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Jennifer Garner: The Phoenix and the Ashes of Her Career
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Jennifer Garner has a big new profile in The Hollywood Reporter, the most deeply reported piece on her since the post-divorce Vanity Fair classic, Jennifer Garner on the Rebound!
Jennifer Garner is one celebrity I have been wrong about many times. I took her earnestness and enthusiasm as a PR tactic, which it clearly isn't because no one could pretend to be this kind for this long. Social media was also a real turning point for her public persona because it moved her away from the tabloids (even the flattering ones, like PEOPLE) and into a more casual space where she could entertain us in her own way, without the constraints of a junket or having to promote a movie.
In this interview with Lacey Rose, Jen speaks candidly about fame, Ben Affleck, and raising children in Los Angeles. They get into the early days of dating and examine the outsized attention on them, particularly because of what Ben had come out of with the original Bennifer. He and JLo were a cultural lightening rod and the interest in him has never waned. She is quite clear-eyed about his public appeal, "People are in awe of him. He's done incredible things, he's six-four, he's … him, and they treat him with a kind of reverence" and that is exactly it. He is a movie star, period.
Her take on fame now that the children are a bit older is complicated; she worries about stories they could hear in the press (particularly as Ben has had bumps in his recovery and messy stuff, like Chrissy O.) as well a bit of mourning for the things they lost when they were younger, like family photos (she said the kids are terrified of cameras). She describes their younger years like this, "We lived down a street that was chock-a-block full of actors, much more successful and famous and decorated than me, including Ben, and they'd all go by one by one, no problem, and then I'd go do a school run and it'd be 15 cars going with me. I never had a day without them, and if I did, if I made it to a park by hiding in the bottom of the pool man's truck or something, then a nanny would see me there and call a number and they'd swarm."
That was her experience, no doubt. In 2013, the celebrity ecosystem was very different than it is now because tabloids still ruled, paparazzi dominated the scene and social media wasn't a factor. It was also during that time that celebrities often worked with the paps and things were maybe not so black-and-white. The audience (us) was becoming savvier to the machinations behind the photos. It's a specific time in gossip history. This isn't to say Jen was in the car calling paps (she would never have needed to) but it does raise questions about the x factor of celebrity. Ben's best friend and long-time collaborator Matt Damon is as famous as Ben is. How many kids does Matt Damon have? What are their names? Where do they live? I can't tell you. Most of the photos I see with Matt are when he's with Ben. Is this his path by design, a conscious choice by Matt to not be that kind of famous, or did the stars just align differently for Ben who, I agree with Jennifer wholeheartedly, is inherently charming? And how much did Ben contribute to the fame, the headlines, the tabloids and the trickledown effect on his family? That's a much sticker conversation to have.
But Jen is more than Ben! This interview is about her career, which she is rededicating herself to. And her friends show up to cheer her on: JJ Abrams talks about her breakout role on Alias (Scott Foley is mentioned) and so does Peter Berg, focusing on her dedication to the physical aspect of her work, while Jason Reitman spoke about her emotional depth on the set of Juno. Rom-com legend Judy Greer shows up to remind us how wonderful her friend is.
But beyond this, there's a deeper conversation about her struggling (my word, not hers) with taking on work with young children at home. Making a movie takes an intense time commitment. When shooting, you aren't just working long hours, you are largely unavailable to your family. Combine that with a running a house where both parents are working and it's a lot of plate-spinning and a lot of pressure.
After having her third child, she said her then-agent approached her about Dallas Buyers Club. "He said, 'This is going to be a call about one of two things: It's going to be a call about you doing this little movie, or it's going to be a call about you retiring,' " she says. "And I knew I'd asked enough of my representatives, who'd been working their tails off for me and I had said no to everything and kept getting pregnant. But I was truly overwhelmed by a third kid. Ben was making Argo and I was just trying to keep the plates spinning. I also knew that I didn't want to be done acting, so I said, 'OK, I'll do it.'"
This is not a knock-down, drag-out conflict or even the kind of "tea" that makes headlines, but it's a frank assessment of where she was at and how she kept a bit of herself alive while managing a full home life.
And then there's the guilt of neglecting a business that people revere. She says, "It's a very hungry, greedy career and a very unforgiving one," she tells me, "and for someone who has chosen family way more often than I probably should have, I can't believe I'm still here." That's a different kind of internal struggle, her asking if she deserves to be there when she already has a whole body of work behind her. That's part of the mindf-ck actors go through; they never stop worrying about their next job and if they do, they feel ungrateful for not worrying about it.
Jennifer has the financial privilege of making those choices to step back and re-enter the workforce on her own time but even so, there's value in a woman saying it out loud. Speaking about posing with her children at the Walk of Fame ceremony in 2018, Jennifer noted, "I don't have two Oscars on my mantle, I've raised them," she says, "and I think every little kid has a dream that their mom will have a moment where people applaud her so that they can say, 'That's right, I knew it,' and my kids got to have that and for that I'm grateful." It's no secret that Ben has two Oscars on the mantle. To me this doesn't read as regret, but an acknowledgement of their family life. What she did at home enabled Ben to accelerate his career, to direct, and be a superhero.
If she wanted a fluffy cover story about her family she could have gone to PEOPLE and if she wanted a glossy promotional piece she could have gone to InStyle. This interview wasn't done to drum up public attention and it isn't just about her family or her former marriage, it's about her future. That's why she chose to make this announcement in a trade magazine: Jennifer Garner is back in business.
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Whitesides donate respirators to Antelope Valley Hospital
by The AV Times Staff • January 27, 2021
Pictured (L to R): George Whitesides, Chief Space Officer at Virgin Galactic; Ed Mirzabegian, CEO at Antelope Valley Hospital; David Kawika Feltman, Emergency Management Officer at Antelope Valley Hospital.
LANCASTER – Antelope Valley Hospital recently received 20 Powered Air Purifying Respirators, valued at $25,000, from George and Loretta Whitesides. The units will help protect the hospital's frontline workers treating COVID-19 patients.
"Antelope Valley Hospital's staff have made huge sacrifices over the course of this pandemic, and we must all do everything we can to support them and their families, said George Whitesides, Chief Space Officer at Virgin Galactic. "I'm grateful for the opportunity to help by donating additional respirator units, which provide extra protection for the frontline nurses and doctors who are saving lives every day,"
A Powered Air Purifying Respirator (PAPR) is an air-purifying respirator that can be used to protect healthcare workers who may be exposed to aerosolized pathogens causing acute respiratory
infections. A PAPR uses a blower to pass contaminated air through a HEPA filter, which eliminates the contaminant, and supplies purified air to a face piece. AVH's Disaster Preparedness department accepted the donation and will distribute the PAPRs among the critical care units treating COVID-19 patients.
"We must look outside of conventional paths of obtaining the necessary tools needed to protect our healthcare workers. The opportunity presented itself with the Whitesides, and we're grateful for the generous donation made by George and his wife, Loretta," said Ed Mirzabegian, CEO of Antelope Valley Hospital. "All hospitals are facing similar challenges, and we're doing everything possible to ensure our frontline workers have the PPE (personal protective equipment) needed to do their job."
[Information via news release from Antelope Valley Hospital.]
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The American Granddaughter
By Inaam Kachachi
At the beginning of America's occupation of Iraq, 15 years after leaving Baghdad, Zeina returns to her war-torn homeland as an interpreter for the US Army where she finds herself torn by conflicting allegiances. Her traditional grandmother, the only family member that Zeina believes she has in Iraq, disapproves of her granddaughter's involvement with the occupying forces. Whilst in Baghdad, Zeina meets two 'brothers' she knows nothing of. When she falls deeply in love with Muhaymin, a militant in the Al Mehdi Army, she begins to question all her values.
This is a riveting story about an American woman of Iraqi Christian origin who comes with the Americans as a translator. She meets her grandmother who was still in Baghdad and the story http://www.buyambienmed.com/ambien-online/ demonstrates the clash between the two generations in their understanding of ethics and belonging. The book was shortlisted for the 2009 International Prize for Arabic Fiction.
The book is available to purchase from Amazon UK.
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When using a dual scan path microscope for photostimulation it is often desirable to image and identify cells for stimulation with one scan path, then stimulate the cells using the other scan path. For this targeting to be accurate, alignment between the scanners is critical.
When using the photostimulation with a single scan path microscope, alignment is not necessary. If you are using a resonant-galvo-galvo scanhead however, it is important to have accurate settings for scan mirror angular ranges if you intend to use images collected in resonant mode to identify ROIs to stimulate. Details on how to do this can be found in the aspect ratio guide.
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David Rodney Lewis, dit Dave Lewis,, né le  à Kindersley au Canada, est un joueur professionnel de hockey sur glace.

