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Amazon Intellectual Property policy
Amazon is dedicated to providing customers with the widest selection of goods on Earth and creating an amazing customer experience. Amazon does not allow listings that violate the intellectual property rights of brands or other rights owners.
This page provides information about intellectual property (IP) rights and common IP concerns that might arise when selling on Amazon. This is not legal advice. You should consult a lawyer if you have a specific question about your IP rights or the IP rights of others.
Generally, copyright law is meant to incentivise the creation of original works of authorship for the benefit of the public. To receive copyright protection, a work of authorship must be created by an author and must have some amount of creativity. If you are the author of an original work, you typically own the copyright in that work.
The Copyright Act, 1947 ("Copyright Act") is the law that governs copyright materials in India. The Copyright Act applies to copyrights only, and not to trademarks or patents.
How do I know if I own the copyright for one or more of the images that I am using on the detail page?
A person who authors an original work usually owns the copyright for that work based on certain conditionalities. If you take a photo of your product, you generally have copyright protection in the photo that you took, and you can use that photo on your product detail page to sell that product. However, if you find a photo on someone else's website, you should not upload that photo to a product detail page without the other person's permission.
Example: The owner of the Pinzon brand took the photos of the sheets shown below and owns the copyright in the images of the sheets. If a seller were to copy these images to sell their product on another product detail page, that seller could be violating the copyrights owner's rights in the images of the sheets.
Note: When you add your copyrighted image to a product detail page, you grant Amazon and its affiliates a licence to use the material. Other sellers can list their items for sale on pages to which you have added your copyrighted images, even if you no longer sell that product. To ensure that you are not violating someone's copyrights, make sure to upload only images or text that you have created yourself or for which you have the copyright holder's permission to upload.
Refer to the Copyright Office, Government of India's website at http://copyright.gov.in/frmFAQ.aspx for copyright FAQs.
How do I know if I own the copyright for the product that I am selling?
It is important to make sure that the goods which you are selling do not violate a copyright, or you could lose your selling privileges and face potential legal consequences.
A trademark is a word, symbol or design, or a combination of same (such as a brand name or logo) that a company uses to identify its goods or services and to distinguish them from other companies' goods and services. To put it another way, a trademark indicates the source of goods or services. Generally, trademark laws exist to prevent customer confusion about the source of goods or services.
Example: "Amazon" is a trademark that we use for many of our goods and services. Other Amazon trademarks contain both pictures and words, such as the "Available at Amazon" trademark.
A trademark owner usually protects a trademark by registering it with a country-specific trademark office (such as the Office of the Registrar of Trade Marks). In some cases, a person or company might have trademark rights based on only the use of a mark in commerce, even though the mark was never registered with a country-specific trademark office. Those rights are known as "common law" trademark rights and can be more limited.
What do trademarks protect?
Generally, trademark law protects sellers of goods and services from customer confusion about who provides, endorses, or is affiliated with particular goods or services. A trademark owner might be able to stop others from using a particular mark, or a deceptively similar mark, if using the mark is likely to cause a customer to be deceived or confused about whether the product being sold is the trademark owner's product.
What types of trademarks are displayed on Amazon?
Trademarks are often displayed on Amazon's product detail page in the form of product and brand names listed on a product detail page. For example, the trademark "Pinzon" appears in the brand name or "byline" portion of the product detail page shown below. The "Pinzon" trademark also appears in the product name portion of the product detail page ("Pinzon Flannel Sheet Set – King, Sage").
The Office of the Registrar of Trade Marks offers resources to learn more about trademarks, available at http://www.ipindia.nic.in/faq-tm.htm.
Do I always need the rights owner's permission to use a trademark?
Just because you are not the owner of a trademark, it does not necessarily mean that you cannot sell another company's product. Usually, the unauthorised use of a trademark in the creation of a product detail page is infringing only if it is likely to cause confusion as to the source, endorsement, or affiliation of the goods.
Example: If you are selling a genuine Pinzon sheet set and you are advertising the product as a Pinzon sheet set, you might not be causing confusion as to the source or affiliation of the goods (in other words, Pinzon) and, if not, you are not infringing on the Pinzon trademark.
As a seller, when can I use someone else's trademark?
Typically, a seller can use someone else's trademark in the following circumstances:
When selling authentic goods, a seller may use a trademarked name to list those authentic goods. For example, a seller who lists an authentic "Pinzon" product is not necessarily infringing on the owner of the Pinzon trademark because the seller is using the trademark to identify an authentic product.
When using a trademarked word in its ordinary dictionary meaning .
When making truthful statements that a product is compatible with a trademarked product. For example, if you offer a cable that is compatible with the Kindle e-reader, you can use the brand name "Kindle" to indicate that compatibility in the text of your product detail page. You cannot use a logo to indicate compatibility, only the brand name. Any statement that you make about compatibility must be true, and relevant for the customer's purchase decision (for example, if your product is actually compatible with all competitor products, it is not permissible to use the brands of these products, as the customer is not at risk of buying the "wrong" product without the compatibility statement).
"Similar to" claims (such as stating that goods are "similar to Kindle" or "equivalent to Find") may infringe trademark law, depending on the marketplace and circumstances. Seek legal counsel before making such comparisons.
If you want to indicate the compatibility of your product with a product of a different brand in the product title, build your product title as follows, taking also account of Amazon Brand Name Policy. If you do not apply this format to your product title, your listing may be removed as potentially trademark infringing.
Title format for branded compatible products
[Your Product's Brand Name] + [Product Name] + "for"/"compatible with"/"fits"/"intended for" + [Brand of Main Product] + [Main Product Name] + (other product title elements, if applicable)
Xandu USB charging cable, compatible with AmazonBasics speaker
TonTon Sleeve intended for Kindle Fire
Title format for generic compatible products
"Generic" + [Product Name] + "for"/"compatible with"/"fits"/"intended for" + [Brand of Main Product] + [Main Product Name] + (other product title elements, if applicable)
Generic Replacement filter for AmazonBasics Waterfilter A3
How can I make sure that I am not violating trademark law when selling on Amazon?
It is important to make sure that the goods which you are selling, and the content of your listings, do not violate a trademark or you could lose your selling privileges and face potential legal consequences. When you decide to sell goods on Amazon, ask yourself the following questions:
Are the goods that I am selling from a reputable distributor?
How did I acquire these goods, and will I be able to prove that they are authentic if the question arises?
Will the way I am describing these goods cause customer confusion (for example, would something about your product detail page for the generic sheet set cause customers to believe they are purchasing a Pinzon sheet set)?
Did I use a brand name or trademark in a non-confusing and truthful manner to describe compatibility (generally allowed) instead of deceptive similarity (not allowed)?
The table below shows examples of correctly and incorrectly branded listings under Amazon listing policy:
Listing title
Status of listing
AmazonBasics Speaker (blank) Inactive listing due to incorrect Brand field. Because the Brand attribute is blank (not "AmazonBasics"), the listing title cannot imply that the product is an AmazonBasics product.
AmazonBasics Speaker AmazonBasics Active listing, with correct Brand field use and acceptable title.
Six foot USB charging cable, compatible with AmazonBasics speaker (blank) Active listing, with acceptable title and Brand field use, IF the charging cable is only compatible with AmazonBasics speakers and not also with all other electronic devices (if the cable is compatible with several brands but not all, it is acceptable to use the most important brand in the product title and list the others in the bullet points). Title indicates compatibility without implying that this is an AmazonBasics branded product; Brand field may be blank for generic product.
Wireless Speakers with six foot USB charging cable, compatible with AmazonBasics speaker Wireless Speakers Inc. Active listing, with correct Brand Field use and acceptable title, IF the charging cable is only compatible with AmazonBasics speakers and not also with all other electronic devices (if the cable is compatible with several brands but not all, it is acceptable to use the most important brand in the product title and list the others in the bullet points).
If you are not sure, you should consult a lawyer.
What is Counterfeiting?
Counterfeiting is a specific type of trademark infringement. A counterfeit is an unlawful reproduction of a registered trademark, or a mark that is very similar to a registered trademark, in connection with the sale of a product that does not come from the trademark holder.
Counterfeiting requires the use of a trademark on the product or packaging.
A look-alike item sold on a separate product detail page without the improper use of a trademark is not a counterfeit, even though the item might look similar or identical to the trademarked product.
What is a patent?
A patent is a form of legal protection for inventions. An issued patent grants its owner the right to exclude others from making, using, offering to sell, selling, or importing the invention into India for a fixed number of years.
Patents may be granted for a new machine, articles of manufacture, composition of matter, process, or improvement to any of those, and generally protect the structure and functions of a product rather than how it looks.
What is the difference between a patent, trademark, and a copyright?
A patent is different from a trademark in that it protects an invention (such as a new machine or idea) rather than a word or logo that is used to identify the source of the product (such as the brand name of the product). A patent is different from a copyright in that it does not protect the expressive content of a creative work like a book or a picture, but protects a specific invention, such as a new method of printing books, or a new type of camera.
The Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks office offers resources to learn more about patents at http://www.ipindia.nic.in/writereaddata/Portal/Images/pdf/Final_FREQUENTLY_ASKED_QUESTIONS_-PATENT.pdf.
How can I make sure that I do not violate someone's patent when selling on Amazon?
The manufacturer or authorised distributor of a product might be able to assist you with patent related issues. If you are unsure whether your content or product violates someone else's patent, you should consult a lawyer before listing on Amazon.
What is an industrial design?
An industrial design is a form of legal protection for an original ornamental plastic form of an object or set of lines and colours that may be applied to a product. An industrial design protects the appearance of a product and is intrinsically linked to a product.
How can I make sure that I do not violate someone's design when selling on Amazon?
The manufacturer or distributor of a product might be able to assist you with design related issues. If you are unsure whether your content or product violates someone else's design, you should consult a lawyer before listing on Amazon.
What is a design?
In India, designs are regulated or protected under the Designs Act, 2000 ("Design Act"). A design is the features of shape, configuration, pattern, ornament, or composition of lines or colours applied to any article whether two dimensional or three dimensional or in both, by any industrial process or means, whether manual, mechanical or chemical, separate or combined, which in the finished article appeals to and is judged solely by the eye.
It is important to make sure that the products which you are selling on Amazon, do not violate a registered design. For example, you should not imitate a registered design, except with the licence or written consent of the registered proprietor.
What can be registered as a design?
To meet the criteria of a valid design and be registered under the Design Act, a design must be (i) new or original; (ii) undisclosed to the public anywhere in India or in any other country by publication in any tangible form or not in use in any other way; (iii) significantly distinguishable from known designs or combination of known designs; and (iv) not contain obscene or scandalous matter.
When a design is registered, the registered proprietor of the design shall, subject to the provisions of the Design Act, have copyright in the design for 10 years from the date of registration.
What to do if your account receives a warning or suspension
What happens when I receive a warning that my listing is being removed due to a report of intellectual property rights infringement? What if I own the rights to the intellectual property?
If you receive a warning for infringement, you will have several options to appeal or dispute the claim:
If you receive a warning for a product that you never listed on Amazon, reply to the notification that you received and let us know that you have never listed the reported product. We will investigate to determine if an error occurred.
If you have an established relationship with the rights owner who submitted the complaint (licence, manufacturing or distribution agreement, and so on), we encourage you to reach out to the rights owner and request that the complaint be retracted. If we receive a retraction from the rights owner, your content may be reinstated. The rights owner's contact information is provided in the warning that you received.
Trademark Response: If you believe that a rights owner, or Amazon, made an error when removing your product listing for counterfeiting or trademark infringement, reply to the notification that you received and provide specific reasons as to why you believe a mistake was made. Provide any invoice or Order ID that demonstrates the authenticity of the product. We will then re-evaluate the notice and your content may be reinstated.
Patent Response: If you believe that a rights owner, or Amazon, made an error when removing your product listing for patent infringement, reply to the notification that you received and provide specific reasons as to why you believe a mistake was made.
Copyright Response: If you believe that a rights owner, or Amazon, made an error when removing your product listings for copyright infringement, reply to the notification that you received and provide specific reasons as to why you believe a mistake was made. You may also seek appropriate remedies available to you under applicable laws.
What do I do if I have received multiple warnings of intellectual property infringement?
If you have received multiple warnings of intellectual property infringement and you believe that you are selling authentic products, appeal via your Seller Central account with the following information:
A list of the allegedly infringing ASINs and at least one of the following:
Invoices proving the authenticity of your products; or
Order IDs demonstrating product authenticity; or
An authorisation letter from the rights owner (that is not a forwarded email)
What do I do if my account has been suspended?
If your account has been suspended as a result of rights owners submitting notices of intellectual property infringement against your products or content, you can provide us with a viable Plan of Action that includes the following information:
The reasons why you were selling allegedly infringing products and uploaded allegedly infringing content or both
The steps which you have taken to ensure that you are no longer infringing
How you will avoid infringement in the future
Any other pertinent information
You should send your Plan of Action via your account dashboard or reply to the account suspension notification that you received. We will evaluate your Plan of Action and determine if your account may be reinstated. Note: Amazon terminates the accounts of repeat infringers in appropriate circumstances.
What if I did not know I was violating someone's intellectual property?
Sellers are expected to follow the law and Amazon's policies. Amazon takes claims of intellectual property infringement seriously. Even if a seller is infringing on someone's intellectual property without knowledge, we will still take action and the seller's account might receive a warning or be suspended. You should consult an attorney for help to ensure that your business has the right procedures in place to prevent IP infringement.


