Volunteers serve as a beacon of light in a place that unfortunately can seem like a spiritual desert. They are the hands and feet of God, visiting the imprisoned, offering hope and redemption.
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington (CCDA) St. Lucy Food Project is combining efforts with several, secular and church-based, rural food banks to reach the needy on the periphery of our Diocese.
As part of the week-long World Day of the Poor campaign, on November 13 the Diocese of Arlington Chancery and Catholic Charities staff volunteers visited St. Martin de Porres Senior Center in Alexandria. The approximately 20 volunteers heeded Pope Francis' call and spent a few hours of encounter, friendship, and solidarity with senior citizens in the community.
Each year, 110 professional staff members and more than 2,700 volunteers serve tens of thousands of individuals in need. Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington's five year goal is to significantly expand services throughout the 21-county region.
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National Symposium to Review Changing Labor Laws and Their Impact on Employers
Fisher Phillips and InsideCounsel Magazine Sponsor Important Event
ATLANTA, GA (September 7, 2011) - Fisher Phillips and InsideCounsel magazine will offer for the third year the National Labor Law Symposium Wednesday, Oct. 5, at the Gleacher Center in Chicago.
The "InsideCounsel / Fisher Phillips 2011 National Labor Law Symposium" will focus on upcoming changes to labor laws and their expected impact on employers. The day-long event is free for qualified in-house counsel, who can also earn several hours of CLE credit.
This year, the symposium will feature a keynote speech by National Labor Relations Board Member Brian Hayes, who will discuss how the board has operated following President Obama's appointments.
Hayes joined the board in June 2010 after serving as Republican labor policy director for the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. He is the only Republican on the NLRB and the sole dissenter on two major decisions in August which overruled decisions from 2007 and 2002 that address protections provided by federal labor law for new collective bargaining relationships between unions and employers.
Additional speakers include:
Peter Schaumber, former chairman of the NLRB
Michael Eastman, executive director of Labor Law Policy for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Among the topics that will be addressed:
NLRB vs. Boeing: Why this Showdown with an American Business Icon Is So Important
Implementing a Strategy to Maintain an Independent Workforce If and When the New Regulations Take Effect
Surviving an NLRB Investigation: Dealing with the Latest Tactics from Board Attorneys and Investigators
The Business of Unions in Canada
Winning Labor Arbitrations
Social Media: Finding the Legal Lines
Health Care Reform and its Impact on Labor Relations
The Latest Developments in D.C.: An Insider's view
Best Practices For Developing and Maintaining a Positive Workplace and Upbeat Workforce - Panel Discussion
"The National Labor Law Symposium is ideal for in-house counsel from mid- to large-sized companies who have responsibility for labor matters at their organizations. We are pleased with this year's caliber of speakers that feature traditional labor attorneys along with influential representatives from government and the private sector," said InsideCounsel Publisher Tom Duggan.
"Our attorneys counsel clients on labor laws and their effects on employers on a daily basis. Given their relationship with government, union and corporate leaders, the attorneys are keenly attuned to what is on the horizon in terms of expected future changes and are prepared to discuss at this symposium what lies ahead," said Charles Caulkins, a member of the Management Committee of Fisher Phillips and one of the attorneys planning this year's event.
Click here for more information and to register for the symposium.
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Thaddeus has served as an Analyst at Busara since August 2017. Previously he served at Busara as a Senior Field Officer. He has been involved in a number field research studies. Thaddeus has a wide range of expertise in both qualitative and quantitative analysis.
Thaddeus holds a Bachelors Degree of Arts in Political Science, Sociology and Armed conflicts/Peace studies from the University of Nairobi.


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THE SCREENING PROCESS
A four-person screening committee watches all submissions, checking for rule violations and rating for quality. (These ratings are consulted only during the screening process, not for award judging.) Every film is watched by at least two committee members, and most by all four. After the close of the submission period, the committee selects which films to exhibit at the festival. A fifth committee member checks the content-questionable films against the City of Tyler's content guidelines for City-sponsored events.
THE JUDGING PROCESS
After the screening committee has selected the exhibiting films, a separate three-person judging panel watches each film and each judge assigns a rating. After all films have been watched and rated, the ratings are averaged and the highest-scoring films in each award category are selected as the winners. If there is a ratings tie, the judges break the tie with a vote.
THE JUDGING PANEL
Michele Goodson
Education & Community Outreach Coordinator, Dallas Film Society.
Cydney Cox
Programs Chair, Women in Films Dallas. Master of Fine Arts third year graduate student at the University of Texas at Arlington.
Alicia Pascual
President, Women in Films Dallas. Actress, camera operator, camera assistant, writer, director, and producer.
Young Filmmaker 2018
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Below is a collection of helpful links and resources to help you engage consumers in your work.
If you have any feedback about this information, or any suggestions about what you'd like to see added, please contact the Partners in Care team by emailing consumers@hqsc.govt.nz.
The Health Consumer Council National Collective is a network consisting of consumer council chairs, members and staff involved in supporting and developing consumer councils.
Find out more about local consumer councils and who to contact if you'd like to be involved.
Access resources such as information on how to pay consumers, download a sample position description, or read FAQs.
In August 2014 the Commission introduced an inpatient survey to collect and measure patient experience information on a regular basis. Patient experience measures are now routinely in place for hospitals.
In December 2014 work began to introduce patient experience measures for primary care using online patient surveys. The new survey, which is now being used in a number of PHOs, was developed to find out what patients' experience in primary care is like and how their overall care is managed between their general practice, diagnostic services, specialists, and or hospital staff.
The Partners in Care programme is using the results of the inpatient experience survey to design small scale interventions to address the lower scoring areas. Over time this will be broadened to include the primary care survey, and other relevant patient experience data capturing mental health, aged care and community health.
Find out more about the patient experience.
 Health Research and Educational Trust. 2015. Partnering to improve quality and safety: a framework for working with patient and family advisors. p6. Chicago, IL: Health Research & Educational Trust. URL: http://www.hpoe.org/resources/hpoehretaha-guides/1828 (accessed June 2015).


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Introducing the 2018 S90 Hybrid This 4 door, 5 passenger sedan has just over 15,000 miles! Smooth gearshifts are achieved thanks to the efficient 4 cylinder engine, and for added security, dynamic Stability Control supplements the drivetrain. The engine breathes better thanks to a turbocharger, improving both performance and economy. Volvo prioritized fit and finish as evidenced by: front and rear reading lights, variably intermittent wipers, a power seat, an automatic dimming rear-view mirror, a headlight cleaning system, turn signal indicator mirrors, and seat memory. For drivers who enjoy the natural environment, a power moon roof allows an infusion of fresh air. Volvo ensures the safety and security of its passengers with equipment such as: dual front impact airbags, front side impact airbags, traction control, brake assist, anti-whiplash front head restraints, ignition disabling, an emergency communication system, and 4 wheel disc brakes with ABS. Adaptive cruise control maintains a pre set distance behind the car ahead of you, simplifying highway driving and enhancing safety. It also arrives with a Carfax history report, providing you peace of mind with detailed information. We pride ourselves in consistently exceeding our customer's expectations. Please don't hesitate to give us a call.


