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Is Google's "right to be forgotten" ruling having the intended effect?
With the backlash against Google's "right to be forgotten" ruling underway, can we really ever forget anything?
by: Caroline Preece
Censorship is a thorny issue and, no matter how virtuous the intentions behind Google's "right to be forgotten" ruling in the EU might have been, many have pegged it as the dawn of a new era of web censorship during which anyone can appeal against information being in the public domain.
The issue has proven controversial since results started to be removed last week but, with journalists from high profile sites such as BBC News and The Guardian appealing against their articles being scrubbed out, some news outlets have seemingly found a loophole in the system.
The Surrey Comet, among others, has bypassed the ruling by simply publishing an article about the request from Google, with a link publicising the original story more. Therefore, instead of removing the information from public view by erasing the link from Google search results, a lot more people are reading the offending' material as a result of the move.
By publicising the removal of information from Google, it's near-impossible for the internet to forget anything.
The Surrey Comet 2010 article covers a college losing money on a fundraising concert, with the reasons for its removal not yet made apparent by Google.
This is just the latest development related to the "right to be forgotten" ruling, which promises to take away information deemed "irrelevant, outdated, or otherwise inappropriate" from EU Google search results if requested. Not all requests will be approved, but many have criticised the search engine for being too eager to comply with the deluge of applications it has received.
There has also been speculation that Google has made a deliberate effort to make the ruling appear unworkable, with notifications to journalists and publications upon an article's removal from search results sparking outrage and debate that publicises the stories in question.
It's no secret that Google, along with sceptical journalists and news outlets, fought against the ruling when it was proposed, since it now has the unenviable job of sifting through thousands of requests where the removal of links could easily lead to negative attention for them (a ship that has arguably already sailed) or much worse if the wrong information is removed in the scuffle.
Early requests reportedly included those regarding fraud, violent crimes and child pornography arrests, with an ex-politician, a paedophile and a GP among the applicants before the ruling came into effect.
Though Google is not revealing the reasons for articles being taken down, nor who is making the requests, it can be deduced that many of the cited reasons have to do with reputation management. This has some pretty nasty implications when it comes to deciding what is in the public interest and what is "irrelevant" or "otherwise inappropriate", and the legal guidelines on this are somewhat unclear.
There's an inherent contradiction in the ruling, and it might not take long before that contradiction causes the whole thing to collapse. Google's method of notifying the source of articles being removed journalists and news sites with a vested interest in keeping themselves as searchable as possible could be what tips it over the edge, with the right to be forgotten Streisand effect' already becoming apparent.
Because it's all too easy to beat the ruling, with the "right to be forgotten" being immediately attacked by those opposed to threat of censorship in any degree. By publicising the removal of information from Google, it's near-impossible for the internet to forget anything.
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Cani Amante grew out of a love of the land, family, and of course wine.
Cani Amante grew out of a love of the land, family, and of course wine. The owners, Debbie and Ed Guerra, took one look at the 38 acre parcel in 2005 and fell in love. The views were stunning looking up from the flat 4-5 acres which would naturally become the vineyard. One side, the striking Topa Topa Mountains, the other, the hills of Nordoff Peak on the edge of Los Padres National Forest; another, Ventura in the far distance with a sliver of Lake Casitas, and the crowning jewel, a knoll on the property which captures the infamous Ojai Pink Moment every waning afternoon.
The Pratt Trail runs along the entire length of the vineyard so a walk down from Nordoff Peak drops you right into the middle of this majesty of nature. In the Spring you may even hear a seasonal spring racing below you as you walk alongside the rows of vines.
Records showed this property had never been farmed and the land proved this true. So began the clearing process. With the love of wine in mind, no fear of big projects, and a confirmation from soil testing that this land was waiting for grapes, the rock removal began. The task at hand began in early 2009; clearing 5 feet of rock above and beneath the ground.
Debbie's father, eager to buy the backhoe and tractor he wished he had as a kid growing up on a farm, made a seemingly impossible task only somewhat impossible. Then Debbie's Uncle Stan, who grew up on that same farm, didn't let the 80 years behind him slow him down. He volunteered his tractor skills. Ed and Stan went to work pulling boulder after boulder out of the earth, some the size of a small car.
By late summer, it was Debbie's turn on the backhoe. From 8am-5pm every day, Uncle Stan was ready. She couldn't wait to get on the tractor and what seemed like an insurmountable task now was a pleasure to share each day with her uncle and father. The feeling of pride as they all looked over the acres of flat, beautifully groomed dirt after a year of hard work is a moment they'll never forget. Ed and Debbie will always be grateful that their land was prepared with such love; the perfect bed for planting.


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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure HD Ver.
Platform(s): PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Genre: Fighting
Developer: Capcom
Release Date: Aug. 22, 2012 (US), Aug. 21, 2012 (EU)
About Jason Grant
Every video game site needs that one "quirky" reviewer, right? You know, the one who somehow finds fun in games the consensus loathes, or vice versa. After a decade of trying NOT to be That Guy, here I am, tired of fighting it. Wherever there's a game that contains speed or an old-school arcade-style bent, chances are I'll be there, regardless of platform (I still have a Saturn and Dreamcast hooked up to the big screen)! A review from me is usually an over-obsessive analysis of gameplay mechanics.
PSN Review - 'JoJo's Bizarre Adventure HD Ver.'
by Jason Grant on Sept. 21, 2012 @ 3:00 a.m. PDT
A fighting game based on the Japanese manga series and previously released arcade games, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure HD Ver. features stunning HD visuals and unique, original gameplay mechanics.
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure — a long-running shonen manga that is slightly obscure in the West — originally received a few fighting game adaptations from Capcom in the late 1990s. Those adaptations included an arcade version running on Capcom's CPS3 arcade board, known for also running the Street Fighter III games, which boasted incredibly fluid animation for the time. There were also two home versions: The Dreamcast received a faithful arcade port with some mild extras, and the PSX version had extra story content to compensate for not being graphically up to snuff due to older host hardware.
As far as fighting games go, JoJo's boasts a very interesting and innovative fighting system that holds up even now. The majority of the cast are imbued with alter-egos known as "Stands," which feature into the characters' special move sets. Stands can be switched on and off at will, with a draining meter governing their use. Through the use of Stands, all sorts of mind games are possible, and they deal with the idea of controlling space on the field. The fights also look cool when you have human-versus-Stand fights, or see Stands clash in one type of battle while the human fighters clash in another type. Proxy fighting isn't something that's usually touted as a feature in fighting games, and it's not something that even the series's closest contemporary relative has fully embraced.
With that said, this is a port of a 13-year-old game, and it's a port job that is both exemplary and disappointing. On the positive side, the title is presented in a complete state with no glaring errors. You have the choice to play in original arcade resolution with pixels everywhere, or with a graphical filter that goes quite well with the game's "manga in motion" art style. The original voices have been kept intact and sound as clear now as they did then. The soundtrack is classic Capcom and really fits the, well, bizarre tone of the game while providing a good backdrop for fighting.
On the playability side, the game controls perfectly, with all inputs carried over and easy to execute. Bring your fight stick if you have one, but if you don't and you absolutely must play this with a DualShock 3, then I recommend the analog stick for best results. The PS3's directional pad has always has always been substandard for rotation-motion-heavy Capcom fighters. All of the hidden characters are available right off the bat; you've got a couple of versus modes, Story mode and a survival mode to pass the time; and online play is included. Said online play is not powered by fighting game community darling GGPO. While I'm personally of neutral sentiment regarding the system, hardcore fighters do swear by it. If you're one of them, it's good to know. The netcode used is that of Capcom's recent HD Street Fighter games (IV, x Tekken, etc.), so expect online performance comparable to those.
So far, this sounds like a pretty good port — and it would be, except for the fact that the bar for Capcom arcade ports was already set months ago with the digital release of Street Fighter III: Third Strike. Third Strike was given the thorough treatment, with GGPO netcode, built-in achievements, game-engine-customizing dipswitches, and a plethora of gameplay features and fan shout-outs. It was actually worth more than the price of admission. Jojo's gives you ... well, pretty much the arcade and Dreamcast versions tossed in a blender, so it doesn't amount to much. Unless you're a fan of just fighting (and with slightly inferior netcode), Jojo's doesn't give you much to do.
If you're a hardcore JoJo's Bizarre Adventure or fighting game fanatic (to the point where you're actually aware of the new, from-the-ground-up JoJo's fighter that was recently announced), you might want to pick up this title. It's a decent fighter that is still more innovative than most of the ones that exist today while not being overly complicated. It also makes for a great general oddity, and it marks another notch on the list of quality Dreamcast games to finally see the light of day on more current platforms. Unfortunately, being an innovative oddity is about the best thing it's got going for it. At the end of the day, it's a fighting game in a crowded sea of them — and a niche one at that.
Score: 7.0/10
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Former Briggin Hill councillor Bob Shekyls has died following a short illness.
Mr Shekyls, who was a resident of Biggin Hill for more than 40 years and represented the area on Bromley Council for 12 years (1994 until 2006), died on January 31.
He had been brought up in Shirley before serving in the RAF.
On the council, Mr Shekyls took an interest in planning issues and served as chair of the Biggin Hill heritage centre committee.
For many years he tirelessly campaigned for a swimming pool in Biggin Hill, even raising money to ensure the council had funding to build the facility.
Mr Shekyls was very keen for local residents to be kept informed of council decisions and local issues, and produced regular newsletters.
Before getting elected to the council, he had been instrumental in getting other Liberal Democrats elected, having been campaign organiser in Bromley Common when it first elected Liberal and then Liberal Democrat councillors, and building up the membership of Biggin Hill.
Mr Shekyls is survived by his wife Jan and his two daughters.


