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The True Historie of Trademark+50 and the Deathe of the GNSO (Parte the Thirde)
Kevin Murphy, May 28, 2013, 13:44:03 (UTC), Domain Policy
ICANN's decision to press ahead with the "Trademark+50" trademark protection mechanism over the objections of much of the community may not be the end of the controversy.
Some in the Generic Names Supporting Organization are even complaining that ICANN's rejection of a recent challenge to the proposal may "fundamentally alter the multi-stakeholder model".
Trademark+50 is the recently devised adjunct to the suite of rights protection mechanisms created specially for the new gTLD program.
It will enable trademark owners to add up to 50 strings to each record they have in the Trademark Clearinghouse, where those strings have been previously ruled abusive under UDRP.
Once in the TMCH, they will generate Trademark Claims notices for both the trademark owner and the would-be registrant of the matching domain name during the first 60 days of general availability in each new gTLD.
Guinness, for example, will be able to add "guinness-sucks" to its TMCH record for "Guinness" because it has previously won guinness-sucks.com in a UDRP decision.
If somebody then tries to register guinness-sucks.beer, they'll get a warning that they may be about to infringe Guinness' trademark rights. If they go ahead and register anyway, Guinness will also get an alert.
Trademark+50 was created jointly by ICANN's Business Constituency and Intellectual Property Constituency late last year as one of a raft of measures designed to strengthen rights protection in new gTLDs.
They then managed to persuade CEO Fadi Chehade, who was at the time still pretty new and didn't fully appreciate the history of conflict over these issues, to convene a series of invitation-only meetings in Brussels and Los Angeles to try to get other community members to agree to the proposals.
These meetings came up with the "strawman solution", a list of proposed changes to the program's rights protection mechanisms.
Until two weeks ago, when DI managed to get ICANN to publish a transcript and audio recording of the LA meetings, what was said during these meetings was shrouded in a certain degree of secrecy.
I don't know why. Having listened to the 20-hour recording, I can tell you there was very little said that you wouldn't hear during a regular on-the-record public ICANN meeting.
Everyone appeared to act in good faith, bringing new ideas and suggestions to the table in an attempt to find a solution that was acceptable to all.
The strongest resistance to the strawman came, in my view, from the very small number (only one remained by the end) of non-commercial interests who had been invited, and from the registrars.
The non-coms were worried about the "chilling effect" of expanding trademark rights, while registrars were worried that they would end up carrying the cost of supporting confused or frightened registrants.
What did emerge during the LA meeting was quite a heated discussion about whether the IPC/BC proposals should be considered merely "implementation" details or the creation of new "policy".
That debate spilled over into 2013.
Under the very strictest definition of "policy", it could be argued that pretty much every aspect of every new rights protection mechanism in the Applicant Guidebook is "implementation".
The only hard policy the GNSO came up with on trademarks in new gTLDs was back in 2008. It reads:
Strings must not infringe the existing legal rights of others that are recognized or enforceable under generally accepted and internationally recognized principles of law.
Pretty much everything that has come since has been cobbled together from community discussions, ad hoc working groups, ICANN staff "synthesis" of public comments, and board action.
But many in the ICANN community — mainly registries, registrars and non-commercial interests — say that anything that appears to create new rights and/or imposes significant new burdens on the industry should be considered "policy".
During the LA meetings, there was broad agreement that stuff like extending Trademark Claims from 60 to 90 days and instituting a mandatory 30-day notice period before each Sunrise period was "implementation".
Those changes won't really incur any major new costs for the industry; they merely tweak systems that already have broad, if sometimes grudging, community support.
But the attendees were split (IPC/BC on the one side, most everyone else on the other) about whether Trademark+50, among other items, was new policy or just an implementation detail.
If something is "policy" there are community processes to deal with it. If it's implementation it can be turned over to ICANN staff and forgotten.
Because the registries and registrars have an effective veto on GNSO policy-making and tend to vote as a bloc, many others view a "policy" label as a death sentence for something they want done.
A month after the strawman meetings, in early December, ICANN staff produced a briefing paper on the strawman solution (pdf) for public comment. Describing what we're now calling Trademark+50, the paper stated quite unambiguously (it seemed at the time):
The inclusion of strings previously found to be abusively registered in the Clearinghouse for purposes of Trademark Claims can be considered a policy matter.
Chehade had previously — before the strawman meetings — strongly suggested in a letter to members of the US Congress that Trademark+50 was not doable:
It is important to note that the Trademark Clearinghouse is intended be a repository for existing legal rights, and not an adjudicator of such rights or creator of new rights. Extending the protections offered through the Trademark Clearinghouse to any form of name (such as the mark + generic term suggested in your letter) would potentially expand rights beyond those granted under trademark law and put the Clearinghouse in the role of making determinations as to the scope of particular rights.
Personally, I doubt then-new Chehade wrote the letter (at least, not without help). It mirrors Beckstrom-era arguments and language and contrasts with a lot of what he's said since.
But it's a pretty clear statement from ICANN's CEO that the expansion of Trademark Claims to Trademark+50 night expand trademark rights and, implicitly, is not some throwaway implementation detail.
Nevertheless, a day after the staff briefing paper Chehade wrote to GNSO Council chair Jonathan Robinson in early December to ask for "policy guidance" on the proposal.
Again, there was a strong suggestion that ICANN was viewing Trademark+50 as a policy issue that would probably require GNSO input.
Robinson replied at the end of February, after some very difficult GNSO Council discussions, saying "the majority of the council feels that is proposal is best addressed as a policy concern".
The IPC disagreed with this majority view, no doubt afraid that a "policy" tag would lead to Trademark+50 being gutted by the other GNSO constituencies over the space of months or years.
But despite ICANN staff, most of the GNSO Council and apparently Chehade himself concluding that Trademark+50 was policy, staff did a U-turn in March and decided to go ahead with Trademark+50 after all.
An unsigned March 20 staff report states:
Having reviewed and balanced all feedback, this proposal appears to be a reasonable add-on to an existing service, rather than a proposed new service.
It is difficult to justify omission of a readily available mechanism which would strengthen the trademark protection available through the Clearinghouse. Given that the proposal relies on determinations that have already been made independently through established processes, and that the scope of protection is bounded by this, concerns about undue expansion of rights do not seem necessary.
This caught the GNSO off-guard; Trademark+50 had looked like it was going down the policy track and all of a sudden it was a pressing reality of implementation.
Outraged, the Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group, which had been the strongest (if smallest through no fault of their own) voice against the proposal during the strawman meetings filed a formal Reconsideration Request (pdf) with ICANN.
Reconsideration Requests are one of the oversight mechanisms built into ICANN's bylaws. They're adjudicated by ICANN's own Board Governance Committee and never succeed.
In its request, the NCSG told a pretty similar history to the one I've just finished relating and asked the BGC to overturn the staff decision to treat Trademark+50 as implementation.
The NCSG notes, rightly, that just because a domain has been lost at UDRP the string itself is not necessarily inherently abusive. To win a UDRP a complainant must also demonstrate the registrant's bad faith and lack of rights to the string at issue.
To return to the earlier example, when notorious cybersquatter John Zuccarini — an unambiguously bad guy — registered guinness-sucks.com back in 2000 he told Guinness he'd done it just to piss them off.