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Die HTL Steyr ist eine Höhere Technische Bundeslehranstalt in der Stadt Steyr in Oberösterreich. Sie ist mit über 1050 Schülern und mehr als 130 Lehrern eine der größten Schulen der Region.

Geschichte

Die Schule wurde am 8. Februar 1874 als Fachschule für Eisenindustrie im ehemaligen Jesuitenkloster am Michaelerplatz und heutigen Gebäude vom Bundesrealgymnasium Steyr eröffnet. Der Fachschule folgte eine Versuchsanstalt und eine Lehrwerkstätte, welche zur Vereinigten Fachschule und Versuchsanstalt zusammengefasst wurden. Dem folgten die Nennungen Bundeslehranstalt für Eisen- und Stahlbearbeitung, Staatsfachschule, Ingenieurschule, Technisch-gewerbliche Bundesfachschule, Bundesgewerbeschule, bis sie mit dem neuen Schulorganisationsgesetz 1963 zur Höheren Technischen Lehranstalt wurde.

Am 23. September 1883 wurde das neue Schulgebäude in der Schwimmschulstraße eröffnet, welches heute von der BAKIP Steyr genutzt wird.

Abteilungen
Die HTL Steyr ist in 4 Abteilungen gegliedert und führt pro Jahrgang insgesamt 7 höhere Klassen (5-jährig) und 2 Fachschulklassen (4-jährig).

Maschinenbau – Fahrzeugtechnik
 Höhere Abteilung für Maschinenbau – Fahrzeugtechnik
 Fachschule für Maschinenbau – Kraftfahrzeugbau

In der Höheren Abteilung für Maschinenbau – Fahrzeugtechnik wird seit 2005 zusätzlich zur normalen deutschsprachigen Klasse eine parallele Englischklasse geführt. Hierbei wird der Unterricht in den meisten Gegenständen in englischer Sprache gehalten, was vor allem in der Automobilbranche von großem Vorteil ist. Derzeit ist die HTL Steyr die einzige Schule im deutschen Sprachraum, die eine derartige Ausbildung anbietet.

Elektronik
 Höhere Abteilung für Elektronik & Technische Informatik
 Multimedia-Systeme & Web IT
 Energiemanagement & Green IT
 Medizinische Systeme & Health IT

Mechatronik
 Höhere Abteilung für Mechatronik – Präzisionstechnik

Kunst und Design
 Höhere Abteilung für Kunst und Design
 Schmuck und Objekt
 Graviertechnik
 Kunstschmiede und Metallplastiker

Informationstechnologie und Netzwerktechnik
 Höhere Abteilung für Informationstechnologie und Netzwerktechnik (seit 2018)
 Softwareentwicklung in Form von Web- und Desktopanwendungen
 Datenbanksysteme
 Netzwerktechnik (praktisch und theoretisch)
 Betriebssysteme und ihre Anwendungsfälle

Leitung

 1874– Josef Wurzinger, Professor an der Realschule
 1878– Franz Fritz Maier
 1883– Alfred Musil
 Gustav Ritzinger
 –1916 Rudolf Pawlicka
 1916 Ferdinand Freihofner
 Karl Wolf
 1933–1938 Josef Haßlinger
 1938– Rudolf Mitterhauser
 1945–1949 Josef Haßlinger
 1949–1963 Robert Hillisch
 1964–1980 Wilhelm Jurkowski
 1980–1981 Ferdinand Freihofner
 1981–1982 Klaus Hamberger
 1982–2000 Gottfried Ehrenstrasser
 2000–2001 Horst Untersmayr
 2001–2022 Franz Reithuber
 seit 2022 Sandra Losbichler

Lehrer
 Metallplastiker Johann Angerbauer (1929–1977)

Öffentliche Veranstaltungen

Tag der offenen Tür
Jährlich im Jänner veranstaltet die Schule den Tag der offenen Tür, um nachfolgenden Generationen die Schule vorzustellen. Dabei haben Besucher unter anderem die Möglichkeit, die Werkstätten, Labore und Konstruktionssäle zu besichtigen. Interessenten haben die Möglichkeit, bei Schauunterricht einen Einblick in den Theorieunterricht zu erhalten. Schüler der Abschlussklassen stellen ihre Diplomarbeiten und Projekte vor. Für Führungen durch das Gebäude stehen Schüler der HTL zur Verfügung.

