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Oamaru man to cycle from Perth to Sydney
An elderly man who has had a quadruple bypass leaves for Western Australia next week and intends to cycle from Perth to Sydney, and on to Brisbane if possible.
Norman Shieffelbien, 72, who had his heart operation two years ago, said he didn't know how long the trip would take him, but he had to be back in Oamaru in six months.
Mr Shieffelbien will spend a week in Perth and then head down the coast, which he will basically follow for the duration of the journey, only taking a more direct route once he gets into South Australia and New South Wales.
While he doesn't know exactly how many kilometres he will cover in the months ahead, he comfortably travels 100km per day at 17-18km per hour.
"I'm in no rush," Mr Shieffelbien said.
"If I feel like stopping for longer anywhere, I can.
"I don't travel in heavy rain or strong winds."
He said temperatures would be about 20 degrees during the day and get down to 3-4 degrees at night, which was comfortable, and his reason for choosing to take the trip at this time.
Accommodation would be hard to come by in more remote areas, so tenting would be the only option at times. With some camping grounds charging $40 per night, even if he had the choice of a shower and kitchen, he'd probably still camp on the roadside, he said.
"Its marvellous – I like being out in the country and living in a tent doesn't worry me.
"I don't do any cooking, I make sure I've got plenty of fruit and buns, bread and butter, jam and only drink water."
Mr Shieffelbien will carry 8-10 litres of water on his second-hand Avanti mountain bike in old wine bladders, which are not rigid and pack well.
No stranger to long-distance cycling, Mr Shieffelbien said he loved stopping and talking to people and was feeling as fit as he ever had.
By LINDA MCCARTHY
PHOTO: LINDA MCCARTHY
EASY-GOING: Oamaru resident, Norman Shieffelbien, is looking forward to starting his Australian cycle trip next week.
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O Thridrangar, também conhecido como Þrídrangar, é o farol ativo mais isolado do mundo, que só pode ser acessado por helicóptero. Foi construído no ano de 1939 e inaugurado em 1942 e está situado em uma pequena ilha vulcânica chamada Stóridrangur pertencente às Ilhas Westmann, na região Suðurland, na Islândia.

O farol de Thridrangar foi mencionado pela escritora romancista Yrsa Sigurðardóttir em seu best-seller Why did you lie?

História
No ano de 1938, os montanhistas experientes das Ilhas Westmann, Thorstein Sigurdsson Melstað Vestm, Hjálmar Jónsson Dalum e Svavar Thorarinsson Suðurgarður, foram contratados para a construção do acesso ao local onde planejaram construir o farol Thridrangar, na encosta íngreme de Stóridrangur. E teve Árni G. Þórarinsson como gerente de projetos. Os montanhistas colocaram correntes de ferro no topo do penhasco, que ia até o nível do mar em diagonal e prenderam a corrente com parafusos de ferro cravados na rocha.

Em junho de 1939, começaram a construção do farol, mas durante as obras tiveram alguns problemas de retenção de material na Dinamarca, devido a ocupação durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial e tiveram que trazer o material da Grã-Bretanha. Em junho de 1942, o farol foi inaugurado.

Construção
O farol foi construído com uma torre de concreto, com 4 metros de altura, em planta quadrada e pintada de branco. Possui uma lanterna pintada de vermelho e galeria. A lanterna emite um sinal de luz na cor branca, com 9 milhas náuticas de alcance, sendo um sinal longo seguido por um sinal curto a cada 30 segundos. Atualmente o farol é automatizado. Por ser de difícil acesso, foi construído um heliporto próximo a torre.
Faróis
Construções da Islândia

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This place, despite the name, is rather a completely family inn, has a pool, playground, tennis, restaurant and its own power plant. The rooms are spacious and simple. Away from everything.


"4000 sq. ft. home on a half acre hillside lot overlooking the Caribbean"
Imagine the privacy, comfort and exclusivity of your own private 5-Star resort! This newly completed, modern style home is stunning inside and out with water views from every room! Casa de Sandridge is located on the only beach side street in Lawson Rock, Roatan's most exclusive, guarded neighborhood on the Caribbean. Enjoy snorkeling right in front of the house at the Mesoamerican reef! The house is only 6 miles from the airport and the well-stocked grocery store is even closer. West End nightlife and shopping is just ten minutes away! But, there are great restaurants even closer. You will be close to Anthony's Key for swimming with the dolphins. Zip Lining and Botanical Gardens are also very close. Several dive shops will pick you up from the Lawson Rock pier in front of the house, fishing and sightseeing trips also depart from that pier. This is a dream location for a safe and fun vacation that you, your friends and family will enjoy returning to for years to come!
All rooms have air-conditioners and high output fans. This home offers four beautifully decorated bedrooms that are situated to view the water from each of the three floors.
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On the second level, you will enjoy your large open kitchen, living and dining area where large sliding doors open to a large screened in porch where no mosquitoes or no-seeums can bother you as you relax, overlooking the water either sitting at the polished concrete bar, or on the adjacent patio furniture. Cable TV is connected to all three televisions and we provide movies located in the main floor TV cabinet.
The third level is a wonderful place to have happy hour in the screened in patio in the infinity edged pool while enjoying the sunset! There is a large patio table and chair set next to the pool. The sitting room next to the pool has a coffee bar with a mini-frig and ice-maker to provide easy access to snacks and drinks while enjoying the pool. You have stunning views of the sunset from this room as well. In addition, there is an open patio for sun bathing that has access to the pool area. The third-floor master bedroom also has a patio to enjoy the tropical breezes and water views while enjoying your morning coffee. This treetop perch has loungers to relax on while viewing the water and the arrival of cruise ships.
All bathrooms have two sinks. There is an outside rain-shower provided for rinsing off after a walk on the beach or cleaning scuba and snorkel gear. A large hillside lot full of trees is a beautiful place for volleyball, exploring or napping on the hammock. The marina is reached by walking one lot over and down a colorful tropical garden through a picturesque gazebo. Walk the dock to the end and there is a place to lay your towels, then as you enter the water to go snorkeling you are halfway out to the large reef. For those unsure of snorkeling, there are many smaller reefs in close to shore and fun to explore. Kayaks are available at the Lawson Rock Condo pier. For an additional fee, a chef is available to prepare your meals and shop for you. Mid-week maid service is also available for a small fee.
Casa de Sandridge is a Thermasteel construction which they say, "provides the highest R-values available", so the home is very energy efficient. The house was designed for maximum natural airflow so there are many windows and sliding doors so that you get nice tropical breezes. All lights are LED. Every room has high efficient, high output ceiling fans and its own air conditioner so that you can control your electricity costs. The stove, oven and dryer are all use propane for heat to save on electricity costs.


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Martín Enríquez de Almanza (décès ca. ) est, du  au , le quatrième Vice-roi de la Nouvelle-Espagne puis, du  jusqu'à sa mort en 1583, Vice-roi du Pérou. Son lieu de naissance et ses origines sont incertains. Quelques historiens spéculent sur de possibles origines sépharades du Vice-roi, mais ceci n'a jamais été confirmé.

Gouvernement

Ayant été nommé Vice-roi par le Conseil des Indes, sa première action lors de son arrivée à Veracruz, est de déloger les pirates anglais de l'Isla de Sacrificios, une base qu'ils utilisent pour leurs rapines sur les côtes et l'attaque des bateaux espagnols.

Lorsqu'il arrive à Mexico, il prend des mesures immédiates pour que s'apaise la tourmente causée par l'ancien président de l'Audiencia, Alonso de Muñoz.

Enríquez de Almanza agit en tant que médiateur entre les évêques et les ordres religieux de Nouvelle-Espagne. La dispute entre ces religieux datait de la vice-royauté de Gastón de Peralta, une disposition royale stipulait alors que l'administration des paroisses était de la responsabilité du clergé séculier, contraignant frères, nones et autres membres du clergé régulier à se retirer dans les couvents. Le clergé régulier refusa d'obéir à cette disposition, débutant ainsi le conflit. Les Franciscains menacèrent d'abandonner la ville et commencèrent en fait à marcher vers Veracruz. Ils furent attaqués par les indiens et sommés de revenir par le Vice-roi. Après avoir obtenu quelques concessions, il rentrèrent à Mexico.

En 1570 le Vice-roi mène personnellement une expédition contre les tribus indiennes qui ont dévasté l'intérieur du pays. Il établit des presidios à Ojuelos et Portezuelos, sur la route de Zacatecas. Il fonde la ville de San Felipe (Guanajuato) et de nombreuses autres villes et villages ainsi que des collèges et couvents. En 1571, il commence la construction de la cathédrale métropolitaine de Mexico.