That doesn't mean guinness-sucks.beer is inherently bad, however. In many jurisdictions I would be well within my rights to register the domain to host a site criticizing the filthy brown muck.
But if I try to register the name, I'm going to get a Trademark Claims notice asking me to verify that I'm not going to infringe Guinness' legal rights and advising me to consult a lawyer.
Chilling effect? Maybe. My own view is that many people will just click through the notice as easily as they click through the Ts&Cs on any other web site or piece of software.
Either way, I won't be able to claim in court that I'd never heard of GuinnessTM, should the company ever decide to sue me.
Anyway, the NCSG's Reconsideration Request failed. On May 16 the BGC issued a 15-page determination (pdf) denying it.
It's this document that's causing consternation and death-of-the-GNSO mutterings right now.
Last week, Neustar's lead ICANN wonk Jeff Neuman asked for the Reconsideration Request to be put on the agenda of the GNSO Council's June 13 meeting. He wants BGC representatives to join the call too. He wrote:
This decision was clearly written by legal counsel (and probably from outside legal counsel). It was written as a legal brief in litigation would be written, and if upheld, can undermine the entire bottom-up multi-stakeholder model. If ICANN wanted to justify their decision to protect their proclamation for the 50 variations, they could have done it in a number of ways that would have been more palatable. Instead, they used this Reconsideration Process as a way to fundamentally alter the multi-stakeholder model. It not only demonstrates how meaningless the Reconsideration process is as an accountability measure, but also sends a signal of things to come if we do not step in.
He has support from other councilors.
I suspect the registries that Neuman represents on the Council are not so much concerned with Trademark+50 itself, more with the way ICANN has forced the issue through over their objections.
The registries, remember, are already nervous as hell about the possibility of ICANN taking unilateral action to amend their contracts in future, and bad decision-making practices now may set bad precedents.
But Neuman has a point about the legalistic way in which the Reconsideration Request was handled. I spotted a fair few examples in the decision of what can only be described as, frankly, lawyer bullshit.
For example, the NCSG used Chehade's letter to Congress as an example of why Trademark+50 should be and was being considered "policy", but the BGC deliberately misses the point in its response, stating:
The NCSG fails to explain, however, is how ICANN policy can be created through a proclamation in a letter to Congress without following ICANN policy development procedures. To be clear, ICANN cannot create policy in this fashion.
Only a lawyer could come up with this kind of pedantic misinterpretation.
The NCSG wasn't arguing that Chehade's letter to Congress created a new policy, it was arguing that he was explaining an existing policy. It was attempting to say "Hey, even Fadi thought this was policy."
Strike two: the NCSG had also pointed to the aforementioned staff determination, since reversed, that Trademark+50 was a policy matter, but the BCG's response was, again, legalistic.
It noted that staff only said Trademark+50 "can" be considered a policy matter (rather than "is", one assumes), again ignoring the full context of the document.
In context, both the Chehade letter and the March staff document make specific reference to the fact that the Implementation Recommendation Team had decided back in 2009 that only strings that exactly match trademarks should be protected. But the BGC does not mention the IRT once in its decision.
Strike three: the BGC response discounted Chehade's request for GNSO "policy guidance" as an "inartful phrase". He wasn't really saying it was a policy matter, apparently. No.
Taken as a whole, the BGC rejection of the Reconsideration Request comes across like it was written by somebody trying to justify a fait accompli, trying to make the rationale fit the decision.
In my view, Trademark+50 is quite a sensible compromise proposal with little serious downside.
I think it will help trademark owners lower their enforcement costs and the impact on registrars, registries and registrants' rights is likely to be minimal.
But the way it's being levered through ICANN — unnecessarily secretive discussions followed by badly explained U-turns — looks dishonest.
It doesn't come across like ICANN is playing fair, no matter how noble its intentions.
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Volker A. Greimann says:
Excellently written article and a good summary of why many in the GNSO council are upset with this decision. Leaving the subject matter of the 50+ aside, the way this determination was made despite all that has gone before shows a deeply rooted problem within ICANN.
Either you have a multi-stakeholder policy making body, or you decide everything within ICANN staff and have it rubber stamped by the board. You cannot have both. And if the policy making body comes out and states it assumes some issue to be policy, then it should be handled as a policy issue, especially if this view is supported at various times from other sources, as you pointed out. ICANN overriding prior determinations as well as its main policy making body shows contempt for the multi-stakeholder model and indicates a direction that many on the GNSO council and within the community do not want ICANN to take. For if ICANN abandons the multi-stakeholder model and becomes a pure top-down accreditation body, what justifies this model?
In recent history, there have been too many issues where ICANN has abandoned community consensus and unilaterally moved ahead with what staff or the board thinks is best or adopting policies that have been publicly rejected by the community. It is therefore high time to put this topic on the agenda to maintain ICANN as a true multi-stakeholder organization.
Volker Greimann
GNSO Councillor
Philip Corwin says:
Good summary of a flawed and labyrinthine process — but can't agree that TM+50 is "quite a sensible compromise". It takes two sides to compromise, but one side got run over in this make-the-rules-up-on-the-fly process.
And it's not TM+50, it's TM+thousands when you add up all the jurisdictions large TM holders are registered in.
Finally, there is no guidance as to whether receipt of the warning and decision to proceed with registration anyway will be regarded as evidence of bad faith registration in any subsequent UDRP or URS. Will the potential registrant be notified as to whether the warning was generated by an exact TM or by a UDRP or court decision on a variation of the TM? If a court decision, what jurisdiction? And if a UDRP, 1 or 3 member panel, and was it appealed, and what was result? Will ICANN be implementing some answers on all of that?
Finally, don't agree that most potential registrants will continue despite warning — I think a sizeable proportion will be spooked and abandon it, even when the name they are seeking may have zero infringement potential depending on its intended use and the gTLD it is sought at. Unsophisticated registrants will not risk TM infringement, or hire a lawyer to analyze their risk in proceeding.
Another albeit minor twist in the saga was my Ombudsman complaint about the secret, invitation-only meetings that developed the IPC/BC proposal was accepted by Fadi as being correct. He declared that – very graciously, I might add – to a meeting of the non-contracted parties house in L.A. in January, and said steps were being taken to prevent such a flawed process happening again.
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If someone has a TM on a reserved name then the moment it gets delegated via auction or whatever way, a Claim Notice will be sent to the company who gets the domain and to the company who has a TM on it.
I can see that scaring potential users.
In addition it opens up Icann and the Registries to lawsuits by all sides. If indeed the TM holder has rights then the name should not be reserved and vice versa. If its allowed to be reserved then no Notice should be sent. Cant have it both ways….
This is important in order to avoid gaming the system putting in TM's on generics..ie on names that the registry want to use in order to promote their extension.
Companies who will get these names from a reserved list by auction etc.. are not aware that very soon after they will be open to UDRP etc.. Yes this might happen in any event, but by sending a Claim Notice to the TM holder after these reserved names are delegated is asking for trouble from everyone. ICANN in effect is waving a red sheet in front of them and saying: " Hey we just gave the name you have a TM on to someone else. You TM holder don't have enough rights to get it at Sunrise period but now you can go after the company that just bought it from us. To the buyer of the name or company it is given to, you are saying; hey we are not looking or your best interest, but looking to make money of o you, and now its your problem…

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After using the Bluetooth link to connect to the Chronograph I thought I'd use it to remotely monitor some temperatures, mainly because my fridge was acting up.
