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These Terms and Conditions, together with any and all other documents referred to herein, set out the terms of use under which you may use Sleepiest ("OurApp"). Please read these Terms and Conditions carefully and ensure that you understand them. You will be required to read and accept these Terms and Conditions when signing up for an Account and purchasing a Subscription. If you do not agree to comply with and be bound by these Terms and Conditions, you must stop using Our App immediately.
"Account" – Means an account required to access and use Our App, as detailed in Clause 4;
"Content" – Means any and all text, images, audio, video, scripts, code, software, databases and any other form of information capable of being stored on a computer that appears on, or forms part of, Our App;
"Contract" – Means the contract between Us and you for the purchase and sale of a Subscription to Our App, as explained in Clause 6;
"Order" – Means your order for a Subscription;
"Subscription Confirmation" – Means Our acceptance and confirmation of your Order;
"Subscription" – Means a subscription to access Our App, purchased in accordance with these Terms and Conditions;
"User" – Means a user of Our App;
"User Content" – Means profile photos and information provided by facebook login, created and/or uploaded by Users in or to Our App;
"We/Us/Our" – Means Happiest Limited, a limited company registered in England under company number 09709710, whose registered address is 50 Bishopton Road, Middlesbrough, Cleveland, TS4 2RS, United Kingdom and whose main trading address is Happiest Limited, Round Foundry Media Centre, Foundry St, Leeds LS11 5QP.
2.1 – Our App is owned and operated by Happiest Limited, a limited company registered in England under company number 09709710, whose registered address is 50 Bishopton Road, Middlesbrough, Cleveland, TS4 2RS, United Kingdom and whose main trading address is Happiest Limited, Round Foundry Media Centre, Foundry St, Leeds LS11 5QP. Our VAT number is GB264427400.
2.2 – We are regulated by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (United Kingdom).
3. Access and Changes to Our App
3.1 – Access to the full range of content within Our App requires a Subscription. Upon purchasing a Subscription, all premium content in Our App will be available to you for the duration of that Subscription and any and all subsequent renewals.
3.2 – We may from time to time make changes to Our App:
3.2.1 – Minor changes may be required to make underlying technical alterations, for example, to fix an error or to address a security issue. We will inform you by e-mail, in-app notification, or in the update text on the given app store of any such changes (including, if applicable, anything that you need to do), however they will be unlikely to materially affect your use of Our App;
3.2.2 – Minor changes may be made to reflect changes in the law or other regulatory requirements. We will inform you by e-mail, in-app notification, or in the update text on the given app store of any such changes (including, if applicable, anything that you need to do), however they will be unlikely to materially affect your use of Our App;
3.2.3 – As detailed in the app store description, We may continue to develop and improve Our App over time, in some cases making significant changes to it.
3.3 – We will always aim to ensure that Our App is available at all times. In certain limited cases, however, We may need to temporarily suspend availability to make certain changes outlined under sub-Clause 3.2. Unless We are responding to an emergency or an urgent issue, We will inform you in advance of any interruptions to the availability of Our App.
4. Accounts
4.1 – An Account can optionally created for use with Our App.
4.2 – You may not create an Account if you are under 14 years of age.
4.3 – When creating an Account, the information you provide must be accurate and complete. If any of your information changes at a later date, it is your responsibility to ensure that your Account is kept up-to-date.
4.4 – We recommend that you choose a strong password for your Account, consisting of a combination of lowercase and uppercase letters, numbers, and symbols. It is your responsibility to keep your password safe. You must not share your Account with anyone else. If you believe your Account is being used without your permission, please contact Us immediately. We will not be liable for any unauthorised use of your Account.
4.5 – You must not use anyone else's Account.
4.6 – Any personal information provided in your Account will be collected, used, and held in accordance with your rights and Our obligations under the Data Protection Act, as set out in Clause 21.
4.7 – If you wish to close your Account, you may do so at any time by cancelling your subscription in the corresponding app stores "manage subscriptions" settings. If you have an active Subscription, your Account will remain active for the duration of the remainder of the Subscription period you are currently in. Closing your Account will cancel the auto-renewal of your Subscription, where applicable.
5. Subscriptions, Pricing and Availability
5.1 – We make all reasonable efforts to ensure that all general descriptions of the services available from Us (specifically, Our App) correspond to the actual services that will be provided to you.
5.2 – Where appropriate, you may be required to select your required Subscription. Different types of Subscription provide access to different features in Our App. Please ensure that you select the appropriate Subscription when prompted.
5.3 – All pricing information is correct at the time of going online. We reserve the right to change prices and to add, alter, or remove special offers from time to time and as necessary. Changes will not affect Subscriptions that have already been purchased.
5.4 – All prices include VAT.
6. Subscriptions – How Contracts Are Formed
6.1 – You will be guided through the Subscription process when you make a purchase. Before confirming a purchase, you will be given the opportunity to review your chosen Subscription and amend any errors in your Order. Please ensure that you check carefully before confirming your purchase.
6.2 – No part of Our App, website or any other material constitutes a contractual offer capable of acceptance. By purchasing a Subscription, you are making Us a contractual offer that We may, at Our sole discretion, accept. Our acceptance is indicated by us confirming your Subscription inside of Our App. Only once We have sent you a Subscription Confirmation will there be a legally binding contract between Us and you ("the Contract").
6.3 – Subscription Confirmations contain the following information:
6.3.1 – Confirmation of your chosen Subscription including full details of the main characteristics and features of Our App available as part of that Subscription.
6.3.2 – Pricing.
6.3.3 – Details of the duration of your Subscription.
6.4 – If we do not accept or cannot process your subscription purchase for any reason, no payment will be taken under normal circumstances. If we have taken payment in such circumstances, the payment can be refunded in accordance with the given App Stores refund policy.
6.5 – Subject to the cancellation provisions in Clause 8, once you have confirmed your subscription purchase, your subscription cannot be changed until the end or renewal date of that Subscription.
6.6 – By purchasing a Subscription, you are expressly requesting that you wish access to Our App to be made available to you immediately (and will be required to acknowledge this). If you are a consumer, this will result in your right to cancel during the "cooling-off" period being lost. Please be aware that We do not offer any Subscriptions that do not begin immediately. For more details of cancellation, please refer to Clause 8.
6.7 – Some of the subscription's available in Our App may offer a free trial of varying lengths. Up to 24 hours prior to any such trials ending, you will automatically be charged for the subscription you selected.
7.1 – Payment for Subscriptions will be due at the time of purchase. Your chosen payment method will be billed immediately upon confirmation of your Subscription.
7.2 – We accept the following methods of payment:
7.2.1 – iTunes App Store Purchase via any permitted payment method.
7.2.2 – Google Play Store Purchase via any permitted payment method.
7.2.3 – Amazon App Store Purchase via any permitted payment method.
8.1 – Consumers (but not business customers) in the European Union have a legal right to a "cooling-off" period within which distance sales contracts (including those formed online) can be cancelled for any reason. This period, if applicable, begins once a contract is formed and ends at the end of 14 calendar days after that date.
8.2 – Please note that, as explained in sub-Clause 6.7, because access to Our App is made available immediately upon the purchase of a Subscription, the 14-day cooling-off period does not apply.
8.3 – You may cancel at any time in the following limited circumstances and you may be entitled to a full or partial refund for services or digital content not provided:
8.3.1 – We have incorrectly described Our App or it is faulty (please refer to Clause 16 for more details); or
8.3.2 – There is a risk that the availability of Our App may be significantly delayed due to events outside of our control; or
8.3.3 – We have breached these Terms and Conditions or have in any way failed to comply with our legal obligations to you.
8.4 – Any and all refunds due to you will be made in accordance with the refund policy of the App Store from which you purchased the subscription to Our App. In the majority of cases it is the given App Store which determine when to issue a refund and not Happiest Limited. In instances of this, it is the given App Stores sole discretion when to provide a refund.
8.5 – Subject to sub-Clause 8.4, non-renewing Subscriptions cannot be cancelled. Auto-renewing Subscriptions can be cancelled at any time, however (also subject to sub-Clause 8.4), no refunds can be provided and you will continue to have access to Our App for the duration of the remainder of the Subscription period you are currently in. Cancelling an auto-renewing Subscription only prevents it from being auto-renewed.
8.6 – To cancel a Subscription for any reason, please inform us using one of the following methods:
8.6.1 – By navigating to the relevant "Manage Subscriptions" section of the app store you downloaded Our App from (e.g. the iTunes App Store, Google Play Store, Amazon App Store).
8.7 – We may ask you why you have chosen to cancel your Subscription and may use any answers you provide to improve Our App in the future, however please note that you are under no obligation to provide any details if you do not wish to.
8.8 – In certain limited circumstances we may cancel your Subscription and/or close your Account. If we take such action, you will be notified by email and We will provide an explanation for the cancellation and/or closure.
8.8.1 – If your Account is closed and your Subscription cancelled because you have breached these Terms and Conditions, you will not be entitled to a refund. If you believe We have closed your Account and cancelled your Subscription in error, please contact Us at [email protected]
