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As they say, "Life is a battlefield". For the freshies who have just begun their journey and are currently walking through the unfamiliar terrains– or rather, hallways of Ateneo, what better way is there to start their quest of a bright and fulfilling university life than to familiarize themselves with the organization that will come to be their second home?
This year's General Assembly, Oikia, was just the perfect opportunity for all MISA members, whether rookies (new members) or veterans (old members) alike, to explore the possibilities of their paths towards becoming the better and stronger heroes of their own stories.
Last September 17, 2018, the gods had blessed us all with the festivity of being introduced to MISA – its projects, its goals, and most importantly, its people. Greatly favored by the crowd, the assembly was hosted by sophomores Arvin Almario and Arvin Enriquez.
Starting off by a test of wits, we all sought out the answers to the mini Quiz bee by combing through our own vast oceans of knowledge. Then, through the talks given by the 7 clusters of MISA, we were given a sneak peek into the various avenues wherein we rent skills and talents, which will allow us to grow into more active members of the org.
We had to exercise our physique and reaction time as we went into our battle formations and accepted the challenge to become the last demigods standing to honor our assigned god/goddess, through an exciting game of Mamera, in which the groups of Hephaestus and Demeter reigned supreme.
We also got to hear more about our new identities as MISA members after a talk by the MISA president, Luis Cajucom, and were acquainted with several of the org's events by Events Cluster's VP, Abby Tan. Lastly, we ended with a banquet feast of MISA's traditional pizza whilst enjoying the companionship of our fellow half-bloods.
By gathering together to exchange words of greetings, wisdom, and smiles, we were able to feel a sense of belonging which is essential to our growth not just as an org, but also as individuals. We learned that in this battlefield called "life", we are not alone, we are accompanied by allies who will go through the same ups and downs as we strive for success. We found out that MISA is not just an assembly of heroes, but also a gathering of a family.


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"We are incredibly honored to be ranked the #1 Top Workplace for 2019 out of 150 companies in the Chicago metro area," said Diane Glass, Chief Operating Officer of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff Realty Group. "It is immensely gratifying that our agents and employees feel a sense of belonging and family here. In hundreds of surveys, they detailed the support and collaboration that exists among our agents, managers and staff. And that represents a gold standard for real estate that is invaluable in serving our clients."
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NYC Public School Parents: Isn't it time we had an educator, for a change?
Wow! It sure has been an interesting couple of days. Lots of news and commentary on Klein's resignation and the Mayor's appointment of Cathie Black to replace him. On the disappointing Klein legacy, I was quoted in the AP, the Times, NY1, am NY, Education Week, NBC News, and elsewhere.
I was personally attacked by the NY Post, and by Joel Klein on NY1 last night. When confronted with my quote from the Times, Klein called me a "propagandist" with an "agenda" (see video clip, starting at 2:30 minutes in.) Yes, I do have an agenda: for smaller classes and better schools for our kids.
There has also been much controversy and criticism of the mayor's appointment of Cathie Black, a publishing executive to succeed Klein. See the front page of the Daily News (below), this Times story and and these articles on our blog. Parents and elected officials alike have pointed out that Ms. Black sent her own children to private schools and has no education background, except for serving on the advisory board of a charter school.
Given her lack of education experience and qualifications, Ms. Black needs a waiver from the State Commissioner to be appointed chancellor.
Please sign the NYC Kids PAC petition, to urge the Commissioner to deny her a waiver. As soon as you sign it, the petition automatically sends an email in your name to the Commissioner Steiner, to the Board of Regents, and your state legislators,. Even if you have signed other petitions, please sign this one now, since it has an immediate impact.
The mayor would never dare appoint a magazine executive to head the police or fire departments. Leading the largest school system in the country needs just as much expertise, if not more. Only an educator is likely to recognize the necessary elements of a quality education, and how to work effectively with parents, teachers, and members of the community to create them. No matter what skills Ms. Black may have as a corporate manager, she simply has no idea what our children really need to succeed. We have had nine long years of a non-educator; it is time for a change.
