Food and drink companies are all too aware of the challenges faced in order to attract and retain new customers. The search for a competitive edge has led companies to invest heavily in research and innovation in order to produce the requisite taste, mouthfeel, appearance and nutritional value to attract potential customers whilst simultaneously reducing production costs. There is also the added pressure to keep abreast of (or stimulate) the latest consumer trends, such as the rise in vegetarianism, veganism, interesting new alcohol-free drinks, healthier versions of comfort food, and the use of AI within the food industry, as well as meeting the requirements of new governmental policies.
Producing food and drink products which meet of all these requirements can provide companies with a competitive advantage however the question remains, how can this advantage be maintained and how do companies prevent competitors reaping the rewards from their research and investment?
Typically, there are two methods used within the food and drink industry to protect intellectual property: trade secrets and patents.
Trade secrets can be useful where it is difficult (if not impossible) to derive the ingredients or process used to produce the food or drink product. The most well-known trade secret in the food and drink industry is arguably the recipe for Coca Cola. However, trade secrets provide no protection if another company legitimately produces the same product or manufacturing process or successfully reverse engineers the product produced.
Patents therefore provide a better form of protection where it is possible to derive the recipe from the food or drink product itself. This may be the case where a recipe or composition could be determined by simply analysing the end product.
A patent is an intellectual property right granted by a country's government for protection of an invention within its territory for a limited period (typically 20 years).
How can a patent help my business?
A patent gives the owner the right to stop others making, using, importing or selling the invention in the territory for which the patent has been granted. It also allows the owner to seek compensation for damage caused by another company producing/selling/using the same product or using the same manufacturing process.
Even if your company is not looking to manufacture the product itself, patents can be useful in helping to generate investment or can form the basis of a licensing agreement.
How can I obtain patent protection?
In order to obtain patent protection it is necessary to illustrate that your invention is both new and provides a non-obvious solution to a technical problem. It is also necessary to illustrate that the invention has industrial applicability, though most products/processes within the food and drink industry will meet this requirement.
What types of products/processes can be protected within the food and drink industry?
Examples of products which would meet the requirements of patent protection include: food or drink products having an improved taste, texture or appearance whilst reducing fat or sugar content; a combination of ingredients which produce a synergistic effect; a non-obvious substitution for a commonly used ingredient (which is particularly important given the new governmental policies); and methods of altering the flavour profile of food and drink products.
Processing methods within the food and drink industry can also be protected, whether these relate to more cost effective manufacturing methods; methods of providing improved mixing of ingredients; or new process steps which provide an unexpected result in the product. In line with this, and given the increased desire to produce environmentally friendly products, new environmentally friendly or biodegradable packaging could also be granted patent protection.
Laura Clews is a Chartered Patent Attorney and a European Patent Attorney experienced in the drafting and prosecution of patent applications in the UK, Europe and worldwide.
Laura has made a number of IP and food related media appearances, including: discussing trade secrets within the food industry on BBC Radio's The Food Chain: Trade Secrets; featuring on a podcast discussing the importance of IP in the food industry for Food Matters Live; and publishing articles regarding cell-cultured meat which have since featured in Food Manufacture magazine and Food & Drink Technology magazine.


When I commit and push, I would like appveyor to start building my project and that works just fine.
However after that, in the on_success tag, I would like to push a newly generated file to my github repo.
This time, I do not want a new build to start. Is there way a to manage this? I could only find a solution where no build event triggers when I push, but that is not good for me.
You can take a look at commit filtering based on files here.
- git diff-index --quiet HEAD || git commit -am "PDF"
This push still triggers a new build, I might have been missing something.
Please post the full config file and a link to the build.
- codecov -f "results.xml" -r "sigstat/sigstat"
- git config --global user.name "hargitomi97"
- git diff-index --quiet HEAD || git commit -am "wiki"
Your project has been added as a generic git project and therefore cannot check out the appveyor.yml before the build to know if it should skip it.
If you want to use this functionality you should create a repo on GitHub or Bitbucket as those are the two services for which this is supported as hinted at in the titile here.
Ilya Finkelshteyn closed this discussion on 04 Feb, 2019 09:01 PM.


Yes, we are flying out of Alliance. Been here since last Thursday, passed the oral today, go home for a break tomorrow. Back Monday evening to finish up and have the flight portion next Thursday.
Hey KAD, Where on Alliance airport is their offices? Do they have Simulators and classrooms there or do they only do flight training?


Keep PROSCAR in a cool dry place away from light where the temperature stays below 30 °C. Do not store it or any other medicine in the bathroom or near a sink.
A locked cupboard at least 1½ metres above the ground is a good place to store medicines.


>> I measured it, and seems it takes 0.35 seconds in my environment.
> device? And for piix3, is it on bus 0/1?
OK, I understand the necessity. Let's consider it.
line and DPDK vdev option.
But, let's change this, then we can remove this looping.
Probably specifying pci address on vdev option will not be mandatory.
if not specified, just using default value is nice.
I will fix like above in next release.