8.8.2 – If your Account is closed and/or your Subscription is cancelled for any other reason, you will be refunded the remaining balance of your Subscription. The refund will be calculated based upon the price of your Subscription being divided by the total number of days in the Subscription and multiplied by the number of whole days remaining until the end of the Subscription (or, in the case of auto-renewing Subscriptions, until the renewal date). Any and all refunds due to you will be made no later than 14 calendar days after the date on which the closure and/or cancellation becomes effective. Refunds will be made to your original payment method.
9. Our Intellectual Property Rights and Licence
9.1 – We grant Users a limited, non-exclusive, revocable, worldwide, non-transferable licence to use Our App to aid in sleep / listen to audio content for personal (including research and private study) and business purposes, subject to these Terms and Conditions.
9.2 – Subject to the licence granted to Us under sub-Clause 12.3, Users retain the ownership of copyright and other intellectual property rights in their User Content (subject to any third party rights in that User Content and the terms of any licence under which you use such Content).
9.3 – All other Content included in Our App (including all user-facing material, and all underlying material such as code, software and databases) and the copyright and other intellectual property rights in that Content, unless specifically labelled otherwise, belongs to or has been licensed by Us. All Content is protected by applicable United Kingdom and international intellectual property laws and treaties.
9.4 – By accepting these Terms and Conditions, you hereby undertake:
9.4.1 – Not to copy, download or otherwise attempt to acquire any part of Our App;
9.4.2 – Not to disassemble, decompile or otherwise reverse engineer Our App;
9.4.3 – Not to allow or facilitate any use of Our App that would constitute a breach of these Terms and Conditions; and
9.4.5 – Not to embed or otherwise distribute Our App on any website, ftp server or similar.
10. Links to Our App
10.1 – You may link to Our App is hosted provided that:
10.1.1 – You do so in a fair and legal manner;
10.1.2 – You do not do so in a manner that suggests any form of association, endorsement or approval on Our part where none exists;
10.1.3 – You do not use any of Our logos or trade marks (or any others displayed on Our App) without Our express written permission; and
10.1.4 – You do not do so in a way that is calculated to damage Our reputation or to take unfair advantage of it.
10.2 – You may not link to any page other than the homepage of Our App (https://www.sleepiest.com) unless using the sharing features of Our App. Deep-linking to other parts of Our App requires Our express written permission.
10.3 – You may not link to Our App from any other website the content of which contains material that:
10.3.1 – Is sexually explicit;
10.3.2 – Is obscene, deliberately offensive, hateful or otherwise inflammatory;
10.3.3 – Promotes violence;
10.3.4 – Promotes or assists in any form of unlawful activity;
10.3.5 – Discriminates against, or is in any way defamatory of, any person, group or class of persons, race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age;
10.3.6 – Is designed or is otherwise likely to threaten, harass, annoy, alarm, inconvenience, upset, or embarrass another person
10.3.7 – Is calculated or is otherwise likely to deceive another person;
10.3.8 – Is designed or is otherwise likely to infringe (or threaten to infringe) another person's privacy;
10.3.9 – Misleadingly impersonates any person or otherwise misrepresents the identity or affiliation of a particular person in a way that is calculated to deceive (obvious parodies are not included in this definition provided that they do not fall within any of the other provisions of this sub-Clause 10.2 or 10.3);
10.3.10 – Implies any form of affiliation with Us where none exists;
10.3.11 – Infringes, or assists in the infringement of, the intellectual property rights (including, but not limited to, copyright, trade marks, patents and database rights) of any other party; or
10.3.12 – Is made in breach of any legal duty owed to a third party including, but not limited to, contractual duties and duties of confidence.
10.4 – Please note that the content criteria described above in sub-Clause 10.2 or 10.3 apply only to content over which the owner and/or operator of the website in question has direct control. You will not, therefore, be in breach of these Terms and Conditions if, for example, other users of a website on which you establish a link to Our App post content such as comments that violate the above criteria.
11. Links to Other Content
11.1 – We may provide links to other content such as websites, web apps and downloadable apps. Unless expressly stated, this content is not under our control. We neither assume or accept responsibility or liability for such third party content. The provision of a link by Us is for reference only and does not imply any endorsement of the linked content or of those in control of it.
12. User Content
12.1 – You agree that you will be solely responsible for any and all User Content that you create or upload using Our App. Specifically, you agree, represent and warrant that you have the right to create or upload the User Content and the right to use all materials of which it is comprised and that it will not contravene any aspect of Our Acceptable Usage Policy, detailed in Clause 14.
12.2 – You agree that you will be liable to Us and will, to the fullest extent permissible by law, indemnify Us for any breach of the warranties given by you under sub-Clause 12.1. You will be responsible for any loss or damage suffered by Us as a result of such breach.
12.3 – You (or your licensors, as appropriate) retain ownership of your User Content and all intellectual property rights subsisting therein. By creating or uploading User Content, you grant Us an unconditional, non-exclusive, fully transferable, royalty-free, perpetual, worldwide licence to use, store, archive, syndicate, publish, transmit, adapt, edit, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works from, display, perform and sub-licence your User Content for the purposes of operating and promoting Our App.
12.4 – If you wish to remove User Content, you may do so by emailing [email protected] Removing User Content also revokes the licence granted to Us to use that User Content under sub-Clause 12.3. You acknowledge, however, that caching or references to your User Content may not be made immediately unavailable (or may not be made unavailable at all where they are outside of Our reasonable control).
12.5 – We may reject, reclassify, or remove any User Content created or uploaded using Our App where that User Content, in Our sole opinion, violates Our Acceptable Usage Policy, or if We receive a complaint from a third party and determine that the User Content in question should be removed as a result.
13. Intellectual Property Rights and User Content
13.1 – All User Content and the intellectual property rights subsisting therein, unless specifically labelled otherwise, belongs to or has been licenced by the relevant User. All User Content is protected by applicable United Kingdom and international intellectual property laws and treaties.
13.2 – Users may not copy, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, reproduce or create derivative works based upon, another User's User Content without first obtaining the express consent of the User to whom the User Content in question belongs.
13.3 – We take technical measures to limit and/or restrict the ability of Users to unlawfully copy User Content created using Our App. Despite such measures, We do not make any representation or warranty that your User Content will not be unlawfully copied without your permission.
14. Acceptable Usage Policy
14.1 – You may only use Our App in a manner that is lawful and that complies with the provisions of this Clause 14. Specifically:
14.1.1 – You must ensure that you comply fully with any and all applicable local, national and international laws and/or regulations;
14.1.2 – You must not use Our App in any way, or for any purpose, that is unlawful or fraudulent;
14.1.3 – You must not use Our App to knowingly send, upload, or in any other way transmit data that contains any form of virus or other malware, or any other code designed to adversely affect computer hardware, software or any data of any kind; and
14.1.4 – You must not use Our App in any way, or for any purpose, that is intended to harm any person or persons in any way.
14.2 The following types of User Content are not permitted on Our App and you must not create, submit, communicate or otherwise do anything that:
14.2.2 – is obscene, deliberately offensive, hateful, or otherwise inflammatory;
14.2.6 – is intended or otherwise likely to threaten, harass, annoy, alarm, inconvenience, upset, or embarrass another person;
14.2.7 – is calculated or otherwise likely to deceive;
14.2.8 – is intended or otherwise likely to infringe (or threaten to infringe) another person's right to privacy;
14.2.9 – misleadingly impersonates any person or otherwise misrepresents your identity or affiliation in a way that is calculated to deceive (obvious parodies are not included within this definition provided that they do not fall within any of the other provisions of this sub-Clause 14.2);
14.2.11 – infringes, or assists in the infringement of, the intellectual property rights (including, but not limited to, copyright, patents, trade marks and database rights) of any other party; or
14.2.12 – is in breach of any legal duty owed to a third party including, but not limited to, contractual duties and duties of confidence.
14.3 – We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your Account and/or your access to Our App if you materially breach the provisions of this Clause 14 or any of the other provisions of these terms and conditions. Specifically, We may take one or more of the following actions:
14.3.1 – Suspend, whether temporarily or permanently, your Account and/or your right to access Our App (for more details regarding such cancellation, please refer to sub-Clause 8.9);
14.3.2 – Remove any of your User Content which violates this Acceptable Usage Policy;
14.3.3 – Issue you with a written warning;
14.3.4 – Take legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of any and all relevant costs on an indemnity basis resulting from your breach;
14.3.5 – Take further legal action against you as appropriate;
14.3.6 – Disclose such information to law enforcement authorities as required or as we deem reasonably necessary; and/or
14.3.7 – Any other actions which We deem reasonably appropriate (and lawful).
14.4 – We hereby exclude any and all liability arising out of any actions (including, but not limited to, those set out above) that We may take in response to breaches of these Terms and Conditions.
15. Advertising
15.1 – We may feature advertising within Our App and We reserve the right to display advertising on the same page as any User Content.
15.2 – You agree that you will not attempt to remove or hide any advertising using HTML/CSS/Ad-Blockers or by any other method.
15.3 – We are not responsible for the content of any advertising in Our App. Each advertiser is responsible for the content of their own advertising material. We will not be responsible for any advertising in Our App including, but not limited to, any errors, inaccuracies, or omissions.
16. Problems with Our App and Consumers' Legal Rights
