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#CUTNASSPAYSAVENIGERIA: IT IS TIME OUR FEDERAL LEGISLATORS AND EXECUTIVES TO MAKE OBLIGATORY SACRIFICE
👤 Dear President Muhammadu Buhari,
First, permit me to bring you good tidings and commiserate with you on the effect of the novel coronavirus on our dear country.
That said, we wish to bring to your attention — if you are not yet aware — that our dear country is on the throes of economic woes and that the threat of another recession is looming over us like a Sword of Damocles. Perhaps, we need to remind ourselves of the dire and precarious situation we find ourselves at the moment.
Just a few days ago, the Honorable Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed told the whole world that the Nigerian government will, for the second time, further revise the year's budget oil benchmark to $20 per barrel. This was in response to the dwindling oil prices and the glut in the international market. As Africa's top oil exporter, we rely on crude sales for around 90% of foreign exchange earnings and more than half of government revenue. The economy has been battered by low oil prices following a dispute between Russia and Saudi Arabia, as well as the impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
"We are in the process of an amendment that is bringing down the revenue indicator to $20 per barrel," she said at the web conference. Similarly, the finance minister also stated that Nigerian oil and gas projects will be "delivered much later than originally planned" due to upstream budget cuts.
The revenue projection for the 2020 budget had earlier been reduced by N3.3 trillion (about 39 percent) from the initially approved amount of N8.41 trillion to N5.08 trillion. Based on the new proposed budget, statutory transfers (a category into which the National Assembly budget falls), were cut by N152.67 billion from N560.47 billion to N407.8 billion. With the review of the 2020 budget, it is hoped that the government will be able to finance the budget without the economy plunging into recession.
As if that was not frightening enough, just a few weeks ago, the IMF, in its latest World Economic Outlook report, projected shrinkage of -1.6 percent, having Nigeria on top of the chart with a dark -3.4 percent contraction, suggesting a recession is fast approaching for a country that is just recovering from one. This is for the whole sub-Saharan African region.
In the light of that, the Finance Minister of Nigeria, Zainab Ahmed had warned that Nigeria could tumble into another recession if extreme and selfless actions are not taken to mitigate this impending economic breakdown. She projected that the economy could shrink as much as 3.4 percent this year if there was no massive stimulus plan that includes billions in Central Bank, Federal Government, and international support.
Let us bring it closer home. According to the latest report from the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS), four (4) out of ten (10) individuals in Nigeria have an actual yearly per capita expenditure that is below N137,430 which translates to N376.5 per day. This is less than a US dollar/day.
"About 40 percent of Nigerians (or 82.9 million people) live in abject poverty", the NBS report further added. Sixteen states out of the thirty-six state of Nigeria have more than 50% Poverty headcount in Nigeria. Summarily, the report shows that 52.1% of rural dwellers in Nigeria are poor, while 18.04% of Urban dwellers are tagged as poor.
In all these, Nigeria's bicameral National Assembly appears unperturbed, unfazed and unconcerned. In fact, it is safe to say they are playing ostrich. Or, how does one explain that N125bn was proposed for the federal parliament under statutory transfers in the bill President Muhammadu Buhari laid before a joint session of the National Assembly, the Senate and the House of Representatives in October 8, 2019? Conversely, on the 5th of December, 2019, the National Assembly raised its budget for 2020 by a whopping N3b from the initial N125bn to N128bn, this increment forms part of the increase in the size of the national budget, which has been raised from the proposed N10.33tn to about N10.6tn.
It is on records that Nigeria's bicameral National Assembly. The Senate and the House of Representatives, as at the moment of this note, are the highest paid lawmakers in the world. This matter is once again on the front burner of public discourse as recently affirmed by Economic Confidential that Nigerian lawmakers, with a basic salary of $189,500 (N30.6million) yearly, excluding allowances, are indeed the highest paid lawmakers in the world.
It is no longer news that Nigerian senators receive N13.5 million monthly and their Reps counterparts receive N11.5million monthly, apart from their salaries – tagged 'running costs'.
Following these numerous outcrops and economic forecasts, it is necessary to note that everyone must give out something to keep our great country moving. As a people, we wish to state clearly that we are by this note, officially, calling for a '50% cut of our NASS' overheads, personal allowances, and salaries and also cut down the running cost of the Executive arm of government.
As the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, you (President Muhammadu Buhari), must show that you are serious about the welfare of the people you promise to protect. We call on you to use your good offices to mandate the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation And Fiscal Commission to start the process of reviewing salaries and allowances of elected public servants and by extension the adoption of the 2015 RMAFC's report, which you have refused to absorb and present to the National assembly formally. All pointers show that the will and powers to initiate the process of cutting down the running cost of all arms of government rest in your hands.
Hitherto, compatriots have called for the reduction of our federal legislators' budgets in unanimity. It is on the backdrop of this, that we are re-echoing the same sincere demands. For 5 weeks, Nigerians have sacrificed their businesses, beliefs, pleasure, education, movement, and salaries/wages during the lockdown, it is time for those elected to represent us to do the same. Even with protests against the National Assembly for transparency, legislators have refused to allow any. The Nigerian Senate has a lot of power to make laws to suit special interests. Where the executive does not collaborate according to Section 58 (5), the constitution permits lawmakers to re-pass a bill rejected by the President and upon achieving a two-thirds majority, the Senate can pass such bill into law. Thank God, one of them – Senator Shehu Sani who reinforced almost all speculations and even gave more insights on what and what is paid, Nigerians would have been in perpetual darkness of how much their elected representatives accurately earn.
Why should 469 Citizens earn more than over 150million Nigerians? These are people with a 3 working days per week status with long recesses that cumulate into months – they hardly work for 6 months a year.
Let them also reduce their costs based on their '3 working days per week status' and give more to their constituents. Some of them seldom visit the people they represent. Our politicians are not bothered by the cost they incur on public service disregarding the fact that about 120 million of the 200 million citizens live in extreme poverty. We can only push, agitate, and fight for the cutting of the salaries and allowances of our federal legislators and influence salary cuts for the state, too.
If this happens, it will help Nigeria in the fight against corruption; and the money saved from excessive pay can be diverted to other sectors. This MUST happen!
We are making this demand on behalf of our representatives in Nigeria's bicameral National Assembly – the Senate and the House of representatives. The House of Representatives has 360 members and the Senate consists of 109 senators.
This little and patriotic gesture of 469 citizens will go a long way in making our country a better place for all. Since it has gone unchallenged for long, representatives in both chambers are notorious for displaying a penchant for superficialities and insensitivities, which has become injurious to our existence as a nation-state.
We hereby urge the federal government of Nigeria to consider the issues we are raising concerning the state of the nation, and by extension, to cut NASS' pay to save NIGERIA – as a matter of necessity, as it threatens the welfare of all Nigerians. This campaign is in the interests of Nigerians and is all about Nigeria.
In the words of Mitch Albom: 'Sacrifice is a part of life. It's supposed to be. It's not something to regret. It's something to aspire to.'
Sometimes, when you sacrifice something precious, you're not really losing it. Rather, you're just passing it on to someone else.
In Conclusion, we wish to strongly reaffirm our demand that our hapless and hopeless majority must be seen as human, not just an instrument for accessing political power. We reiterate that the conceptual campaign #CutNassPaySaveNG will continue until our public servants start acting as servant-leaders. Rest assured of our commitment to this project called Nigeria, and the assurance of our highest regards.
Signed: Dare Glintstone-Akinniyi
For: Concerned Citizens of Nigeria
May 9, 2020 May 22, 2020 Uthman Muhammed
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Plymouth critical care course first in UK to receive prestigious accreditation
"It has been a real pleasure to develop this programme with the University in order to provide this valuable career pathway that is of huge benefit to patients."
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A University Hospitals Plymouth Consultant has been named as the clinical director of a course that has become the first of its kind in the UK to be awarded independent accreditation.
The Advanced Critical Care Practitioner (ACCP) programme – which trains nurses and allied health professionals to make advanced clinical decisions for patients in life-threatening situations and to manage critically ill patients – is run by the University of Plymouth and has been accredited by the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (FICM).
The FICM, affiliated with the Royal College of Anaesthetists, has decided to award accreditation to Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) after previously advising on the curricula of the ACCP programmes around the UK.
Rachel Pascoe, ACCP programme lead at the University of Plymouth, has been awarded the accreditation.
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She said: "It's fantastic to receive this accreditation, and to be the first in the UK is a real honour. It shows that our teaching is exactly what's required to train the critical care workforce of the future.
