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Berrybank wind farm begins construction with turbines made locally in old car factory
The 180MW Berrybank wind farm will use turbines constructed in a former car factory in Geelong.
Michael Mazengarb Posted on 21 June 2019 21 June 2019 0 Comments
Construction has commenced at the 180MW Berrybank Wind Farm, located in Western Victoria, which is set to supply power to the state as it moves closer to achieving its aim of 50% renewable energy by 2030.
The wind farm will use Vestas wind turbines that have been built in Victoria, at the Vestas Renewable Energy Hub in Geelong, repurposed from an old Ford factory.
A majority of the components for the wind farm will be produced in Australia, including turbine parts and assembly of the turbine hubs, for the first time in 10 years.
Keppel Prince has produced wind turbine towers at its Portland factory, also in Victoria, but Vestas' decision to base production of turbine components in the state is a win for an otherwise sparse environment for clean energy manufacturing in Australia.
Keppel Prince will supply the towers for the Berrybank wind farm, in a contract worth around $30 million, and will also help the project meet targets set for local content.
Under a deal with the Victorian government, the wind farm secured a power purchase agreement through a reverse auction tender, and developer Global Power Generation will commit to 64% of the wind farm's content being produced locally.
A total of 43 turbines will be deployed at the Berrybank site, generating enough power to supply 138,000 Victorian homes.
Ballarat Federation University will also be able to offer students wind turbine technician training, to support the ongoing maintenance of the wind turbines at the Berrybank project.
Construction of the $276 million project will be led by Global Power Generation and is set to create 213 jobs during the construction phase, along with 24 apprenticeships.
"The Berrybank wind project is an opportunity for GPG to continue its international growth strategy and renewable investment in Australia, an essential market for GPG," GPG vice president Karl Lim said upon securing the contract with the Victorian Government.
Deakin University will also partner with the wind farm to undertake a research project into improving the efficiency of carbon-fibre production for wind turbine blades. Turbine blades now represent the largest single demand for carbon-fibre, using 40 per cent of global production.
The opportunities for workers to gain skills in the operation and maintenance of the wind farm, and the re-purposing of a former car manufacturing facility were welcomed by the Australian Wind Alliance as a positive step forward for the renewable energy sector.
"Wind farms provide long term jobs in an industry that will only grow into the future," Australian Wind Alliance's national coordinator Andrew Bray said.
"It's a great opportunity to utilise Geelong's long-standing manufacturing capabilities."
"We are particularly pleased to see the project prioritise traineeships and apprenticeships to ensure that young people can get a start in this exciting industry.
Premier Daniel Andrews welcomed the commencement of construction, citing the job opportunities the project has created for Victoria.
"Victoria is the renewable energy capital of our nation and thanks to this investment, we've put Western Victoria right at the centre – this is great for jobs and great for our state." Andrews said.
Support for renewable energy projects has been lead by state governments, following ongoing an ongoing failure of the federal government to establish a coherent energy policy.
The Andrews Labor government in Victoria undertook a reverse auction for the supply of renewable energy in the state, as the government aims to have half of all generation sourced from renewables.
Berrybank wind farm was one of six projects that were successful under the auction, which will add a combined 928MW of capacity to the state, as it faces the looming retirement of its fleet of brown-coal generators.
Victorian energy minister Lily D'Ambrosio welcomed the start of works at the Berrybank, for its contribution of 900 new jobs, and more than $7.2 billion in new investment being generated within Victoria.
"This is an exciting next step in driving down energy prices, reducing carbon emissions and creating jobs as we work towards our renewable energy target of 50 per cent by 2030." D'Ambrosio said.
The wind farm is expected to commence operation in the second half of 2020.
Michael Mazengarb
Michael Mazengarb is a journalist with RenewEconomy, based in Sydney. Before joining RenewEconomy, Michael worked in the renewable energy sector for more than a decade.
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Polychrome-painted (restored) figurehead of HMS 'Bulldog', a wooden paddle sloop of 1124 tons, built at Chatham Dockyard in 1844-45. The figurehead represents a full-length leaping bulldog with a shield on the underside bearing the Union flag. The words 'CAVE CANEM' (beware of the dog) are inscribed on the dog's broad collar. The ship was commissioned for the Mediterranean in 1847, paying off at Portsmouth in 1850. In 1854 it went to the Baltic in the Crimean War campaign there, taking part in the attack on the fortress of Bomarsund. In 1856 it was at the St George's Day Review, Spithead and in 1860 was recommissioned under Captain Leopold McLintock to survey part of the route for the proposed transatlantic cable, before being kept on the West Indies and North America Station. It paid off at Portsmouth in 1862 but returned to the North America Station in 1864 under Captain Charles Wake. The vessel was stranded on a reef while attacking (and sinking) the rebel steamer 'Valorague',and another schooner at Cape Haytieu, Haiti in 1865. In addition, though stationary and in point-blank range of a rebel battery, 'Bulldog' blew up a powder magazine ashore, set fire to the town, and dispersed riflemen ashore before she began to run out of ammunition. Wake then set her on fire rather than let her fall into enemy hands, his crew of 175 (three dead, ten wounded) being evacuated by a US Navy ship. The figurehead was later saved and presented to the Royal United Services Institute by Admiral G. F. King-Hall KCB, CVO.


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Injury Report: Despite Long Week Of Rest, Texans List 19 Players On Injury Report
Filed Under:A.J. Bouye, AFC South, AKEEM DENT, alfred blue, Arian Foster, Bill O'Brien, Brian Cushing, Brian Peters, c.j. fiedorowicz, Cecil Shorts III, Chris Polk, Derek Newton, duane brown, Houston Texans, Houston Texans Injury Report, injury report, Jacksonville Jaguars, Jadeveon Clowney, Jared Crick, Jonathan Grimes, Kareem Jackson, Lonnie Ballentine, nate washington, NFL, Oday Aboushi, Quintin Demps
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By Sam McPherson
Houston Texans Head Coach Bill O'Brien comes from the Bill Belichick coaching tree, and if nothing else, O'Brien is being open and honest about his team's injuries on this week's official report. The Texans have listed 19 players on the injury list, although in reality, only nine of them really would make the list for any other team.
Why O'Brien listed 19 players is a question for another day, though, as the 1-4 Texans prepare to take on the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday in Florida. The important thing is to get as many players healthy as soon as possible, so the Houston organization can actually take a step forward this year.
The Texans listed 10 players as full participants in Thursday's workouts, meaning they should be ready to play on Sunday: offensive guard Oday Aboushi (toe), safety Lonnie Ballentine (knee), offensive tackle Duane Brown (hand), linebacker Brian Cushing (ankle), tight end C.J. Fiedorowicz (neck), running back Arian Foster (groin), running Jonathan Grimes (hamstring), cornerback Kareem Jackson (non-football related), offensive tackle Derek Newton (knee) and running back Chris Polk (knee).
The health of the RB corps is nice to see, as the Houston offense needs that element to succeed and thrive. With the announcement that quarterback Brian Hoyer will be the starter again until further notice, the Texans can find some stability on offense with that news—and Foster back in the fold, healthy.
Of bigger concern for Houston now is the news that seven players couldn't workout Thursday because of their injuries: running back Alfred Blue (toe), cornerback A.J. Bouye (illness), linebacker Jadeveon Clowney (ankle), defensive end Jared Crick (knee), safety Quintin Demps (hamstring), linebacker Brian Peters (hamstring) and wide receiver Nate Washington (hamstring).
Not practicing a week after the last game is never a good sign, so those players may not be able to go on Sunday in Jacksonville. Blue's absence means one rough move for Foster could mean the team is without a viable starter at running back, of course. That can be problematic for this offense, as we have seen this year.
Limited in workouts yesterday were linebacker Akeem Dent (hamstring) and wide receiver Cecil Shorts III (shoulder). Obviously, the team is a little more optimistic these two will see the field on Sunday. However, all things considered, for the Texans to have five players overall listed with hamstring injuries before an outdoor game in humid Florida doesn't bode well for Week 6.
Just how so many players are still injured after a long week of rest is another question for the Houston organization—unless O'Brien is just emulating his mentor, of course.