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Green Lantern (vol.3) #154 (2002)
Green Lantern (vol.3) #154 (November, 2002)
"Hate Crime, Part One"
Writer - Judd Winick
Penciller - Dale Eaglesham
Inks - Rodney Ramos
Colors - Moose Baumann
Letters - Kurt Hathaway
Editorial Assist - Morgan Dontanville
Editor - Bob Schreck
Now, I'm not usually one for "trigger warnings"... but, what you're about to read may disturb some of you. It's a very serious story about a very serious issue...
The quick of it is... Kyle Rayner's assistant Terry Berg is nearly beaten to death for the simple fact that he is gay. Some of you are probably at least somewhat familiar with this story... it did get a fair amount of press back in 2002. If this isn't a story you wish to read about, I totally understand. I feel like it's an important story... and one I couldn't just not cover here, but again... if it ain't something you want to read about... I get it.
Those who have been reading for awhile might have noticed that I usually blur out curse words and what not. There are some slurs in this issue that I decided to keep in to truly illustrate how ugly and horrible these events are. Again... if you wanna turn back... no worries.
We open with David, the boyfriend of Terry Berg. We haven't talked a whole heckuva lot about Terry, but he's been like Kyle's "assistant" since he started working at Feast Magazine. David is recounting the events of the evening... and it's about to get grisly. He and Terry were leaving a dance club... and happened to share a kiss in front of the wrong group of animals. Slurs are thrown... and the young men are chased.
They came to a split in the path, and David suggested the split up... hopeful that their pursuers would just give up rather than split up themselves. What he wasn't banking on, however, was the gang simply deciding to keep following one of them.
Five minutes later, David would come across the body of Terry Berg, beaten within inches of his life... beaten to a state where he was unrecognizable... except for his sneakers.
This brings us to the present. Terry Berg lay in a hospital bed... and it's not looking good. Besides being comatose, he'd suffered several broken bones, a collapsed lung, might lose an eye! The narrative caption goes into grisly detail.
Also in the waiting area, Kyle Rayner and Jennie Hayden. Jennie is busy trying to comfort David, assuring him that this isn't his fault. Kyle is... well, he's just lost in thought. All the power in the universe, and he can't stop something like this from happening to one of his pals. He watches as Terry is wheeled out of the operating room... and he. is. ticked.
After a shot of a news report on the attack, Kyle is approached by the detective assigned to the case. They may as well have drawn horns and a forked tail on this guy. He tries to frame the event in a way where it was less about hate... and more about happenstance or a previous conflict. First he suggests that they were at a "gay bar" instead of a dance club... then, goes as far to claim that Terry and David were "hitting on" their attackers. I mean, I understand trying to look at something from "all angles", but this is just ridiculous. He also tries to blame drugs... which doesn't hold water with Kyle.
The detective breaks away to confab with an associate. Kyle wills up a construct "bug" to listen in on their conversation. Turns out, they caught one of the attackers... but suspect that the remaining two will probably split town before they can be apprehended. Well... not if Green Lantern can help it.
And so... we're off to Rikers Island, where Green Lantern is about to pay the arrested attacker a visit. At first, dude ain't talkin'... so, Kyle makes it crystal clear that... for all intents and purposes, they are the only two people on the planet. He can cry out as loud as he'd like... nobody is going to hear him. He then... snaps his wrist, like a full-on torturer!
Dude still won't squeal... so, Kyle snaps his other wrist... promising to get "more creative" from there.
Turns out this is enough to get the scumbag to squawk. Next we know Kyle is confronting the other two a-holes... and, lemme tell ya... he ain't messin' around. He taunts them with their own words... and beats the living crap out of them... it's really quite hardcore.
It gets to the point where it looks like Kyle's just going to drill his fist through one of their heads! He pauses just long enough for the scumbag to beg for his life... which is enough to get him to spare him.
We wrap up back at the hospital. Kyle returns to Terry's bedside, where Jennie had been holding vigil. He tells Terry that he "did his part"... and now it's Terry's turn... all he's got to do is wake up.
Cards on the table to begin. In my "real" life I don't socialize all that much (shocker, right?). That being said, some of my closest friends over the years have been gay. Trying to wrap my head around the idea that events like the one portrayed in this book actually occur... I mean, how could it even be, right? Getting beaten up... killed, even... for just being who you are?
I understand not "getting" something... I mean, there are plenty of things in this world I don't "get". But it's another thing altogether to beat someone to (as far as the scumbags in this story knew) death because you don't "get" the way they live their life.
Way I look at it, we only get one shot at this whole "life" thing... and we owe it to ourselves to live that life the happiest way possible. People often talk about and debate the "Meaning of Life"... and to me, it's pretty simple... it's "be happy". If your perfect soulmate and partner-in-life happens to be of the same sex... what's the harm? You owe it to yourself to be you... and be happy... and not be ashamed.
Now, coming from my standpoint... as a dude who never had to worry about anything like this... getting it through my head that these are legitimate fears my friends were faced with on a daily basis, it's enough to make my lunch come up and my blood boil. It's difficult to even find the words, ya know? And that's just one of the reasons why this issue of Green Lantern is so important.
With my "cards" now "on the table", let's talk about the story.
Terry Berg has been a pretty fun character since his introduction. He's a take-no-crap kinda kid... often depicted as a sort of fun-foil and overall irritant to Kyle as he works on his "day job". This story didn't feel "forced"... and made great use of the existing cast of characters to really drive home how "close to home" a tragedy like this could be.
Heh, I'm trying to look at this as "just a comic book", and I'm having a difficult time. I'm about to go off into a tangent wherein I say that this story didn't feel "forced" (which is doesn't)... but, I dunno... it just doesn't feel right.
Let's talk Kyle. His playing the role of a torturer is one of the more divisive things about this arc. There are a couple of ways we can look at this. First: Terry's attack was "personal" to him... and so, if he was ever going to "cross the line" from white-hatted hero to gray-hatted vigilante, now would be the time.
On the other hand... this is the same fella whose girlfriend was murdered and stuffed in a refrigerator, and he didn't react this severely. Also, this isn't even the first time Kyle has had to face off against homophobic villains.
With all that said... I'm really not sure where I stand on the whole "torture" angle. In the heat of the story... it makes perfect sense to me. Taking a step back, however... I'm a bit conflicted. I still think the attackers had it coming... but, I'm just not used to seeing Kyle in this light. I suppose desperation could lead a man to do things he normally wouldn't. All the power in the universe... and he can't save one of his friends.