"An Advanced Critical Care Practitioner might not be a role well recognised among the general public, but their presence in the intensive care unit is vital as they can make informed decisions about the care and management of critically ill patients.
"It's a really challenging but very rewarding programme and we're incredibly proud of all of the health professionals who undertake it."
Many intensive care units employ ACCPs and recent Intensive Care Society Guidelines support that ACCPs are now forming an integral part of the intensive care workforce. The ACCP programme teaches and develops advanced skills, involving undertaking a comprehensive assessment to identify potential diagnosis, utilising multiple technical skills to enhance care delivery, and providing clinical leadership to support the intensive care workforce.
The ACCP programme is a postgraduate diploma, with a final-year optional master's award. The University of Plymouth trains professionals for the award all over the UK, from Hull to Birmingham and Swansea to Bournemouth.
Dr Sam Waddy, a Consultant in Acute Medicine and Intensive Care at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust and Clinical Director of the programme, added: "It has been a real pleasure to develop this programme with the University in order to provide this valuable career pathway that is of huge benefit to patients.
"It has enabled safer staffing of many of our units in the South West and beyond as well as ensuring career progression for some of our most talented staff. It is great to have the programme recognised by FICM accreditation."
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National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCG) is a business-services cooperative for retail food co-ops located throughout the United States, representing 125 food co-ops operating over 160 stores in 35 states with combined annual sales of over $1.4 billion and over 1.3 million consumer-owners. NCG helps unify natural food co-ops in order to optimize operational and marketing resources, strengthen purchasing power, and ultimately offer more value to natural food co-op owners and shoppers everywhere.
The National Cooperative Business Association CLUSA International (NCBA CLUSA) is the nation's oldest not-for-profit cooperative development and trade association, fostering cooperative and international economic and social development in the United States and abroad. NCBA CLUSA works to develop, advance, and protect cooperative enterprise, highlighting the impact that cooperatives have in the economic success of communities around the world.
International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) is a non-profit international association established in 1895 to advance the cooperative model. ICA represents 313 co-operative federations and organizations across 109 countries. And, through its membership, ICA represents 1.2 billion people from any of the 2.6 million co-operatives worldwide. ICA aims to act as an effective and efficient global voice and forum for knowledge, expertise and coordinated action for and about cooperatives.
Cooperative Grocer Network (CGN) is a non-profit trade association intent on strengthening all retail food co-ops by a creating a community of cooperators who can develop and share their best resources and practices. CGN publishes the bimonthly magazine, Cooperative Grocer, a trade journal documenting its history since 1985.
The Neighboring Food Co-op Association (NFCA) is a co-operative federation bringing together over 35 food co-ops and start-up initiatives that are working together toward a shared vision of a thriving co-operative economy, rooted in a healthy, just and sustainable regional food system and a vibrant community of co-operative enterprise.
Mid-Atlantic Food Cooperative Alliance (MAFCA) exists for the mutual benefit of its members and the greater community. Its purpose is to grow the cooperative economy, provide education about co-ops, and build a sustainable and equitable system of healthy, local food production, distribution, and consumption.
Twin Pines Cooperative Foundation (TPCF) was founded in 1964 to serve the educational and development needs of cooperatives.
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Shared Capital Cooperative is a national loan fund and federally certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) that provides financing to cooperative businesses and housing throughout the United States, working to foster economic democracy by investing in cooperative enterprises, with a focus on providing financing to co-ops to create wealth in low-income and economically disadvantaged communities.
Cooperative Fund of New England (CFNE) is a community development loan fund that facilitates socially responsible investing in cooperatives, community-oriented nonprofits, and worker-owned businesses in New England and adjacent communities in New York.
Food Co-op Initiative strives to provide exceptional resources for people in the U.S. working to start a retail food co-op that meets the needs of their community.
CDS Consulting Co-op is committed to co-op development and the widespread practice of cooperative values in business. The goal is to help organizations empower high performance and participation among individuals and teams, from the board of directors and managers, to the employees and co-op owners; and to support strong leadership development in every co-op and organization with which it works.
Cooperative Food Empowerment Directive (CoFED) supports the vision and leadership of young people, people of color, and people from poor and working class backgrounds to lead the movement for food justice and co-ops. Since 2011, CoFED has developed 11 new cooperative projects, trained over 500 students on over 60 campuses, and cultivated a community of nearly 4,000 supporters.
Cooperative Development Institute (CDI) works with people in the Northeast to create cooperative businesses and networks that grow a prosperous, equitable economy.
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FOOD COOP looks at the workings of a highly profitable supermarket, Brooklyn's Park Slope Food Coop, which for 44 years has been a shining example of a successful alternative economic system at work.
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"A curious and benevolent stroll through...this unique store."
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"A healthy place...Exceptional...Enthusiastic."
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"Tells the story of Park Slope Food Co-op in Brooklyn-a 44-year-old, highly successful food co-op...The film shows viewers the whole gamut of store operations - from committees, to stocking, to produce and dairy buying, to walking customers to the subway...This film is a fascinating study of how a community has organized itself to collectively govern and manage a very complex social enterprise."
Steve Dubb, Senior Editor, Nonprofit Quarterly
"A rare, candid look into the life of Park Slope Food Co-op, and the lives of the co-op's members. The film provides a glimpse into the methods and culture employed in this exceptionally successful co-op. An intriguing resource for instructors or organizers looking to explore the nuances of collective entrepreneurship through a real-world example that has been sustained at scale for several decades."
Tom Pierson, Co-op Educator
"An amusing and enlightening food exposé...Capture[s] the essence of this unique emporium with a blend of humor and pragmatism, underlining how a sustainable business needs to have more in mind than just the bottom line in order to survive."
Jordan Mintzer, Hollywood Reporter
"This work wonderfully presents the successes and challenges that cooperative organizations face...Park Slope Food Co-op is a shining example of how people can work collectively - literally - to access quality products at affordable prices. As an educator, I appreciated that the film focused Park Slope's value-driven business: if you can tap into people's common values, you can build something really special that fulfills our collective human propensity for support and cooperation."
Keri L. Jacobs, Assistant Professor and Cooperatives Extension Economist, Department of Economics, Iowa State University
"A fabulous inside look at Park Slope, one of the most iconic food coops of the past half century. With some of the best footage of a cooperative I have seen, the filmmakers take us beyond the membership barriers to see how the coop functions on a day-to-day basis and to meet many of the personalities that make the coop so successful. Offering a vivid illustration of a cooperative economy at work, this film will be valuable both in and out of the classroom."
Craig Borowiak, Associate Professor and Chair, Political Science, Haverford College
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Dr. John Park, Roy B. Davis Professor of Agricultural Cooperation, Texas A and M University
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FOOD COOP takes us deep into the belly of the Park Slope Food Coop, one of America's oldest cooperative food supermarkets, with a healthy dose of insight and wit.
Nestled deep in New York City, which, for many, exemplifies both the glory and the horrors of the capitalist spirit, you can find this highly prosperous institution, just as American and certainly more efficient than Wall Street, but whose objective is entirely non-profit. Working against everything that defines "The American Way of Life," the basic principles of the Park Slope Food Coop are simple: each of its 16,000 members work 2.75 hours per month to earn the right to buy the best food in New York at incredibly low prices. This Brooklyn coop founded in 1973 is probably the best implemented socialist experience in the United States.
Through FOOD COOP, you will see this institution come to life and witness how the enthusiasm that animates the Park Slope Food Coop demonstrates a potential for change; how the coop's mode of participation viscerally teaches democracy to those who take part in its activities.
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Q: Concatenating two Pandas DataFrames and not change index order Basic question - I am trying to concatenate two DataFrames on the same columns but not change the index order, For example:
df1 = pd.DataFrame({'kabat_number':['H1','H2','H2A','H3','H4','H20','H20A','H30','H31'], 'AA':['A','C','S','Y','R','C','Y','V','I']})
df2 = pd.DataFrame({'kabat_number':['H1','H2','H3','H4','H20A','H20B','H20C','H30','H31'],'AA':['A','C','Y','R','C','Y','L','G','V']})
dfs = pd.merge(df1,df2,on='kabat_number',how='outer')
print(dfs)