Please also forward the petition link to your friends, and post it on your Facebook page. Here's hoping for better days!
Thank you Leonie for being there for everyone in the community. You truly GOT ADVOCACY! Teachers appreciate your support.
Happy to see you getting this sort of attention, Leonie. It's an honor to be called a propagandist by a demagogue like Klein, and I certainly hope you're taking it that way.
I'll show my support again by sending money to Class Size matters. Can't imagine what the mayor and Klein would have gotten away with if we didn't have Leonie and her gang - our favorite watchdog group.
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Just a side note: The US DOE is run by a Secretary of Education who has neither taught nor ATTENDED a public school. Ever.


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Chelsea v West Brom: Costa and Schurrle fit. We wait for Fabregas.
Speaking this afternoon in his pre match press conference, Jose Mourinho revealed that Diego Costa and Andre Schurrle are both passed fit but we wait on Cesc Fabregas.
Chelsea sit top of the league, four points clear of our nearest rivals Southampton and the message from Mourinho is that we focus on each game at a time, not to think too far ahead but only on our next opponent.
The disruptive international break is over and everyone is back as we look to start again. Players who were not involved in the internationals had been given plenty of days off to relax, to recharge their batteries and that's going to be important as we head to the busiest part of our season.
Nathan Ake is out injured, Mikel has only arrived back at Chelsea this morning and although Ramires is available to play, he is carrying an injury so I would be surprised if he starts.
So to Cesc Fabregas and it's obvious that Chelsea want to give him as much time as possible to be declared fit as we know just how important he is next to Nemanja Matic.
After the row that has erupted between Chelsea and Spain over Costa and Fabregas, we could take the view that with the amount of games coming up, we could afford to rest them and play Loic Remy and Ramires in their place but Jose was adamant that if they are fit, they play.
"Nathan Ake is out for a few weeks. John Mikel I don't know, he only got back this morning. Diego Costa is totally recovered, the same with Schurrle. Fabregas hopefully will be fit, Ramires can play, his injury is improving, but he is not in very good condition.
(On Costa) The Christmas period is new for him. He has worked with a club physio even during a little holiday [during the international break]. He is on four bookings [only one away from a suspension] but will I protect him? No."
It's a different phase, but it doesn't mean that we can train more. I know it's very difficult for me, and especially for the players and their bodies, but I love it. I look forward to the marathon Christmas period.
I expect to win, but I expect a very very difficult match. They have a good team, they can give us a very difficult match. They know that they can get a result against us, because they got it in the past.
If we lose matches it will not be because of complacency. It will be because football is football.
We have a situation now, but our distance to our opponents tomorrow can increase or decrease. I compare us with the next opponent. In this moment I don't think about being champion, I just think about winning West Brom."
You really get the impression that these international breaks irritate Mourinho. We know he that is meticulous with his preparation for our games and as soon as he arrived back after Liverpool, he was planning for tomorrow but has had to wait and hope no one gets injured.
That's just how amazing the man is though isn't it. Whereas with players with knocks you would be tempted to give them extended rest, Mourinho knows just how important building the gap is at this stage of the season. I love the fact that he works as he does and no team is better than the other, they are all treated the same.
Hopefully, Chelsea will be as strong as possible and pick up another three points but as Jose says, it will be a hard fought game as always.
Fingers crossed Fabregas is passed fit!


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Press On, 2014 | What Is?
2013 was a very special year for me. There were a lot of beyond great things I learned as Life grabbed me by the shoulders and bang me on the door of This Is What Surprise Looks Like. I almost lost my breath under the water of pressure, panic, worry and I Don't Know Why All Of These Things Are Happening Right Now. It was all so surreal that it led me to different kinds of emotions which, sometimes, are all at one point at the same time. There was a time where I am in extreme level of calmness until five minutes later I'm boiling in extreme level of disappointment mixed with anger and all those rants teenagers do (and I'm not a teenager anymore hahaha).
