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BPAI Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences Patent and Trademark Office (P.T.O.) *1 EX PARTE GEORGE S. PAPPAS Appeal No. 92-0935
*1 EX PARTE GEORGE S. PAPPAS
Application for Design Patent filed July 28, 1988, Serial No. 226,362. Feed Bunker.
Phillip A. Rein for appellant
Supervisory Patent Examiner--A. Hugo Word
Examiner--Cathy Anne MacCormac
Before McCandlish, Pendegrass and Lyddane
McCandlish
This appeal is from the examiner's rejection of the following design claim under 35 USC 103:
The ornamental design for a feed bunker [sic, bunk [FN1]] or similar structure as shown and described.
In rejecting the appealed claim, the examiner relies upon the following prior art:
Lien 3,911,869 Oct. 14, 1975
Architectural Precast Concrete Drafting Handbook (Architectural Handbook), page 56, Fig. 2-66 (right side, center) (found in Art Unit 2904 Design Library), Copyright 1975.
The appealed claim stands rejected under 35 USC 103 as being unpatentable over the Lien patent in view of the Architectural Handbook. The examiner concedes that the bunk shown in the Lien patent does not have inclined corners in the interior of the U-shaped bunk at the junctures between the interior vertical side surfaces and the interior flat bottom surface of the bunk. The examiner, however, concludes that it would have been obvious to provide the bunk of Lien with such inclined corners in view of the teachings in the Architectural Handbook, particularly the illustration on page 56 immediately above the caption "Figure 2-66."
In support of patentability, appellant argues, inter alia, that the Architectural Handbook is not analogous art.
We have carefully considered the issues raised in this appeal together with appellant's arguments. We nevertheless conclude that the rejection of the appealed claim is sustainable, although not for all of the reasons stated by the examiner. Our reasons supporting the rejection follow.
Before considering the rejection and appellant's arguments, it is first necessary to interpret certain language in the appealed claim, namely the phrase "or similar structure." Because of this phrase, the claim language is indefinite and hence fails to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which appellant regards as his invention under the second paragraph of 35 USC 112 as will be discussed in detail infra in our new rejection entered under the provisions of 37 CFR 1.196(b).
Nevertheless, for the purpose of reviewing the art rejection we shall interpret the phrase "or similar structure" as encompassing concrete structures having at least one upstanding leg generally perpendicular to a base portion especially in view of the dictionary definition (see footnote 1, supra ) which states that bunks may be made of concrete. Given this interpretation, we cannot agree that the Architectural Handbook is of such a nature that it cannot be combined with the Lien patent. Indeed, based on this interpretation or any other reasonable interpretation that may be applied to the phrase "or similar structure", the claim is broad enough to cover structures of the type shown in the Architectural Handbook.
*2 Moreover, the question in design cases, as distinguished from utility or "mechanical" cases, is "not whether the references sought to be combined are in analogous arts in the mechanical sense, but whether they are so related that the appearance of certain ornamental features in one would suggest the application of those features to the other." In re Glavas, 230 F.2d 447, 109 USPQ 50 (CCPA 1956). This test is met in the present case inasmuch as both references disclose structures in which at least one upstanding leg is generally perpendicular to a base portion to define a corner configuration between the leg and the base portion.
We also cannot agree with appellant's statement of the test for obviousness of designs under § 103. In this regard, the test for determining obviousness of a claimed design under § 103 is whether the design would have been obvious to a designer of ordinary skill who designs articles of the type involved, not to "an average worker" as asserted by appellant. See In re Carter, 673 F.2d 1378, 213 USPQ 625 (CCPA 1982) and In re Nalbandian, 661 F.2d 1214, 211 USPQ 782 (CCPA 1981).
Moreover, to support a rejection of a design patent claim under § 103, the teachings of the applied references must be such as to have suggested the overall appearance of the claimed design. In re Rosen, 673 F.2d 388, 213 USPQ 347 (CCPA 1982).
In the present case, contrary to appellant's argument, appellant's bunk and Lien's bunk do closely resemble one another in that both are generally U-shaped in cross section, having one vertical leg extending higher than the other vertical leg of the U-shaped configuration. Indeed, the only significant difference between Lien's bunk and appellant's bunk is the configuration of the corners or junctures between the vertical legs and the horizontal base portion of the trough configuration.
Lien's bunk admittedly lacks appellant's inclined corner configuration. However, the Architectural Handbook recognizes appellant's inclined corner configuration as an alternative to a generally perpendicular corner, the former appearing to have a somewhat more aesthetically pleasing appearance than the latter.
Since the Architectural Handbook design of joining leg and base portions is sufficiently related in appearance to Lien's configuration, we are satisfied that the Architectural Handbook design suggests the concept of providing Lien's bunk with inclined corners similar to appellant's design. We therefore agree with the examiner that it would have been obvious to modify Lien's bunk by providing the patentee's bunk with inclined corners. Any remaining differences between appellant's claimed design and the prior art designs are de minimis in that the net effect of such differences, if any, does not affect the appearance of the claimed design as a whole and the impression that the design would make to the eye of a designer of ordinary skill. See In re Carter, supra.
*3 In view of the foregoing, we will sustain the examiner's § 103 rejection of the appealed claim.
Under 37 CFR 1.196(b), we enter the following new rejection of the appealed claim.
The appealed claim is rejected under the second paragraph of 35 USC 112 as being indefinite, thus failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which appellant regards as his invention. Our difficulty with the claim language, as stated supra, centers on the phrase "or similar structure." This phrase renders the claim indefinite because it is obviously unclear from the specification what appellant intended to cover by the recitation of "similar structure." See Ex parte Kristensen, 10 USPQ2d 1701 (BPAI 1989). See also Ex parte Steigerwald, 131 USPQ 74 (Bd.App.1961), Ex parte Hasche, 86 USPQ 481 (Bd.App.1949), Ex parte Hall, 83 USPQ 38 (Bd.App.1948) and Ex parte Caldwell, 1906 C.D. 58 (Comm'r.1905). Although all of these cited cases involve utility applications rather than design applications, the effect of the language in question is the same in that it obscures the metes and bounds of the claimed design.
Furthermore, because of the addition of the phrase "or similar structure", the claim language does not comply with 37 CFR 1.153 and therefore is improper.
In summary, the examiner's decision rejecting the appealed claim is affirmed, and a new ground of rejection is entered against the appealed claim pursuant to 37 CFR 1.196(b).
Any request for reconsideration or modification of this decision by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences based upon the same record must be filed within one month from the date hereof (37 CFR 1.197).
With respect to the new rejection under 37 CFR 1.196(b), should appellant elect the alternate option under that rule to prosecute further before the Primary Examiner by way of amendment or showing of facts, or both, not previously of record, a shortened statutory period for making such response is hereby set to expire two months from the date of this decision. In the event appellant elects this alternate option, in order to preserve the right to seek review under 35 USC 141 or 145 with respect to the affirmed rejection, the effective date of the affirmance is deferred until conclusion of the prosecution before the examiner unless, as a mere incident to the limited prosecution, the affirmed rejection is overcome.
If the appellant elects prosecution before the examiner and this does not result in allowance of the application, abandonment or a second appeal, this case should be returned to us for final action on the affirmed rejection, including any timely request for reconsideration thereof.
*4 No time period for taking any subsequent action in connection with this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR 1.136(a). See the final rule notice, 54 F.R. 29548 (July 13, 1989), 1105 O.G. 5 (August 1, 1989).
AFFIRMED, 37 CFR 1.196(b).
Harrison E. McCandlish
Verlin R. Pendegrass
William E. Lyddane
FN1. The structure illustrated in appellant's drawings appears to be a bunk rather than a bunker. According to its definition in Webster's Third New International Dictionary (G. & C. Merriam Company, 1971), the word "bunk" is defined as a long, usually wood or concrete trough or manger for feeding cattle. Reference is also made to the description of the structure shown in the Lien patent cited infra.