   kabat_number AA_x AA_y
0            H1    A    A
1            H2    C    C
2           H2A    S  NaN
3            H3    Y    Y
4            H4    R    R
5           H20    C  NaN
6          H20A    Y    C
7           H30    V    G
8           H31    I    V
9          H20B  NaN    Y
10         H20C  NaN    L

the merge result order changed, (H20B,H20C was put in the end).
but what i want to get is :
   kabat_number AA_x AA_y
0            H1    A    A
1            H2    C    C
2           H2A    S  NaN
3            H3    Y    Y
4            H4    R    R
5           H20    C  NaN
6          H20A    Y    C
7          H20B  NaN    Y
8          H20C  NaN    L
9           H30    V    G
10          H31    I    V

also i try sort=False , the order is changed still, how could i get the result what i want? thanks!

A: Sort with natsort_key after the merge:
# pip install natsort
from natsort import natsort_key

dfs = (pd.merge(df1,df2,on='kabat_number',how='outer')
         .sort_values(by='kabat_number', key=natsort_key, ignore_index=True)
      )

Output:
   kabat_number AA_x AA_y
0            H1    A    A
1            H2    C    C
2           H2A    S  NaN
3            H3    Y    Y
4            H4    R    R
5           H20    C  NaN
6          H20A    Y    C
7          H20B  NaN    Y
8          H20C  NaN    L
9           H30    V    G
10          H31    I    V

A: try this:
import pandas as pd
from natsort import natsorted
import numpy as np

df1 = pd.DataFrame({'kabat_number':['H1','H2','H2A','H3','H4','H20','H20A','H30','H31'], 'AA':['A','C','S','Y','R','C','Y','V','I']})
df2 = pd.DataFrame({'kabat_number':['H1','H2','H3','H4','H20A','H20B','H20C','H30','H31'],'AA':['A','C','Y','R','C','Y','L','G','V']})
dfs = pd.merge(df1,df2,on='kabat_number',how='outer')
dfs = dfs.sort_values(
    by='kabat_number',
    key=lambda x: np.argsort(natsorted(x))
    ).reset_index(drop=True)
print(dfs)

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Always consult with the Company in the event of an existing Native American claim, regardless of whether a suit is pending. Consult with the Company if you are asked to insure on allotment or tribal transactions.
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The proposed transaction contemplated by this commitment must be approved by the Secretary of the Interior.
Comment: You should contact the Company if a Native American proposes to transfer allotment land or if a tribe proposes to convey land. Approval by the Secretary of the Interior may be necessary.
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The Company requires that a title status report and a title status plat be obtained from the Bureau of Indian Affairs. At that time, the Company may make additional requirements or exceptions.
Comment: You should contact the Company if a Native American proposes to transfer allotment land or if the tribe proposes to convey land. A report from the Bureau of Indian Affairs may be necessary.
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The Company requires from the Bureau of Indian Affairs the following information:
(1) The full name of the tribe or organization;
(2) A full copy of the charter or constitution, all amendments, the current bylaws, and a resolution;
(3) Certification that no other entity exists with the same or similar name.
The Company requires an opinion of counsel evidencing the authority of the tribe or organization to enter the transaction. At the time the Company is furnished these items, the Company may make additional requirement or exceptions.
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Any right or claim, whether or not of record, including but not limited to any right of possession or claim for damages relating to the land, which has or may be asserted, by or on behalf of any Indian or Indian tribe arising out of any treaty or other transfer of land based on the Indian Non-Intercourse Act of 1790, or any similar state or federal law.
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This Policy insures the insured against loss or damage which the insured may sustain by reason of any right or claim of title, whether or not of record, which has been or may be asserted, by or on behalf of any Indian or Indian tribe arising out of any treaty or any other transfer of land based on the Indian Non-Intercourse Act of 1790, or any similar state or federal law. This Policy insures against loss or damage sustained by the insured by reason of unmarketablility of title (as hereinafter described) on account of said defect. With respect to said defect the offer of any title insurance company licensed to transact business in the State of _______________ , including the offer by this Company to insure the title to the land herein described in the manner set forth above shall be conclusive evidence of the marketability of the title hereby insured. The Company agrees that upon request of any mortgagee or vendee of the insured, or the mortgagee of such vendee, to issue its Policy containing the same affirmative coverage set forth above, subject to same condition and policy amount. The Company shall not be liable for any loss or damage suffered by the insured by reason of a proposed purchaser, mortgagee or assignee rejecting title, or refusing to make a loan or refusing to purchase the mortgage by reason of any Indian claims, against the land, provided that insurance is available as above set forth.
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This policy insures against loss or damage which the insured may sustain by reason of the assertion of such rights or claims. The Policy includes insurance against loss or damage by reason of the unmarketability of title (as hereinafter defined) on account of such defect. With respect to such defect, the offer of any title insurance company licensed to transact business in the State of New York, including this Company, to insure at regular rates the title to the land herein described in the manner set forth herein shall be conclusive evidence of the marketability of the title hereby insured. The Company agrees, upon request of any mortgagee or vendee of the insured, or the mortgagee of such vendee, to issue its policy containing the same affirmative insurance coverage set forth above, but subject to the same condition.
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Manhole è un album di Grace Slick, pubblicato il 4 gennaio 1974. È il primo album accreditato alla sola Grace Slick; in precedenza aveva pubblicato Sunfighter nel 1971 con Paul Kantner, e Baron von Tollbooth & the Chrome Nun con Kantner e David Freiberg nel 1973.