Back then, I don't understand everything that's happening to me, I begged God to help me love where I am and what I do. And I thank Him because He never left my side during the days of my drama, my stubbornness, my ugly words and ugly thoughts, my impatience, my grumbles. I thank Him because He sustained me, pushed me and believed in me when what's ahead of me is just some bleak reflection of confusion. Because yes, in 2013, I got some really dark periods because I chose to look at Life on the wrong side of the lens. There were no regrets, though, because all of the actions I took, the emotions I felt, the mistakes I did — they were mine, I own them. It's just an amazing journey of grace that throughout all of it, you can end victorious. That although there were goodbyes and endings and some painful and sad fractions, there were also excitement and new beginnings and gratitude and hope. 2013 made me weak but God made me strong. It was the year He showered me a lot of Courage which I gladly bathe myself into.
Met with old friends who are all wonderfully treasured.
The list can go on. I tried my best to keep every bullet simple even when most of it got its own glorious story behind how it happened.
For the year 2014, my word would be: Press(ing) On. This would be a year of Perseverance, of pursuing things with so much brave and faith in my heart. There are a lot of things I still wanna do and I pray that I could muster up courage again and do things that could make me feel my heart on my sleeve. It is a new blank page of Hope, of gazing at beauty and be awe-inspired by Life and what it can still slap in our faces with its promise that: Everything happens for a reason. Trust the struggle. Enjoy the moment. Keep pressing on!
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1 . Trademark
2 . Copyright
3 . Design
4 . Right of privacy, publicity and personal endorsement
5 . Product placement
6 . Protection of corporate image and reputation
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1.1. Sources of law
The Netherlands is a member of the Benelux union, along with Belgium and Luxembourg. Registered Benelux trademarks are protected by the Benelux Convention on Intellectual Property Rights. Additionally, the trade name of a company is protected in the Dutch Trade Name Act. Furthermore, a company can register a community trademark for the entire EU territory, under the EU Trademark Regulation. The Netherlands is member of the Paris Convention on Protection of Industrial Property, the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), as well as the Madrid Agreement and Madrid Protocol.
In the Benelux, use as a source of trademark rights is not recognized. Nevertheless, the non-use of a trademark for an uninterrupted period of five years can lead to lapse of the right. Furthermore, the registration of a trademark that is already in use can lead to filing in bad faith, which renders the right null and void.
1.2. Substantive law
Benelux law and practice contain a distinction regarding well-known trademarks to a certain degree, in the sense that the owner of well-known and registered trademarks can take action against the use of another trademark, on the grounds that their trademark is famous/well-known, and the opponent either takes unfair advantage of the use or the use is detrimental to the distinctive character or repute of the trademark.
In general, trademarks belonging to the luxury industry do not enjoy a broader range of protection. There is one exception, however: a trademark owner may not oppose the resale of products that have been put on the market in the EU by them or with their consent. However, in its landmark Dior-judgment the ECJ ruled that trademarks with an 'aura of luxury' can be excluded from this exhaustion rule in cases in which the reseller causes serious damage to the reputation of the trademark.
1.3. Enforcement
The court is not required to use witness statements, affidavit or expert evidence to establish that a trademark is entitled to broader protection. In examining whether the sign has a reputation, the national court must take into account all the relevant circumstances of the case, If, for the purpose of this test, the court deems it necessary to call witnesses and use expert evidence, the court is free to do so.
A trademark can be enforced against a domain name, provided that the use of the trademark takes an undue advantage or is detrimental to the distinctive character or reputation of the trademark.
A trademark can be enforced against a trade name when the general requirements for trademarks infringement are fulfilled without a valid reason. When the trade name is older than the trademark, there is such valid reason, and the trademark cannot be enforced.