I connected the BT interface to the Arduino (my own version), this is quite easy because you just connect the TX from the Arduino to the RX of the BT interface and the sketch just uses the serial.print command. This means you can test it out on your PC using the serial console in the Arduino IDE.
For testing I just make a small sketch to continuously output two random temperatures.
The sketch outputs two decimal values delimited by the 'A' character, you can use any I suppose.
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My real world transmitter uses low power and only transmits once every minute and sleeps in-between.
The Acrylic case arrived on Saturday for the Chrono using the Nokia 5110 display.
I just wired up the display to an Arduino Mini Pro and put the case together to make sure it all fit together.
The Nokia display is on top, the battery on the bottom with the Arduino Mini Pro in the middle.
No I have to fashion a joystick extension, sort out a power switch, build up the sensor tube and figure out to re-charge the battery with out taking it all apart.
Sketch can be downloaded here.
Sketchup and EPS files for the case are here.
A few people have expressed interest in making a DIY chronograph so I said I'd put together a shopping list.
There are quite a few options for the display type so I try to give the pros and cons at each step.
These are available in 5V 16MHz and 3.3V 8MHz versions, I used the 5V versions @ 16MHz to get the best uSecond resolution, I believe that the 5V versions can be run at 3.7V and still run at 16MHz.
This device needs an external USB to serial adapter to allow programming but, once progr ammed, can be fed from a 7V source via the on-board regulator (RAW input) or a regulated 3.3 to 5V supply on the VCC pin.
I bought mine on Ebay from here for less than £3 but it took 27 days to arrive.
These are the boards I've been using, mainly due to the USB connector for both programming and supplying 5V. I use an Eveready unit that uses 2x AA batteries and steps up the voltage to 5V, I connect this with a standard micro USB lead.
Apart from the on-board USB and the in-circuit programming connector (far right) the specs are the same as the Mini Pro.
These can be bought on Ebay for around £4 from China and around £10 from the UK, they're a little more expensive due to the on-board USB.
This is the top of the range display £7 from China but has the advantages of being colour and also touch screen.
I didn't go very far with this display but I think it would be good in a larger Chronograph that has a large detection curtain.
This is an I2C connected display and can come in yellow, blue, white and red.
This is my choice for my portable sensor.
It's very easy to program and is a similar size the the sensor tube so is a good fit, see this post.
You can only really display one value, I chose FPS because that doesn't require you to input the pellet weight, you can generate a little look up chart for you pellets.
I dug out an old Nolia 5110 phone display that was set into an Arduino UNO shield and added it to the DIY Chronograph family, it works pretty well and has a very good contrast for outside readability and the 5 way switch at the bottom centre allows for a menu system to enter the pellet weight.
I can't get the shields any more but the screen can be bought off Ebay for a couple of quid from China and around £7 from the UK, these displays not on the shield work on 3.3V only so require some level shifting when used with a 5V arduino.
A cheap and cheerful display that can be bought in many webstores an Ebay, they're nearly all the same connection standards and have Arduino Libraries readily available and can come with or without backlighting.
Similar to the 2 line 16 character display just a bit smaller, easier to package and can come with and without backlight, the non backlight versions tend to use an LCD technology that means they're a good contrast and can be good in sunlight.
Fancy using your Android smartphone as the display then this is what you need, available from £5 in China to £15 in the UK.
Be careful, this board comes with and without the back PCB, without it is a bit fiddly to use and works of 3.3V only.
I chose Aluminium tube because I wanted to thread it to fit my 1/2" UNF silencer adapters on my rifle and pistol but you could use any tubing you liked, depending on how you want to fix it.
I bought mine on Ebay from here.
You will need to get it cut to length and threaded if you want to do as I did.
I have quite a few version of the various sketches so if you would like a particular version just request it in the comments and I sort out a link.
Yes, I finally got a Bluetooth serial adapter to connect to my Arduinos.
I bought it off Ebay for £5, just search for HC-06 Bluetooth adapter but be aware that it comes with and without the mounting PCB. The one in the picture comes with the back PCB which handles the level shifting from 5 to 3.3V as the transceiver itself is 3.3V not 5V and the connections are a bit small and difficult to solder to.
The connections are 5V, GND, TX and RX, the baud rate comes set to 9600 but can be changed using a terminal console and AT commands also the name and pass code can be changed, the default pass code is 1234.
I've did attach the transceiver to the sensor tube (as seen in part6) for a quick trial with the pistol and it worked fine.
First you power up the transceiver and pair it to your phone, the same way you would any other device then enter the data: pellet weight, the distance between the sensors, pellet name and then press calculate.
Once the calculations have been done and stored you can press the top right button to select the paired device, it shows up as "invor" or similar, if you've not renamed it, I renamed mine "Chrono1"
Once selected press the top left button to connect, when connected the shot data should appear in the Shot, FPS and FPE boxes with the average and max. data showing below.
If you tick the speech box then the FPE value will be spoken out loud to you by your phone, the quality of this function may vary between phones.
Also, I'm not an App developer, this is my first App therefore there could be other issues like screen resolution etc. I wrote this for my Galaxy S4 and haven't tried it on any other phones so I'm interested in any feedback.
1st Feb 2016 - Link to the AI2 aia file here and the APK file here.
I intend to add other features in the future like multiple speech options and logging shot data to memory etc. it depends how popular it is.


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Disney wanted to create a digital OOH experience that would bring to life the essence of the 'Show Your Disney Side' campaign in a fun and unexpected manner. Final deliverable is a social video from the activation that will encourage viewers to share via social media.
We developed an augmented reality experience that allowed us to cast a 'Disney Shadow' on unsuspecting shoppers that walked by our faux storefront. The Disney 'shadows' mimicked and interacted with participants live through a multi-projection system from our studio built behind the facade. Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Anna, Elsa, Olaf, and other Disney characters were revealed to the public at the end of the event to whoops and hollers from the adoring crowd. The event was produced in order to capture real people interacting and enjoying the brand experience and we turned that into a social film.
The Disney Side Shadows video has been viewed over 300 million times and shared over 5.9 million times around the world; out-performing against every benchmark Disney Parks had for social videos. A study by Unruly revealed Shadows as the 2nd most shared ad of 2015.
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Avant Garde – Who Are The Antwerp Six Top Designers?
Posted by Gracie Opulanza | Sep 9, 2021 | Collections
The Antwerp Six is a group of influential avant-garde fashion designers that graduated from Antwerp's Royal Academy of Fine Arts in the eighties. At the academy, they were taught by Linda Loppa. The fashion collective presented a distinct radical vision for fashion during the 1980s that established Antwerp as a notable location for fashion design. The breakthrough occurred in 1988 as the group rented a truck and set out for the London fashion fair with their collections and have put this city on the fashion map ever since.
As the fashion weeks kick back in for 2021. It will be interesting to see who has survived this pandemic regarding fashion?