Apropos of nothing, this issue does not carry the Comics Code Authority seal. Further apropos of nothing, this issue does have a whole bunch of ads catering toward young readers (included below). I'm sure ad-space is purchased and planned far ahead of time... but, it is a bit weird to go from a serious scene to an ad for Gummy Bears and Super Mario Sunshine.
Before we wrap up... I want to tip my hat to Judd Winick for handling this very serious and important topic without interjecting politics. To do so, I feel, would take attention away from the matter at hand. This was a very matter-of-fact take, and I appreciated it. I'm also happy that this issue hit shelves in a time before social media was "a thing"... I feel like, had this happened in 2018, the message of the story would be completely lost, leaving us with only vitriolic "hot takes" and divisiveness.
Overall... this is an important issue. It's also an "ugly" one. You're not going to enjoy reading it... because you're not supposed to. I still feel like this is important to comics history, and one worth owning and checking out. It is available digitally.
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Teen Titans Giant #1 (2018)
"Enter... the Disruptor!"
"Teen Titans"
"When I Grow Up..., Part One"
"fun and games"
Writers - Dan Jurgens, Geoff Johns, Peter J. Tomasi, Justin Jordan & Dan Didio
Pencils - Scot Eaton, Mike McKone, Jorge Jimenez & Kenneth Rocafort
Inks - Wayne Faucher, Marlo Alquiza
Colors - Jim Charalampidis, Jeromy Cox, Alejandro Sanchez & Daniel Brown
Letters - Tom Napolitano, Comicraft, Rob Leigh & Carlos Mangual
Associate Edits - Tom Palmer, Jr., Paul Kaminski & Jessica Chen
Edits - Brittany Holzherr, Eddie Berganza & Katie Kubert
Group Editor - Jamie S. Rich
"This isn't supposed to be for me"
That's what I kept saying... even up to the moment I plunked the fiver onto the counter. These DC Giants aren't supposed to be for us "seasoned" readers... they're for the casuals, or in John Byrne parlance, "civilians". People who don't normally purchase comics... and most certainly never darken the doorway of a comic book shop (unless they've got that super-special-ultra-rare Funko Pop... that they won't buy because the LCS marked it at $50+.)
I even rolled my eyes when I saw folks on Twitter proudly showing off their photos of their "Walmart finds". Kept saying to myself... "those aren't for us!"...
Then... I learned that these Giants have exclusive content! These aren't just reprints! This was probably obvious to many of us... I keep off the "comics news" websites, so I guess I didn't get the "whole story". I hemmed and hawed about picking up the Teen Titans Giant... being a completionist from way back, it just didn't feel right not to. I mean, I stuck it out through a lot of Titans books... it'd be hypocritical to leave this on the shelf.
Oh, the things we tell ourselves...
What follows is a look at the entire package... reprints and all. We've already discussed the reheated material here at the blog... but, if you're a Chrispletionist... you're definitely gonna wanna read it again (hey, it worked for DC!). If you're a "civilian"... well, these are all new to you anyway!
We'll wrap up with a discussion about the new story... and some of my hot-takes about this DC Giant initiative.
We open with Beast Boy bouncing into Titans Tower, pizzas in hand. What he finds there... is, nobody! Well, he doesn't have to wait long before Raven pops in to let him know where the rest of the team went. Ya see, they're down at S.T.A.R. Labs fighting some geek calling himself "Disruptor". We briefly met this dude back when we discussed Titans Secret Files & Origins #1. He was actually (retroactively), in part, responsible for the dissolution of the New Titans (that is, of course, the long storied Wolfman run).
The Disruptor is here to swipe something from the Lab... and is doing a pretty good job "disrupting" everyone around him. He's able to mess with people's eyes... and even shuts down Starfire's starbolts. Dude's got his stuff together.
He makes his way inside S.T.A.R. Labs, and finds himself faced with Beast Boy in the form of a gorilla. He "disrupts" Gar's power, and kayos him.
The Disruptor then stands before the Director of S.T.A.R. Labs... who suggests that he's here for "the Amplifier". Turns out, that's exactly what he's here for. Raven makes one last attempt at stopping the baddie... and very nearly does. He boots her at the last moment and continues on his merry way.
Robin shows up and delivers a kick. Disruptor ain't interested in going toe-to-toe with the Boy Wonder... so he instead "disrupts" that S.T.A.R. Director into jumping out the nearest open window. Robin breaks away from the conflict to stop the assisted suicide attempt, leaving the Disruptor free to nab the Amplifier.
Well, he would be if not for Gar Logan taking the form of a tiny insect and mucking about in the baddie's inner ear. The Disruptor figures he's screwed... so he, get this, hurls the Amplifier out the window... right into Starfire's waiting arms. This creates enough of a distraction for the Disruptor to get away... so, I guess dude's a bit smarter than he looks.
Back at Titans Tower, the team returns to find Beast Boy has... gasp... eaten all of the pizza. An angered Starfire throws the Amplifier at him... yeah, that top-secret super-powerful tech... she just throws it at Gar for eating the last slice.
The Amplifier bounces on the floor, and opens... revealing it to be empty! Looks like the Disruptor is actually a lot smarter than he looks.
We wrap up with the Disruptor delivering the contents of the Amplifier case to... H.I.V.E.! The big bad of the hive unhoods, revealing himself to be... the Director of S.T.A.R. Labs!
Onto the first of our reprints, and second story overall (originally covered here November 7, 2017):
We open in Smallville, with Ma and Pa Kent... well, Auntie and Uncle Kent at this juncture... driving their "nephew" Conner to Smallville High School. Superman has set up a civilian identity for the lad so he could have something resembling a "normal" childhood. He arrives at school... scans the hallways, and decides "nahhhh".
He thinks listening to chats about cow-tipping are pretty lame... so he instead heads out and makes some Superboy-inspired crop circles. Seems just as lame, if you ask me. Anyhoo, as he plays hillbilly hooky, Superman flies up to check on/lecture him. During the discussion, the subject of the Teen Titans comes up. Kon ain't feeling it, but Superman urges him to at least consider it... and go back to class.
We shift scenes (we're going to be doing that a lot) to Gotham City, where Robin is fighting Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dum... while Batman chats him up about joining this new team of Teen Titans. Tim's a bit iffy...
Next stop, Keystone City where Jay Garrick and Wally West talk about what to do about their impulsive young speedster. Jay suggests the Titans invite, but Wally ain't all that keen... after all, he was a founding member of the team, for all that matters. It seems like Wally wants to keep Impulse out of the Titans, like that can only be part of his history... guess he never read the late-Marv Wolfman run, because... Impulse was already a Titan!
Turns out the Bart overhears the conversation, and decides to pop his head in. It's here that we learn that young Master Allen has something of a photographic memory... he's able to retain everything he reads (at super-speed, even!). Not even Wally can say that! This concept will be very important a couple of issues later.