16.1 – If you have any questions or complaints regarding Our App, please email Us at [email protected]
16.2- If you are a consumer, you have certain legal rights under the Consumer Rights Act 2015 that may apply to Our App:
16.2.1 – Any digital content provided by Us must be as described, fit for purpose, and of satisfactory quality. If digital content is faulty, you may be entitled to a repair or replacement. If a fault cannot be remedied, or has not been remedied within a reasonable time and without significant inconvenience to you, you may be entitled to a full or partial refund. If, as a result of Our failure to exercise reasonable care and skill, any digital content of which Our App is comprised (that is not User Content) damages your device or other digital content belonging to you, you may be entitled to a repair or compensation.
16.2.2 – Any services provided by Us must be provided with reasonable care and skill and in compliance with information provided by Us. If We fail to do so, you may be entitled to require Us to repeat or otherwise fix the problem or, if We cannot provide such a remedy, a full or partial refund.
16.2.3 – For more details concerning your rights and remedies as a consumer, please contact your local Citizens Advice Bureau or Trading Standards Office.
17.1 – No part of Our App or any accompanying documentation (whether provided in electronic form or otherwise) constitutes advice on which you should rely and is provided for general information purposes only. Professional or specialist advice should always be sought before taking any action relating to sleep aid.
17.2 – Subject to your legal rights if you are a consumer (as summarised above in Clause 16), insofar as is permitted by law, We make no representation, warranty, or guarantee that Our App will meet your requirements, that it will be fit for a particular purpose, that it will not infringe the rights of third parties, that it will be compatible with all software and hardware, or that it will be secure.
17.3 – We make reasonable efforts to ensure that the content contained within Our App is complete, accurate and up-to-date. We do not, however, make representations, warranties or guarantees (whether express or implied) that Our App (and the content therein) is complete, accurate or up-to-date.
17.4 – We are not responsible for the content or accuracy, or for any opinions, views, or values expressed in any User Content created or uploaded using Our App. Any such opinions, views, or values are those of the relevant User, and do not reflect our opinions, views, or values in any way.
18.1 – If you are a consumer, We will be liable to you for any foreseeable loss or damage that is caused by Us as a result of Our breach of these Terms and Conditions or Our failure to exercise reasonable care and skill. Loss or damage is foreseeable if it is either obvious that it will occur or was contemplated by you and Us when the Contract between us was formed.
18.2 – If you are a business, to the fullest extent permissible by law, We accept no liability for any foreseeable loss in contract, tort (including negligence), for breach of statutory duty, or otherwise arising out of or in connection with the use of (or inability to use) Our App or the use of or reliance upon any Content (whether that Content is provided by Us or whether it is User Content) included in Our App.
18.3 – To the fullest extent permissible by law, We accept no liability to consumers or businesses for loss or damage that is not foreseeable.
18.4 – To the fullest extent permissible by law, We exclude all representations, warranties, and guarantees (whether express or implied) that may apply to Our App or any Content (including User Content) included in Our App.
18.5 – If you are a business, We accept no liability for loss of profits, sales, business or revenue; loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation; loss of anticipated savings; business interruption; or for any indirect or consequential loss or damage.
18.6 – We exercise all reasonable skill and care to ensure that Our App is free from viruses and other malware. Subject to sub-Clause 16.2.1, We accept no liability for any loss or damage resulting from a virus or other malware, a distributed denial of service attack, or other harmful material that may adversely affect your hardware, software, data or other material that occurs as a result of your use of Our App (including the downloading of any Content (including User Content) from it) or any other website or service that We may provide a link to.
18.7 – We neither assume nor accept responsibility or liability arising out of any disruption or non-availability of Our App resulting from external causes including, but not limited to, ISP equipment failure, host equipment failure, communications network failure, natural events, acts of war, or legal restrictions and censorship.
18.8 – Nothing in these Terms and Conditions excludes or restricts Our liability in any situation where it would be unlawful for us to do so including fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, for death or personal injury resulting from negligence, or for any other forms of liability which cannot be excluded or restricted by law. For full details of applicable consumers' legal rights, including those relating to digital content, please contact your local Citizens' Advice Bureau or Trading Standards Office.
19. Viruses, Malware and Security
19.1 – We exercise all reasonable skill and care to ensure that Our App is secure and free from viruses and other malware including, but not limited to, the scanning of any and all User Content for viruses and malware as it is uploaded. We do not, however, guarantee that Our App is secure or free from viruses or other malware and accept no liability in respect of the same, as detailed in sub-Clause 18.6.
19.2 – You are responsible for protecting your hardware, software, data and other material from viruses, malware and other internet security risks.
19.3 – You must not deliberately introduce viruses or other malware, or any other material which is malicious or technologically harmful either to or via Our App.
19.4 – You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to any part of Our App, the server on which Our App is stored, or any other server, computer, or database connected to Our App.
19.5 – You must not attach Our App by means of a denial of service attack, a distributed denial of service attack, or by any other means.
19.6 – By breaching the provisions of sub-Clauses 19.3 to 19.5 you may be committing a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. Any and all such breaches will be reported to the relevant law enforcement authorities and We will cooperate fully with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. Your right to use Our App will cease immediately in the event of such a breach and, where applicable, your Account will be suspended and/or deleted.
20. Privacy and Cookies
20.1 – The Use of Our App is also governed by Our Privacy and Cookie Policy, available here. This policy is incorporated into these Terms and Conditions by this reference.
21.1 – All personal information that We may collect (including, but not limited to, your name and contact details) will be collected, used, and held in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998 and your rights and Our obligations under that Act.
21.2 – We may use your personal information to:
21.2.1 – Reply to any communications that you send to Us;
21.2.2 – Send you important notices, as detailed in Clause 22;
22. Communications from Us
22.1 – If you have an Account, We may from time to time send you important notices by email. Such notices may relate to matters including, but not limited to, service changes, changes to these Terms and Conditions, changes to Our App, and changes to your Account.
22.2 – We will never send you marketing emails of any kind without your express consent. If you do give such consent, you may opt out at any time. Any and all marketing emails sent by Us include an unsubscribe link. If you opt out of receiving emails from Us at any time, it may take up to 7 business days for Us to comply with your request. During that time, you may continue to receive emails from Us.
22.3 – For questions or complaints about email communications from Us (including, but not limited to, marketing emails), please contact Us at [email protected]
23.1 – We may transfer (assign) Our obligations and rights under these Terms and Conditions (and under the Contract, as applicable) to a third party (this may happen, for example, if We sell Our business). If this occurs, you will be informed by Us in writing. Your rights under these Terms and Conditions will not be affected and Our obligations under these Terms and Conditions will be transferred to the third party who will remain bound by them.
23.2 – You may not transfer (assign) your obligations and rights under these Terms and Conditions (and under the Contract, as applicable) without Our express written permission.
23.3 – The Contract is between you and Us. It is not intended to benefit any other person or third party in any way and no such person or party will be entitled to enforce any provision of these Terms and Conditions.
23.4 – If any of the provisions of these Terms and Conditions are found to be unlawful, invalid or otherwise unenforceable by any court or other authority, that / those provision(s) shall be deemed severed from the remainder of these Terms and Conditions. The remainder of these Terms and Conditions shall be valid and enforceable.
23.5 – No failure or delay by Us in exercising any of Our rights under these Terms and Conditions means that We have waived that right, and no waiver by Us of a breach of any provision of these Terms and Conditions means that We will waive any subsequent breach of the same or any other provision.
24. Changes to these Terms and Conditions
24.1 – We may alter these Terms and Conditions at any time. Any such changes will become binding on you upon your first use of Our App after the changes have been implemented. You are therefore advised to check this page from time to time.
24.2 – In the event of any conflict between the current version of these Terms and Conditions and any previous version(s), the provisions current and in effect shall prevail unless it is expressly stated otherwise.
25.1 – To contact us, please email us at [email protected]
26.1 – These Terms and Conditions, the Contract, and the relationship between you and Us (whether contractual or otherwise) shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the law of England & Wales.
26.2 –If you are a consumer, you will benefit from any mandatory provisions of the law in your country of residence. Nothing in Sub-Clause 26.1 above takes away or reduces your rights as a consumer to rely on those provisions.
26.3 – If you are a consumer, any dispute, controversy, proceedings or claim between you and Us relating to these Terms and Conditions, the Contract, or the relationship between you and Us (whether contractual or otherwise) shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of England, Wales, Scotland, or Northern Ireland, as determined by your residency.
26.4 – If you are a business, any disputes concerning these Terms and Conditions, the relationship between you and Us, or any matters arising therefrom or associated therewith (whether contractual or otherwise) shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.