After that, they all went their separate ways and became famous individually with their own very distinct style and trademarks. Having done all of this they set an example for their continuators (such as Raf Simons, Veronique Branquinho, Kaat Tilley etc.) at the Flemish academies, and they set the – very solid – fundaments for the further growth of fashion in Antwerp.
Since 2002 Antwerp has an actual, literal fashion centre: The Mode Natie (or fashion nation). In this exceptional building in the heart of the city, right next to Van Noten's 'Fashion Paradise' their is a fashion school, a fashion museum and the Flanders Fashion Institute and recently also the biggest boutique of the Japanese designer Yohji Yamamoto.
These designers are well known, so I am intrigued to see what collections are being targeted for this season?
Dirk Van Saene
Ann Demeulemeester (1959, Waregem, Belgium) graduated from Belgium's prestigious Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp in 1981. Soon after, she stormed the runways as part of the avant-garde "Antwerp Six," and brought an arty moodiness to fashion. She currently lives in a Corbusier-designed home in Antwerp.
Demeulemeester launched her line in 1985 and soon it became known as an experimental—yet wearable—line. She has consistently attracted clients who like a little artiness in their wardrobes. The designer mixes and matches different fabrics and then slashes, rips, and tears them, often in a moody palette of brown, grey, and black. But she has been known to tap into cheerful femininity from time to time as well.
But Demeulemeester's signature is a slouchy masculine look that references her long-time muse, Patti Smith. The singer has sometimes created special spoken-word poetry for Demeulemeester's runway soundtracks. Patti Smith's lyrics, from the other side, had often an influence on the prints as well. Currently, she is working on a clothing line inspired by Jackson Pollock. Ann Demeulemeester has also worked with the artist Jim Dine.
Walter Van Beirendonck (Brecht, 4 February 1957) is a Flemish fashion designer. He graduated in 1980 from the Royal Arts Academy in Antwerp. His breakthrough was the British Designer Show in London in 1987 as part of the Antwerp Six.
Since 1983, he has his own collections under the label Walter Van Beirendonck. Walter has been inspired for his designs by art, music and literature, all mixed with ethnic nature influences. His unusual colour combinations, innovating cuts and a strong graphic influence are characteristic for his collections. His continuous statements about the fashion world, earth, nature, contemporary life and society are collected in prints and slogans.
Walter Van Beirendonck is considered to be one of the main trendsetters in men's fashion by the professional press. In 1997, he designed the costumes for the U2 ´Pop Mart Tour.´ In 1999; he was awarded the honorary title of "Cultural Ambassador of Flanders". In 2001, he was the curator for the exhibition Mode 2001 Landed-Geland in Antwerp. Since recently he is also the Artistic Director for Scapa Sports. He has also a children's collection, called ZULUPAPUWA, for JBC (a Belgian fashion chain of shops). As you can notice, every collection carries a well-defined name.
Walter Van Beirendonck works besides the collections, regularly on projects: designing costumes for theatre, ballet and film, curating expositions, designing objects, think-thank for commercial projects and products, image-making for pop-groups, illustrating books, designing commercial collections…
Dirk Van Saene, born in 1959, studied at the Academy in Antwerp. After he graduated he opened his own store; Beauties and Heroes where he sold his creations. With his fellow Antwerp designers (the Antwerp six) he went to London for a fashion show and this is when his success started. In 1990 Van Saene organised his first big show in Paris.
Van Saene is known for his imagination, he loves to trick and amaze his audience. He is compared to other designers not willing to follow the trends. He loves originality and buying his work, people can be sure of getting something original. This is shown in his work, one design can be chic and couture while another can be deconstructive. Van Saene also won some prices, even early in his career. In 1983 he won the 'Gouden Spoel' price in Belgium.
Dries Van Noten, born in Belgium in 1958 started his career after graduating in 1980 from the Antwerp Fashion Academy. Before going onto producing his own collection, Van Noten freelanced for some years. In 1986 he had his breakthrough with the presentation of his menswear in London, this year he also joined together with 5 other Antwerp designers, they are known as the Antwerp six. After this success, he opened his own boutique in Antwerp with his women and men's collections. Three years later he gave up his little boutique and moved his store to a five-storey department store. Because of his major success Van Noten started opening stores all over the world; Paris, Milan, Tokyo, Hong Kong.
His designs are known for their informal mix of western and eastern or folkloric fabrics. Van Noten always had a passion for fabric; this is why he makes his clothes by hand. If you by a Van Noten piece you can be certain it is authentic. This famous designer gets his inspiration of his city, Antwerp where he lives and works. He states: "One of the big luxuries of being in Antwerp is that I can easily walk in the city. In Paris and New York, I am more recognized." Watching people on the streets he says is his biggest stimulation.
Van Noten, who at the milestone of 50, won the award of International Designer of the year 2008 from the Council of Fashion Designers of America.
Dirk Bikkembergs was born in Cologne, Germany in 1959 where his Flemish father was stationed. Originally Bikkembergs was interested to attend law school because he found lawyers "so chic", although he chose to study at the Royal Academy. He graduated in 1982 and his career flew off in the year of 1986 when the 6 headed for London and became 'The Six". But before going to London he had already won the 'Canette d'Or' award for Best Young Designer in Fashion, which allowed him to create his own men's shoes collection.
Inspired by his youth, many of his lines reflect military basics on a deeper level, combined with the tough fabrics that he often uses. Interestingly enough his first women's collection was, apart from the size, identical to his menswear. Being a very dynamic designer, he is rarely seen in one place for more than a week, travelling from one fashion metropolitan to the next.
"I am married to fashion and will remain faithful."
He became very popular amongst youngsters when he launched his 'Bikkembergs Sport' fashion line, including the t-shirt with the famous footballer which led to designing for the football team 'Inter Milan'. Thanks to his "sport-couture" he is the first designer who received permission to do a show in the FC Barcelona stadium 'Nou Camp'.
Marina Yee was born in 1958 in Antwerp, Belgium. After taking a course at the Institute of Fine Arts St-Lukas in Hasselt she started her 'fashion' education in 1978 at the Royal Academy in Antwerp. She graduated in 1981 and when she went to London in 1986 with her collection she proved herself one of the notorious six.
Her professional carrier varies from leather collections for men and women (with Dirk Bikkembergs), to prize-winning individual collections to theatre costumes. In 2003 she started her own workshop in the centre of Antwerp. Her work reflects spirituality, respect and design. A very typical element that characterizes her collections is that she often commemorates and reconstructs old clothes (from flea markets and such) as an answer to fashion and her never-ending consumer-attitude.
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GUWAHATI: In a first, the railways has started producing bricks out of waste soil in a manufacturing unit in Manipur as part of its ambitious project to provide Imphal rail connectivity. The railways, whose primary mandate is to run trains, has taken up manufacturing work of this nature at a project site to curb pollution and cut costs. 3,500 bricks would be produced every eight hours as part of the process. The Northeast Frontier Railway with the help of NIT Silchar is turning the excess excavated soil into bricks that are being used for protective works of bridges, pitching of slopes, steps for going down along the embankment and lining of drains.