Let's head over to Gateway City, where Cassie Sandsmark (and her mother) is being reamed out by her Principal. Ol' lady Griffith doesn't like her Pagan-ish practices... nor her claims of being granted superpowers by Athena Zeus. Cassie flips out, and smashes a desk... which probably doesn't help her case.
She rushes to the bathroom, where a couple of mean girls call her a Pagan. As Cassie stares into the mirror... an odd, helmeted face stares back... that'll come back around later.
Anyhoo, moments later she is joined by Starfire... who is there to issue an invite, and talk a little bit about Wonder Girls past and present. Cassie almost immediately agrees to join up, and before we know it the pair are flying over San Francisco in a bee-yootiful double-page spread.
The pair arrive at the new Titans Tower... and Cassie is almost immediately approached by our old friend Gar Logan... and boy is he a pervert. Still, somehow far less creepy than the Millennial-skeevo he is in post-Rebirth Teen Titans.
We learn that Titans Tower was built by Cyborg with funding from the city of San Francisco... in exchange for "favors" to be named later. It's been awhile since I've read these early issues, so I couldn't say if/how that rolls out.
While Cassie admires the architecture, a few old friends arrive. Former Young Justice founders, Superboy, Impulse, and Robin head in... and it's a bit of an icy reunion. In the months since Donna Troy's death in Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day, it would appear that the YJer's relationship has been strained.
Over the P.A. system, Cyborg welcomes the newcomers... and suggests they get a good night sleep, as they have an early-morning orientation. That night, neither Robin nor Superboy can get any sleep... and have an uncomfortable/almost contentious late-night chat.
Neither knows why they're there. Kon suggests it might just be because they miss their friends... which Robin doesn't disagree with. Suddenly, Robin gets an email... from Snapdragon. I don't remember who or what "Snapdragon" is... but the email includes Kon's Cadmus Labs file...
... which reveals the name of the human donor of half of Superboy's DNA makeup. Uh-oh...
Onto our third story (originally covered here March 19, 2017):
We open with a strange prologue involving a family on a film set. After some chatter, one of the children forcefully calls for a group hug. Kind of reminds me of that episode of theTwilight Zone where Billy Mumy sent his poor terrified family members to the cornfield... though, I'll concede I might be reaching here. We immediately shift to the present where Superboy and Robin... or is that Robin and Superboy, are dashing through a jungle infested with robot simulacrums in their likeness.
Two days earlier, we join Jon Kent as he hops on the school bus for his morning ride in. He notices that his normal bus driver is out today. During the ride, Jon witnesses a bit of bullying and when he attempts to quell the event, he receives a face-full of spitwads for his troubles.
Upon arrival to the school, the kids decide to take advantage of the snow-covered ground and settle their differences with a snowball fight. One of Jon's friends gets whacked in the side of his head with a whopper... it seems the other team is packin' their balls with rocks!
Jon considers using his heat-vision to even the odds, however, before he can... a giant snowball falls from above and clobbers the competition. Jon looks up to see the substitute school bus driver was the culprit of the packed-flurry. Of course it wasn't really some mild-mannered older fella... it's actually revealed to be Damian Wayne in disguise!
After a bit of witty chatter, we shift scenes to later that evening at the Batcave. Damian is preparing to head out for the evening with his father... but it's not to be. Papa Batman calls him on blowing off his studies... and until that's settled, he's staying home.
Next stop the Kent... White... Smith... farm, where the Super-family is playing cards and chatting about their day. Lois and Clark express pride in their boy for not letting loose with his powers during the snowball fight. After Lois wins yet another hand, Clark gets called off on some Justice League business.
Jon is sent to bed for the night, however, just as soon as he puts his head down he is interrupted by... Damian! After some good-natured boyish ribbing, Robin tells Superboy about some hacking occurring at Lexcorp that he'd like for the two of them to look into.
And so, they head out. It looks like these two might just be in over their heads...
Our fourth and final story... originally covered here April 8, 2018:
We open on a girl named "Ernie" going through her normal morning "getting ready" routine... our titular hero lurks behind her... and gets one heckuva smack. Our young hero unmasks and proceeds to apologize for "rifting in" on her. Turns out, this Ernestine is our new pal Derek's good pal, confidant, and costume designer. They chat a bit... she tries socking him to see how strong he is... then he "rifts out" before Ernie's twin sister Emeline can barge into the bedroom.
We shift scenes over to Derek's house where his folks are watching the news on what went down in Gotham City during the... Dark Knights: Metal event. We get the distinct impression that Derek was in Gotham when all that stuff happened... and that it affected him in strange ways. Derek's mom calls up to the lad, and plays that "I'm leaving without you" hokey-pokey that I'd assume many parents have with their teen-age children when they're dragging their feet.
She drops him off at school... and as he walks through the halls, there's this murmuring about him being a "mama's boy". He mulls it over, but ultimately doesn't appear to be all that affected by it. He lets his mind wander during Physics class... back to that fateful day in Gotham City.
A mountain erupts from the ground... causing the Earth to split. Derek just happened to be standing in the exact wrong place at the exact wrong time, and wound up falling through it!
In the present, class lets out. Everybody appears to be rather dismissive of our Derek... even his teacher who proclaims him to be "someone else's problem" once the bell rings. Wow... what an a-hole. Derek heads out... shares a few text with (I'm assuming) Ernie, before rifting to a rooftop to change into his costume.
Now... I know what you're thinking, this is where he goes off and unsuccessfully tries to "fight crime"... this is going to be his "trial by fire"... a true "hero defining moment"... right? Well, no... this is where he pulls out his smartphone and starts a livestream to show off his powers. Jeez. Sometimes I really hate "current year".
Well... this goes kinda sideways for, uh... Sideways. Seems he needs his full-focus on his powers in order to make'em work right. Paying more attention to his phone, and doubtless billions of viewers, causes him to "rift" right into the a distant lake. Whoops. Upon arrival whereverthehell he is, he hears a booming voice commanding him to "Stop"... and so, he "rifts away" again.
... Only no matter where he goes, he is unable to escape the booming voice.
And we wrap up with Sideways finally running smack dab into its source... some yellow fellow that the DC Wikia calls "Tempus Fuginaut".
For long-form discussion pieces on the reprints... I might as well just sendja over to the original posts. Just click'em the cover, and you will be delivered!
What we've got here... really, it's a heckuva package for $5.