What a fun display of color and graphics. I love skulls especially the colorful designs of Day of the Dead ~ Día de los Muertos!
Day of the Dead is a holiday celebrated in central and southern Mexico during the chilly days of November 1 & 2. Even though this coincides with All Soul's & All Saint's Day, the indigenous people have combined this with their own ancient beliefs of honoring their deceased loved ones.
All Saints Day, celebrated by the Roman Catholic church on November 1, is set aside to honor church members believed to have gone to heaven. All Souls Day, November 2, was created to commemorate those who died baptized but without having confessed their sins, and thus they are believed to reside in purgatory. Roman Catholic doctrine teaches that intercessions (prayers) by earthly church members can cleanse these departed souls and prepare them for heaven.
For Day of the Dead it is believed that the gates of heaven are opened at midnight on October 31, and the spirits of all deceased children (angelitos) are allowed to reunite with their families for 24 hours. On November 2, the spirits of the adults come down to enjoy the festivities that are prepared for them.
Loved ones go to cemeteries to be with the souls of the departed and they build private altars containing the favorite foods and beverages, as well as photos and memorabilia, of the departed. The intent is to encourage visits by the souls, so the souls will hear the prayers and the comments of the living directed to them.
You'll see the image of a skull represented in decorations and masks during this holiday. It is thought that possessing a skull or any other Day of the Dead item will bring you good luck. Some favorite foods are tamales and chocolate or sugar skulls. This cultural tradition is a wonderful way to celebrate the loss of loved ones who have passed on.
On the flip side of the calendar, this week started the City of San Antonio's Fiesta Celebrations, and to start it off my neighbor and friend Jacque invited us over for enchilada's. What a treat, she knows how to make authentic Mexican enchiladas and she also made Tex Mex enchiladas.
The one on the left is the authentic enchilada wrapped so nicely in red tortilla topped with guacamole queso and chopped onions. It not only looks festive but tastes delicious. If you're reading this Jacque, thank you! Do you see the paired wine in the photo above? Coconut Moscato, yes it went well, how can a Moscato be bad. I actually picked up a Riesling and brought to dinner, but I passed to try the moscato and was surprised by the intense yet delicate flavor of the coconut.


Dune is a first class resort balgarksi located 8 km south of Sozopol and 42 km from Burgas airport. It offers comfortable summer vacations in 5 rooms and 150 bungalows. Service throughout the club resort is "all inclusive". The beach is guarded part of 1 km and 4 km reaching Ropotamo reserve. Luxury hotels are located directly on the beach, but cheap and bungalows are on the side of the mountain. Water attractions are yacht cruises, scuba diving, jet skis, surfboards and excursions with yachts. There are also tours in Bulgaria, to the Shumen, Kaliakra and Shipka. On the south side of the complex is located Alipu beautiful lake. Construction of the Duni Royal Resort began in 1986 as a holiday resort and since 1990 has been announced for privatization. The resort combines the fresh pine air and clean waters of the Black Sea. Dunes Club is a unique place for a romantic holiday in the summer, both families with children and by individual tourists. In its central part there are beautiful walks and well translated lawns, flowers and shrubs.


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Osun 2022: Aregbesola Speaks On APC Primary Election
Oluwasegun Adesuyi February 19, 2022 cover, Politics Leave a comment 2 Views
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has described the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in Osun State as a sham.
The ruling party held its primary election with Governor Gboyega Oyetola reportedly leading at the polls.
Moshood Adeoti, a former Secretary to the State Government, is backed by Aregbesola to get the party's ticket.
Former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Lasun Yusuf, is also contesting for the ticket.
Reacting in a statement by his media adviser, Sola Fasure, on Saturday evening, Aregbesola listed some shortcomings of the election.
While disclosing that he would take legal steps to address the issues, the former Osun Governor urged his supporters to remain calm.
He accused the organisers of removing his supporters name from the list, adding that more reports are being collected from members of his factions across the state.
The statement reads: "On behalf of the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, I will like to thank you most sincerely for heeding the call earlier this morning to participate in our party's governorship primary and conduct yourselves most peacefully. You adopted a non-violent posture, even in the face of sore provocation.
"You have demonstrated your loyalty to the party and democratic ideals. You have comported yourselves as Omoluabi in the true essence.
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"We have received and continue to receive the reports of the shenanigans of the officials who conducted the sham of an election. We have been inundated with reports state-wide of how your names were expunged from the party's voters register, which was not made available until this morning, contrary to the convention of making the list available to the candidates before the election.
"We have heard of how party registration cards were being hawked this morning to the supporters of the state governor.
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"We have also received reports of how accreditation was not done at all in many wards and how people without party identification just participated and queued behind the governor in many polling units.
"We have received the report from our members and independent observers, how government officials and notable supporters of the governor officiated in the election, how votes were farcically counted in favour of the governor and how the votes recorded for him were more than the number of voters accredited ab initio in many units.
"We have heard of the absence of result sheets and other vital documents for recording results and vital data. We note also the absence of INEC officials in most wards, casting serious doubt on the credibility of the election.
"We note with shame and much regret the consternation of local and international observers on what they regard as a travesty of an election.
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"I will urge you to maintain your cool and calm. Be not downcast, be not agitated. Hold your head high. We are still receiving and studying all these reports and will take a definitive position on them.
"You are urged not to take laws into your hands. Please leave the rest to the Almighty God and let us explore all peaceful and legal means for addressing the matter in order to obtain justice.
"Please remain committed to peace and the rule of law. Be unflinching in your commitment to the democratic ideals. Democracy is for the long haul. As you all know, we never tire and we never give up on the cause we believe in. Be rest assured that victory is ours."
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I'm not a sports fan. I watch one game a year on TV—the Super Bowl. But every two years I'm glued to the TV with my heart in my mouth and my adrenaline pumping, and occasionally tears in my eyes, watching the Olympics.
I've thought about why the Olympics are so compelling to us, and I've concluded that it is because of the purity of their striving. Simply put, Olympians are not doing it for the money. They may get an endorsement deal if they win gold, but for every winner there are a hundred losers. Those are terrible odds. And a few dozen events that have no career or endorsement possibilities. Some people may say college ball is not about money either, but that is naive, I think. These "students' drop out of school the second they are offered a chance to go pro. There is little to no chance of going pro from the Olympics. So few do it that you can barely name more than a handful. Competing in the Olympics has nothing to do with any outside gain, any fame or fortune that may or may not come, but is only about performing to the ultimate, for themselves, their team, and maybe their country.
In this world of artifice, pretension, posing, and mercenary or pointless goals, where the super rich must get richer and politicians lie and insult each other to get our support, we have the Olympics. Where we see people with character. Fortitude. True camaraderie. And it moves us. These people are certainly gifted, and we are fascinated by that. But we are moved, touched, stirred, by their courage in not crumbling when things go wrong. And also when they don't blame their teammate, but support her, comfort her, console her after a devastating stumble or foul or misstep. We see these daring youths with the boldness to fail in front of a billion people, with a camera two inches in front of their face seconds after their crushing defeat. That's what we admire as much as the winning, that willingness to endure the risk of unparalleled humiliation, where a one millimeter mistake could take your entire team out of medal contention. And beyond that courage, the character to turn and congratulate someone who has taken your years of training and hardship and sacrifice, and dashed your hopes and dreams of victory by one hundredth of second.
That magnitude of failure terrifies the rest of us. In fact, most failure terrifies us, and keeps us from trying anything. Instead, we whine about our tiny defeats. We shrink from any adversity. We complain about our petty difficulties. And then we see someone like Jordyn Wieber go from the horror of not even qualifying for her event, to 48 hours later emerging triumphant and smiling, taking her team to gold achievement. To see someone with that fortitude and that level of commitment astounds us, and hopefully inspires us. We don't envy them. We pray something that intense never happens to us. Yet look what they become, these brave young souls.
It is also why we become so deeply offended and outraged when someone doesn't uphold that Olympian standard, and sends out a thoughtless racist tweet, or worse, deliberately loses a match as the Chinese and Koreans did in badminton yesterday. We expect dishonest politicians, greedy oil company executives and soulless bankers. But we don't want our Olympians to show weakness of character. And some will, as we are all human. But for so many of them to be so inspiring, for us to observe such a concentration of courage, perseverance and genuine camaraderie, to know that is possible, that gives us all hope.
I think deep down there is an Olympian spark in each of us. A desire to find out what we are capable of, and to strive for something simply to draw the absolute best out of ourselves. And it doesn't have to be athletically. Certainly most of us are not that biologically gifted. But we are all doing something, something that we could do better. We could be better parents, better friends, better employees, better citizens. If we are employers, we could make business choices out of character and integrity rather than pure profit, and endure the consequences if it doesn't yield vast success and wealth. We could take the time to be patient, compassionate, and considerate instead of rushing to our next self-gratifying moment. We could treat our bodies as the gift that they are, and use our minds to make a better world for everyone, not just ourselves.
For each of us the challenge is to find a way beyond our comfort zone, our perimeter of safety, and work harder to be truly excellent, for its own sake, not for the recognition or the material gain. And to measure ourselves against what we suspect we are capable of, not by what someone else has achieved. We don't have to be the best. There is bronze and silver for a reason. But we can be excellent. We can live an Olympic ideal of character, camaraderie, and courage. No one is stopping us. In fact, no one can stop you, if that is what you choose to do. And maybe you will inspire one or two other people to do the same.
As is often the case, Nike nails it with this commercial. If you haven't seen it, take 60 seconds.
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Fred…you really inspired us with today's blog…My dental office has been following the Olympics as well, and used your blog this morning in our morning huddle to remind everyone how important it is to function well as a team and have each others' backs, but more importantly, to push ourselves to achieve even greater things! Go for it!
Thanks,Liz. I think it's a great idea for a morning huddle. You totally got the message of the blog. May the spark be with you!
Fred, thanks for sharing your thoughts. Great message about striving for geatness. We all have it in us.
Thanks, Don. I hope to see you up at Yankee this year!
Wow Fred! To say that this blog post was inspirational would be an understatement… Thank you!
Thanks, Mindy. Feel free to pass it around!