"The construction of the railway alignment through the hilly terrain entails excavation of huge quantities of earth (soil). The excess excavated soil is generally dumped into low-lying areas which eventually flows into the streams and then the rivers causing high water pollution. "In an underdeveloped state like Manipur, many villagers consume water directly from the streams, jeopardising their health. Hence, we felt the imminent need to control this malady by minimising the dumping of soil into water bodies," said A Saibaba, Chief Engineer, Construction, NFR who is in charge of the Jiribam-Imphal line.
The 111 km line to be completed by 2020, has 47 tunnels covering a distance of 63.2 km and 131 bridges. Usually conventional bricks are purchased from factories and transported to the site which in this case becomes extremely costly due to the transportation along the hilly roads, officials said. NIT Silchar which conducted experiments in their lab, finally came up with a successful formula of converting this unused soil into blocks.
"As per their studies, the mixture of the local soil with small quantities of cement and other locally available ingredients when subject to high pressure yields blocks of sufficient strength and durability. "An all-weather semi-mechanized factory has been set up at the Jiribam-Imphal section and manufacture of the soil to cement bricks has already begun and we are producing 3,500 bricks per shift of eight hours," said Saibaba.


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Generosity takes forefront at Dania's LeBatard tourney
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Michael Pons felt generous. The 26-year-old Miami native had a big advantage over the remaining eight players at the final table of the Dan LeBatard 790 The Ticket Hold'em Tournament Sept. 17 at Dania Jai-Alai. After all, he had not only survived the "all-ins" of the other 315 players, but was the chipleader with more than 200,000 units at close to midnight. There had been a total of 316 avid hold'em players enjoying the party atmosphere of this popular tournament, getting to mix with the station personalities, and the lure of more than $12,000 in prize money.
At the final table, players started talking "chop" (splitting up the prize money) and Pons, looking down at his huge stack said, "Let's do it." Pons could've collected more than $4,500 had he played it out and won. But, because of the decision to carve it up, he and the second-place finisher took a little larger share of the winnings, $1,460 each, while the other six players collected $1,265. "I had a great time, I don't get to play in many tournaments, but this was really a lot of fun," said the champion who also received a crystal trophy from LeBatard.


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SnagFilms is a website that offers free films and documentaries that you can download and stream. It offers both popular and obscure titles. The site also features documentaries and National Geographic programs. The content is curated so that filmmakers can earn money through DVD sales. Its simple and user-friendly interface makes it easy to use and find your favorite movies. You can also browse its extensive library to find a movie you're interested in.
The founder of SnagFilms, Ted Leonsis, originally conceived the idea while working for AOL. He developed a website called True Stories, which focused on strictly documentaries, and another website called Thundershorts. In addition to creating its own website, Snag Films used to own Indie Wire, a website for independent movies. However, it was the latter that brought the company the name.
SnagFilms lets you download movies in HD, 720p, and 1080p quality. Users don't need to install any software on their computers to watch movies they've downloaded from SnagFilms. You can also stream movies on the site, if the file size is smaller than the download size. The quality of the movie also varies, depending on what you're looking for.
Snag Films offers a variety of film genres and categories. You can find classics, foreign films, anime, biographies, and comedy specials. In addition to these genres, you can also browse films that focus on social issues and politics. Moreover, the website doesn't categorize content based on popularity alone; it recommends movies based on a user's interests and tastes.
SnagFilms has acquired a film called Don't Ask Don't Tell, which focuses on the impact of the Don't Ask Don't Tell policy on 18 real-life characters. Produced by an independent studio, the film will be distributed through the SnagFilms online network and by Rogers Media. The Washington Post both wrote articles about SnagFilms.
SnagFilms' new website is easier to navigate than ever. It is free and contains the latest movies and TV shows. You can watch all your favorite movies and TV shows from a single website, and you won't be disappointed. There are more than 5,000 movies, TV show episodes, and TV shows to watch. There are even anime, which are fun to watch! One of the best alternatives to SnagFilms is 5Movies, which is another popular free movie streaming website. It offers cartoons and animations as well as a wide range of Asian dramas.
There are a few things to remember when visiting SnagFilms online. You need to be aware of geo-blocking issues and ensure that you have an unblockable IP address. Then, make sure you check the SnagFilms website for updates. Otherwise, you might have a hard time accessing the site. However, you can try Unlocator VPN to bypass geographic restrictions and enjoy your free movies.
In addition to using SnagFilms, 7th Art Releasing is distributing films online. The company has more than 4,000 films available for download, and Epstein told us that his first revenue checks will be cut shortly. The company has even started receiving requests for DVDs after the film's online release. Ultimately, the online distribution of films is a lucrative source of income for independent filmmakers. Of course, filmmakers need to be very selective in choosing the right online portal for their product. But with heavy marketing of select clips and DVD sales, filmmakers can create a thriving business.
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Dorsa Lister is a wrinkle ridge system at  on the Moon, in southern Mare Serenitatis. It is 180 km in diameter and was named after English naturalist and physician Martin Lister in 1976.

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Garden Way Publishing Company Records
The Garden Way Publishing Company Collection consists of twenty cartons of material dealing with all aspects of the Garden Way Publishing operation in Charlotte, Vermont. However, while the subject content of the collection is broad, the range of dates narrows the focus, spanning only one decade 1970-1980. Thus the collection contains a little material on a variety of subjects. For the sake of simplicity and clarity, the collection is arranged alphabetically by subject, and then chronologically within each subject series. A "Table of Contents" quickly identifies all subject area included in the collection.
Some of these subject series are comprised of only one folder, while others fill several cartons. The "Catalog" series, for example, is fairly extensive (2.5 cartons), as it contains material concerning Garden Way Publishing's annual Book Catalog. The bulk of this material consists of orders to and invoices from other publishers whose books were advertised in the Garden Way Publishing Book Catalog.
A little more than one carton full, "Daily Sheets" is also an important series, as it contains records of the daily financial transactions of books sold at Garden Way Publishing for the entire year of 1977.
"Marketing," "Production," and "Sales" are all substantial and essential series, containing material pertaining to these various stages in the publishing process.
"Personnel" is also an extended series, consisting largely of correspondence to and from a variety of Garden Way Publishing staff members and freelance editors, publicists, and consultants. Figuring prominently in this series are: Jack Williamson, Publisher; Roger Griffith, Senior Editor; Walter Hard Jr., Editor; and Dick Raymond, Consultant. In addition, this series includes some files on staff members from other Garden Way affiliates, particularly from Garden Way Associates in Norwalk, Connecticut. Some important names which appear from this division include: Paul Sampson, Chairman of Garden Way Associates; Bill Prophet, Executive Vice President; Jess Clarke, Vice President, Marketing; John Davies, Vice President, Public Relations; and from Garden Way Manufacturing in Troy, NY, Ed Scofield, Vice President, Mail Order Marketing.
The largest series in the collection is the "Garden Way Titles" series which makes up almost half of the collection. This series consists of material relating to a number of books published by Garden Way Publishing in the 1970's. This material includes correspondence with authors, background research, typescripts, galleys, production mechanicals, promotion materials, and reviews. A list of the titles included in the series precedes the Shelf List.
Carton number twenty of the collection contains a number of Accounting Source Documents, such as check stub books, and bank deposit records. These documents provide additional financial information for the years 1971-1975, thereby supplementing the "Accounting" series.