Établissement de l'Inquisition

Pendant le mandat d'Enríquez de Almanza, l'Inquisition espagnole est formellement établie. Pedro Moya de Contreras, le premier inquisiteur de Nouvelle-Espagne, arrive en 1571.

Composée d'un groupe d'évêques et parfois dirigée par l'Archevêque de Mexico, le Tribunal du Saint-Office (nom officiel de l'Inquisition) a pour mission de superviser et contrôler les pratiques religieuses des indigènes et d'éradiquer le judaïsme, le marranisme et le protestantisme.

Ce tribunal religieux s'active rapidement. Les premières victimes de l'Inquisition dans le Nouveau Monde sont deux anglais et un irlandais, brûlés en place publique à Mexico le  pour luthéranisme. Environ 200 personnes sont jugées en 1574, l'année où les premiers autodafés ont lieu. La plupart de ces 200 inculpés sont brûlés vifs en place publique ou torturés à mort, à Mexico. Le Vice-roi est alors tenu d'assister à ces cérémonies.

Protecteur des indiens
Actif protecteur des indiens, Enríquez de Almanza fait donner des soins médicaux aux pauvres et aide les plus démunis. Il crée des hôpitaux pour soigner les victimes d'une terrible épidémie (sans doute la Varicelle) qui fait  morts. Il édicte des règlements dans lesquels la protection sociale des indiens est garantie vis-à-vis de leur employeurs espagnols et un salaire décent est assuré à ceux qui travaillent comme paysans ou fermiers.

Vice-roi du Pérou
Le Roi Philippe II d'Espagne a reçu des éloges à propos du vice-roi et est au fait des améliorations apportées lors de son mandat. En reconnaissance pour son travail, il le nomme Vice-roi du Pérou, le Pérou étant une colonie plus riche. Enríquez de Almanza embarque au port d'Acapulco sur le Pacifique en 1580. Il meurt à Pérou, au Pérou en 1583 durant son mandat. L'Audiencia gouverna la Nouvelle-Espagne jusqu'à l'arrivée du nouveau vice-roi, Lorenzo Suárez de Mendoza.

Le gens de Lima le surnommèrent el Gotoso (le goutteux) en raison de sa mauvaise santé. Il ne fut pas en mesure de faire beaucoup en tant que Vice-roi du Pérou et donc ne compte pas là-bas au nombre des grands vice-rois.

Bibliographie
  Articke « Mendoza, Antonio de », Enciclopedia de México, v. 9. Mexico City, 1988
  Articke « Mendoza, Antonio de », Encyclopædia Britannica, v. 6. Chicago, 1983
  García Puron, Manuel, México y sus gobernantes, v. 1. Mexico City: Joaquín Porrua, 1984.
  Orozco L., Fernando, Fechas Históricas de México. Mexico City: Panorama Editorial, 1988, .
  Orozco Linares, Fernando, Gobernantes de México. Mexico City: Panorama Editorial, 1985,.

Notes et références

Liens externes

  Liste des gouvernants du Mexique selon ElBalero
  Liste des présidents selon le site de la Présidence du Mexique
  Vice-rois de Nouvelle-Espagne selon Texas A&M University
  Héritage hispanique de L'Amérique selon Britannica

Noble espagnol de l'Ancien Régime
Vice-roi du Pérou
Vice-roi de Nouvelle-Espagne
Date de naissance non renseignée (XVIe siècle)
Décès en mars 1583


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Spectacular Sognefjord, Norway
By Derek Ray, Sept. 10, 2009
A trip to Norway is incomplete without getting out on the water to experience the fjords. The sea plays an essential role in the history of Norway, exemplified by some of its most notable museums: the Viking, the Fram, the Kon-Tiki and the Norwegian Maritime Museum. But inland waterways and fjords reveal the country's essence and striking beauty.
After experiencing Oslo, one of the most underrated cities in Europe, I made my way to Bergen on the west coast. From Bergen I booked a one-day cruise on the Sognefjord, considered one of the most spectacular fjords in Norway.
The first train from Bergen to Myrdal had some lovely scenery, but views were simply amazing on the second leg, Myrdal to Flam, as we descended into the valley. The train stopped briefly at a waterfall and other scenic locations for picture taking.
The weather was a bit gloomy as I climbed aboard a crowded vessel with tourists from all over the world, but the spectacular nature of the fjords revealed itself despite the clouds. I wandered inside the ferry as a light rain began to fall and was puzzled by the sight of a few tourists who were oblivious to the surrounding wonder, particularly one Japanese gentleman sleeping like a baby. Why would somebody come so far to take a nap amidst this beauty? I decided that despite the drizzle and wind, outside was the place to be. This is Norway, after all; you can't expect the same skies as the Italian Riviera.
As we rounded each bend, our view opened up to awe-inspiring green cliffs and valleys. I occasionally spotted a little farm dwarfed by the mountains. Eventually the sun poked through the clouds, producing magical vistas.
After the boat docked, a beautiful rainbow graced the countryside – a fitting way to cap off the journey. Rain or shine, a fjord cruise offers scenic rewards that cannot be matched.
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package com.google.gwt.resources.gss;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.never;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.reset;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;

import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
import com.google.common.css.compiler.ast.CssCompositeValueNode;
import com.google.common.css.compiler.ast.CssLiteralNode;
import com.google.common.css.compiler.ast.CssStringNode;
import com.google.common.css.compiler.ast.CssUnknownAtRuleNode;
import com.google.common.css.compiler.ast.CssValueNode;
import com.google.common.css.compiler.ast.MutatingVisitController;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.mockito.Mock;
import org.mockito.runners.MockitoJUnitRunner;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;

@RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
public class ExternalClassesCollectorTest {
  @Mock
  private CssUnknownAtRuleNode cssUnknownAtRuleNode;
  @Mock
  private CssLiteralNode atRuleNameNode;
  @Mock
  private MutatingVisitController mutatingVisitController;
  @Mock
  private CssCompositeValueNode atRuleParameters;

  @Before
  public void setUp() {
    when(cssUnknownAtRuleNode.getName()).thenReturn(atRuleNameNode);
    when(cssUnknownAtRuleNode.getParameters()).thenReturn(
        Lists.<CssValueNode>newArrayList(atRuleParameters));
  }

  @Test
  public void leaveUnknownAtRule_notAnExternalAtRule_doNothing() {
    // Given
    ExternalClassesCollector externalClassesCollector = createAndInitExternalClassesCollector();
    when(atRuleNameNode.getValue()).thenReturn("dummy");

    // When
    externalClassesCollector.leaveUnknownAtRule(cssUnknownAtRuleNode);

    // Then
    verify(cssUnknownAtRuleNode, never()).getParameters();
    verify(mutatingVisitController, never()).removeCurrentNode();
  }

  @Test
  public void leaveUnknownAtRule_simpleExternalAtRule_classesReturnByGetExternalClass() {
    // Given
    ExternalClassesCollector externalClassesCollector = createAndInitExternalClassesCollector();
    when(atRuleNameNode.getValue()).thenReturn("external");

    List<CssValueNode> parameters = Lists.newArrayList(literalNode("externalClass"),
        literalNode("externalClass2"));
    when(atRuleParameters.getValues()).thenReturn(parameters);

    // When
    externalClassesCollector.leaveUnknownAtRule(cssUnknownAtRuleNode);

    // Then
    verify(cssUnknownAtRuleNode).getParameters();
    verify(atRuleParameters).getValues();
    verify(mutatingVisitController).removeCurrentNode();

    Set<String> externalClasses = externalClassesCollector.getExternalClassNames();
    assertEquals(2, externalClasses.size());
    assertTrue(externalClasses.contains("externalClass"));
    assertTrue(externalClasses.contains("externalClass2"));
  }

  @Test
  public void leaveUnknownAtRule_externalAtRuleWithMatchAllPrefix_allClassesAreExternals() {
    // Given
    ExternalClassesCollector externalClassesCollector =
        createAndInitExternalClassesCollector(Sets.newHashSet("class1", "class2", "class3"));
    when(atRuleNameNode.getValue()).thenReturn("external");
    List<CssValueNode> parameters = Lists.newArrayList(stringNode("*"));
    when(atRuleParameters.getValues()).thenReturn(parameters);

    // When
    externalClassesCollector.leaveUnknownAtRule(cssUnknownAtRuleNode);

    // Then
    verify(cssUnknownAtRuleNode).getParameters();
    verify(atRuleParameters).getValues();
    verify(mutatingVisitController).removeCurrentNode();