Keeping your code strictly according to styleguide can be a time-consuming task, especially when working in a team. So I thought at least part of the proofreading could be automated - by using SVN hooks.
A 'hook' is basically a script that is executed on a certain event and may manipulate or, depending on its return value, stop the current transaction. The hook we're looking for here is 'pre-commit'. SVN will then automatically refuse to check in code that is not conforming to style guide.
Unfortunately, all a hook gets is a transaction number, so before validation can take place the necessary data (file names etc.) need to be collected.
Since I'm a lazy guy, I basically ripped off this example hook, which does all the boring work, and plugged in a new python module 'stylecheck'.
Just copy both files into your repository's 'hooks' directory and set rights to 550.


Musician Mike McCready plays the United States national anthem at the Match For Africa 4 exhibition match at KeyArena on April 29, 2017, in Seattle, Washington. Photo by Suzi Pratt/Getty Images.
It's hard to imagine that someone with more than 25 years experience playing lead guitar for one of the world's top-selling bands would be intimidated at the prospect of an art gallery show.
But longtime Pearl Jam lead guitarist Mike McCready, who fans know as a major force behind singles such as "Alive" and "Glorified G," acknowledges that his first foray into the visual arts is taking him beyond his comfort zone.
Infinite Color & Sound (Kate Neckel and Mike McCready). Photo: Chris Adams.
McCready met Neckel after his wife saw her artwork at the recent Seattle Art Fair and commissioned a major piece. Neckel, a former New Yorker now based in Seattle, has long been inspired by some of her favorite bands and musicians. She has even worked with David Byrne as an art assistant, and collaborated with the Brooklyn-based band Honduras. And now, with McCready's support, she is learning guitar, honing her vocal skills, and writing songs.
The two initially discussed doing a project loosely modeled on Andy Warhol's Exploding Plastic Inevitable, a series of 1970s multimedia events. But even with precedents in place, there's still a learning curve. "We're both learning these things that we don't know how to do," McCready says.
The duo have dubbed themselves Infinite Color and Sound, and their Seattle show is titled "Sway" in homage to a favorite song from the Rolling Stones's album Sticky Fingers. Currently, there are about half dozen large canvases completed along with numerous drawings and original songs that will feature in the show.
Infinite Color & Sound, Circular Vision (2019). Photo: Jim Bennett.
Infinite Color & Sound, Colliding Muses (2019). Photo: Jim Bennett.
On the other hand, he says he recently bought a book on how to draw a nose. "I probably never would have bought that book before," he says with a laugh.
"Sway: Infinite Color & Sound" will be at Winston Wächter Fine Art, 203 Dexter Avenue, Seattle, from March 22 through May 18.