A trademark can be enforced against other distinctive signs when the general requirements of trademark infringement are fulfilled.
A trademark can be enforced against its use in a metatag if the use of the trademark takes an unfair advantage or is detrimental to the distinctive character or reputation of the trademark.
A trademark can be enforced against its unauthorized use in social media if there is infringement, which includes the existence of a risk of confusion. Enforcement may only be initiated against the user posting the content, not against the social media network itself.
In general, comparative advertising is allowable under Dutch and Benelux law under certain conditions, namely that it may not cause confusion to the public without a due cause and may not take unfair advantage of the reputation of a trade. Also, that the advertisement may not cause confusion and goods or services may not be presented as counterfeit.
Trademark law in the Benelux has no parody exception.
The slavish imitation of a design can lead to unfair competition and is an unlawful act if the "imitated" product has its own place in the market, the imitation causes confusion among the public, and the imitation was avoidable, without impairing the soundness and usefulness of the product. It is possible to bring parallel proceedings.
Current issues for luxury brands. The registrability and scope of protection of trademarks is a constant theme for vigilance.
On one hand, it is harder to obtain trademark rights as the Trademark Office, the Bureau of Intellectual Property, is becoming more and more choosy and critical when it comes to distinctiveness in order to prevent generic words or names being monopolized by individual brand owners. Nowadays, it is often much more difficult to create a distinctive mark by adding a few figurative elements to a non-descriptive word or term.
On the other hand, the realm of trademarks seems to become bigger as the defence that a sign is purely used as a decorative element is less easily accepted, which is good news for the owners of trademarks for luxury goods.
However, the owners of brands for luxury goods may have to accept that their trademarks are being mocked or derided by opinion makers and artists and in many such cases the freedom of information and press have become important elements in deciding such disputes, for example in the Dom Perignon case decided by the CJEU. This is clearly a development that limits the scope of protection for brand owners.
Another area of concern is the enforcement options for infringements that occur on online platforms, online auctions and social media, in particular the options under strict privacy rules and the limited liability of the providers of online market places, which makes it more difficult to obtain the necessary information on the identity of trademark infringers.
The principal source of law in the Netherlands is the Dutch Copyright Act. Relevant international treaties are the Berne Convention, Universal Copyright Convention and the TRIPS Agreement.
When conflict arises, international treaties take precedence in the Netherlands.
Dutch law provides for an open list of copyrightable works, listing works in the field of literature, science and art. This includes applied arts.
Objects of industrial, fashion or accessory design are copyrightable if they fulfil certain requirements, for example a work must be amenable to human perception, have its own original character and bear the personal stamp of the creator.
The right to exploit is covered by copyright, that is, to publish and copy the work. Additionally, the author of the work has moral rights, including the right to attribution and the right to oppose alterations of the work. Lastly, makers of graphic works or fine arts have a resale right.
A legal entity may obtain the shareholder's copyright in its work when works are made public as originating from it, without naming any natural person (the shareholder/employee/contractor) as the creator. However, there must be a connection between the work of the shareholder and the legal entity in order to establish that the work of the legal entity originated in the public domain.
A director can be described as an employee. Only a person who is a director-major shareholder, or occupies a similar position, is not considered an employee.
Suppliers will need a specific copyright assignment agreement to transfer the copyright.
For a copyright assignment agreement to be valid it must be in writing and signed by both parties. Since 2015, the Copyright Act also contains provisions on agreements with authors. The author has the right to receive a fair remuneration. Furthermore, terms that are unreasonably onerous for the creator are open to be nullified.
An author can only partly transfer or waive their moral rights; the right to attribution can be waived. The right of the maker to oppose alteration of the work can only be waived insofar as it concerns changes in the work or in the designation of the work.
Copyright protection in the Netherlands expires 70 years after the makers death or, when no maker is known, 70 years after the first publication of the work.
There are no registration formalities necessary to obtain or enforce a copyright.