Probable:
Oday Aboushi, Offensive Guard (toe)
Lonnie Ballentine, Safety (knee)
Duane Brown, Offensive Tackle (hand)
Brian Cushing, Linebacker (ankle)
C.J. Fiedorowicz, Tight End (neck)
Arian Foster, Running Back (groin)
Jonathan Grimes, Running Back (hamstring)
Kareem Jackson, Cornerback (non-football related)
Derek Newton, Offensive Tackle (knee)
Chris Polk, Running Back (knee)
Questionable:
Akeem Dent, Linebacker (hamstring)
Cecil Shorts III, Wide Receiver (shoulder)
Doubtful:
Alfred Blue, Running Back (toe)
A.J. Bouye, Cornerback (illness)
Jadeveon Clowney, Linebacker (ankle)
Jared Crick, Defensive End (knee)
Quintin Demps, Safety (hamstring)
Brian Peters, Linebacker (hamstring)
Nate Washington, Wide Receiver (hamstring)
Sam McPherson is a freelance writer covering baseball, football, basketball, golf, hockey and fantasy sports for CBS, AXS and Examiner. He also is an Ironman triathlete and certified triathlon coach.

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I'm on my way to work. It has been a strange Saturday in some undefinable way that I don't quite like. For some weeks now life has seemed so entirely comfortable and familiar. Today it feels as though a strange and vaguely forbidding sensibility creeps inward at the edges of reality.
My wife can feel it, too, I think. She says it's stress about the coming semester, and I think she's right. For a long time we have had a fairly well-established routine and things to look forward to in the very near future—first living together and then Poland and then getting a dog and an apartment and then visiting Salt Lake City and getting married and then our first Christmas together. Now with the end of the semester the well-established routine has given way to entirely undefined schedules and at the same time the only thing to work toward in the immediate future is our graduate exam on the first of March, which lacks the lighthearted sheen of our previous benchmarks.
I think we are about to encounter the "early year malaise" that strikes so often during January and February.
Meantime, yes, I am going to work in an empty office on the Saturday before the New Year. Then tomorrow I'll be working at home on the Sunday before the new year.


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SPECIALIZED IP COURTS ABOUT TO LAUNCH IN THREE CITIES – AND ARE THEY GOOD FOR FOREIGNERS?
Recent Chinese efforts at developing specialized IP courts and in promoting greater judicial independence suggest that the system may significantly improve in the years ahead. According to press reports, some of these efforts may take final form at the 10th meeting of the 27th Session of the Chairman's Council of the 12 Session of NPC Standing Committee which will be held on August 25 through 30. At that meeting, the NPC Standing Committee will review the bill submitted by the Supreme People's Court which is the Draft Resolution of SPC to Establish IPR Courts in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.
China has had specialized IP tribunals (ting 庭), beginning with an initial experiment in 1993 in Beijing. Currently there are about 3,000 judges in sit these tribunals. In addition, there are 560 tribunals throughout the country, including basic, level, intermediate, high court and supreme people's court tribunals or divisions. In recent years, China has been experimenting with more basic courts (e.g. Yi Wu People's Court and Kun Shan People's Court) hearing IP cases including patent cases. Historically, these tribunals had sometimes been called "No. 3 Civil Tribunals" (e.g. No.3 Civil Tribunal of Shanghai Higher People's Court, No.3 Civil Tribunal of Pudong District People's Court), "No. 5 Civil Tribunals" (No.5 Civil Tribunal of Shanghai No.1 Intermediate People's Court, No.5 Civil Tribunal of Shanghai No.2 Intermediate People's Court) or IP Tribunals (IP Tribunal of Zhuhai People's Court). Increasingly these tribunals may combine civil IP jurisdiction with administrative review and criminal jurisdiction ("three in one tribunals").
As civil enforcement is the lion's share of judicial IP litigation, the civil experience of these judges has in a sense helped also to develop the capacity of China's judiciary to handle criminal and administrative litigation. In addition, by combining civil, criminal and administrative jurisdiction there is a greater likelihood of consistent handling of matters that may cross jurisdictional boundaries such as use of administrative evidence in civil cases, providing civil compensation in criminal matters, referring administrative or civil matters to criminal litigation, or handling patent and trademark validity matters in conjunction with an ongoing civil case. Today all of these matters may be handled in one tribunal.
What prior work has been done in this area by the Chinese government? While specialized IPR courts have been talked about for some time, institutional improvements in the IPR tribunals were set forth as a national goal in the Outline of the National IP Strategy (2008) which was coordinated by SIPO. The NIPS stated "Studies need to be carried out on establishing special tribunals to handle civil, administrative or criminal cases involving intellectual property". The SPC took an important step in this direction in July 2009, when it directed the civil IP tribunals in the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate Court to handle validity matters on appeal from China's patent and trademark offices. (最高人民法院关于专利、商标等授权确权类知识产权行政案件审理分类的规定).
The impetus to develop specialized IP courts in China took an even greater leap forward back on November 12, 2013, at the Third Plenum Session of Eleventh Communist Party Central Committee (the "Third Plenum"). The Third Plenum set as a goal to "explore the establishment of intellectual property court(s)." Since that time, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Nanjing, Chengdu, Zhengzhou had started to apply for establishing the IP court with the Supreme Court. On March 10, 2014, Zhou Qiang(周强), the President of the SPC discussed the work schedule of 2014 and said that the Supreme Court would promote to establish the specialized IP court. On July 9, 2014, the Supreme Court at its press conference outlining judicial reforms for the Supreme Court (2014-2018) discussed establishing Specialized IP courts at places where IP cases are concentrated. Professor Tao Xinliang (陶鑫良) had proposed establishing the IP Intermediate Court at some places where IP cases concentrated to judge the civil IP cases and administrative IP cases of the first instance and the civil IP cases, administrative IP cases of the second instance and some criminal IP cases. (Prof. Tao Xinliang 陶鑫良<Some thoughts on Establishment of Specialized IP Court建立知识产权法院的若干思考> Madame Tao Kaiyuan (陶凯元) , a Vice President of the Supreme Court, and a former Director General of the Guangdong IP Bureau (where she likely worked with Vice Premier Wang Yang(汪洋)) has also said that the SPC should continue to promote three-in-one IP tribunals.
Why might China be adding a new emphasis on a specialized IP court in additional to combined tribunals? A specialized IP court may promote and improve the civil judicial enforcement system by providing more resources, promote the independence of the judiciary, and provide for more training of judges, particularly on technical patent matters. The judges of a specialized IP court might be even more professional and autonomous. They might be better able to handle the administrative cases, criminal cases and civil cases at the same time. Like other specialized courts (e.g maritime, military, railway court), civil/criminal and administrative jurisdiction would also combined, reflecting the subject matter expertise of the judges in that court and likely reducing subject matter and venue conflicts for IP litigation.
The SPC has not yet published the detailed program for implementation of specialized IP courts. In addition, we have heard little about important areas of the IP tribunals' jurisdiction which are not as directly related to IP, such as antimonopoly law, unfair competition and licensing, and whether these areas will also remain within the specialized court jurisdiction. We assume they will be, and would actually hope that other IP-related areas could be specifically included (such as consumer protection, substandard products, and geographical indications). However, we have seen nothing to date discussing these areas.
Will a specialized IPR court be good for foreigners? Most foreign rights holders have continuing concern with local protectionism and political influence in IP adjudication. Beijing, which appears to be a focus for development of a specialized IP court is the jurisdiction that appears to hear the most foreign cases. As we have previously blogged, foreign parties are involved in approximately 47% of their administrative appeal docket (which is primarily based in Beijing); or about 1349 cases, nearly equal to the number of infringement cases in 2013 of 1429. Hopefully, giving the Beijing courts more independence and confirming their "three in one" approach will provide greater judicial autonomy for the Beijing courts.
One concern is whether specialized IP courts will indeed function in a more independent manner than IP tribunals. The US experience with our specialized national patent court, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, has generally been that the CAFC has some impact on correcting local biases at the trial court level, including possible anti-foreign jury bias. This is borne out by data which shows that in general, reversal rates in favor of foreigners is higher at the CAFC than reversal rates in favor of domestic entities.
Source:Paul M. Janicke & LiLan Ren, Who Wins Patent Infringement Cases?, 34 AIPLA Q.J. 1 (2006).
However, according to data from the CIELA database (www.ciela.cn), second instance patent appeals in China generally show an inclination to support the Chinese domestic party against the foreigner.
