.
The Honorable Judge observed that essential feature of the plaintiffs' mark was COLGATE inscribed in white color on a red background and not merely red and white color combination alone. He held that the printing of the word 'AJANTA' on the defendants' cartons in white color on a red background does not give rise to any infringement of the plaintiffs' trade dress. Also affirmed the contention of the defendants that red was a basic color and the red & white color combination is common to the tooth paste trade in the domestic as well as the international market. Hence there cannot be any monopolization of the same by any party. However, he finally held that the defendants were liable for trying to sell their products using the brand name of COLGATE since there was sufficient resemblance between the plaintiffs' and the defendants' product. Further the court ruled that if the defendant alters the packaging there would not arise any question of infringement of the copyright and trademark of the plaintiff. Accordingly the court ordered them to substitute gold for white color in the description of 'AJANTA' in their cartons.
Thus, the injunction application was disposed of by the court and the defendants were permitted to market their products provided they made the required alterations in their packaging of the products.
Bajaj Auto Limited Vs. TVS Motor Company Limited JT 2009 (12) SC 103
This case involved the controversy regarding the unauthorized application of the patent of the DTSi technology. The case became very vital regarding not only the financial stakes of the parties but also regarding the application of the doctrine of pith and marrow also termed as Doctrine of Equivalents.
This case was filed before the Madras High Court in 2007. The plaintiffs (Bajaj Auto Ltd), along with the state of Maharashtra alleged the defendants (T.V.S. Motor Company Ltd.) of infringement of the patents of the plaintiffs, which apprehended the invention of the technology of advanced internal combustion engine. The case engaged the questions of patent infringement by the defendant and the damages for the same. Furthermore, the case threw light upon the argument regarding justification of the risks issued by the defendant of the same case.
The plaintiffs sought remedy of permanent injunction for obstructing the defendants from using the technology or invention prescribed in the patents of the plaintiffs; and for obstructing them from marketing, selling offering for sale or exporting 2/3 wheelers (including the proposed 125cc TVS FLAME motorcycle) that consisted of the disputed internal combustion engine or product that infringed the patent. Damages for infringement of the patent were also claimed by the Plaintiffs.
The Supreme Court of India by this landmark judgement directed all the courts in India for speedy trial and disposal of intellectual property related cases. In this two-year-old dispute involving two companies, which had been locked in a patent dispute over the use of a twin-spark plug engine technology, the Supreme Court observed that suits relating to the matters of patents, trademarks and copyrights are pending for years and years and litigation is mainly fought between the parties about the temporary injunction. The Supreme Court directed that hearing in the intellectual property matters should proceed on day to day basis and the final judgment should be given normally within four months from the date of the filing of the suit. The Supreme Court further directed to all the courts and tribunals in the country to punctually and faithfully carry out the aforesaid orders.
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