Objects of industrial designs are considered 'works' in the Netherlands and therefore capable of protection by copyright if they meet certain requirements, such as a work must be amenable to human perception, have its own original character and bear the personal stamp of the creator.
Actual copying is not a necessary requirement to establish infringement (but would constitute infringement per se). Editing or copying in altered form may also constitute infringement provided that the overall impression is the same as that of the original work.
The owner of a copyright may claim infringement of their copyright in case a trademark encompasses a copy of the work, for example in cases of figurative trademarks. Obviously this is only relevant in case the copyright holder and the trademark holder are not the same person/entity.
The owner of an older copyright can invoke the invalidity of a design and/or may claim that a design constitutes a copy of their work and should therefore be deemed to infringe the copyright. The holder of a registered design is also presumed to be the copyright holder. This presumption does not hold up against the actual creator of the work, if he can prove that he is the owner of the copyright.
Copyright cannot be enforced against patent.
A copyright may be enforced against its use in a domain name, trade name or pseudonym, when the name is a copyrighted work, although it might be hard to prove that a single word or short combination of words is original enough to be copyright.
The unauthorized use of a copyrighted work on social media may be considered a publication within the meaning of the Copyright Act.
In terms of comparative advertising if the advertisement discloses a copyrighted work without the consent of the copyright owner, the copyright can be enforced.
Use in parody is an exception under Dutch copyright law, if the use of the work is in accordance with what is reasonably permissible according to the rules of social discourse. When assessing a reliance on the parody exception, a fair balance must be struck between the interests of the copyright holder, on the one hand, and the freedom of expression on the other hand. To this end, all circumstances of the case must be taken into account.
In terms of defences available to alleged infringers Dutch copyright law does not contain a fair use-doctrine. Limitations to copyright are listed exhaustively. Moreover, the Dutch courts are used to apply the three-step test of Article 5 para 5 of the Infosoc Directive which says that the application of a limitation should not conflict with a normal exploitation of the work and does not unreasonably prejudice the legitimate interests of the author.
Under some circumstances enforcement actions can be held to be abusive and like any right holder a copyright owner should stay away from abusing his right. There is a general statute of limitation for tort actions of 5 years after the occurrence of the infringement or 5 years after the right holder has become aware of the infringement and the wrongdoer.
Current issues for luxury brands. In the area of copyright we see a trend that the Dutch courts are moving towards higher thresholds for affording copyright protection to designs of products. This development is also relevant for manufacturers and designers of luxury goods, as they might see a lessening of the number of designs which will be afforded protection on the basis of copyright.
Furthermore, the manufacturers of luxury goods may have to accept products being derided by opinion makers and artists and, in many such cases, the freedom of information and press have become important elements in deciding disputes, e.g. in the Dom Perignon case decided by the CJEU. This is clearly a development that limits the scope of protection for copyright owners.
Another area of concern is the enforcement options for infringements that occur on online platforms, online auctions and social media, more in particular the options under strict privacy rules and the limited liability of the providers of online market places, which makes it more difficult to obtain the necessary information on the identity of infringers.
More in general, there is a trend to afford lower cost awards to IP right holders, which makes it more costly to pursue infringements of the copyright for their products. This comment is also valid for trademarks and designs.
Principal sources of law and regulation related to designs are the BCIP at Benelux-level and the Community Design Regulation at EU-level. Furthermore the TRIPS Agreement and the Paris Convention are relevant sources of law, as well as the Hague-Agreement and the Locarno-Agreement.
The Paris Convention and the TRIPS Agreement have priority in the event of conflicting laws.
Under Dutch and Benelux law, only registered designs are protected. Products protectable by way of registered design are the appearance of objects or parts of products, derived in particular from the lines, outline, colors, shape, texture or materials of the product or its ornaments. Excluded from protection are connectors, interfaces and external features of a product that are determined solely by their technical function.
To obtain a valid registered or, where applicable, unregistered design right, the design needs to be new (novel) and have its own character.