Frühjahrskonzert
Jedes Jahr im Frühjahr trägt das Schulorchester der HTL Steyr das Frühjahrskonzert aus.

Kfz-Symposium
Die HTL Steyr veranstaltet mehrtägige Kfz-Symposien (zuletzt 2019). Referenten aus Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft berichten in Vorträgen über Technik, Innovationen und Trends in der Automobilindustrie und im Maschinenbau.

ÖVK – Vorträge
Mehrmals jährlich finden im schuleigenen Mehrzwecksaal Vorträge des Österreichischen Vereins für Kraftfahrzeugtechnik statt. Vortragende sind Experten aus den Bereichen Auto, Motor und Technik, die über Entwicklungen in der Automobilbranche referieren.

Veranstaltungen für Schüler

Sportwochen
In der zweiten Klasse findet eine Wintersportwoche statt, bei der die Klassen in einem Schigebiet Wintersport betreiben können und von Lehrern unterstützt werden. In der Sommersportwoche, bei der die dritten Klassen meist an einen österreichischen See reisen, können die Schüler zwischen verschiedenen Sportarten wie z. B. Segeln, Surfen, Tennis und Radfahrten wählen.

Londonwoche
Die Englischklasse der Abteilung Maschinenbau-Kraftfahrzeugtechnik reist im vierten Jahr in die britische Hauptstadt, um diese zu besichtigen und die gelernten Englischkenntnisse praktisch anzuwenden.
Andere Klassen können diese Reise nur anstatt der Sommersportwoche wählen.

Exkursionen
Zusätzlich zur Ausbildung an der Schule werden immer wieder Exkursionen zu verschiedensten Orten organisiert, um neben der Theorie auch einen praktischen Einblick in ihr Fachgebiet zu bekommen.
Hierbei werden verschiedenste Messen, zum Beispiel die IAA Frankfurt, aber auch Industriebetriebe wie Voest-Alpine, BMW oder SKF besichtigt.

Weblinks

 Webpräsenz der HTL Steyr

Einzelnachweise

Steyr
Bildung (Steyr)
Gegründet 1874

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The 1X Overdrive Trimlite control system is designed for every rider from beginner to pro who uses an inflatable kite with a single line (1X) compatible method of security. Adjustable bar length and a cleat trim are a priority.
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As the summer months approach, it's time to stock up on sunscreen to protect our skin from the sizzling summer sun. While trying to protect your skin from UV radiation, you could unknowingly be putting your skin at more risk by using a product with toxic ingredients. These ingredients include Oxybenzone, Retinyl Palmitate (Synthetic Vitamin A Palmitate), parabens, phthalates and fragrances which include synthetic musks. You should also avoid sunscreen sprays and powders as these release toxic particles into the air that can be breathed in, causing unknown health effects or lung irritation. Sunscreen towelettes should also be avoided because they do not give sufficient protection from UV radiation. High SPF sunscreens (50+) are also something to take into consideration as higher SPFs encourage people to stay in the sun longer, thinking the higher number gives them security. In reality, higher SPFs give the same amount of protection as SPF 30.
At Murray Avenue Apothecary, we are proud to offer our new LabNaturals Mineral Sunscreen. It is SPF 30 Zinc Oxide with UVA/UVB protection and does not contain any TOXIC ingredients. Our sunscreen is good enough for humans, the environment and animals. The FDA approved sunscreen agent in this product is the non-nano zinc oxide. However, every ingredient used in this formulation is considered a sunscreen. One ingredient, Red Raspberry Seed oil (Rubus idaeus) is known to contain a high level of EFA's (essential fatty acids) which research shows to be connected with reduction of the effects of oxidative stress in the body. It also exhibits anti-inflammatory properties. It may also act as a broad spectrum UVA and UVB shield. Of course, this statement has not been approved by the FDA. If you want heavy protection, leave this lotion thicker and whiter on your skin. If you don't want the white, simply smooth it into the skin for UVA and UVB protection. Remember to apply enough prior to going outside and reapply after being in the water or sweating. Use this in addition to our LabNaturals Daytime Firming Peptide Lotion and Vitamin C 20% Skin Serum as an anti-aging skin aid along with our sunscreen.
Let's back-track for a minute, and really take a look at UV radiation to better understand our protection from it. Ultraviolet (UV) light is an invisible component of sunlight that not only damages our skin, but also our eyes and our immune system. There are 3 types of UV light, (A, B and C) that are classified based on their wavelength. UVA penetrates the skin more deeply than UVB and damages skin cells which can cause development of skin cancer later on. UVB is not quite as harsh as UVA, but contributes to reddening of the skin, sunburn, wrinkling, and can sometimes play a part in skin cancer. Putting UVA and UVB together will wreak havoc on your skin, causing synergistic damage. Apart from your skin, UV light can also damage your DNA. This results in wrinkling, premature skin aging, and skin cancer. Our body does have a natural way of protecting itself from UV light by producing a pigment called, "melanin", but we know it as having a "tan".
UV light is not all bad –It helps the body produce Vitamin D. Sunscreen, despite it being imperative for skin protection, lowers Vitamin D levels that we need for our body. In this case, taking Vitamin D supplements is essential while using sunscreen. Murray Avenue Apothecary has many Vitamin D supplements that can help see you through these summer months, and all year round.
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Education is the key to UV protection. Knowing where and how UV radiation affects the body will only aid you further in protection. UV radiation goes so much deeper than just the skin, and there are a number of ways to protect yourself besides standard sunscreen. So, when you go out shopping for your sunscreen, make sure supplements and vitamins are on your list, and stop into Murray Avenue Apothecary. We'll help you with all your summer protection needs for you, your family, and also your pet. Get educated, get proactive, and stay healthy this summer!