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This book was exciting in the ways it challenged our expectations and preconception about the YA genre. I feel privileged to be part of the blog tour. I want to share with you how this book turned tropes around on its head – as well as give you two book-inspired iPhone wallpapers to take away!
It's so often the case in YA that many side characters lose their agency, only fulfilling their purpose in the plot as either a dispenser of advice, or a motivation for the protagonist. We hardly glimpse at their own ambitions and plans. Their only goal seem to be servicing the main character in their story.
Zephyr's best friend, Lizzie, defies this role. Yes, she's an excellent friend who dispenses many warnings and advice, always steadfast and loyal. But she also has her own life outside: working towards her goal in becoming a journalist, and dealing with her own long distance relationship. Similarly, Gregg has his own group of friends and his own agency. They both love her, but they also love themselves – and that note made the book all the more authentic.
I was impressed with how many parental figures there were in the book. Not just Zephyr's, but also the presence of Gregg's large and loving family. So often, books dispense with pesky parents in order to allow the protagonist more freedom in the plot. However, the author weaves the parents into the narrative and make them integral to the story. It also reminds us that it's not just the poor, abandoned orphan that struggles with abuse from their partner. Sometimes, it could be that one girl with the seemingly charmed life.
While in many books, I find it hard to imagine the life of the protagonist after the last page is turned: for their motivation and goals tend to lead to the endpoint of the novel – I could imagine Zephyr's life well beyond the last sentence. She felt all the more real with her multitude of commitments: her passion for Hockey, her desire to go to Boston College. A sense of realism and depth is conveyed when I realise that Zephyr is more than a girl in the pages, she could be a real human being. Which makes her tragedy in this novel all the more alarming.
If you're like me, you'd be ready to roll your eyes every time you read about that handsome stranger who smoulders from across the room. You know the one, he pops up out of nowhere, he's utterly gorgeous, he finds you quirky and charming and the so different to other girls. I felt strangely satisfied when this trope begins to turn on its head, and the perfect Alec increasingly unsettles the reader by his subtly controlling ways. I want to give this book to all the teenage girls in my life, the message it sends is relevant and crucial.
I've seen this discussion numerous times on the blogosphere, so I know I'm not alone in how YA as a genre is predominated by all-consuming romantic love. There are teen protagonists all over who find their one true love in high school, and pledge eternal and everlasting commitment before the trilogy is over. While I am a huge fan of romance, I also love this book for taking a stance that you should not lose yourself in it. You need to be your own person. You need to value and treasure all the other meaningful relationships in your life as well. So, thank you, Shannon M Parker, for writing this novel.
Thanks to the publisher for hosting this giveaway!
Interested in more thoughts about The Girl Who Fell? Check out the rest of the blogs on this tour! All are certified awesome.
I didn't know that book existed before, and, just for that sentence "But love shouldn't make you abandon your dreams, or push your friends away. And love shouldn't make you feel guilty—or worse, ashamed.", I need to add it to my TBR. I love all the points you made in this post, too, and it makes me want to read it even more. I'm going to add it to my TBR right away!
First of all I've been dying to read this book for a while, I'm so glad you loved it! Is this giveaway international?
I am kind of in love with this cover (and with your wallpapers). Plus your 5 ways make it look like an awesome novel. If only I wasnt repeatedly disappointed by Simon Pulse titles and if only I didnt swore to avoid their books in near future. I am seriously reconsidering this desiiton after reading this post!
These are the best tropes to defy. Exciting!
I loved how you designed this blog tour, and the wallpapers are fabulous!
Those iPhone backgrounds are utterly gorgeous!
I really want to read this one. I guess it's because I'm reading YA as a grown up, but a lot of times the dynamics of relationships in books really bother me. I think waaay too often female protagonists end up in situations where their is a drastically uneven balance of power and I hate it. The prime example of this is Twilight. Sooo much in those books makes me so uncomfortable.
Oh my gosh I am so excited for this book now!
I think it's funny when romance and love = endgame but it's like…how about school? extracurriculars? getting a job?! I also appreciated the realism this story offered.
THESE WALLPAPERS ARE GORGEOUS. You are so talented!! And I completely agree with all the things you said about the book! I liked all these things about it as well.
You always slay me with your gorgeous wallpapers. Seriously, you have such a wonderful aesthetic and I adore it! Also, this book sounds great even though it's out of my comfort zone, but I did decide to read more non-fantasy this year. I'm just so happy that more and more YA books are featuring family as important parts of a teen's life!
I love the book's message. I spent most of the first half of the story very annoyed with the heroine. But it paid off in the end!
This sounds REALLY good! If I don't win a copy, I'm definitely going to go pick it up!
Good luck for the giveaway! Hope you can have a chance to read it.
It has been too long since I've last commented on your lovely blog! I want to start off by saying that I love how you made this blog tour post your own. I think this is one of the most unique, creative, and different blog tour presentations I have seen in months. It didn't feel like the "traditional" post format or writing, and I want to commend you for that!
I was actually had never heard of this book before reading this post! Based on your five points, though, this sounds like a great read! I have encountered the 'first-time-character-meets-random-guy-and-they-fall-in-love-with-each-other' stereotype too many times, so I am relieved and happy to hear that it doesn't occur in The Girl Who Fell! I'm also happy that the protagonist has aspirations in life– that definitely makes her seem more real and genuine.
I love the wallpapers you made! They are beautiful! Your designs never fail to amaze me.
Adding this book to my TBR!
I love your wallpapers! You always do such a beautiful job with your graphics, thanks for sharing them with us!
So many of the YA books I read last year were filled with multiple overdone tropes. I really appreciate how this book seems to turn them all on their head! The Girl Who Fell may be a little too far from my typical SF&F reading, but it sounds like a good story I would feel very comfortable recommending to friends I know who would appreciate it!
Thank you for being such a constant support of my wallpapers and graphics!! This book is definitely a nice break from the tropes. It's a quick and easy read and even has a mild mystery edge, so even though it's far from my usual genre I found it engaging.
Ohhh I hope you'll enjoy it Peach!! The writing is admittedly missing a punch but I really appreciated the message and realistic portrayal in this book.
Wow, I just stumbled upon your blog and this was a very powerful review. I had not heard of this book before and there is a good chance I would have dismissed it based on the cover. All 5 points that you bring up about THE GIRL WHO FELL make me want to read it. I really hate the trend in YA romance that love is all the girls are looking for and that it changes their life and makes everything perfect. Seeing this twisted on its head would be very interesting.
I thought the synopsis was interesting, now you have totally made me want to get this book as soon as it's out! I can somehow gather the plot and the direction of the story from your list, and I think I am going to love this book! And the wallpapers are gorgeous! Especially the one on the left!
This entire post is absolutely amazing and wonderful! I love how it truly showcases your personality and talent, while also perfectly emphasizing and highlighting the best things about THE GIRL WHO FELL. You hit the nail on the head with the tropes it destroyed, AND your wallpapers are stunning!