The employer is considered the designer if an employee creates a model or drawing in his function.
If a design or drawing is designed to order, the person who placed the order is considered the designer. This is only the case if the design is ordered to be used in trade or industry, which means the client is considered the designer only if he continues to market the object made according to the design.
A design assignment agreement must be written and cover the entire Benelux-area to be valid. Registration is not required, although a transfer of design rights has no third party effect if it is not registered.
When drafting a design assignment agreement with employees, consultants, shareholders, directors and suppliers it is important to obtain as much information as possible about the existence, validity and title of the rights.
The designer can only partly transfer or waive their moral rights - the right to attribution can be waived.
The registration and the protection lasts for five years after the application date, and can be extended with consecutive terms of five years, with a maximum of 25 years.
An unregistered design protection (at EU-level) lasts for 3 years.
Holders of unregistered designs can only act against deliberate imitation of their design. Holders of registered designs can oppose the use of a product in which the design is incorporated or to which the design is applied and which has the same appearance as the registered design, or which does not produce upon the informed user a different overall impression.
A design can be enforced against a newer design. A design cannot be enforced against a patent, domain name or tradename since these rights do not cover what is covered by design protection.
A design can be enforced against its unauthorized use in social media if the requirements for finding infringement have been met. The publication or offering of a design through social media can constitute an infringement in the same way as in the analog world or other media platforms.
Designs may be used by a person other than the right holder for the purpose of illustration, provided this is compatible with fair trade practices. Use in comparative advertising can, under certain circumstances, constitute an unfair trade practice.
There is no legal parody exception in Benelux design law, but the enforcement of a design against use in parody may possibly infringe free speech.
The exclusive right to a design does not include the right to oppose acts done privately and for non-commercial purposes. A design right cannot be enforced against its use in repair parts or further marketing of products that have been put into circulation in the EU or EEA by them or with their consent.
Under certain circumstances enforcement actions can be held to be abusive and, like any right holder, a design right owner should stay away from abusing their right. There is a general statute of limitation for tort actions of 5 years after the occurrence of the infringement, or 5 years after the right holder has become aware of the infringement and the wrongdoer.
A design holder in the Netherlands may combine design infringement and copyright infringement and/or unfair competition for the same set of facts in the same action. It is therefore not necessary to bring parallel and/or separate copyright infringement and/or unfair competition proceedings as they may be combined in a single proceeding before a Dutch court.
Current issues for luxury brands. Luxury goods are typically the kind of products which are eligible for multiple forms of protection: trademark, design rights and copyrights. Each of these protection systems has its own advantages and drawbacks, so it is always a challenge to make the right choices when it comes to obtaining protection.
Design rights seem to have become less popular as it is more difficult to assess in advance the value of design rights in addition to copyrights and trademarks.
Also, a particular area of concern is how to define the interested circle or the relevant public or part thereof that can sometimes be decisive for the outcome of a design right infringement case. There are some decided cases from Dutch courts which call for a quite specific approach on this subject, which may be interesting for owners of design rights for luxury goods. The reason: the more specific the target group that is viewed for the purpose of determining the part of the relevant public and the general impression conferred on it by a certain design, the bigger the scope of protection for the design in question will become.
Another development that may be viewed with interest and which offers a brighter perspective for owners of design rights is the protection accorded to parts of products, such as the shape of a specific part of the hood of the car, which increases the possibilities for manufacturers of luxury goods against the supply of non-original parts. Such was the ruling in the recent Ferrari case decided by the ECJ.
Furthermore, in the same way as for trademarks, an area of concern for owners of design rights is the enforcement options for infringements that occur on online platforms, online auctions and social media, in particular the options under strict privacy rules and the limited liability of the providers of online market places, which makes it more difficult to obtain the necessary information on the identity of trademark infringers.
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No additional conditions exist to "own" a portrait right. The individual has to satisfy they have a reasonable interest to invoke their portrait right.