Tracce
Lato A
 Jay (testo: Grace Slick, musiche: Grace Slick) - 2:43
 Theme from the Movie Manhole (testo: Grace Slick, musiche: Grace Slick) - 15:23

Lato B
 ¿Come Again? Toucan (testo: Grace Slick, musiche: David Freiberg) - 4:40
 It's Only Music (testo: Robert Hunter, musiche: David Freiberg) - 4:32
 Better Lying Down (testo: Grace Slick, musiche: Pete Sears) - 3:15
 Epic No. 38 (testo: Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, Jack Traylor; musiche: Paul Kantner) - 7:23

Formazione
 Grace Slick - voce e cori in ogni traccia tranne in It's Only Music; chitarra ritmica in Jay, piano in Theme from the Movie Manhole e Better Lying Down
Peter Kaukonen – basso in Jay, chitarra acustica solista in Jay, mandolino in Theme from the Movie Manhole
Steven Schuster – arrangimento orchestrale in Theme from the Movie Manhole e Epic No. 38
David Freiberg – voce in Theme from the Movie Manhole, It's Only Music, e Epic No. 38, chitarra ritmica in Theme from the Movie Manhole e ¿Come Again? Toucan, piano in ¿Come Again? Toucan e It's Only Music, percussioni in ¿Come Again? Toucan e It's Only Music, basso in ¿Come Again? Toucan e It's Only Music, organo in It's Only Music, chitarra a 12 corde in It's Only Music
Paul Kantner – voce in Theme from the Movie Manhole, It's Only Music, e Epic No. 38, chitarra a 12 corde in It's Only Music, chitarra ritmica in Epic No. 38, glass harmonica in Epic No. 38
David Crosby – voce in Theme from the Movie Manhole
Ron Carter – basso in Theme from the Movie Manhole
Jack Casady – basso in Theme from the Movie Manhole e It's Only Music
Craig Chaquico – chitarra solista in Theme from the Movie Manhole, ¿Come Again? Toucan, e Epic No. 38
John Barbata – batteria in Theme from the Movie Manhole, ¿Come Again? Toucan, e Epic No. 38
Gary Duncan – chitarra solista in It's Only Music
Pete Sears – piano in Better Lying Down, basso in Epic No. 38
Keith Grant – synthesizer programming in Epic No. 38
London Symphony Orchestra – violini (John Georgiadis, Hans Geiger, Alan Traverse, Carlos Villa, Paul Scherman, Michael Jones, Jack Greenstone, John Ronayne, James Davis, Bernard Monshin, Fred Parrington, Denis McConnell), violas, (Kenneth Essex, John Coulling, John Underwood, Alex Taylor), violoncelli (Alan Dalziel, Bram Martin, Clive Anstee, Robin Firman), string basses (James Merrett, Keith Marjarom, Robin McGee, Chris Laurence), arpa (David Snell), flauti (Jack Ellory, Chris Taylor), oboe (Terence Macdonagh, Philip Hill), clarinetto basso (Frank Reidy), corno francese (Andrew McGavin, Douglas Moore), trombe (Michael Laird, George Whiting), trombe basse (Raymond Premru, Harold Nash), trombone basso (Peter Harvey), chitarra (Timothy Walker), percussioni (Alan Hakin, Terence Emery, Eric Allen, Stan Barrett) in Theme from the Movie Manhole
Iaian MacDonald Murray, Calum Innes, Cohn Graham, Angus McTavish, Tom Duncan, Jack Scott, Angus MacKay, William Stewart – cornamusa in Epic No. 38

Crediti
Grace Slick, David Freiberg, Paul Kantner – produttori
Keith Grant – co-produttore, ingegnere del suono, mixdown engineer
Steven Schuster – co-produttore
Maurice – coordinatore della produzione
Valeria Clausen, Mallory Earl, Bob Matthews – ingegneri del suono
Sidney Margo – orchestra contractor
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I am excited to be starting a new weekly series called Tot Books on Thursdays. Each week I will be showcasing ten books that we've been reading. They will be the ones that have been read multiple times during the week. But that's not all! I will also be showcasing a minimum of ten books that my lovely Facebook fans have been reading during the week. That's 20+ children's books to check out every single week! So join me every Wednesday on And Next Comes L's Facebook page to share your books and then again on Thursdays on the blog to see what books have been showcased.
This book has been checked out nearly every single time we go to the library (we should own it by now since it's at our house so much). J is obsessed with this book (not surprising, given his number obsession and all). Each bug is made up entirely of numbers, which is really cool, but the numbers used are based on some fact about that particular bug. There are also lots of flaps to lift and explore.
The things I have learned about bugs by reading this particular book has amazed me and let's just say that I hope to never see a Chan's megastick in real life. Bugs that big should not exist. Seriously.
We read a lot of ABC books. And I mean a lot. So an ABC book about apples? Why not!
K has been requesting this book every night this week and only this book before bedtime. So that means I read this book about 5-6 times in a row before he falls asleep.
It talks about all sorts of things as they relate to apples, such as cider, juice, harvest, and deciduous trees, as it moves through the alphabet. Everything you've ever wanted to know about apples is probably in here. And the illustrations are adorable.
Another ABC book. The boys like it purely because it's an ABC book. I remember liking Little Critter books when I was little too.
I have expressed my love for this book before. The illustrations are absolutely gorgeous. Both J and K love this book, but K, in particular, has been wanting to read it constantly this week.
I am always on the lookout for new number books and this one was the latest find at the library. This book would also be a good fit for those obsessed with cars, fire trucks, and other vehicles. J has been enjoying it a lot lately.
This book was the first full length book that J read entirely by himself at the tender age of three. Yes, age three! So this book will always be special to me.
This book has simple words and a funny plot. The sentences are more like word fragments than sentences per se and the illustrations are also pretty cute.
Surprise, surprise...another ABC book. Well, K loves this book and who wouldn't?! It's filled with adorable babies, photographed in black and white, with the prop in a bright, bold color. And J always gets a kick out of the baby "eating" the yarn for letter Y.
This ABC book is based on the classic children's book Goodnight Moon. I am not a huge fan of the original book nor am I a fan of this ABC book, but the boys love it and that's all that matters. It just uses images from the original book, highlighting different objects for each letter of the alphabet. If you like the original, you'll probably enjoy this book.
J LOVES this book! The story is absurd, but it reinforces counting by twos. J's favorite part would be the hidden numbers throughout the book. He loves to search for the hidden numbers.
This little board book is so cute. The illustrations are adorable and I love the contrast between the black background and the shimmery inserts. K loves to look at this book!
Oh Dyan I absolutely love this series idea!! I too have been considering doing some kind of book feature every week, but this is awesome!! I can't wait to see what you are reading each week and find some new books in the process! All the Awake Animals Are Almost Asleep, Baby ABC, and Night Light look especially exciting. I may have to check them out for Kingston!
Thanks, Blayne! I am hoping I can help others find new books too since the world of children's books can be so overwhelming sometimes!


I was hired as a freelance multimedia motion graphics designer by ABC's DFW affiliate, WFAA, to create ten and four second station IDs for Christmas/holidays and one for the new year. They were aired during WFAA related broadcasts to the North Texas region.
After an initial discussion with the team on concept and getting branding assets onsite, I worked about 3 days in my home office on each ID (including rough work and a couple rounds of edits). The video below has the final versions of the ten second holidays and new year's station IDs.


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100 percent American made. Stall fork with high strength fiberglass handle. 18 spring steel tines, 15" x 12" head. Handle: (from head) 49", tool length: 59". Commercial grade. Extra wide comfort no-break D-grip with no-slip texture. For spreading mulch, compost and lifting leaves. 11-1/2" Round, poly tines, strong, flexible and weather resistant. Tines are 7/8" apart.
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Manufactured from extra strong polycarbonate to provide strength and enhanced flexibility. Designed for long lasting use around the farm, ranch and home. Specially designed tines are uniquely angled to provide easy manure pickup with less spilling. Nylon locknut secures handle. Fork head is 13"L. Designed for transferring and aerating compost. One-piece forged head for durability. Oval tines 12-1/2"L. 10" ferrule with cap. Longer handle for extra reach.
Best for cleaning stables. Forged head for strength and durability. Oval tines 18"L, 3-1/4" apart. Flex-Beam is an 8" tapered steel beam that fits into slotted handle and into seamless steel tube to evenly distribute weight and reduce the risk of breakage. Ash handle 10" ferrule with cap.