What follows his my "hot-take"... you can take it or leave it, I'm just an idiot online and I'm not portraying myself as anything but.
When these books first hit Walmart shelves, and comics twitter kinda went nuts trying to scoop'em all up... either to flip 'em or... okay, probably to flip 'em... I shook my head. I'm not into the idea of taking advantage of folks who might want these... but whose local Walmart stores aren't carrying them... or, whose local Walmart stores are carrying them, but the entire stock gets sniped by a "flipper". I think that's a grimy move... and find it a pretty lousy and shameful thing to do to your fellow fan (or, more importantly... a potentially curious "civilian").
That didn't stop me from seeing folks proudly post pictures of piles of the things online. And I tell ya what, that sucks.
But... was it unexpected? DC Comics of late has been pretty vocal on the concept of "flooding" the market. Not too long ago, Dan Didio mentioned something about being cautious of "market glut"... all the while announcing new pop-up vanity imprints by the week. I saw these DC Giants as another "glut" moment.
While initially, I was able to kinda just put them aside... and realize that, as I said above, "weren't for me". Then... I learn that these come with exclusive content... which a completionist or long-seasoned fan... well, we're gonna want it. So, is this a case of DC eating it's cake and having it too?
Are they sincere in launching this initiative with an eye toward luring the "comics curious"? Or, is this just another way to fleece a few extra bucks out of the existing marketplace? I'm sure they'd love to find a new generation to keep the industry afloat for years to come... but, is this the best way to do it?
Let's look at this book at its price point. $4.99. For readers like us... man, that's nothin'. We're used to paying around the same amount for books about a fifth of this size. For us, this is a killer deal. To the uninitiated, however... five bucks is a lot of dough to drop on a comic book. Hell, three or four bucks is likely "too much".
I suppose what it comes down to for me, personally... is the hypocrisy of the endeavor. These are marketed for the "new" reader... and yet, they include exclusive content to lure in the existing ones as well. If comics twitter is anything to go by, they're being released in a slipshod manner... which is inflating their perceived value on the secondary market... and creating a strange "demand" for frantic folks who can't track 'em down.
I'm not expecting transparency from DC Comics... but, and this is just my hot-take, I don't think these are meant for "newbies". I think DC knew what they were doing in plopping 12 pages of "exclusive content" by top-tier creators into these DC Giants. These are for the existing fan base. I'd love to hear that some "civilians" did give these a shot... and then did head to the comic shop...
Then again... they'd likely be completely confused as to why they've gotta head to the back-issue bin to continue many of the stories included here... and never, ever go back.
My beef with the hypocrisy often puts me at odds with our corporate overlords... unfortunately for me, though... I'm also an addict. An addict whose invested countless hours and dollar into their product... and one who likely isn't going away anytime soon. Annnnnnd, that's how they win.
Again, the above is juuuuuust my hot-take. Nothing to take to seriously...
One more thing... I found the included back-ups a bit random. Though in fairness, I was looking at what reprints come with the other DC Giants, and they're even more baffling. At least these all include young heroes. It's not like shoe-horning Green Lantern into the Superman Giant.
Onto the "exclusive" story!
Who are these Teen Titans? Or, rather... when? We've got Tim Drake Robin (who, never existed post-Flashpoint... remember, he was Red Robin from the get-go). A pre-Flashpoint looking Beast Boy... a New-52! era Starfire... and a post-Rebirth Raven. Is this in continuity? Am I an idiot for even asking?
I suppose the easy answer is... this is a take on the Teen Titans cartoon (minus Cyborg, for obvious reasons... he'll likely loom large in the Justice League of America Giant). I suppose I can't fault 'em for going with the familiar... but, I'm still gonna struggle to "place" it.
The art (and coloring) here was pretty fantastic. I worried that this would feel like an afterthought... and, maybe if we just go by the story, that can be argued... but, the art... man, these are some pretty pages!
The story... I dunno... it's not bad. It's actually pretty good. It just feels like the sort of thing you'd send in three Charleston Chew wrappers to get, ya know? Real "boilerplate" stuff... but a neat enough introduction to the team. This "exclusive story" which was almost certainly the biggest "draw" for the completionist... was probably the best suited for a new reader.
Overall... I mean, this is over $10 worth of comics for $4.99. You're gonna know if it's worth it to ya. If you're buying this just for the exclusive story... I dunno... is 12 pages worth $5 to ya? Will these ever make it to the cheap-o bins (or any bins, for that matter)? I'd say it's far more likely that they wind up in Walmart's baler... so, if you want'em... you might have to bite the bullet.
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The Lycée International Ferney-Voltaire is a French public secondary education school on the border with Geneva. The school benefits from its proximity to the town, home to many international organizations such as the UN, the ITU, the ILO, and the UNHCR among many others, making it ideal for international diversity. The school has a Model United Nations (MUN) club which hosts a global scope conference annually with students from other schools and countries. The MUN is an activity that encourages students to participate in international relations and diplomacy by simulating the United Nation and its debates.
The Trinity College Nabbingo is an all-girls boarding school in the village of Nabbingo, approximately 8kms from Kampala in Central Uganda. The school has activities in agriculture, participates in the annual schools Farm Camp and is striving to make strides in sustaining food supply from the school farm. The school has a student population of about 1,500 students. In preparation for the dialogue, students from both schools have prepared materials which they will use as a basis for their discussions.
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James 2:16 teaches Christians to offer real, tangible assistance to those in need, rather than just giving lip service.
Stellar Award-winning gospel singer and pastor, Marvin Sapp, is obeying this command in Flint, where he is both preaching and providing water to help the community in crisis.
The "Never Would Have Made It" singer has taken a semi-truck full of water to Flint and is matching all financial donations contributed through his personal ministry—something he revealed during a Tom Joyner Morning Show interview Thursday, Feb. 4.
"I'm really excited about going up there and preaching the Word," said Sapp of his two-night ministry appointment at The Church of the Harvest in Flint Feb. 4-5. "But I believe it's important for us, in this day and time, to bring something that's tangible too, something that's absolutely needed and that is water," he continued.
Sapp's engagement is part of "I Thirst Week," designed to bring attention, justice, refreshing and relief—both spiritual and natural—to residents suffering through the water crisis.