Why might appellate IP courts or tribunals behave differently in each country? First, the CAFC is a national court, not a regional or local court. In this sense, it may be more accountable to national law and reputation than local courts. The CAFC under former Chief Judge Rader had in fact been a leading global proponent of national specialized IP courts. Second, the CAFC has a different jurisdictional role. It does not retry cases, rather it hears appeals. In addition, it hears both patent validity and infringement matters in one court. Moreover, its decisions on matters of law are binding on lower courts. As such, it has more authority in deciding legal matters, and in instructing lower courts on proper adjudication. For example, the CAFC had taken an active role in addressing venue issues at the E.D Texas on patent litigation issues. A third reason is found in China's political situation. In general, Chinese courts are much less independent than US courts. Local Chinese courts, particularly in remote areas, may also tend to be even less accountable to national law and policy. Second instance Chinese courts may be more susceptible to receiving national policy directives and may therefore be more susceptible to national political influence in adjudicating disputes. Moreover, local statutes enacted by local people congress are at a higher political hierarchy than national administrative rules (部门规章). The local political congresses that enact these statutes also appoint judges. When a second instance case is heard, for example, in a provincial high court, there may in fact be a problem of more direct political influence through political actors in the provincial capital.
The limited data available to date suggests to me that while specialized IP courts have promise, their potential impact will also be affected by national judicial reform efforts and may continue to be constrained by existing limitations in the political independence of the Chinese judicial structure. As Susan Finder has noted in her blog, there are several efforts under way to address some of these systemic issues in the Chinese judicial system, which may also bear promise for Chinese IP adjudication. In sum, specialized IP courts may not be the panacea that foreigners might otherwise seek in minimizing anti-foreign bias in local adjudication in China, but I do believe they offer some hope for a better and stronger judiciary.
By Mark Cohen, with Ms. Yao Yao of Fordham Law School (LLM Candidate, 2015).
On July 16, the Supreme Peoples Court published a public comment draft of proposed revisions to its "Decision of the SPC Regarding Questions of Application of Law in Adjudication of Patent Cases", 最高人民法院关于审理专利纠纷案件适用法律问题的若干规定. Comments are due by August 15, 2014. Comments may be emailed to: zhuanliyijian@163.com。 The last revision to this document was in 2013, when a provision was inserted to give jurisdiction to designated basic courts to handle patent cases.
Of particular note in this short set of revisions are provisions regarding providing an appraisal report for utility model patents to the court if such a report had been requested by the plaintiff of SIPO, as well as provisions which appear to provide more flexibility in calculation of damages by the court, consistent with the 2008 patent law.
Many of the changes appear self-explanatory – such as those which track changes in relevant statutory provisions. However, in light of the efforts to amend the patent law, experiments in specialized IP courts, calls for more deterrent damages and more extensive commercialization of IP rights, some additional explanation would be helpful regarding the reasons for any changes in policy that may be implicit in these revisions and any further changes that may be contemplated.
Earlier USG comments on the patent law revisions are found here.
Once I receive a full translation or comparison of prior drafts from any reader, I will post it on line. Readers are encouraged to send in their translations, suggestions and comments. For now, the full Chinese text of the proposed revisions with my own initial bilingual observations are attached.
What are the impacts of the resolution and spirits of the recent Third Plenum of the 18th Communist Party on rule of law in China, particularly commercial rule of law and IP?
The morning of December 11, from 10:00 to 11:30, George Washington University Law School will be hosting its third annual China IP Program to discuss what China's recent rule of law developments mean. I will attend this program along with Don Clarke of GWU, Xuan-Thao Nguyen (Southern Methodist University), Chief Judge Rader of the CAFC and others. By my reckoning there have been three important streams of change affecting IP and rule of law in the past few months.
One of the important developments is administrative transparency and accountability. As previously reported, Premier Li Keqiang is seeking to establish greater transparency in administrative enforcement decisions, through the State Council's enactment of an "Opinion on Making Publicly Available According to Law Information on Administrative Penalties Concerning the Production and Sale of Fake, Counterfeit and Sub-standard Goods and Intellectual Property Rights Infringement" (关于依法公开制售假冒伪劣商品和侵犯知识产权行政处罚案件信息的意见). At a conference this past December 5 sponsored by MofCOM, we were told that this regulation is likely to be made public available in the near future. Moreover, as many as 300,000 cases each year involving IP infringements and fake and shoddy goods are likely to be affected.
Another important area is in general judicial transparency and reform. SPC President Zhou Qiang discussed the importance of publishing court decisions involving intellectual property in an important exchange he had with Chief Judge Rader on October 16 of this year. Since that time, according to press reports, the newly appointed SPC President has vowed to increase transparency in the judicial process in light of the spirit of the recently concluded Third Plenum.
Another important judicial reform that could be significant for IP in the CCP Resolution involves "explor[ing] the establishment of judicial jurisdiction systems that are suitably separated from administrative areas, guarantee the uniform and correct implementation of State laws" and to "reform the trial committee system, perfect case handling responsibility systems for presiding judges and collegiate benches, let those hearing the case judge, and those judging the case be responsible." The former, if fully implemented, would support greater independence of the courts from the local governments that fund them, and the latter would dilute influence from adjudication committees and return decision-making power to judges who hear cases. As it is possible that a disproportionate number of foreign-related cases are decided by adjudication committees, this could be a significant development.
Compared to the National IP Strategy, the CCP Resolution is a higher political statement. Moreover, its substance is not limited to appellate courts, nor constrained to "technologically complex cases". While in 2008 an appellate IP court had been considered necessary to provide protection from local influence, the CCP Resolution notes elsewhere and more generally that China should establish "judicial jurisdiction systems that are suitably separated from administrative areas". One conclusion: the necessity of having courts that are less tied to local influence has migrated from an IP-related topic in the 2008 National IP Strategy, to one involving general legal reform.
Several courts are already moving to establish specialized IP courts. At a recent program I attended in Suzhou sponsored by Renmin University, the President of Jiangsu's High Court noted that Jiangsu is actively preparing for establishing such a court. Moreover, the media has noted that Guangdong is also conducting research efforts for its establishment. Both jurisdictions are pioneers in combining civil/criminal and administrative IP jurisdiction in one tribunal. Beijing was the first jurisdiction to establish IP tribunals in its intermediate courts (1993), and is probably the most important place where greater improvements could assist both foreign and domestic rights holders, as it is the jurisdiction where appeals from the patent and trademark offices are held. As I have noted in a prior blog, foreign parties are involved in approximately 47% of that IP administrative appeal docket.
Former Supreme People's Court IPR Tribunal Chief Judge Jiang Zhipei has also been a strong advocate for specialized IP courts in Beijing because of its national and international influence. I share the hope of my friend Chief Judge Jiang that the CCP Resolution will help accelerate the establishment of these specialized IP courts and even more importantly, improve the adjudication of all legal issues matters for Chinese and foreigners alike.
Published information should include the principle facts of the determination of illegality, the type of penalty, the basis for the decision and the results. This should be open and transparent, and there should be prompt replies to social concerns. Further, relevant administrative penalty information should be included in the social credit system so as to create "omnipresent constraints" on the creditworthiness of counterfeiters and infringers.
Here it is in Chinese: http://www.gov.cn/ldhd/2013-11/20/content_2531230.htm.
The transparency contemplated by Premier Li may yet prove challenging to achieve for administrative IP and IP-related actions. The number of IP administrative cases (patents, trademarks and copyrights) is in excess of 100,000 at this time. If one included "substandard" goods, and other quasi-IP enforcement, for the full range of Chinese enforcement actors, the numbers could easily exceed 200,000 – including the enforcement regimes of SAIC (trademark, but also consumer protection, and antitrust), AQSIQ, SFDA, Ministry of Culture, SARFT/GAPP, Tobacco Monopoly, Chinese Customs, City Management (Chengguan), Police, etc.
One also hopes that these transparency efforts can also improve the administration of antitrust cases involving IP, where both general data as well as case-specific information is often lacking. It is also hoped that non-confidential versions of cases involving confidential information can be made available, even if there is confidential information in a specific case.