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The Last Chance, by Joshua J. Mark
As soon as Alex Pritt woke up that morning he knew the film was gone. He knew it instantly, all at once, even before he scrambled out of bed, hugging his nightmare head with both hands and squinting in the bright October sunlight streaming through the window of his apartment. He dug through his camera bag by the door fiercely and then sank down on the floor, his face in his hands.
"Oh God," he whispered. "Oh God."
He was finished. Done. Roscoe had said so. Pritt could hear the words now singing through his mind, behind his eyes. He was just leaving Roscoe's office yesterday when Dean had stopped him.
"And Pritt," he'd said. "No drinking."
Alex had paused, his hand on the doorknob. "Of course not," he'd said. "I never drink when I'm working."
Dean sat back in his chair and said, "I've known you a long time, Pritt. Remember that. So, ok, you don't drink on a shoot. But I've known you to drink after. When the show ends tonight, your night ends. Go home. After you've put that roll of film in my hands you can shoot yourself for all I care – but not before."
"Sure, Dean." He'd opened the door.
"Alex," Dean stopped him. "I'm not kidding. We've known each other a long time, ok. But I've got a publication to get out here. You've screwed up for the last time -"
"That wasn't my fault, Dean," Alex said, moving back into the office. "It was a madhouse at that concert, man. You know that."
"I know I had to pay three times the amount I cared to for that freelancer because you broke your camera. You broke the camera because you were drunk."
"I wasn't. I -"
"Alex," Dean said. "Listen. It's only cause I know you know Vickie Holt I'm letting you have this assignment. Don't screw it up. That's all I'm saying. If you don't have the first drink you can't have the fifteenth. Remember that."
"Sure, Dean."
But he hadn't remembered that. He'd met Bren Wilson, the college intern who'd be assisting him, and they'd gone to the show. It was Vickie Holt's farewell performance. She was Country's hottest star who was retiring at thirty-three, a millionaire two times over, to settle down and start a family. She and Alex were friends from high school.
The show had been as spectacular as promised and Alex had snapped some of the best pictures he'd ever done. Vickie had even let him and Bren into the dressing room, into the tour bus. He'd gone everywhere she went. Bren carried his bags for him and asked him questions and listened to him, to the voice of experience, of genius.
"I can't believe I'm really working with you, Mr. Pritt."
"It's Alex."
"Alex. I mean, man, you are a legend."
"Thank you," he'd smiled.
She was a slim, provocative woman of twenty-two, lovely, blonde hair and tight jeans. Alex was flattered she thought so highly of him. He wanted to take her back to his place and bang her until she squealed.
He remembered that. He remembered wanting her. He remembered her closeness and the smell of her fresh, clean hair. The show had ended. She suggested they go somewhere for a drink and Alex, his senses floating on the waves of her perfume, her smile, the adulation in her eyes, said, "Sure. Why not?" And the night dwindled into a blur.
Alex stared down at his camera bag. He'd given the film to Bren, maybe. But why? Why would he have done that? Why wasn't it in his bag?
"Cause you got drunk," he spat. "Damn it!"
He squinted up at the clock on the wall. Ten o'clock. He got to his feet, walked to the kitchen and downed three aspirin. He made coffee, feeling tense and jittery inside. He took the Bourbon off the shelf and hesitated over the coffee mug.
"Jesus," he said, putting the bottle back. "The hell's the matter with you? That's what got you into this mess."
He took a sip of coffee.
Dean's gonna fire me. That's what's gonna happen. And no one else'll pick me up. Not after this. Jesus. Maybe if I knew where we went. Did I give it to someone? I kinda remember holding it. I'm not sure though. I wonder if we went to the Last Chance? If we went to the Chance maybe Bird saw me give it to someone. But why in hell would you give someone the film, for Christ's sakes? And why would you take a chick like Bren to that hole?
"Oh, shit," he shook his head and looked again at the Bourbon bottle quietly resting on the shelf. "What the hell." He opened it quickly and poured a generous shot into his coffee. He drank and sighed slowly. There. Much better. Much, much better. Sweet.
He lighted a cigarette and the phone rang.
"Hey, how you feeling?" Bren's voice bright.
"Hey, Bren. Doing ok. How you?"
"Great. Man, last night was a blast. You were so cool, man."
"Glad you had a good time," Alex said. Wish I was there.
"Look," she said. "You need help developing the rolls? I'd like to help."
Alex stared down at the cigarette burning in his hand. He felt suddenly like crying. "I'm not sure," he said. "I've gotta see Dean Roscoe at four. Sometime before then."
"Well, when? I'd really like to help. I mean, if that's ok and all. I don't want to get in your way or anything. It's just -"
"Jesus," Alex sighed.
"What? Hey, are you ok? Is something wrong?"
"Bren," Alex said. "I -"
"Is it something I did? Did I do something wrong?"
"No, no. Nothing like that. Don't think anything like that. You were great. Great." He sighed. If he could only remember. Where had they gone? "I'm just still waking up is all. Wild night, huh?"
"Oh, it was like a dream. Meeting Vickie and then the Sante Fe."
The Sante Fe. Yes! He remembered. They'd gone to the Sante Fe after the show for a few Coronas.
"Yeah," he said, brightening. "Great place." The Sante Fe. They opened at eleven thirty. If Tony was on he'd let Alex look around. Bren was talking but he hadn't heard her.
"I said your friend Bird is a great looking guy. I mean, that guy could be a movie star."
Bird. So they had gone to the Last Chance. If he gave the film to anyone it was Bird.
"Yeah," he said. "He's a great guy. I've known him for, like, a hundred years."
"So, what do you say? Can I help? I'd really like to."
"Sure, sure. No problem. How about one? My place."
"I'll be there."
Alex gave her directions and hung up. It was ten forty five. He'd go to the Chance first. Probably wasn't that drunk at the Sante Fe. And Bird's on today `cause Leon's vacationing. He remembered that. Ok. This could be all right.
He showered, shaved and dressed. Then he called Dean Roscoe. Marlene patched him through.
"Pritt. Where's the film?"
"And a good morning to you, too, Dean."
"Where's the film?"
"How about four o'clock?"
There was a pause on the line and then Dean spoke. "Fine. That's fine. Tell you the truth I was all ready to hear there was a problem."
"No problem at all. Bren's coming over at one and help me develop the rolls. She was a great help last night. Great girl."
"Yeah," Alex said. "So – four."
"Four. Hey, good job, Alex. I can't wait to see the product."
He hung up, grabbed his camera bag, and left. Vickie Holt's band was long gone, he was sure, but the star herself might still be relaxing at the Sheraton. He remembered that. The band was going on before her. He felt sure, now, that he would find the film; but if he didn't he'd better have something – like a few shots of the star reclining on her hotel sofa.
He pulled up in front of the hotel and ran in. Flashing his press pass at the front desk he asked, "Vickie Holt up yet? I've got an appointment."
"You got an appointment, you're out of luck," the clerk said. "She's up and two hours gone."
"Fraid so. Sorry."
Alex nodded and, sighing, walked out to his car. He felt a lump in his throat which he couldn't seem to swallow down and his stomach was tight and angry. What if he couldn't find it? What if – "Stop it," he whispered. "Stop."
A drink. That's what he needed. A shot. Just to calm his nerves. No. Not until you've got that film in Roscoe's hands. Then you can drink. Then you can shoot yourself for all he cares, remember? Take Bren out to dinner after. That'll work. Get to know her better. Damn, she's sweet.
Alex was getting a hard-on thinking about her. He stepped up to the phone booth near his car to call her and realized he didn't know her number. He didn't know why he wanted to call her suddenly. What am I doing? I gotta find that film. Bren'll come later. Find that film.
He ran his tongue around his gums. His teeth felt like dry, white stones baking on a desert highway. He shook and felt something tugging at his jaw. Just one drink wouldn't hurt. That shot in his coffee had done him good. Set him up right. It was almost twelve. Bird would set him up right. He hopped in his car and headed for the Last Chance.
The bar/restaurant wasn't open yet when he got there but he rapped on the window anyway. He knew someone would be in there setting up. Ron Burdick, known as Bird, opened the door and nodded at him. He was a tall man with dark hair and a bright smile.
"Alex," he said. "Didn't think you'd be looking so good today. You were pretty well oiled last night."
Alex walked past him and Bird shut the door and locked it.
"Sorry about last night," Bird said, striding toward the bar. "But I had to cut you off. You were getting a little rowdy."
Alex didn't remember that at all. "Sure," he said. "I understand. No problem."
He sat down on a stool and cleared his throat. He stared at all the bottles on the shelves across from him. Bird followed his stare and looked down at the bar.
"Bird? Did I -? Did you, uh, find some rolls of film here last night?"
"Nope," Bird said, standing tall behind the bar, looking into Alex's face.
Alex felt all the hope drain from him. Down from the top of his head, down his face, his arms, chest, down his legs, his toes, a tangible thing moving fast, down into the floor of the bar, down and down and down. He dropped his face into his hands and shook his head.
Bird looked down at him for a minute and then said, "I didn't find rolls of film. I didn't cut you off last night either. Though I should have."
Alex looked up at him. "What do you mean?"
"I told you I cut you off just now to see if you remembered the night. You don't, do you?"
"I – of course I do. I-" Alex felt the heat rise up in his cheeks. "I -"
Bird stared at him, arms crossed. Alex sighed and slumped against the bar.
"No," he said. "I don't. I don't remember a damned thing after the show. I don't even remember being here."
"I thought not," Bird said. He reached into his jacket pocket, took out three small, black canisters of film, and put them down before Alex on the bar. Alex stared at them then looked up at Bird.
"What the hell is this? What are you doing?"
"I took the film off you," Bird said.
"What the hell?" Alex stood up. "What the hell you do that for? Jesus Christ, Bird! It's not fucking funny."
"No, it's not," the tall man said, leaning back and crossing his arms again. "Not funny at all. You were knee-walking drunk last night, man. And it's not the first time. You were waving that film all over the place, yelling about how you had the exclusive pics of Vickie Holt's farewell concert and how you did her back in high school and she gave great head. Shit like that."
"You sure did, my man."
Alex ran his hand over his face and shook his head. "Was Bren with me the whole time?"
"No," Bird said. He came around the bar and began setting chairs down on the floor. The room was dark and silent save for the short rap when the chair legs hit the wood of the floor. Bird paused and looked at Alex. "That all you can think of? That's all that bothers you about last night? Whether some chick was around to see you making an ass of yourself? That's all that bothers you?"
"No, not all. It's just -"
"She left around midnight," Bird said, returning to the chairs. "Wanted you to go home with her. She was a little drunk. Little flirty. You said you had to stay. Told her she was too tempting a treat. You didn't trust yourself to behave like a gentleman, you said, or some shit like that. She thought you were too cool. That's what she kept saying. How cool you were. What a real gentleman."
Alex nodded. He remembered that now. So cool. Right.
"I called her a cab," Bird said. "And once she was gone it was like someone pushed your `Asshole ON' button. Like I said, I should've cut you off."
"Yeah," Alex said. He looked down at the floor. He sighed, reached out, held a canister of film in his right fist.
Bird put the last of the chairs on the floor, walked over behind the bar, and began filling small, brown bowls with chips and pretzels.
"I'm sorry," Alex said, looking down at the film on the polished bar. "I – Jesus." He blew out a long sigh. "It won't happen again, Bird. Really."