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<?php

/**
 * Runs a task that analyses CSS in the theme directory for bloat.
 *
 * Stages:
 * 1. Prompt user for what CSS files should be included (i.e. exlcude any .min.css files)
 * 2. Load all the .ss templates in the manifest, and store their html contents in memory
 * 3. Given user-defined rules of actual pages to sample, load a collection of actual
 * 		URLs, using Director::test(), to get actual rendered html
 * 4. For each included stylesheet, parse it, and check each rule against all the html "samples",
 * 		both unrendered and rendered templates
 * 5. Given the "good" pile and "bad" pile, create a ".lean.css" and ".blubber.css" version of
 * 		each included CSS file
 *
 * @author  Uncle Cheese <unclechese@leftandmain.com>
 * @package  unclecheese/silverstripe-blubber
 */
class CSSBlubberTask extends CliController {

	/**
	 * A list of CSS files to ananlyst
	 * @var array
	 */
	protected $cssFiles = array();

	/**
	 * The theme to analyse
	 * @var string
	 */
	protected $theme;

	/**
	 * An absolute path to the directory where CSS resides for this project
	 * @var string
	 */
	protected $cssDir;

	/**
	 * A reference to the file finder tool
	 * @var Symfony\Component\Finder
	 */
	protected $finder;

	/**
	 * A reference to the outputter interface
	 * @var Outputter
	 */
	protected $output;

	/**
	 * An array of HTML samples
	 * @var array
	 */
	protected $samples = array ();

	/**
	 * An path where CSS resides
	 * @var string
	 * @config
	 */
	private static $theme_css_dir;

	/**
	 * Constructor
	 * @param Symfony\Component\Finder $finder    The Finder dependency
	 * @param Symfony\Component\DOMCralwer $crawler   The DOMCrawler dependency
	 * @param Outputter $outputter The console output dependency
	 */
	public function __construct($finder, $crawler, $outputter) {
		$this->finder = $finder;
		$this->crawler = $crawler;
		$this->output = $outputter;
		$this->limits = self::config()->limits;

		parent::__construct();
	}

	/**
	 * Runs the task
	 */
	public function index() {
		$this->theme = Config::inst()->get('SSViewer', 'theme');
		$this->cssDir = self::config()->theme_css_dir
							? Controller::join_links(BASE_PATH, self::config()->theme_css_dir)
							: Controller::join_links(BASE_PATH, $this->ThemeDir());

		$this->gatherCSSFiles();
		$this->output->writeln();
		$this->output->write('Loading templates...');
		$this->loadTemplates();
		$this->output->write('Loading page URLs...');
		$this->output->clearProgress();
		$this->loadURLs();

		foreach($this->cssFiles as $css) {
			$file = CSSBlubberFile::create($css);

			$this->output->writeln();
			$this->output->write("Parsing file <caution>" . basename($css) . "</caution>...");
			$file->parse();
			$this->output->writeln();

			$blocks = $file->getBlocks();
			$totalBlocks = sizeof($blocks);
			$totalSamples = sizeof($this->samples);
			$used = $unused = 0;

			$this->output->writeln("==> Checking $totalBlocks declaration blocks against $totalSamples html samples... ");

			foreach($blocks as $block) {
				$found = false;
				foreach($block->getSelectors() as $selector) {
					$s = $selector->getSelector();
					// no pseudo elements
					if(stristr($selector,':')) continue;

					foreach($this->samples as $html) {
						$this->crawler->clear();
						$this->crawler->addContent($html);
						$dom = $this->crawler->filter($s);
						if(sizeof($dom) > 0) {
							$used++;
							$found = true;
							$file->removeBlubber($block);
							break 2;
						}
					}
				}
				if(!$found) {
					$unused++;
					$file->removeLean($block);
				}
				$this->output->updateProgress(sprintf(
					"      %s%% complete [Used: <success>%s</success> | Unused: <error>%s</error> | %s%% lean]",
					floor((($used+$unused)/$totalBlocks)*100),
					$used,
					$unused,
					floor(($used/($used+$unused))*100)
				));

			}

			$this->output->writeln();
			$this->output->writeln();

			$this->output->writeln("Writing $unused rules to <info>{$file->getBlubberName()}</info>");
			$file->saveBlubber();

			$this->output->writeln("Writing $used rules to <info>{$file->getLeanName()}</info>");
			$file->saveLean();
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Collects all the CSS files per the user's approval
	 */
	protected function gatherCSSFiles() {
		$this->output->writeln('Scanning theme "'.$this->theme.'" for CSS files');

		$this->finder
			 	->files()
			 	->in($this->themeDir)
			 	->name('*.css')
			 	->notName('*.blubber.css')
			 	->notName('*.lean.css');

		foreach($this->finder as $file) {
			$filename = basename($file->getRealPath());
			if($this->output->ask("Include the file <caution>$filename</caution>?")) {
				$this->cssFiles[] = $file->getRealPath();
			}
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Loads all the static .ss templates as HTML into memory
	 */
	protected function loadTemplates() {
		$manifest = SS_TemplateLoader::instance()->getManifest();
		$templates = $manifest->getTemplates();
		$total = sizeof($templates);
		$count = 0;
		$this->output->clearProgress();

		foreach($templates as $name => $data) {
			foreach($manifest->getCandidateTemplate($name, $this->theme) as $template) {
				$this->samples[] = $template;
			}
			$count++;
			$this->output->updateProgressPercent($count, $total);
		}
		$this->output->writeln();