Its been a couple of days since I have posted an article "5 Reasons to wash your hair with soap Nuts" and since then I was procrastinating on writing this post for you all. As promised, this post on how to prepare the perfect soap nut hair wash recipe is for you Priyanka, as you requested me in the comment section of the above post. I will surely come up with Shikakai and Amla uses for hair too in couple of days.
Washing our hair with Soap Nuts a.k.a Indian Reetha is not new for us. We have been seeing this fruit since our childhood and many even hate using it. 😀 Its probably you do not know the right recipe and my the right recipe i mean making the Soap nut shampoo with the right proportions of Soap nuts, water and the time to soak and boil.
Many of you, who have already tried washing your hair with Soap nuts might have experienced one of these two problems while washing your hair with soap nuts water.
1. Your hair went super dry and frizzy. That's because you soap nut water is way too concentrated.
2. Your hair is still oily and greasy. This is because, you diluted way more than required.
Like all other recipes that we try in our hair care routines, mastering the correct recipe of Soap nut hair wash is not that tough either. You need to be aware of the right proportions, and you are done.
Today, I will show you how to make the perfect Soap Nuts hair hair wash solution, that smells amazing too. So, Ready?
Note: This recipe is for Shoulder length hair. If you want correct proportions for your hair length, comment below at the end of this article. I will answer with the correct proportions that you may require to prepare this soap but hair wash solution for your hair.
Step 1: Crack open around 7 Soap Nuts using a hard stone (be careful, do not hit your fingers) and remove the seed in it.
Step 2: Put these Soap Nuts into a cooking vessel and pour 600ml of filtered water into it.
Step 4: Put off the flame and add a handful of Dried rose Petals (or Fresh, whichever is available) into this liquid and close the vessel with a lid.
Step 5: After 10 minutes, take off the lid and using a masher, mash the soap nuts for 5 more minutes. Be careful, the vessel will be hot.
Step 6: Strain the Soap Nut Hair wash solution into a clean jar and add 6 drops of Lavender essential oil into it. Stir the solution well.
And that's it. A perfect cup of Soap nut hair wash solution that also smells great is ready to be used for your hair.
Wet your hair. Section your hair into two parts and slowly massage your hair as if you are washing your hair by adding this solution. Repeat the same for the other section of your hair too.
If there is any solution left over after covering all the sections of your hair, add more water into it and dump the solution onto you head and massage gently. Wait for 2 minutes, and wash off with normal water.
Caution: Do not dare to keep your eyes open even for a sec, while you are washing your hair with Soap Nut Hair wash Solution. This will sting your eye. Wash your eyes with Cold water, if it gets into eyes.
1. Washing your hair with this Soap Nut Hair wash Solution requires your time and patience. Especially, if you are habituated using those SLES and SLS shampoos which generate lather on your hair within 2 minutes, this is gonna be a tough job.
2. Do not drench you hair in oil in the name of oiling your hair. It is tough to wash you hair with this Soap Nut Hair wash Solution, if your hair is very very greasy.
3. Use Light Oils like Grapeseed, Argan or Almond oils, if you want to oil your hair prior washing your hair with Solution. Again Do not coat your entire hair with oil.
4. It is absolutely not necessary to wash your hair every time only with Soap nuts. I personally don't. Once every three weeks, or even once every month is fine to detox your scalp and clean the buildup of dirt and products.
5. You can use a conditioner after washing your hair with Soap Nut hair wash Solution, if you really require. Just skip the conditioner once and observe how your hair behaves. If your hair is over bouncy, then you can prefer to condition your hair. Otherwise, its absolutely not necessary.