Description - Store large things, short things, and odd shaped things easily with Ulti-MATE's Garage 2.0 Series 2-Door Tall Cabinet in your garage. Featuring all of the great benefits of the original, this version of the ever-so-popular tall cabinet features more contemporary looks and has been made more durable. Some other great features of this garage cabinet are as follows.
Size - Min: 80" H x 35.5" W x 21" D, Max: 82" H x 35.5" W x 21" D.
I'm happy with this purchase- I like the color and the storage capacity.
I've been buying piece by piece, will have the full garage done in a few months.
Does what it's supposed to do- store things. It was a solid purchase.
I have the cabinet system and it's been a great upgrade. My buddies love coming over and watching the games in the garage and always give props on my new cabinet system.


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Q: c++ raspberry pi 4 - Get keyboard keys input without enter/validation? I've been searching for a while, and I don't achieve to find any way to get the input keys of my keyboard, to use them in my program...
Context : I'm starting on robotics, and C++, and I'd simply like to command a motor.
The idea is that "if I press the up arrow, the motor turns, if I press the down arrow, the motor stops" and that's it, no need to validate something or anything like that...
I am with raspbian, through VNC (controlling from my real computer), and the actual code is executed in the terminal.
I'll see later on to make that more complex.
I went through 20 or more pages and didn't find anything helpful... Isn't there an easy way to do something that seems so basically useful?
Some spoke about conio library, but apparently it's outdated, curses/ncurses took its place,but I didn't achieve to find/have anything working...
http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/general/74211/
Create a function to check for key press in unix using ncurses
Capture characters from standard input without waiting for enter to be pressed
This is apparently C code, and not C++, moreover, I don't really understand that...
How to detect key presses in a Linux C GUI program without prompting the user?
This, maybe? But it makes no sense to me (beginner in C++)
How can I get the keyboard state in Linux?
here they speak of "allegro", but apparently, it don't work on the PI 45 yet... and no idea how to install that anyway
http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/general/47357/
Does someone knows a simple little code that I can copy-past to do that, or any way? I'm quite shocked to not have something similar to windows C++ programming where it seems so simple
I mean something like "Keyboard.GetKeyStates(Key)"
I'll continue my research anyway, but please, help !
EDIT :
Apparently, the library SDL (SDL2) can help me do this...
I tried to implement it, it doesn't give any result...
Here is the code I got up to now (I deleted a good part that is useless in here), basically, it's a copy-past from internet SDL official web page :
#include <iostream>
#include <wiringPi.h>   //Raspberry pi GPIO Library
#include <cstdio>
#include <csignal>
#include <ctime>
#include <chrono>   //library for counting time
#include <thread>   //for "this thread sleep"
#include <SDL2/SDL.h>   //for getting the keyboard buttons events

bool RUNNING = true;    // global flag used to exit from the main loop

/*XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  GPIO Pins definition
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX*/
int SPser = 13, SPclk = 19, SPrclk = 26; //Define the output pins used
int Optocoupler = 17; //define the input pins used

/*XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  SDL definition
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX*/

    //void PrintKeyInfo( SDL_KeyboardEvent *key );
    //void PrintModifiers( SDLMod mod );

//SOME CODE

// Callback handler if CTRL-C signal is detected
void my_handler(int s) {
    std::cout << "Detected CTRL-C signal no. " << s << '\n';
    RUNNING = false;
}

//###################################################################################
int main(int argc, char *args[]) {
    // Initialize wiringPi and allow the use of BCM pin numbering
    wiringPiSetupGpio();

    //Initialize SDL
    if (SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_EVENTS) != 0) {
        SDL_Log("Unable to initialize SDL: %s", SDL_GetError());
        return 1;
    }
    else
    {
        SDL_Log("SDL initialized");
    }
    SDL_Event event;

    // Register a callback function to be called if the user presses CTRL-C
    std::signal(SIGINT, my_handler);

    while(RUNNING)
    {

    while( SDL_PollEvent( &event ) )
    {
    std::cout << "SDL While \n" << '\n';
        //When the user presses a key
        switch( event.type )
        {
        case SDL_KEYDOWN:
        std::cout << "Key press detected \n" << '\n';
            //printf( "Key press detected\n" );
        break;

        case SDL_KEYUP:
        std::cout << "Key release detected \n" << '\n';
            //printf( "Key release detected\n" );
        break;

        default:
        break;
        }
    }
//std::cout << "Works??" << '\n';

    /*for( i = 0; i <= 15; i++ )
    {
        //std::cout << "data input i =" << i << '\n';
        if (i==0){
        //std::cout << "if array " << i << '\n';
        DataArr[i]=1;
        DataArr[15]=0;
        }
        else{
            j=i-1;
            DataArr[j]=0;
            DataArr[i]=1;
            //std::cout << "in else i" << i << " and j " << j << '\n';
        }
    SendData(DataArr);
    }*/
    }
    std::cout << "Program ended ...\n";
}

As I followed "dumbly" the tutorial, this should work, but the while loop is never entered as the "std::cout << "SDL While \n" << '\n';" is never shown...
But, as it achieve to compile, I guess the SDL library was installed correctly and things work...
When executing the code, it writes "SDL initialized", then, nothing... pressing keys do nothing
I'm still not sure how to check if the library is installed correctly, but when I type in de command prompt "sudo apt-get install libsdl2-dev", it shows a few lines and says "0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded"

A: If you are on linux, you should use termios to stop the buffering
#include <termios.h>

void set_no_buffer()
{
     struct termios term;
     tcgetattr(0, &term);
     term.c_lflag &= ~ICANON;
     tcsetattr(0, TCSANOW, &term);
}