It is remarkable to think how far the quest for administrative transparency in IP has progressed since China joined the WTO. The TRIPS Agreement, Article 41 provides: "Decisions on the merits of a case shall preferably be in writing and reasoned. They shall be made available at least to the parties to the proceeding without undue delay." Back in 2004, at the Trade Review Mechanism of the WTO, the Chinese delegation was asked to provide copies of its enforcement decisions. The response was: "Regarding obligations of administrative agencies to provide written decisions with interpretations for their enforcement decisions, [the Chinese delegate] said that his delegation believed that this question was not relevant to the IPR system and that his delegation was not obliged to answer it here." TRIPS Council Meeting of December 1-2, 2004, IP/C/M/46 (11 Jan. 2005). The statement was repeated in a similar fashion later in 2005: (TRM, IP/C/39, p. 4 (21 Nov. 2005). The US requested a summary of China's enforcement cases in its so-called "Article 63" request, which included information of the type that Premier Li is now requesting – information on the legal basis, remedies, location, year, competent authority, type of product, transfers to criminal authorities, and whether foreign nationals were involved, which was never provided (IP/C/W/461, Nov. 14, 2005).
Along with the legal reforms of the Third Plenum and other changes from the Supreme People's Court under Zhou Qiang, these are signals suggesting deeper roots for China's legal reforms, particularly in China's omnipresent administrative system.


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After three straight overnight trips it was time for a day hike. Our destination was the Eight Lakes Basin in the Mt. Jefferson Wilderness. The two most common routes to the area are from either the Duffy Lake Trailhead to the SW or the Marion Lake Trailhead to the north. The basin is a little closer to the Marion Lake Trailhead so this was where we decided to begin our hike.
We were surprised at the number of cars already parked at the trailhead when we arrived at 6:15am. Later we realized much of it was due to it being the opening weekend of hunting season. We had visited Marion Lake once before in October of 2014 on our way home from Central Oregon, but this time we would be continuing past the lake 4 miles to reach the Eight Lakes Basin and returning on a wide loop.
The first 1.8 miles of trail was familiar but some things had changed since our previous visit including the condition of the wilderness sign.
About a half mile prior to reaching Marion Lake the trail passes smaller Lake Ann.
On the far side of a lake a Great Blue Heron landed on a log along with some ducks while numerous other ducks could be seen on the water.
Shortly after Lake Ann we came to a split in the trail where the Marion Lake Trail headed left and the Marion Outlet Trail went right. Both trails lead to Marion Lake but the the Outlet Trail is .5 miles longer. They also lead to different portions of the lake, the Marion Lake Trail arrives at the northern end of the lake while the Marion Outlet Trail meets the Blue Lake Trail at the lake's northwestern tip.
The main reason to take the Marion Outlet Trail though is to take a short unsigned side trail and visit Marion and Gatch Falls.
The trail down to the falls is somewhat steep in places but the views are wonderful. After visiting the falls we hiked to the Blue Lake Trail junction and crossed Marion Creek on the footbridge. Just beyond the footbridge the trail crosses a rock slide where the vine maple was starting to show its Fall colors.
After entering the trees again we took a trail down to the lake to get a view of Mt. Jefferson across the water.
We continued on the Blue Lake Trail which soon entered the forest burned by the 2003 B & B Fire.
The B & B Fire burned over 90,000 acres of forest and we would be spending a large portion of the day hiking through the burn. Some areas though were spared and one of those areas was a mile up the Blue Lake Trail at a junction with the Pine Ridge Trail.
By taking the Pine Ridge Trail we could have climbed up Marion Mountain, but we were leaving that for another time. Just beyond the junction a small pond reflected the rocky summit of that peak.
It was three miles from the Pine Ridge Trail junction to the next trail junction at Jorn Lake in the Eight Lakes Basin. A little over a mile from the pond was Jenny Lake.
Beyond Jenny Lake the forest around the Blue Lake Trail had all been burnt by the 2003 fire. The lack of live trees allowed for some big views through the silver snags and it was interesting to see how the forest was at work recovering. Small trees were working on replacing those lost and white pearly everlasting flowers made a nice contrast to the red huckleberry leaves dotting the ground.
The lack of trees also caused the trail to be exposed to the Sun which had come back with a vengeance after the previous weekends cooler temperatures. A short way from Jenny Lake the trail began a series of switchbacks as it climbed up and over a ridge before dropping down into the Eight Lakes Basin. The full exposure made this a really warm climb, but when we reached a saddle on the ridge the view of Three Fingered Jack with the basin below was worth it.
From this direction the first lake in the basin that we reached was Blue Lake.
We headed down to the lake where we were able to find a little shade on a rock along the shore.
After having a snack and cooling down we continued on following the Blue Lake Trail further downhill toward Jorn Lake.
Before checking out Jorn Lake more closely we wanted to continue past our planned loop a short distance to visit Red Butte Lake. We had scrambled up Red Butte in 2010 when we had taken a hike from the Duffy Lake Trailhead. We had turned around after climbing up the butte and not made it as far as Red Butte Lake so we figured this time we'd check it out. We wound up following a series of unofficial trails between Jorn and Red Butte Lakes which passed several nice looking campsites before finally bringing us to the shallow little lake.
We found a log to sit on and tried to watch some ducks enjoying the lake but it was just too hot to sit out in the sunlight so we decided to head back to Jorn Lake where some of the trees had been spared from the fire.
We took the official Blue Lake Trail back down to a junction with the Bowerman Lake Trail near Jorn Lake.
Before we turned onto the Bowerman Lake Trail we went down to Jorn Lakes shore.
While we were sitting by the lake a doe came down to the eastern end of the lake.
After she disappeared behind some trees we began to walk along the shore toward where she was since that was the direction we would be heading on the Bowerman Lake Trail. On the way a frog and a garter snake went from the shore into the water.
The best view of Mt. Jefferson came at the SE end of the lake.
We left the lake and briefly returned to the Bowerman Lake Trail but then quickly left it to check out a series of ponds between Jorn Lake and Bowerman Lake.
It was at Bowerman Lake that we realized it was opening weekend of hunting season when we ran into a gentleman who was resting by the lake.
Bowerman Lake was the last lake in the Basin that the trail passed and we were soon back into the snags.
The trails up until this point had been well maintained but the next 2+ miles on the Bowerman Lake Trail became increasingly difficult as numerous snags covered the path.
We spent quite a bit of time going over, under, around logs. Often times it was just easier to walk on top of them. Conditions improved after we reached the Minto Pass Trail where someone else had apparently encountered the obstacles over the Bowerman Lake Trail.
We were now following the Minto Pass Trail two miles to Marion Lake. Many of the vine maples along this trail were in full Autumn mode.
The trail crossed several springs and creeks as it neared the lake including the very pretty Mist Creek.
When the trail approached Marion Lake we walked down to the lake shore for one final rest stop. Three Fingered Jack rose above the lake on the horizon and we were joined by a number of tortoiseshell butterflies and a friendly Stellar's blue jay.
The Minto Pass Trail had been recently rerouted, adding a couple of switchbacks, just before arriving at a three-way junction with the Lake of the Woods and Marion Lake Trails.
Back on the Marion Lake Trail we followed it for a half mile passing a trail to the lake's day use area and continuing another .3 miles to the Marion Outlet Trail junction where we had begun our loop. We retraced our path from the morning spotting a garter snake and a large western toad along the way.
Unfortunately not all of the wildlife encounters were so nice. Between spotting the snake and the toad we had paused at Lake Ann for a moment and Heather was almost immediately stung by a yellow jacket. Several more were buzzing around and we ran to the end of the lake to avoid any additional stings.
What was supposed to be a sort of "easier" hike than what we'd been doing lately turned out to be a little more taxing than planned. Between the warm temperatures and exposure in the burn area and the stretch of trail covered in downed snags we were feeling pretty tired by the time we made it back to the trailhead. We had also managed to turn the 15.2 miles we had planned on into 17.9 miles by visiting the falls, Red Butte Lake, and doing some other off-trail exploring. It had been worth it though. The colors were amazing, we'd seen a lot of wildlife, and despite the full parking lot hadn't seen very many other people along the way. Happy Trails!
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Letters to Gluestick, part 3: The marriage 'obstacle' insult!
"The Screwtape Letters" first appeared in London's Guardian newspaper during the dark days of World War II. In 1942, the Letters were published in book form in England — dedicated to Lewis' friend J.R.R. Tolkien. The following year, the book appeared in America to great acclaim. (Courtesy http://www.screwtape.com)
Editor's Note: On the occasion of the Year of Faith, the following is the second in a series of "letters" from a demonic supervisor to his underling regarding a plan to dismantle a family and ruin souls, written by Mike Phelan, director of the Marriage and Respect Life Office of the Diocese of Phoenix. In this series of fictional letters, keep in mind that the letters are written by a fictional demon. Therefore his "likes" are a horror and the Enemy he refers to is God Himself. All the while, the Guardian Angels of the family are battling in ways mostly hidden both to us the readers and to the devils for the family's strength and salvation.