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Q: Using mailcatcher in Rails 3 I want to use mailcatcher to check if my mails were send. They weren't and i wonder why, because the mailer is generated and definitely called.
So in my config/enviroment/development.rb i wrote:
config.action_mailer.raise_delivery_errors = true
config.action_mailer.delivery_method = :smtp
config.action_mailer.smtp_settings = { :address => "localhost", :port => 1025 }

my call looks like this:
OrderMailer.send_new_order(@order).deliver

and finally the generated controller like this:
class OrderMailer < ActionMailer::Base
  default from: "from@example.com"
  def send_new_order(order)
    @greeting = "Hi"
    mail to: "to@example.org", subject: "Test"
  end
end

And mailcatcher runs of course. So why wasn't the mail send?

A: https://github.com/sj26/mailcatcher/issues/182
$ mailcatcher -f -v
Starting MailCatcher
==> smtp://127.0.0.1:1025
==> http://127.0.0.1:1080
==> SMTP: Received message from '<donotreply@xxx.com>' (676 bytes)

A: I found out, that I used the wrong SMTP Adress for the development env.
It had to be
config.action_mailer.smtp_settings = { :address => "127.0.0.1", :port => 1025 }

instead of
config.action_mailer.smtp_settings = { :address => "localhost", :port => 1025 }


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Borobudur Buddhist Stupa in Indonesia, Central Java
Leave a Comment	/ Central Java / By pft-amer
The Borobudur is a Mahayana Buddhist Stupa temple located in Magelang of the Central Java province in Indonesia. It is widely considered by many as one of the greatest buddhist monuments ever built with 55,000 square metres of lava rock with six square platforms below and three circle platforms on top decorated with 2672 relief panels and 504 statues of Buddha and a main dome Stupa right on top at the center of the Borobudur. Built in the 9th century, the Borobudur was designated as a World Heritage site since 1991 and is Indonesia's single most visited tourist attraction excluding the island of Bali in the count. On June 2012, the Borobudur was recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest Buddhist archaeological site in the world.
View of the Borobudur from far and the surrounding gardens
Image attribution to Anandajoti @ Wiki
Closer look at one side of the complex
Image attribution to tianyaka @ Flickr
Buddha statue in one of the half opened stupa looking down from the temple
Image attribution to Jeekc @ Wiki
Stupas around the temple
Image attribution to Bennylin @ Wiki
The Borobudur was built between 750 AD and 842 AD to honour the glory of both Buddha and its found, king Bodhisattva. The temple was a sacred place for Buddhist prilgrams from the 9th to 14th century until the Javanese converted to Islamic religion which brought about the decline of Hindu kingdoms in Java. For centuries, the monument has been hidden under deep layers of volcanic ash and jungle growth until Sir Stamford Raffles learnt about the hidden monument and sent a team of Dutch Engineer HC Cornelius with 200 men to find the Borobudur. The monument was finally revealed after cutting and burning down of trees and digging away the earth. The whole complex was fully unearthed in 1835. A major restoration project in 1973 was funded by UNESCO and the Borobudur was once again open as a place of worship and pilgrimage for Buddhists and tourists.
Main stupa of Borobudur stands just behind
Wall cravings around the temple
Really nice sunset scenery shot taken at the Borobudur
Image attribution to doliveck @ Flickr
View of the surroundings from the temple
Image attribution to beberonline @ Flickr
The nearest airport to the attraction is the Adisucipto International Airport (JOG) that serves the region of Yogyakarta and is well connected domestically as well as to nearby countries like Singapore and Malaysia. From the airport, it takes generally around one and a half hours on a taxi ride to the Borobudur which is 47 km away.


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Banglatext provides the perfect platform for you to write bangla without having to use any software . They offer all the popular bangla keyboard layout such as avro, phonetic, bijoy, unijoy etc. Though it has a minimalistic design and will not provide you any auto-correction or auto suggestion benefits, and you need to be well experienced in writing bangla using your preferred layout. But nevertheless it is currently the best webtool available for bangla typing offering all the layouts in same place. It is very helpful for low end mobile phones to type bangla using their convert option. Also they provide the service for you to directly update your status in bangla if you are using it from your mobile.
Google input tools is another great option for bangla writing without any software. Go here and select bangla.
After that in the text box write the text and see live suggestion, select what you want or just hit a space-bar to accept the top suggestion and continue writing.
Its actually more helpful than the previous method as it shows live suggestions, but still you need some kind of fluency and practice to master this way of writing using google input tools as there are no layouts to guide you, but still its one of the better available ways of writing bangla online without having to use any software.
We will try to suggest more in future if we come across better options. Thanks for staying with us!
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Fashions of Southern Africa
Kent State University Museum
Namibian Designers
South African Designers
Photographers and Bloggers
Other Faces of Fashion
Places and Spaces of Fashion
KSU Museum
Amanda Laird Cherry
Amanda Laird Cherry is a fashion designer who was born in Cape Town, South Africa but moved to Durban with her father when she was five years old. She studied fashion design at Natal Technikon and Durban University of Technology, graduating in 1993. She says she gets most of her inspiration from her country and all of its various people. She opened the South African chain store called The Space as well as her own eponymous clothing company, Amanda Laird Cherry Apparel. She was the design director at Instinct for ten years where her work was shown in both London and Africa. She is internationally known and shares her time between South Africa and the United States.
Website: http://www.amandalairdcherry.com/
Instagram: @alc_woman
Facebook: Amanda Laird Cherry Apparel
images from: 2015 SA Fashion Week AW16 by Simon Deiner / SDR Photo


Nothing beats a refreshing DIY Fruit Popsicle more so when the delicious fruit ideas comes from your own fresh fruit! Such a mouth-watering marvel composed of fun layering of flavors which gives you an exemplary treat and looks great too… Fruit ideas composed of blended fruit that you have stocked in your store or refrigerator are a perfect way to make the perfect afternoon or evening drink to quench your thirst during sweltering summer months. A fresh fruit Popsicle is fantastic idea all year round. It becomes more fun to give different mixtures dependent on the type of fruit that is in the season. Canned fruits such as pineapple will make for great Popsicle. When it comes to fruit Popsicle possibilities are infinite. Trust us when we say that there are plenty of DIY Fruit Ideas you can experiment with and come up with wonderful flavors that your family love the most as well as create glorious colorful layers.
Take fresh fruit and make a cup of every layer of Popsicle you intend on making.
Take a wooden stick and stick it the middle of the layered combination placed in a plastic cup half way through freezing to make it stand.
Make sure you have a blender and enough amounts of sugar and water at your disposal. Take a few different pieces of fruit and line them up. We used pineapples, strawberries, oranges, grapes and peach. Now begin with one fruit at a time.
Cut the piece of fruit into chunks and put in in the blender and add a tablespoon of sugar and three tablespoons of water.
Blend it till it becomes smooth and taste to feel whether it has a sweet taste. Please note the riper the fruit is and the type of fruit determines the sugar amount which can vary greatly. Strawberries will need only two to three tablespoons of sugar and the peach may require up to quarter a cup of sugar.
The next step involves pouring out the first layer of fruit in the Popsicle mold and sticking it in the freezer. Leave it for 20 minutes or until when it is almost solid. As you wait for the first layer to solidify, carry on with blending the rest of the fruits aligning them up and get ready to add them.
After successfully adding all your fruit layers, now you can let your Popsicle's freeze for around 8 hours to let them harden completely.
To gently remove your Popsicle's, add a slight amount of hot water around the mold and simply pop out the fresh frozen fruit Popsicle!! Enjoy!!!