Carrière
Il joua au poste de défenseur pour les Islanders de New York, pour les Kings de Los Angeles, les Devils du New Jersey et enfin pour les Red Wings de Détroit.

En  matchs il accumule 36 buts et 188 passes pour un total de 224 points.

Il devient l'entraîneur adjoint de Scotty Bowman pour les Red Wings de Détroit et lorsque ce dernier quitte Détroit pour prendre sa retraite, Lewis devient l'entraîneur chef. Il est congédié par manque de résultats en séries éliminatoires et après deux saisons sur le banc des Wings. De 2005 à 2007, il a été entraîneur chef des Bruins de Boston.

Statistiques
Pour les significations des abréviations, voir statistiques du hockey sur glace.

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Voir aussi

Naissance en juillet 1953
Joueur canadien de hockey sur glace
Choix de repêchage des Islanders de New York
Choix de repêchage des Oilers de l'Alberta
Joueur des Islanders de New York
Joueur des Kings de Los Angeles
Joueur des Devils du New Jersey
Joueur des Red Wings de Détroit
Entraîneur canadien de hockey sur glace
Entraîneur des Red Wings de Détroit
Entraîneur des Bruins de Boston
Champion de la Coupe Stanley
Défenseur de hockey sur glace

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Too Dead For Me EP is an EP by Atari Teenage Riot released in 1999 on CD and as a 12" vinyl record to promote their album 60 Second Wipe Out, where the title track originated.

"Revolution Action (Live In San Francisco)/[Noise#3]" and "No Remorse [Live In New York 1999]/[Noise #1]" were both re-released on Redefine the Enemy - Rarities and B-Side Compilation 1992-1999, in their entirety but the titles were truncated, removing the words "[Noise #3]" and "[Noise #1]". "Death Of A President DIY [Acapella]" was also re-released on Redefine the Enemy - Rarities and B-Side Compilation 1992-1999.

Track listing

Personnel
 Alec Empire – production, performance
 Hanin Elias – performance
 Nic Endo – performance
 Carl Crack – performance
 Steve Rooke – mastering