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Social media bridges gap between farmers, consumers
posted by Loknath Das | July 12, 2018 | In Social Media | No Comments
Social media has become an increasingly important entity for businesses hoping to bridge the rural and urban gap between farmers and consumers. Social media's power in agriculture lies in its ability to connect others, through building relationships and developing a community. It also allows producers the ability to tell their side of the story.
Bost Farms' director of social media, Rachel Bost, has experienced the digital age's effect on agriculture and her company. Since 2012, she has found that their posts have gained more traction in terms of likes and shares. She said the online platform has allowed for transparency between producer and consumer and is something from which Bost and the company have benefitted.
"Pictures of the farm help give credence to our 'homegrown' mantra," Bost said. "We also use Facebook to make other business-related announcements such as changes to our operating hours, since we do not have a storefront."
This new approach to a once isolated occupation has allowed for farmers to connect with community members and to thrive in a competitive market.
"People want to buy delicious and safe produce from someone they know and trust," Bost said. "In addition to communication, the interactive features help foster personal relationships between the farmer and the public."
For companies such as Clear Creek Produce, Facebook has been a frequent tool since 2015. Owner Matt Britt is a part of this virtual universe that is being.
used to bring his company exposure. The business owner advertises his company's social media in the form of business cards, imploring customers to "find us on Facebook."
"We do a lot of Facebook. That's the biggest thing to do," Britt said, whose girlfriend runs the social media facet of the business. "We have around a thousand followers and every time we post we reach 660 people."
Clear Creek has a wide reach, its customers extending from Memphis all the way to Jackson. Whether it be virtual, through Facebook, or going to farmers markets and grocery stores and personally connecting with consumers, being able to connect with a variety of people is an important principle to Britt.
Britt said Facebook is more person-related, and with Instagram he wouldn't receive as many direct messages, which is why he chooses to focus his social media efforts on Facebook.
While Bost Farms and Clear Creek have relied mainly on community engagement through Facebook to get the word out, Katherine Sharp of Farmstead Florals has done almost the opposite — allowing consumers to increase her business' recognition through shares and likes.
Situated in the breezeway near Uptown Coffee and Holli's Sweet Tooth, Sharp introduced the concept of a local self-serving flower stand towards the end of June. She credits the concept to her father, who had the idea of opening the self-serve farming stand after a visit to the Midtown Farmers' Market. It started first as trial and error, but if there was any place for the stand to thrive, it was right here in Oxford, said Sharp.
The stand runs solely on an honesty policy regarding payment. Customers pick up the flowers at the stand and then send a Venmo payment to Farmstead Florals. The tool was an attraction for college students and for people who rarely carry cash – Sharp said it was the most efficient method possible. She said the honesty policy, a unique aspect about the project, has worked well so far.
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For centuries, one of China's most coveted ceramics hailed from Shiwan, a district in Foshan, Guangdong province. The ware – developed in the region during the 16th century, when skilled Ming dynasty craftsmen from central China brought their expertise to Shiwan, weaving it with local artisan culture – came to be recognised as its own style, fashioned in heavily glazed colours and initially designed mainly for practical purposes.
The mass emigration – known as Chinese diaspora – of the 19th century saw a number of Guangdong people leave the country, spreading Shiwan ware outside of China to Japan and East Asia. But the style remained a mainstay of Chinese ceramics design, its vivid hues of reds, whites, and blues an unmistakable sign of its region of provenance.
An extensive collection of Shiwan ceramics was exhibited at the Macao Museum of Art (MAM). With more than 500 pieces, it represented the highest quality collection in China. The "Exhibition of Shiwan Ceramics from the MAM Collection" presented 46 of these pieces – 34 by masters of the ware and 12 examples of traditional Shiwan ridge decorations, which characterised much of the architectural style of southern China from the 17th century. The exhibition ran from May to early August.
The MAM collection came into being through the efforts of Manuel da Silva Mendes (1867–1931), a Portuguese lawyer and intellectual who moved to Macao in 1901. A well-respected sinologist, Silva Mendes took a strong interest in the ware, and began visiting Shiwan to write, research, and study its styles and expressions. In the span of a few years, he systematically gathered Shiwan ceramics from the Ming, Qing and contemporary periods, building what would become the world's first major collection of Shiwan works.
Silva Mendes' contribution to the preservation of Shiwan's legacy wasn't limited to merely acquiring the china, however. He was also keen to explore the intersection of Chinese folk traditions and Western art forms, something which he pursued through close collaboration with one of the ceramics' most renowned masters: Pan Yushu.
He invited Pan to Macao, introducing him to classical Western sculptures and asking him to create a series of miniatures of traditional Chinese motifs inspired by the art forms of the Occident. Pan then took the miniatures to a ceramics company in Guangzhou where Pan Yushu and his ceramic master partner Chen weiyan used them as models for large-scale works.
By the Qing dynasty (1644–1911), the number of associations had grown dramatically, from 8 to 24. One of the most popular varieties of the ceramic was ridges – sculptures placed on the roofs of buildings that were the primary decoration in Lingnan (Cantonese) architecture. Their production in Shiwan prospered during this era, propelled by Guangdong province's booming economy and growing population, as well as the turning of Guangzhou into a foreign commercial port after the First Opium War (1839–42).
Those years also witnessed an unprecedented expansion in scale of production, improvement of techniques and variety of designs, which became increasingly influenced by Lingnan culture. Many temples in Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao, and Southeast Asia today have Shiwan ridges made during this period. The Grand Hall of the Kun Iam Temple in Macao features the earliest such example, made by the shop of Wu Qiyu in 1817.
As the industry grew and developed, so did the decorative motifs employed by craftsmen. Where earlier pieces primarily featured flowers, fruit, and auspicious designs from the Lingnan region, most of the motifs and figures used in the ridges originated from Cantonese opera, history, legends and fables. Pearls glazed in red, double dragons, and dragon fish often appeared in the centre of decorative patterns, accompanied by lions, unicorns and other auspicious animals, as well as sun and moon deities and other spirits.
In the 19th century, as Western-style homes grew in popularity in Guangdong, Shiwan ridges began disappearing from the roofs and moved indoors instead, often adorning the rooms of wealthy private residences.
By the time Silva Mendes commissioned Pan Yushu and Chen Wei Yan to create East-meets-West Shiwan wares in the early 20th century, the style of the pottery had greatly shifted. Craftsmen were no longer depicting dragons; instead ordinary people, national heroes, and historical figures were now the centre of their work. Exposure to Western sculpture also offered new motifs and technical skills to incorporate into their work.
Pan and Chen were two such craftsmen, as was sculptor Liu Chuan, a pivotal figure of modern Shiwan ware. These artists combined folk tales with history, daily lives with legends. Chen excelled in portraying human and religious figures, a skill passed on to his apprentice, Pan, a talented figure sculptor known for his depictions of women. Imperial Concubine in a Bath appears in in the exhibition, a perfect embodiment of the elegance, detail, and expressiveness characteristic of Pan's work.
These great artists rose to prominence just as the prosperity of the Ming era came to end. The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–38), in particular, dealt a crippling blow to the ceramics industry. Some craftsmen were forced to take up new trades, others were not so lucky; Pan died of hunger during the war, roughly a decade after losing Chen.
Yet together, these artisans brought the style into the modern era (Liu died in 2000, after a long career as a professor and academic), revitalising its traditions while enriching them with new ideas.


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Genetics; The breed and individual traits of the dog.
Past experiences and learning; What has been learnt through consequences through.
Present environment; Their internal, and external environment.
The genetic makeup of the dog refers to the traits and characteristics inherited from their parents and passed on from previous generations. Many behaviours can be attributed to their species, remembering first and foremost that they are dogs. More specifically, each breed of dog has been selectively bred by humans for generations, resulting in breed-specific characteristics.
In addition to traits and characteristics influenced by species and breed, each dog is an individual, possessing its own unique personality. Within a single litter, for example, despite having the same parents, littermates will exhibit a variety of behaviours specific to the individual, ranging from personal preferences, for example, to tolerances, to certain medical conditions.
These genetic influences will impact on the behaviours exhibited by the dog throughout its life. We cannot change their genetics. Rather we must work with and not against the dog to ensure a happy and content animal and a harmonious relationship between human and dog.
For example, behaviours such as digging for Dachshunds, herding for Kelpies and Collies or tracking for Beagles are a result of generations of selective breeding from humans. These behaviours are therefore driven by genetics and it is our responsibility, as owners, to offer the dog a healthy outlet to fulfil these needs. Suppressing their instincts can result in frustration and subsequently lead to problem-type behaviours. Teaching our dogs when it is appropriate to engage in these behaviours and when it is not is the key to maintaining a harmonious relationship between owner and dog.
Dogs learn through consequences. If they consider the result of their actions rewarding, they are more likely to repeat the behaviour in order to achieve the favourable outcome. Alternatively, if they learn that a specific action results in an adverse outcome, they will actively avoid repeating such behaviours. The more consistently a dog performs a behaviour (be it positive or negative) that results in a repeated favourable outcome, the more imprinted this becomes in the dog's brain, eventually resulting in an automatic behaviour.
When determining the cause of a dog's behaviour, it is important to identify whether the dog is motivated by a desire to achieve something positive or rather to avoid something negative. This distinction is crucial as it will directly affect how we react to the behaviour.
If, for example, the dog is attempting to avoid something negative, introducing punishment or correction will only elevate the dog's level of stress and therefore intensify its learned negative association. An example of this is leash correcting a dog to stay still and tolerate a dog is dislikes. The leash correction will only increase the level of stress experienced by an already anxious dog.
Having an awareness of the motivation behind a dog's behaviour, also enables us to discourage undesirable behaviours. For example, leaving food on a counter-top, within reach of the dog, will only encourage "steeling from the counter" as the outcome of this behaviour is rewarding for the dog.
The dog's present environment refers to both their internal and external environments.
Their internal environment relates to their mental and physical state before and during a situation.
Factors that may impact on their mental and physical wellbeing include such things as anxiety and physical pain, both of which may cause them to behave differently in a given situation. The internal environment can be difficult to determine from our perspective. Being social animals, a dog will often do what they can to mask physical pain thus making it harder to identify. Mentally and emotionally, a dog is affected by both pleasure and stress. Stress can be brought on suddenly through a traumatic experience, for example. However, it can also develop more subtly through an accumulation of sequential negative experiences (triggers) with inadequate recovery time in between each.
The external environment can also be challenging to understand from a dog's perspective. The world we live in is more easily understood from our perspective because, as humans, we either built it or engineered our lives around it. A dog has the cognitive ability of an 18-24month old child and as such will never understand its external environment in the same way we do. Noise and movement are the two main stimulants for dogs and city living is dominated by both. This can very easily overwhelm dogs, resulting in hyper-vigilance, reactivity, nervousness and anxiety.
environments our dogs are exposed to. We therefore need to be conscious of the behaviours we desire in these different environments in order to teach our dogs what is appropriate and what is not. If we wish to create a calm and positive association in a specific environment, then we must be attentive to our dogs, communicating with them regularly and rewarding calm behaviours.
If, on the other hand, the dog is taken to an environment in which it can let loose and expend some physical energy, our expectations may differ. In a higher state of arousal we may expect less (but NOT none) of the dog's attention in such an environment. A dog will not instinctively know how to behave appropriately (not should we expect them to) and reprimanding undesirable behaviour, especially without teaching, is both unacceptable and counterproductive.
External environment not only refers to location but to numerous other factors including conditions within that environment as well as the presence of other individuals, be they human or animal. As with learned associations related to specific locations, dogs are capable of building positive and negative associations with other humans and animals. For example, they can learn to tailor their behaviour to avoid conflict in the presence of certain individuals or to engage in rewarding behaviours such as play with others.
Understanding the affect the dog's internal and external environments play in determining their behaviours offers us greater understanding of our dogs. It also provides us with knowledge and insight when it comes to training our dogs and enables us to manipulate aspects of their environment in order to achieve desirable and appropriate behaviours and ensure a happy and well-adjusted dog.