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Our review found that protein-energy supplementation was largely targeted to pregnant and lactating women (19, 86–88, 90, 91); however, there were some studies that evaluated the delivery of protein-energy supplementation to households (92, 93) and adolescents (46). The only studies we found that evaluated the impact of protein-energy supplementation in older, healthy women were hospital-based studies in high-income countries (96). Delivery platforms varied depending on the target audience. The majority of studies targeted pregnant women through antenatal care or through antenatal care–associated community-based programs. National programs targeting low-income families had broader reach, although they targeted households and not women specifically (92). Additional research is needed for how women might best be reached (94). For programs that provided provisions for women to take home, there was also limited information about how much was shared with other members of the household. School-based programs targeting adolescents could be an important venue to target interventions to adolescents in the future. However, children and adolescents not in school would be missed. Despite limited evidence of impacts of energy and protein supplementation on the health of women, supplementation might be an important complement to other interventions (e.g., nutrition education and counseling) to ensure that women have the resources needed to implement other interventions successfully. Indeed, many large-scale programs for protein-energy supplementation are often complemented with nutrition education and counseling (33).
Omega-3s: These essential fatty acids, EPA and DHA, play many roles in the body, including building healthy brain and nerve cells. Some studies show that omega-3s, especially DHA, can help prevent preterm births. Even women who don't plan to have children should be sure to get plenty of omega-3s. These healthy oils have been shown to reduce the risk of heart disease, the number one killer of women.
WFOB is the only reason I exercise! They have an amazing team of instructors (I typically take classes with Julie, Dawn, Debbie, Quincy, and Angela) who actually make working out fun - I am most certainly the type of person that needs to be tricked into exercising so I take the group classes. My favorites are pilloxing and tabata. The location is convenient and the prices are so reasonable (with lots of employer discounts). The gym itself has everything you might need - group classes, fitness equipment, showers, lockers, etc.
Before you convince yourself that you're too busy to mediate, consider this: "Adding mediation to your daily fitness routine can be a crucial part of body transformation," says Mark Fisher, founder of Mark Fisher Fitness in NYC. Find five to 10 minutes once or twice a day to focus on your breath, he suggests. "Taking the time to do this can help your body and brain de-stress and recover better from all your hard work at the gym and the office."
Published ten times per year, Women's Health magazine is a premier publication focused on the health, fitness, nutrition, and lifestyles of women. With a circulation of 1.5 million readers, you'll be in good company with a subscription to this successful magazine published by Rodale. From cover to cover, each issue will provide you with tips on improving every aspect of your life.
Calcium: Although some bone loss is inevitable with age, women can slow the process by getting enough calcium and vitamin D. Women between the ages of 50 and 70 need 1200 mg of calcium and 600 IU of Vitamin D a day. Women older than 70 require 1200 mg of calcium and 800 IU of Vitamin D a day. Because the skin becomes less efficient at converting sunlight to vitamin D as we age, older women may need more vitamin D in the form of supplements. Talk to your doctor.
Long-term goals are imperative, but they can make you feel overwhelmed or discouraged at times. Instead of thinking about how many dress sizes smaller you want to be in four months, focus on small everyday victories, suggests Michael Snader, BodyAware specialist and nutritionist at The BodyHoliday, a health and wellness resort in St. Lucia. "For example, today you are going to eat breakfast, fit in a workout, and drink more water," he says. Stay focused on the present, and your future will be successful.
Research is a priority in terms of improving women's health. Research needs include diseases unique to women, more serious in women and those that differ in risk factors between women and men. The balance of gender in research studies needs to be balanced appropriately to allow analysis that will detect interactions between gender and other factors.[6] Gronowski and Schindler suggest that scientific journals make documentation of gender a requirement when reporting the results of animal studies, and that funding agencies require justification from investigators for any gender inequity in their grant proposals, giving preference to those that are inclusive. They also suggest it is the role of health organisations to encourage women to enroll in clinical research. However, there has been progress in terms of large scale studies such as the WHI, and in 2006 the Society for Women's Health Research founded the Organization for the Study of Sex Differences (OSSD) and the journal Biology of Sex Differences to further the study of sex differences.[6]
It's one thing to tell women that their curves are awesome; it's another thing to depict women who actually have them, making Shape's #LoveMyShape section the most inspiring part of its site, much more than that bit about those last five pounds. Showing always trumps telling. Ramping up the normal-sized body movement might actually help get women on the road to "Hot & Happy"—as they realize that the order of those two adjectives should be transposed.
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Trying to balance the demands of family and work or school—and coping with media pressure to look and eat a certain way—can make it difficult for any woman to maintain a healthy diet. But the right food can not only support your mood, boost your energy, and help you maintain a healthy weight, it can also be a huge support through the different stages in a woman's life. Healthy food can help reduce PMS, boost fertility, make pregnancy and nursing easier, ease symptoms of menopause, and keep your bones strong. Whatever your age or situation, committing to a healthy, nutritious diet will help you look and feel your best and get the most out of life.
Postmenopausal bleeding is caused by endometrial cancer only 9% of the time, but 91% of women with endometrial cancer have postmenopausal bleeding. For this reason, it's always important that women have any unusual or postmenopausal bleeding checked by a doctor to rule out endometrial cancer. An ultrasound and biopsy are typically recommended to determine what is causing the bleeding. (Locked) More »
Also known as "myofascial release," foam rolling is an easy way to benefit your entire body. "While stretching addresses the length of muscle fiber, rolling improves the quality of the tissue," says Rob Sulaver, CEO and founder of Bandana Training. This leads to tension- and pain-free muscles, which function better so you perform better. Be sure to roll for five minutes before your workout. Not sure what to do? Try these 10 ways to use a foam roller.
Schools (and universities) ↓/NC anemia, ↓ Fe-deficiency anemia, ↑/NC MN status [Hgb (↑ if anemic), ferritin, zinc, retinol], ↑ MN status [folate, riboflavin, 25(OH)D, iodine], ↓ PTH, ↓ goiter prevalence, ↓ MN deficiency (vitamin A, B-12, C), ↑ bone mineral accretion, ↑/NC weight gain/BMI, ↑ MUAC, ↑ gut inflammation, ↓/NC respiratory symptoms and diarrheal morbidity, ↑ fitness (for Fe-deficient subjects), ↑/NC short-term cognitive function ↑ Hgb (↑ if anemic), ↑ serum ferritin, ↑ total body Fe, ↑ urinary iodine concentration, ↑ serum zinc, ↑ aerobic power, NC net energetic efficiency
Many nutrition-sensitive approaches were delivered in broader community-based settings and more equitably reached women across the life course. Non-facilities-based settings more equitably delivered nutrition interventions to women who were not pregnant or lactating, and who were less engaged with health clinics and schools. For instance, food fortification, which was often delivered through markets, home visits, and community centers, seemed to be more effective at reaching women of reproductive age than health center–based delivery platforms. Community-level interventions are often reported as more equitable than platforms that require access to "fixed and well-equipped health facilities" (212). This aligns with our findings, where we found that community-based platforms such as home visits, community centers, homes of community leaders, work, mass media, mobile phones, and commercial settings were effective at reaching women across the life course (Table 1). Other delivery platforms such as marketplaces, water points, tailoring shops, and agricultural points for seeds or inputs were also effective. These locations need to be context-specific in order to capture where women spend their time. For instance, in countries where many adolescent girls do not attend school, school-based delivery platforms might be less effective. Delivery platforms also need to be sensitive to the sociodemographic differences that influence where women spend their time, such as differences for women in rural and urban areas, and of different socioeconomic statuses. Additional research needs to identify and report where women and adolescent girls are, and how best to reach them.
Healthy eating is a way of eating that improves your health and helps prevent disease. It means choosing different types of healthy food from all of the food groups (fruits, vegetables, grains, dairy, and proteins), most of the time, in the correct amounts for you. Healthy eating also means not eating a lot of foods with added sugar, sodium (salt), and saturated and trans fats.
World Health Organization. Salt reduction and iodine fortification strategies in public health: report of a joint technical meeting convened by the World Health Organization and The George Institute for Global Health in collaboration with the International Council for the Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders Global Network, Sydney, Australia, March 2013 . Geneva: World Health Organization; 2014.
A workout partner not only keeps you accountable, she also may help you clock more time at the gym and torch more fat. A British survey of 1,000 women found that those who exercise with others tend to train six minutes longer and burn an extra 41 calories per session compared to solo fitness fanatics. [Tweet this fact!] Women with Bikram buddies and CrossFit comrades said they push themselves harder and are more motivated than when they hit the gym alone.
The trick to biking uphill is to look ahead and anticipate. "Try to plan for what's coming," says Georgia Gould, a LUNA pro athlete and 2012 Olympic bronze medalist in women's mountain biking. "Start shifting down one gear at a time for a smooth, energy-saving transition. Ideally your cadence should stay the same as you transition from harder to easier gears."
The delivery platforms of birth spacing and family planning interventions were often associated with health clinics and community health posts (148–150). Many interventions targeted lactating women during the follow-up with their young children (148, 151–153). Home visits by community health workers and service provision at community health posts and mobile clinics were also used to target women and adolescents who were married, and were found to be effective at increasing use of contraception (150, 154). School-based programs were also effective at reaching adolescent girls and increased their knowledge about contraceptives and sexually transmitted infections, use of contraception, and treatment of sexually transmitted infections (155). In high-income settings, school-based interventions were most effective at reducing pregnancies and repeated pregnancies among adolescents when contraception was also available on-site (107). This might have implications for their effectiveness in low- and middle-income countries, as well. In addition, formative work of 2 ongoing studies suggested that mass media, mobile devices, texting, and community mobilization could also be used as platforms to reach adolescent girls and women of reproductive age (156, 157). Community-based programs that target men, families, and communities, beyond those that reach married and postpartum women alone, have potential to change cultural norms and enhance women's health outcomes; however, these are not well captured in the literature.
Women, as we age, are also more susceptible to the breakdown of our bones, which may result in osteoporosis over time. Genetically, women have a particularly high risk of osteoporosis compared to men, so it's recommended that women monitor their calcium intake to be sure they're getting enough. Weight training is another great way (and my favorite!) to build bone density, which is another great reason you should hit the weights!
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I also took a Zumba with Sarah. I didn't like this class as much, unfortunately. I was excited to try it because I love incorporating dance into a workout. She knew what she was doing and looked great doing it but there was little to no instruction. She didn't really teach, she just did her thing and everyone was to follow. Sarah is filled with energy and I really loved her attitude but the lack of guidance overshadowed it for me.
After 40, your hormone levels (estrogen) drop. This causes your insulin (hormone that helps your body use sugar) rise. Your thyroid levels go down. This combination makes you hungrier. You end up eating more and burning fewer calories. Much of the weight gain occurs around your belly. Eat more foods with fiber (berries, whole grains, nuts) to fill you up and help you eat less. Aim for 25 grams of fiber each day after the age of 40. Other ways to increase your metabolism include:
WHO (1948). "WHO definition of Health". Archived from the original (Preamble to the Constitution of the World Health Organization as adopted by the International Health Conference, New York, 19–22 June 1946; signed on 22 July 1946 by the representatives of 61 States (Official Records of the World Health Organization, no. 2, p. 100) and entered into force on 7 April 1948.) on 7 July 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2016., in WHO (2016)
Frankly, looking around, it seems your choice is either a magazine that barely addresses fitness, or going straight to the hardcore muscle-building mags. I was hoping for something reasonably in-between with Women's Health, but failed to find it. If someone knows of such a magazine, I'd be interested to hear it (I tried Women's Fitness, which suffers from the same problems as Women's Health). The good news is that my subscription to Women's Health seemed to get me a good price on Men's Health, which I am switching over to because some reviewers recommended it for those disappointed with the content of WH. I'll see how that works out.
Calories. Most times, women need fewer calories. That's because women naturally have less muscle, more body fat, and are usually smaller. On average, adult women need between 1,600 and 2,400 calories a day. Women who are more physically active may need more calories. Find out how many calories you need each day, based on your age, height, weight, and activity level.
As the table above shows, some of the best sources of calcium are dairy products. However, dairy products such as whole milk, cheese, and yogurt also tend to contain high levels of saturated fat. The USDA recommends limiting your saturated fat intake to no more than 10% of your daily calories, meaning you can enjoy whole milk dairy in moderation and opt for no- or low-fat dairy products when possible. Just be aware that reduced fat dairy products often contain lots of added sugar, which can have negative effects on both your health and waistline.
Before you start a juice cleanse diet, know that drastically restricting your caloric intake to drop pounds may backfire: In a 2010 study, women placed on a 1,200-calorie diet for three weeks had elevated levels of cortisol, our primary stress hormone. [Tweet this fact!] Chronic stress has been associated with an increased risk of weight gain as well as coronary heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, cancer, and impaired immune functioning.
Similarly, the interview with Brooks is great, highlighting the beauty of her latest Lane Bryant ad with Ashley Graham, Candice Huffine, and Denise Bidot. Which makes it even harder to get past the "How to finally lose those last 5 pounds" tip posted on the front page of the magazine's website. Mixed messages, Shape. Is it "love your shape" or "keep striving for hard-to-obtain body goals"?
So we can applaud some of the efforts of Women's Health. As editor Amy Keller Laird announced in that Jan/Feb issue, the magazine "will no longer be using fitness models in our monthly '15-Minute Workout.' We'll feature readers of various body types and sizes," like the refreshingly normal-sized Morgan Gibson Kanner, hurling a weight plate around in stretchy workout clothes. As progressive as the layout is, Laird points out that "it's logistically difficult to book nonmodels who have day jobs"; sounds like she should hook up with Willcox's modeling service.