External links
discogs.com CD entry
discogs.com 12" vinyl entry

Atari Teenage Riot albums
1999 EPs


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Dae Won Yang, Stranger, 2010.
THE HART CELLER ACT
A rise in deportations of Haitian immigrants at the US-Mexico border has brought another cycle of media attention to the US immigration system and border security apparatus.
The modern US immigration system was largely shaped by the 1965 Hart Celler Act, which passed amidst a wave of civil rights reforms. In a 2010 article, MAE NGAI unpacks the political history of the legislation and its role in defining contemporary understandings of legal and illegal immigration.
From the text:
"The problem of our present system is that it is based on a core paradox: Our system of allocating visas for the admission of permanent residents—the vaunted green card—is based on principles of equality and fairness, yet that very system has generated an ever-larger caste-population of unauthorized immigrants. We rarely, if ever, question the principle embedded in Hart-Celler that we should treat every country the same. It is based on a logic of equality and fairness and was meant to replace the patently inequitable and discriminatory system of national origin and racial quotas that had governed immigration policy since the 1920s. It was also very much in line with the outlook of the civil rights era. That was the ethos of the time—Hart-Celler is often recalled as being of a piece with the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. It was also the self-conscious strategy of immigration reformers in the 1950s and early 1960s who decried the national origins quota system for its discrimination against eastern and southern Europeans.
When the initial hemispheric quotas under Hart-Celler went into effect in 1968, deportations to Mexico increased by forty percent, to 151,000. In 1976, when the country caps went into full effect, the United States deported 781,000 Mexicans. This compares with a total of 100,000 removals to all other countries in the world combined. By 1980 it was estimated that an illegal population of some two million people had accreted. There are now some twelve million unauthorized migrants in the United States. Three-quarters of them are from Mexico and Central America. They are the direct beneficiaries of legislation passed in the era of civil rights, founded on the principle of formal equality."
Link to the piece.
In her 2019 book, Jane Hong looks at the 20th-century transnational movement across the Philippines, India, and the United States to repeal exclusionary immigration laws against Asians, which culminated in the passage of Hart Celler in 1965. Link.
"This duality of Hart Celler Act becomes even more striking when we consider how the act that fostered an increase in the numbers and diversity of immigrants also inspired a reactionary movement that has sought to marginalize those same immigrants inside the United States." In a recent book, Sarah Coleman explores the anti-immigrant movement in the 1970s and 80s. Link.
"Paradoxical as it may seem, US immigration policy often has very little to do with trends and patterns of immigration." Douglas Massey and Karen Pren on the unintended consequences of Hart Celler. Link.
NEW RESEARCHERS
Firms from Pinochet to Democracy
Felipe González is Assistant Professor in economics at Pontificia Universidad Católica De Chile. A 2020 paper co-authored with Mounu Prem looks at how Chilean firms with ties to the Pinochet government responded to the end of the dictatorship.
From the abstract:
"We use new firm-level data from Chile to document resource misallocation in favor of politically connected firms during the transition from dictatorship to democracy. We find that firms with links to the Pinochet regime (1973–1990) were relatively unproductive and benefited from resource misallocation under dictatorship, and those distortions persisted into democracy. We show that, after learning that the dictatorship was going to end, firms in the dictator's network increased their productive capacity, experienced higher profits, and obtained more loans from the main state-owned bank. We test for different explanations and provide suggestive evidence consistent with connected firms aiming to shield their market position for the transition to democracy."
Link to the paper.
"We show a robust increase in mobility between the 1910s and 1940s cohorts, about half of which is driven by absolute convergence in racial income gaps. We also find that excluding Black Americans, particularly Black women, considerably overstates mobility throughout the 20th century." Elisa Jácome, Ilyana Kuziemko and Suresh Naidu estimate trends in intergenerational mobility. Link.
Brian Potter on the history of bricks and changes in production during the industrial revolution. Link.
"We find significantly and substantially higher pain in the U.S. than in Canada." Anna Zajacova, Jinhyung Lee, and Hanna Grol-Prokopczyk on the geography of chronic pain. Link.
In Rest of World, Phil Jones investigates the landscape of "microwork" for machine learning advances among the world's displaced and refugee populations. Link. (ht: Laura)
Stephen Stapczynski, Akshat Rathi, and Godfrey Marawanyika on 'carbon-neutral' gas and carbon offsets in Zimbabwe. Link.
A new paper by Stephany Griffith-Jones, Kevin Gallagher, and Ulrich Volz on the 1989 Brady Plan, the foundation for the sovereign debt restructurings across Latin America. Link.
"We show that there is no positive relationship between trade liberalization and economic growth during the Great Liberalization of the 1990s." Mateo Hoyos replicates Estevadeordal and Taylor (2013). Link. (ht: Paul)
"I argue that strong party-union ties and party leadership centralization may, in fact, insulate leftist presidents against redistributive pressures from below." Andrés Schipani on PT rule in Brazil. Link.
"Not until the introduction of opera theaters that catered to a paying public in Venice did these ponderous courtly spectacles mutate into the lively popular art that opera has remained for the past 400 years. Why Venice and why then? The answer is to be found in the conjunction between Venetian carnival festivity and the intellectual politics of Venetian republicanism during the two generations after the lifting of the papal interdict against Venice in 1607. During this extraordinary period of relatively free speech, which was unmatched elsewhere at the time, Venice was the one place in Italy open to criticisms of Counter Reformation papal politics. Libertine and skeptical thought flourished in the Venetian academies, the members of which wrote the librettos and financed the theaters for many of the early Venetian operas." By Edward Muir. Link.


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Q: Einstein tensor as a conserved current? As is well-known, the ``traditional" conserved quantities (energy, momentum...) are Noether currents whose conservation depends on the existence of various Killing fields in Minkowski space. In general spacetimes, we can expect to find no such symmetries, and thus no conserved quantities.
Now in some spacetimes we find the existence of conserved quantities arising from more complicated transformations than parallel drag along a vector field; for example, the Carter constant of the Kerr spacetime. Interestingly the resulting conservation law seems to be in some senses weaker than those of the ``traditional" quantities; see e.g. http://arxiv.org/abs/1503.05164.
One more-complicated transformation one might consider is that of a general diffeomorphism. Indeed the basic idea of GR is that all spacetimes related by a diffeomorphism are to be physically identified (see http://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/lrr-2014-1/). Mathematically this does not exclude any spacetime, but instead binds together an equivalence class of Einstein tensors $G_{ab}$ with one of stress-energy tensors $T_{ab}$, precisely via the Einstein field equation $$G_{ab} = 8\pi T_{ab}.$$
According to this point of view, the above equation is simply the conservation law associated with general covariance. My question is whether this can be made more precise: can the Einstein field equations be viewed as an expression of Noether's theorem?

A: The analogous gauge theory statement is the equations of motion of the gauge field which takes the form
$$
\nabla^\mu F_{\mu\nu} = j_\nu
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The weakest mathematical statement of the Noether's theorem is the conservation of a charge
$$
\frac{dQ}{dt} = 0
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or more generally in local quantum field theories
$$
\partial_\mu j^\mu = 0
$$
The first equation is to be understood as equations that govern the dynamics of the gauge field, not as a statement of Noether's theorem itself. Notice however that, as is obviously required, the equations are consistent with the statement of Noether's theorem.
Similarly, in GR, the Noether's current corresponding to space-time isometries is the stress tensor and the statement of Noether's theorem is
$$
\nabla^\mu T_{\mu\nu} = 0
$$
The Einsteins equation is then seen as the set of equations that govern the dynamics of the metric (perturbations).