The final item in the collection is an oversized folder, containing ad layouts. This material can be considered as part of the "Marketing" series.
Clarke, Jess (Person)
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Collection does not circulate.
1940's - Ed and Carolyn Robinson write The Have-more Plan. It is published by Norton Publishing, and distributed by The Country Bookstore.
1960 - Dick Denholtz joins Norton Publishing as Advertising Manager
1966 - Lyman Wood serves as consultant to Watco Machine Products, Troy, NY
1967 - PMA purchases a 62% interest in Watco
1967 - Dean Leith Jr. joins the Troy operation, is made an equal partner in PMA and Watco
1968 - Watco becomes Garden Way Manufacturing
1970 - Garden Way Research established.
1971 - Gardens For All established.
1973 - Garden Way Living Center opened in Burlington, Vermont.
1976 - Garden Way Country Kitchen Catalog established.
1976 - Precision Marketing Associates, Inc. becomes Garden Way Associates, Inc.
1978 - All Garden Way companies combine under the name Garden Way, Inc.
1982 - Corporate coup in Charlotte. Wood ousted, new Board of Directors formed. Corporate Headquarters moved to Troy, New York.
In the early forties, during World War II, a couple by the name of Ed and Carolyn Robinson grew tired of the frantic scramble of urban life. They bought some land in Connecticut, and moved to the country. Lyman P. Wood, a friend of the Robinson's shared their interest is self-sufficient living. He suggested that many unhappy urbanites would also be interested in the Robinson's rural experiences. As a result, Ed and Carol wrote their book: The Have-more Plan - A Little Land, A Lot of Living.
This title was published by the Norton Publishing Co., of Darien, CT, a company owned by Wood and two partners, Wally Boren and C. Eric Lunderg. To market the book, Wood, Robinson, and a third man, John Keane, set up the Country Bookstore a mail-order house featuring self-sufficiency books and pamphlets. Wood had been accurate in his assessment of the book's marketing potential, as public response was instantaneous and favorable.
Wood moved to Charlotte, VT, in 1951, but he continued to direct his business in Connecticut. In 1960, Dick Denholtz was hired as Advertising Manager of the Noroton Publishing Co. In 1966, Noroton formed an in-house advertising agency, called Precision Marketing Associates, Inc. (PMA). Wood, Denholtz, Keane, and Lundberg became equal partners and corporate officers in this new company.
The Garden Way Publishing Co. was also formed in 1966, in Charlotte, by the same four partners. The "Garden Way" name was coined when this venture published its first title: The Garden Way to Health, Happiness, and Profit, by John Gourlie. Today there are several hundred titles in the Garden Way line, all promoting the Garden Way philosophy of natural self-sufficiency. In the early years, the Garden Way Publishing's annual Book Catalog advertised its own titles as well as titles put out by other publishers, providing that these "outside" titles dealt with suitable Garden Way subjects, and were in Garden Way's estimation, the "best" books on the subjects in question. Around 1975, Garden Way Publishing began carrying only its own titles in the Catalog, which is now issued twice a year.
In addition to pursuing his publishing interests in the 1960's, Wood also served as a consultant to Watco Machine Products of Troy, N.Y, manufacturers of garden tillers. Wood knew that that company was in financial trouble. He became interested in the possibility of Precision Marketing Associates, Inc. gaining control of Watco, and attempting to market the tillers through the mail. The partners at Precision Marketing Associates, Inc. were initially unenthusiastic about this proposition, but Wood provided each of them with a 10,000 bonus from Noroton Publishing, which enabled Precision Marketing Associates, Inc., as a team, to purchase a 62% controlling interest in Watco.
Shortly after this transaction, Dean Leith Jr. joined the team, moving from Connecticut to Troy, in order to help revitalize Watco. In return for his commitment and enthusiasm, the four original members made Leith an equal partner in both Precision Marketing Associates, Inc. and Watco.
These five men were joined by three other shareholders, as a result of the Watco acquisition. They were: George Done, inventor of the "rear-end" Troy-Bilt tiller; Carl Grimm, who owns most of the real estate on which Watco was located; and Pete Maraj, manager and foreman of the plant.
These partners formed a number of Garden Way companies over the years. In 1968, Watco became Garden Way Manufacturing, and Precision Marketing Associates, Inc. was changed to Garden Way Associates, Inc. in 1976.
In the early 1970's, Garden Way Research was established in Charlotte, where it manufactures the famous two-wheeled garden carts, cider presses, loading ramps, and work benches.
Garden Way Living Center, a retail and service outlet, which opened in Burlington, VT in 1973 sells Garden Way and other products for home and garden use. Garden Way has similar retail outlets in several other cities, including Atlanta and Seattle. The most recent Living Center was opened in April of 1982, in Sacramento, California.
Gardens for All, (established in 1971), which operates out of Shelburne, VT, is a non-profit educational foundation that Garden Way helped found in order to promulgate community gardening throughout the United States.
The Garden Way Country Kitchen Catalog, situated in Charlotte, began business in 1976. It is a catalog operation which sells hard-to-find quality kitchen tools, primarily centered around food-preserving items.
In 1978, these various Garden Way companies were combined under the name of Garden Way, Inc., each affiliate becoming a division of the parent company. Wood retained actual day-to-day control of operations, particularly in marketing.
On January 28, 1982, this control was wrested from Wood's grasp, when he and more than 20 top Garden Way, Inc. employees in Vermont were ousted from their jobs in a corporate coup that moved control of the company from Wood and the Vermont officers to a generally Troy-orientated list of employees.
Sources: Gillmor, Dan. "Lightning Shakeup at Garden Way a Bitter Coup." Barre Times-Argus, Four-part series of articles, February 21, 22, 23, 24, 1982
Hicks, John. "Garden Way Inc.... Its History, Progress, Techniques," Direct Marketing Magazine, November, 1978. p. 74-106
Please note: Both of these sources can be found, in their entirety, in the "Inventory" folder of this collection, (carton 1, folder 1).
28.0 Linear feet (28 cartons, 1 oversize folder)
Garden Way Publishing existed primarily as a mail-order publishing house specializing in books on self-sufficiency and natural alternatives. Collection includes correspondence, typescripts, galleys, production notes, production mechanicals, reviews, art work, and photos, relating to titles published by the company; together with material relating to accounting, title selection, production, sales, and marketing, Gardens for All, and the Garden Way Living Center, Burlington, Vt.; and correspondence between employees of Garden Way Publishing Company, Garden Way Manufacturing, and Garden Way Associates, the parent company.
Library Research Annex; contact uvmsc@uvm.edu for access.
Agriculture--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Country life--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Manuscripts for publication
Nearing, Helen
Nearing, Scott, 1883-1983
Publishers and publishing
Raymond, Dick
Stetson, Frederick E., 1943
Wells, Joan
Davies, John (Person)
Garden Way Publishing Company. Jack Williamson, Publisher. (Organization)
Griffiths, Roger (Person)
Prophet, Bill (Person)
Sampson, Paul (Person)
Scofield, Ed (Person)
Guide to the Garden Way Publishing Company Records
Finding aid prepared by Mary Gelinas
[Identification of item] Garden Way Publishing Company Records, Special Collections, University of Vermont Library. http://scfindingaids.uvm.edu//repositories/2/resources/1108 Accessed July 16, 2019.