The phone ringing in the darkness sliced, shook me to my core. It was 4:30 in the morning and in the few moments before Ken could pick up the phone on its side of the bed, I imagined every possible disaster in the book.
"Who is it?" I with my mouth, unable to endure the suspense a moment longer. "Northwest Airlines …." lip sync for me to change. And so began our holiday. For months, he had been planning it – our return to Alaska after a break of two years. And now, the recording at the other end of the phone told us our flight had been canceled because the Duluth airport is socked in fog. "Oh ….." I moaned Noooooo on my pillow. I quickly re-emerged, however. "We're going into the car, drive to Minneapolis and catch it there!" I cried. We jumped out of bed and scrambled in the dark – quickly resolve to take charge of despair. Twelve hours later, we are going round the tree-covered hills, Spectacular ocean floors and the snowy mountains surrounding Anchorage. It was like coming home – our fourth trip to a land that had come to know and love from our son, Jason, first moved there to attend college in Fairbanks.
We made a quick trip to the market to replenish supplies in the pantry Jason fishing lodge now operates on Lake Creek, and reached oxide Flying Service on Lake Hood, shortly before 5 pm with our four large duffel bags and five boxes of groceries. A group of tourists who had just returned from a trip flight to Mount McKinley and seemed impressed by our mountain of gear. "You'd think we were going out caribou hunting for weeks, right? "I said with a smile to anyone in particular. We went to the office and submitted to the seaplane flight and then returned to expect out of our game. An elderly woman watching the flight of the group tentatively approached me and asked timidly: "Are you really going hunting caribou? "" No, "I laughed," we are actually leaving our son fishing lodge. "" Ah, damn! "Said she looked disappointed. "I was so impressed to think that was made to hunt caribou!"
It was not until the next morning, when they finally we were knee deep in the middle of Lake Creek in our hip waders finally began to relax and let Alaska really started to seep into my skin and get rid of all the stress and strain of the days and weeks leading up to that time. Before I was even prepared for it, a silver salmon hit my line. "Mom, Mom, let him run with it!" Jason cried. "And do not forget to keep your rod tip up or it will just break side! "No matter how many times I've done it before, I seem to always have to" break in "period where I forget everything they have learned – and panic, just. And as soon as it began, my "battle" with the fish over, and came off and shot. It was not long, however, before another hit my line. In this time of year, salmon are preparing to spawn, so they hit the bait of anger and distraction hunger, and to fight hard when they are connected.
My line zinger almost continuously as the coho salmon run after run with it, and finally achieved his cartwheel across its length on the surface of water. "Man, oh, man," I shouted. "This is living!" Recalling the end Yesterday my instructions carefully-tutor a couple of years I have worked with patience until the fish I have it up far enough to the coast of Jason ease out of water.
The 8-pound salmon and half solid muscle in early to make the red light of the spawning season. With the intention of releasing him, I wanted to have my first picture with him. I gave him my digital camera to Jason, and he carefully transferred the fish into my eagerly waiting hands. "Now Mom, "Jason said," be careful to not squeeze too hard, but keep a firm grip to keep away from you …."
I wrapped a hand around the base of the tail of the fish and carefully slid the other just below the gills, it remains under water. And then, looking up in lens of the camera and became a dazzling smile, the fish turned around powerful – and ran away.
The cold icy in the morning was in conflict with the sleepy warmth of the quilt large enveloped us. The sky had cleared overnight, and the temperature had dropped below zero, covering the lawn and the porch of our little cabin with a fragile layer of frost. Although it would have been easy to give the call of our warm blankets, the thought of hot coffee thermos that I knew would be waiting at the front of the porch railing was too strong for resist.
I got into jeans that were cautious as cold as the outside air, dragged a sweatshirt over his head and rushed out to grab the thermos waiting cup thick and who accompanied him.
I knew my son, Jason, had probably been up for hours and I marveled at how everything ended the circle …. Later, he approached the main house, where Jason was frying hash browns, with plenty of grilled onions in the kitchen. Off in another corner of the grill was a mountain of scrambled eggs and thick slices of chorizo. Breakfast is definitely one of the highlights of the day in the desert Place Lodge, and then a sniff of the delicious aromas, there was no turning back! We're pretty inhaled our breakfast, though – eager to establish our planned trip to a stream known as salmon Eight Mile, Yenta powerful and Skwentna rivers. Soon we were zooming up the Yenta lodge in one of the dories of reaction, nestled up against the eyebrows the cold morning air. For a while, I felt as if my eye sockets were freezing – until a bend in the river and were greeted by the whole picture of the Alaska Range in relief against the bright morning sky. It took the collective breath away, and forgot all about being cold.
By Finally, we reached our destination – a sandbar at the confluence of the Skwentna and Eight Mile. We beached the boat, dropped the anchor on the ground and landed with the entire team.
As the morning sun began to warm, was a day unlike some others – and silver bites! Silver salmon fighting fish, and acrobatics and careers fishing reel current smokers do for them as exciting as any fish I've found. One minute the line is casually drifting through pockets of calm water along the coast, and the next, muscular fish hitting the creeps aggression and proceed to give the tug of war game wild all you've played!
And while we did battle with many of them were our arms sore by the end of the morning, which only kept three of them – one to eat for dinner that night and two back and smoke in a fire smoldering alder in the smoker.
Before returning to the lodge, we decided to stop and walk from the Parador Skwentna river for lunch in the kitchen cozy, intimate of the old two-story house located in a small clearing in the forest. The lodge, as many others scattered across Alaska, is intended to be a stopover for travelers in the remote wilderness of Alaska. This example also served as guest house winter for children whose families live in very remote areas so they can get to school every day. It also welcomes the spectators during the race of the famous Dog Sled Race Iditarod every year (the Skwentna post office across the river is the first official race stop).
The couple has been owner of the inn and run in the last 40 years has been trying to retire for the last few years so they can fulfill their dream of living on a sailboat off the coast of Baja California. But alas! – They have been unable to find a buyer and what is still running.
Part of the ritual of stopping there they sit to the large kitchen table and "shooting the breeze" with them for awhile before ordering your meal – no matter how empty his stomach. When we mentioned we were in northern Minnesota, the husband, John, said with a smile, "Wow – as if I could not tell by the accent!" Whoo-ee, Joyce, "laughed a laughter from his wife, "maybe we should put on the" ribbon Fargo, "while these people are here …!!"


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Most hot tubs are equipped with a drain. The ends of the drain typically have a garden hose thread fitting so you can connect a garden hose and direct the water off into your yard or someplace like that. Another easy and fast way to drain your spa is to simply use a garden hose to start a siphon. It will get all but about an inch of water out of the bottom of your spa. 1. Lay out a garden hose with one end inside the spa. 2. Turn the spa pump on high speed. 3. Hold one end of the garden hose in front of a large jet to force water through the hose and to "prime" the siphon. You will see water running out the other end of the hose. 4. Once the water is flowing freely, turn the pump off and drop the hose into the bottom of the spa 5. Immediately turn off the power to the hot tub as you don't want to damage it by having it run without water! The water will automatically siphon from the spa and into the yard. Be sure the hose stays in the lowest point of the hot tub. You may need to put a weight on the garden hose to keep it in place during the siphoning.


Levels on GBP/USD closed Tuesday in NY at $1.5240 after having pulled back from a NY recovery high of $1.5288 to a low of $1.5233 before rebounding into the close.
Binary options traders during the NY session basically followed EUR/USD moves, with trade into Asia following the same pattern. Rate was initially pushed to a low of $1.5227 before it eventually pulled back up to challenge resistance at $1.5250.
Failure here prompted speculative longs to trim back their exposure ahead of the European open.
The Bank of England and UK Treasury announced an extension to their Funding for Lending Scheme by one year to January 2015 this morning. The scheme will also be extended to involve some non-bank credit providers, the BOE and UK Treasury said. The aim of the extension is to provide further incentives to lenders to small and medium enterprises, which so far haven't benefited much from the existing lending scheme.
There were rumors that the market in binary GBP/USD could see dividend demand emerge over the next four sessions (as a major UK oil company repatriates funds to pay dividends to its shares holders). Some buying did emerge and we expect it to provide some positive sentiment to the GBP/USD.
Investors should be aware of Thursday's key release of Q1 GDP with most suggesting a pessimistic outcome which should provide some counter balance and a potential for a sharp drop in the value of digital options if fears materialize. Key levels are around 1.5285-90 and further up around the figure at 1.53. A break will open a move toward $1.5350 – a nice opportunity for call players. Support is now seen between $1.5220/30, with a break to open a deeper move toward $1.5190/1.5200. Support line from Mar 12 low and the Apr 22 is at $1.5198/5200/04. This key support level has held price action for the past two sessions while daily studies slide to project a move downward. A break below here could prompt a new trend lower, with next support seen at $1.5104.
All that said, binary options investors should really pay attention to the news release tomorrow at 08:30 GMT with the first quarter GDP expected at +0.1% over last quarter of 2012 and 0.3% higher than a year ago. This is likely the trigger for the next major move, so we advise caution with trading weekly options on this pair with the short term dominating the current framework.