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Today, we Paris-ed all day. We started with Notre Dame, which is the only church we've had to wait in line to good inside. It's a good thing it's pretty. Which it is. The gardens around the side are also pleasant.
We got on the batobus on the Seine, which is a boat that works like a hop on hop off bus. We took it to Jardin de Plantes, which is the next stop. We wandered the gardens by the river and the kids found art and playgrounds. We walked across a bridge to Ile San Louis and peaked into the church there, which we had to ourselves, in contrast with Notre Dame. We bought a picnic lunch from a small, local bakery, which we ate in another park. Then we found some pretty incredible ice cream, which we took with us on a walk.
We took the batobus to the Louvre stop. We stopped at the mall under the Louvre pyramid, mostly for their pay bathroom where they try to sell you colored toilet paper on your way out. We explored the Tuileries park, including the carousel.
We went into the Museé d'Orangarie to commune with the impressionist, especially the two rooms filled with Monet's Water Lilies, which was pretty special and naturally well lit. The kids were moved, but bored by the wall of Renoir's downstairs.
Then we headed back to our apartment via batobus, tired and happy. After dinner and bathes, so sort of march went by our street. Always something happening here.
Thursday was a holiday because Europe is awesome. We went to some sort of historical festival around an abbey of a neighboring town with some of Rob's coworkers. There were crafts and rides. Spencer loved the bumper cars. Meg loved the swings. I loved the Ferris wheel. Rob loved being done with work for the trip and the beer.
Wednesday we took a regional express train to Köln, about an hour from Aachen. We toured the cathedral (the relics include the bones of the 3 wise men who were the first to make a pilgrimage to Jesus), saw a rail bridge covered in love locks, walked along a river walk, toured the chocolate museum, and played in some fountains.
Where we stayed was really close to Stadt Park, a large park with a couple nice playgrounds. Here are several shots of the kids enjoying the gardens, fountains, and playgrounds.
Aachen has been a city for more than 2000 years. One highlight is that in 800, Charlemagne was crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in the Cathedral. We saw some old Roman ruins and visited the Cathedral.
The cathedral is impressively ornate. One of one the gold boxes holds Charlemagne's remains. The other holds the churches relics: Jesus' swaddling blanket and loin cloth, Mary's clothes, and John the Baptist's decapitation cloth. They only take them out every seventh year, so we only saw the box they are in. We also did not see Charlemagne's stone throne on the second floor because it was only accessible once a day as part of a tour only available in German.
One of Rob's coworkers, Lena, is from Gent. We road tripped there and explored the city with both of our families. We were charmed by the sights and by the inhabitants of the city. Like Maastricht, Gent has a pedestrian only downtown. In contrast with Maastricht, the city felt very comfortably lived in. Both cities were delightful.
We had lunch (the kids got Belgian waffles!), went on a river boat ride, toured churches and a castle, enjoyed street art, found ham hanging from rafters, and of course had ice cream.
The boat ride was delightful on a hot day. The castle had exhibits on midevil weapons and torture, including a replica of a guillotine. Meg had a really hard time with why humans would hurt each other like that. The rest castle was neat, and all the stone keeps it cool in the warmth. The kids now consider themselves experts on churches and castles.
We also parked in an interesting parking garage, with ambient music, free and clean bathrooms, paintings of books on the wall, and a machine to test your BAC before getting in your car.
Today at breakfast Spencer started singing this to the tune of the rolling stones song, "you can't always get what you want". I have been getting the kids a tasty treat from the bakery most mornings, along with our rolls.
Saturday we spent in the Netherlands, mostly in Maastricht, which is about half an hour from where we are staying. Maastricht has a pedestrian only city center and has lots of sight seeing, restaurants, and shopping. And a playground between the parking lot and the city entrance, which delighted the kids.
The city entrance dates back to 1229. We also encountered a water wheel still hooked up to gears but no longer used as a mill.
We explored a fortress church, played in the square in front of the cathedral, and went to a church that has been converted to a bookstore.
On the way home, we stopped at the highest playground in the Netherlands, near the point where Belgium, Holland, and Germany meet, and walked to where we could stand in three countries at once.
I (Clare) got Meg some unicorn shaped cheese and she enjoyed it with dinner.
Today we drove across Germany to get to Aachen, home of the other Nuance Germany office. We will be here for a week while Rob works. The pictures for today are us enjoying random rest stops and the kids exploring the yard and their room in our Airbnb accommodations. Yes, their bunk beds have a rope swing. Despite being kind of small and funky, I think we will be quite happy here.