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George Dupau was a prolific athlete in his years at Osnabruck District High School. He excelled in a host of high school sports, particularly basketball, and was a member of teams that won 2 EOSSA "B" championships. He was Jr. Boys MVP in 1960, and Sr. Boys MVP in 1962 on a team that went undefeated. At the same time, he was coaching the girl's basketball team to the school's first-ever girls basketball championship.
During high school and after, he was considered to be one of the area's finest fastball players. He played on a team that won the All-Ontario Jr. B Championship in 1959. From high school through to 1974, he was voted an All-Star in each league he played in - the Dundas League and the North End Fastball League. He played on 5 North End League championship teams, and twice played on teams that claimed the Kemptville Sr. A Fastball Tournament. He also played a couple of seasons for Interprovincial Paving in the Hull Sr. A Commercial League.


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John Marston mentions the other cinemas in the local area
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 17th February 2012 by Liam Physick
John Marston mentions two other local cinemas, besides the Tunnel Road. He refers to the Picture Playhouse on Smithdown Road, which was in a better condition than the Tunny, and was later turned into a bingo place, and later still the Dallas nightclub. He then mentions the Cameo cinema, on the corner of Bird Street and Webster Road, and the infamous double murder that occurred there, but makes several errors in talking about the case. He says the murder occurred in the 1950s: it was in fact in 1949, and, though aware that there was a second victim besides the manager, is unaware that this second victim was the assistant manager. He also states that both the (wrongly) accused, George Kelly and Charles Connolly, were hanged: in fact, while Kelly was indeed hanged, Connolly escaped the death penalty by pleading guilty to robbery and conspiracy to rob after Kelly's conviction. John mentions that he himself never entered the Cameo, perhaps because of its sinister reputation, but once he and Jean went on a mystery tour, when they were surprised to discover that the Cameo had been demolished! Next, he, Brenda and Jean mention the films they saw in the Tunny, and the different film ratings system then
Interviewee: John Marston
Interviewee Gender: Male
Date of Interview: 2nd September 2011
John: That was that picture house, there was another picture house where we lived on Smithdown Road called the Picture Playhouse, now that was better cinema, there was no . . .
Jean: Yeah, they were dead posh.
John: That was posh . . .
Brenda: Oh, yeah.
John: . . . for us, and then, there was loads of other picture houses in the area, you know, I mean, but we were, we were so near town, that all the picture houses in town, I mean, I was saying to Brenda the other week, we never walked into town, you could, you can literally walk into town from here . . .
Jean: I know, yeah
Jodie: From here.
John: . . . I reckon I can do. . .
Jean: 10, 15 minutes.
John: . . . 10, 15 minutes? I can't once recall walking into town . . .
Jean: No.
John: . . . we always got the bus. This in an inner-city area, you know, we never, we never walked into town, did we, we always got the bus?
Brenda: No, but with that cinema, turned into a nightclub, didn't it?
John: Oh, yes, sorry, later on, it was turned in, it went to a bingo, didn't it . . .
Brenda: Yeah.
John: . . . first, it went from a cinema to a bingo, then in the 80s, late 70s, 80s, it was turned into a nightclub called the Dallas nightclub (Jodie laughs), and apparently it was quite popular, I've got a, I have to bring it in . . .
Jodie: Oh, yeah, definitely bring it in.
John: . . . I've got a picture of it, I'll bring it in for you, it's a picture of, I've actually put it on Facebook, actually, there's a site on Facebook called the Liverpool History Society, someone's started something up about local Liverpool history, so I put that picture on, and it's just as it was in the 80s, before it was demolished.
Jean: What was the cinema . . .
John: That was a, that was another big part of our lives, that picture house.
Brenda: Yeah, that . . .
Jean: What was the one that, the cinema, the, the Cameo was where the murder was?
John: Oh, yeah, there was another one further down, oh yeah, the . . .
Jean: Yeah, yeah, big murder
John: There's a one called, it was a, it was a church that had been made into a cinema and that was, there was a famous murder there in the 50s, the manager. . .
Jodie: Oh, right!
John: . . . the manager was, was murdered. It's famous, very famous . . .
Jean: Very famous, yeah.
John: . . . it's . . .
Jean: Kelly, wasn't it Kelly, Kelly killed, yeah
John: . . . it's a big story, Kelly, yeah, a guy, name's Kelly, yeah, and, apparently a bit of an injustice going on, because years later, they found that he, he might have . . . they, they both were, hanged, actually, you know, because we had capital punishment in them days.
Jodie: Oh!
John: And I think there's a miscarriage of justice over that one . . .
Brenda: Yeah (indecipherable).
John: . . . people think that he was wrongly, it was the wrong person that they got, but two, the manager and someone else was shot dead, they were after the takings, the cinema takings for the night and that, the Cameo was one I never, ever went into.
Jean: No, no.
Brenda: No, I think that shook, didn't it?
John: Yeah, but all it was was a church that had been turned . . .
Jean: Yeah.
John: . . . into a cinema.
Jean: But didn't we go on, on a mystery tour, went on a mystery tour . . .
John: Ah, yeah.
Jean: . . . and he was taking us there to the Cameo murders, to this picture house, and we went down the street, and went, "It's gone!" (laughter all round)
John: Bird Street, yeah, Webster Road.
Jean: We didn't even know it had gone, did we?
Jodie: Aw!
John: But, the Tunny, as we call it, the Tunny, we call it the Tunny . . .
Unknown man: Yeah.
John: . . . never called it the Avenue would be – or the Bughouse!
Jean: Bughouse, yeah.
Jodie: Bughouse.
Brenda: There were good films, cos they used to have The Marx Brothers on, as well, didn't they?
John: They did have . . .
Brenda: The Three Stooges, I just . . .
John: They would get, like, the second or third run films after they'd been in town . . .
John: . . . so they would get the films that, if they were on town one week, they would get them about four or five weeks later.
John: I mean, I remember sitting through, like, stuff like Mary Poppins, and stuff like that (Jodie laughs) in there and, you know, some of the Disney movies they used to show, you know, Peter Pan . . .
Jean: I always remember Cowboys and Indians, yeah.
Brenda: Yeah, when I looked for Cowboys and Indians . . .
Jean: Cowboys and Indians
John: Cowboys, a lot of horror films, got these, yeah, cos they used to have different cinema certificates in them days, they used to have what you call U, A and X: a U was Universal, for everyone, you know, and anyone could get in, but, similar to now; then you had an A, I think you had to be over, like, 14 or 15; then the Xs where you have to be over 18, but you could always get in, you know what I mean, I mean, they used to look the other way and just let you in, like, you know what I mean (they all laugh), easier not to say anything, but yeah, but that played a big part in our lives, that cinema, it really did.
Brenda: Yeah, every Saturday afternoon, wasn't it?
Jodie: Yeah, I didn't know that, that there used to be a cinema there, so thanks a lot, yeah.
John: I'll bring the picture in for you.
Jean: Yeah, in fact, and that's right, you know, cos it's a funny shape. I think it's trying to make the shape of the old cinema.