My Dear Little Gluestick,
You take cues well. As I wrote in my last letter, we look this time at the affront of the human animals' covenantal institution of marriage. You proactively sent details from early observations of the Barr marriage, only one of which was news to me, yet I nonetheless note with approval your attempt to exceed expectations.
Dis-membering a family is always an excellent first step, hence your work as a DTAD. And the key to family dismemberment is prevention or dissolution of matrimony. How so? Let us look again at the Divine founding of this human horror.
I retell here the Creation Account in the Luciferian Memoirs — Our Terrible Leader Below writes: "Nothing prepared me for the outrage of the creation of woman from the side of the Adam.
"Up until that point I was cautiously in favor of much of what He-Who-Goes-Unnamed had brought about. The Adam was alarming I will admit — this bizarre admixture of water and dirt and spiritual soul — but alone he posed little threat to spiritual excellence, and I supposed he was a sort of "toy" to the Godhead. Indeed, the man was physically impressive, perhaps an earthbound version of something like Myself — perhaps the plan (which was never, ever disclosed, even to Me) was to echo the excellence of Myself on the physical plane, I thought. But an Eve!? Equally striking, and yet quite different, complementary to the Adam. An animal-communion? A unity of bodies with spirits — and thereby a reproduction? Disgust is too weak a word to describe the prelude to my Just Spiritual Rage.
"The moments of the human Parents' first meeting set many of my angelic comrades singing with a new and servile joy. Not I, and not all. Indeed my silence left a hole in the melody noticed immediately on High. But the song grew in strength and self-forgetfulness, and the trees of the garden, and the wind and the birds and insects and beasts and the whole dirt-driven display returned a volley of notes, and the man and woman themselves showed naïve but Vocal skill and added an unheard-of strain…
"… then, in a moment burned on my Dark and Powerful Mind, began the Dance. And the woman and man moved together, and their dance mirrored the music and affected it as well, and the whole creation — Angels too!! — fit the music to the movement of the man and woman. They were not toys but somehow beloved of the Godhead, somehow given a free share — beasts given a share! — in the harmony of the world. And I had but one recourse. The music would be not stop. I waited. When the unendurable moment was over, a grave silence fell. The man and woman slept. And my voice, absent from the music but now tuned to the fullness of its beauty-clothed-in-rage, was heard. "No! I will not share the harmony with beasts! Non Serviam!"
Hence the Great War began. Gluestick, my serf, you will recall that my own rise to this position of demonic prominence followed my lecture Stop the Dance: The Threat of Matrimony and the Demonic Task. Stop the dance. This is our objective in the attack on every marriage.
Your notes indicate in the Barr marriage much of what is already known to us. The marriage is sacramental — those demons formerly charged with preventing this grace-laden consent have been, er, given other assignments. (One, Slipknot, nearly as well-regarded once as yourself is now un-named Slippers, and serves neatly in warming my own "feet." FYI.) The sacramentality of their union is an obstacle, but not an impossible barrier by any means.
Husband Barr comes from a lifelong marriage, though his father was reserved and somewhat alcoholic. Passivity is in your male project's bones, much to our advantage. Wife Barr is the childhood product of divorce, a lightly neurotic if not un-virtuous woman with the nagging sense that all could fall apart at any moment. This we knew. But the news you share of his new potential friendship with a real-believing Catholic Christian man of the parish is not lightly received. Get that relationship off track immediately.
Persevere at your post. Stop the dance. Get-In-Between. The orchestration of our temptation-plan of Husband Barr is our subject for next time.
LameWorm
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Son Of A Son Of A Sailor
by Jimmy Buffett
from the album Son Of A Son Of A Sailor
As the son of a son of a sailor
I went out on the sea for adventure
Expanding the view of the captain and crew
Like a man just released from indenture
As a dreamer of dreams and a travelin' man
I have chalked up many a mile
Read dozens of books about heroes and crooks
And I've learned much from both of their styles
Son of a son, son of a son, son of a son of a sailor
Son of a gun load the last ton
One step ahead of the jailer
Now away in the near future, southeast of disorder
You can shake the hand of the mango man
As he greets you at the border
And the lady she hails from Trinidad
Island of the spices
Salt for your meat and cinnamon sweet
And the rum is for all your good vices
Haul the sheet in as we ride on the wind that our
Forefathers harnessed before us
Hear the bells ring as the tide rigging sings
It's a son of a gun of a chorus
Where it all ends I can't fathom, my friends
If I knew, I might toss out my anchor
So I'll cruise along always searchin' for songs
Not a lawyer, a thief or a banker
But a son of a son, son of a son, son of a son of a sailor
Son of a gun, load the last ton
I'm just a son of a son, son of a son, son of a son of a sailor
The sea's in my veins, my tradition remains
I'm just glad I don't live in a trailer
Jimmy's Note:
I saw a picture of my grandfather after he had come back from a trip to Nova Scotia. He was born there but left when he was a young man and didn't return until he was 84. He was standing on dock staring at an old sailing schooner, and the look on his face told the story of where he had come from and where he had been. I have always been very proud of my heritage as a sailor and wrote this for the men who taught me the skills.


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Education matters, and so does the right University
The University of Edinburgh chose Muckle Hen to create a film for their latest undergraduate recruitment drive. We came up with this beautiful two-minute animation, illustrating what the City and University have to offer in a fun and whimsical way. When it comes to communicating why a University is successful, the easier answer is statistics. But will you really remember them?
This was our challenge. To show off the accomplishment of one of Scotland's oldest institutions in a new, fun, and engaging way. Using a soft palette for the environment really makes the character design stand out. Add a little humour, and we've got a bona fide hit.
Created as a video-for-web (before it was popular!) this animation was so successful that Edinburgh University came back for more.
Silver Award Winner for 'Best Animation' at the Roses Creative Awards 2013
We were immediately drawn to Muckle Hen's enthusiasm for the project, their thorough research, and their understanding of our audience. They have delivered an excellent animated film that ticks every box on our brief and exceeds our expectations in terms of originality and creativity.
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Ryan Montbleau has spent an ample amount of time banging around on his guitar here in the Seacoast in New Hampshire. He�s a voice we can�t forget. He�ll be back in Portsmouth on Thursday, April 18th for a show at 3S Artspace.
EDGE caught up with the man himself to talk a bit about the man himself. Dive in.
EDGE: Let�s talk about �The Woodstock Sessions.� This is a beautiful live record. What sort of goals went in to the creation of this thing? Why a live record?
Montbleau: I wasn't planning on making another live record, but this just all fell into place so beautifully. Applehead Recording puts out the Woodstock Sessions series. I made my first full-band records at Applehead in 2006 and 2007 and Mike Birnbaum has asked me about being a part of this live series for a while. My friends Tall Heights happened to make their last record at Applehead and I visited them there while they were tracking. The idea with a Woodstock Session is to make a live record in a studio in front of an audience, and also to do something a little different. Going in there with Tall Heights was that �something different� that made it all click for me.
EDGE: Is there added pressure to a show when you�re consciously making an effort to make a record out of it? Or, was it easy because there�s a certain level of comfort you find in taking your music to a stage vs. a studio?
Montbleau: I definitely felt added pressure. That was actually a really difficult night for me when it happened. We played for like three hours and I found it a little nerve-wracking worrying if we got the right tunes for a record. I'm very comfortable playing shows, but making a record in a studio that is also a show is just a different beast. But the instant that I heard the mixes that came back I was set at ease. It just sounded so good! In the end, you get this really unique result.
EDGE: In general, why music? Why do you seek it? Why do you create it?
Montbleau: Because I can. In some ways I feel like it seeks me! But I have gone after this pretty hard and the work continues and hopefully always will. I can't really imagine doing anything else honestly. I was fortunate enough that my parents put me through college many moons ago and that's where I was given the time to let this thing find me. I hear music and melodies and I think and write a lot and at 21 I found that I could sing and put it all into one wonderful medium. I feel like it's what I'm here to do, to tell my truth in that way. And if I do my job right, it resonates with a listener's truth. And then maybe we all feel less alone.