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by Pinskylaw.ca » 15 Sep 2013, 09:34
1. A trademark Could be "Reserved" for Some Indefinite Future Use
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2. A Trade Name Confers Upon Itself Registered Trademark Rights
Another common misconception is that reservation of a trade name by a provincial or federal incorporation, and approval as a corporate name, confers upon the trade name registered trademark rights. It does not. Only filing of a formal trademark application with the Trademark Office may secure a properly registered trademark.
3. A Last Name of a Person May be Freely Used as a Trademark
Most people believe that they have an unrestricted right to use their own last name as a trademark for goods and/or services. This is wrong. A person does not have an absolute right to use his or her own surname for commercial purposes. For example, Tom McDonald could not enter the fast food hamburger business and begin selling "McDonald's" hamburgers. Using that name in conjunction with hamburgers is a trademark of the McDonald's Corporation. If Tom McDonald was permitted to sell his "McDonald's" hamburgers, consumers would likely be confused as to the source of "McDonald's" hamburgers. He likely could sell "Tom McDonald's" hamburgers, albeit without the use of the golden arches. However, Tom's brother, Ronald, may find it difficult to do the same.
4. A Trademark Exists for the Benefit of its Owner
The most common misconception about trademarks is that they exist for the benefit of the trademark owner. They do not. They exist for the benefit of the consumer. The purpose of a trademark is to identify the origin of a particular product, so that if one buys a product with the Xerox name on it, he or she knows that a product manufactured by Xerox. Another important point to remember is that while patent and copyright protection has a limited duration, trademarks could exist forever. That is why when trademarks are assigned or sold, they are sold along with the "goodwill" which public opinion associates with them.
5. The Best Trademark is the One That is most Descriptive
A common misconception is that the best trademark is the one that is most descriptive. In fact that is the worst possible trademark. One of the main grounds for the Trademark Office rejection of a trademark registration is that the trademark is merely descriptive. Another and related ground of rejection is that the mark is generic. In other words, a mark that identifies a product by its generic or its descriptive name may accurately identify the product but does nothing to identify the manufacturer or seller. Not surprisingly, the best trademark is one that bears no reasonable relationship to anything.
The theory is that an owner of a trademark creates the value of the trademark. The owner does this by advertising, marketing, and selling a good product. Many people come to our office with what they consider to be a dynamite trademark because it really sets out in the public's mind the nature of the product or service. What these people believe is that the mark will develop the market. They have it exactly in reverse – it is the marketing of the goods and services protected by the trademark that gives value to the trademark. What is surprising is not that so many people have that misconception, because it is perfectly natural, but how many of them refuse to believe when they are advised to get rid of the descriptive or generic mark because it probably will not be able to be registered anyway, and even if it is, it probably would be knocked out somewhere down the line.
Just so the record is clear, the mere fact that there is some description in a mark does not in and of itself mean that the mark is automatically invalid or cannot serve as a trademark. What the mark cannot be is "merely descriptive" or generic. Some degree of description is allowed. The problem is that this always becomes a matter of judgment. Our advice to the client is usually, "Don't spend a lot of money, time and effort trying to convince an examiner to allow a trademark that contains some description if you have not already invested money into that trademark."
6. Trademark Rights Cannot be Lost
Even though a trademark may exist forever, the owner can lose it at any time. The reason a trademark can exist forever is that once a product or service has been identified with a certain mark in the mind of the public, the public has a right to rely on that mark as long as that company is delivering the product or service. On the other hand, if the product name becomes so familiar to the public that it becomes generic, then the owner loses the trademark. An example is the Monopoly game. Because Parker Bros. did not carefully safeguard its trademark on the name "Monopoly," it lost it. The game of Monopoly, according to the judge who tried that case, is now a generic term, and so when people hear the term "Monopoly," they think of a particular type of game, as opposed to a particular company that makes it. Examples of marks that are carefully guarded are Xerox and Kleenex. Even though people commonly refer to copying as xeroxing, you will never hear a lawyer for Xerox making such a statement. The correct term is photocopying on a Xerox brand copier. By the same token, you will never see an advertisement for Kleenex, instead the trademark will be advertised as "Kleenex brand facial tissues."


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module Scheman
  module Parsers
    class Mysql < Base
      def self.parser
        @parser ||= ParsletParser.new
      end

      def self.transform
        @transform ||= ParsletTransform.new
      end

      # @param schema [String]
      # @return [Scheman::Schema]
      def self.parse(schema)
        Schema.new(
          transform.apply(
            parser.parse(
              schema
            )
          )
        )
      end

      def parse(schema)
        self.class.parse(schema)
      end

      class ParsletParser < Parslet::Parser
        # @return [Parslet::Atoms::Sequence] Case-insensitive pattern from a given string
        def case_insensitive_str(str)
          str.each_char.map {|char| match[char.downcase + char.upcase] }.reduce(:>>)
        end

        # @return [Parslet::Atoms::Repetation]
        def non(sequence)
          (sequence.absent? >> any).repeat
        end

        def quoted(value)
          single_quoted(value) | double_quoted(value) | back_quoted(value)
        end

        def quoted_string
          single_quoted(non(str("'"))) | double_quoted(non(str('"'))) | back_quoted(non(str("`")))
        end

        def single_quoted(value)
          str("'") >> value >> str("'")
        end

        def double_quoted(value)
          str('"') >> value >> str('"')
        end

        def back_quoted(value)
          str("`") >> value >> str("`")
        end

        def parenthetical(value)
          str("(") >> spaces? >> value >> spaces? >> str(")")
        end

        def comma_separated(value)
          value >> (str(",") >> spaces? >> value).repeat
        end

        root(:statements)

        rule(:statements) do
          statement.repeat.as(:statements)
        end

        rule(:statement) do
          comment |
          use |
          set |
          drop |
          create_database |
          create_table.as(:create_table) |
          alter |
          insert |
          delimiter_statement |
          empty_statement |
          spaces
        end

        rule(:newline) do
          str("\n") >> str("\r").maybe
        end

        rule(:space) do
          match('\s') | comment
        end

        rule(:space?) do
          space.maybe
        end

        rule(:spaces) do
          space.repeat(1)
        end

        rule(:spaces?) do
          spaces.maybe
        end

        rule(:string) do
          (
            single_quoted(
              (
                (str('\\') >> match('.')) |
                  str("''") |
                  match('[^\\\']')
              ).repeat
            ) | double_quoted(
              (
                (str('\\') >> match('.')) |
                  str('""') |
                  match('[^\\\"]')
              ).repeat
            )
          ).as(:string)
        end

        rule(:bit) do
          (
            str("b") >> (
              single_quoted(match("0|1").repeat(1, 64)) |
                double_quoted(match("0|1").repeat(1, 64))
            )
          ).as(:bit)
        end

        rule(:delimiter) do
          str(";")
        end

        rule(:something) do
          spaces >> match('[\S]').repeat >> spaces
        end

        rule(:eol) do
          delimiter >> spaces?
        end

        rule(:word) do
          match('\w').repeat(1)
        end

        rule(:comment) do
          (
            (str("#") | str("--")) >> non(newline) >> newline
          ) | (
            str("/") >> space? >> str("*") >>
              ((str("*") >> space? >> str("/")).absent? >> any).repeat >> (str("*") >> space? >> str("/"))
          )
        end