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@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UITextField *siteId;
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@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UILabel *bootstrapHostLabel;
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@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UILabel *siteLabel;
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@property (nonatomic) BOOL allValid;
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@synthesize articleId = _articleId;
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@synthesize bootstrapHost = _bootstrapHost;
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@synthesize environment = _environment;
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import {Http, Headers, Response} from '@angular/http';
import {Store} from '@ngrx/store';
import {Injectable} from '@angular/core';
import {BehaviorSubject} from 'rxjs/Rx';

import {Medicine} from '../Stores/medicine.store';

import {SocketService} from './socket.service';

import * as io from 'socket.io-client';

const HEADER = {
  headers: new Headers({
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  })
};

@Injectable()
export class MedicineService {

  _medicines: BehaviorSubject<Array<Medicine>> = new BehaviorSubject<Array<Medicine>>([]);
  private dataStore: {
    medicines: Array<Medicine>
  };

  // Inject the `AppStore` into the constructor with a type of `AppStore`
  constructor(private http: Http, private socketService: SocketService) {
    this.dataStore = {
      medicines: []
    };
    this.loadAll();
    console.log('Loaded all medicines');
    this.setSocketCalls();
  }

  getMedicine(medicineId: string): Medicine{
    console.log('Finding medicine for id ' + medicineId + ' in service');
    console.log(this.dataStore.medicines);
    var foundMedicine;
    this.dataStore.medicines.forEach((item, index) => {
      console.log(item._id);
      if (item._id.toString() === medicineId) {
        console.log('found medicine');
        console.log(this.dataStore.medicines[index]);
        foundMedicine = this.dataStore.medicines[index];
      }
    });
    return foundMedicine;
  }

  get medicines(){
    return this._medicines.asObservable();
  }

  loadAll() {
    this.http.get('/api/medicine').map(response => response.json()).subscribe(data => {
      this.dataStore.medicines = data;
      this._medicines.next(Object.assign({}, this.dataStore).medicines);
    }, error => console.log('Could not load medicines.'));
  }

  setSocketCalls() {

      this.socketService.getSocket().on('new-medicine', (data) => {
        let notFound = true;

        this.dataStore.medicines.forEach((item, index) => {
          if (item._id === data._id) {
            this.dataStore.medicines[index] = data;
            notFound = false;
          }
        });

        if (notFound) {
          console.log('data not found');
          this.dataStore.medicines.push(data);
        }

        this._medicines.next(Object.assign({}, this.dataStore).medicines);
      });
    }

}


If you are looking for christmas gifts kids can make look no further. Parents grandparents and other interested adults can give financial gifts to children that can help secure their futures. Christmas gift ideas for kids besides toys.
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Christmas gifts for kids. We do the searching sorting and homework and present to you the best christmas gifts on the web. This is christmas after all and kids want to have their minds blown but this as most parents know is exceptionally easy to accomplish. I love seeing their faces light up as they watch christmas movies see all the decorated houses and even open meaningful christmas gifts. Christmas gifts ideas and tips for giving gifts for the holidays.
Treat the little ones on your christmas list to presents theyll use again and again in our list of gifts for kids. Its christmas morning and im opening a gift from my kids. We have orchestral music and piano music in both mp3 and midi formats aslong with many popular seasonal favorites. Gift ideas for men women and kids.
I have a hunch i know what it is because i was there when they bought it. The kids excitement for the holiday season is so contagious. In fact these gift ideas are great crafts for all year round be it mothers day fathers day or just a special birthday. Enjoy the gift of music this holiday season with our free music download section.
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PREPARING FOR A DATA DOOMSDAY - HOW WILL DATA QUALITY TECHNOLOGY RESPOND TO BUSINESS CHALLENGES?
PREPARING FOR A DATA DOOMSDAY – HOW WILL DATA QUALITY TECHNOLOGY RESPOND TO BUSINESS CHALLENGES?
By Joel Curry, Managing Director of Experian Data Quality.
A (gradually) recovering economy, high levels of competition, and the proliferation of channels for reaching target audiences all mean that businesses are under greater pressure to perform. A substantial part of coping with this pressure means ensuring that a business's data is given the attention it deserves.
There is no doubt that data quality issues impact the bottom line of organisations – a 2013 Gartner survey estimated that businesses were losing an average of $14.2 million annually because of data quality issues.
Treating data as a strategic asset can not only help develop the understanding of the connections between customer, product, and transactional data, but can also give real competitive advantage and be integral in achieving corporate objectives.
Over the years various attempts have been made to improve and govern the level of data quality across organisations – from the identification of common spelling mistakes to clearing potential duplicates, with varying degrees of effectiveness and success.
But now companies need to go further. It's not enough to simply have accurate, de-duplicated data. Data enrichment provides an opportunity to enhance records with additional information to ensure customer engagement is as personalised as possible – which is something that consumers are increasingly expecting as the norm. According to Defaqto Research, 55% of consumers would pay more for a better customer experience, and 70% of buying experiences are based on how the customer feels they are being treated (McKinsey).
In addition to a growing need to comply with tightening data governance legislation, business are also increasingly recognising that data quality tools can enable innovation, increase operational efficiency, and reduce risk and cost. Consequently we are seeing greater investment in data quality management and the data tools available.
In 2013 the data quality market was worth over $1 billion and with Big Data, cloud and mobility trends forcing the issue, it's only going to get bigger. While commercial take up seems fairly low at the moment, growth will start to accelerate and so too will the opportunities.
Already we are seeing growth of industry specific data quality products in areas such as insurance claims management or credit card fraud detection, and the type of data that businesses are prioritising is broadening.
While customer data remains the number one focus of data quality initiatives (79%), other data types, such a transactional, financial, location, and product, are all gaining pace. Data profiling functions and the ability to 'visualise' the data (rather then staring at rows and rows of information) are fast becoming the 'must haves' of the data quality world. In 2013, 48% of data quality tool users used data profiling, up from 35% in 2012; and 35% used visualisation of data quality metrics, up from 28% in 2012.
While on-premise data quality management tools are still the most common, offsite and cloud based tools (often in the form of Software as a Service) are playing an increasing role in how data quality capabilities are delivered. Although the numbers are small in comparison to onsite tools, this area increased from 13.3% in 2012 to 21% in 2013, and given the increasing range of data quality capabilities available in these formats, this looks set to carry on growing.
A word of warning though – companies need to choose their data quality tools and vendors carefully. Gartner predicts that by 2016, 25% of organisations using consumer data will risk damage to their reputations because of their inadequate understanding of information trust issues.
And while IT leaders have already realised that data quality is essential when it comes to Master Data Management (MDM), and are starting to recognise the importance in terms of gaining value from Big Data investments, this is yet to be reflected in buying behaviour relating to data quality tools.
In addition, at present only a minority of organisations currently place the necessary the importance on data quality when it comes to other business information initiatives such as business intelligence (BI) and analytics, data migration and business-application-centric programs, including CRM and ERP.
But with forecasts of a 'Data Doomsday' – the point at which companies are so overwhelmed by data that they are frozen into inaction – by 2107, it's clear that businesses must get their houses in order now to be able to cope with the data challenges of the future.