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Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow (7 September 1789 - 19 March 1862) was a German Romantic painter. He was born in Berlin and was the second son of the sculptor Johann Gottfried Schadow. In 1806-1807 Friedrich served as a soldier. In 1810 he traveled with his elder brother Rudolph to Rome where he became one of the leaders among painters of the Nazarene movement. Following the example of Johann Friedrich Overbeck and others, he joined the Roman Catholic Church, and held that an artist must believe and live out the truths he essays to paint. The sequel showed that Schadow was qualified to shine more as a teacher and mentor than as a painter. As an author, he is best known for his lecture, Ueber den Einfluss des Christentums auf die bildende Kunst (About The Influence of Christianity On The Visual Arts) (Dusseldorf, 1843), and the biographical sketches, Der moderne Vasari (Berlin, 1854). In Rome, Schadow was given one of his first major commissions when the Prussian Consul-General, General Jakob Salomon Bartholdy, befriended the young painter, and asked him and three young compatriots (Cornelius, Overbeck and Veit) to decorate in fresco a room in his house on the Pincian Hill. The overall theme selected was the story of Joseph and his brethren, and two scenes, the Bloody Coat and Joseph in Prison, were conferred on Schadow. In 1819, Schadow was appointed professor in the prestigious Berlin Academy of the Arts, and his ability and thorough training gained many devoted disciples. It was during this period that Schadow developed his paintings for churches. In 1826, Professor Schadow was made director of the Dusseldorf Academy of the Arts, which he reoriented towards the production of Christian art, though he began a major dispute with one of its professors, Heinrich Christoph Kolbe, ending in the latter leaving the Academy in 1832. In 1837, Schadow selected, at request, those of his students best qualified to decorate the chapel of St Apollinaris on the Rhine with frescoes. When finished, they were acclaimed as the fullest and purest manifestation of the spiritual side of the D??sseldorf school. One of his famous students, Heinrich Mucke, carried on the liturgical art with emphasis both in painting and frescoes. The painting of the Wise and Foolish Virgins. considered one of his masterworks, was commissioned in 1842. Now in the Städel Museum, this large and important picture, while carefully considered and rendered, it however lacks power of some of his other works. Schadow's fame rests less on his own artistic creations than on the school he formed. In D??sseldorf a reaction set in against the spiritual and sacerdotal style he had established and, in 1859, the party of naturalism, after a severe struggle, drove Director Schadow from his chair. Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow died at Dusseldorf in 1862, and a monument was erected in the square which bears his name at a jubilee held to commemorate his directorate. The D??sseldorf School that Schadow directed became internationally renowned, attracting such American painters as George Caleb Bingham, Eastman Johnson, Worthington Whittredge, Richard Caton Woodville, William Stanley Haseltine, James M. Hart, and William Morris Hunt and producing the German emigre Emmanuel Leutze.
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British 1855-1942 1942). English painter, fisherman and scrap merchant. Although the exact date of Wallis birth is doubtful, he stated in letters to Jim Ede, one of his greatest patrons, that he was born on the day of the fall of Sebastopol. He claimed to have gone to sea at the age of nine and was involved in deep-sea fishing, sometimes sailing as far as Newfoundland. About 1875 he married Susan Ward, a woman 21 years his senior, and shortly afterwards gave up deep-sea fishing to become an inshore fisherman. In 1890 he moved to St Ives, Cornwall, where he set up as a marine scrap merchant. In 1912 he retired. His wife died in 1922, whereupon he took up painting to keep himself company, as he told Ede.

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Are your inclusion efforts excluding the transgender and gender nonconforming community?
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David Aguilar is a product marketing manager at Google. Aguilar leads trainings on transgender and gender nonconforming inclusivity for Google and is creating guidelines that will help make our products and marketing more relevant to this community.
"Excuse me, ma'am ... I mean ... sir, uh, hmmm … ." An awkward silence usually follows. This is a common occurence for me at work and in life as a gender nonconforming (GNC) person, albeit a small experience compared to the continued violence, ignorance, and rejection transgender people also survive.
As a Latinx person who's a first-generation college graduate and as someone who has 12 piercings, dresses in bright colors, and wears platforms, I don't often see myself represented in corporate leadership. I'm also absent from large marketing campaigns, except maybe those related to LGBTQ Pride.
You can make changes, both big and small, to your company's policies, marketing campaigns, and your own day-to-day actions.
While companies strive to create more inclusive workplaces, the ongoing lack of support for and visibility of the transgender and GNC community poses several risks. Studies show that employee engagement drops 30% in unfriendly work environments, while environments where people feel a high sense of belonging are linked to a 56% increase in job performance and 50% decrease in turnover risk. And employee satisfaction has a financial impact: Talent shortages are projected to cost the United States over $435 billion by 2030. Additionally, a lack of inclusivity can have external costs too: 48% of Americans say they'd avoid purchasing products or services from companies who discriminate against the LGBT community.
To be an advocate for transgender or GNC people, you can make changes, both big and small, to your company's policies, marketing campaigns, and your own actions.
Make your entire company inclusive — even the restroom
Transgender individuals in the workplace are almost twice as likely to hear sexist comments about their community. Ask yourself, "What policies, if any, exist at my company that make transgender and GNC employees feel safe and seen?"
One of the most salient recommendations I have is the creation of gender-neutral or inclusive restrooms and facilities. Unfortunately, I've had my fair share of uncomfortable moments and even felt anxiety or avoided going to the restroom during work, an experience shared by 59% of trans individuals.
In addition to updating facilities, companies can enact policies that support someone's transition, pronoun usage, and inclusive dress codes. And, with the recent Supreme Court ruling protecting gender identity under the Civil Rights Act, companies must review hiring practices, interview questions, and diversity initiatives to identify and eliminate implicit bias or unintended transphobia.
Educate yourself and others on gender diversity
Seventy-seven percent of transgender employees have hidden their identity at work out of fear of discrimination. Equipping everyone at your company with knowledge surrounding gender diversity, or the difference between sexual orientation and gender identity, is pivotal to alleviating transgender employees' fears. After your company puts inclusive policies in place, the next step is formally including gender identity in your company's inclusivity training.
Be inclusive all 12 months of the year
Pride Month is a powerful opportunity for marketers to promote an authentic and positive representation of the transgender community. And it generates positive business impact. According to a study by Ogilvy, 64% of LGBT allies and 46% of Americans said brands' LGBT-inclusive advertising would make them more likely to consider purchasing its products or services.
However, representation and visibility of transgender and GNC individuals should not be relegated only to Pride campaigns. We don't cease to exist once Pride ends. Companies must continue to engage our community throughout the year, and also be particularly cognizant that there is a difference between the LGB and the T. Inclusion of different sexual orientations does not mean different gender identities are accounted for. Taking it a step further, companies should also be aware of how intersectional transgender and GNC individuals who are Black, brown, disabled, or older are included.
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Companies should not only make the transgender and GNC community feel safe and seen, but they should also reconsider their value propositions and product positioning in relation to rigid gender binaries, as these are not the only way forward. This shift is especially important as younger generations are actively redefining their relationship with their gender. Studies show that 12% of millennials in the United States identify as transgender or GNC, and 56% of Gen Zers know someone who uses gender-neutral pronouns such as they/them or ze instead of traditional gender pronouns like she/her or he/him. Gen Z is also less inclined to purchase products strictly based on gender.
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As our country and society works to address systemic racism and fight for Black lives, the intersection of gender identity must also be acknowledged and fought for — Black Trans Lives Matter. At least 26 transgender people have been killed this year alone, with a majority of these murders being transgender women of color. And that number doesn't include the dozens of cases that go unreported.
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One Vocalist Language?
When it comes to words for different voice qualities it's "Vive la difference"! -says Kim Chandler.
It seems we all have our own favored terms to describe different vocal qualities or vocal registers.
It can be quite a confusing world for singers and singing teachers alike to communicate with each other.
As a result, there seems to be a push towards using one agreed set of terms.
Whilst this might be convenient, I believe it is unrealistic and perhaps even undesirable.
Terms, Terms & More Terms…
First let's look at some of the many terms used to describe the various vocal 'gears' across different parts of the vocal community:
Chest, Head, Mix, Falsetto
Mechanism 1 & 2
Modal Voice & Loft
Heavy Mechanism, Light Mechanism
Thick, Thin folds, 'Stiff' & 'Slack'
Shortener (TA)-dominant & Lengthener (CT)-dominant
Neutral, Curbing, Overdrive, Edge
…and there are more
Each part of the vocal community has its own angle on the singing voice and therefore favors terms that reflect that view.
There is the classical community, medical community (ENT & SLT), voice science/acoustic science community, musical theatre community, contemporary commercial community and various branded methodologies etc.
Why a One-World-Language Won't Work
In real life, we have hundreds of languages in the world that reflect the variation in life experiences in different communities.
Knowing different languages enriches cultural understanding.
However, in Esperanto there was an attempt at creating a 'one world language' that didn't quite take off as expected, and I believe that we shouldn't necessarily be trying to find a similar 'one vocal terminology' system either.
Choose Your 'Map'
We have maps of various types to help us navigate our way around. Maps are two-dimensional, over-simplified but highly useful representations of the real, three-dimensional terrain.
Vocal 'maps', as I like to call them, are a similar concept.
They are over-simplified but useful systems that help us navigate our own voices.
Just like real maps, vocal 'maps' can have more or less detail included, as the clientele requires.
So try to find the 'map' that connects with you and helps you make sense of your voice.
I suggest learning the language and concepts of other vocal systems too in order to communicate better with other singers and teachers.
Enjoy the fruits of being multi-lingual.
And, as the French would say, "Vive la difference"!
– Kim Chandler
Kim's Voice Cross Trainer App is available now. It's based on her popular "Funky 'n Fun" vocal training series.
Kim Chandler is one of the UK's top session singers and industry vocal coaches. She's coached charting artists such as Courtney Love, Paloma Faith, Jess Glynne, Birdy, Marlon Roudette, Josh Franceschi (You Me At Six), Oli Sykes (Bring Me The Horizon) and more. Kim works regularly as a vocal coach at Abbey Road Studios, and in the academic world presents at workshops, master classes and national & international voice conferences. Her work can also be found in TC-Helicon's The Ultimate Guide To Singing and Springer's "Teaching Singing in the 21st Century". She is also the creator of the Voice Cross Trainer App for iOS and Android. It's based on her popular "Funky 'n Fun" vocal training series. See her Website
I think I would prefer a bit of both worlds. Have the "technical terms" so to speak for educational/inter-communal communication, then the numerous "slang" terms that people use within the community. This way the "technical terms" can be used in publications, etc so we are all on the same page with the terminology, yet we have the freedom to express ourselves using the "slang". It would take out the confusion for those who like to learn multiple styles and don't know the "slang" of each community as well as novices.
Wake Up Your Resonance.
A Perfect Voice Under Pressure