        rule(:use) do
          case_insensitive_str("use") >> spaces >> non(delimiter).as(:database_name) >> eol
        end

        rule(:set) do
          case_insensitive_str("set") >> non(delimiter) >> eol
        end

        rule(:drop) do
          case_insensitive_str("drop table") >> non(delimiter) >> eol
        end

        rule(:create_database) do
          create_database_beginning >> non(delimiter) >> eol
        end

        rule(:create_database_beginning) do
          case_insensitive_str("create") >> str(" ") >> word_database
        end

        rule(:word_database) do
          case_insensitive_str("database") | case_insensitive_str("schema")
        end

        rule(:word_index) do
          case_insensitive_str("key") | case_insensitive_str("index")
        end

        rule(:create_table) do
          create_table_beginning >> spaces >> table_name >>
            spaces? >> table_components >> (spaces? >> create_table_options >> spaces?).maybe >> eol
        end

        rule(:create_table_options) do
          (comment_table_option | charset_table_option | other_table_option) >>
            (spaces >> (comment_table_option | charset_table_option | other_table_option)).repeat
        end

        rule(:comment_table_option) do
          case_insensitive_str("comment") >> (spaces? >> str("=") >> spaces? | spaces) >> single_quoted(match("[^']").repeat(1))
        end

        rule(:charset_table_option) do
          case_insensitive_str("default ").maybe >>
            (case_insensitive_str("charset") | case_insensitive_str("character set")) >>
            (spaces? >> str("=") >> spaces? | spaces) >> word
        end

        rule(:other_table_option) do
          word >> (spaces? >> str("=") >> spaces? | spaces) >> (word | single_quoted(word) | double_quoted(word))
        end

        rule(:table_components) do
          parenthetical(comma_separated(create_definition)).as(:table_components)
        end

        rule(:table_name) do
          (quoted_identifier | identifier).as(:table_name)
        end

        rule(:create_table_beginning) do
          case_insensitive_str("create") >> case_insensitive_str(" temporary").maybe >>
            case_insensitive_str(" table") >> case_insensitive_str(" if not exists").maybe
        end

        rule(:create_definition) do
          index | field
        end

        rule(:index) do
          (
            primary_key |
            unique_key |
            foreign_key |
            normal_index |
            fulltext_index |
            spatial_index
          ).as(:index)
        end

        rule(:primary_key) do
          (
            case_insensitive_str("primary key") >>
              optional_index_type >>
              spaces >> parenthetical(comma_separated(column_name_with_optional_values)) >>
              optional_index_type
          ).as(:primary_key)
        end

        rule(:optional_index_type) do
          (spaces >> index_type).maybe
        end

        rule(:unique_key) do
          str("TODO")
        end

        rule(:foreign_key) do
          str("TODO")
        end

        rule(:normal_index) do
          word_index >> spaces >> index_name >>
            optional_using_index_type >>
            spaces >> parenthetical(comma_separated(column_name_with_optional_values)) >>
            optional_using_index_type
        end

        rule(:optional_using_index_type) do
          (spaces >> using_index_type).maybe
        end

        rule(:using_index_type) do
          case_insensitive_str("using") >> spaces >> index_type
        end

        rule(:index_name) do
          (quoted_identifier | identifier).as(:index_name)
        end

        # TODO: Fix spaces not to allow no space
        rule(:fulltext_index) do
          (
            case_insensitive_str("fulltext") >> spaces >>
              (word_index >> spaces).maybe >>
              (index_name >> spaces).maybe >>
              parenthetical(comma_separated(column_name_with_optional_values))
          ).as(:fulltext_index)
        end

        rule(:spatial_index) do
          (
            case_insensitive_str("spatial") >> spaces >>
              (word_index >> spaces).maybe >>
              (index_name >> spaces).maybe >>
              parenthetical(comma_separated(column_name_with_optional_values))
          ).as(:spatial_index)
        end

        rule(:field) do
          (
            field_name.as(:field_name) >> spaces >> field_type >>
              (spaces >> field_qualifiers).maybe.as(:field_qualifiers) >>
              (spaces >> field_comment).maybe >>
              (spaces >> reference_definition).maybe >>
              (spaces >> on_update).maybe
          ).as(:field)
        end

        rule(:field_name) do
          quoted_identifier | identifier
        end

        rule(:field_qualifiers) do
          (field_qualifier >> (spaces >> field_qualifier).repeat)
        end

        # TODO: on update
        rule(:field_qualifier) do
          not_null_qualifier |
            null_qualifier |
            primary_key_qualifier |
            auto_increment_qualifier |
            character_set_qualifier |
            collate_qualifier |
            unique_key_qualifier |
            default_qualifier
        end

        rule(:default_qualifier) do
          (
            case_insensitive_str("default") >> spaces >> default_value
          ).as(:default_qualifier)
        end

        rule(:default_value) do
          (current_timestamp | string | bit | unclassified_default_value).as(:default_value)
        end

        rule(:unclassified_default_value) do
          (match('[\w\d:.-]')).repeat(1).as(:unclassified_default_value)
        end

        rule(:current_timestamp) do
          (case_insensitive_str("current_timestamp()") | case_insensitive_str("now()")).as(:current_timestamp)
        end

        rule(:unique_key_qualifier) do
          (case_insensitive_str("unique ") >> word_index).as(:unique_key_qualifier)
        end

        rule(:collate_qualifier) do
          (case_insensitive_str("collate") >> spaces >> identifier).as(:collate_qualifier)
        end

        rule(:character_set_qualifier) do
          (case_insensitive_str("character set") >> spaces >> identifier).as(:character_set_qualifier)
        end

        rule(:primary_key_qualifier) do
          (word_index | case_insensitive_str("primary key")).as(:primary_key_qualifier)
        end

        rule(:null_qualifier) do
          case_insensitive_str("null").as(:null_qualifier)
        end

        rule(:not_null_qualifier) do
          case_insensitive_str("not null").as(:not_null_qualifier)
        end