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Annette Eskenazi (b.1950) has lived in Amsterdam since 1975 and studied English and French language and literature. After graduating, she provided translations for various art institutions and subtitles for documentaries and films. As a literary translator from Dutch into French she has translated works by authors including Els de Groen, Pamela Koevoets, Niek Pas, Lydia Rood, Anneke Scholtens and Rita Törnqvist-Verschuur.


(Washington, D.C.) A 20-year prison sentence for sending four text messages deemed offensive to the Queen of Thailand is a blow to freedom of expression, Amnesty International said today.
Amphon Tangnoppaku, 61, was sentenced today to 20 years' imprisonment, reportedly under the lese majeste law – the crime of insulting certain members of Thailand's royal family – and the Computer-related Crimes Act.
Amphon was accused of sending four text messages to an aide to the Prime Minister in 2010, but reportedly continues to deny that he did so, claiming that he does not know how to send text messages and did not know who the recipient was. Under the lese majeste law, it is illegal to even report the content of alleged insults.
"This sentence clearly infringes on freedom of expression," said Benjamin Zawacki, Amnesty International's Thailand researcher. "Amphon is a political prisoner."
Thailand's lese majeste law prohibits any word or act which "defames, insults, or threatens the King, the Queen, the Heir-apparent, or the Regent".
Amnesty International has stated that Thailand's existing lese majeste law violates Thailand's obligation to uphold international standards of freedom of expression. In particular, there has been a sharp increase in internet monitoring and censorship resulting from regular application of lese majeste together with the 2007 Computer-related Crimes Act.
A retired grandfather with no reported history of political involvement, Amphon was arrested in August 2010 and was held on remand without bail until his trial.
Amnesty International is a Nobel Peace Prize-winning grassroots activist organization with more than 3 million supporters, activists and volunteers who campaign for universal human rights from more than 150 countries. The organization investigates and exposes abuses, educates and mobilizes the public, and works to protect people wherever justice, freedom, truth and dignity are denied.


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The 2001 season was Molde's 26th season in the top flight of Norwegian football. In Tippeligaen they finished in 5th position.

Molde participated in the Norwegian Cup. On 25 July 2001, Molde was defeated 2-3 at away ground by Bryne in the fourth round.

Squad

As of end of season.

Pre-season

Friendlies

Competitions

Tippeligaen

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Monday, 29th October 2001 - I recently read an interesting article on e-government in the US at the GovExec.com news site, in which Mark Forman, director of technology and e-government at the White House, was asked about his two-year plan for reshaping the way the federal government communicates with citizens, businesses, states and staff. He said he aims to save the US hundreds of billions of dollars by reducing the amount of redundant information the government collects each year.
Forman has been in charge of a new inter-agency government taskforce since July. His group is charged with co-ordinating president Bush's e-government agenda for improving government services. The plan includes developing budgets based on agencies' performance, outsourcing services, and ensuring that staff improve the way they incorporate technology into their jobs, partly through retraining, the article explained.
Forman said that though the federal government is the largest purchaser of IT products in the US  spending between $45bn and $70bn a year  it has not experienced the same level of productivity growth as the private sector. He said one reason for this was the government's structure: agencies have been building islands of automation without effectively sharing information.
Forman also noted that government agencies tend to buy new equipment rather than fix current systems. And few agencies have created performance plans that they fulfil. To improve matters, Forman told the site that he hopes to facilitate information-sharing by promoting peer-to-peer software and reducing paperwork. He also wants the government to copy the technology industry's best practices on using the Internet for e-commerce services.
There are many parallels between the US example and current e-government developments in the UK. One problem, however, is that we tend to think of e-government in terms of individual countries. But a recent speech on security and the aftermath of the 11 September terrorist attacks, given by DK Matai, founder and chief executive of e-business security specialist mi2g, brought home to me that e-government should cross borders. One of the most urgent targets is for upgraded knowledge management and analysis systems for security forces that can work across agencies and between countries.
What all this says to me is that facilitating agency information-sharing within e-government needs to be expanded internationally when it comes to protecting citizens, as well as enabling them to have access to one-stop-shopping for their individual information needs.


The Wild Horse Museum is operated by the Corolla Wild Horse Fund, caretakers of the wild horse herd. The museum welcomes visitors year-round to provide free information about the wild Spanish Mustangs that roam the northern beaches of the Currituck Outer Banks. The museum includes touch exhibits for children, a wall-sized aerial map of the horse's range, video displays, and friendly staff to answer questions about how to see the horses as well as learn about their historic significance. Children's activities such as live mustang visits, horse painting and mustang rides are offered during the summer months. Sales in our gift shop help fund efforts to preserve and protect the horses. Admission is free and nominal fees apply to children's activities.
The Corolla Wild Horse is available to speak to your group or classroom. When and where appropriate, we will bring one or two of our formerly wild horses that are awaiting adoption. Call 252-453-8002 for more information.
The CWHF staff spends countless hours educating visitors both on the beach and behind the dunes year round. Our primary focus is to create awareness regarding the Wild Horse Ordinance and to protect both horses and humans from danger.


The opportunity has arisen for a volunteer graduate internship at NIPR: The National Collection of Northern Ireland Publications. For more information about NIPR please see: www.nibooks.org.
NIPR is a registered charity and receives funding from the Department for Communities, NI.
All books, journals, pamphlets and reports published in Northern Ireland since 2000 are now systematically collected, catalogued and preserved in NIPR, The National Collection of Northern Ireland Publications. Bibliographic information about the collection is available in the online catalogue. The Linen Hall Library, Belfast is our lead partner, providing assistance with curating and preserving the collection, and a dedicated repository has been set up within the Linen Hall Library to house the collection.
NIPR currently employs a part-time Manager and this volunteer internship position would enable someone to work alongside the Manager in supporting the work of NIPR. The intern role is intended for someone who wishes to undertake the part-time PG Diploma / MSc in Library and Information Management at Ulster University, which requires students to be working in a library/information environment.
The intern role is for 8-12 hours a week (a minimum of 4 hours must be on a Friday) and is initially for one year but may be extended for a second year if all parties are in agreement. It would be based at the NIPR Office in The Linen Hall Library, Belfast.
There will also be the opportunity to work on specific projects and apply for additional project funding which could cover the costs of payment for work.
To apply for the internship please send a CV and a 500 word statement of interest to the NIPR Chair, Robin Adams (radams@tcd.ie). Closing date 17th August 2018.
Applicants are expected to have a primary degree, good ICT skills (email, web, social media, MS Office), good interpersonal skills, and a genuine interest and commitment to working in the information and library sector. We are also particularly interested in applicants that have experience of other library/information environments and / or experience in preparing successful funding bids.
Applications will be reviewed by the Chair of the Management Board of NIPR (Robin Adams), the NIPR Manager (Trevor Gordon) and the Chair of the Advisory Panel to NIPR (Jessica Bates).


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MLB Bullets has the shakes
An Indians pitcher reveals what's wrong with him. An Angels catcher had to be carted off after a home plate collision. Jake Arrieta is hurt. Playing through an earthquake.
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Indians pitcher Carlos Carrasco went on the IL in early June and now we know why. Carrasco announced that he has leukemia.
Here's some good news. Carrasco has been cleared to resume baseball activities as he can tolerate them. Carrasco says he wants to pitch again this year but the Indians say they don't have a timetable for his return.
Angels catcher Jonathan Lucroy had to be carted off the field after colliding with the Astros' Jake Marisnick. Marisnick was ruled out for leaving the baseline to collide with Lucroy.
Angels manager Brad Ausmus thinks Marisnick should be suspended. Marisnick didn't apologize, but he did say he felt "awful" that Lucroy got hurt.
It was a bad weekend for Phillies pitcher Jake Arrieta. Not only did he get the loss in Saturday's game with the Mets after allowing five runs in 4⅓ innings, it was revealed that he was diagnosed with a bone spur that may need season-ending surgery.
Arrieta also said that if Mets third baseman Todd Frazier didn't want to get hit by a pitch, "he can come and see me and I'll put a dent in his skull." Frazier, for his part, said that Arrieta went "a little overboard" with his comments. Ya think?
Blake Schuster looks at where the Phillies go from here with Arrieta's uncertain situation.
Also, Phillies outfielder Odubel Herrera has been suspended for the rest of the season for violating the domestic violence policy. The suspension is retroactive and will be 85 games in length.
There was yet another earthquake in Southern California during Friday night's Dodgers/Padres game. (And yes, I felt it. Both of them and some of the lesser tremors as well.) The players played right through the quake like it wasn't even happening.
As Pedro Moura reports, they kept playing through it because they didn't know it was happening. (The Athletic sub. req.) They knew something was going on with the crowd, however, who did feel the stadium shake and made a lot of noise.
Here's what the earthquake looked like on both the Dodgers and Padres broadcasts.
Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen threw a chair in a meeting with the Mets coaching staff after a loss.
Pitchers Masahiro Tanaka, Felipe Vazquez and Brandon Woodruff have all been added to the All-Star Game rosters.
Nationals third baseman Anthony Rendon will miss his first All-Star Game to rest his injured legs. But Rendon is discussing a possible contract extension with the Nationals. Rendon can become a free agent at the end of the season.
David Aldridge explains why the Nationals cannot let Rendon leave DC. (The Athletic sub. req.)
Pirates catcher Francisco Cervelli says he's done catching after suffering his sixth concussion.
Tony Wolfe notes that Blue Jays outfielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. has been destroying sliders this season after struggling badly against them earlier in his career.
It was the Futures Game yesterday and Tim Brown used the occasion to ask these incredibly-talented young men about what they're bad at. He got several "singing" answers.
The Nationals weren't the only ones to go with throwback uniforms (see photo) this past weekend. The Reds went with sleeveless vest unis this weekend.
The city of Kansas City got a grant to restore the house of baseball Hall-of-Famer Satchel Paige.
And finally, Nationals outfielder Adam Eaton scored all the way from first base on a double to give the Nats a 3-2 lead over the Nationals and pitcher Max Scherzer ran out of the dugout to congratulate his teammate on scoring the winning run. Unfortunately for Scherzer, it was only the bottom of the eighth inning. In Scherzer's defense, his wife gave birth on Thursday and he was probably operating on no sleep.
And tomorrow will be a better day than today, Buster. Congratulations, USWNT. You deserved it.
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Q: JBOSS Application Server and Servlet I downloaded latest version of Jboss from JBOSS website.
I created a Dynamic Web Project and create a servlet in it. Servlet class has build path errors as shown in image below. I explored server directories and it did not include any servlet jar. How can I get JBOSS server which include servlet and web jars in it?