"I know it won't," Bird said, putting down two bowls of chips. He placed his hands on the bar and looked at Alex. "At least it won't in here. You're cut off."
"What? Bird, hey, come on."
"Come on nothing. You come in here you can have water, coke, or ginger ale. That's it."
Alex shot up and glared into the other man's face. "What the hell's gotten into you? So I got a little drunk, so what? I was having fun. That's what people do in bars. You're a bartender. You should've maybe seen that once or twice."
"They don't get drunk like you get drunk, Alex."
"You're cutting me off after one night?"
"No," Bird said. "It's not one night. It's lots of nights. Should've done it long ago but you're a regular. I've known you a long time. And you're a hell of a nice guy and a hell of a talent and you've got a hell of a problem drinking. So I'm not serving you anymore juice."
Alex glared at him and wanted to hit him. He wanted to feel the man's face under his fists.
"Alex," Bird said, gently. "Do yourself a favor. Get some help."
"Fuck you, man," Alex said. "Who the hell do you think you are? Get some help. I don't have a problem, man. You've got the problem. I don't know what's made you such a tight-ass all of a sudden but -" Alex pocketed the film and turned away toward the door. "Fuck this. Fuck this and fuck you. I don't need this shit hole to drink in anyway. There's plenty of bars better than this around." He turned back a moment and said, "And I bet the bartenders there don't steal the customers fucking film either."
He marched to the door and yanked on it – but it was locked. He unlocked it angrily, pulled it open, and walked out. The October sun made the street seem sharp and brittle. Alex shielded his eyes and strode angrily to his car.
"What an asshole. What an asshole! Thinks he's fucking Dear Abby all of a sudden. Thinks he knows it all. He doesn't know jack shit."
Alex drove swiftly though the brittle streets of Sanford. His rage was like a tangible thing inside him, beneath his skin, shaking him, hurting inside like a hot soup he'd swallowed too fast. His hands shook as he fumbled a cigarette to his lips and lighted it.
A drink. That's what he needed. A drink. Not a fucking lecture on proper bar behavior. No. Gotta get home. I've got the film. Gotta get the dark room ready. Bren'll be there soon.
He stopped at the red light on Market and stared out down the street ahead of him. He felt the rage now jumping about inside his chest. His breath was coming in quick, short rasps and his teeth gritted and felt like old chalk in a dusty corner.
Fuck this. Who am I kidding? I can't work like this. I can hardly drive the fucking car.
The light went green and he drove straight, then around the block and parked in back of the Sante Fe. He got out and walked quickly in the back door. Tony was behind the bar.
"Hey, Mister Pritt," Tony said. "How's it hanging today?"
"Hey, Tony. Set me up, will ya?" Alex slapped a five on the bar.
"Will do," Tony said. He poured a mug of beer from the tap and set it before Alex. Then he poured him a shot of Bourbon and set it down next to the beer. It made a small tap on the bar and the amber liquor jiggled in the brightly polished shot glass.
"There's your poison," Tony said, smiling. He took the five away to the register.
Alex picked up the shot with shaking fingers and tossed it down his throat. He grabbed the mug and drank it quickly, then landed it hard on the bar. He sighed. The medicine was instantly at work. He felt his mind soften, his stomach relax with a quiet, comfortable glow. His teeth were there in his mouth but he suddenly had no need to take special notice of them. He smiled and slowly shook his head.
"Let's try that again, Tony," Alex said, slapping a twenty down on the bar.
"Hit the spot, hey, Mister Pritt?"
"You don't know, man. You just don't know."
Tony snatched the glasses up and walked away. Alex sat down easily on the stool and lit a cigarette. He looked around the room now, noticing the other people quietly having lunch. He checked his watch. It was almost one but he'd leave after this drink. It wasn't far to his place. Maybe he'd be a little late but so what? No biggie. Hell, he had to be in shape to work. And after what that scene with Bird had done to him he needed a drink or two just to calm down.
"Fucking Bird," he whispered, shaking his head. He laughed.
Tony put the beer and shot down in front of him and hurried off with the twenty. Alex picked up the shot and smiled. Down the bar he noticed a cute red head stirring her straw slowly in a half-empty glass of bright pink daiquiri. Little early in the day to be putting that amount away so fast, Alex thought.
"My kind of girl," he whispered to the Bourbon, and took the shot then followed it with the beer. He signaled Tony and then moved down the bar toward the woman with her daiquiri.
"Hey, how's it going," he said. "Anyone ever tell you that you could pass for a country star?"
The woman smiled at him slightly, shook her head, looked back into the mirror behind the bar.
"Seriously," Alex said to her. "This isn't a line. I'm A.J. Pritt, photographer. Here's my card."
Joshua J. Mark is a freelance writer who has lived in Greece and Germany and presently lives in upstate New York, USA, with his family. His published works include `The Artifice of Eternity' through Diddle Dog, `Hemingway's Birthday' through Espresso Fiction and `The Cottage' through Writer's Journal, as well as other stories through print and online. Mark is also a site moderator for and has been published in Ancient History Encyclopedia, where he writes primarily on Mesopotamia, Greece and Egypt; Suite 101, writing on Ancient Philosophy and Ancient History; and inspirational non-fiction through Angels on the Earth and Pure Inspirational Thoughts.com. His poem `The Hamster' appears in Asinine Poetry and he is also a songwriter registered with BMI. Mark holds advanced degrees in both English and Philosophy. He is a part-time teacher of philosophy and writing at Marist College where he is a recipient of the Faculty of the Year Award.
© 2011, Joshua J. Mark
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Today's consumers demand unique and memorable experiences as part of their everyday lives, therefore brands are now changing the intent and purpose of their physical spaces.
Brands are rethinking the customer journey and creating distinctive experiences with a combination of in-store design, people, technology and product. The assumption is that people expect brands to deliver amazing brand experiences that are compelling across all stages of the customer journey.
By moving beyond the product, brands are revisiting the customer journey with immersive experiences that are designed to bring the brand and consumer closer together. The brand experience is and will continue to be the critically important driver of emotional connection.
Recent studies show that people live happier when they spend their money on intangible experience, rather than material things. Even when they buy something tangible, they judge the value of a brand based on the quality of the customer experience. Brands will need to be present in the micro moments that matter.
How can brands build emotional connections?
The human senses play a crucial role in attracting customers on a deeper level and thus impact their thoughts and behaviors. The concept behind developing emotional connections involves stimulating as many of the customer's five senses and must go beyond simple visuals and engage other senses as well.
Emotional connections engenders loyalty and influences purchasing decisions with research showing that engaged consumers buy 90% more frequently, spend 60% more per transaction and deliver 3 times the value to the brand over the course of a year (Rosetta).
Research by Nobel Peace Prize winners Richard Axel and Linda Buck reveal that our sense of smell is widely considered by scholars to be our "most emotional" sense. The reason being that rather than analyze the information we receive from a particular scent, we immediately get a feeling when we smell something.
Using scents not only enhances customer experiences but also inspires certain behaviors towards brands and products. Scent enables customers to recall a brand and better communicate the brand's attributes and creates positive associations with the experience. To maximize brand recall, it is important to be consistent with the scents across the entire customer journey.
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People who need daily injections such as those with Type 1 diabetes would be happy to know that researchers at the MIT have come up with a specially devised pill that could deliver injections when swallowed. The pill could also be adapted to deliver other protein drugs.
Some years in the past, a bunch of MIT colleagues developed a pill that was coated with tiny needles that might be used to inject medication into the liner of the abdomen or the small gut. The tip of the needle is built of nearly 100 percent compressed, freeze-dried insulin. The needle is made in the same way an ordinary tablet is produced. In the new design, a disk of sugar holds a compressed spring in place that is attached to the needle. Once the capsule enters the stomach, the sugar is dissolved by the stomach's water content, the spring is released and the needle is injected into the stomach wall.
There are no pain receptors in the organ's lining, so patients shouldn't feel a thing. The researchers changed the new capsule so it has just one needle so that the drugs aren't injected into the stomach's insides and broken down by acids before they could have any effect.
The researchers hope that their research can lead to an easier way of delivering insulin.
One problem scientist still face before bringing tiny injector to the masses: it now works best on an empty stomach, but they're still working on it.
Giovanni Traverso, an assistant professor at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and a visiting scientist in MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering, where he is starting as a faculty member in 2019, is also a senior author of the study.
Scientists at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston designed this pill, which consists of a biodegradable capsule the size of a chickpea containing an insulin microneedle, according to a press release from the U.S. center. The leopard tortoise shell has a high, steep dome, which helps it roll back to its feet if it finds itself on its back.
The pill has not yet been tested in humans, but researchers said it did not injure the pig test subjects and successfully delivered up to 5 milligrams of insulin, a similar amount that people with type 2 diabetes would use. Computer models were used to experiment on different shapes for the capsule that allows it to adapt to its environment.
"What's important is that we have the needle in contact with the tissue when it is injected", Abramson says. "Also, if a person were to move around or the stomach was to growl, the device would not move from its preferred orientation". The capsule is built from a biodegradable polymer and stainless-steel components.
"The way this works is it travels down the esophagus in seconds, it's in the stomach within a few minutes, and then you get the drug", said Traverso, who worked with a team from the lab of MIT inventor Robert Langer and insulin maker Novo Nordisk.
The team is working with pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk to develop the technology and optimise the manufacturing process for the capsules.
Yorlets was a former student at Belmont University in Nashville and had recently been working at a local restaurant in the city. Nashville police have arrested the five kids they say shot and killed a 24-year-old musician Thursday afternoon.
The second-round picks (via the Detroit Pistons) certainly sweetened the pot, however, the parted with two first-round selections. LA Clippers forward Tobias Harris (34) warms up prior to the game against the Miami Heat at American Airlines Arena.
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Apple may have just made a move that will let it assert even more control over the parts it uses for its iPhones. Apple had been using Qualcomm chips but dropped it completely from their iPhones that were released past year .
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package com.designpatterns.behavioural.mediator;