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Next we start moving the rest of the items into the trucks that are too big to fit into a box or a bag.
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In the event that there's a freezer or a refrigerator that's not working, we take that item to a recovery center to have the refrigerant removed from that appliance. After this is done the appliance is safe for the environment and be dropped off at a local scrap yard.
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Admittedly, the caretakers deal with maintaining the schools on a daily basis, but they are not able to quickly clean all school rooms.
Meanwhile, cleaning companies entering the school can clean up all classes and gyms and school toilets in one day. In the latter rooms, decent disinfection is carried out, and in addition, all sanitary facilities can be inspected. However, classes and gyms are thoroughly vacuumed and cleaned, and additionally well ventilated.
Thanks to this, the dust created during the school year is removed.
Women really like to do spring cleaning, although at the same time they are usually very dissatisfied with what their house looks like after the winter.
This is because the heating season is conducive to the creation of more or less smoke in the house and the deposition of dust on various home appliances.
Also curtains and window curtains do not look very good after winter.
That's why home cleaning done in the spring usually starts with taking off the curtains and rubbing the dust, and then the housewives start cleaning the windows.
Carrying out all activities related to window cleaning is conducive to ventilation of the domestic rooms, combined with the removal of webs created during the winter.
The holiday period is conducive to making different orders both at home and in the business premises near the house.
Thanks to the warm weather outside, you can thoroughly ventilate the entire house and wash all windows and house blinds.
During the holiday, you can also take out all the carpets and rugs from the house, wash them well and dry them, and in the meantime vacuum all the floors and wash them thoroughly.
Cleaning may also require various nooks and crannies located behind the home wardrobes that have not been moved all year round.
At the end you will be able to wipe the chicken from all the home wardrobes and cabinets and move to the kitchen and bathroom. .