	}

	/**
	 * Loads all URLs to sample rendered content, per confirguration
	 */
	protected function loadURLs() {
		$omissions = self::config()->omit;
		$dataobjects = self::config()->extra_dataobjects;

		$i = 0;
		$classes = ClassInfo::subclassesFor('SiteTree');
		array_shift($classes);

		$sampler = Sampler::create($classes)
					->setDefaultLimit(self::config()->default_limit)
					->setOmissions(self::config()->omit)
					->setLimits(self::config()->limits);

		$list = $sampler->execute();
		$totalPages = $list->count();
		$this->output->clearProgress();

		foreach($list as $page) {
			$i++;

			if($html = $this->getSampleForObject($page)) {
				$this->samples[] = $html;
			}

			$this->output->updateProgress("$i / $totalPages");
		}

		$this->output->writeln();

		if(!empty($dataobjects)) {
			$this->output->clearProgress();
			$i = 0;
			$sampler->setClasses($dataobjects);
			$list = $sampler->execute();
			$totalPages = $list->count();

			$this->output->write("Loading $totalPages DataObject URLs...");

			foreach($list as $object) {
				if(!$object->hasMethod('Link')) {
					$this->output->writeln("<error>{$object->ClassName} has no Link() method. Skipping.</error>");
					continue;
				}

				if($html = $this->getSampleForObject($object)) {
					$this->samples[] = $html;
				}
				$i++;
				$this->output->updateProgressPercent($i, $totalPages);
			}

			$this->output->writeln();
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Given a DataObject, get an actual SS_HTTPResponse of rendered HTML
	 * @param  DataObject $record
	 * @return string             The rendered HTML
	 */
	protected function getSampleForObject(DataObject $record) {
		$response = Director::test($record->Link());

		if($response->getStatusCode() === 200) {
			return $response->getBody();
		}

		return false;
	}
}

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Brain surgery to cure obsession
December 29, 2013 December 29, 2013 aramIS articles
51-year-old Australian, who has been suffering from OCD for nearly four decades, underwent a psychiatric surgery at Jaslok Hospital
It's tough not to notice the patchy skin on Rodney King's hands as he extends a greeting at his Jaslok Hospital room.
They are his battle scars the result of years of panic-washing his hands with methylated spirits to make sure they are clean. That's a chemical that technicians usually use to scrub the stubborn grime off glass and marble.
The 51-year-old Australian citizen, diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), recently underwent a psychiatric surgery at the Peddar Road hospital to cure him of the disorder.
An uphill battle
Psychiatrist Dr Yusuf Matcheswalla says OCD, an anxiety disorder characterised by obsessive thoughts and compulsive actions such as cleaning, checking on things repeatedly, counting or hoarding, is a potentially disabling condition.
"The patient is trapped in a pattern of repetitive thoughts and behaviours that are senseless and distressing, but extremely difficult to overcome."
Between two to five per cent of the world's population suffers from it, and only a handful of these cases worsen into treatment resistant ones.
For King, it did, and that meant that he'd constantly worry about contamination from germs.
"I'd spend hours every day washing my hands, wiping door handles, and even the insides of my wallet, often having to dry currency later," he remembers, as his 80-year-old mother Evis, who accompanied him from Gosford, looks on.
"When I'd step out of the house to get to work, my eyes would be fixed on the rear view mirror. Even on an empty road, I'd turn the car to see if I'd hit someone."
Psychiatrists say most OCD cases are triggered by traumatic events. Evis recalls first citing symptoms when King was 13. "It was soon after a car crash in which his elder brother died.
He, who was also in the car, blamed himself for his brother's death. He began obsessing about death, would want to stop at cemeteries and often imagined gravestones around him," Evis says.
Over the years, King's compulsive behaviour intensified, affecting not only his professional but personal life, too. King, whose last job was as an apprentice at a telecom firm, stopped going to work 10 years ago after being consistently yelled at for missing deadlines.
"His marriage ended after two years in 2008; his wife could no longer cope with his compulsive behaviour," Evis adds.
"It's not that I didn't try medication or traditional therapy," King says. In the last 33 years, he has undergone 40 sessions of electro convulsive therapies (ECT), and 20 sessions of cognitive and behavioural therapy and transcranial magnetic stimulation.
But it only offered him temporary relief. Three months
Program empowers those touched by mental illness
He had brain surgery to cure his obsession