    Set<String> externalClasses = externalClassesCollector.getExternalClassNames();
    assertEquals(3, externalClasses.size());
    assertTrue(externalClasses.contains("class1"));
    assertTrue(externalClasses.contains("class2"));
    assertTrue(externalClasses.contains("class3"));
  }

  @Test
  public void leaveUnknownAtRule_externalAtRuleWithMatchAllPrefixThenAnotherExternalAtRule_anotherAtRuleNotProcessed() {
    // Given
    ExternalClassesCollector externalClassesCollector = createAndInitExternalClassesCollector();
    when(atRuleNameNode.getValue()).thenReturn("external");
    List<CssValueNode> parameters = Lists.newArrayList(stringNode("*"));
    when(atRuleParameters.getValues()).thenReturn(parameters);
    externalClassesCollector.leaveUnknownAtRule(cssUnknownAtRuleNode);
    reset(mutatingVisitController);
    CssUnknownAtRuleNode secondAtRuleNode = mock(CssUnknownAtRuleNode.class);
    CssLiteralNode secondAtRuleNameNode = mock(CssLiteralNode.class);
    when(secondAtRuleNameNode.getValue()).thenReturn("external");
    when(secondAtRuleNode.getName()).thenReturn(secondAtRuleNameNode);

    // When
    externalClassesCollector.leaveUnknownAtRule(secondAtRuleNode);

    // Then
    verify(secondAtRuleNode, never()).getParameters();
    verify(mutatingVisitController).removeCurrentNode();
  }

  @Test
  public void leaveUnknownAtRule_externalAtRuleWithPrefix_classesMatchingThePrefixAreExternals() {
    // Given
    ExternalClassesCollector externalClassesCollector =
        createAndInitExternalClassesCollector(Sets.newHashSet("prefix", "prefix-class1",
            "prefi-notexternal","external"));
    when(atRuleNameNode.getValue()).thenReturn("external");
    List<CssValueNode> parameters = Lists.newArrayList(literalNode("external"),
        stringNode("prefix*"));
    when(atRuleParameters.getValues()).thenReturn(parameters);

    // When
    externalClassesCollector.leaveUnknownAtRule(cssUnknownAtRuleNode);

    // Then
    verify(cssUnknownAtRuleNode).getParameters();
    verify(atRuleParameters).getValues();
    verify(mutatingVisitController).removeCurrentNode();

    Set<String> externalClasses = externalClassesCollector.getExternalClassNames();
    assertEquals(3, externalClasses.size());
    assertTrue(externalClasses.contains("prefix"));
    assertTrue(externalClasses.contains("prefix-class1"));
    assertTrue(externalClasses.contains("external"));
  }

  private CssValueNode literalNode(String externalClass) {
    CssValueNode node = mock(CssLiteralNode.class);
    when(node.getValue()).thenReturn(externalClass);
    return node;
  }

  private CssValueNode stringNode(String selector) {
    CssStringNode node = mock(CssStringNode.class);
    when(node.getConcreteValue()).thenReturn(selector);
    return node;
  }

  private ExternalClassesCollector createAndInitExternalClassesCollector() {
    return createAndInitExternalClassesCollector(Sets.<String>newHashSet());
  }

  private ExternalClassesCollector createAndInitExternalClassesCollector(Set<String> classNames) {
    ExternalClassesCollector externalClassesCollector =
        new ExternalClassesCollector(mutatingVisitController, classNames);

    // initialise the object but do nothing
    externalClassesCollector.runPass();