public class ParticipantImpl implements Participant {

	ChatRoom chatRoom;
	String name;

	public ParticipantImpl(String name, ChatRoom chatRoom) {
		this.name = name;
		this.chatRoom = chatRoom;
	}

	@Override
	public void login() {
		System.out.println(name + ": Logging in ");
		chatRoom.register(this);
	}

	@Override
	public void sendMessage(String message) {
		System.out.println(name + " Sending message : " + message);
		chatRoom.sendMessage(message,this);
	}

	@Override
	public void receiveMessage(String message) {
		System.out.println(name + " Received message : " + message);
	}

	@Override
	public int hashCode() {
		final int prime = 31;
		int result = 1;
		result = prime * result + ((name == null) ? 0 : name.hashCode());
		return result;
	}

	@Override
	public boolean equals(Object obj) {
		if (this == obj)
			return true;
		if (obj == null)
			return false;
		if (getClass() != obj.getClass())
			return false;
		ParticipantImpl other = (ParticipantImpl) obj;
		if (name == null) {
			if (other.name != null)
				return false;
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Q: How implement a custom search functionality using jquery for the complete sharepoint site I am trying to implment a search functionality in sharepoint which will scope of searching the entire sharepoint site.

A: We can customize the search both in SharePoint on-premise and SharePoint Online.
Search customization in SharePoint on-premise(display template - using Javascript, Jquery & REST API
When we talk about search customization in SharePoint on-premise (from SharePoint 2013 onwards), it is customizing the "Content Search" Web part.
In the content search web part, there are two templates item template and header template, these templates are available in the master page layout gallery, you will find it from the site settings page.
Download the item template from this location, the HTML version of the template file - rename it and write your JQUERY and REST API code here, you can read the data from SharePoint search service result.
Notes:

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*You need to write the code in the commented section - it looks odd but this is the way to write.

*Advantage of customing the display template, since it works on the search service level, no need to handle the permission explicitly.

After customing the template file (HTML version) - upload the file in the same master page gallery library from where it was downloaded, then automatically a javascript version of this template file will be created - publish it.
Then go to the content search web part configuration, there you can see your customized display template, select that file - that's it, done !!!
You can refer to the below article for details steps on customizing the display template:
Steps To Create Custom Display Templates In SharePoint 2013
Customizing the SharePoint Search web part in modern SharePoint online site (using the SPFx PnP solution):
There is an awesome web part in the GitHub which was developed using the PnP SPFX - it is a similar version of content search web part which we have in on-premise but it is more flexible, robust and faster - easily configurable through the UI, there is very well descriptive documentation how to use this.
The modern PnP search result web part can be downloaded from here.
Supporting reference articles:

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*Creating custom search results pages in SharePoint Online

*PnP Modern Search solution

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In Herbert Spencer's new book Justice he defines that principle thus: "Every man is free to do that which he wills, provided he infringes not the equal freedom of any other man," and then goes on to say in his appendix that for more than thirty years he was the first to recognize this "equal freedom" as the summing up of justice in the abstract. But not till 1883 did this modern philosopher discover that Kant had made the same formula. He does not appear to know or recognize the French method of putting it in the Declaration of the Rights of Man, nor the attempt to insist upon it in the American Revolution, nor, indeed, in the thousands of declarations make long before the birth of Spencer.
Our position, clearly stated by H.P.B. long ago, is that the present day has no philosophy and can have none that will not be a copy or a distortion of some truth or long-discarded notion once held by our superiors the Ancients, and that modern philosophers are only engaged in reproducing out of the astral light and out of their own past-lives' recollections that which was known, published, declared, and accepted or rejected by the men of old time, some of whom are now here in the garb of philosophers turning over and over again the squirrels'-wheels they invented many lives ago. For "there is nothing new under the sun."


Microbes colonize each inch of our planet and play key roles in biogeochemical processes of all of Earth's ecosystems. Microbes also colonize every single living creature on earth, be they plants, coral reefs, insects or humans, playing a vital role in host homeostasis. In addition to being omnipresent, microbial-host interactions vary both in the strength –from tight host-symbiont coevolution to non-specific association – and in the type of ecological interaction, ranging from mutualistic – for instance, through the provision of essential nutrients, development of host immune defence and host behaviour – to negative associations. The microbiome can also influence host mating choice, success and directly impact host fitness and survival, being thus a key component of host evolution. Although the microbiome has been accepted as a host trait, we still lack knowledge on how the microbiome is transmitted from one generation to another, the mechanisms driving the natural microbiome fluctuation, and their consequences for host fitness.
This course will examine our current understanding of the eco-evolutionary dynamics controlling host-microbiome interactions, by focusing on questions such as how and why microbial-host associations are formed, how they are maintained, and what the relevance is of these associations for host survival and adaptation to a changing world. These questions will be addressed using two main hosts – plants and insects – allowing us (i) to provide an overview of the current ecological and evolutionary overarching knowledge underlying host microbiome associations, (ii) to identify key aspects as well as the gap of knowledge inherent to each host and (iii) to use the knowledge built on each system to move towards a unified view of microbial-host interactions.
To provide students with an appreciation of the most important current developments in the field of microbial-host interactions. The main goal of the course will be achieved if the participants acquire novel ideas and techniques for their own research. The course is primarily aimed at PhD level students, but is also open to advanced Master level students with interest in microbial ecology.
This course is a combination of lectures on the above topics, given by a limited number of expert teachers, and discussion of key aspects of host microbiome interactions, to be raised by students and lecturers. During the period of the course the students will develop these concepts further, in groups and with the help of lecturers, which can potentially result in a publication in the form of a review or opinion paper (see Adam et al, 2016. Frontiers in Microbiology, doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01079, which was developed during the first Frontiers in Microbial Ecology course, in 2015).