and then getchar() to get a character without entering

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What does 2012 hold for Newcastle city centre?
by Graham Soult · Published January 4, 2012 · Updated January 4, 2012
La Senza closing down in Newcastle (2 Jan 2012)
Since this is my first post of 2012, I must begin by wishing all Soult's Retail View readers a very Happy New Year! Thank you to everyone who has commented, emailed, tweeted or visited during 2011, and I hope you will find many more posts to spark your interest during 2012.
As we enter 2012, the retail picture for the centre of Newcastle looks like repeating the trends of the last couple of years: various high-profile casualties amid one of the most challenging economic environments modern retailers have seen, countered by some exciting new arrivals and major retail schemes.
So, in the year ahead, what are some of the most significant things to look out for in Newcastle's prime shopping locations?
Northumberland Street
Northumberland Street, Newcastle, with new BHS on the left (1 Jan 2012)
As I reported last week, the opening of the new BHS store in Newcastle's premier retail location of Northumberland Street, expected sometime in the spring, will be one of the city's major retail events of 2012. Local shoppers who are yet to experience one of the chain's new-concept stores – such as the shop in Swindon that I visited in September – will be in for a pleasant surprise when the new four-storey store opens its doors in the old Next premises.
Beneath the scaffolding and wrap – which, as I noted previously, is due to come down in March – it's just possible to see how the old façade has now been completely removed (below), ahead of the new BHS glass frontage being inserted.
BHS site, Northumberland Street (1 Jan 2012)
Next door, work to enable Primark's expansion into the former BHS unit is also well underway, and, together with the new BHS, seems to be keeping local scaffolding companies busy (below). I understand, however, that we will have to wait until the end of the year for those works – which include another revamped frontage – to be completed.
Site of Primark extension, Newcastle (1 Jan 2012)
Elsewhere in Northumberland Street, the absence of any currently empty units means that new happenings in 2012 are likely to be the result of rebrands, relocations or closures.
In my previous post, I highlighted one major Northumberland Street retailer that's looking to exit its existing store, ahead of a relocation to smaller premises elsewhere in the city centre. Its situation – being tied into expensive space that is now regarded as significantly overrented – is far from unique; however, with the St Andrew's Way extension to Eldon Square (and the subsequent shuffling of other retailers, such as Next, BHS and Primark) having mopped up much of the demand for MSUs (major space units) in the city, I understand that finding a replacement occupier is proving a challenge.
As far as rebrands are concerned, Northumberland Street's Northern Rock branch will no doubt be rebranded as Virgin Money during 2012; though banks tend to fall outside my blogging remit, it's interesting that Virgin Money is referring to the locations it has acquired as 'stores' rather than 'branches', seemingly drawing inspiration from the best of retail as it seeks to create a "bright, relaxed, comfortable environment to come and sort out money matters, quickly and easily".
Locations information on the Virgin Money website (4 Jan 2012)
To complement its 'stores', there are also set to be Virgin Money Lounges in five cities – Edinburgh, Newcastle, Norwich, Manchester and London – providing a "place where our customers and their guests can relax"; it's not clear, however, whether Newcastle's promised Virgin Money Lounge will occupy one of the city's two existing branch sites or new premises elsewhere. In Manchester, I'm told that the soon-to-open Virgin Money Lounge has taken over entirely new landmark premises, in addition to the established Northern Rock branch nearby, so it will be interesting to see whether the same approach is taken in Newcastle.
On the closure front, La Senza looks set to be Northumberland Street's first retail casualty of 2012, following the lingerie chain's announcement that it intends to enter administration. While the firm has blamed "trading conditions in La Senza's high street locations and the overall macro environment which are having an adverse effect on the company", such a statement fails to explain why La Senza has failed when many other retailers are successfully weathering the storm.
One suggestion, based on what my female friends have told me, is that La Senza may have fallen into the same trap as the collapsed young fashion chain Jane Norman by undermining its reputation for quality and, by extension, customers' overall value perception of its products.
Of the retailer's 146 UK stores, Newcastle is one of 81 locations that have launched 'closing down' sales, though there's always a chance that any potential rescuer might decide to keep the store open after all. However, given its prominent location at the main entrance to Eldon Square, it's unlikely that the unit would remain empty for long even if La Senza departed.
Blacks, Newcastle (8 Aug 2011)
Elsewhere in the city centre, the fate of several familar stores rests on whether their owners can turn around a sustained period of poor trading. The future of the outdoor retailer Blacks – which has a recently-opened store in Market Street – remains up in the air, while HMV has an uphill struggle to define its place in a changing entertainment market.
HMV's Newcastle store, for example, is a curious mix of technology products, cold drinks and NUFC merchandise alongside the traditional CDs, DVDs and games; the overall impression is of a store that is cluttered, lacking in personality, and confused about what it's trying to be.
HMV's future – if it is to have one – must surely be in showcasing its credentials as a chain that lives, breathes, and is an authority on entertainment, as a way of differentiating itself from its online and supermarket competitors. However, the current presentation of piles of DVDs in a sub-supermarket-quality environment merely demonstrates the scale of the challenge ahead, rather than any sense of passion for the product.
HMV Newcastle (1 Jan 2012)
Time will tell whether my shot of a shuttered HMV on New Year's Day, above – one of the few days of the year when most shops still close – becomes a more poignant image in the coming months.
Monument Mall
Wallis closing down, Newcastle (1 Jan 2012)
Further down, on the corner of Northumberland Street and Blackett Street, the closure of the Wallis and Evans store in Monument Mall this coming Saturday (7 January) is, hopefully, the harbinger of more positive developments ahead.
Evans closing down, Newcastle (1 Jan 2011)
Hammerson – who bought the shopping centre last April – had its ambitious plans to redevelop Monument Mall approved in November, and the Arcadia brands' departure is a necessary step in enabling the scheme to proceed. Some high-profile departures under the previous ownership left Monument Mall's generally small-sized units bereft of occupants, and Hammerson's plans turn the centre inside out by filling in the mall's circulation spaces and creating full-depth, street-facing shop and restaurant units.
Monument Mall, Newcastle (26 Oct 2011)
While Arcadia's decision not to open new Evans and Wallis stores in Newcastle is a little disappointing, the move is in line with Sir Philip Green's strategy of consolidating his space as leases expire. As the store-closure posters note, Wallis already has concessions in Newcastle's Fenwick and Debenhams stores, while Evans is represented at both Metrocentre and Team Valley in Gateshead, but not elsewhere in Newcastle. Of the two, I'd therefore wager that Evans is more likely to make a reappearance in Newcastle city centre in due course – perhaps even as part of the aforementioned new BHS store – given its distinctive plus-size positioning and lack of Newcastle presence once the current store closes.
Peacocks, Northumberland Street (25 Jun 2010)
Incidentally, the only impact of the plans on the Peacocks store – which opened in the former Zavvi unit in 2010 – will be to block up its current mall entrances, leaving the main Northumberland Street frontage as the only access. The store will therefore revert to being the self-contained premises that it used to be as Woolworths and Next, in the years before Monument Mall opened in 1990.
So, what of the Monument Mall development itself? My understanding is that the new units are likely to be trading in time for Christmas 2013, and that Hammerson's focus is on attracting niche retailers that will complement and reinforce the emerging Urban Outfitters-anchored high-end cluster around Grey's Monument.
With strong demand for the medium-sized units in the new scheme, I understand that the development is expected to be fully let by spring this year. While no names have emerged, Hugo Boss – recently beaten by The North Face to the former Schuh unit opposite – must be a prime candidate, while there are plenty of expanding high-end fashion brands, such as White Stuff and Jack Wills, that are yet to establish a Newcastle presence.
Eldon Square
Northumberland Street entrance to Eldon Square (17 Jun 2010)
The dominance of Eldon Square within Newcastle is, arguably, one of the reasons why the city centre's smaller shopping malls – whether Monument Mall, Eldon Garden or the earmarked-for-demolition Newgate Shopping Centre – have consistently failed to fly.
With 150 stores, Eldon Square's vast size leaves it vulnerable to retail collapses, with the existing Barratts, Priceless and Past Times stores all at risk from those chains' current difficulties. On the other hand, the shopping centre still has an impressive occupancy rate and a successful record of refilling those units that have recently become free.
New Next, Newcastle (10 May 2011)
While I understand that one retailer is mulling an exit, the new Debenhams-anchored St Andrew's Way remains fully let to date, and almost all the space freed up by relocations to the new mall has been reoccupied by other tenants. Most notably, of course, Next opened a new flagship store in the former Arcadia space in May last year, which I'm told is trading very well.
The major problem area of Eldon Square is the Sidgate and High Friars stretch, running between the new Next and the mall entrance next to Grey's Monument. Traditionally more value-focused than the rest of Eldon Square, this part of the shopping centre has suffered from its odd configuration and small-sized units, and currently has a relatively high number of voids, including the large two-storey store that New Look vacated when it moved to St Andrew's Way two years ago.
However, my understanding is that the key former New Look unit will soon be reoccupied by a big-name retailer moving from elsewhere in the centre, whose space, in turn, is set to be occupied by a fashion chain not currently represented in Eldon Square. Ahead of any more radical reconfiguration of Sidgate and High Friars (which is surely likely to be required at some point in the future), the reoccupation of the former New Look site will at least restore some of the footfall that has been lost in the last couple of years.
So, for all that the media likes to portray 2012 as the year of a "high street bloodbath", the reality in Newcastle city centre is more complex – and more positive – than the garish headlines suggest.
With both new and existing retailers still making significant commitments to the city centre – and, on the whole, decent demand for any space that becomes free – Newcastle seems well placed to see through the downturn and emerge in good condition on the other side.
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stevepw says:
The only major problem I see with the redevelopment of monument mall is by doing away with the mall and having full depth shops accessed from blacket street. This will render the upper levels of the current mall unaccesable leaving a huge ammount of dead space or have I just missunderstood the plans
If I recall correctly, at least some of the units will be multi-level, which should address that!
ohhh yes its all good isnt it apart from all the p eople who have lost their jobs for the new monument mall project…
Peter (Newcastle Historian) says:
Hi Graham,
I suppose the revamp of Monument Mall (as described) will also close one of the entrances (perhaps the 'least known' one) to Fenwicks Department Store?
The new basement plan that I've seen shows what looks like a very convoluted route connecting Fenwick with Monument Metro, but I haven't quite worked out how it all works on the ground!
Great article Graham and totally agree with your comments regarding HMV.
As a massive music fan and someone who used to work in a record shop I would hate to see HMV disappear from the high street, but the impression I get from their stores is of a retailer without direction.
Yes, music sales are falling but there is no reason why they can't be successful. Stores such as Rise (in Cheltenham and elsewhere), and FNAC in Paris prove that well merchandised, well designed, well stocked entertainment stores can work. Rise in particular is a great shop for the serious music fan and also has an extensive vinyl section – given that vinyl sales are on the increase I think HMV are missing a trick here as few of its stores stock it.
2012 will certainly be an interesting one for retail in Newcastle and elsewhere.
Another really interesting piece as ever Graham. Looking forward to seeing what 2012 brings for Newcastle.
Soult's Retail View » Edinburgh Woollen Mill saves Peacocks, but nine North East stores close
[…] Fortunately, Hammerson's redevelopment of the adjacent Monument Mall for upmarket fashion retail is likely to make the Peacocks unit attractive to other potential occupants. Similarly, elsewhere in the region, I'm told that another retailer had expressed interest in one unit today within hours of Peacocks' closure there being announced. Inevitably, however, there will be some locations that struggle to muster as much excitement, at least in the short term. […]
Soult's Retail View » Poundworld to open second Cramlington store on 6 April
[…] asset management company that acquired Newcastle's Monument Mall last year. Just as its planned redevelopment of Monument Mall will see major improvements to the lettable retail space, Hammerson has also been proactive in […]
Soult's Retail View » Newcastle and Gateshead retail developments roundup
[…] Back at the start of the year, I promised that 2012 was going to be an eventful year for Newcastle city centre in terms of interesting retail developments and new store openings. As we approach Easter, it's probably time for an update on how things are progressing, both in Newcastle and, indeed, over the water in Gateshead. […]
Soult's Retail View » Hammerson reveals Armani and Jamie's Italian for Newcastle's Monument Mall – then deletes it
[…] scheme is the prominent corner site facing Blackett Street and Northumberland Street, where Evans and Wallis were previously located. Somewhat controversially, this has been earmarked for a modern, flagship Barclays branch, […]
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Prohibits the use of fertilizer and synthetic pesticides, and masters the methods of bilogical agriculture.
Cereal rotation with temporary meadows (eg: alfalfa), mechanical hoeing, green fertilizers, manure compost from the farm, hedge planting.
Our cereals are supplied by Probiolor, a cooperative of Bilogical producers who harvest their products in the Lorraine region.