This program is open to WBENC certified WBEs only. Attendance is limited to one representative per WBE company. Please bring your lunch (beverages and dessert will be provided) and chat with procurement representatives from Johnson & Johnson.


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Is It Even Possible For The Ancient Nissan GT-R To Become Irrelevant?
It's almost as if Nissan hasn't replaced it yet because it's still waiting for the competition to catch up.
It makes more sense to review a car when it first comes out so that it can be properly digested before throwing it into the ring with competitors to see where it ranks, but this is more of a goodbye. A summation of the final chapter in the R35 Nissan GT-R story that saw it stun the world upon its release, rendering Ferraris and Porsches twice its price irrelevant, and holding its head high with blistering performance all the way until now. And then, nearly nine years after the first GT-R was delivered, we get this treat.
We're not talking about the new hardware like softer dampers and a new interior that 2017 GT-Rs get. Nor are we making mention of the fact that the GT-R can pull off party tricks around the track that no car with the same age or mass should be able to complete.
No, this is a nod to Chris Harris and his talent as an automotive orator and test driver. It's his deep dive into the inner workings of the GT-R that will reignite your love of a car that's about to see its production line grind to a halt. He explains the GT-R's philosophy and deconstructs how one must work with or against the R35's electronics to get the desired result, almost as if there's another being controlling the car that one must learn to coexist with. Tying all of those lessons together is where the going gets tough, because as an all-wheel drive machine with a mind of its own, pulling off the signature sideways shot is a feat that requires skill and practice. Let's be grateful Harris has both.


LONDON, April 29 — Iraqi doctors faced with a shortage of drugs in a capital city hit by years of conflict have successfully used acupuncture to treat mothers during caesarean section births.
Reporting today on a small study of 200 cases at a Baghdad hospital, the doctors said their results suggested the ancient Chinese technique could also be a useful addition to standard medical practice in fully equipped hospitals.
The doctors used acupuncture, where fine needles are inserted into certain points on the body, to see if they could replace or reduce the need for a drug called oxytocin which is often given to mothers just after a c-section delivery to help the womb contract and to cut the risk of bleeding. Oxytocin is a hormone that also occurs naturally in the body during labour.
The study covered emergency caesarean section at the Red Crescent Hospital for Gynecology and Obstetrics in Baghdad between 2004 and 2006, when oxytocin stocks were low.
Acupuncture is one of the most widely practised strands of alternative medicine and is based on the theory that inserting and manipulating fine needles at specific points in the body helps to promote the flow of "Qi" or energy.
It has its origins in ancient China and has become widely accepted in the West in recent decades, particularly in the treatment of pain. It is also used for conditions like obesity, constipation and arthritis, among others, although documented scientific evidence for these areas is patchy.
In the Baghdad study, six acupuncture needles were inserted as soon as possible after delivery into the mother's toes and ankles and manually stimulated for five to 10 minutes.
The acupuncture points related to bleeding from the womb, prolapse of the womb, difficult labour, uterine contractions, and retention of the placenta, the doctors wrote in the study in Acupuncture in Medicine, a British Medical Journal title.
The results showed that in 45 per cent of the women, womb contraction was deemed to be enough not to need any oxytocin, and a further 30 per cent of women needed two units of the drug.
The standard level of oxytocin used is normally between 10 to 20 units, Zcherky said, but in these patients only about 18 per cent needed two to five units of oxytocin and only four women needed more than five units.
"These acupuncture techniques, born out of necessity, have proved useful in overcoming the deficiency of modern drugs and equipment in a war-torn city," Zcherky said.
But Edzard Ernst, professor of complementary medicine at Britain's Peninsula Medical School said Zcherky's study was "misleading".
"The fact is that, until fairly recently, women gave birth without medication or acupuncture and, in some parts of the world, they still do," he wrote in an emailed comment.