Champions Online dev officially acquires coveted license to Gene Roddenberry's sci-fi epic; first footage of PC and console MMORPG to be webcast from annual Trekkie convention on Aug. 10.
Although not quite at the level of Spock's dramatic demise in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Perpetual Entertainment's closing in January fell heavy on the hearts of those looking forward to beaming aboard Star Trek Online. However, as one of Perpetual's last moves, the studio reportedly fired off its own Genesis capsule containing the coveted Star Trek massively multiplayer online game license, a capsule that reportedly fell on fertile soil in the backyard of City of Heroes creator Cryptic Studios.
Today, that rumor can be confirmed. Cryptic Studios has announced that it has indeed acquired the rights to publish Star Trek Online, and is developing it for the PC and unnamed consoles. The shop is currently developing Champions Online for the PC and Xbox 360, but has not announced any PlayStation 3 projects.
True to TrekMovie.com's initial report, Cryptic accompanied the game's announcement with a handful of screenshots. The developer also said that it will unveil the first gameplay footage at this year's Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas. The event will be webcast live, and can be viewed through the game's official Web site on August 10.
Star Trek Online is the second MMOG in Cryptic Studios' stable. After selling off its stake in City of Heroes and City of Villains to NCsoft in November, the game maker announced Champions Online, a spiritual successor of sorts to the canceled Marvel Universe Online. Earlier this month, Take-Two Interactive revealed that it would publish the superhero-themed MMORPG under its 2K Games label, slotting the game's release into its spring 2009 quarter.
Unfortunately, aside from the screenshots, Cryptic offered little other information on the game or its development status. A release date or platforms have yet to be revealed.


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New Rent Relief for Commercial Tenants
Author: Andrew Chudnovsky | Date: 24/11/2020
The Government of Canada recently has announced a plan to introduce legislation that would help support Canadian small business through a Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy (CERS).
The intention of CERS is largely the same as the original Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance (CECRA) program, but the specifics and administration differ significantly.
Whereas the CECRA program depended on landlords applying for rent relief, the CERS program will allow commercial tenants to apply directly to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) for relief. Business may also be eligible for additional subsidies for eligible property expenses.
While the application process is currently not open, applicants may make retroactive claims dating back to September 27, 2020.
Similarly to the CECRA, any applicant will have to show a decline in revenue due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Unlike the CECRA though, under the CERS program, businesses will be able to receive assistance on a sliding scale, thus allowing for greater assistance relative to the decline in revenue to the business.
For more information on available assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic, reach out to one of our Corporate or Real Estate Lawyers for a consultation.
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The cons are a bit plentiful. The ship is very dated looking and in dire need of renovations. Cabin bathroom was ridiculously small. The food was sub par even tho plentiful and certainly nothing special in either taste or presentation ( except in the aforementioned Aquilina) . The entertainment was amateurish and difficult to sit though. The spa did not inform me that I could use the outside sun deck and whirlpool because I purchased a treatment.


Bedtime Stories is a collection of beloved stories from Goodnight Moon author Margaret Wise Brown. This wonderful book features eight beautifully illustrated tales of adventure, family and friendship, from a night-time balloon ride to a boya (TM)s search for a new pet.
This book features eight tales by Margaret Wise Brown. I adore the tales that are included in this book.
Our favorite of the tales in this book are The Noon Balloon, The Fish with the Deep See Smile, Wish Upon a Dream, and The Good Little Bad Little Pig!


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As the lobster population moves north, what will happen to Maine's iconic industry?
The Portland Press Herald and the Boston Globe's 'The Lobster Trap' looks at an unsettling future for the residents of a remote island.
Author: Rob Caldwell
Updated: 9:36 AM EST January 13, 2022
VINALHAVEN ISLAND, Maine — On the island of Vinalhaven in Penobscot Bay, lobstering isn't just a way of bringing in a paycheck; it's a way of life, the community's heart, soul, and economic engine.
But as the climate changes and the waters in the Gulf of Maine grow warmer, there are pressing questions about what the future of lobstering will look like.
The Portland Press Herald and the Boston Globe recently presented a two-part series called "The Lobster Trap," a deeply reported look at the climate-induced changes already affecting Vinalhaven and the more profound ones that are almost certain to come.
"Since the 1970s, the epicenter of the lobster population has shifted more than 100 miles north as the Gulf of Maine warmed. That brought new prosperity to Maine coastal villages, while in southern New England, lobster populations and profits dwindled — and in some places, all but vanished," Penelope Overton of the Press Herald and Jenna Russell of the Globe report.
What's happened to the lobster industry in parts of southern New England is nothing less than a catastrophe.
"In the once bountiful waters off Connecticut," Overton and Russell write, "a single full-time lobsterman remains — but today he fishes in a watery graveyard."
What impact will climate change have on Vinalhaven? Are people ready for it? And what does it bode for an island with few well-paying jobs outside of the lobster industry? Those are just some of the questions "The Lobster Trap" explores, questions we discussed with Overton and Russell in an interview on 207.
Watch our conversation below.
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The Rough Creek watershed, formerly the water supply area for the Town of Canton, NC, is now a city owned, 870 acre park open to recreation including hiking and mountain biking.
False Hellebore emerges from the forest floor with its distinctive shape into a spear of sunlight beside the main trail in Rough Creek Watershed.
Views like this across the adjoining pastures are common along the upper part of the Cherry Cove trail.
As a hanging valley of sorts, the Rough Creek watershed sits in an elongated bowl at the south end of the Newfound Mountain complex north of town. Elevations range from around 3000 ft. at the entrance gate in the valley to over 4500 ft. on Glade Mountain. Rough Creek is the main stream which drains the valley, and it splits into at least 4 main tributaries inside the park's boundaries.
Rough Creek is known for its outstanding water quality, which is good since it was used for a public drinking water supply.
A series of old, gated roads and purpose-built trails winds around the valley. From the parking area, you'll climb into the main part of the valley via a steep old road. After climbing to about 3600 ft. elevation alongside the stream, the road levels out some and reaches a junction. Both directions, left and right, are open to hiking, and you can hike a loop along the perimeter of the watershed (the "outer" loop) across the top of Glade Mountain by using them.
Another old road cuts across the middle of the outer loop at a lower elevation, making a shorter "inner" loop you can hike as well.
The Cherry Cove trail splits off the "inner" loop road and climbs to the "outer" loop perimeter road on the west side of the watershed via switchbacks. It then follows the "outer" loop road for a short bit along the ridge (with magnificent views), splits off again and descends through the lower portion of The Glades, before climbing the eastern edge of the watershed to again reach the "outer" perimeter loop road.
At the top of the Cherry Cove trail, in the Rough Creek watershed, this view opens up across the adjacent pastures of the mountains to the southwest.
The Turkey Run trail splits off the "inner" loop road and joins back with it again at a point farther east, making yet another "inner" loop of trail.
A nice figure 8 hike can incorporate many of these roads and trails into one long, 10+ mile hike.
Pisgah Map Company has made the excellent Rough Creek Watershed Map (1.8MB PDF), distributed free by the Town of Canton for download and printing. That PDF is also usable in the Avenza PDF Maps application for iOS and Android.
You can also find another version of this map containing some additional sidebar information directly within the Avenza app by searching for "Rough Creek Watershed" in the Map Store.
Aside from a sign board at the parking area, there are no developed amenities in the Rough Creek watershed.
No motorized vehicles on the trails. No horses. Hiking and mountain biking only.
No camping or open flames.
No firearms, hunting, or fishing.
NO pets are allowed (even leashed).
No picking flowers or plants.
Rough Creek is primarily used by locals, but if you're visiting WNC from out of state or the East, it makes a good addition to your trip as well.
Rough Creek Watershed is a day-use only area. No camping is allowed within the valley. Nearby private campgrounds can be found in Haywood County from Canton to Waynesville and into the Pisgah National Forest beyond. It's worth a drive from Pisgah if you're camping there and looking to add a little variety to your trip.
Numerous lodging options are available in the nearby cities and towns of Asheville, Canton, Clyde, and Waynesville, NC, within a 30 minute drive of the trailhead.
Take I-40 west to exit 33 for Newfound Road. At the end of the ramp, go straight across Newfound Road onto Freedom Drive and go 0.9 mi. Turn right onto Beaverdam Road (SR 1613) and go 1.9 mi. Turn left onto Rice Cove Road (SR 1616) and go 0.4 mi. Turn right onto Rough Water Point (SR 1617) and go to the end in about 0.3 mile. On the left is a gate with a cattle guard; you need to open the gate, drive through, and close the gate again behind you. It's 0.3 miles to the parking area in the wide spot of the road on the left.
Take Newfound Road across I-40 and turn elft on Freedom Drive. Follow the same directons as above.