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Struck by multiple gunfire and a torpedo strike at 2,000 yards from HMS Onslow. She sank between 01:45 and 02:45 June 1st 1916.
Carried 1,280 long tons of coal and 460 lomg tons of oil giving her a range of 4,800 nm (5,500 miles).
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Posted by irelandafternama under #Europe, Planning | Tags: Brexit, cross-border, Irish Geography |
In July 2017, I posted a piece on this blog, arguing that the exit of the UK from the European Union constitutes a critical moment in Irish geography, with far-reaching consequences for the island of Ireland. I was (and continue to be) convinced that there is a strong spatial dimension to Brexit which is often overlooked in the mainstream academic and policy commentary. Brexit is fundamentally about territoriality. Brexit does not simply have geographical consequences; the act of the UK leaving the EU ruptures our taken-for-granted understandings of the position of Ireland within Europe and, in relation to the UK and, perhaps most North-South relations on the island of Ireland. Brexit is metageographical. The future of 'European space' is at stake. All of this makes, I believe, a persuasive case for a critical and sustained engagement by geographers and other spatially inclined thinkers with the phenomenon of Brexit and its implications, both in a critical, theoretical sense, in terms of how we understand territoriality in Europe, and in an applied in sense, in terms of addressing the challenges posed by this geopolitical moment (see also Boyle et al 2018).
Image source: The Irish Times
Since July 2017, things have of course moved on. Yet the fundamentals have remained the same. The UK formally left the EU on 31st January 2020. Yet, Brexit continues to have a Beckettian quality. 'Leaving' is a gradual process (as Jim was fond of reminding us) and there continues to be much uncertainty concerning the end of the transition period as a substantial agreement on the future relationship seems as far off as ever. Meanwhile, the current public health crisis has prompted a return to hard borders within Europe and restrictions on movement that few would have thought possible, just a few short months ago. Once again, the ideals of the European project are tested by a crisis of existential proportions. Much depends on the willingness of EU Member States to effectively demonstrate solidarity within Europe.
In May 2018, Gavan Rafferty (Ulster University) and I convened a session at the Conference of Irish Geographers in Maynooth focused on the implications of Brexit for cross-border cooperation and spatial planning on the island of Ireland. This session drew on the expertise of the International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD) in engaging with planners, policy-makers and other stakeholders at local, regional and national levels concerned with regional development and spatial planning in the border region, North and South, in the period since the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. The papers from this session subsequently formed the backbone of a Special Issue of Irish Geography, which has been published online just this week (official publication date November 2019). The papers explore the process and practice of creating spaces for cooperation across the Irish border, pre- and post- Brexit. Drawing on both critical theoretical debates on territoriality, soft spaces and spatial imaginaries as well as applied practical experience, the papers in the special issue highlight the scope for, but also the challenges of working with the 'island of Ireland' as a 'soft space' in the context of Brexit. It is argued that soft forms of public policy, working under the radar, in the shadow of territory should continue to play a significant role post-Brexit, but that sustained institutional and political support will be required to support these informal practices.
It is hoped that this publication will foster further critical reflection and engagement on the issues it raises as the implications of Brexit for the North-South and East-West relations become clearer.
Cormac Walsh (University of Hamburg and ICLRD)
The individual papers in the Special Issue are available to download (open access) from the Irish Geography website.
Ireland after… Brexit: Some Thoughts on Post-Brexit Geographies
Posted by irelandafternama under #Europe, Politics | Tags: #Europe, Brexit, cross-border, geographies, territory |
Last month, negotiations on the exit of the UK from the European Union commenced. As noted elsewhere, Brexit constitutes a critical milestone of game-changing significance not just for the UK but also for the EU and indeed for the Republic of Ireland. In November 2009, it was argued in the initial post on this blog, that the establishment of NAMA represented a critical moment for Irish Geography. Brexit represents a critical moment of transformation with perhaps similarly far-reaching consequences for geography of the island of Ireland. Brexit represents a reconfiguration of territoriality with direct implications for North-South, Ireland-EU and Ireland-UK relations. I argue here that Brexit thus requires critical and sustained engagement from the geographical community. To date, much of the discussion and debate on Brexit has occurred at macro-level against the backdrop of an implied simplistic geography of 'London and 'Brussels' or the UK and Europe. Discussion of a 'special status' for Northern Ireland has occurred for me the most part without due reference to the complex territoriality of Northern Ireland post-1998.
A Briefing Paper recently published by the Centre for Cross-Border Studies sets out the specific geographical implications of 'flexible and imaginative solutions' for Northern Ireland post-Brexit. Significantly the paper highlights the potential role of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement (GFA) as a political framework for territorial relations 'on these islands' post Brexit. The GFA is composed of three strands concerning the devolved governance for Northern Ireland (Strand I), North-South (Strand II) and British-Irish (Strand III) relations. Crucially these strands are mutually interdependent:
To reach a negotiating outcome that undermines any one of the strands of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and the geographical spaces they represent would be to undermine the entire Agreement given that they are all interdependent (CCBS, June 2017).
In this context, the Irish and British governments have pivotal roles as co-guarantors of the GFA. The interdependence of the three strands goes to the heart of the territoriality of Northern Ireland. It follows that this territoriality must be understood relationally – in relation to the UK, the Republic of Ireland and, indeed the EU. This perspective serves to relativize the perception of Northern Ireland as a bounded container space within the UK. Katy Hayward has argued cogently on QPOL that different normative ideas on sovereignty are at the heart of the Brexit debate:
At the heart of this Brexit debate are two different conceptions of sovereignty. If the EU is about the growth of sovereignty by sharing it, Brexit is, in essence, a move to deepen sovereignty by restricting it to the territory of the UK (QPOL, June 2017)
A relational understanding of territoriality helps in moving beyond black/white, either/or solutions to the Northern Ireland question. Maintaining a (for the most part) porous and open border does not need to lead to a border poll and political unity. A hard Brexit does not need to lead to a hard border. The CCBS Briefing Paper sets out a possible post-Brexit geography whereby the island of Ireland under Strand II of the GFA becomes an in-between space allowing access for goods and services from Northern Ireland (but not the rest of the UK) to EU / European Economic Area markets. An alternative model would allow free movement of goods and services between Ireland and the UK due to Ireland's status as a co-guarantor of the GFA. A recent House of Lords report on the implications of Brexit for devolved governance in the UK, has furthermore suggested that Northern Ireland could maintain compliance with EU law in order to minimise discordance the impact of the border on North-South relations.
Both of the above approaches indicate the potential for imaginative solutions (not necessarily the political will), which requite innovative engagement with territorial relations on the island of Ireland, but within the context of existing frameworks. In the period since the GFA, the island of Ireland has emerged as a coherent functional space with extensive effort gone into the development of shared cross-border spaces for cooperation at community, local authority, regional and inter-jurisdictional levels. Reflecting this, as discussed in a previous post here, the proposed National Planning Framework (RoI) makes substantial reference to the North-South, island of Ireland context and the work of the border area networks. The International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD) among other organisations has played a key role behind the scenes, in fostering spaces for cooperation in spatial planning and local and regional development within the border region. Reflecting the near-invisibility of the border in the landscape, a comedian quoted anonymously in Garrett Carr's The Rule of the Land wryly remarked, "We are going to need the border again… if anyone can remember where we left it".
The shared border region, and indeed the idea of the island of Ireland as a functional space may be understood as soft, non-territorial spaces. They are informal spaces, located outside the regulatory sphere of nation-state territoriality but very much located in shadow of territory and dependent on formal territorial relations, including in this case the GFA. It is likely that in the post-Brexit context such soft spaces will acquire increased significance whether on the island of Ireland or in terms of Ireland-UK or indeed Northern Ireland-Scotland relations. Indeed a number of scholars of European integration and EU reform (e.g. Jan Zielonka, Andreas Faludi), the future of European integration lies in precisely these forms of soft space, in moving beyond the straitjackets imposed by dominant conceptualisations of the EU as a 'club of nation states' and embracing flexible boundaries, soft spaces and variable geometries.
Brexit will lead to paradigmatic shifts in the political geographies of these islands as well as of Europe more broadly. These shifts will play out at multiple scales from that of the EU to the micro-geographies of the Irish-Northern Irish borderland. It is imperative that current and future debates on post-Brexit geographies are informed by critical, theoretically informed perspectives recognising the complex relationships between shifting territorial spaces and the lived places that lie behind them.
Dr. Cormac Walsh
University of Hamburg and ICLRD