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Antitrust & Concurrence
Arbitrage International & Résolution des litiges
Commerce International & Conformité
Conformité & Règlementation
Contentieux complexes & Résolution des litiges
Cour suprême & Cour d'Appel
Cybersécurité et confidentialité des données
Défense dans le cadre des recours collectifs
Divulgation de documents électroniques et gestion des informations
Droit du travail & Contentieux
Droits d'auteur, marques de commerce et fausse publicité
Financement structuré
Fusions & Acquisitions - Capital Investissement
Litiges / services financiers
Litiges en matière de fiscalité
Litiges en matière de secrets commerciaux
Litiges relatifs aux titres
Pénal des affaires, Enquêtes et Conformité
Recouvrement d'assurance
Sinistre collectif et responsabilité du fabricant
Commission du commerce international des États Unis
Commission du commerce international des États-Unis
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) is the ultimate in high-stakes litigation, as a loss in the ITC inflicts devastating financial consequences. Since the ITC can exclude entire classes of devices from being imported into the United States, success depends on counsel who can guide companies through this fierce battleground.
Further complicating matters are the ITC's unique demands. The Commission moves at a breakneck pace - more than twice as fast as a typical U.S. litigation - and has dozens of ITC-specific rules and regulations. Victory demands extraordinary precision and skill.
These rigorous elements are why companies around the world rely on Orrick to protect their most innovative products from exclusion, or to halt competitors' infringing goods. Orrick has participated in 50 ITC investigations in the last five years alone. As demonstrated in the experience listed below, Orrick earned its reputation as a destination ITC practice by combining technical savvy and litigation power with practical ITC experience.
Mes expériences
Amarin v. DSM Nutritional Products: Our IP and appellate litigators won a major ruling on behalf of clients Pharmavite and Royal DSM when the Federal Circuit affirmed the ITC's decision not to institute an investigation sought by Amarin Pharmaceuticals. Amarin—the maker of an FDA-approved prescription drug that contains purified fish oil—asked the ITC to block the importation of dietary supplements that also contain purified fish oil on the ground that those products violate the Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act. Although the ITC declines to institute an investigation regarding less than 1% of complaints filed, we persuaded the Commission not to investigate Amarin's claim since that would invade the province of the FDA. Amarin appealed the Commission's decision and we represented all respondents who intervened. Ultimately, the Federal Circuit affirmed the ITC's decision, giving our clients a major victory in a case that shuts the door on expansive new claims in the ITC. The decision received national press coverage, including in The National Law Journal and Law360.
Hitachi Metals and Metglas v. Advanced Technology & Materials: We defended AT&M, a Chinese state-owned enterprise, from a rare trade secret ITC investigation. Our team's innovative approach focused on combating the deficiencies in the allegations of misappropriation, as opposed to whether the accused technologies "practiced" the trade secrets. This strategy put early pressure on the complainants and minimized the discovery for our clients. As a result, we won a complete victory when the complainants unilaterally moved to terminate the investigation at the close of fact discovery, without any concession or settlement agreement.
Ultravision v. LED Panel Industry: We achieved a complete victory in a patent infringement action at the ITC for our clients Shanghai Sansi Electronic Engineering, CreateLED Electronics and Yaham Optoelectronics, following the termination of a Section 337 investigation based on withdrawal of the complaint by Ultravision Technologies. Ultravision filed an ITC complaint to broadly block the importation of most modular LED display panels, regardless of whether or not the importer is a named party. The panels at issue are used in displays such as New York's Times Square, London's Piccadilly Circus and sports stadiums. We developed strong non-infringement and invalidity positions on behalf of our clients, forcing Ultravision to withdraw the complaint during the expert discovery period. The victory in this case enables our clients to stay in the U.S. market. We continue to litigate this matter in district court.
Microsoft v. Barnes & Noble: We successfully represented Microsoft in the ITC. The investigation stemmed from Microsoft's request that Barnes & Noble license its IP for use in the Android-powered e-reader, the Nook. After Barnes & Noble refused, Microsoft filed suit in the ITC. Microsoft hired Orrick to represent it with respect to Barnes & Noble's patent misuse defense. The ITC rejected that defense before trial, clearing the way for settlement negotiations, which concluded with a mutually beneficial strategic business partnership between the two companies.
Motiva v. Nintendo: We secured a complete victory on behalf of Nintendo against leading plaintiff's lawyer Mark Lanier. The case threatened 40% of Nintendo's market for its most successful product, the Nintendo Wii. The Commission found that Nintendo's Wii system does not infringe Motiva's patents and that it failed to establish a domestic industry. The Federal Circuit affirmed in a published and frequently-cited opinion. See Motiva, LLC v. Int'l Trade Comm'n, 716 F.3d 596 (Fed. Cir. 2013).
Advanced Research Corporation v. Fujifilm and Oracle: We defended Fujifilm and Oracle in an investigation relating to magnetic data storage tapes. We successfully resisted the complainant's motion to amend and broaden the scope of the investigation and negotiated favorable settlements for both clients shortly before the trial was scheduled to begin.
Orrick Obtains ITC Victory for Three Chinese LED Display Companies
Orrick Secures Another Win for Nintendo in Wii Patent Case
Importation and the USITC: Avoiding Jurisdiction in a Global Economy
November.18.2019
ITC's Amended Section 337 Rules Streamline Investigations
ITC Section 337 Investigations: Trends and Significant Court Rulings in 2018
Xiang Wang and Sarah Zeng Named to China Business Law Journal's Elite 100 Lawyers List 2019
Yufeng (Ethan) Ma Named to ALB's 2019 China Top 15 IP Lawyer List
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NIKOCHEM Group specialists have visited International Elastomer Conference. This year the event was held at the Kentucky International Convention Center in Louisville, KY on October 9-11, 2018.
NIKOCHEM Group will take part in 16th international wire and cable trade fair WIRE 2018 in April 16-20, 2018 in Dusseldorf, Germany. This event is being held since 1986. It was attended by 1335 exhibitors and 38 255 visitors in 2016.


Membership Action Review Panel – Congratulations, You're Screwed!
In CAPR 35-8, dated 1 November 2012, it clearly says that MEMBERS who feel like they had been, oh, let's say "wronged," by someone who festered into a position of some perceived authority must appeal, timely and properly… let's have a look-see, shall we?
Page 1, Number 1. Policy, (a.) The Membership Action Review Panel (MARP) is independent from the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Chain of Command.
Page 2. Number 3. MARP MEMBERS. (b.). The eight active senior members specified under paragraph 3a above will be appointed by the National Commander, [it gets better!] from a list of candidates provided by each Region Commander.
I have to introduce you to the Self Licking Ice Cream Cone of Corruption, the Criminal Air Patrol. The NATIONAL COMMANDER puts the REGION COMMANDERS in place, got it? The REGION COMMANDERS put the WING COMMANDERS in place… have you got that?
Let's take a look at Membership Terminations, CAPR 35-3, Paragraphs 7 and 8.
OK, I get it – for the General Membership, you must jump through the appropriate hoops at the specified time limits, certainly that is fair… but the CAP gets to take their sweet time with sort of – kind of time frames?
RESULT: [The MARP reversed the termination & reinstated the member].
Now, the MARP says, in the above, that CAP really blew it with the timeliness issue, and that – because of that – it resulted in a lack of due process for the member, and they had been reinstated, with all time due.
It would make sense, totally, if the Member blew the statute (rule), that they would be, in essence, fucked. So, if it is good for the General Membership, it should be good (sort of – kind of) for CAP, it makes sense.
And, in this scenario, the MARP did indeed find that a delay in time would be detrimental to the General Membership if the CAP blew the statue (time limit), resulting in an unfair condition with lack of due process.
So, it would then be reasonable to presume that the MARP would agree with their decision above, and that it was the most fair and judicious result for the good of the member, and of the CAP. And, I would say that it would be a good and fair, a just, thing for the MARP to due… Kudos to the MARP, job well done.
Further, it would be reasonable to presume that the MARP would follow this precedent in equal and fair administration of application of the rules to the General Membership and the Criminal Air Patrol… what's fair is fair – for all, blow the statue, you lose… above, CAP lost – fair.
Maybe that isn't exactly what they said, but what if what they said went against the very precedent that they just set in the above case? Would that seem very fair, just, or reasonable?
What did they actually say… word for word?
Here is the transparency – in part – that YOU, as a General Member of the CAP do not get, and they COUNT on this very fact, they do NOT follow their own rules, and they IGNORE then as they please, and even an attorney who represents the Corporation of the Civil Air Patrol will sign off on the LIE before your eyes.
1 Comment on "Membership Action Review Panel – Congratulations, You're Screwed!"
What ever happened to Ray Hayden? Was he abducted by the Civil Air Patrol white vans? Just kidding.
I am asking because the scurrilous reports out of CAP National about Chief Operating Officer John Salvador and Civil Air Patrol's inept Board of Governors are still standing on his website. What say you?


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Q: Google Fonts loads all types If I load simple Roboto font with 300 weight, Google loads so many font in it, please have a look at this
https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto:300

It loads all:
 cyrillic-ext, cyrillic, greek-ext, greek etc..

Is this normal behavior ? how can I avoid this as if I load 3 fonts, it will be loading 18 and this is serious speed issue.

A: According to this, actually, it only loads it all when you visit that page with a browser. If you curl that address changing the parameter you'll see the difference.