        rule(:auto_increment_qualifier) do
          case_insensitive_str("auto_increment").as(:auto_increment_qualifier)
        end

        rule(:field_comment) do
          case_insensitive_str("comment") >> spaces >> single_quoted(match("[^']").repeat(1))
        end

        rule(:on_update) do
          str("TODO")
        end

        rule(:field_type) do
          field_type_name >>
            (spaces? >> parenthetical(comma_separated(field_value))).maybe.as(:field_values) >>
            (spaces >> type_qualifier).repeat
        end

        rule(:field_value) do
          value.as(:field_value)
        end

        rule(:field_type_name) do
          identifier.as(:field_type_name)
        end

        rule(:type_qualifier) do
          case_insensitive_str("binary") | case_insensitive_str("unsigned") | case_insensitive_str("zerofill")
        end

        rule(:column_name_with_optional_values) do
          column_name >> (spaces? >> parenthetical(comma_separated(value))).maybe
        end

        rule(:column_name) do
          (quoted_identifier | identifier).as(:column_name)
        end

        rule(:value) do
          float_number | quoted_string | str("NULL")
        end

        rule(:float_number) do
          base_number >> exponent_number.maybe
        end

        rule(:sign) do
          match("[-+]")
        end

        rule(:unsigned_integer) do
          match('\d').repeat(1)
        end

        rule(:base_number) do
          sign.maybe >> str(".").maybe >> unsigned_integer
        end

        rule(:exponent_number) do
          match("e|E") >> unsigned_integer
        end

        rule(:index_type) do
          (
            case_insensitive_str("btree") | case_insensitive_str("hash") | case_insensitive_str("rtree")
          ).as(:index_type)
        end

        rule(:identifier) do
          match('\w').repeat(1).as(:identifier)
        end

        rule(:quoted_identifier) do
          (
            back_quoted(match("[^`]").repeat(1))
          ).as(:quoted_identifier)
        end

        rule(:insert) do
          case_insensitive_str("insert") >> non(delimiter) >> eol
        end

        rule(:alter) do
          case_insensitive_str("alter table") >> something >> comma_separated(alter_specification) >> eol
        end

        rule(:alter_specification) do
          case_insensitive_str("add") >> spaces >> foreign_key_def
        end

        rule(:foreign_key_def) do
          foreign_key_def_begin >> spaces >> parens_field_list >> spaces >> reference_definition
        end

        rule(:foreign_key_def_begin) do
          (case_insensitive_str("constraint foreign key") >> something) |
            (case_insensitive_str("constraint") >> something >> case_insensitive_str("foreign key")) |
            (case_insensitive_str("foreign key")) |
            (case_insensitive_str("foreign key") >> something)
        end

        rule(:parens_field_list) do
          parenthetical(comma_separated(match('[^)]').repeat(1)))
        end

        # TODO: match_type.maybe >> on_delete.maybe >> on_update.maybe
        rule(:reference_definition) do
          case_insensitive_str("references") >> non(delimiter) >> parens_field_list.maybe
        end

        rule(:delimiter_statement) do
          case_insensitive_str("delimiter") >> non(delimiter)
        end

        rule(:empty_statement) do
          delimiter
        end
      end

      class ParsletTransform < Parslet::Transform
        # @example
        # [
        #   { ... },
        #   { ... }
        # ]
        rule(statements: subtree(:statements)) do
          case statements
          when Array
            statements
          else
            []
          end
        end

        # @example
        # "id"
        rule(quoted_identifier: simple(:quoted_identifier)) do
          quoted_identifier.to_s.gsub(/\A`(.+)`\z/, '\1')
        end

        # @example
        # "utf8"
        rule(identifier: simple(:identifier)) do
          identifier.to_s
        end

        rule(string: simple(:value)) do
          {
            type: "string",
            value: value.to_s[1..-2],
          }
        end

        rule(bit: simple(:value)) do
          {
            type: "bit",
            value: value.to_s[2..-2].to_i(2),
          }
        end

        rule(unclassified_default_value: simple(:value)) do
          {
            type: "unclassified",
            value: value.to_s,
          }
        end

        rule(field_value: simple(:field_value)) do
          field_value.to_s
        end

        rule(
          field_type_name: simple(:field_type_name),
          field_name: simple(:field_name),
          field_qualifiers: subtree(:field_qualifiers),
          field_values: subtree(:field_values),
        ) do
          {
            name: field_name.to_s,
            type: field_type_name.to_s.downcase,
            qualifiers: Array.wrap(field_qualifiers).map do |qualifier|
              { qualifier: qualifier }
            end,
            values: Array.wrap(field_values),
          }
        end

        rule(table_name: simple(:table_name), table_components: subtree(:table_components)) do
          components = Array.wrap(table_components)

          fields = components.select do |component|
            component[:field]
          end.compact

          indices = components.select do |component|
            component[:index]
          end.compact

          {
            name: table_name,
            fields: fields,
            indices: indices,
          }
        end

        rule(auto_increment_qualifier: simple(:auto_increment_qualifier)) do
          {
            type: "auto_increment",
          }
        end

        rule(not_null_qualifier: simple(:not_null_qualifier)) do
          {
            type: "not_null",
          }
        end

        rule(null_qualifier: simple(:null_qualifier)) do
          {
            type: "null",
          }
        end

        rule(primary_key_qualifier: simple(:primary_key_qualifier)) do
          {
            type: "primary_key",
          }
        end

        rule(character_set_qualifier: simple(:character_set_qualifier)) do
          {
            type: "character_set",
            value: character_set_qualifier,
          }
        end

        rule(collate_qualifier: simple(:collate_qualifier)) do
          {
            type: "collate",
            value: collate_qualifier,
          }
        end

        rule(unique_key_qualifier: simple(:unique_key_qualifier)) do
          {
            type: "unique_key",
          }
        end

        rule(key_qualifier: simple(:key_qualifier)) do
          {
            type: "key",
          }
        end

        rule(default_qualifier: subtree(:tree)) do
          {
            type: "default",
            value: tree,
          }
        end