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Brunswick Corp. reported today that net earnings fell 4 percent in the second quarter, to $80.4 million, from $83.6 million in the second quarter last year. Net sales increased 4 percent, from about $1.05 billion to $1.1 billion.
"Revenue growth in the quarter was led by outboard marine products, marine products and accessories, fitness equipment and U.S. retail bowling, partially offset by declines in fiberglass sterndrive/inboard boats and in our bowling products businesses," Brunswick CEO Dustan McCoy said in a statement.
For the quarter, which ended June 29, the company reported operating earnings of $136.7 million, which included $4 million of restructuring, exit and impairment charges. In the second quarter of 2012, Brunswick had operating earnings of $125.1 million, which included $800,000 of restructuring, exit and impairment charges.
"Notwithstanding the uneven marine market conditions, we are increasing our expectation for 2013 diluted earnings per share from continuing operations, as adjusted, to a range of $2.55 to $2.65 per diluted share," McCoy said. "This reflects our solid performance in the first half of the year, a favorable outcome to the recent debt refinancing activity and a lower-than-anticipated tax rate.
The marine engine segment reported net sales of $631.7 million in the second quarter, up 7 percent from $591.2 million in the comparable quarter last year. International sales, which represented 33 percent of total segment sales in the quarter, increased by 3 percent. For the quarter, the marine engine segment reported operating earnings of $119.4 million, compared with operating earnings of $104.9 million in the quarter a year earlier.
The boat segment, composed of the Brunswick Boat Group's 15 brands, reported net sales of $310.9 million for the quarter, a 1 percent increase from $308.7 million a year earlier. International sales, which represented 37 percent of total segment sales in the quarter, increased by 2 percent during the period. For the second quarter, the Boat segment reported operating earnings of $14.6 million, including restructuring charges of $2.5 million. This compares with operating earnings of $18.7 million in the second quarter of 2012, including restructuring charges of $100,000.
In January, the company announced its intention to exit its Hatteras and Cabo boat businesses. As a result, these businesses continue to be reported as discontinued operations for all periods. All figures reported reflect continuing operations only.


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package com.compomics.peptizer.gui.model.tablerowimpl;

import com.compomics.peptizer.MatConfig;
import com.compomics.peptizer.gui.model.AbstractTableRow;
import com.compomics.peptizer.util.PeptideIdentification;
import org.apache.log4j.Logger;

import java.util.Properties;
/**
 * Created by IntelliJ IDEA.
 * User: kenny
 * Date: 9-mrt-2007
 * Time: 15:45:29
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/**
 * Class description: ------------------ This class was developed as a TableRow implementation to populate the table.
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public class DatabaseTableRowImpl extends AbstractTableRow {
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	 private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(DatabaseTableRowImpl.class);

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
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        super();
        Properties prop = MatConfig.getInstance().getTableRowProperties(this.getUniqueTableRowID());
        super.setName(prop.getProperty("name"));
        super.setActive(Boolean.valueOf(prop.getProperty("active")));
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        return aPeptideIdentification.getPeptideHit(aPeptideHitNumber - 1).getDatabase(aPeptideIdentification);
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Here's how April, aka Vanessa Marano, knew Luke and Lorelai were going to break up on "Gilmore Girls"
The course of true love never did run smooth, and it's been one hell of a bumpy ride for Lorelai Gilmore and Luke Danes. Then young April Nardini has to show up in Stars Hollow on Gilmore Girls, and oh boy girl. Even worse, April knew what she was getting into the first time she stepped foot Luke's Diner. She knew she was there to break up Luke and Lorelai, and she felt RELLY BAD about it, okay??
Vanessa Marano, a "huge fan" of the show growing up, heard about the part of April, and could sense that trouble was coming.
"I remember that breakdown came out for the part of April and it was like: teenaged girl, quirky, has a storyline with Luke," she told the crowd during the cast panel at the Gilmore Girls Fan Festival in the IRL Stars Hollow, Washington Depot, Connecticut.
"That as all the information that was given, and because I was crazy and obsessed with the show, I said 'They're giving [Luke] a daughter because they need to break-up Luke and Lorelai! Because, they've already broken up once, and anybody who watches TV shows [knows] main characters break up three times before they ever get back together!'"
Even though she knew she was walking into the wrath of Gilmore Girls fans everywhere, she had to do it.
"I was tormented because I didn't want them to break up — but at the same time I wanted to be on Gilmore Girls. And ultimately, the part that loved Gilmore Girls and employment won."
And yes, Marano is well aware April might be the *least* liked Gilmore Girls character ever.
"My character is literally so hated, and it's so nice now that like ten years later [Luke and Lorelai] got back together, so HA! It was FINE," She says with a laugh.
Let's be real with each other for a second: If we were told we could spend a day in Stars Hollow, but it meant Luke and Lorelei would break up (again), we'd be there in a heart beat. Because, come on, they've still got like 35 break ups and reconciliations in them. What's one more?


Each year, around 130 boys join the First Year (Year 7). Applications are welcomed from parents of boys attending state primary schools and independent preparatory schools which finish at the end of Year 6.
Entry is via the School's own entrance exam and applicants are tested in English, Mathematics and Words & Reasoning in the January prior to entry. Places are awarded in February and acceptances required in March.
Applicants also have the option to sit the 10+ Advance Place examination for deferred entry to the First Year (Year 7) the following September. Assessments in English and Mathematics are held in the November of Year 5.
To help you navigate your way through the 11+ admissions process please follow the step by step guide below.
We hope that our website provides you with a snapshot of the unique atmosphere of Hampton School, however, there is no substitute for a visit. We hold an Open Morning each September and regular Visitors' Afternoons throughout the year. These events are designed to give you an overview of the School and include a tour and the opportunity to meet staff and pupils.
Before sitting the entrance exam your son must first be registered with the School.
To register your son, please complete the online registration form using the link above.
Your registration will be acknowledged on receipt and your son's details entered onto our database. Information about the entrance assessments will be sent to you approximately 6 – 8 weeks before the exam.
The closing date for registrations is 1 November preceding the examination.
The entrance assessments combine academic testing with a school reference and interview and aim to identify boys who will be happy and thrive at the School.
We set our own papers which are designed to identify potential rather than test what has been taught. The assessments are therefore suitable for candidates from all feeder schools and educational backgrounds. Past papers are not released but the commercially available 11+ papers can provide useful practice. Further information on the written papers.
We are pleased to allow extra time and make reasonable adjustments in the entrance examination for a learning difficulty or disability, if a recommendation is made by an appropriate expert. We will also seek evidence of history and need for provision from the candidate's current school. Applications for special arrangements in the entrance examination must be made in writing before the first Friday in November prior to the January exam.
Approximately eight weeks before the entrance exam we shall write to your son's current headteacher to request a confidential report in support of his application.
Boys showing potential in the written assessments are invited for interview with a member of our teaching staff. The interview is an important part of our decision making process and provides boys with a further opportunity to shine. The interviews are general in nature and usually last around 20 minutes. Not all boys who sit the written assessments are invited for interview and not all boys interviewed are offered a place.
Places are awarded in mid-February and a deposit of £1,500 is required to accept the offer of a place. Acceptances are required in early March.


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Q: Arabic not supported in mysql and php I have this part of code that works fine only the arabic issue.
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In my myphpadmin of xamp server, here the structure

A: Check below possible solution,
1) Your table structure 'Collation' must be 'utf8_unicode_ci'.
2) Also try to set below thing in php file
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A: If you are going to save UTF8 encodings to your MySQL database first set your connection encoding to UTF8.
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Unlike either of the other attendants to this ceremony, the small priestess was not bowed as he arrived. Instead, she waited until his footsteps had borne him forth to the freshened air. She swept a deep and graceful curtsy, bowing her head much in the way he'd seen her do before now. She stood straight to hear his words, her lips pursing. "Your nose is very sensitive, my lord. I had not realized it would be so. Let me fix this for you." A wave of her hand sent the entropic energies swirling for only a handful of seconds, before they winged away the scent of the blood and death that lingered from the sacrifices. It was the same thing she did every time she did such a ritual, but it came directly before she left, typically. Bodies, remaining fluids and all other evidence that had stained the stone crimson were gone, much like the carrion they had been.
"Sacrifice was necessary for your rebirth. It is done, and you are once more whole and here. It has been a good night." She stripped the black robe from her form, taking with it any of the possibility that the scent lingered upon her. It vanished with a gesture as she stepped toward the lord daintily. She remained out of his direct sphere of personal space, her hands folded in front of her. "My lord, please meet my little sister. The dragon of flame I spoke to you about. Homura, remain kneeling, and address my lord the way I have taught you." For now, the boy was ignored. It was yet another test, a test of his wisdom and humility.