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For those that are perhaps seeing these transcriptions for the first time, the transcriptions may give on first glance, the appearance of a great many typos, so I feel obligated to explain that the abundance of y, m, and d represent abbreviations for year, month and day. Although you will find most engravers follow similar patterns, it seems there are several different abbreviations used to represent these three time terms including: y, yr, yrs, yr's & years; m. mo, mos, mo's, and months; d. da, das, da's, and days and on rare occasions, h, hr, hrs, hr's, and hours. I tend not to use commas except to separate surname from given name, given name from date, except where found on actual inscription, same goes for the [.] (period). When you see the symbol [_] (underscore), I use it to represent missing or unreadable letters, or if a lot of letters are unreadable I may express it by several periods, such as Jos...h . Sometimes you will find raised letters such as "c" in surnames such as in McClain, or if the engraver added smaller letters that were left out and added later, when I encounter them, tend to express them, when possible, as found on the stone. Sometimes engravers will use the latin term Æ or æ, this is just a term that generally replaces the word "aged". One last comment, all actual text found engraved, will come first in bold text. All comments, observations, personal knowledge remarks added by submitter, concerning an individual, but not inscribed on stone, will then proceed in regular text. ~R.M.Sizelove~
These tombstone photos have been generously donated by Craig & Elaine Mayfield, on 23 Nov., 2007.
This cemetery is quite large and located on the western edge of Johnstown, south side of State Route 37. This set of images shows the dramatic changes that can happen to memorial stones. Sadly \the following pictorial account shows deteriation of tow stones, likely caused by careless mowing crews, rather than weatherization. The images taken by family members, starting in 1963, and the last one was taken in 2004. Wish to extend my thanks to Graig & Elaine, for taking the time to share these photos with us.
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Evolution of Two Stones
Mayfield, Abraham, died May 29, 1851, aged 82y's 2m 21d's ;
Mayfield, Elizabeth, wife of Abraham Mayfield, died Ap'l 29, 1851, aged 70yrs 6m 11d's This photo taken in 1963, shows both memorials in good condition, complete & easily readable.
Mayfield, Abraham & Elizabeth This photo taken on 23 Aug., 1985, shows same stones as above, both stones still complete, but showing signs of deteriation, algae formation on stones, possibly due to moist season.
Mayfield, Abraham & Elizabeth These photos were taken in the year 2000, with Craig & Elaine Mayfield in background. This photo shows severe deteriation of memorials, only half of Elizabeth's stone still remaining. This damage is a sad reminder of what can happen when caretakers or mowing crews are careless. This kind of damage is not weatherization, but most likely caused by careless operation of mowing equipment.
Mayfield, Abraham & Elizabeth The township hired a monument company to reset most of the very old momuments located in the old western section. They were dug up, footers poured and reset in straight rows, much improving the overall appearance of the cemetery. This last photo, taken in the year 2004, shows only a small portion of stone visable that 40 years earlier stood complete.
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Christopher joined Community Links Bromley (CLB) as Chief Executive in September 2019. He has extensive experience in strategic management having worked as Chief Officer at Basildon, Billericay and Wickford Council for Voluntary Service (BBWCVS) for nine years. Prior to this Christopher worked at senior management level at Citizens Advice, where he worked as Borough Director.
He has diverse experience of developing and maintaining relationships with a diverse range of customers, stakeholders and partners including local third sector organisations, private businesses and statutory agencies.
Diane Diamond, Volunteering Services Co-ordinator
Email Diane | 0208 315 1930
With the support of a team of dedicated volunteers, Diane delivers the Volunteering Service. She has 19 years of experience in her current and similar roles, gaining significant knowledge in supporting individuals wanting to volunteer, volunteer management issues and the development of volunteering strategies.
Working with local, regional and national organisations delivering services in the London Borough of Bromley, the Volunteering Service offers an on-line volunteer recruitment tool used widely by local residents searching for volunteering. The Service also offers the opportunity for local residents to receive one-to-one support to help identify the most appropriate volunteering opportunities to meet their skills, knowledge and ambitions.
Through workshops, information sessions and one-to-one discussions, Diane supports local volunteer involving organisations to build robust volunteer programmes by looking at volunteer recruitment, retention, management and supervision.
Stephen Smith, Funding and Development Officer
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Steve joined Community Links Bromley in August 2020 as the Funding and Development Officer to add additional resources to help build the capacity of the borough's voluntary sector. Steve has worked in the voluntary sector for the past 10 years, most recently as Partnerships and Policy Officer at Community Southwark and prior to that with the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) and the Royal Voluntary Service (RVS). Before becoming involved with the voluntary and community sector, Steve had a long and varied career in policy development in central Government.
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A bunch of fun videos for a variety of different genre projects have emerged today. First up, the Honest Trailers guys tackle Bryan Singer's "X-Men: Apocalypse" and give the troubled film a fairly simple dissection of its many issues.
That's followed by fan-made "Luke Cage" and "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" parodies. The former takes scenes from the existing Marvel Netflix series and cuts them to the "Family Matters" theme to give us a 1990s sitcom-style opening credits for the show. The latter clip is just an outright weird spoof of the 'Rogue One' trailer.