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Sexuality in Asia
Thread: Sexuality in Asia
Saturday, October 23rd, 2010 #1
The Aesthete
Saturday, February 9th, 2019 @ 02:25 PM
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Nordish Preservationist
I was recently talking to an Asian who is rather encultured, he was recounting his travels in Asia and I said I think it is terrible what some Westerners are doing in Thailand.
He laughed and said most Thai men do it too; it is not just so publicized. He continued to say that Asians are very sexually lib in general. He said that fidelity is rare and recounted that while in Vietnam he slept with three married women. He said any western man could go to Asian countries and the women would probably be competing for his attention throwing themselves at him in part due to wealth and status.
He said that the Westernized Asians here are frigid but not in Asia.
He continued to say that some Asian countries were trying to promote chastity as an Asian value but really it is a legacy of colonialism and really a Victorian value.
He then pointed out the Japanese love of porn and geisha tradition etc
It made me remember a madam on TV saying how sexually lib Asians were and how they frequent brothels commonly.
He then enumerated on the corruption in Asia and the elaborate systems of bribery. He then said he felt so lucky to be back here
I was amazed by this admission of lack of fidelity and greed
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He laughed and said most Thai men do it too
Sex with underaged girls ?
What does the geisha tradition has to do with sex/porn ?
Frequent prostitutes or pay for sex which includes underage girls there
They often have sex with geishas
Sunday, October 24th, 2010 #4
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Thursday, May 9th, 2019 @ 04:37 AM
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Germany, England, Ireland
Married parent
The Japanese are very adulterous, both men and women. Women often don't mind if their husbands have sex with other women, and even encourage it so they won't feel pressured to have sex with their husbands. And underage prostitution is very common. In the big cities you see a lot of advertizements from underage prostitutes. It's not a big deal there.
Curtisw
Saturday, August 25th, 2012 @ 01:59 AM
Single adult
I doubt their sexual attitudes are because of colonialism. Japanese had porn and brothels before Westerners came around.
I am talking about the Asian values as promoted by Lee Kuan Yew which are really misappropriated Victorian values
Monday, June 13th, 2011 #7
Thursday, October 26th, 2017 @ 08:48 PM
Manga comics are very popular in Japan and they show all sexual perversion from pedophilia to incest.
Thursday, June 16th, 2011 #8
Prolonged Absence
In Japan they have vending machines which dispense female underwear which has been worn, pretty sick stuff.
Asia in general is a sick place sexually/morally.
I grew up on a belief of honour, courage and the old world values. The world isn't about that anymore, preferring to die a slow death of fast food and cheap thrills.
Tuesday, January 29th, 2019 #9
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Geto-Dacian (Dacia/Hyperborea) & German (Großes Germanien)
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At least they kept alive the tradition of how to control the sexual energies and work with them... See Mantak Chia, for example, he has many good books published about how to work with and how to control sexual energy, and there are also lots of good videos on youtube where he gives explanation on that.
Also Tantra was kept alive in Asia, even though was transmitted in closed circles...
However, these kind of healthy and good practices that deal with sexual energies are so old, I suppose they could have Indo-European origins (or even older than that), we cannot know for sure. The only good part of sexuality in Asia is that they kept these teachings alive and working, still being transmitted to this day... Now they came back to Europe, but not always in an authentic form. Now everyone speaks about Tantra in the West, but very few know what it really is...
I read a very good book about Tantra, written by Daniel Odier:
Tantric Quest: An Encounter with Absolute Love by Daniel Odier
The author reveals his passionate experiences with a female Tantric master who taught him the suppressed practices of her ancient order.
In 1968 Daniel Odier left Europe for the Himalayas, searching for a master who could help him go where texts and intellectual searching could no longer take him. He wanted everything: the wisdom and spirituality gained from the life of an ascetic and the beauty, love, and sensuality of a life of passion. He found both in Shivaic Tantrism, the secret spiritual path that seeks to transcend ego and rediscover the divine by embracing the passions. In an isolated Himalayan forest Odier met Devi, a great yogini who would take him on a mystical journey like none he had ever imagined. At times taking him beyond the limits of sexual experience, at times threatening him with destruction, she taught him what it is to truly be alive and to know the divine nature of absolute love.
This is the personal memoir of one of France's most honored writers.
Tantrism is the only ancient philosophy to survive all historical upheavals, invasions, and influences to reach us intact by uninterrupted transmission from master to disciple, and the only one to retain the image of the Great Goddess as the ultimate source of power.
Source (you can also look a little bit in the book)
So this is what Tantra really is... the oldest ancient philosophy still transmitted to this day, and it is good that it was kept alive in Asia... Though, this doesn't make it an 'Asian' philosophy... it is too old to be considered 'Asian'...
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CONWAY — Last week, Bryant freshman Shelby Bratton set a school record in the 200-meter individual medley only to find out she'd been DQ'd. So, Friday, at the 6A-Central Conference championship meet at UCA, she did it again and it counted.
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In addition, the Lady Hornets 200-yard freestyle relay team of Ella Reynolds, Kayla Vaughan, Alana Gould and Bratton turned in a State-qualifying fourth-place finish in 1:48.60.
Bryant's girls finished fourth with 226 points. Conway won the team championship with 427, eking it out over Cabot by one point. Little Rock Central was third with 413 in the seven-team meet.
The Bryant boys finished with 130 points, good for fifth. Little Rock Central won the team title with 524 points to Conway's 486. Cabot was third (435) then Little Rock Catholic was a distant fourth with 152.
The Lady Hornets actually scored best in the one-meter dive, held Wednesday at Hendrix College, where Sara Weber was second with a score of 260.30 and Lawson Godwin was third at 233.95. Conway's Anna Kathleen Harris won the event with an impressive score of 361.45.
The Hornets' top finish came in the 400-yard freestyle relay in which Carson Edmonson, Jalen Dinstbier, Gavin Miller and Sam Vinson combined on a 3:58.25 to finish fifth.
In the diving competition, Bryant's top diver, Caivon Crosby was DQ'd. Still, LaQuav Brumfield, Donte Baker and Shane Morris all scored. Brumfield was seventh with a score of 164.60. Baker was seventh at 160.65 and Morris eighth at 159.00.
For the Lady Hornets, another freshman Aidan Halladay picked up fourth-place points in the 200-yard freestyle in a time of 2:19.58. Alyssa Addison was 12thin 2:39.29.
Fifth-place finishes were turned in by Ella Reynolds, individually, and the 200 medley relay which included Reynolds, Alana Gould, Bratton and Vaughan. The relay time was 2:03.58. Reynolds was fifth in the 50 free, turning in a 26.78 with Gould sixth in 26.85.
Hailey Addison, Alyssa Addison, Dayanne Maldonado and Halladay combined on a 4:37.59 to take sixth.
Bratton added a seventh-place finish in the 100 butterfly with a time of 1:05.37 while Halladay was ninth in the 500 free (6:18.85) with Alyssa Addison 13thin 7:05.33.
Vaughan added 11th-place points in the 100 free in a time of 1:07.19. Hailey Addison was 13thin 1:08.77 then was 15thin the 100-yard breast stroke (1:28.70) with Vaughan 16thin 1:31.35.
Reynolds contributed 13th-place points in the 100-yard backstroke, clocking in at 1:16.59.
For the boys, the team of Edmonson, Brumfield, Vinson and Hayden Smith put together a 1:42.25 to finish sixth in the 200 free relay then Smith, Miller, Brumfield and Dinstbier teamed up on a 1:54.97 to place seventh in the 200 medley relay.
Vinson was 14thin the 100 backstroke in 1:04.90 and Smith was 14thin the 50 free with a time of 24.85.
Vinson was also 15thin the 200 IM, clocking in at 2:21.14 with Dinstbier 16thin 2:34.10. Dinstbier's 6:39.71 in the 500 free was good for 15th-place points as well.
Tyler Peters was 15thin the 200 free (2:12.03) while Miller was 16thin both the 100 butterfly (1:08.63) and the 100 breast (1:09.65).
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Savannah, Georgia – August, 2015 We have made brief visits to the Savannah area several times during the last 10 years. This visit was also too short but we expect to become regular guests in this amazing area in the following years.
Jim's daughter recently moved to Atlanta so this was a convenient place to meet her and her boyfriend for a weekend. We wanted a campground convenient to their accommodations so we chose Red Gate Farms. It was a beautiful, roomy campground on a farm with horses, goats, and chickens but little more than 5 miles to historic Savannah. It has a lovely pool which we didn't have time to use and the price was steep for us at $45 per night but a good value for the area.
Our first order of business was getting our toes in some sand and surf. We met the kids (we consider 30 year olds kids) and made the short drive to Tybee Island. This is one of our favorite beach towns. We walked the beach, had a great meal at Spanky's, then visited the pier and walked the beach some more. If you have not visited Tybee you should put it on your must do list. It has a great campground called Rivers End that is a short walk to the beach. We stayed there during our last visit and enjoyed it immensely.
That evening we met them downtown for dinner. Jim and I headed there an hour early because we didn't know how hard it would be to find a parking place for our big truck. That was a good decision because we drove around 30 minutes before finally parking three quarters of a mile from the riverfront at the civic center. The walk to the restaurant through downtown was a joy though and we arrived exactly on time. The kids in their sleek little black car were able to park in the riverfront parking almost in front of the restaurant.
We had eaten at the south side location of Fiddlers Crab House several years before and I requested a repeat visit but to their riverfront location. They have amazing food and this location overlooking the Savannah River can't be beat. We arrived just as a storm was blowing in and at 6 pm were seated right away in front of a window overlooking the river. Dinner entertainment was watching the fierce storm. By the time we finished our meal it had died down to a drizzle and we stepped out of the restaurant to the sight of a beautiful double rainbow.
After dinner the four of us walked around the historic district. What a crazy, wonderful place. There were already plenty of revelers out at 7 pm. We saw dozens of people dressed in grass skirts, coconut bras, and the like. I assume there was an event somewhere with this theme and not just the way locals like to dress on Saturday night. They have a bar that looks like a trolley car but is pedaled by its customers which cruises the streets. I had heard of such a contraption but this is the first time I had seen it.
We enjoyed walking through the dozens of little parks throughout the area filled with trees draped in moss. The historic buildings are extraordinary. I could walk these streets for hours, probably days, and not get tired of all the beautiful architecture. We got to the Colonial Park Cemetery just 15 minutes before they closed. So we enjoyed a quick visit. This is the oldest cemetery in the city and was used from 1750 to 1853. There is a brick wall along the back where they have installed the many headstones that have been separated from their intended occupant.
But that wasn't enough dead people for us so the next morning we all went to the Bonaventure Cemetery. At almost 160 acres this place is huge and it has tons of delightful statuary.
And of course it has the requisite moss covered trees that make these graveyards especially beautiful and a bit more sad and spooky.
We enjoyed our visit to the Savannah area even more than our previous stays and are looking forward to going again and again.
Savannah and Tybee are near and dear to my heart! Great post! Love the Bonaventure photos.


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The General Assembly was held in Rome again on 23 October 2012. The federation currently consists of 101 members. The number of members is stable (100 in 2010) but we can see significant changes in the representation of countries. Thus, the Italian network and the French network continues to grow but the countries represented up until today by one member disappear from our federation (Greece, Poland, Czech Republic). The year 2011 has led to a progress in structuring the European Labelling Committee. Procedures have been formalized to clarify the process of the quality management. The composition of the European Labelling Committee was amended - is chaired by an Italian member and has one member per country.


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Емерсон Фитипалди () је бразилски возач Формуле 1 и двоструки светски шампион.

Биографија
Емерсон Фитипалди је рођен 12. децембра 1946. у Сао Паолу, Бразил.
Његов отац је био чувени спортски новинар и Емерсон је заволео мотоспорт још као мали.
Млађи је брат Вилсона Фитипалдија и стриц Кристијана Фитипалдија, који су обојица возили Формулу 1.