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A Tale of Two Giants in China: Why Did Facebook Win & Apple Lose?
June 16, 2017 TFL
Two U.S. brands recently battled brand squatters in China with very different outcomes. Facebook won. Apple lost. Jason Wang and Amy Hsiao look behind these different results for strategic insights. What are the key issues to bear in mind when an infringer copies your brand – in China? The authors, including the lead attorney for the Facebook case, shed some insight.
THE STORIES OF TWO GIANTS IN CHINA
The Facebook Case: In 2011, a Chinese individual filed trademark applications for the FACEBOOK mark covering canned vegetables, beverage and juice products in Classes 29, 30 and 32. Facebook – the real Facebook in the U.S. – timely opposed these applications. Facebook's opposition was refused by the Chinese Trademark Office (CTMO) and subsequently by the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board (TRAB) in 2013 and 2014. In August 2015, the Beijing First Intermediate Court reversed the earlier decisions in favor of Facebook. In April 2016, the Beijing High Court – as the second instance court – issued a final decision in Facebook's favor. The result? The brand prevailed against the Chinese brand squatter.
The Apple Case: In 2004, Apple filed a trademark application in China for the IPHONE mark covering Class 9 products; registration was issued in 2006. Apple subsequently launched its iPhone products in June 2007, which made their China entry in October 2009. Shortly after Apple's international product launch in 2007, an entrepreneurial but unethical Chinese company filed a new Chinese application for the identical IPHONE mark covering Class 18 products such as leather wallets and pouches – designed in part to carry Apple's iPhones. Apple opposed the Class 18 IPHONE mark but lost at the CTMO level in 2012, and again at the TRAB level in 2013. In August 2015 and March 2016, the Beijing First Intermediate Court and subsequently the Beijing High Court affirmed both refusals, allowing the infringer's application to register without the benefit of an appeal. The result? Brand squatters scored big against Apple.
THE NOT SO SECRET WEAPON TO FIGHT INFRINGERS IN CHINA: A CATCH-ALL PROVISION VS. WELL-KNOWN TRADEMARK PROVISION
What made the Facebook case different from the Apple case? Article 44 Paragraph 1 of the New China Trademark Law on its face appears to apply strictly to registrations, but Facebook counsel argued this point effectively in the context of a pending application. Apple, on the other hand, relied on Article 13, providing for opposition of a mark that is a copy of a senior well-known trademark in China. However, it is difficult to establish well-known mark status in China and requires producing substantial local Chinese data to support the mark's fame. Given the applicant's early filing date, this traditional avenue did not offer the desired result.
What is Article 44 Paragraph 1?
The Winning Argument Article 44 Paragraph 1 of the New Chinese Trademark Law provides for the filing of an invalidation action before the TRAB against a disputed trademark registration where such a registration was obtained "via deceptive or other unfair means." however, the application's article had a controversial history.
As early as in 2006, with nowhere else to turn to address obvious bad faith filings, the Beijing Courts began to rely upon Article 44 Paragraph 1 to crack down not only on trademark registrations, but also on bad faith applications. The use of this Article as a catch-all bad faith provision was controversial because the law's literal language gives the courts authority to go after registrations only. In other words, no specific reference is made in the section relative to pending applications). The law was also unclear as to whether or not private interests were protectable or if the law only applied in situations whether public interest – such as the integrity of the Chinese Trademark System – was at risk. The China Supreme Court settled the proper scope of Article 44 Paragraph 1 in 2013 (concerning trademark application for "Hai Tang Bay in Chinese characters" under App. No. 4706493), finding it applicable to pending applications as well as registrations, and for the protection of private as well as public interest. The China Supreme Court's flexible interpretation of the Law was well received and widely applauded. The lower courts quickly caught on and started applying the article to address bad faith applications and registrations across China.
What is Article 13? The Losing Argument
Article 13 of the Chinese Trademark Law offers cross-class protection for marks that have been recognized as "well-known" in China. Because of the Country's extremely high standard required to qualify as well-known, the Article has repeatedly been found to apply in only the narrowest of circumstances. According to unofficial data, the Beijing courts have to date recognized only 50 foreign brands as well-known in China while Chinese brands enjoy slightly better numbers – in the 100s.
For perspective, Google did not achieve well-known status until 2002, and the decision was based upon three years of local Chinese sales data. Similarly, Yahoo did not achieve well-known status in China until 2000, relying upon five years' worth of China-specific sales data. Well-known recognition was simply not possible for Apple's iPhone at the time of the applicant's 2007 filing date, particularly when those products were not introduced in China until 2009.
China is a unique jurisdiction where the first-to-file system rules almost without exception. The country simply does not recognize or credit unregistered (use-based) trademark rights even where those rights are widely recognized outside of China. And it remains a jurisdiction full of pitfalls for the average brand owner. Brand squatting remains an active and profitable business model. The more famous the brand, the more numerous and widespread the infringements are likely to be. Thus, a brand looking to expand into or operate successfully in China needs to bear in mind the following core principles.
First, file domestic Chinese trademark applications before your brand becomes the subject of media interest or is launched anywhere in the world. Second, act defensively by filing more broadly in China to cover not only your core classes but all related classes. For example, cell phone manufacturers should cover not just cell phone products, but cell phone accessories such as leather bags and cases. Finally, when opposing a squatter's applications, make sure to rely on catch-all provisions against bad faith filings in China in addition to seeking a well-known trademark recognition.
JASON WANG is the managing partner at Beijing East IP and the lead attorney for the recent Facebook case.
AMY HSIAO is of counsel at Finnegan, and was appointed to translate and introduce China's landmark trademark cases to the Western world.
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Recent studies show that in the next few years many companies could have only about half the leaders and skilled workers they need--and that these talent shortages will be particularly acute in the critical sectors like engineering, health care, energy, government, manufacturing, and aerospace and defense. As a line executive you need to ask yourself one question: Do we have who it takes to drive business performance in the future? In The Executive Guide to High-Impact Talent Management, David DeLong and Steve Trautman combine wide-ranging research and real-world expertise to chart a clear and efficient path for senior leaders. They show how to not only reduce the risks of talent shortages but also maximize the payoff of workforce and leadership development investments. Sharing their findings based on more than 70 interviews with senior executives and top-rated talent experts and their own experience as leaders and consultants, DeLong and Trautman show you how to: Accurately diagnose talent-related risks that threaten performance, Efficiently evaluate and measure workforce and leadership investments, Ensure your staff is aligning talent processes to support business strategy, Accelerate leadership development and the transfer of critical knowledge, Communicate cultural principles that will drive recruiting, development, and retention programs, Assess the talent management IQ of your leadership team. The Executive Guide to High-Impact Talent Management shows leaders how to translate their belief in the importance of investing in people into concrete actions that will improve business performance. Most important, it shows you how to get started today!


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Security guards needed to keep order on Rhyl street
RESIDENTS in one of the most deprived areas of Wales are bringing in private security guards to tackle drug dealers, yobs and boy racers in their street.
John Street, Rhyl
Starting next week, the guards will patrol John Street in Rhyl every night between 7pm and 7am.
The guards, from Colwyn Bay-based APT Security, are funded by Safer Kids, a London-based organisation. They will report all suspicious sightings to the police.
North Wales Police chiefs insisted yesterday that putting in private guards was an extension of "partnership working". But critics said it reflected badly on the force.
Town councillor Colin Jones said: "Much of the present nuisance revolves around a privately-owned house of multiple occupation where the tenants' lives appear to be about alcohol and other drugs, and noisy foul-mouthed arguments and aggressive behaviour such as chasing each other with knives and other weapons."
Mr Jones said the police currently deployed community support officers in the area.
He said: "The officers do as much as they can but are not fully-trained police officers.
"The police precept is quite hefty. I'm surprised they can't manage to keep law and order in this street."
Yesterday a spokesman for the North Wales pressure group People for Proper Policing said the use of private guards "must be a reflection on policing in North Wales".
He added: "If I were running the force I would be extremely embarrassed about it."
Conservative councillor Mike Espley said: "There are significant issues in John Street that the residents feel are not being successfully addressed by the police."
There were problems with anti-social behaviour, drug dealing and boy-racers.
Councillor Espley said: "I can understand the concerns of the residents but I don't think it's the right answer. I would like to see more police on the streets."
Crime maps show that offending is high in the area compared to elsewhere in North Wales.
North Wales Police claimed after meeting the district inspector Steve Williams, "the residents realised that police have competing demands on resources".
Inspector Williams said: "In effect the guards will be an additional pair of eyes and ears for the police. It is hoped that this visual deterrent will have a marked impact in the reduction of reported incidents within this area."
He added: "The security guards concept is seen as an extension of partnership working,
enhancing community safety, and reducing the fear of crime. "I see the venture as a positive step forward to raise social standards within the area. It's about the community standing up and joining together with the police."
If it is successful the initiative could be expanded.
Inspector Williams declared: "We are intent on making this street and all streets in North Denbighshire crime free and will continue to work with the community to target identified issues."
A force statement said: "An additional Community Beat Manager has been appointed to cover the West End of Rhyl, and already residents claim they have noticed improvements in the area, as the officer and his colleagues are clearly making themselves known."
Local resident and community leader Geraldine Griffiths insisted the Government was to blame for the situation and praised the police. "They do an excellent job, they try their best," she insisted. "But they can't help being undermanned. We did the project six years ago and the streets were clean. There was no drugs or thieving, I could go to bed at night and feel safe."
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
using Common.Logging;

namespace Zirpl.Logging.Common
{
    ///
    /// Helper class that provides easy extension methods to get logs
    ///
    public static class LogManager
    {
        ///
        /// Gets the default Log
        ///
        /// <returns>The default Log</returns>
        public static ILog GetLog()
        {
            return global::Common.Logging.LogManager.GetLogger(string.Empty);
        }