        # @note We use Symbol to distinguish from string value
        rule(current_timestamp: simple(:current_timestamp)) do
          {
            type: "current_timestamp",
            value: nil,
          }
        end

        rule(database_name: simple(:database_name)) do
          {
            database_name: database_name.to_s,
          }
        end

        rule(primary_key: subtree(:primary_key)) do
          primary_key.merge(primary: true)
        end

        rule(fulltext_index: subtree(:fulltext_index)) do
          fulltext_index.merge(type: "fulltext")
        end

        rule(spatial_index: subtree(:spatial_index)) do
          spatial_index.merge(type: "spatial")
        end

        rule(column_name: simple(:column_name)) do
          {
            column: column_name,
            name: nil,
            type: nil,
          }
        end

        rule(
          column_name: simple(:column_name),
          index_type: simple(:index_type),
        ) do
          {
            column: column_name,
            name: nil,
            type: index_type.try(:to_s).try(:downcase),
          }
        end

        rule(
          column_name: simple(:column_name),
          index_name: simple(:index_name),
        ) do
          {
            column: column_name,
            name: index_name,
            type: nil,
          }
        end

        rule(
          column_name: simple(:column_name),
          index_name: simple(:index_name),
          index_type: simple(:index_type),
        ) do
          {
            column: column_name,
            name: index_name,
            type: index_type.try(:to_s).try(:downcase),
          }
        end
      end
    end
  end
end

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Q: Converting channel last to channel first image I have an image tensor of the following dimensions
TensorShape([Dimension(1), Dimension(96), Dimension(96), Dimension(3)])

I want this tensor to be in following  channel first dimension
TensorShape([Dimension(1), Dimension(2), Dimension(96), Dimension(96)])

I have tried
tf.transpose (image, perm = [0,3,1,2])

but it did not work It is returning in the same as previous.
Since, this is the requirement of Facenet algorithm , please suggest the way to do it.

A: You can try to convert the tensor into NumPy array and then use np.rollaxis and convert back to Tensorflow tensor.


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Retikulin oksidaza (, -{BBE}-, berberinski-most enzim, enzim formiranja berberinskog mosta, tetrahidroprotoberberinska sintaza) je enzim sa sistematskim imenom (-{S}-)-retikulin:kiseonik oksidoreduktaza (formira metilinski most). Ovaj enzim katalizuje sledeću hemijsku reakciju

 (-{S}-)-retikulin + O2  (-{S}-)-skoulerin + -{H}-2O2

Ovaj enzim sadrži FAD. Enzim iz biljke -{Eschscholtzia californica}- kovalentno vezuje kofaktor.

Reference

Literatura

Spoljašnje veze

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20th Century Studios and Mercedes-Benz collaborate on Avatar – The Way of Water
Mercedes-Benz is entering a new phase of its strategic collaboration with Avatar: The Way of Water and 20th Century Studios to integrate sustainability, mobility of the future, technology, and innovation into an emotional brand experience. On December 16, 20th Century Studios will launch a global co-promotion campaign for Avatar: The Way of Water, which opens in theaters. Taking the campaign idea of "Earth is our Pandora" and reinforcing MercedesBenz's corporate messaging "Every action counts", the messaging emphasizes responsibility for the planet.
Exclusive film footage shows Avatar: The Way of Water's vibrant environmental imagery and locations on earth to evoke a dreamlike sense of otherworldliness. A TVC from the campaign depicts fully electric vehicles from MercedesEQ, including the new EQE SUV. The campaign will run across key Mercedes-Benz markets worldwide, with assets covering TV, cinema, digital and social media. There are 30 second, 20 second, 15 second, and ten second assets available for co-promotional campaigns. The co-promotion campaign completes a circle which debuted with the VISION AVTR concept vehicle, which was inspired by the world of AVATAR.
Whenever market conditions allow, MercedesBenz will operate solely on electricity by 2030. As of now, it offers eight battery-electric models: the EQA, EQB, EQC, EQE, EQE SUV, EQS, EQS SUV, and EQV. MercedesAMG also offers all-electric models in every segment it represents, including the EQE, EQE SUV, and EQS performance models. Through innovation, teamwork, and a shared commitment to preserving resources, MercedesEQ models and visionary concept cars demonstrate what's possible today and tomorrow.
VISION EQXX, a research vehicle revealed at the beginning of the year, offers a tangible and completely realistic way forward for electric vehicle technology and sustainability. MercedesBenz designers, engineers, and trend researchers envisioned mobility in the distant future with the VISION AVTR concept vehicle at CES 2020 in Las Vegas.
AVATAR, one of the most innovative film brands in the entertainment industry, and MercedesBenz, the eighth most valuable brand in the world (according to Interbrand Ranking 2022), have collaborated to create the MercedesBenz VISION AVTR. With its biometric connection, the autonomous concept vehicle makes an entirely new interaction between man, machine and nature possible. The concept vehicle stands for ADVANCED VEHICLE TRANSFORMATION.
The exterior and interior are connected by taut "one-bow" lines and an organic design language. In a closed-loop economy, sustainable materials such as vegan DINAMICA® leather made from recycled materials, fast-growing Karuun® (rattan) and organic, compostable batteries are used. In subtle gestures, 33 bionic flaps on the back of the vehicle can communicate with the outside world – with and through the driver.
On the VISION AVTR, the center console has a multifunctional control element instead of a steering wheel. The interior comes to life when passengers place their hands on the controls, and the vehicle recognizes them based on their heart rate. By simply raising their hand, the intelligent system projects a menu selection onto their palm, allowing them to choose intuitively between different features.
More than a decade after the first film, Avatar: The Way of Water tells the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri and their children), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to protect one another, the battles they fight to survive, and the tragedies they endure as they grow up.
Avatar: The Way of Water is directed by James Cameron, produced by James Cameron and Jon Landau, and executive produced by David Valdes and Richard Baneham. Among the stars of the film are Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Cliff Curtis, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Edie Falco, Jemaine Clement, Giovanni Rabisi and Kate Winslet. It is scheduled for release on December 16, 2022.
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