EDGE: You�re well known for your �soul-drenched� voice. Soul music is making a bit of a resurgence lately with bands like St. Paul and the Broken Bones, Kat Wright, Jesse Dee, Eli Reed, Alabama Shakes, etc. What does Ryan Montbleau add to the contemporary �soul� soundtrack?
Montbleau: You'd have to tell me, I guess. I'm not as well-versed in true soul music as many of those other artists although it obviously informs some of what I do. I made one track called �Yeah Man,� which was a cover of an Eddie Hinton song a few years back and I feel like that's the closest I've come to some classic soul production and performance. But I guess if anything it goes back to what I was saying about telling the truth. When I hear my favorite soul singers, I believe them. When I hear Otis Redding, I believe what he is saying. Maybe I can add some small stitch to the fabric of singers out there now who are telling their truth.
EDGE: What�s �success" mean to you? Have you found some semblance of it?
Montbleau: I always liked what Livingston Taylor said, that success is gratitude. The more I think about that the more it makes sense. And I have quite a bit of gratitude for the life that I get to lead. I'm 41 years old, make music for a living, and a good living at that these days. People tell me how much the music means to them, they send me emails and messages and tell me after shows. They look back at me and sing the words. There is always more to dream up and much more I want to do, but I've worked so hard professionally that I really do feel like a success on that level. Success at living on the other hand? I'm still finding my sense of home, still would like to start a family, have never been married, have never had a dog. Not that you need to do any of those things but I want to. I want to have a sense of community and home and that to me feels like where the real work is now.
EDGE: What are you looking for a listener to take with them when they experience your music?
EDGE: What do you get out of songwriting? Is it an easy or arduous process for you?
Montbleau: I tend to write little by little, always coming up with one line here, another scrap there, another line here. I tend to chip away at ideas and verses and arrangements over time. So I'm not a very fast songwriter, some of these songs can even take years, but it always at least comes little by little. It can be very hard at times, it can also come very easily. You just have to be ready for when inspiration comes and also not necessarily wait for it to come. You just keep working.
EDGE: You�re headed to 3S Artspace in Portsmouth on the 18th in support of the new record. What excites you about the gig?
Montbleau: I have heard nothing but good things about 3S and this will be my first time there, so I'm excited for that. I'm also from Peabody, Massachusetts, but I live in Vermont these days. But Portsmouth has always felt like my general North of Boston neck of the woods and I have been going there for most of my life. Will be nice to get back.
EDGE: You�ll have a full band, which is an obvious difference than that of the format of the record � what do you appreciate about having a band behind you? Is it easier? Do you feel �less vulnerable� when there are other musicians on stage fleshing out the tunes with you?
Montbleau: I love playing both solo and with a band, they just fit different contexts for the most part. A solo-acoustic show, in my opinion, can be just as powerful as a band show, but it has to be in a listening room. But you can really draw people in. With a band you can really move people's bodies viscerally and it's just a different situation. I have a hell of a band with me these days.
EDGE: What�s the greatest challenge of chasing music as a profession?
Montbleau: Maybe keeping up with your body. I play a lot, travel a lot, drive a lot, fly a lot, don't see home very much. It takes a toll.
EDGE: What can folks expect this time around?
When: 8 p.m., Thursday, April 18, doors open 7 p.m.
More info: Visit www.3Sarts.org. This is an all-ages, standing show.


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2009 Biomedical Research Collaboration Award
Memphis, TN, December 05, 2009 -- The Hartwell Foundation officially announced the second winners of a Biomedical Research Collaboration Award, which provides funding to expand the frontiers of early-stage, innovative, and cutting-edge applied biomedical research through special collaboration. Charles E. Glatt MD, Ph.D., Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University and Jian Zuo, Ph.D., St Jude Children's Research Hospital, will receive $291,173 in combined direct cost over three years to pursue their proposed research for "Identification of Predisposing Factors in Childhood Depression: Using a Conditional Knock-In Mouse to Generate the Implicated Risk and Protective Variants of the Serotonin Transporter Gene." The Hartwell Foundation currently funds both researchers: Dr. Zuo is a 2006 Hartwell Investigator, while Dr. Glatt is a 2007 Hartwell Investigator. Cornell University and the St Jude Children's Research Hospital are both among The Hartwell Foundation's 2009 Top Ten Centers of Biomedical Research.
Serotonin is a universal signaling molecule involved in nerve communication and the serotonin transporter (SERT) protein is a major regulator of serotonin function. Notably, SERT is an important candidate gene for depression, because the most commonly used antidepressant medications all act by inhibiting the activity of this protein.
In pioneering research, Dr. Glatt has identified a variant in the gene responsible for SERT (polymorphism rs3813034) that alters how the gene is expressed. The polymorphism affects the balance between the two different molecular forms of serotonin transporter mRNA and leaves them distributed differently in the brain. One form appears to increase risk for depression while the other form protects against depression. The variant is a single nucleotide polymorphism that occurs in the polyadenylation signal for the distal form of SERT mRNA. It occurs in the signal sequence for processing the protective form in human brain and reduces the signal's effectiveness, thereby lowering the amount of the protective form relative to the risk form. Using a conditional knock-in mouse to generate the implicated risk and protective variants of the serotonin transporter gene, Glatt and Zuo plan to relate the changes induced during early biological development to the onset of depression.
"As a Hartwell Investigator, Jian Zuo is a leader in creating genetically engineered conditional knock-in mice. The Collaboration Award will provide us a unique opportunity to advance a new strategy to move the behavioral genetics of depression from a descriptive to a mechanistic approach. In the absence of an appropriate mouse model, understanding the genetic changes that predispose to depression in childhood would require access to living, human brain tissue," said Dr. Glatt.
The Glatt-Zuo collaboration will advance the current field of depression genetics because the animal model will enable controlled experiments to identify critical developmental periods with risk for depression and identification of windows of opportunity for clinical interventions. Surprisingly, the collaboration may also provide insight in how to regain hearing, as in their early discussion of mutual interests, it became apparent to both investigators that the auditory cells responsible for hearing express SERT and use serotonin to regulate cellular function.
"Together, we propose to design and create a mouse model that expresses only the high-risk form of a major candidate gene for depression, which can also be induced to re-express the protective form at specific developmental stages. In collaborating, we discovered an unexpected benefit from mutual interest in each other's research focus," said Dr. Zuo.
The collaboration between Glatt and Zuo began when they met at The Hartwell Foundation 2008 Annual Meeting. The availability of Hartwell video conferences and mentoring fostered their progress. Early in their collaboration, they recognized that auditory cells responsible for hearing express SERT and use serotonin to regulate cellular function. At that time, Dr. Zuo began to wonder if alterations in SERT could change the survival of the auditory hair cells, which in his original Hartwell proposal he had proposed to regenerate following the loss of hearing. Discussions between investigators prompted many literature searches that went beyond the molecular biology of depression, elevating intriguing possibilities about how drugs that alter the function of SERT can restore vision in the brain after it is lost, how serotonin aids in cell survival and regeneration, and how drugs that block SERT cause hearing loss in children.
Depression is a disabling neurodevelopmental condition that often has its onset in adolescence. A major portion of the risk for depression in children and adolescents is due to genetic factors that an individual inherits from his or her parents, which are complex and poorly understood. The identification of genetic risk factors for depression would allow early identification of at-risk youth and aggressive intervention that could alter the course of illness. However, human genetic studies of depression have only identified minor risk factors that are not consistently replicated and thus not clinically useful. Genetic studies have focused on depression as a clinical rather than a biological entity and thus, the molecular effects contributed by genetic risk factors have not been specifically matched to the biological processes that contribute to depression.
Children undergoing chemotherapy and children overdosed with antibiotics often lose their hearing. This is mostly due to the loss of the auditory sensory cells in the inner ear. Humans and other mammals cannot replace damaged such sensory cells; however, chickens, fish, and amphibians can, by dividing neighboring cells derived from the same parental cells and adopting their sensory cell characteristics. Recent studies have highlighted the critical role of certain cell-cycle regulators to regenerate functional sensory cells in mammalian inner ears. The feasibility of manipulating key proteins in neighboring supporting cells to regenerate damaged sensory cells is in progress using animal models. Many factors will need to be studied, and genetic manipulations in such models offer unprecedented advantages.