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Federal Circuit Refuses To Enjoin International Arbitration of Patent Claims
By Liz Kramer on May 16, 2013
Posted in Appealing Arbitration Decisions, Litigation vs. Arbitration
Just after I posted about the awesome power of federal courts to enjoin other cases, the Federal Circuit reminds us the power is not absolute. In Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland Gmbh v. Genentech, Inc., __ F.3d __, 2013 WL 1921073 (Fed. Cir. May 10, 2013), it affirmed the district court's decision not to enjoin a foreign arbitration over a patent dispute, even though a very similar issue had been fully litigated in the U.S. courts.
Sanofi claimed that Genentech's drug sales had infringed Sanofi's patents. The parties had a licensing agreement, which called for the application of German law and for arbitration of disputes with the International Chamber of Commerce. The alleged infringement started in 1997 and constituted a breach of that agreement, but was first raised by Sanofi in 2008. Once it was raised, Genentech terminated the agreement.
Sanofi started an ICC arbitration on October 24, 2008. Genentech then filed an action in U.S. federal court, asking the court to find no infringement of the patent. Genentech won; the district and appellate court found it had not infringed the patent. However, the district court refused to enjoin Sanofi from continuing with the ICC arbitration.
[In a prime example of how proceeding in multiple venues can lead to conflicting results, the ICC arbitrator then ruled against Genentech. Applying German substantive law, it found Genentech liable for damages under the licensing agreement.]
Genentech appealed the denial of its motion to enjoin the arbitration. The federal circuit affirmed the district court's decision. A three-factor test applies when district courts decide whether to enjoin parties from pursuing foreign arbitration or litigation: whether the parties and issues are the same, whether the foreign case frustrates a U.S. policy, and "whether the impact on comity would be tolerable." Here, the first factor was dispositive. The U.S. case had determined whether Genentech infringed the patent under U.S. law after the agreement was terminated, while the foreign arbitration centered on whether under German law Genentech had breached the agreement while it was in effect. Because of those differences, the issues were not the same and the U.S. policy of res judicata was not frustrated. Furthermore, the court found no reason to override the parties' selection of the ICC as the forum for disputes under the agreement.
One judge wrote a concurring opinion to make sure this decision would not be misused. That opinion emphasized that the U.S. policy favoring enforcement of forum selection clauses is not, by itself, enough to prevent the injunction of a foreign proceeding. If the issues raised in the U.S. courts had been identical to those in the international forum, the judge wrote, "the patent holder should not be allowed to make an end run around the U.S. determination by later invoking an international proceeding."
Tags: anti-suit injunction, arbitration, enjoin, Federal Circuit, ICC, Inc, infringement, patent, Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland Gmbh v. Genentech


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January 17, 2023 - Lund, Sweden
Axis Communications, a leader in network video, announces AXIS P1468-XLE Explosion-Protected Bullet Camera, the world's first explosion-protected camera specifically designed for Zone and Division 2 hazardous locations. The camera is designed for Zone 2, 22 and Class I/II/III Division 2 according to international standards (ATEX, IECEx, NEC).
AXIS P1468-XLE uses the 'Ex e' protection method, an explosion-protection approach referred to as 'increased safety' or 'non-incendive'. This method ensures that no arcs and sparks can appear, and that excessive temperatures cannot be reached, during normal operation of electrical equipment. As a result, electrical equipment using 'Ex e' protection cannot ignite gas or dust in the surrounding potentially combustible environment.
AXIS P1468-XLE is a robust, impact- and weather-resistant fixed camera which delivers excellent image quality in 4K resolution under any light conditions, through Lightfinder 2.0, Forensic WDR, and OptimizedIR. Compact and lightweight in design, the camera is as easy to install as a standard camera.
AXIS P1468-XLE has been designed in line with North American and European directives for equipment intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres. By design, the camera is unable to provide sufficient energy to ignite gas or dust in the atmosphere to cause an explosion, therefore removing the need for any traditional explosion-protected enclosure.
The multitasking camera provides many benefits within health and safety applications and operational efficiency. Early detection of smoke and fire, ensuring that personal protective equipment (PPE) is being worn and used, and monitoring restricted areas bring significant health and safety benefits to organizations. In operational efficiency, the camera can be used for visual verification of various processes and as part of an advanced data-driven sensory network.
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Explaining why the company has chosen to create a camera specifically designed for Zone/Division 2 hazardous locations, Jesper Olavi, Global Product Manager at Axis, said: "For customers who have wanted to use video surveillance in Zone/Division 2 hazardous locations, the only realistic solution so far has been to use explosion-protected cameras certified for Zone/Division 1 hazardous locations. But these heavy-duty enclosures are over-engineered and unnecessarily expensive for Zone 2/Division 2 hazardous locations. With the launch of AXIS P1468-XLE, customers will have the chance to bring high-quality video surveillance and advanced analytics into locations where they were previously rarely used due to the prohibitive cost.
"AXIS P1468-XLE highlights the benefits of Axis designing and manufacturing our own explosion-protected cameras. In designing every element of the camera, we can ensure the methods employed for explosion protection are based on an individual camera's requirements, rather that creating a 'generic' enclosure designed to fit many cameras. It's a process that leads to an optimal solution for specific environments and use cases."
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Stonehenge-it's probably smaller than you were expecting
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I've always been fascinated with Stonehenge. It's probably the mystery and the unanswered questions that still surround the stones. As someone who grew up in England and who likes ancient things, Stonehenge was always going to be more accessible to me than, for instance, the pyramids in Egypt.
Our first glimpse of the stones was on our journey to a cottage on the first day of our holiday. If it's daylight, apparently there is always a queue of traffic on the A303 leading past Stonehenge. It's just like a queue of traffic where people gawp at a road accident, only not as grisly. As soon as you can no longer see the stones the traffic speeds up. You do get a pretty good view from the road. There is a plan to build a tunnel to take the traffic as the road wasn't built to accommodate the volume of vehicles which currently use it. (You know, just like almost every other road in England, it seems!)
If you're visiting Stonehenge, plan ahead and book in advance. As English Heritage members we get free entry. We visited twice, the second time we remembered to ask for the audio tour handsets. The audio tour download for iPhone doesn't run on iOS 11 so my iPhone told me. As a hypermobile woman with a walking stick and a blue badge for parking, I was pleased to find most of the disabled parking spaces available just after opening time. By lunch time, the carpark was full, and the queues were impressive. Our second visit succumbed to 'second week of our holiday syndrome'- about forty-seven thousand people turned up. (Might be an exaggeration.) So, book ahead and go in the morning!
A bus will take you either all the way to the stones or halfway, allowing for a fifteen-minute amble up a long road with the stones growing larger in the distance. At the halfway drop off point the alternative longer walking route is through fields for those who want a longer run-up. We went the short way because I only have short legs.
As we didn't have the audio tours on our first visit and because I'm a contrary bugger we walked around the stones in reverse to the numbered tour.
To give you a pathetically small amount of information I've gleaned from the audio tour and the guidebook: Stonehenge is an ancient monument and a UNESCO world heritage site. What you might not know is it hasn't always looked the way it does today. All those iconic photos you see online are of a fairly recent construction. The site was given back to the nation from its then owner Cecil Chubb in 1918. Some of the stones were lying on the ground, some of them were leaning. Restoration work began to move the stones into a more likely position, using cement to hold them in place.
Around 3000 BC, before the famous stones were in place, a larger circular ditch was dug into the chalk. You can see it in the photo. Modern carbon dating has shown some of the bones found in the ditch are hundreds of years older than the first Stonehenge. Crossing over the ditch, a set of holes were found in a larger circle than Stonehenge itself. They're known as Aubrey Holes, after John Aubrey a 17th century antiquary who first discovered them. Whether these holes originally contained stone or wooden posts is uncertain. Evidence the chalk at the bottom of the holes had been compressed by something heavy (like a massive stone) means the debate carries on. However, these holes did contain cremated human remains. Therefore, the site was a burial ground before the stones you and I recognise as Stonehenge arrived.
The stones arrived around 2500 BC. That's even before I was born. The inner bluestones came from Preseli in Wales and according to folk tales were thought to have healing powers. The larger, outer Sarsens didn't have as far to travel, but the mind still boggles at the ways Neolithic man managed to move them in the first place. To my knowledge, there have been no excavations of very large yellow cranes or motorised heavy lifting equipment, so they probably shifted them with boats, logs, rope and whatever else they could create by hand. If that wasn't impressive enough, later, around 2200 BC the stones were rearranged-somehow. Maybe they used telekinesis.
Stonehenge has been associated with Druids, this is largely because of the writings in and 17th and 18th centuries. Stonehenge predates even the earliest Iron Age Druid equivalents by around a thousand years. It was probably built by the people living in the area. The question of why Stonehenge was built-dunno. Evidence shows it was used for the burial of cremated human bones. The stones also align with the sun during the winter solstice, so one theory says people worshipped there on the shortest day of the year looking forward to longer days and the hope of growing crops leading to the possibility of their own survival.
Whatever the reason for its construction, it's been on my list of must-see places for many years. Tick! And yes, it probably is much smaller than you were expecting.
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Blackburn Rovers Programme Notes
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Today we hear from Andrew Mathewson – STAR Board member
Wouldn't last Saturday have been a great day to have gone to the match? The early start for a trip to South Yorkshire, lunch on the way, a pint in a plastic beaker at the New York Stadium, watching football in the sunshine, cheering the goal and roaring for the win, the contented trip home after three important points. The whole away day experience!
We've all missed going to the match but there seems to be light at the end of the tunnel. The Prime Minister announced last week that, subject to trials, up 10,000 fans or 25% of a ground's capacity could attend matches from 17 May. That opening up will not be in time for the regular season – our last game is against Huddersfield on 8 May. But might some of us be able to cheer the team on in the play-offs?
In the last three seasons we were glad of points at this stage of the season to help keep us up. It's great to be celebrating three points this season because that keeps us in the play-off places. With 13 games to go a place in the play-offs, at least, is our goal. But they'll be a tough set of games.
It seems to me that the top four teams are opening up a bit of a gap. We may be able to catch them. But even so there's now a competition for fifth and six places, a sort of mini-league of eight or so teams trying to get those places, and at the moment we're leading that race. We can do it. And if we can get there we needn't fear anyone. This team, especially with players coming back from injury, can beat anyone in the league.
A win against Blackburn would be a huge step. Rovers always remind me of how fortunes change. My wife's father's family live in Blackburn and the first time I saw them was the first game of their (unsuccessful) Premier League title defence season – running out at Ewood Park to the strains of Queen's "We are the Champions." The game was against the fake hoops and sadly ended in a fairly turgid 0-0 draw I recall.
No-one knows which teams we'll be facing next season, in which division. But whether we're at Ewood Park or Goodison Park I think we can look forward to backing the boys and making some noise at last again.
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Dortches es un pueblo ubicado en el condado de Nash en el estado estadounidense de Carolina del Norte. La localidad en el año 2000, tenía una población de 809 habitantes en una superficie de 19.9 km², con una densidad poblacional de 40.6 personas por km².