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SELECTIVE SERVICE-RESIGNATION OF OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES
Mr. FRASER (Peterborough West) :
1.	Upon what date was the resignation of Mr. Elliott Little, director of national selective service, accepted by the government?
2.	Upon what dates were the resignations of the following officials or employees of national selective service accepted by the government: S. T. Garside, E. L. Grabill, L. Holland, L. McGillivray, K. McTaggart, Carl Reinke, Robert Taylor, L. A. Wright?
Topic: SELECTIVE SERVICE-RESIGNATION OF OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES
Mr. MITCHELL: (Minister of Labour)
1.	Name-Date resignation accepted: Elliott Little, November 18, 1942.
2.	Name-Date resignation accepted: S. T. Garside, May 31, 1943; E. L. Grabill. March 15, 1943; L. Holland, January 15, 1943; L. McGillivray, November 30. 1942; K. McTaggart, February 1, 1943; Carl Reinke, December 19, 1942; Robert Taylor, November 30, 1942; L. A. Wright, February 16, 1943.
QUESTION PASSED AS ORDER FOR RETURN
CANADIANS IN MERCHANT MARINE
Gordon Timlin Purdy
Mr. PURDY:
What is the approximate number of Canadians. by provinces, now serving and who have served in the merchant marine during the present war?
Canadian Forces-Sicily
Topic: QUESTION PASSED AS ORDER FOR RETURN
Subtopic: CANADIANS IN MERCHANT MARINE
SATURDAY SITTINGS
William Lyon Mackenzie King (Prime Minister; Secretary of State for External Affairs; President of the Privy Council)
Right Hon. W. L. MACKENZIE KING (Prime Minister) moved:
That on Saturday, the 17th July, 1943, and every Saturday thereafter until the end of the present session, the house shall meet at 11 o'clock a.m., and the order of business and procedure shall be the same as on Fridays.
Topic: BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE
Subtopic: SATURDAY SITTINGS
WARTIME INFORMATION BOARD
DISSEMINATION OP NEWS OF LANDING IN SICILY
On the orders of the day:
Gordon Graydon (Leader of the Official Opposition)
Mr. GORDON GRAYDON (Leader of the Opposition):
I should like to direct a question to the parliamentary assistant to the President of the Privy Council. I intended to ask this question yesterday, but I do not think the hon. gentleman was in the house at the time, and I do not want to delay the matter further. It is in connection with a point he made in his defence of the wartime information board the day before yesterday, when at page 4722 of Hansard he stated:
The events of the last few days indicate how useful has been the cooperation of the press relations officers, the press associations, the correspondents of newspapers overseas, with the wartime information board at various points in the background, in seeing that the people of this continent got early news of the landing in Sicily, and also that the statements which were made have afterwards received early and favourable notice in the United States both in the press and over the radio.
I am informed that in the dissemination of the news of the landing in Sicily the wartime information board did not play a part, that the news came from the military press relations branches and then was disseminated in the usual way through the Associated Press and United Press and their Canadian associates, the Canadian Press and the British United Press, and other official news channels. The statement of the parliamentary assistant has caused considerable speculation, and I have noticed since preparing this question that there have been numerous editorials dealing with the matter-I see one in this morning's paper-as to what was actually meant by the phraseology the hon. gentleman used, as above mentioned. I should be glad if he would clarify his statement and indicate in what way the wartime information board played a part in the news of the landing in Sicily. I sent him notice of this question, and I should be glad to have this clarification whenever it is convenient to him.
Topic: WARTIME INFORMATION BOARD
Subtopic: DISSEMINATION OP NEWS OF LANDING IN SICILY
Mr. GRAYDON:
A few moments ago I directed a question to the parliamentary assistant to the President of the Privy Council. I did not notice at that time that he was not in his seat. Perhaps he could now give me an answer.
Brooke Claxton (Parliamentary Assistant to the President of the Privy Council)
Mr. BROOKE CLAXTON (Parliamentary Assistant to the President of the Privy Council):
Unfortunately I did not receive my hon. friend's notice of the question before I came into the house, and I should like to take this as notice and give him an answer to-morrow.
I sent my hon. friend notice of my question.
Thomas Langton Church
Mr. CHURCH:
That department ought to be abolished.
LANDING OPERATIONS IN SICILY-ANNOUNCEMENTS RESPECTING PARTICIPATION AND COMMAND


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CAPE Ratio
Written by FXCM Research Team 12 March 2020, 2:18 pm
What Is The CAPE Ratio?
The cyclically-adjusted price-to-earnings (CAPE) ratio is a variation on the standard price-to-earnings (PE) ratio that seeks to determine if stocks are in a bubble. While the more common PE ratio measures a stock or stock index's valuation over the next year or so, the CAPE ratio is calculated by using an average of corporate earnings over the past 10 years, adjusted for inflation.
By using 10 years of earnings, the CAPE ratio seeks to measure corporate profits through various economic cycles, rather than just one year, which may skew the results if it's a particular good or bad year. It also considers fluctuations in the overall economy on stock prices and corporate earnings. Essentially, it tries to smooth out the cyclical effects of the economy on earnings.
An extremely high CAPE ratio could mean stocks are overvalued compared to what their earnings would indicate and may therefore be subject to correction. As a result, the CAPE ratio seeks to determine if the market is in a bubble or not.[1]
The CAPE Ratio was devised by Robert J. Shiller, Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University, who won the Nobel Prize in economics in 2013, along with Eugene F. Fama and Lars Peter Hansen, for their "empirical analysis of asset prices."[2] Shiller is credited with warning about the technology stock bubble in 2000 and the U.S. housing market bubble that precipitated the financial crisis of 2008.[3]
The mathematical formula for the CAPE ratio is: CAPE Ratio = Price/average earnings over 10 years adjusted for inflation
CAPE Ratio Criticisms
While the CAPE ratio is another tool for investors to value stock prices, it has been criticised for being inherently backward-looking and therefore of limited utility for predicting the future path of stock prices and valuations.
Likewise, the ratio is computed by using earnings under generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), which have changed substantially over the years. this can skew a CAPE ratio measurement compared to how it was measured in the past. It also fails to consider changes in tax policies, which can also have a profound effect on corporate earnings.[4]
The CAPE ratio is a variation on the standard PE ratio that seeks to determine if stocks are overvalued by measuring corporate earnings over a 10-year period, rather than just one year, in order to smooth out the effects of economic cycles. The CAPE ratio was created by Nobel Laureate Robert Shiller of Yale University, who studies asset bubbles.
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I have a Garmin 2565 GPS which was discontinued by Garmin therefore no map update from them. Can i update from Malsingmap instead?
The set is still working very well.
Sure you can. Our map is compatible.
I have downloaded the latest and updated by putting the renamed file into the existing map folder.
It works good even though I did not delete the old gmapsupp.img file.
Do I have to delete that old file?
It seems to co-exist ok.
Will appreciate an advice. Thanks.
Much thanks to your quick reply. I will delete the old file.
I am new to this. I also own garmin 2565 and wish to update the map. Pls advise how to update from malsingmaps. Thank you.
My garmin set 2565LM use to have live traffic update, however now the icon had disappear and don't seems to able to detect the traffic fm frequency. Any expert here can advise.
Wrote to Garmin and their reply is since is obsoleted model they no longer provide live traffic is it true?
Do you have Garmin Lifetime Traffic Subscription or may be your subscription expired?


This Fireman grave marker is composed of a Red finished aluminum material. The official design (Maltese Cross) is mounted to a 21 in. aluminum rod for placement and is designed to hold one 12 x 18 in. handheld flag, mounted on a staff of about 3/8 in. diameter. Flag not included.


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