    return externalClassesCollector;
  }
}

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Catalog > Photo & Video > Business > Intellectual Property 101 > Types Of Intellectual Property: Trademark
Intellectual Property 101
Lesson 2 of 5
Types of Intellectual Property: Trademark
So, your content and media, like I said, are the most important assets that you guys have. Most small business owners, don't truly understand this. Excluding photographers, they're just creating logos and marketing pieces, and they don't really think about, all of that intellectual property as assets. For you guys, it is our assets. We're selling images. We are creating images that are then turned into products, that our clients are purchasing. You can not ignore the fact that intellectual property is the centerpiece of our businesses. Contracts are fun. They're good for regulating our business, getting your, you know, getting your taxes in order, getting your business formations in order. All that other legal stuff, is really not the center of what you guys need to be focused on. Protecting intellectual property and understanding the types, is what is most important. The biggest thing is that we need to understand when we own specific intellectual property, and how we can receive owne...
rship of other property. We did touch a little bit on this and a crossover of contracts and how those sorts of things play. I'm gonna break it down for you here, so you guys can see exactly what your ownership rights are, and how you can enforce against others. The biggest thing and probably the easiest one to sell to you guys is that your intellectual property is your branding and the assets that we're selling. We wanna make sure that we understand what is ours, make sure it is ours and then enforce it. These are the intangible items that run your business. The products, marketing, your voice and representation. I think often times photographers focus solely on copyright, because the images are what we are creating day in and day out. The other things you need to keep in mind are the slogans you're using in your business. The blog posts that you're creating. The statements that you're even originally creating on your social media, all the way down to the logos and other designs in your marketing as well. I've kind of already given it away, the two major types of intellectual property that we're gonna talk about today, are copyrights and trademarks. Ignoring this intellectual property and our rights, is basically turning a blind eye to what is most important. I'm gonna start with trademark. Not, these aren't in a priority order, but I'm gonna start with trademark so that you guys can have a better understanding of what that is, we can check it off and then move into copyright, because copyright is where the hot topics really are these days. Trademark, for a lot of small business owners, sounds like this very obscure, down the line idea. It's not something you necessarily have to work at right now, but I'm gonna give it to you to keep in mind of how you can preserve yourself, set yourself up, so that if you ever wanna pursue trademarks to protect your brand down the line. So trademarks fall into a couple of categories. The ones that are most applicable to us are for our business names or slogans and then our logos. A little confusing but logos also have a crossover into copyright, which I'll talk about in a little bit. There are two major ways that you can get trademark. You can have common law rights to the use of a business name, but the most commonly understood one is the federal registration that you guys submit a formal registration with the US PTO office. It's uspto.gov. All that information's on there that you can check out. It's a government website so may the odds be ever in your favor on finding all the information. It's a little overwhelming, but I'm gonna kinda pick through it for you. The good thing is if you are trucking along with this business name and you haven't really even understood how to get a trademark or maybe you've just put it on your to-do list and you've never gone down the path of a formal registration, all is not lost if you find someone else that came after you that is now using the same or substantially similar, and just for this example, I'm gonna use business name, okay? You have common law rights for a specific area where you've been using it in commerce. So don't feel like all is lost because you haven't taken the step of formal registration. Optimally, the best thing is for you to take the step of formal registration with the office. It is a little bit of a cost investment, so you really need to make sure that you are in it to win it, because we're also gonna talk about the next step. You have a duty to police it as well. You have a duty to defend it, which you don't necessarily have with copyright. You can kind of pick or choose your battles on copyright defense and enforcing infringement claims with trademarks. Once you're federally registered, you're gonna have a duty to police it. So taking a step back into registration. You guys have two major applications that you can submit to the US PTO office. One is one that's not really commonly used. It is an intent to use. And when I say not commonly, everything I'm saying is like focused on with photography industry. It's very common in other businesses, but for most small, single or small partnership photography businesses, they don't typically use this intent to use trademark application. Essentially what it is is calling dibs on a name or a logo or so forth. It's just putting yourself in line that you have that priority that you're intending to use it in commerce. You do that, you have it, you have x amount of time that you then need to put it into commerce. You're gonna have to file an in commerce which is the second application and the one that you guys really are most needing to be concerned about. In order to do this you need to be using whatever it is, in this instance we're talking about business name, needs to be actually being used. So let's say that you're a new photographer. You're a hobbyist maybe, and you're wanting to enter into business. You have a really good name, but you're not yet using it in business. Your only option would be to do the dibs, the intent to use application, because it's not actually being used. Okay on the flip side, if you've been using it for a bit, you're good to use it for the in-commerce application. Now the thing with that is, I wouldn't really suggest October 1st to come out using it, then October 2nd submit it to the US PTO, because they're gonna wanna see established use in commerce. So when you go to do your application, you're gonna choose the, now you guys can do it or an attorney can do it for you, it is a little bit overwhelming, and this is an area that I don't really recommend DIY because it costs upwards of $1000.00 to do and you can muck it up and we really don't want you guys to lose the money on that. Copyright I'm gonna talk a little bit more of like a DIY type of process. But with trademarks, you're gonna also have to demonstrate when it's been used in commerce. The examples for this, for photographers specifically with a business name would be like business cards, your website, your social media. All these specimens is evidenced to the office to show that you're using it in commerce. Maybe if you're someone that sells physical product, because we may have photographers who are not listening here, you guys have multiple income streams, it could be product packaging. And the same thing like with your logos. Screen shots and all of this are accepted with the application as evidence of the use. So we have, what are we going to? When you do the application in commerce, what is it that you're submitting, but you also have to connect it, and this is where the big misconception comes in with trademarks. You have to connect it to a specific classification. Have fun, if you want some fun nighttime reading, go check out the US PTO website and you can see all the different classifications that are available out there. You guys are probably gonna commonly connect it to photography services. The reason that this is extremely important is that there can be multiple federal registrations of a name or a similar name, and they can co-exist without infringing upon each other. The most common example that I can think of is like United Airlines and United Moving Vans. They're both United, but they're connected to completely different classifications, and I think there was also a United storage company, actually I ended up finding. Like, there's a whole list of them. So think about that, and I share this with you, so if you ever receive a letter from someone who has DIY'd it, trying to defend their business to say, oh your business is so similar to mine or it's the same, because again it doesn't have to be the exact same, the threshold is if a substantially similar likelihood to cause confusion, that's the nice little. If you're at cocktail party and you wanna throw it out, the likelihood to cause confusion, ask what classification it is. If they are a brewery, and you're a photography business, they're not offering photography services, and they don't have the registration, and you are not offering brewery services. If you're not producing beer, more than likely you're not having infringement. Don't freak out, just consider, okay, you know. But if you guys are in substantially similar, and often times this comes up, when you have a photography business that maybe starts branching out into offering graphic design services, or education services, you can start having overlaps with other people, so just be mindful. I share all of this to say, that was a lot to get to this point, when you are choosing a business name, and maybe you've been in business a while, it is very beneficial for you to go, I was gonna say now, but after this class, and go look and see if there's anybody that is similar or substantially similar to your business name. You also may have rights there of enforcement, under the common law that I talked about. It could also potentially hinder your trademark down the line. But also consider from the marketing perspective, is maybe there a confusion between the two? Or, to keep yourself in mind, that you could potentially be in receipt of contact by them, of them claiming that there's infringement. Okay? So I always suggest if you're newer in business, especially, this is my, the way I recommend for newer businesses to search. Go and start with the web. But that's not the be all and end all because a lot of people's SEO is not really good. You're not gonna find everyone. Go to social media next. Notice I haven't put the federal register yet, because not everyone registers their name. As we discussed, you don't necessarily have to. So you checked all the social media handles and websites, and then I go in and search the federal register for a same or substantially similar, in this case a business name, and then check the classification. Don't just automatically think that it's excluded, like with United. Aw, you know, there's another United. You've gotta look at what you're exactly connecting that to. That is a nice little quick crash course. I had to take like a year of law school to learn all of that. But it gives you guys a good little foundation, to think in your mind, and put onto your business plan, if you intend to ever go down the trademark route, these are things that you need to keep in mind if you see other people also operating a business, maybe similar businesses with the same or similar name. If you are looking at adding another income stream, like the example I gave you, maybe you're a photographer who's starting out on graphic design services. Both (mumbles) are great. You just gotta keep in mind that you don't wanna start infringing because trademark infringement suits can be really costly. This is actually one of my biggest struggles with the legal system is that even if you may be in the right, you're still gonna have to spend how much money on an attorney in order to prove that you're right, you know? And it kills me sometimes, because we've had clients that, their, other companies have tried to say you're infringing upon our logo, our business name, and just for her to, these clients to be able to get an assessment to say, actually that's not true, and for us as attorneys to send the letters back, they're spending a couple thousand dollars on that. And some of these, that I can think of, could have been remedied, if they had not just gone into business with that name. Think about it too, from a practical standpoint. Why do you want a business name, in the same class or service, as somebody else or something that's similar that could cause, because, way back in the day, sounds so old, way back in the day we were very geographically rooted. The internet was not as pervasive. Now it's super easy to google something and you're gonna get four or five different people with a similar business name. Did you have a question? I'm wondering, for those of us who have names, business names based on our names-- I knew this was gonna come up. Yeah? And we live somewhere but do work nationally and sometimes internationally, and you know we travel and, may move. You know, how does it apply if we might be moving into another market or, you know, haven't registered a trademark yet? That's a really good question. That's like four questions. It is, but if we need to look, do we need to look at the markets we might wanna be going into? I mean what happens if someone has a similar name? So lemme actually, lemme take the personal name off the top and then we'll move into kind of identifying with names and moving. If, this is kind of, it's really difficult. The general rule is, a person's name, a general name cannot be trademarked. Jennifer Smith is probably never gonna get trademarked. Which actually brings up a good point. It's something I completely missed and I apologize for this. When they, when you submit your application, they're going to look at this broad spectrum of what even can be registered. Stuff that's very general terminology, is probably not gonna be approved, all the way through, and there's like five or six classifications in there, all the way through really original and distinct type of words. Like TheLawTog is a fairly made up word. People outside our industry, they have no idea. They're like what? They have no idea what it is. So in that same name though, personal names typically are not. I say typically because there are some names that may be more distinct, that can be federally registered. Okay? On the next point of what you were asking about, moving, it's a very good point. If you're planning on working nationally, internationally, or just want to exclude others from use of something, so you don't, and I say something that could be a name or logo, slogan or whatever it is, if you want to be able to exclude others from use of that, so you can maintain that brand value, that brand recognition, and keep it for yourself, I would get a federal registration. On the business formation side, when you are going to create your business, and say you set up an LLC or a corporation and you choose a business name, it's only excluding people in that state from using that business name. That's a huge distinction from trademarks so I'm very glad you asked this question. So you could have Sweet Pea Photography in Alabama, and have a Sweet Pea Photography right over the line in Florida, and that's okay. If they're not federally registered, I'm talking completely about a faith form to like an LLC or corporation. But what happens when you start searching or then want to move. You know, say you want to move from Alabama to Florida. Since that person would have been in that, in Florida, using Sweet Pea Photography, you don't have a federal registration, they can exclude you from wanting to use it there. You would end up having to change your business name, and operate under a different one. However, if you have a federal registration, it grabs the entire United States and allows you to freely move. You can use that name everywhere. In, I'm going down the little rabbit hole here, in that same vein, you can federally register something, and this is talking about the duty to police, and you find somebody who has registered as a business name or is operating under a business name that is similar or the same as your federal registration, you can get them to stop. You do a trademark infringement claim against them. Even if they're registered under a legal business. Say that Alabama decides to give them Sweet Pea Photography, they don't check the federal register, they just give it to them. They just check within their state lines. But if you came in first and priority. You were the first Sweet Pea Photography in America, and you decide to get a federal registration, you could then get them to change their business name. That make sense? So I say all that to say, think long term in your business plan. Are you gonna be moving? Are you wanting to start marketing to other areas? For example, I live in the northern Virgina and DC area. We have DC, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania. Just registering in Virginia doesn't do much good it just does Virginia. I have to federally register, or register in each of those states. But I have to federally register that business name or whatever it is, business name in that case, in order to be able to exclude anybody else of use. Throw a little kink in it. Lets say now you come and you're like, okay, we're gonna end up moving and we'd like to federally register this. But say someone already exists using a business name somewhere. I'll actually use one of my own trademarks. I own co-working spaces for photographers. It's rentals of studio space. And, I went to submit Snap Space Studios for registration. I did a whole application, they actually didn't find that anybody else was using it. They did not deny it. It was approved. But then I found that there was a Snap Space in Orlando and believe me I had gone through the whole process that I just told you. Website search; SEO sucks, that didn't show up. I went through social media, their social media presence isn't that good, either. All the way through, they weren't on the federal register. But then I found out that they actually had come before me, so they had priority rights. They hadn't registered anything. They were just acting in the Orlando area Florida as Snap Space Studios. Even though, I feel like this is gonna explode minds, they have that common law right that I was talking about before when I was saying don't feel like all is lost just because you haven't registered it, okay? They had a priority right in the Orlando area. Even though I had the federal registration, I came after them. I am excluded. I have the rest of America, except for that geographical area. Which is a little debatable of how wide that geographical area could be. So, you feel like I just threw a whole big kink in there. But just keep that in mind. If you are, if there is any chance, if you're a military spouse and you're moving around. Or maybe you're working full time and your job relocates you a lot, it probably is very beneficial for you to go ahead and do the application and get that on lockdown. But even if you're not moving, think about the traction on the internet, and being able to exclude others from having that substantially similar. Because if you're gonna put that much time and energy into SEO and brand value, you want to be, you want to maintain all of that for you. Did you have a question? Federal registration equals trademark? Are those interchangeable words? Yeah this is federal registration for trademark. Correct with the US PTO. So it's go and figure out which application, in commerce or intent to use which is the dibs. But we're mostly talking about in commerce here. The type, the classification and then submitting your evidence. It takes them forever and a day to get it approved and and ready for you. Yes. Question from over here. Lemme ask you this. Just can you give us your advice a little bit. Coming from where you're sitting. Do you recommend that us photographers go out there and get that federal registration, and is it relatively affordable? It's about between seven, it's beyond $700.00. So it depends on if you hire an attorney. I can't remember what the application, they just changed the prices. I think it's like $750.00. Don't quote me on that. I can't remember right now. [Male Audience Member] Ballpark is great. So if you're definitely in one of those situations where you know you're gonna be moving, yes. If you definitely value your brand value, yes. I know that because it is so expensive and you do have this duty to police and that could trigger you having to hire an attorney, you don't have to, a simple letter could be enough, like in my situation with Snap Space. I mean obviously I have the luxury of being an attorney. I didn't have to send a formal letter. I just said hey this is what's going on and we worked it out ourselves. Like it wasn't that big of a deal. Someone else may not necessarily know what to do, right? So I do highly recommend that people put it in the back of their mind, to put it on their business plan. Especially if you have a very distinct business name, and you have any inkling that you are, you're gonna want to move or branch out. Now one thing to consider, too, I can't divulge too much about this, but we did recently have a client who was a graphic designer, that had their, a federal trademark, I can't remember how many years. She had had it for a while, was truckin' along, and because she had it, this large company came to her and they wanted to use it for a line of stuff in one of their stores. She got to retain her trademark, well no that's not true. She transferred and sold her trademark to them, but they licensed her a use of that trademark and she made a payday off of it. So, I mean I wouldn't say rush out and get a trademark on the potential that some large company's gonna come along and give you a payday. But just consider that's also one of the other options. Even if you never have to enforce it, and you can even pitch it to sell it to somebody. Its' your intellectual property to do what you want to do with it. Just keep in mind it does have a legal duty that you have to police it. And again, policing doesn't have to be necessarily so extreme as suing somebody but you do definitely have to keep on top of that as well. So I'm gonna move forward from trademarks 'cause copyright's pretty riddled. Do we have any question on trademarks? There. As a follow up question, in terms of international law, and maybe this is not your specialty but would you have an idea of how to approach that internationally? Are you talking about living here and working internationally or someone internationally infringing upon or using the same? I mean moving internationally with my brand. Okay, I would definitely recommend if you're doing any work here. The good thing is we do have a couple of conventions available for us with different overseas countries that do allow for enforcement of federal registration. It can be very costly and very complicated. I don't specifically work with international stuff. My partner is actually well versed in that. I like to stick with the, remember prevention over the cleanup later on, so, we definitely work and suggest on you getting it here if you are gonna work here, because it does, there is some broad reach over there as well. So trademarks again, upwards of $1000.00. An application. You have to apply. You do not receive it at creation. One thing really important to talk about here, and we discussed it a little bit in contracts. Say we have a logo that we wanna go get trademarked, you have to have the rights to be able to submit that logo. You have to have full ownership or rights to be able to copyright that logo. So say you went to Etsy, or you had an independent contractor, just a graphic designer friend from college who designed your logo for you, you're gonna need to have them physically sign over the rights to you, in order for you to be able to trademark, because by them creating and your use, this is crossing over to copyright which we're gonna talk about here in a minute, but your use, you only have a license to use. And this is assuming we don't have anything in writing. They just created the logo, gave you the logo and you've been using it in your photography business marketing. You only have an implied license of use. At any time they could revoke that and you can not get a trademark on that. So my recommendation is if you have a logo that you've been working with for how many years, try to go back and see if you can get the graphic designer to sign it over. But at the same time, think about if your clients or someone asked for you for the intellectual property rights to the images. They're probably gonna wanna be compensated for that, and I don't necessarily think that that's a wrong or bad thing, right? We need to consider that that was their intellectual property. And, we talked about it a little bit in the contracts. You can cut that off at the pass by having them sign an intellectual property acknowledgement before they ever do the job. So say you're moving forward from here, you can have them automatically sign over everything before it's even done, and of course they're probably gonna factor that into their cost of the project as well but so that you'll have that, because you do have to affirm that the intellectual property, the name or the logo or slogan for the trademark, same thing for copyright, but you're gonna have to, when you submit the registration application to the office, you're gonna have to affirm that you are the intellectual property rights owner for that. And you don't wanna go down the path of spending how much money to get a trademark and then having the designer come back later and go whoa, whoa. Like, you know that was mine, and seeking to have it canceled which can be done.