Три пута се женио и има шесторо деце.
Године 1997. доживео је озбиљну повреду леђа приликом пада његовог авиона којим је сам пилотирао.

Професионална каријера
Фитипалди је возио Формула 1 такмичења од 1970. до 1980. године.
Освојио је две шампионске титуле 1972. (са тимом Лотус) и 1974. године (са Маклареном).
Од укупно 149 трка, био најбржи на 14.
Његова задња гран при победа је била на ВН Британије 1975. године.

Од 1984. до 1995. учествовао је и на тркама 500 миља Индијанаполиса, а успео је да тријумфује 1989. и 1993. године.

Види још

 Историја Формуле 1
 Списак светских шампиона Ф1

Референце

Рођени 1946.
Бразилски возачи Формуле 1
Бразилци


The following information will provide people in our college campus community with options if they ever find themselves in a situation such as an active shooter situation, or where someone is wanting to cause them harm; and providing the options so that they can make a quick decision. A response to an active shooter is one of the most stressful situations that anyone will ever face. Prior to the arrival of campus law enforcement and police officers, how you respond to an active shooter will be dictated by the specific circumstances of the situation, keeping in mind there could be more than one shooter involved in the same situation. If you find yourself in an active shooter situation, try to remain as calm as possible and use these are only suggested options to help you plan a strategy for life survival.
Go to a room that can be locked or barricaded by using available material.
Close the window blinds, turn off the lights and get everyone down of the floor so that no one is visible from outside the room.
Spread out and seek concealment behind walls, desks, file cabinets, etc.
Unfamiliar voices may be the shooter attempting to lure victims from their safe space; do not respond to any voice commands until you can verify with certainty that they are being issued by a campus law enforcement officers or police officers.
If possible, secure the room you are in by either locking or barricading the door using available material and follow the same procedures described above.
If you cannot secure the room, determine if there is a nearby location that you are able to reach safely and then secure or if you can safely exit the building.Active Shooter Inside Room.
If the active shooter enters your office or classroom, there are no set procedures. The decision to flee or seek shelter inside the room can only be made by you and is dependent upon the circumstances.
Try to remain calm; it will aid you in decision making.
Call 911 if possible, and alert police to the shooter's location.
If you can't speak, leave the line open so the dispatcher can hear what is taking place. Usually the location of a caller can be determined without speaking.
If there is absolutely no opportunity of escape or concealment and the shooter is not actively firing on victims it might be possible to negotiate with the shooter.
If the shooter has fired on victims you are faced with a life or death situation; only you can consider your next course of action.
After all other options have been exhausted, you may be faced with the decision to overpower the shooter with force by whatever means necessary.
If the shooter leaves the area and the environment appears safe, proceed immediately to a safer place.
Do not touch anything that was in the area of the shooter because of the possibility of explosives being left and the destruction of crucial evidence.
Make sure you have an escape route in mind.
Keep your hands visible, and follow instructions given by any campus law enforcement officers or police officers you may encounter.
If you know where the shooter is located, tell the officers.
Remain at the designated assembly point until you have been released.
Do not drive off campus until told it is safe to do so by campus law enforcement officers or police officers.
Responding campus law enforcement officers or police officers are trained to proceed immediately to the area where the shots were last heard; their purpose is to stop the shooting as quickly as possible.
The first officers to arrive will not stop to aid injured victims; rescue teams composed of additional officers will follow the first team into secured areas and remove injured persons.
The first officers on the scene will likely be campus law enforcement officers. Depending on the situation, they may be joined by officers from the Dodge City Police Department and Ford County Sheriffs Department. They may be armed with rifles, shotguns or handguns. Do as the officers tell you and do not be afraid of them.


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Giada De Laurentiis Recommends These 'Superfoods' That Add Flavor to a Healthy Meal
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Celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis recently released her book on healthy eating, which includes a full menu of recipes, advice, and even a three-day reboot cleanse. While she's now more focused on "clean" nutrition, the Food Network star refuses to sacrifice flavor. Specializing in Italian cuisine, the De Laurentiis has a full list of "superfoods" she incorporates into her dishes on a regular basis to bring maximum taste to every meal.
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Giada De Laurentiis gives her take on 'superfoods'
In her book Eat Better, Feel Better: My Recipes for Wellness and Healing, Inside and Out, De Laurentiis describes why 'superfood' has become the new buzzword when it comes to nutrition.
"'Superfood' is so overused these days," De Laurentiis wrote. "The truth is, no single food has the magical power to keep us healthy… Some are richer in particular nutrients we can all benefit from, such as omega-3 fatty acids or antioxidants. But the reality is that the quantity you'd need to eat to reap a significant benefit might not be all that appetizing."
De Laurentiis explains her reasoning for the options on her go-to "superfoods" list, which includes plenty of items from her Mediterranean background.
"For me, superfoods are ingredients that punch way above their weight when it comes to making things taste, smell, or look amazing," she remarked. "They do it in a way that won't disturb the balance you're trying to restore in your gut. You probably won't be surprised that a lot of these come straight out of the Italian pantry — there is a reason the Mediterranean diet is acknowledged by doctors around the world as the healthiest."
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Capers and olives and lemons, oh my!
If you like some Mediterranean tang, De Laurentiis suggests ingredients like capers which "burst in your mouth and add briny brightness to dressings, tuna salad, pan sauces, and pastas." The culinary queen recommends frying some capers in a bit of oil for crunchy bits that can be added as a topping for seafood or salads. For those who want a fruitiness along with salt in their meal, De Laurentiis goes adding proposes olives.
"Like capers, olives contribute a tangy salinity to lots of dishes and a meaty mouthfeel that is super satisfying," the Food Network personality shared. "I prefer green olives to black ones, especially green Castelvetrano olives and Cerignolas, which have an apple-like bite and a clean, briny flavor."
More of a citrus fan? De Laurentiis raves of how a lemon can zest up your meal from the juice to grinding down that rind.
"My love of lemon is well documented, but don't forget about the zest when you are cooking with lemon," she wrote. "The little shreds add texture and amplify the lemony flavor of dressings, sauces, and desserts with every bite. The same goes for the zests of limes and oranges."
Giada De Laurentiis adds tomato paste to 'pump up flavor'
Other superfoods that make the cut on De Laurentiis' run down include fennel, fresh herbs, baby arugula, apple cider vinegar, anchovies, and mushrooms. The Giada at Home star also attests to the power punch of flavor that tomato paste and sun-dried tomatoes can add to recipes, and says you only need a small amount for maximum results.
"Nothing gives sauces, soups, and stews depth of flavor like tomatoes, but you don't need to add a 28-ounce can to the pot to get the benefit," De Laurentiis explained. "Sautéing a tablespoon or two of tomato paste until it darkens and develops some caramelization is an easy way to pump up flavor in many dishes without making them taste overtly 'tomato-y'; two sundried tomatoes, finely sliced, do the same for a grain dish or a pan sauce."
RELATED: Why Giada De Laurentiis Says You Don't Have to Eliminate Foods to Eat Well
Cheese lovers should steer towards pecorino for easier digestion than the traditional Parmigiano, according to De Laurentiis. The sheep's milk cheese is also more cost effective.
"Because it is made from sheep's milk rather than cow's milk, many people find pecorino easier to digest than Parmigiano-Reggiano, and the stronger, sharper flavor means a little goes a long way," De Laurentiis said. "It's also a little easier on the wallet than a good imported Parmigiano-Reggiano."
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Smith is Dragon's lawyer whom he hired to help him deal with the fallout of accidently killing Solar-Man. Dragon also put him in charge of making the Darling's the legal guardians of Malcolm and Angel in case he were to die.
Later, when Dragon returns to Earth, he once again retains Smith's services in dealing with his incarceration due to his actions as Kurr. Smith begins to get his case together by preparing Malcolm and Angel to get their stories straight for the trial in a fashion that makes what happens to Dragon understandable. When Dragon asks him what's the worst thing that could happen to him if he is convicted, Smith tells him the "the death penalty".
Smith later visits Dragon in jail and tells him to be careful in prison as Dragon murdering Urass is making it harder for him to appeal Dragon's case.