Jodie: Probably is, yeah, inspired by that.
Tagged under: demolition, cinemas, tunnel road picture house, smithdown road, webster road, cameo murder case, cameo cinema, bird street, dallas nightclub, picture playhouse
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Investors Urge More Companies to Go on Low Carb(on) Diet
More shareholders are taking their demands for better governance on climate change straight to the boardroom, particularly in the oil and gas industry.
When it comes to corporate behavior and climate change, shareholders are increasingly taking matters into their own hands, demanding better governance from boardrooms and tying executive pay to climate metrics. It represents a pivot for active investors, and a change in how boards respond to growing calls for companies to be more proactive about climate-related risks.
Better climate-related governance can be a positive for investors in the oil and gas industry, which is highly exposed to environmental risks.
In a recent report, "Signs of a Low-Carbon Future in Oil & Gas Corporate Governance," Morgan Stanley's global Sustainability investment team examines the shift toward carbon-focused corporate governance, particularly for the oil and gas industry. Amid growing awareness and acceptance of climate-related risks to business and operations worldwide, active shareholders have been filing more shareholder resolutions, essentially arguing that environmental and corporate stewardship are entwined.
This represents a key turn by active shareholders, many of whom were previously focused on divestment. Now, "investors are seeking to make changes, instead of walking away," says Morgan Stanley Sustainability Analyst Eva Zlotnicka, adding: "We see value in such engagement efforts."
To analyze the relationship between climate-related activity and corporate governance, the analysts looked at shareholder proposals and executive compensation for 29 of the largest U.S., Canadian and European oil and gas companies covered by Morgan Stanley. (For specifics by company, ask your Morgan Stanley representative for the full report.)
Putting Climate on the Boardroom Agenda
In 2016, investors filed a record 175 climate-related resolutions with U.S. companies, of which 35% were for oil and gas entities, according to advocacy group Ceres. Most of the resolutions ask for better disclosure, as well as accountability, vis-à-vis executive compensation. Approximately 150 such resolutions have been filed so far in 2017, with 23% of those directed at oil and gas companies; 2018 will likely to be another busy year.
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Better climate-related governance can be a positive for investors in the oil and gas industry, which is highly exposed to environmental risks—from extreme weather events that disrupt operations broadly, to worsening regional climate conditions that can affect social or political stability. "Without appropriate governance, environmental and social risks become more of a vulnerability, and environmental and social opportunities become less attainable," says Zlotnicka.
Climate-related shareholder proposals generally fall into these three categories:
Reporting and disclosure proposals that aim to give investors better information to assess the climate risk of the company or environmental performance. In North America, for example, most climate-related proposals have focused on better transparency.
Goals and policy proposals that focus on goal-setting, targets, and policies or specific actions to improve environmental performance or climate exposure. In Europe, where reporting is already prevalent, shareholders are now pushing companies to turn their attention to goals and policies.
Board and compensation proposals that seek a higher level of climate-change expertise or accountability on the board and management teams through compensation metrics. Companies unwilling to comply are more likely to face the ire of shareholders who stand ready to deploy governance mechanisms, such as withholding say-on-pay approvals.
Executive Pay Goes Green
Relative to others, the energy sector is a leader when it comes to linking executive compensation to environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, says Zlotnicka. Of the 19 oil and gas companies that Morgan Stanley analyzed, with an eye toward executive compensation and climate, 14 included incentives tied to environmental reporting and practices.
Yet, the addition of shareholder approval to this equation may signal to investors that boards now recognize the growing risks from climate uncertainty and the innovation needed to sustain their companies, particularly in a low carbon future, Zlotnicka says, adding: "Pay package approval votes could continue to drop for those companies that do not address these issues."
To be sure, regional differences can be quite sharp. For example, U.S. companies' environmental incentives tend to focus on shorter-term metrics, while in Europe, 3-of-9 top companies analyzed by Morgan Stanley have linked environmental performance to long-term pay. "Given the cumulative and long-term nature of environmental risks, such as climate change, this is more in line with where we think it belongs in executive pay packages," says Zlotnicka.
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New Sedition Caucus PAC Targets Vulnerable Republicans
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Our priority is to ensure voters fire members of the sedition caucus at the polls in 2022. Republican seditionists and QAnon members of Congress cannot hide from their attempt to destroy our democracy.
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On the first day of Trump's impeachment trial in the Senate, the Sedition Caucus PAC announced its launch with a TV series-style ad campaign to remind voters that Republican Congressman Mike Garcia (CA-25) enabled an insurrection and voted to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
The five-figure digital ad buy against Garcia is the first in a TV series-style ad campaign titled "The Seditionists." Each episode/ad will follow congressional seditionists as they vote and take positions against constituent priorities from now until November 2022. Other targeted districts will include PA-10, TX-10, NC-08, and TX-24.
Click here to view the first episode of "The Seditionists" in CA-25.
Joe Jacobson, the founder of the Sedition Caucus PAC and its affiliate the Progress Action Fund, said, "Our priority is to ensure voters fire members of the sedition caucus at the polls in 2022. Republican seditionists and QAnon members of Congress cannot hide from their attempt to destroy our democracy. We're watching every vote they take and every statement they make."
Garcia is the Sedition Caucus PAC's first target. CA-25 was flipped by Congresswoman Katie Hill in 2018 by a nine-point margin, and in 2020, Garcia only won by 0.1 points (333 votes) despite his campaign and Republican groups outspending his opponent and Democratic groups by over $5 million.
The Seditionists will feature:
Scott Perry in PA-10, who introduced Trump to Department of Justice officials who were eager to support the former president to overturn the 2020 election by firing the Acting Attorney General. Perry won by only 2.6 points in 2018 and by 6.6 points in 2020.
Rich Hudson in NC-08, the secretary of the House Republican Conference, a climate change denier, and a proponent of birtherism, saying "there's no question President Obama is hiding something on his citizenship." Hudson won by only 6.6. points in 2020.
Beth Van Duyne in TX-24, who thought Sharia law existed in Texas and was featured on the Southern Poverty Law Center's Hatewatch blog. Biden won TX-24 by 5 points while Van Duyne won by only 1.3 points.
Mike McCaul in TX-10, a district that Beto O'Rourke won by .2 points in 2018 and Biden lost by 1.7 in 2020. McCaul won by only 4.3 points in 2018 and by 7.2 in 2020. We put McCaul in the same category as commonly known sedition caucus member Ron Johnson, who didn't vote to overturn the election results on January 6, but whose actions before January 6th enabled the insurrection. What makes McCaul unique is that, instead of putting to rest conspiracy theories about the election being stolen from Trump, McCaul announced an initiative right before the attack on Jan. 5 to "combat voter fraud and protect legitimate votes" because the 2020 election was mired in controversy and accusations of voter fraud. The initiative is a partnership between McCaul and the Texas Public Policy Foundation, which strongly supported Attorney General Ken Paxton's lawsuit to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
The Sedition Caucus PAC is a project of the Progress Action Fund (PAF), which holds Republicans accountable in swing districts across the country. PAF is best known for its viral ad exposing Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue for investing in body bags during the 2020 election.
To learn more, visit http://www.TheSeditionCaucus.com and http://www.FundProgress.org.
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