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HomeResource CenterNewsCompliance Update: The 2016 Amendments to Delaware's Business Entity Laws
Compliance Update: The 2016 Amendments to Delaware's Business Entity Laws
Sandra B. Feldman, Publications Attorney for CT
Delaware has more than one million active domestic corporations, limited liability companies, and partnerships. A frequently cited reason for Delaware's preeminent position as a formation state is its modern and flexible business entity environment. The state has achieved this reputation through a variety of factors. One is that every year, the state's lawmakers consider and enact amendments to its business entity statutes, which allows Delaware to meet the rapidly evolving needs of its entities.
Keeping track of the changes to these laws is imperative for, among others:
The people managing a Delaware business entity
The people owning or investing in Delaware entities
In-house and outside counsel who advise Delaware entities
Anyone else who may form or buy a business and who will have to select a formation state
This article helps all of those people keep track of the changes made to Delaware's corporation, limited liability company, and limited partnership laws during the recently completed 2016 legislative session.
CT Corporation Note: To view the text of the amendments, see HB 371, HB 372, and HB 367.
Amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL)
House Bill 371 enacted amendments to Delaware's General Corporation Law (Title 8, Sec. 101 et seq.). The amendments are effective August 1, 2016 unless otherwise specified. Highlights include the following:
Court of Chancery Jurisdiction - Sec. 111 was amended to permit the Court of Chancery to exercise jurisdiction over a civil action involving an instrument, document, or agreement (1) to which a corporation and one or more of its stockholders are parties and pursuant to which any one or more stockholders sell or offer to sell any of the corporation's stock, or (2) by which a corporation agrees to sell, lease or exchange any of its property or assets and which by its terms provides that one or more stockholders approve of or consent to the sale, lease or exchange.
Quorum and Voting Rules for Committees and Subcommittees – Sec. 141(c) was amended to provide that a majority of the directors serving on a committee or subcommittee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business by the committee or subcommittee, unless the certificate of incorporation, the bylaws, a resolution of the board of directors or a resolution of a committee that created the subcommittee requires a greater or lesser number, provided that in no case shall a quorum be less than 1/3 of the directors.
Sec. 141(c) was also amended to provide that the vote of the majority of the members of a committee or subcommittee present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the committee or subcommittee, unless the certificate of incorporation, the bylaws, or a resolution of the board or the committee requires a greater number.
Execution of Stock Certificates – Sec. 158 was amended to provide that any two officers of the corporation who are authorized to do so may execute stock certificates on behalf of the corporation. Previously, the signatures of the chairperson or vice-chairperson of the board of directors, or the president or vice-president, and the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, or the secretary or an assistant secretary was required.
Mergers – Sec. 251(h), which permits an acquisition via a short-form, back-end merger after a front-end tender or exchange offer if certain conditions are met was amended in several respects. Among other things, the bill (1) clarifies that the procedure is applicable to a constituent that has any class or series of stock that is listed on a national securities exchange or held of record by more than 2,000 holders, (2) clarifies that the offer may be effected through separate offers for separate classes or series of stock, (3) provides that the offer may be conditioned on the tender of a minimum number or percentage of any class or series, (4) provides that in calculating whether the offeror has obtained the minimum amount of stock required, rollover stock and certain stock held by the offeror or by offeror affiliates may be included and that such stock may be excluded from conversion into the merger consideration, and (5) clarifies the meaning of the terms "affiliate", "excluded stock", "received" (with respect to certificated and uncertificated shares), and "rollover stock".
Appraisal Rights - Sec. 262, which governs appraisal rights, was amended to provide that if immediately before the merger or consolidation the shares of the class or series of stock of the constituent corporation as to which appraisal rights are available were listed on a national securities exchange, the Chancery Court shall dismiss the proceedings as to all holders of such stock who are otherwise entitled to appraisal rights unless (1) the total number of shares entitled to appraisal exceeds 1% of the outstanding shares of the class or series eligible for appraisal, (2) the value of the consideration provided in the merger or consolidation for such total number of shares exceeds $1 million, or (3) the merger was approved pursuant to Secs. 253 or 267.
Sec. 262 was also amended to provide that at any time before the entry of judgment in the proceedings, the surviving corporation may pay to each stockholder entitled to appraisal an amount in cash, in which case interest will accrue only upon the sum of (1) the difference, if any, between the amount so paid and the fair value of the shares as determined by the Court, and (2) the interest theretofore accrued, unless paid at that time.
Restoration of Certificate of Incorporation – Sec. 311 was amended to provide that within three years following the expiration of the time limited for the corporation's existence as provided in its certificate of incorporation, a corporation may restore its certificate of incorporation. The board must adopt a resolution recommending restoration, the stockholders must approve, and a certificate of restoration must be filed. Sec. 311 was also amended to clarify that a corporation desiring to revoke its dissolution or restore its certificate of incorporation must file all annual franchise tax reports and pay all franchise taxes that the corporation would have had to file and pay if it had not dissolved or expired.
Revival of Certificate of Incorporation – Sec. 312 was amended to distinguish the procedure to restore a corporation's certificate of incorporation if it has expired by limitation from the procedure to revive a corporation's certificate of incorporation when it has become forfeited or void. Sec. 312, as amended, only applies to a corporation whose certificate of incorporation has become forfeited or void. This procedure is now called "revival". References to the terms "renewal", "extension" and "restoration" were deleted. Sec. 312 was also amended to clarify that the section is not applicable to a corporation whose certificate of incorporation has been revoked or forfeited by the Chancery Court pursuant to Sec. 284.
In addition, Sec. 312 was amended to provide that for purposes of this section the board of directors consists of the persons, who, but for the certificate of incorporation having become forfeited or void, would be the duly elected or appointed directors, and to provide that the requirement for authorization of a revival by the board of directors is satisfied if a majority of the directors then in office, even though less than a quorum, or the sole director then in office, authorizes the revival.
Effective Dates - The amendments are effective August 1, 2016 except for the following:
The amendment to Sec. 111 is effective only with respect to instruments, documents, and agreements entered into on or after August 1, 2016.
The amendments to Sec. 251(h) are effective only with respect to merger agreements entered into on or after August 1, 2016.
The amendments to Sec. 262 are effective only with respect to transactions consummated pursuant to agreements entered into (or, in the case of mergers pursuant to Sec. 253, resolutions adopted, or, in the case of mergers pursuant to Sec. 267, authorizations provided) on or after August 1, 2016, and appraisal proceedings arising out of such transactions.
Amendments to the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (DLLCA)
House Bill 372 amended the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (Title 6, Chapter 18, Sec. 18-101 et seq.). The amendments are effective August 1, 2016 and include the following:
Service of Process on Series - Sec. 18-105 was amended to specify how service of process on a series of a Series LLC may be effected, and to provide that if service of process is made upon the LLC's registered agent on behalf of the series or upon the Secretary of State on behalf of the series, such process shall include the name of the LLC and the name of the series.
Series LLC – Agreement to be Liable – Sec. 18-215(b) was amended to clarify that neither the first sentence of the subsection (which provides for the limitation of liability for the LLC and its series), nor any language in an LLC agreement shall be construed as restricting a series, or an LLC on behalf of a series, from agreeing to be liable for any or all of the debts, liabilities, obligations or expenses incurred, contracted for or otherwise existing with respect to the LLC or any other series thereof, or restricting an LLC from agreeing to be liable for any or all of the debts, liabilities, obligations or expenses incurred, contracted for or otherwise existing with respect to a series.
Approval by Members and Managers – Secs. 18-302 and 18-404 were amended to provide that actions by members and managers may be taken without a meeting, prior notice or a vote if "consented to or approved, in writing, by electronic transmission or by any other means permitted by law". Previously, the sections read "consented to in writing or by electronic transmission."
Consent to Actions – Various sections were amended to eliminate the requirement for a written consent and thereby permit the members (or in some cases their personal representatives) to consent to the specified action by means other than a writing. The sections include Secs. 18-215(k) (termination of series), Sec. 18-304 (dissociation of bankrupt member), Sec. 18-702(a) (assignment of interest), Sec. 18-704 (right of assignee to become member), Sec. 18-801(a) (dissolution), and Sec. 18-806 (revocation of dissolution).
Voluntary Assignment of Interests by Sole Member – Sec. 18-704 was amended to provide that unless otherwise provided in the LLC agreement by a specific reference to Sec. 18-704(a)(3) or as otherwise provided in connection with the assignment, upon the voluntary assignment by the sole member of the LLC of all of the LLC interests to a single assignee, the assignee is admitted as a member of the LLC. It also provided that an assignment will be voluntary if it is consented to by the member at the time of the assignment and is not effected by foreclosure or other similar legal process.
Amendments to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (DRULPA)
House Bill 367 amended the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (Title 6, Chapter 17, Sec. 17-101 et seq.). The amendments are effective August 1, 2016 and include the following:
Service of Process on Series - Sec. 17-105 was amended to specify how service of process on a series of a Series LP may be effected, and to provide that if service of process is made upon the LP's registered agent on behalf of the series or upon the Secretary of State on behalf of the series, such process shall include the name of the LP and the name of the series.
Series LP – Agreement to be Liable – Sec. 17-218(b) was amended to clarify that neither the first sentence of the subsection (which provides for the limitation of liability for the LP and its series), nor any language in a partnership agreement shall be construed as restricting a series, or an LP on behalf of a series, or a general partner associated with a series from agreeing to be liable for any or all of the debts, liabilities, obligations or expenses incurred, contracted for or otherwise existing with respect to the LP generally or any other series thereof, or restricting an LP or a general partner of the LP from agreeing to be liable for any or all of the debts, liabilities, obligations or expenses incurred, contracted for or otherwise existing with respect to a series.
Approval by Partners Without a Meeting – Secs. 17-302 and 17-405 were amended to provide that actions by partners may be taken without a meeting, prior notice or a vote if "consented to or approved, in writing, by electronic transmission or by any other means permitted by law". Previously, the sections read "consented to in writing or by electronic transmission."
Consent to Actions – Various sections were amended to eliminate the requirement for a written consent and thereby permit the partners (or in some cases their personal representatives) to consent to the specified action by means other than a writing. The sections include Sec. 17-218(k) (termination of series), Sec. 17-704(a) (right of assignee to become limited partner), Sec. 17-801 (dissolution), Sec. 17-806 (revocation of dissolution), Sec. 17-401(b) (admission of general partner), and Sec. 17-402 (events of withdrawal of general partner).
The 2016 amendments to Delaware's business entity statutes contain some significant changes. Attorneys, business owners, investors and managers will benefit from familiarizing themselves with these important pieces of legislation.
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It's rush hour on the New York City Subway. Jostled, hurried, and stressed about just missing your train, the sound of a trombone makes its way down the platform. You stop, take a deep breath, and just take a moment to listen. Perhaps just a little bit of that stress from the day melts away. The busker that gave you that moment of serenity at the most unexpected moment was Benny, a musician who–despite losing a lifetime of memories–has dedicated his life to sharing the gift of music with others.
At 29 years old, Benny lost all of his memory in a car accident. He couldn't remember his name, that he had a son, or even where he was. But Benny had a trombone, and he did remember one thing: how to play it. 7 years later, his story begs the question: if we start to focus more on the impact we can have on others, instead of getting stuck in our own problems, could life become infinitely better?
In spite of loss, there is always something that can be done.
What is it in your own life that holds you back from wiping the slate clean and seeing the world in a new way? We all have so many ideas about who we are, and what we think we should be, and what we've been told to be. But when we wipe those away, what is left waiting for you?
Courtesy of Benjamin Davis
After his accident in 2010, Benny took to the streets to share the one gift he remembered: music. Despite his memory loss, he still knew how to play his trombone. Wanting to bring joy to those around him, he started venturing to the New York City Subway every morning and evening at rush hour hoping to be a bright spot in the day of a stranger. Maybe a wonderful tune during their commute could be what they needed to walk a little taller and see the world a little brighter.
And even though Benny needs the money he receives from passersby, the money isn't why he plays. He plays simply to bring other people joy! To ride the subway, and to see the smiles on people's faces.
Benny's story touches on an element of the human spirit that's so important, and yet so often forgotten: that focusing on what we can do for others can override what we've lost. In Benny's words, he's getting way more than he's giving, even despite the circumstances.
For more on his accident, recovery, and how music brought him back to life, here's Benny himself in this amazing story, brought to us by Nowhere Men.
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We absolutely love Nowhere Men, and we know you will too. Check out our other articles about people they've featured like the busker giving away money instead of asking for it, the brothers traveling the world on the kindness of strangers, and the question that can make us all feel less lonely. Or even better, check out their YouTube channel for more incredible stories like this one.
Today, Benny lives in Atlanta, GA, where he has been living since 2020 and working on his small business, BBoxed1, for which he makes radios, tables, and RV conversions. You can find Benny on Instagram and Facebook.
The healing power of music!
As Benny explained and as so many of us know to be true, music has incredible healing powers, far past a cathartic night of scream-singing along to Taylor Swift. It allows us to self-regulate, to feel grounded, and to feel calmer, and from a medical perspective, can genuinely affect patient outcomes, with live music even making its way into oncology waiting rooms and neonatal care units. 2
Music is scientifically proven to help reduce anxiety better than prescription drugs, 3 and for those with significant memory loss like Benny, it can even bring back some of those memories that became buried so deep. Music was what propelled Benny back into the world. The things (and people) we love stay with us, always, ingrained into our DNA. For Benny, it was the one thing following a traumatizing experience that brought him back to life.
His work brings joy to the mundane and is a reminder for every single person he comes across to stop and smell the roses—that is—to take the time to slow down and look at the things around you.
"I feel like it's a gift, more than people think it's a curse. I feel like it's a start over. You don't get a second chance to do things over sometimes. And then when you do, you just make it great… When you lose everything, you just pay attention more. And then you find out life isn't about this "getting up, and doing this, and being everywhere, being on time, and blah blah blah." You miss life like that. And I was like… I missed enough of life."
– Benny
Decide to start living!
Here's perhaps the most exciting part of this story: you don't need to have some revolutionary experience or insane accident to change your life. You can simply decide to change it. We don't often get a second chance at things, but a mindset shift like this provides just that. Be grateful for the things you have, take the time to bring joy to others, and remember: even when the world feels like it's ending, more often than not, you're going to be okay.
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Schiffman, R. (2021, April 8). The Healing Power of Music. The New York Times. Retrieved December 20, 2022, from https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/08/well/music-therapy-treatment-stress.html ↩
Major health benefits of music uncovered. Newsroom. (2013, March 28). Retrieved December 20, 2022, from https://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/major-health-benefits-music-uncovered-225589 ↩
After graduating from St. Lawrence University in 2020 and returning home to Vermont, Ellen found that helping make the world a better place with the Goodness Exchange team was just where she wanted to be. You can usually find her watching television while getting crafty, on the ice as a figure skating coach for 10-14 year old's, or in her inflatable kayak named Heidi. She's quite the film nerd and quite the cook, and likes it best when those two things - movies and food - coincide.
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You can now choose how your applications are deployed to Elastic Beanstalk environments. You can select whether to deploy an application to all EC2 instances in your environment at once or roll the deployment through all the instances. You can set the number of instances to incrementally update as a percentage of the entire fleet or as a fixed number. This feature enables you to make an update without having to take all your instances offline.
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[Maple, Ontario] – In a three day tour of Southern Ontario, The Honourable Pablo Rodriguez Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism met with MP Deb Schulte and representatives from Fuerza Latina Community Services, as part of a stakeholder engagement process that will lead towards the development of a federal anti-racism plan, as well as activities related to Latin American Heritage Month. The attending members of Fuerza Latina Community Services had the opportunity to discuss their programs for empowering youth, families and seniors in the Vaughan community with the Minister. These services are in addition to the events they organize throughout the year that celebrate Hispanic and Latino culture. The roundtable proved to be an opportunity for the Federal Government to directly engage with local stakeholders and to listen to their concerns, as part of a larger strategy to determine the most efficient way to offer support to our communities in the future.
"I am delighted to be able to support the work of important community groups like Fuerza Latina Community Services. Ensuring our increasingly diverse, multicultural communities are supported and strong is a priority for our Government. Thanks to Gina and her dynamic team we get to celebrate the Latino and Hispanic culture right here in the City of Vaughan, especially during October, which has recently been designated National Latin American Heritage Month.
Fuerza Latina Community Services is an important community service organization that empowers Latin American youth and their families by promoting well-being through culture, sports, and support groups in Vaughan.
The month of October is recognized as National Latin American Heritage Month. Given the increasing diversity in Canadian society, and the strong and growing presence of individuals of Latin American ancestry, formal recognition of the Latin American Heritage Month recognizes the important contributions they have made in Canada.
The Community Support, Multiculturalism, and Anti-Racism Initiatives Program supports the mandate of the Department of Canadian Heritage by building on Canada's strength as a diverse and inclusive society. The Program's objective is to build an integrated, socially cohesive society by: building bridges to promote intercultural understanding; promoting equal opportunity for individuals of all origins; and promoting citizenship, civic engagement and a healthy democracy.