        ///
        /// Gets the ILog of the specified name
        ///
        /// <param name="name">Name of the log to get</param>
        /// <returns>The ILog</returns>
        public static ILog GetLog(string name)
        {
            return global::Common.Logging.LogManager.GetLogger(name);
        }

        ///
        /// Gets the log for the specified type
        ///
        /// <param name="type">The type.</param>
        /// <returns>The log</returns>
        public static ILog GetLog(Type type)
        {
            if (type == null)
            {
                return global::Common.Logging.LogManager.GetLogger(string.Empty);
            }
            return type.IsGenericType
                ? global::Common.Logging.LogManager.GetLogger(type.ToGenericTypeString())
                : global::Common.Logging.LogManager.GetLogger(type);
        }

        ///
        /// Gets the log for the specified type. This is an extension method.
        ///
        /// <typeparam name="TLogConsumer">The type of the log consumer.</typeparam>
        /// <param name="obj">The object of the type consuming the log</param>
        /// <returns>The log.</returns>
        public static ILog GetLog<TLogConsumer>(this TLogConsumer obj)
        {
            var type = typeof(TLogConsumer);
            return type.IsGenericType
                ? global::Common.Logging.LogManager.GetLogger(type.ToGenericTypeString())
                : global::Common.Logging.LogManager.GetLogger<TLogConsumer>();
        }

        ///
        /// Gets the log for the specified type. This is an extension method.
        ///
        /// <typeparam name="TLogConsumer">The type of the log consumer.</typeparam>
        /// <returns>The log.</returns>
        public static ILog GetLog<TLogConsumer>()
        {
            var type = typeof(TLogConsumer);
            return type.IsGenericType
                ? global::Common.Logging.LogManager.GetLogger(type.ToGenericTypeString())
                : global::Common.Logging.LogManager.GetLogger<TLogConsumer>();
        }

        private static string ToGenericTypeString(this Type t)
        {
            if (!t.IsGenericType)
                return t.FullName;
            var genericTypeName = t.GetGenericTypeDefinition().FullName;
            genericTypeName = genericTypeName.Substring(0,
                                                        genericTypeName.IndexOf('`'));
            var genericArgs = string.Join(",",
                                             t.GetGenericArguments()
                                              .Select(ToGenericTypeString).ToArray());
            return genericTypeName + "<" + genericArgs + ">";
        }

        ///
        /// Gets all of the LogLevelTypes
        ///
        public static IEnumerable<LogLevelType> GetAllLogLevelTypes()
        {
            return new []
            {
                new LogLevelType {LogLevel = LogLevel.All, Description = "All"},
                new LogLevelType {LogLevel = LogLevel.Trace, Description = "Trace"},
                new LogLevelType {LogLevel = LogLevel.Debug, Description = "Debug"},
                new LogLevelType {LogLevel = LogLevel.Info, Description = "Info"},
                new LogLevelType {LogLevel = LogLevel.Warn, Description = "Warn"},
                new LogLevelType {LogLevel = LogLevel.Error, Description = "Error"},
                new LogLevelType {LogLevel = LogLevel.Fatal, Description = "Fatal"},
                new LogLevelType {LogLevel = LogLevel.Off, Description = "Off"}
            };
        }

        ///
        /// Starts a Trace that will log the elapsed time when disposed. Usage:
        ///
        /// using (var timeTracer = this.StartElapsedTimeTrace())
        /// {
        /// }
        ///
        ///
        /// <param name="owner">Owning object</param>
#if NET40
        /// <param name="traceName">Name of trace. Defaults to empty string</param>
#else
        /// <param name="traceName">Name of trace. Defaults to the name of the calling method</param>
#endif
        /// <param name="logStart">Whether or not to write the start of the trace to the log</param>
#if NET40
        public static IDisposable StartElapsedTimeTrace(this object owner, string traceName = "", bool logStart = false)
#else
        public static IDisposable StartElapsedTimeTrace(this object owner, [CallerMemberName]string traceName = "", bool logStart = false)
#endif
        {
            if (owner == null)
            {
                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(owner));
            }
            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(traceName))
            {
                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(traceName));
            }

            return new ElapsedTimeTrace(owner.GetType(), traceName, logStart);
        }

        ///
        /// Starts a Trace that will log the elapsed time when disposed. Usage:
        ///
        /// using (var timeTracer = LogManager.StartElapsedTimeTrace(typeof(MyClass))
        /// {
        /// }
        ///
        ///
        /// <param name="ownerType">Owning type</param>
#if NET40
        /// <param name="traceName">Name of trace. Defaults to empty string</param>
#else
        /// <param name="traceName">Name of trace. Defaults to the name of the calling method</param>
#endif
        /// <param name="logStart">Whether or not to write the start of the trace to the log</param>
#if NET40
        public static IDisposable StartElapsedTimeTrace(Type ownerType, string traceName = "", bool logStart = false)
#else
        public static IDisposable StartElapsedTimeTrace(Type ownerType, [CallerMemberName]string traceName = "", bool logStart = false)
#endif
        {
            if (ownerType == null)
            {
                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(ownerType));
            }
            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(traceName))
            {
                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(traceName));
            }

            return new ElapsedTimeTrace(ownerType, traceName, logStart);
        }
    }
}


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Henri arrives: Capital Region officials watch, prepare as rain falls
By Brian Lee | August 22, 2021
PHOTOGRAPHER: Stan Hudy
The lifted moveable gates at Lock 10 in Amsterdam Sunday
Emergency crews continued to prepare for flash flooding and outages as heavy rain from Tropical Storm Henri reached Schenectady mid-afternoon Sunday.
However, concerns of massive flooding in the Capital and Mohawk Valley regions receded by late Sunday afternoon as the National Hurricane Center downgraded Henri to a tropical storm ahead of its landfall.
"I mean, we're certainly prepared," Colleen M. Flynn, the emergency management coordinator for Schoharie County said. "But we don't anticipate anything more than potentially flash flooding."
Out of Albany International Airport, the National Weather Service reported light rain and fog conditions entering Sunday evening, with showers and a possible thunderstorm that could produce heavy rainfall, with amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch. Higher amounts possible during thunderstorms.
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm conditions were forecast for Monday, with new rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Ahead of the storm's arrival, the Canal Corp. reduced water levels of the Mohawk River and Erie Canal to allow the water to flow freely downstream.
"You already see the difference," Shane Mahar, a state Canal Corp. spokesman, said during a briefing at Erie Canal Lock 9 at Rotterdam Junction.
The Canal Corp. preemptively lifted its movable dams along the Erie Canal and Mohawk River between Locks 8 and 15, from Rotterdam to Fort Plain.
President Joe Biden on Sunday approved the state's emergency declaration, making New York eligible for federal disaster relief aid in response to the tropical storm.
A flood watch remained in effect through Monday evening for the Capital District, eastern Mohawk Valley, Schoharie Valley, Saratoga Region, Lake George, the mid-Hudson Valley, eastern Catskills of eastern New York, Taconics, Helderbergs, and southern Vermont and western Massachusetts.
Staff at Gordon's Lakeside Marine on Sacandaga Lake in Mayfield said they expect just rain and had no extra plans to secure boats.
The storm had weakened as it entered Rhode Island, en route to New York midday Sunday.
Carl Zeilman, emergency services commissioner for Saratoga County, said the county stood ready to respond.
"We're constantly monitoring the weather. The county has taken part in conference calls with the Canal Corp., with the National Weather Service and the various utilities that provide services to the county, and those will continue until the storm moves out of the county," Zeilman said, adding concern about motorists.
"You're concerned about the safety of your residents and first responders, and one of the things that we like to stress is, with flash flooding, which could potentially occur from this storm, don't try to drive through flooded roadways," he said. "You put yourself at risk, and then you put our first responders at risk, who have to come out and provide you with extrication for that situation.
"At this time, we have seen so much rain in the past few weeks here locally, the ground is pretty saturated," Zeilman said. "So, if we do get the heavy rainfall that they're forecasting, you could see your flash flooding. You could see the rivers and streams rise and cause some minor flooding along those areas as well, so we'll continue to communicate with our partners in each municipality and respond, if needed."
Schenectady County Manager Rory Fluman said, "We're trending in the right direction," with the downgrading to a tropical storm.
"All of our emergency management people are meeting now and ready to go if they do need to assist the city of Schenectady or assist the Village of Scotia, to offer any assistance at all with floods," Fluman said.
Mahar, the state Canal Corp. spokesman, said the lifting of the movable dams along the Erie Canal and Mohawk River was a lesson learned from tropical storms Irene and Lee, which caused more than $1 billion in damage to the state and nears their 10-year anniversaries.
"The original two versions of the Erie Canal were in a land-cut ditch, parallel to the Mohawk River," Mahar said. "In the early 1900s, when the state made the decision to enlarge the canal for a third time and create the barge canal, they did it by installing and building these movable dam structures."
The dams, he said, were built to be raised and lowered into the river during summer navigation during canal season.
When the dams are lowered into the river, they artificially back up the Mohawk River, creating a navigation pool, between the locks. This allows larger boats to go up and downstream between the lock structures.
Every winter, in November and December, the Canal Corp. raises the moveable dam gates to allow the river to flow freely, enabling ice or any buildup of water to float downstream.
The canal system sustained $84 million in damage from the tropical storms 10 years ago because the movable dams were not strong enough to be lifted on a moment's notice under high water or heavy flow conditions, Mahar said.
As a consequence, the Federal Emergency Management Agency invested $28 million into the canal system, to rebuild and strengthen the movable dams with new steel uprights, an upper gate, chains, winches, top and lower plates of steel and LED lighting.
"The piece of machinery moving across as a mechanical winch or mule has a big motor in it, and there are chains that get put on that winch, and that's what lifts and lowers the gates and the upgrades up out of the water," Mahar said.
"It's all part of the climate change and resiliency and really building a stronger canal system for the next generation of not only users of the canal, but for the communities," he said. "This helps protect the communities that helps protect Scotia, Rotterdam, Schenectady, Glenville and Amsterdam," among others.
Out of fascination, Bill Hansen, a resident of nearby Riverwalk Condominiums, watched the Canal Corp. operation Sunday morning.
Hansen said he had minimal concerns of local flooding.
"There might be some minor flooding, but nothing like" 10 years ago, he said.