A: The servlet jar in JBOSS server should be present under:
JBOSS_HOME/common/lib/

most likely with name servlet-api.jar
It should also be included in your class-path.

A: JBoss has those files, but what it doesn't have is a common classpath folder (common/lib). Everything is divided into separate modules.
This is partly the reason for why if you want to work with Eclipse without Maven (or similar build management tool), you should use JBoss Tools extension. There are full instructions here: https://docs.jboss.org/author/display/AS7/Starting+JBoss+AS+from+Eclipse+with+JBoss+Tools
JBoss Tools will configure you

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*JBoss runtime, containing references to servlet api + other needed files

*JBoss server that you can use to deploy from Eclipse

A: You should add the following dependency to your pom.xml file:
<dependency>
    <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
    <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
    <version>CHOOSE YOUR CORRECT VERSION HERE</version>
   <scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>

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package com.google.tsunami.main.cli.option;

import com.beust.jcommander.Parameter;
import com.beust.jcommander.ParameterException;
import com.beust.jcommander.Parameters;
import com.google.tsunami.common.cli.CliOption;
import com.google.tsunami.main.cli.option.validator.IpV4Validator;
import com.google.tsunami.main.cli.option.validator.IpV6Validator;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

/** Command line arguments for Tsunami. */
@Parameters(separators = "=")
public final class MainCliOptions implements CliOption {

  @Parameter(
      names = "--ip-v4-target",
      description = "The IP v4 address of the scanning target.",
      validateWith = IpV4Validator.class)
  public String ipV4Target;

  @Parameter(
      names = "--ip-v6-target",
      description = "The IP v6 address of the scanning target.",
      validateWith = IpV6Validator.class)
  public String ipV6Target;

  @Parameter(names = "--hostname-target", description = "The hostname of the scanning target.")
  public String hostnameTarget;

  @Parameter(names = "--log-id", description = "A log ID to print in front of the logs.")
  public String logId;

  @Parameter(
      names = "--uri-target",
      description =
          "The URI of the scanning target that supports both http & https schemes. When this"
              + " parameter is set, port scan is automatically skipped.")
  public String uriTarget;

  @Override
  public void validate() {
    List<String> portScanEnabledTargets = new ArrayList<>();
    List<String> portScanDisabledTargets = new ArrayList<>();
    if (ipV4Target != null) {
      portScanEnabledTargets.add("--ip-v4-target");
    }
    if (ipV6Target != null) {
      portScanEnabledTargets.add("--ip-v6-target");
    }
    if (hostnameTarget != null) {
      portScanEnabledTargets.add("--hostname-target");
    }
    if (uriTarget != null) {
      portScanDisabledTargets.add("--uri-target");
    }

    if (portScanEnabledTargets.isEmpty() && portScanDisabledTargets.isEmpty()) {
      throw new ParameterException(
          "One of the following parameters is expected: --ip-v4-target, --ip-v6-target,"
              + " --hostname-target, --uri-target");
    }
    if (!portScanEnabledTargets.isEmpty() && !portScanDisabledTargets.isEmpty()) {
      throw new ParameterException(
          "Parameters that require port scan (--ip-v4-target, --ip-v6-target, --hostname-target)"
              + " should not be passed along with parameters that skip port scan (--uri-target)");
    }
  }
}


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De Koningin Elisabethwedstrijd van 2022 was een wedstrijd voor cello. De wedstrijd vond plaats van 9 mei tot 4 juni 2022 in het Flageygebouw en BOZAR te Brussel. Winnaar werd de Koreaanse celliste Hayoung Choi.

Koningin Mathilde, beschermvrouwe van de wedstrijd, woonde enkele sessies bij. De cellowedstrijd was oorspronkelijk gepland voor 2021 maar werd uitgesteld vanwege de coronapandemie.

Jury
 Gilles Ledure is juryvoorzitter.
 Andere juryleden zijn Gautier Capuçon, Myung-Wha Chung, Natalie Clein, Roel Dieltiens, Anne Gastinel, Marie Hallynck, Frans Helmerson, Anssi Karttunen, Mischa Maisky, Antonio Meneses, Sharon Robinson, Jian Wang en Sonia Wieder-Atherton.

Videopreselectie
Om te kunnen deelnemen aan deze veeleisende wedstrijd moet men minimaal 18 jaar en maximaal 31 jaar zijn. Er meldden zich tot 8 december 2021 152 kandidaten aan die elk drie videofragmenten digitaal konden aanbieden, samen met het online inschrijvingsformulier. Uit dit 152 kandidaten selecteerde een jury 68 deelnemers.

Eerste ronde
De eerste ronde vond plaats van 9 tot en met 14 mei, in Studio 4 in het Flageygebouw. Van de 68 geselecteerde deelnemers deden er 66 mee aan de eerste ronde. De Belgische celliste Stéphanie Huang haalde ook de selectie. De deelnemers moesten vooraf wel een COVID-19 PCR-test afleggen.

In de eerste ronde speelden de deelnemers drie werken met pianobegeleiding:

 Een sonate van Luigi Boccherini naar keuze, die werd vertolkt met cellobegeleiding en zonder reprises:
 Sonate in c G.2,
 Sonate in Bes, G.8,
 Sonate in F, G.9
 Sonate in G, G.15
 Een werk gekozen uit:
 Phantasiëstuck van Paul Hindemith
 Nocturne van André Jolivet
 De twee eerste bewegingen van Pohádka van Leoš Janáček.
 De eerste beweging van de Sonate voor cello solo van Eugène Ysaÿe.

Op zaterdag 14 mei rond middernacht werd bekendgemaakt welke 24 van de 66 deelnemers mochten meedoen aan de halve finales.

Halve finales
De halve finale vond plaats van 16 tot 21 mei, ook in Studio 4 van Flagey. De 24 halvefinalisten speelden elk twee maal in twee aparte sessies en werden bij het concerto begeleid door het Orchestre royal de chambre de Wallonie onder leiding van Vahan Mardirossian.

Recital
 Wie aus der Ferne, een gloednieuw werk van ongeveer 5 minuten van de Belgische componist Daan Janssens.
 Twee coherente recitalprogramma's van elk 35 à 40 minuten. Elk programma moest minstens één belangrijke sonate voor cello en piano bevatten en verschillen van de voor de eerste ronde voorgestelde werken.

Concerto
De halvefinalisten hadden keuze uit twee concerto's van Joseph Haydn. Ze mochten hierbij hun eigen cadenza vertolken.

 Concerto in C Hob.VIIb:1
 Concerto in D Hob.VIIb:2

Op zaterdag 21 mei rond middernacht werd in aanwezigheid van Koningin Mathilde bekendgemaakt wie van de halvefinalisten mochten deelnemen aan de finale.

Finale
De finaleweek vond plaats van 30 mei tot 4 juni 2021 in de Henry Le Boeuf-zaal van BOZAR. De twaalf finalisten waren een week in afzondering in de Muziekkapel om zich voor te bereiden. Elke finalist voerde met het Brussels Philharmonic onder leiding van Stéphane Denève het verplicht werk en een zelfgekozen concerto uit. Het verplicht werk was een nieuw, nog onuitgegeven compositie van 10 à 15 minuten, voor cello en symfonisch orkest, van de Duitser Jörg Widmann.

De 12 finalisten in volgorde van optreden met hun gekozen concerto:

 Maandag 30 mei
 Taeguk Mun - Concerto in a op. 129 van Robert Schumann
 Petar Pejčić - Concerto n. 2 in G op. 126 van Dmitri Sjostakovitsj

 Dinsdag 31 mei
 Stéphanie Huang - Concerto n. 2 in b op. 104 B 191 van Antonín Dvořák
 Marcel Johannes Kits - Concerto n. 1 in Es op. 107 van Dmitri Sjostakovitsj

 Woensdag 1 juni
 Jeremias Fliedl - Concerto in a op. 129 van Robert Schumann
 Hayoung Choi - Concerto van Witold Lutosławski

 Donderdag 2 juni
 Bryan Cheng - Concerto n. 2 in b op. 104 B 191 van Antonín Dvořák
 Oleksiy Shadrin - Sinfonia concertante op. 125 van Sergej Prokofjev

 Vrijdag 3 juni
 Woochan Jeong - Sinfonia concertante op. 125 van Sergej Prokofjev
 Samuel Niederhauser - Concerto n. 2 in G op. 126 van Dmitri Sjostakovitsj

 Zaterdag 4 juni
 Sul Yoon - Concerto n. 2 in b op. 104 B 191 van Antonín Dvořák
 Yibai Chen - Concerto n. 1 in Es op. 107 van Dmitri Sjostakovitsj

Op zaterdag 4 juni maakte de juryvoorzitter Gilles Ledure, in aanwezigheid van koningin Mathilde en haar dochter prinses Eléonore, de winnares en de overige vijf prijswinnaars bekend.