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Emphasis patrol nabs 222 Tacoma speeders
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A multi-agency patrol targeting speeders in Tacoma resulted in 222 drivers receiving speeding tickets during the weekend of Feb. 7-8.
The special 10-hour patrol involved 18 law enforcement officers who focused on areas of the city where there have been a higher number of speed-related collisions resulting in injuries or fatalities to drivers, passengers or pedestrians. These areas included North Pearl Street, Portland Avenue and South Tacoma Way, as well as streets fed by freeway exit ramps and business areas with speed limits of 25 miles an hour.
"We enforce speed hot spots regularly in Tacoma," said Sgt. Tom White, Tacoma Police Department and law enforcement coordinator for the Tacoma-Pierce County DUI Task Force-sponsored patrol. "People slow down when they pass several of us writing tickets; then, speed up when we're out of sight. We call it the 'halo effect'. But Saturday drivers had a halo over their heads all day long. From 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., the city was saturated with traffic enforcement officers."
Officers stopped more than 400 motorists, and the enforcement effort went beyond writing tickets. For example, officers also:
— Cited 85 people for driving without insurance;
— Cited 41 drivers and passengers for not wearing or misusing their seatbelts;
— Cited 27 motorists for driving with a suspended or revoked license or, as teenagers, in violation of their intermediate driver's license;
— Arrested 11 people on outstanding misdemeanor and felony warrants or other criminal violations.
"The good news in all of this," said Mike Mitchell, Chief of the Bonney Lake Police Department and chair of the Tacoma Pierce County DUI Task Force, "was that of the 439 motorists who were stopped, none were arrested for DUI or other alcohol or drug violations. We usually make at least one alcohol- or drug-related arrest during a daytime speed patrol."
The patrol was part of the X-52 program — it stands for Extra Patrols Every Week of the Year — and is part of a statewide campaign to ensure that law enforcement is constantly enforcing speed and DUI laws. Local law enforcement agencies that contributed officers, dispatchers and equipment last weekend included the Edgewood, Bonney Lake, Lakewood, Fife, University Place and Tacoma police departments, along with the Washington State Patrol.
The Tacoma Pierce County DUI Task Force will continue partnering when it resumes its schedule of Washington Traffic Safety Commission-funded DUI and speeding patrols next month. The patrols are scheduled for March 14 in Puyallup and March 28 in Bonney Lake and Sumner.
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Google Play and the App Store are awash in augmented-reality apps, and as with apps in general, many of them are terrible. At least Pokémon Go got people, y'know, going, encouraging players to leave the house and get out in public moving their bodies and having some good clean fun; most AR apps are gimmicky and quickly grow tiresome, serving no real purpose and making middling use of the potential of modern technology.
Despite the glut of semi-functional, questionably valid AR apps out there, many developers have made great use of this nascent technology, releasing AR apps that are useful, effective, and enjoyable. Not all of them are perfect, yet — but many give a sense of what's possible in this realm.
Just a Line turns the whole world into your sketch pad, allowing you to "draw" simple line images, jot notes, play tic-tac-toe or hangman, or doodle away for fun in virtual space. Best of all, the app allows for real-time collaboration between two devices, so you can swap notes or sketches or play games with a friend sharing the same AR experience simultaneously.
This amateur astronomer's app turns your phone or tablet into a guide to the night sky, revealing the location of stars, planets, constellations, and even tracking the real-time position of the International Space Station. It's a great educational tool and is simply fun to use, especially if you ever make it to areas without light pollution.
You know what's better then going to IKEA, buying furniture, bringing it home, assembling it, putting it in place, and only then realizing the piece you chose really doesn't fit the space? Virtually placing the furniture to see whether or not it looks good first, then going through those other steps after you've already seen that furniture in your home.
This app creates a virtual course for you to run and allows you to set speed or distance challenges, to try to beat other runners' records, and track your own improvements over time. You can also set up virtual obstacle courses, challenging yourself to sprint to different checkpoints and improving agility and balance.
While Google Translate offers multiple non-AR functions, its AR feature is arguably the most useful. By aiming your device's camera at text written in any of the more than three dozen languages the app currently supports (it translates more than 100 languages when you type in the text), it will instantly translate the words.
Ever wondered how a microwave works? Or what's going on inside an analog clock? Or in the Earth's core, for that matter? Once you have the JigSpace app, you can use your device to view virtual images of these and dozens of other objects hovering before you and watch as they are deconstructed and explained, giving you an understanding from the inside out.
This app allows you to create floor plans that you can "see" in real life by directing your phone or tablet around the room. You can create a virtually renovated kitchen, picturing your brand-new space complete with fixtures in place and those new cabinets before you ever order a single tile; you can redecorate a bedroom or basement; or you can measure and then select furniture for an entire office suite, virtually filling a space so you know what to expect when actually appointing it.
The name says it all: This app marks the location of your vehicle and then makes it easy to find the car, projecting arrows showing the direction to turn and info about your distance from the vehicle as you make your way back toward it. Many platforms already offer vehicle-location marking options, but this one makes it laughably easy to make your way back to a parking spot, no following a map required.
This app invites you to "discover history's treasures" right before your very eyes (well, your very screen). You can use it to scrutinize historical artifacts, such as ancient weaponry from Rome, an Egyptian death mask, or a Grecian urn, or you can view famous works of art in three (virtual) dimensions. It's a must-have for the student and/or the armchair historian.
The whole world can be your zombie hunting ground with this AR app. Whether you're wandering in the woods, waiting on a subway platform, or hanging out in your own home, you can look through your phone to see zombies popping up everywhere around you, and then you can blast them to hell without feeling guilty, because they're zombies. And virtual zombies at that.