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Charter Schools in Chicago: No Model for Education Reform
Conclusions and Recommendations from the Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity, University of Minnesota Law School:
Chicago's charter system continues to grow rapidly despite the fact little evidence supports the claim that students perform better in charter schools than in traditional counterparts. This study adds another piece to the pile of research that implies that students in fact perform at lower levels in charters than traditional [public schools]. The clear implication is that it is time to reevaluate where the system is headed and to ensure that all of the information needed to evaluate existing and proposed new charters is available.
Based on the evidence cited in this report, it is recommended that the Chicago Public School District institute a three-year moratorium on new charter schools and campuses and complete an impact study on how charter school policy has affected the district as a whole. It is also recommended that Illinois should move forward with the following statewide reforms.
1) The State Charter School Commission should be eliminated and policy and control decisions should be returned to local authorities who are vested with the education of students in their jurisdiction.
2) The charter school law (105ILCS 5/27A-5) should be changed to remove the provision that exempts campus expansions by charter schools established before 2003 for the purposes of maintaining the charter school cap in Illinois.
3) In light of the finding that charter schools increase racial segregation in a district already struggling with racial separation, the state should study this effect and design policies that charter schools must follow in order to ensure racial segregation is mitigated. At a minimum, charters should be required to more closely match district-wide racial diversity.
4) The training required of all school board members (105 ILCS 5/10-16a and 105ILCS5/34-3.2) should include a research-based review of the potential effects of charter schools on racial segregation and student performance.
5) School districts considering a charter school should be required to include as part of the public hearing a detailed analysis of the applicant's performance in regard to racial diversity in existing schools and student performance in existing schools. The charter school applicant should be required to produce and data to ensure that information is unbiased. The data and information should be made public through posting on the district website 30 days prior to the hearing with notices of the posting going to interested parties, including affected bargaining units and nearby neighborhood organizations.
6) Charter schools should be held to the same reporting standards as traditional schools and districts, including financial reporting and reporting to Illinois State Board of Education for the Illinois State Report Card.
7) Existing and new Charter schools should be required to describe the educational practices or experiments that distinguish them from already-available programs in traditional schools (including special schools like selective schools and magnets run by the school district), set goals for improved student performance, demonstrate success in meeting those goals within five years, and continue to demonstrate success every two years in order to retain the charter.
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Hello to a new beautiful city - Tel Aviv! And yes, we are a little bit obsessed with traveling to new countries for those of you who have asked haha. Israel has definitely been a dream destination for a long time and I finally got to go here. Only like 3-4 hours direct flight from Stockholm. We are staying in Tel Aviv, but will discover Jerusalem and Dead Sea as well. Can't wait to show you! This is our stunning view from high up at InterContinental Hotel.


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Encephalitis death toll crosses 100 in Bihar, parents fume
"Children are dying, but politicians are just not bothered. Why would they be? Their kids are not dying," said a helpless parent
Chandrakant Mishra 17 Jun 2019 2:05 PM GMT
"I named my son Veer. He is my only son and I love him a lot. We all love him," said Ashok Singh, 28, who lives in Amrakh village, Turki block in Muzaffarpur, Bihar. Ashok's nine-month-old son Veer is admitted in Medical College in Mazaffarpur. He is suffering from what locals call chamki bukhar, suspected to be Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES).
"He got high fever on June 14 and was breathless. We panicked and got him here. Our worst fear came true when doctors confirmed he has chamki bukhar. It's been two days that he has opened his eyes," said Ashok and started sobbing.
This is how the helpless father celebrated Father's Day on Sunday.
At least 100 children have died due to the viral disease outbreak in Bihar so far. More than 200 children, aged between one and seven, are admitted in various private and government hospitals as the state continues to grapple with the deadly disease. Condition of some children is claimed to be serious.
Doctors claim the deaths due to AES are being caused due to excessive heat and humidity.
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan arrived in Patna on Sunday to review public health measures for containment and management of the AES. He was greeted in the state capital with black flags.
In the wake of the fatalities, Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar announced an ex gratia of Rs 4 lakh each to families of the children who died due to AES in Muzaffarpur.
Deaths leave helpless parents fuming
Suresh Sahani, 44, a resident of Vaishali, is at Kejriwal hospital. His daughter is admitted there. He is fuming and his anger is directed at complete apathy displayed by government authorities and mismanagement at various hospitals.
"Children are dying here, but politicians are just not bothered. Why would they be? Their children and not dying. These kids are dying this year, more kids will die next year. But no one cares," he said.
Rajesh Sahi, 55, who lives in Muzaffarpur said: "This is how the situation has been since past one decade. People die every summer, angry parents create a ruckus, and then the anger goes down the drain as soon as it starts raining," he said.
"A team from National Council of Digital Control arrives every year. They say something, but they don't arrive at any conclusion. Children continue to die. When will this stop?" he asked.
The central team of experts, who arrived in Muzaffarpur, 10 days back, has not been able to crack the main reason behind outbreak of this disease.
Arun Sinha, advisor, National Child Welfare Programme, said: "This disease is related to brain tissue. But it's important to study this so that we are in a position to save these children."
#Bihar #muzaffarpur #children #dead #enci #Encephalitis


SOUTHPORT golfer Tommy Fleetwood has added another impressive victory to his ever expanding roll of honours.
But the Formby Hall teenager had to do it the hard way before being crowned champion of champions.
Fleetwood finally prevailed at the English County Champions Tournament after a marathon five-hole sudden death play-off against John Longcake from Cumbria.
The pair had finished tied on two under par 144 but couldn't be separated over the first four extra holes, twice over the first and twice on the 18th of the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa.
Then at the third time down the 361-yard first, Fleetwood secured his par four while Longcake could only make a bogey after missing from seven feet, having seen his approach plugged in a greenside bunker.


This new project will synthesize data from several sources responsible for Lake Ontario research and management and update an existing lake-wide predator/prey model. Plus generate new data and synthesize existing information on wild production of salmonines from Lake Ontario tributaries. Fisheries scientists and managers will have available updated information on predator/prey dynamics in Lake Ontario along with updated information about wild recruitment and updated modeling tools for use in assessing the outcomes of changing climate and/or stocking levels and different management actions.


Although Gore-Tex is a nice invention, rubber has it's own benefits. Even under high pressure rubber doesn't let anything through - in or out. Like a gas mask, this keeps unwanted particles at a distance and lets you handle your catch safely.
Although these definitely are collectible items, they are first and foremost meant for proper use. If you or the condom fails, we do not accept any liability for unwanted offspring. We do not accept babies as customer returns after nine months. Nor after that, for that matter.
For you to avoid three years of insomnia and general draining of life along babyvomit, please check correct handling instructions: http://www.youtube.com/wat ch?v=tcpfZKvOFZ4 Good advice for avoiding STDs as well.
Believe it or not, but condoms have their own part in military history! ...in addition to the free evenings during military service. Preventatives have been used by soldiers through the ages to protect their gun barrels from water and dirt. The best thing is that you can still shoot with the rubber on if necessary, as most "proper" protectors might get exciting if you were to discharge your weapon with one attached.