2007 Hartwell Investigator Charles E. Glatt, MD, Ph.D., Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University
2006 Hartwell Investigator Jian Zuo, Ph.D., St Jude Children's Research Hospital
Biomedical Research Collaboration Awards
2008: Pieper-Feng
2009: Glatt-Zuo
2010: Fain-Altes
2011: Rajadhyaksha-Pieper
2011: Hackam-March
2012: Toth-Gramatikov
2012: Lyden-Bui
2014: Sears-Silver
2015: Alto-Satake
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Argos revolutionises TV buying experience with new Augmented Reality in-app experience
Published on 14/06/2018 by Fiona Briggs in Retail News, Retailer News
Argos has launched an innovative new Augmented Reality (AR) feature in its iOS app, allowing customers to view an animated version of different TV models in their own homes using their smartphone.
Just in time for those looking to upgrade their TVs for the World Cup, the new functionality promises to revolutionise the way large TVs are purchased, giving customers the chance to check out what it would look like in their own homes.
Within its iOS app, customers can use 25 full-scale, 3D models of TVs from popular brands including Samsung, Hisense, Sony, Hitachi and LG to easily visualize what it will look like on a wall or unit. Customers can also watch a video on the TV screen, bringing to life its size and how narrow the bezel or surround is.
Argos has seen sales of giant-screen televisions soar in recent months with sales of 65" TVs or more nearly doubling in the last 12 months.
Matt Grabham, digital product manager at Argos, said: "As a digitally led retailer, it's our goal to give customers the best possible shopping experience, whether in-store or online. We are really excited to launch this new version of the app, which will completely change how our customers buy TVs.
"Giant TVs are becoming increasingly popular with customers looking to create the perfect cinematic experience at home for high profile events like the World Cup. This new AR technology will help our customers find a TV that perfectly fits their home, making the beautiful game even more beautiful."
In May Argos became the first UK retailer to launch augmented reality-enabled LEGO® models through its mobile app, giving customers the chance to view more than 100 full scale, animated 3D versions of best-selling LEGO® toys.
Earlier this year, Argos, which is part of the Sainsbury's Group, announced it has created 150 new technology roles in London and Milton Keynes to bolster its digital shopping operations. The roles vary from graduate to principal positions and new colleagues will join the 300-strong team currently in Argos's tech division.
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Julia from NorCal - Heavenly Angels in Need- H.A.I.N.
You are very welcome! Any questions like this please feel free to post them on the FAQ area under (do you have a question forum) that way other volunteers benefit from the questions and answers. This conversation is on my actual profile and others may not see it.
Thanks. I may do that then - put this question in the FAQ area. I did see a couple of patterns that didn't have the identifying craft tag - knit, crochet, etc.
Love the patterns in here and love HAIN.
I will work through them and make sure they are tagged correctly. I went ahead and started a post for that in the FAQ area. I am glad you brought this to my attention because there needed to be a post on this. So thank you!!
Thank you for the explanation. I had looked at tulle at the fabric store and they were on bolts in different colors. Is the ribbon tulle different? Does it have a particular edging? I wonder if I could just buy the bolt tulle and cut it. Would that turn out the same way? The pattern is so sweet that I want to give it a try. It would be wonderful for the families. Thank you for sharing it and your answers.
What is the width for the tulle strips? How do you pack the gowns for shipping? (avoid wrinkles for the tulle - if it does wrinkle?) It is a beautiful pattern.


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AMC to take on hit 'The Night Manager' for U.S. miniseries
Tom Hiddleston (Image Credit: Sachyn Mital) / THE NIGHT MANAGER (Image Credit: John le Carré)
Are you an Anglophile? Do you like spies? Do you like watching TV? Do you know who Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie are? If yes, then I have some exciting news for you! If no… no, you know what, I'm going to assume you like at least one of those things. There's just no other option.
Now, what marvelous dream combines England, spies, TV, Hiddleston and Laurie into one neat package? It's AMC's future miniseries The Night Manager, which comes to the network by way of the BBC.
There was an intense bidding war for the U.S. airing rights to the show, as I'm sure you can imagine, because not only does it sound great, but it's based on a John le Carré novel about a night manager at a hotel who is an ex-British soldier and gets involved with a black market weapons operation. Le Carré novels have a long history of being made into both films and television, including Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Constant Gardener and Philip Seymour Hoffman's final film, A Most Wanted Man.
While we know that Hiddleston and Laurie are involved, it's not clear what role either one of them is playing. The speculation, however, is that Hiddleston will be the night manager and that Laurie will be the bad guy. It'll be great seeing Hiddleston as the hero, particularly a reluctant hero after his turn as the villainous Loki in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. As for Laurie, it's clear he can play bad – though maybe not evil – since he did it for eight seasons on House!
Both actors have experience in television – Laurie with the aforementioned, House, and Hiddleston with BBC series Wallander and The Hollow Crown – and as one of the few people who watched both Wallander and House, I can tell you that we're in for a treat, no matter what the actors' roles.
The miniseries is speculated to last between six and eight parts, so it won't be quite as long as the seasons of shows AMC is known for like Mad Man and Breaking Bad. But that makes sense because of the big name actors. Like True Detective, the show is likely using its limited run as an incentive for stars to be on TV but without long-term contracts.
Recently, AMC dropped most of its unscripted programming and announced a plan to focus on scripted works, of which The Night Manager will be part. Since AMC has produced some of the highest regarded television in recent years, I only see this as a good thing, hopefully leading to continued high quality entertainment.
Along with its stars, The Night Manager also has writer David Farr attached. Farr wrote the screenplay for Hanna, the Saoirse Ronan movie about a girl trained by her father to be an assassin, and several episodes of MI-5 – or as it's known in Britain, Spooks – which is of course about spies for England's MI-5. As someone who has watched both of those things, I'd say this adaptation is in pretty good hands.
All in all, The Night Manager has everything going for it, and since AMC just finished buying a huge stake in BBC America, maybe we'll see more series like this in the future. The channel that brought us Breaking Bad and the channel that brought us Orphan Black? Won't that be great for television?
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If you wish to experience Vietnam's rich cultural past, Hoi An Ancient Town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is one place to consider for your next vacation.
Hoi An Ancient Town is located in Vietnam's central Quang Nam Province, 30 km south of Da Nang city. Positioned on the banks of the Thu Bon River, it is a well-preserved example of a Southeast Asian trading port which thrived in the 16th and 17th centuries. In its heyday, Hoi An welcomed merchants from Japan, China, Spain and Holland and became known as a place of cultural exchange.
Nowadays, visitors make their way to the Ancient Town to experience culture through historic museums, heritage houses and, of course, food and shopping. Around Hoi An Ancient Town's streets, rich cultural experiences await.
The Hoi An Ancient Town is a self-contained site with many cultural sights such as old wooden houses, narrow streets, assembly halls and bridges.
To enter the town's "sightseeing places", you will need to purchase a ticket. Each ticket allows international visitors access to five out of the Ancient Town's 21 sightseeing places.
Once armed with a ticket, here are some things to do around Hoi An Ancient Town.
Learn about Hoi An's history through museums found around the Ancient Town such as the Trade Ceramics museum or the Sa Huỳnh Culture Museum.
An interesting one to visit is the Museum of Folk Culture, located inside the Ancient Town's largest wooden two-storey house. It holds a variety of artefacts, traditional costumes and art.
What would a trip be without sampling some local delights?
There are cafes and restaurants around Hoi An where you can try the usual dishes of Phở, spring rolls and bún chả. Along the streets, you can also find vendors selling desserts such as Mango Cake (which contains no mango but has a variety of fillings such as mung beans or nuts) and Che (a tapioca coconut milk dessert). Some of Hoi An's cafes also offer free Wi-fi that you can use to update family and friends of your adventures in the Ancient Town.
The streets of Hoi An are filled with shops galore! From shoes, clothes and toys, visitors will be spoilt for choice.
Pick up handmade toys or even some traditional ethnic costumes. You will find leather products and even silver jewellery up for sale. It is always fascinating to watch the talented craftpersons working away in their workshops.
A person's dwelling place will tell a lot about his or her way of life. At Hoi An's old residential houses, you can learn about the lives of the Hoi An's people through the things they own and use. Among the old residential houses you can visit in Hoi An Ancient Town are Quân Thắng, Trần Family's Chapel, Tấn Ký and Nguyễn Tường Family's Chapel.