Uitslag laureaten KEW 2022
Geklasseerde laureaten
 Hayoung Choi (Korea, °1999)
 Yibai Chen (China, °2001)
 Marcel Johannes Kits (Estland, °1995)
 Oleksiy Shadrin (Oekraïne, °1993)
 Petar Pejčić (Servië, °2002)
 Bryan Cheng (Canada, °1997)Overige laureaten (in alfabetische volgorde)
 Jeremias Fliedl (Oostenrijk, °1999)
 Stéphanie Huang (België, °1996)
 Woochan Jeong (Korea, °1999)
 Taeguk Mun (Korea, °1994)
 Samuel Niederhauser (Zwitserland, °1998)
 Sul Yoon (Korea, °1995)

Prijzen
De eerste laureaat kreeg 25.000 euro, de tweede prijs was 20.000 euro waard, de derde 17.000, de vierde 12.500, de vijfde 10.000 en de zesde 8.000. De zes overige laureaten ontvingen 4.000 euro. De eerste zes kregen ook een uitgebreid concertprogramma in België. De publieksprijzen van Canvas en Klara én die van Musiq3 van de RTBF waren allebei voor de Belgische celliste Stéphanie Huang uit Henegouwen.

Trivia
 De cellowedstrijd was oorspronkelijk voorzien door te gaan van 3 tot 29 mei 2021, maar werd uitgesteld naar 2022 wegens de coronapandemie. Om de musici die zich op de tweede editie aan het voorbereiden waren niet te benadelen, werd de maximale leeftijd van de kandidaten uitzonderlijk met één jaar verhoogd van 30 naar 31 jaar.
 Sommige deelnemers hanteerden ongebruikelijke technieken bij hun optredens. De Koreaanse Hayoung Cho bestreek de snaren aan de achterkant en trommelde met de handen op de klankkast van haar cello. De Zwitser Samuel Niederhauser liet het publiek bijzondere, sfeervolle klanken horen, onder meer door een paperclip op de snaren te klemmen.

Externe link
 Officiële website

2022
Cello
Muziek in 2022


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Home Washington Beat LPFM clears Committee
LPFM clears Committee
The Senate Commerce Committee yesterday considered S.1675 Local Community Radio Act of 2007 in a mark-up session. We use the term "considered" loosely, since on an agenda that also included action on four other bills, a resolution and a number of nominations, the amount of extra time devoted to this bill was: zippy. A major thrust of the bill is to eliminate third-adjacency protections for full-power FM stations. This effort has been percolating for years and was considered in this Committee at least three years ago. The basis for allowing the loosened interference protection is a report from Mitre that has been criticized by the NAB as flawed and incomplete, but which has nonetheless been embraced by both Congress and the FCC. The entire slate of business passed, so presumably the next stop for S.1675 is the Senate floor.
RBR/TVBR observation: Just as allowing unlicensed devices into TV white spaces is a questionable move during the high-stakes conversion to digital broadcast, playing around with minimum separations in the FM band while HD radio is trying to develop legs may also be a questionable idea. There is also the possibility that a flood of new LPFM grants will make it that much more difficult for signal-challenged AM stations to fill coverage holes with FM translators. If you have concerns about this bill on any count, the time to bring them to the attention of your Senators is now.
The text of the bill
Local Community Radio Act of 2007 (Introduced in Senate) S. 1675
To implement the recommendations of the Federal Communications Commission report to the Congress regarding low-power FM service. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 21, 2007
Ms. CANTWELL (for herself and Mr. MCCAIN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
A BILL
To implement the recommendations of the Federal Communications Commission report to the Congress regarding low-power FM service. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `Local Community Radio Act of 2007′.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 led to increased ownership consolidation in the radio industry.
(2) At a hearing before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, on June 4, 2003, all 5 members of the Federal Communications Commission testified that there has been, in at least some local radio markets, too much consolidation.
(3) A commitment to localism–local operations, local research, local management, locally-originated programming, local artists, and local news and events–would bolster radio listening.
(4) Local communities have sought to launch radio stations to meet their local needs. However, due to the scarce amount of spectrum available and the high cost of buying and running a large station, many local communities are unable to establish a radio station.
(5) In 2003, the average cost to acquire a commercial radio station was more than 2,500,000.
(6) In January, 2000, the Federal Communications Commission authorized a new, affordable community radio service called `low-power FM' or `LPFM' to `enhance locally focused community-oriented radio broadcasting'.
(7) Through the creation of LPFM, the Commission sought to `create opportunities for new voices on the air waves and to allow local groups, including schools, churches, and other community-based organizations, to provide programming responsive to local community needs and interests'.
(8) The Commission made clear that the creation of LPFM would not compromise the integrity of the FM radio band by stating, `We are committed to creating a low-power FM radio service only if it does not cause unacceptable interference to existing radio service.'.
(9) Currently, FM translator stations can operate on the second- and third-adjacent channels to full power radio stations, up to an effective radiated power of 250 watts, pursuant to part 74 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, using the very same transmitters that LPFM stations will use. The Commission based its LPFM rules on the actual performance of these translators that already operate without undue interference to FM stations. The actual interference record of these translators is far more useful than any results that further testing could yield.
(10) Small rural broadcasters were particularly concerned about a lengthy and costly interference complaint process. Therefore, in September, 2000, the Commission created a simple process to address interference complaints regarding LPFM stations on an expedited basis.
(11) In December, 2000, Congress delayed the full implementation of LPFM until an independent engineering study was completed and reviewed. This delay was due to some broadcasters' concerns that LPFM service would cause interference in the FM band.
(12) The delay prevented millions of Americans from having a locally operated, community based radio station in their neighborhood.
(13) Over 500 LPFM stations were allowed to proceed despite the congressional action. These stations are currently on the air and are run by local government agencies, groups promoting arts and education to immigrant and indigenous peoples, artists, schools, religious organizations, environmental groups, organizations promoting literacy, and many other civically-oriented organizations.
(14) After 2 years and the expenditure of 2,193,343 in taxpayer dollars to conduct this study, the broadcasters' concerns were demonstrated to be unsubstantiated.
(15) Minorities represent almost a third of our population. However, according to the Federal Communication Commission's most recent Form 323 data on the race and gender of full power, commercial broadcast licensees, minorities own only 7 percent of all local television and radio stations. Women represent more than half of the population, but own only 6 percent of all local television and radio stations. LPFM stations, while not a solution to the overall inequalities in minority and female broadcast ownership, provide an additional opportunity for underrepresented communities to operate a station and provide local communities with a greater diversity of viewpoints and culture.
(16) LPFM stations have proven to be a vital source of information during local or national emergencies. Out of the few stations that were able to stay online during Katrina, several were LPFM stations. In Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, LPFM station WQRZ remained on the air during Hurricane Katrina and served as the Emergency Operations Center for Hancock County. Additionally, after Hurricane Katrina when thousands of evacuees temporarily housed at the Houston Astrodome were unable to hear information about the availability of food and ice, the location of FEMA representatives, and the whereabouts of missing loved ones over the loud speakers, volunteers handed out thousands of transistor radios and established a LPFM station outside the Astrodome to broadcast such information.
SEC. 3. REPEAL OF PRIOR LAW.
Section 632 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106-553; 114 Stat. 2762A-111), is repealed.
SEC. 4. MINIMUM DISTANCE SEPARATION REQUIREMENTS.
The Federal Communications Commission shall modify its rules to eliminate third-adjacent minimum distance separation requirements between–
(1) low-power FM stations; and
(2) full-service FM stations, FM translator stations, and FM booster stations.
SEC. 5. PROTECTION OF RADIO READING SERVICES.
The Federal Communications Commission shall retain its rules that provide third-adjacent channel protection for full-power non-commercial FM stations that broadcast radio reading services via a subcarrier frequency from potential low-power FM station interference.
SEC. 6. ENSURING AVAILABILITY OF SPECTRUM FOR LPFM STATIONS.
The Federal Communications Commission when licensing FM translator stations shall ensure–
(1) that licenses are available to both FM translator stations and low-power FM stations; and
(2) that such decisions are made based on the needs of the local community.
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** Note: if using garlic paste, a little goes a long way! So put a little in the cream cheese mixture and taste to see if you need to add more.
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