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Returning to Provincetown by boat is a simple pleasure that never fails to meet my expectations. The sleek, slow boat has unfortunately been relegated to the Saturday service so the trip is now cut in half by the slightly banal high-speed catamarans that run the route between Boston and the Cape, but which still provide that magical contact with the sea as you head towards land's end.
Reputedly, the first landfall for the Pilgrim Fathers, this small fishing community has acquired a mythic status as the first point of refuge for these fleeing pioneers seeking the freedom to pursue a life determined by conscience and belief. And so in turn the town has remained a place of hope and sanctuary to artists, writers, performers, gay men and women, immigrants and those too eccentric to conform to the expectations of their native communities. Rather like San Francisco, Provincetown acts as an inspirational idea and a rebuke.
As you leave the long elongated Boston harbour and its remnants of armed revolt, the boat heads out to what appears to be open sea. For an hour or so the horizon is filled with the grey-blue swell of the Atlantic. If you're lucky, you may see a whale rise up in a brief, mesmerising leap to break the monotony. With patience, the feint edge of the Cape's shoreline emerges to guide the boat towards the tranquil embrace of Provincetown's harbour, allegedly the second largest in the world (the first remains obscurely unknown to me). As you arrive at the dock, it's possible to discern landmarks that line the long high street: the wooden spire of the Universalist Church; the granite replica of an Italian campanile, built as a monument to the Pilgrim Fathers; the white belfry of the town library; and various wharves and jetties once used to unload fish but now the back porches of bars and restaurants that line the beach.
Every few years I feel a hankering, even an urgency to return. Little changes from year to year. Perhaps one clothing store has been replaced by another or a favoured lunch spot has closed, but it's the local residents who endure such as the drag queens who stand outside their venues promoting their acts like hawkers selling clams. They hustle to earn a buck as they trade quips or fling provocative remarks at passing strollers. Later at twilight, Cher's doppleganger will appear on a foot-powered scooter in fishnets and a thong .Outside the town hall, buskers take their turn to woo a crowd. Some have a semblance of talent while others battle to be taken seriously and try turning a buck by selling Cds laid out by their feet. Only a 'moving statue' raised my ire but the local paper gave her space to describe how she had built her career on the road from Ohio. This year 'Emily' a transsexual was belting out show standards with a handwritten sign saying '76 and living my dream' in an ill fitting long wig, short skirt and high heels. Marrying this audacity to conviction was enough to force bicyclists and walkers to a halt as they stared in baffled astonishment. It is unseemly to mock or snigger in 'P-town'. This is a community that is defined by eclecticism and it takes all sights in its stride.
What is truly astonishing is the arrival of day-tripping middle America into what some may term a contemporary Sodom and Gomorrah. But it's gratifying that by the sea, at the end of the continental US, couples and their kids actually enjoy the theatricality and camp excess of street life here. They discover a summer-long carnival of performance and display.
Aside from this social conviviality, the town perches on the edge of the natural world. On three sides sits the ocean. Beyond a narrow strip of settlement, you can cycle into the dunes and forests of a seashore set aside for protection as a national park by a President Kennedy who grew up sailing this coast. It's possible to follow the trails for miles up to Race Point lighthouse up and over shifting sand dunes punctuated by clusters of pine trees. Despite the need to navigate the crowds on the town's narrow high street, the beach here is largely empty even in high season by comparison with the Mediterranean where swimming in summer can resemble membership of a seal colony.
The tip of Cape Cod sustains a microclimate shaped by the mercurial moods of the sea. This year it was so hot that it felt like crossing the Sahara simply to arrive at the beach where there was no shade to shelter from the sun. On my last day, the rain rolled in off the sea with a savage intensity. One year I was stranded for days by the aftermath of a hurricane. Living in London most of the year, Nature here beckons me to leave the hurly-burly of urban life behind and re-connect with elemental forces. When I must leave to return to life elsewhere, I carry an indelible memory of P-town that sustains me in the hope that I can return.
As I stood in the lashing rain waiting anxiously for the ferry to arrive and hoping for a miraculous subsidence of the waves, an elegant, tall, middle- aged woman in a boiler suit with a broad Boston accent began to talk to me in that disarming American way that assumes familiarity and which makes many Britons so often uneasy. But she charmed me with her natural bonhomie and tales of spending summer in the resort. Susan worked as a psychiatric nurse for most of the year and between the lines I could read an annual quest for solitude and the chance of navigating the sea in her little rowboat that she kept tied up in port. She reminded me of Katherine Hepburn in African Queen; stoic, independent and a maverick. Susan might stand out in the suburb of the city where she lived and worked, but out on the Cape at the end of the world she was compellingly self-sufficient and content. In that momentary encounter on the point of departure, I found what makes Provincetown an irresistible destination. While the boat pulled out, I hoped to take as much of this spirit away with me, much as I might pack a jar with shells found in the marsh by the long stone breakwater where the tide brings in the salt water to animate the reeds and rock pools.
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Ernesto Neto: The Edges of the World
As you enter Ernesto Neto's new exhibition at the Hayward Gallery, a sign asks you to 'be gentle with Edges of the World'. This alerts us to the inclusive nature and fragility of Neto's work, which seems to say that delight may be found in the material world and its inherent vulnerability. Neto transforms the Brutalist shell of the Hayward gallery using soft, yielding fabric to create organic, internal spaces. The hard concrete, functionality of the gallery is deliberately subverted. What epitomizes the Modernist, South Bank vision of reason and order becomes overgrown with a fecund fantasy of colours, textures and scents.
Entering Neto's constructed environment is a return to the pleasures rather than the fears of childhood. Arching above our heads, 'Horizonmembranenave employs a skeletal frame over which the artist pulls diaphanous fabric across wooden ribs that resemble dinosaur bones. A long twisting tunnel gently changes colour and beckons the visitor with the scent of Camomile flowers, which have been slipped into pockets sewn into the translucent skin.
Across the entire top floor with view over London, Neto has fashioned this environment by lowering a ceiling of his trademark fine mesh. Surfaces curve and slope in biomorphic uncertainty. Even the floor at one point is strangely altered so that you must tread gingerly across highly sprung fabric that resists your weighty footprint thereby gently lowering you to the firm concrete flooring below.
Scattered across the gallery are several staircases leading to viewing platforms that elevate you up through holes cut into the fabric ceiling like tree houses giving views across a rainforest canopy. Elsewhere, soft tubes like elongated stockings or gloves are inserted into this delicate wall providing proximity to other visitors who are constantly seen or heard around you.
This is a show that demands transitions through the gallery space mediated by abrupt physical changes. Installations become architectural experiences offering shelter and perceptual discovery.
Outside, Neto has made full use of Hayward's large terraces even to extent of setting up a bathing pool with exotic, pointy-headed pavilions in saffron yellow obscurely titled 'H2O-SFLV' The evening I visited, two stately middle aged ladies bobbed around in their floral one piece swim suits as if on an expedition to Margate, but this time they commanded a view across London's South Bank and an entire pool to themselves having duly arranged a reservation, as requested. Perhaps the necessary display of skin explains the polite request to refrain from taking pictures.
On the other side of the building it's possible to enjoy a low-rise concrete wall that leads you up and down a narrow gauge in an infinite loop. 'Walking to the Future' returns the visitor to the balancing games of youth. It also hints at a Medieval floor maze designed to elucidate meaning through physical movement and contemplation.
Ernesto Neto has become a Brazilian 'Willy Wonker' conjuring up remarkable transformations. By cutting and shaping cloth he simulates the wiliness and unpredictability of Nature. But this is not the natural world 'red in tooth and claw' but a softened experience of the material world. Even the looping wall that invites us to wobble around, as we search for our centre of gravity, gently catches our fall with a bed of bark chippings. Neto's world is exuberant but any edge or menace is removed.
At the Hayward you will find temporary relief from the churning city beyond, where you will encounter unfolding stimuli without any disturbance. Unlike Wonker's chocolate factory, the dark side of existence is adroitly trumped by sensuality.
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