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The importance of working towards the creation of an Indian Ocean identity while joining a collective endeavour in the Indo-Pacific region was emphasised during talks between Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, in New Delhi on Saturday.
The importance of further widening the tasks of the Indian Ocean conference organised by the India Foundation was also emphasised during the talks, a press release from the Prime Minister's Office said.Swaraj said India would extend its full support towards the all-party plan spearheaded by Sri Lanka towards free navigation in the Indian Ocean.
During the talks, Swaraj also thanked Prime Minister Wickremesinghe for his efforts to further consolidate and enhance the historic friendship and relations between India and Sri Lanka. The talks also centred on regional problems.
Since both Sri Lanka and India bought petroleum from Iran, Petroleum Resources Development Minister Arjuna Ranatunga requested India's advice regarding the steps to be taken in case sanctions were imposed on Iran. Swaraj who explained India's policy on the matter said Sri Lanka too could adopt it. Indian officials present said they would provide information regarding the matter to Minister Ranatunga in due course.Attention was also drawn to North–East development work and the opportunities for accelerating such work.
Ministers Sagala Ratnayaka and Malik Samarawickrama, Prime Minister's Secretary Saman Ekanayake, Sri Lankan High Commissioner in India Chitrangani Wagiswara, Additional Secretary to the President, Saman Attaudahetti, Deputy High Commissioner M.R.K. Lenagala and special assistant Sandra Perera were also present on the occasion.


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Chayito Valdez (May 28, 1945 – June 20, 2016) was a Mexican singer and actress associated with the folk music of Mexico.
As María del Rosario Valdez Campos she was born in Guasave, Sinaloa, Mexico. Chayito started her music career at an early age participating in amateur competitions with songs such as "La Cigarra","Historia de un amor","La Bikina","Leña de Pirul". Her godmother was Amalia Mendoza, a successful singer known as "La Tariácuri", and in the early 1970s she recorded four songs…
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Levelling up – the transformative power of bursaries and how we might level up rather than dumb down. By Charlie Minogue, Headmaster, Moor Park, Ludlow, Shropshire…
If a random sample of British adults were to play a game of word association when the chosen words were 'prep', 'independent' or 'private school', the results would be predictable. 'Posh', 'exclusive' and 'expensive' might make an appearance, although so might 'excellence', 'results' and 'success'. Placed against these pre-conceptions of independent education, it is easy to see why some politicians feel the days of independent schools' charitable status to be numbered.
Even as a Headmaster of an independent prep school, I sometimes struggle, morally, to reconcile the opportunities that we can create with the reality for many children across the country, despite the best efforts of so many fellow professionals in maintained schools. Having started my career in the state sector, I only made the switch because I felt I would have the freedom to design an education that worked in the fullest sense and the ability to create something unique and bespoke for every child is a joy. The moral tension comes from considering why this is only available for those who can afford it, although surely it can never be right to knock excellence and reduce everything to the lowest common denominator in the quest for equality.
The charitable status of most independent schools hides, from some, our need to balance the books. This is particularly challenging in prep schools where the fees are lower and the margins tighter: the preconceptions of wealth held by many are simply incorrect in most cases. Competition between prep schools can be fierce and the need to demonstrate relative strength and quality over rival schools is essential. This need creates a tension between the school as a business and the school as a charity, and it would be easy for Heads and Bursars to prioritise the former at the expense of the latter. Not only would this be morally wrong, it is also a short-term and blinkered course of action and schools, even small prep schools, need to factor creating inclusivity into their business plans so that they are a charity in action as well as in name.
I can't describe the satisfaction to be gained from watching a child benefit from support from the school as a charity. It feels right, is transformative for those involved, and justifies the charitable status of the school. All involved benefit. Given appropriate levels of financial and strategic planning, it is possible, even for small independent schools, to provide their brand of education to a wider cross-section of society and this broadening of access to the best of British education is something to be celebrated. In senior schools, the level of bursary support is greater again, with many schools actively seeking to broaden access with bursaries of up to 100% of the fees and some even work with prep schools to create a pathway from prep school entry through to the end of their secondary education.
The provision of bursaries demonstratively levels up society in some small way but the scale of what is possible is, of course, not enough. There is no philosophical barrier to opening our doors to the whole of society. I know of no Head of an independent school who would not leap at the chance to open their doors and provide an education for free, and any blockage to this is caused by pure economics.
What is the answer? Well, we can look to the rest of the world for examples of how state and private education co-exist far more equitably than they do in the UK. In this country, all taxpayers fund state education but only some are using it, the others choosing to pay extra for their children to be educated privately. In other countries, the money follows the child and parents may choose to top this sum up to have their child attend an independent school. This broadens access, meaning that there is no need for charitable status tax perks and the gap between private and state is much narrower.
I can't think of an argument against making this a reality, other than it may be politically inconvenient to do so.
We need to find ways of providing the best possible education to all children in the UK and, whilst there is a moral imperative on schools to offer bursaries and broaden access, there must surely also be a duty for government to be more creative and forward thinking in finding ways to level up without dumbing down.
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* The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters.
LONDON, Nov 29 (Reuters) - The outlook for U.S. interest rates has shifted, as investors bet that recent cracks in the economy and financial markets will force the Fed to slow or even halt its projected path of rate increases next year.
All else being equal this should also be playing out in the bond market, pushing down long-term yields and easing financial conditions, thereby helping to limit the fallout from a weakening economy and fragile stock market.
Yes, yields have come down a bit, but not as much as you would expect, thanks to a steady build up of factors that should push them the other way.
October was the worst month on Wall Street in seven years, the so-called 'FAANG' group of top five U.S. tech stocks lost almost $1 trillion in market capitalisation, Apple skidded into a bear market, and some U.S. economic indicators - namely the housing market - began to flash red.
If growth slows at this stage of the economic cycle, the chances of recession rise and the Fed puts the brakes on, or maybe even reverses gear all together. The all-knowing, all-seeing bond market should discount that, and yields should fall.
Fed chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday suggested that interest rates are already close to neutral, the level that neither accelerates or restricts the economy. His comments pushed the 10-year yield to its lowest since September.
Only one quarter point rate hike next year is fully discounted in money markets, compared with two a couple of months ago. But the 10-year yield remains above 3.00 percent, barely 20 basis points off its peak in early October just before the Wall Street lurch and "tech wreck".
A growing risk for markets and the economy is that it holds that level and starts trending higher again.
Emerging markets, which are most exposed to U.S. borrowing costs and the dollar, will be vulnerable. The stickiness of Treasury yields and the dollar hovering close its highest since June last year aren't good signs.
Record supply, high hedging costs, the Fed unwinding its balance sheet and emerging markets potentially selling Treasuries to support their domestic currencies is a potent mix that could easily keep the 10-year yield above 3.00 pct, even if the historically long economic and market cycles roll over.
The Treasury market's demand and supply balance is looking increasingly short on demand and long on supply. As Luke Gromen at research firm FFTT notes, there's a race going on: will investors' demand for a port in any coming storm be enough to offset that widening imbalance?
Gromen calculates that the Treasury will roll over as much as $8 trillion of debt next year and issue $1.3 trillion in new bonds. In addition, the Fed has already started winding down its portfolio.
That's a lot of paper for the private sector to buy, especially as the current level of U.S. yields makes it prohibitively expensive for foreign investors to hedge bond purchases.
Fed policy may be too tight already, even before the three or four rate hikes that would take the fed funds rate up to what the Fed still officially considers the "neutral" rate of interest around 3.00 pct.
In a recent blog published in the Washington-based Council for Foreign Relations, Benn Steil and Benjamin Della Rocca say balance sheet reduction and rate hikes have already tightened monetary conditions beyond neutral.
"This suggests that monetary policy will start to contract economic growth early next year," they conclude.
Few people think the U.S. economy faces recession next year, far less is already in one. But it's worth remembering that by the time the Fed slashed rates in late 2008, the economy had been contracting since December the previous year.
Most economists think policy is still accommodative and, if anything, the risk is not that the U.S. economy slows but it overheats. This will keep the Fed tightening and put natural upward pressure on yields.
The general view is still that the 10-year yield hits 3.50 pct before 2.50 pct. If it does hold above 3.00 pct and drift higher, no matter hot or cold the economy is, the Fed will have a decision to make.