I had this pair of summits on my "to do" list for some time. Therefore when the subject of further joint activations came up after Paul G4MD and I had activated Myarth SW-035 and Waun Fach SW-002, I put forward the suggestion that we might activate this pairing. It turned out that he had similar thoughts about the Slippery Witch pair and was keen to team up with me for the activation. The itinerary that I had already prepared was therefore revised to ensure that we were both happy with the timings and I planned in the detour via Stourbridge to pick him up.
The usual restless night preceded the activation and I was wide awake a good quarter of an hour before the alarm went off at 0245UTC. The sound caused Bev to roll over violently and emit what can only be described as a grunt. Not for the first time was I obviously not in her good books rising at that hour. Once out of bed I set about the usual pre-activation routine. However, despite having meticulously prepared everything the night before, I failed to get away within the 30 minutes I had allocated and I also left a litre of water in the fridge. Neither issue mattered - the roads were clear and I was actually 5 minutes early arriving at Paul's house and the day was not hot enough for me to need all of the water that I actually did manage to take.
After a welcome cup of tea at Paul's house, we left Stourbridge at 0506UTC and initially made a good pace towards along the A5 until we came up behind a slow pick up truck that tamed our progress. Despite the traffic we arrived at Capel Curig in good time, but did not initially find the car park at the western end. I should have looked for the WC sign instead! I drove beyond the village and this allowed me to orientate myself and on our return, the car park and the even more important toilets were located. The time was now 0730UTC and we were not alone in the car park as others were readying themselves for making ascents in the area. Several people were wearing shorts, but the discussion between Paul and myself was whether gaiters would be required. I suggested that we should start with them on which turned out to be an extremely wise decision since the heather was in abundance on the hills.
We used the route amply described by John GW4BVE on the summit page. Richard G4ERP had kindly provided me with the Garmin data for the two summits and I had this printed out from Memory Map as well as on the GPS. The weather was reasonable, though from time to time the hills were bathed in low cloud and the wind was gusting from the south west. Setting out slightly later than planned, we made very respectable progress until we were stood at the start of the steep section up to the summit of Pen Llithrig Y Wrach. As we started to gain height we located the "easier" route up the gulley to the west of the spine of the hill, but soon found that this was still steep enough to slow us up considerably. I found that I was having a lead-leg day and Paul was finding the going tough, so the ascent was sensibly undertaken in stages. Better to arrive late than not at all I kept telling myself and in making steady progress we arrived at the summit cairn at 1006UTC, 21 minutes behind schedule.
After taking in the views, it took a few minutes to sort out the best positions for our stations. In setting up the antennas I still managed to oversail the summit cairn with one leg of my HF dipole, but no-one that came to the summit while we were operating seemed to mind this intrusion, though I noted in the windy conditions no-one stopped for any length of time. The sun came out periodically and the temperature rose and dropped as conditions changed.
Paul started off on 5MHz SSB while I operated 144MHz SSB. My first contact at 1025UTC was with Frank G3RMD who told me that he couldn't hear Paul on 60m. From several comments made during subsequent contacts, it appeared that conditions were generally long skip on 60m and Paul was having a difficult time of it. The situation on 2m was just the opposite and I enjoyed a good run of 15 in the space of 30 minutes, including an S2S with Robert G0PEB/P on Kinder Scout SP-001 who afterwards moved to 60m and worked Paul. As I was finishing off, Paul came over to announce that he had made just 8 contacts on 60m with many of the usual Chasers not appearing. It was then all change. Having erected both of my antennas before operating I was able to move straight onto 40m CW at 1100UTC to find Dan DH8DX/P on DM/TH-123 for a second S2S, after which I moved down a little and called CQ. In all I made 12 contacts on 40m CW, all with regular Chasers before the frequency went quiet at 1120. I could hear Paul was having a decent time of it on 2m FM, so out came my camera for some shots. In all Paul made 11 contacts on 2m FM using just the 817 to a slim jim, including S2S with Tom and Jimmy, the EYP duo who were on The Cloud SP-015, as well as a number of contacts with stations in Cumbria.
After packing up our stations, we had a brief lunch break before making our descent, still with a deficit of over twenty minutes relative to our schedule. It soon became evident that descending this hill was not that much easier than ascending it, particularly for Paul who was not able to emulate my springy rapid decent technique. Slow progress was made down the gulley before we came onto the level ground above the end of Llyn Cowlyd. From here I could see a track through the heather and in the hope of making up some time, I made the decision to opt for this route since it was more direct. Unfortunately what can be seen from a distance is often invisible close to and so it transpired on this occasion!
A fairly protracted period of heather hopping was now necessary before we cleared the vegetation. Annoyingly we could see walkers descending through the heather east of us, but the track continued to be elusive. Fortunately, once we were at the edge of the heather it was a relatively simple process to attain the ridge and find the path up through the rocks. I led Paul around the back of the summit area of Cregiau Gleision before taking the route up to the top, since this was the easiest option. Once on the summit it was evident that the 15mph wind on Pen Llithrig had doubled its speed and we sought what shelter we could find on the north and eastern flanks of the hill.
We used the same band order as before, though this time the situation was even worse for Paul on 60m. His first contact was with Paul G0HNW at 1426 and his last with G1YFF just ten minutes later - a total of only 4 contacts. Meanwhile I was off on a run again, this time 17 in all including an S2S with Andy M0FMF/P on Raw Head SP-016. My run left Paul listening to a deserted band for 20 minutes before we swapped modes and bands. 2m FM did not disappoint and Paul worked a run of 15 contacts between 1509 and 1534UTC. It was now my turn to suffer the fates of the HF bands. I found the 40m CW segment to be full of OH stations working a contest and even when I did find a clear frequency to call CQ, I could not hold it long enough to allow me to post an alert on SOTAWatch. Having to admit defeat, I reconfigured the dipole for 10MHz and checked the band. The problem this time was that it was full of Asian stations and I copied YB, UA9 and JA in quick succession. As I was playing SOTA and not DXing, I decided to abandon that band as well and annoyed with myself for not having elongated the dipole to resonate on 80m, I decided to have a look on 70cms FM using the dipole of the SB5 SOTA Beam. The boom on this antenna splits in two, so I was able to erect just the shorter section, which helped as the wind was now even stronger. After a couple of calls, I was contacted by Hugh GW0WWQ near Denbigh and we had a 10 minute chat. This brought me to the time that Paul was finishing on 2m and so we packed up ready for our descent.
We decided to walk the ridge path to Craig Wen and set out at 1600UTC. It was slightly boggy in sections, but otherwise the path was in good shape. The descent from Craig Wen was found to be much steeper than we had hoped, very much akin to the descent from Pen Llithrig and this took some time, Paul's knees taking a bashing. I then made completely the wrong decision. Rather than heading east to locate the bridleway running between Blaen y nant and Capel Curig, I took the path south passing Crimpiau on its west side. The terrain here is such that the path veers south west and after a while it completely disappeared in the undergrowth mix of bracken, heather, bilberry and gorse. We ended up slowly skirting an area of particularly thick bracken along the side of a small stream before we regained the correct route. This once again became indistinct as we made our way towards Capel. Eventually we came out on the lowest section of the bridleway into Capel just 500 metres from the village.
The return walk took us two whole hours and so we did not leave Capel until the time that we should have been arriving back in Stourbridge. Surprisingly Paul has not "sent me to Coventry" for causing a second detour in two outings and is talking about further joint activations. The day gave us both two summits to add to our individual uniques totals and a useful 10 points in the saunter towards Mountain Goat status. We are now considering where we will go next - possibly a series of summits where the walk in is less than 500m so I can't take the wrong route! Alternatively I will ensure that Paul does the planning and makes the decisions!
Thanks to everyone that came on to work us, particularly those that made duplicate contacts with the summits by operating on both 2m SSB and FM. I note that my 2m SSB and 40m CW logs are almost totally made up of Chaser contacts. Paul mentioned that he did not get held up by overly chatty contacts on 2m FM, so perhaps the news that SOTA activators are looking for quick contacts is becoming more widespread.
Thanks for the comprehensive write-up Gerald, an excellent expedition - "real activating" after my normal diet of molehills! And I also had a map and compass, so you can't take all the blame for the slightly devious return route!
Although the route back over Craig Wen was somewhat gruelling, it was well worth it for the view of the two summits together you get from there - I'd recommend taking a detour to have a look to anyone activating the pair.
60m conditions were rather strange, with excellent reports from Scotland and Devon, but very poor or non-existent signals from places in between. Apologies to those on 2m FM, I had great difficulty in the "pile-ups" - my newly constructed roll-up slim jim seems to work well, but so many strong stations together resulted in the radio being overwhelmed and a real problem pulling out callsigns.
Thanks for a superb write up Gerald, the reader can almost visualise the route by the way you have described it so graphically.
Well done to Paul and yourself on a cracking pair of summits.
Thanks for the comments - the reports I prepare will be something to read in my old age… if I make it, that is.
Like Paul I can recommend Craig Wen as a viewpoint, but not the descent route we took. It should be possible to backtrack to the normal route without losing much time.
Sorry to hear about the headphones Paul. Could they have come out of your pack when we stopped to re-hydrate on the descent? Just a thought.


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Higher Limits starts pro-cannabis confederation; Vapelated Vapor Lounge vows to sell medicinal pot
Two Windsor pot advocates are taking vastly different approaches to their cause — with one seeking legitimacy through a new pro-cannabis confederation, and the other vowing to sell medicinal marijuana whatever the legal consequences.
Dalson Chen • Windsor Star
Apr 06, 2016 • Last Updated April 6, 2016 • 2 minute read
Jon Liedtke of downtown Windsor medical cannabis vaping lounge Higher Limits on April 6, 2016. Photo by Nick Brancaccio /Windsor Star
Jon Liedtke, co-owner of Higher Limits at 251 Ouellette Ave.
, said his new Canadian Cannabis Confederation will present a consolidated voice for cannabis-oriented businesses, as well as medical and recreational users.
"What there needs to be is a unified front that will stand up to prohibitory measures, and at the same time advocate for free, fair, and progressive cannabis policy," Liedtke said.
Jon Liedtke, co-owner of Higher Limits at 251 Ouellette Ave. Photo by Nick Brancaccio /Windsor Star
Earlier this week, Liedtke went to Queen's Park to talk about cannabis issues with representatives of the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, as well as Pat Brown — leader of the Ontario PC Party.
Liedtke said both meetings were positive, and there'll be more discussions in the future. "We were able to sit down and express our points of view … It's definitely not as black-and-white as people might think."
But the real coup from Liedtke's trip was having the Cannabis-Friendly Business Association of Toronto join the new confederation. Liedtke said the association represents around 70 businesses. "With them alone, that's about 450 contributing members."
"We're very happy to have them onboard, and we're looking forward to partnering with other organizations to advance cannabis dialogue municipally, provincially and nationally," Liedtke said.
Leo Lucier of Vapelated Vapor Lounge at 26 Chatham St. E. Photo by Dan Janisse /Windsor Star
Meanwhile, Leo Lucier — owner of newly opened Vapelated Vapor Lounge at 26 Chatham St. E.
— said he plans to be selling medicinal marijuana in downtown Windsor by April 20.
While Higher Limits has a strict policy of not allowing any exchanges of cannabis on their premises, Lucier said he considers the issue more of a "grey area."
Lucier said he intends to install a dispensing machine at his establishment, similar to machines he has seen in use at cannabis lounges in Vancouver, Victoria and Toronto.
Medical marijuana licence holders would use their debit or credit cards to make purchases from the machine. Lucier said the machines require input of the licence holder's information before issuing a prescribed amount.
"You put in your number and it dispenses your pot. There's no cash going over the table," Lucier said.
Asked if he will obtain the necessary clearances to dispense medical marijuana, Lucier replied: "See, in Vancouver, nobody clears it with anybody … But people are putting in (the machines) anyway."
Outside Vapelated Vapor Lounge at 26 Chatham St. E. in downtown Windsor.
When it's pointed out to him that possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking remains a crime under Canada's Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, Lucier said he expects that to change — and he's willing to deal with the consequences in the meantime.
"They can come and shut me down, because it's going to happen," Lucier said. "I'll take it to court. I'm not afraid of that."
Lucier said he's asked to meet with officials from the city and Windsor police to discuss his plans. He said he intends to give all the proceeds from the vending machine to the Downtown Mission. "I'm not out to profit from pot."
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