Geografía
Dortches se encuentra ubicado en las coordenadas . Según la Oficina del Censo, la localidad tiene un área total de , de la cual  es tierra y  (0.0%) es agua.

Localidades adyacentes
El siguiente diagrama muestra a las localidades en un radio de  de Dortches.

Demografía
En el 2000 la renta per cápita promedia del hogar era de $35.417, y el ingreso promedio para una familia era de $52.250. El ingreso per cápita para la localidad era de $24.287. En 2000 los hombres tenían un ingreso per cápita de $31.635 contra $23.375 para las mujeres. Alrededor del 4.40% de la población estaba bajo el umbral de pobreza nacional.

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Born:	5 February 1914, Banbury, United Kingdom
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Prize motivation: "for their discoveries concerning the ionic mechanisms involved in excitation and inhibition in the peripheral and central portions of the nerve cell membrane."
The nervous system in people and animals consists of many different cells. In cells, signals are conveyed by small electrical currents and by chemical substances. By measuring changes in electrical charges in a very large nerve fiber from a species of octopus, Alan Hodgkin and Andrew Huxley were able to show how nerve impulses are exchanged between cells. In 1952 they could demonstrate that a fundamental mechanism involves the passage of sodium and potassium ions in opposite directions in and out through the cell wall, which gives rise to electrical charges.
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Argentine-Armenians Rally to Turkish and Azerbaijani Embassies in Buenos Aires
On the afternoon of Saturday, October 3, a rally was held to the Embassies of Azerbaijan and Turkey in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to demand an immediate halt to the attacks against Artsakh and Armenia.
Agustín Analian delivered a speech in which he denounced that Azerbaijan and Turkey "want their people to believe that by winning a war that no one wants to fight, they will perpetuate themselves in power." "They are wrong! History will judge them in the worst way."
"This protest is being made in all parts of the world against their violence. While young soldiers and volunteers resist the unjustified and cruel onslaught at the borders, those of us who raise our voices in the diaspora fight this media war against Turkish-Azeri fake news and lies", denounced Analian.
"We are the generations of Armenians who took refuge in Argentina escaping from the genocide. We know what they want to achieve by attacking the civilian population: they want to end the Armenian people. They want to repeat history, but that is not going to happen," said Analian.
The protest was organized by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, Homenetmen South America, Armenian Relief Society of South America, Armenian Youth Federation of South America and Hamazkayin.


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Hotels don't come much more designery than the Armani Milano, designed to "embody the Armani lifestyle and design philosophies". Well-reviewed by guests, the luxury hotel is in the fashion district, in a stylish 1930s building. A good choice if you want a full-on high fashion weekend in Milan.
An old-style classic 'grand hotel', the Grand Hotel et de Milan dates to the 1860s and has catered for guests including Maria Callas, Rudolf Nureyev, Luchino Visconti, Ernest Hemingway, Gabriele D'Annunzio and Enrico Caruso. Giuseppe Verdi lived here. Rooms are furnished with antiques.
By Stazione Centrale, this five-star is very convenient for travellers, and has views of the imposing station building from its windows. With a rooftop restaurant and a spa, it is a smart international hotel, and has reasonable prices for a hotel of its category.
Another popular five-star choice, this hotel is located in Piazza della Repubblica, between Stazione Centrale and the fashion district. The decor is richly lavish, and there's a spa on the top floor.
A trendy five-star which aims for a more hip vibe - you'll find a bar with DJ sets on the rooftop terrace, a contemporary design ethos, and a good range of five-star facilities. The hotel has some excellent views over the modern city.