Efficient and organized meetings among multiple stakeholders are critical, especially as the modern workplace becomes increasingly dispersed. A 2017 report estimated that as many as 3.9 million U.S. employees worked from home at least half of the time.
The increased prevalence of remote work and employees spread across geographic locations creates unique communication challenges. While digital meeting video conferencing technology helps to bridge the gap, these meetings aren't the same as those that happen in-house, face-to-face.
It can take time to find the best format and structure for the company's digital meetings, the following rules serve as "inspiration" for HR employees who are trying to find a succinct and productive process for the organization.
You need a digital meeting system. There are many platforms and hardware integrations available, so first consider your organization's needs. Check out Business News Daily's guide to video conferencing software for an in-depth rundown of selecting and installing the correct system.
Once your meeting system is set-up, designate a meeting coordinator to ensure all the tools and platforms run smoothly. Coor dinators should test all digital functionalities consistently. An on-site IT team would be a good fit for this task, however, they can also be a second line of defense, with the office manager taking care of things unless an issue arises.
When choosing the best meeting technology don't forget about video functionality. Most platforms and software include a video feature, so make sure your organization uses it. A recent Forbesinsights survey shows that 92% of executives believe that expanded use of video conferencing has a positive impact on performance, while 80% say video is the new norm for their internal teams and 84% use video collaboration with external stakeholders as well.
Planning for digital meetings is essential. It allows participants to think ahead, formulate ideas and questions, and create content. More importantly, it ensures that everyone in attendance can take full advantage of the time together because they can't simply "take it offline" with a quick post-meeting chat outside the conference room.
Technical info: How to join the meeting, what kind of device to use, and backup plans, etc.
To make this easier and most efficient, create a template for all employees. Keep it in a place accessible to all workers – company intranet, Google Drive, Dropbox, etc. — with other important docs, where it can be accessed by everyone, regardless of where they're based.
Employees across time zones will make it a challenge to schedule meetings; someone will always have to bear the brunt of an inconvenient meeting time. So if it can't be avoided, spread it out. Don't make one team or person consistently get up early or stay late. Instead, alternate meeting times so that everyone shares the load.
With global businesses, it may not even be possible to have the entire team on the call. In this case, schedule multiple meetings, create recap notes, or copy team members on essential emails. Better yet, record the meetings and then send out the video for those who weren't there. You can even upload and share them privately via YouTube so all meetings can be found in one place.
Beyond scheduling, develop meeting etiquette instructions. This should cover everything from, taking a hard stance on late sign-ons to telling participants how to comment or ask questions.
If you have a hybrid office, with some employees in-office and others remote, don't forget to include your remote team members. That may sound like a no-brainer, but 57% of remote meeting participants say they've felt forgotten about after they've dialed-in, according to a survey of 250 workers, while 60% of the in-office meeting participants feel they actively involve remote team members.
To maintain the engagement of remote workers, HR should remind managers it's critical they make this inclusion a priority. Don't let this disconnect drive a wedge between in-house ad remote employees. Make sure meeting coordinators acknowledge all participants and focus on inclusion.
Digital meetings can be hard to keep on track, so appoint a moderator during the meeting to keep the time and pace. Limit distractions, following a mute-all practice during presentations to minimize noise from participants. When someone else is speaking or presenting, encourage questions via chat, or at the end of the session, to avoid interruptions.
For meetings longer than an hour, designate short five minute breaks for participants to use the bathroom, or refill drinks. Remote members might feel shy to leave a digital meeting than they would in person since they have to walk away from a camera.
Audio delay, echoes, broken links, video glitches, background noise, wifi issues—there are so many details that can go wrong and cause a digital meeting to fail. Technology will inevitably have glitches, but with a Plan B, you can make sure the meeting finishes successfully.
Remember that a backup plan can be as simple as having one phone number (or office number) for a conference call. If your video conferencing system goes down, have a free backup system that your team can jump on to, like Google Hangouts or Skype. Even a chat channel can work as a backup if needed.
Make sure everyone knows about the backup plan, have it on meeting agendas, or send out an email with the protocol so everyone is prepared.
Digital meetings are the future of business collaboration, but they require preparation and strategy to keep the team on task and make sure everyone is included. Use these five rules to ensure that your digital meetings are successful and productive, simply modify as needed for your organization's particular needs.