Scattered with insta-worthy photo spots, Hoi An is a great place to take home some wonderful family photos against the backdrop of street scenes, lanterns, "villagers" wearing traditional Vietnamese outfits, the town's iconic yellow walls and boats along the river. Snap away.
For more information, visit the Hoi An Ancient Town website.


A Hindu [including Sikhs, Buddhists (including Neo Buddhists) and Jains] marriage requires that, both the parties be Hindus by religion, and of minimum marriageable age, ought not to have a spouse alive at the time of the marriage and also not be Sapindas [Normally meaning a person within Seven ascending Ancestral relationship on the Father's side and Three on the Mother's side] to each other, nor they be within the prohibited relationship [basically all the lineal ascendants and close relatives, including all sorts of cousins and uncles and aunts]. They also need to be capable of giving valid consent.
Father or brother or any other male (even female in Arya Samaj) member of the family of the girl giving the girl to the boy, by tying the "nuptial knot".
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Giving the hand of the bride to the Bridegroom for holding during the ceremony. This also includes sub-ceremonies like exchange of garlands and "Lagna".
The couple taking rounds of the holy fire [Four to Seven numbers - depending on the custom and ceremony].
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Pakistan on First Powered Flight
Posted on May 15, 2017 by Ainy
Complete set of 4 nos. of commemorative postage stamp on the 75th Anniversary of the 1st Powered Flight :
Issued for : To mark the 75th anniversary of the First Powered Flight Pakistan Post office is issuing a set of four Commemorative postage stamps of the values of 65 paisa, Re. 1/-, Rs. 2/- and Rs. 2.25 on 24th December, 1978.
Description : The main feature of the stamps are aeroplanes of old and new designs. The first powered aeroplane 'the Flyer' made by Wright Brothers is shown in each stamp in yellow colour at the lower portion. Modern planes are shown above the 'Wright flyer' to indicate gradual development both in Civil and military aviation.
Designer : Adil Salahuddin
Denomination : 65 Paisa, Re. 1/-, Rs. 2/- and Rs. 2.25
Colours : Black, Blue, Red and Yellow
Size of Stamp : 40 x 40 m.m.
Size of Print : 37 x 37 m.m.
Perforation Gauge : 13 x 13 C
Quantity : One million sets; each set containing 4 stamps
No. of stamps in one sheet : 40 stamps or 10 sets in each sheet
Process : Litho Offset
Printers : Pakistan Security Printing Corporation
The urge to fly is one of man's oldest ambitions but it became a reality only 75 years ago when the first successful flight in a powered airplane took place. Even at the moment of its birth, the aeroplane was the creation of no one nation or technology but a culmination of the efforts made by a number of enterprizing people from different parts of the world at different times.
On the 17th December 1903 a proud father of two bicycle manufacturers received a telegram sent from Ketty Hawk, North Carolina, which read as follows:
"Success / four flights Thursday………. Average speed through the air thirty one miles / longest 59 seconds / inform press / home Christmas".
The experiments of the two brothers, Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright, with the man-lifting gliders among the sand dunes near Kitty Hawk had produced the World's first successful heavier-than-air powered flying machine and made them the pioneers of air age. From then onwards the dream of flight which had transcended all national boundaries throughout the yesterdays became a reality.
This successful heavier-than-air powered flying machine known as the "Flyer" was catapulted into the air from a small trolley running on a railway. The pilot lay face down on the wing. The 'Flyer' had a 40 foot wing span and was about 21 feet long; its 12 horse-power engine gave it a speed of around 31 mph depending on the strength of head winds. Orville Wright made the first flight (17th December 1903) covering a distance of 120 feet in 12 seconds, on the last of three further flights that day Wilbur was airborne for 59 seconds. Their total flight that day of 97 seconds of air time made their 'Flyer' the most famous aeroplane in history. Later variations of the 'Flyer', such as Flyer No. III and the one taken to France by Wilbur Wright in 1908, were fully manoeuvrable and were fitted with two skeletal seats.
The achievement in aviation ever since is the saga of the ever growing success and accomplishments of mankind opening up new vistas of exploration of the hitherto unknown and boundless Universe and establishing its sway over all other beings on this beautiful earth of ours so bountifully endowed to us by God – The Almighty.
Today aviation has brought the people all over the world closer to each other and has played a remarkable role in the spread and dissemination of knowledge. It has altogether transformed the concept of distance and time and is making people and goods fly safely, quickly, economically and sufficiently. Few inventions in history have had such far-reaching effects as the flying machine.
Issued by: The Director General, Pakistan Post Office, Karachi.
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An Ames indoor farm is changing the way we think of farm-to-table: hundreds of subscribers in the Des Moines-Ames area get bright green bags delivered to their doorsteps each week. They are full of broccoli sprouts, tomatoes, and Nebullam's flagship product, red butterhead lettuce.
Two Iowans launched the operation several years ago. They own the supply chain, which means their produce is pesticide-free and grown year-round.
Nebullam Marketing Lead Jack Nelson said it is all carried out through sustainable practices. "I think it's really special that we're doing same-day harvest and delivery, because you're getting it an average of 180 minutes after it's been harvested versus 10-plus days across the country," Nelson said.
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Introducing the HydroChan mascot who in fact is a Groundhog. Happy GROUNDHOG DAY! HydroChan drove up in a hydrogen car to ask Hitzlifitzli, the fox, and some chicken for some hydrogen. Hitzlifitzli can gladly satisfy the wish.
It is time to enter the WHO IS WHO in the World of Hydrogen. Mortimer is my name, and HydroChan is my nickname when I drive hydrogen cars. the name is short for "Hydrogen Challenge". When I drove to Amsterdam in February 2016, I coined this term. Now, the name HydroChan is officially given to the groundhog on GROUNDHOG DAY who represents me, who accompanies me and who guides me. You will see (in future blogs).
I am who I am. The Energytours-Website is a mix of pictures and texts recollecting my experiences and memories while dealing with elements of the World of Hydrogen. My driving profile is to go for (1) long distances, (2) test cars in Winter time, (3) do something cultural and use emission-free public transport. Of course, I am a fan of electric mobile solutions with two and three wheels as well; but a separate section on that will follow one fine day.
This is an interesting fox, seen on the right side in the picture above, who has experience with fuel cells and there are many cartoons that have appeared already sofar. Its creator (see below) and myself, decided to introduce Hitzlifitzli and HydroChan to one another in a cartoon marking HydroChan's first comic appearance … apart from myself.
Armin Schöntag from Weichs and myself have known each other for quite a number of years. Our passion for hydrogen and fuel cells kept the dialogue going. Him designing the HydroChan mascot sparks a beginning of some wonderful stories, and we are both eager to see what shape it will take. Let's see.
They are our friends. You got to have chicken in a cartoon. But, who are they? They are hydrogen chicken.
If you like to add anything, you are welcome to. Please write to Armin or Mortimer.


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Over the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, cricket went via quite a lot of developments. At first, the game was played like hockey and sticks have been used. As cricket evolved, it was performed equally to bowling, as players pitched the balls to the batting males. In a while within the eighteenth century, the hockey stick was changed by a kind of membership. Now, the sport is performed nearly like baseball in that actual straight bats are used, and the game is played in innings. Some components of bowling still stay, as those who pitch the balls are still referred to as bowlers.
That includes reworked levels from Resident Evil 4 and 5, This model is the race against time as gamers strive defeat as many terrifying enemies as potential earlier than the countdown reaches zero. GAME OPTIONS: Platform: xBOX360, PSP, Wii, DS, 3DS, PS3 Other artifacts and paperwork reveal that the game was played all through the region. Most notably, a number of boards found within the city of Ur additionally date to the same period. There is also proof to suggest the sport was known in historical India and Egypt as effectively.
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AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin Creative Alliance was targeted by vandals in East Austin last week.
The Alliance held an art show about gentrification on Thursday, which brought out a group of protesters.
Executive Director John Riedie says early in the morning on Friday vandals could be seen on surveillance video running from the gallery in East Austin.
The ACA has been a target of protesters in recent months. It claim it's mainly because their working on the Riverside Arts District that plans to bring art galleries and affordable housing to East Austin.
"We don't support projects that displace long-standing communities. In the case of the Riverside project, we are just redeveloping existing apartment buildings. They will be gone and replaced, but the result will be three times as much housing that exists there now which is what the city has been asking for for years," Riedie said.
Austin Police confirm they are currently investigating the vandalism and but could not say whether they have any suspects yet.