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Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a long-term condition that would benefit from a long-term conditions approach to its care and management. SCD is growing in prevalence, affecting 10,000-12,000 people in the UK, with SCD sufferers having an increased life expectancy from in the past. The most problematic aspect of managing SCD is management of the pain from vaso-occlusive crises. Vaso-occlusive pain is the most common reason for hospital admissions in people with SCD and accounts for large numbers of accident and emergency (A&E) attendances. A literature review was carried out to examine the management of vaso-occlusive pain in SCD. The review identified three main barriers to effective pain management in SCD: the manifestation of vaso-occlusive pain, the sociocultural factors affecting pain assessment, and the concerns regarding addiction and pseudo-addiction. Addressing these barriers will allow people with SCD to have their pain managed more effectively, improve their quality of life and potentially reduce A&E attendances and admissions to hospital.


So good to have you here. I am Tom. Big thanks for taking the time to stop and browse through our website. Together with my wife Monika we have been in love with photography since we were kids. Our style is modern and contemporary with a good dose of photojournalism. We love telling stories through our images. You know what they say about a picture being worth thousand words. We totally subscribe to this notion and endeavour to prove it true with every wedding we are invited and privileged to photograph. Our passion for documenting weddings exceeds anything we have ever done in our lives. We have the most wonderful jobs on planet Earth and we are so grateful.
Each and every wedding is very different and unique. To us no two weddings are ever the same. And this is why we love what we do. Trying to capture precious moments as they escape in an exciting and creative way must be the most rewarding and enthralling job ever. No matter how many times we have photographed our brides putting their dresses on or touching up their make-up we will always challenge ourselves to come up with something new and refreshing. Different angle, different lens, different lighting. Your unique wedding.
Our photography style is rather contemporary and focuses on telling a story from your big day. We always want to capture feelings and emotions – these are the two fine ingredients that will make for fabulous and amazing photographs. We devote huge amount of time to follow the latest trends in wedding photography but at the same time we will throw in a bit of our uniqueness too. If you are looking for modern and creative London wedding photographers you have come to the right place. Have a look around. We love making our couples laugh and having fun! Let's make a big story out of your day.
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