In considering whether the right of publicity survives the death of the individual, Dutch copyright law distinguishes two different situations:
If the picture was commissioned the portrait may not be exploited without prior consent of the surviving relatives within ten years. After that period, the portrait may be exploited without such consent.
If the picture was not commissioned the surviving relatives also have the right to invoke the portrait right if they have a reasonable interest to do so but are always bound to consent, regardless of whether ten years have passed.
An individual cannot assign their right of publicity in whole or in part. They can consent to the exploitation (i.e. publication) of their portrait, and the portrait may not be exploited without such consent if the portrait was commissioned. If the portrait was not commissioned, it may be published, unless the legitimate interest of the portrayed or their surviving relatives opposes such publication.
A(n) (exclusive) license/assignment to promote or exploit the intellectual property and portrait right of a person can be granted, either on an exclusive basis or on a non-exclusive basis.
For an agreement to be valid the licensee needs to grant a representative power of attorney, ideally by notary deed or draw up a license agreement.
Like any agreement, a license or consent may be terminated by revoking or withdrawing it.
In the event of the death of the licensor the agreement may continue (but depending on its terms) and it will be up to the heirs to decide for how long the right of publicity can continue to be exploited.
In the event of the death of the assignor the agreement will continue, unless it includes a clause under which the death triggers an option to terminate the agreement.
The law states the surviving relatives (as mentioned above) can invoke the portrait rights individually.
After the death of the person portrayed, only their spouse, registered partner, parents and children can oppose the use.
To derive protection from their portrait right, the person portrayed must have a reasonable interest. This may be a commercial interest, but it can also be a non-commercial interest such as the protection of privacy of the person concerned, or their next of kin. Other circumstances that may be taken into account are that there is a danger of mockery, when there is nudity involved, or an undesirable associative or disqualifying context.
The alleged infringer can defend themselves by arguing that consent was given by the person portrayed, or by arguing that the person portrayed has no reasonable interest or "provoked" the disclosure himself.
Product placement is not allowed in the media offerings of public media organisations.
Product placement is permitted for commercial media companies, which may include those providing commercial media services on demand if they meet the criteria set out in the Policy rule on classification of commercial media services on demand.
Product placement in commercial media offerings is restricted in several ways. Firstly, the advertisement must be recognizable as such. Secondly, the usage of subliminal techniques is prohibited and thirdly, surreptitious advertising is banned.
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In the event a party fails to perform an agreement, the brand owner may terminate the agreement or file a claim for the agreement to be dissolved. He may also claim compensation for damages as a result of the breach of contract.
Unique concerns faced by luxury brands. The recent implementation of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive in the Dutch Media Act may lead to difficulties for luxury brands. All economical services where the main purpose is to provide videos that have a mass media character, provide a catalogue through which the videos are ordered, and with editorial responsibility are to be regarded as commercial media services. As a consequence, channels on video platform services are more quickly subject to the product placement regime of the Dutch Media Act.
Laws regarding right of publicity and/or privacy do not extend to legal entities/corporations.
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The prohibition to sell below a certain price is not allowed, since it is considered a hardcore restriction of the competition. A prohibition to sell outside of a specific time period is not a hardcore restriction and may be allowed if it does not have anti-competitive effects.
The prohibition to buy non original – but otherwise legitimate – spare parts and components is not considered a hardcore restriction, so it may be allowed if it does not have anti-competitive effects.
Stipulated fine clauses may be included in all sorts of agreements, including distribution agreements. Under Dutch law such clauses are not interpreted purely linguistically, but in light of the parties' intentions.
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A standout debut from Yunchan Lim at Wigmore Hall
23/01/2023 23/01/2023 by Marc Bridle
United Kingdom Dowland, Bach, Beethoven: Yunchan Lim (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 18.1.2023. (MBr)
Yunchan Lim at the Wigmore Hall
John Dowland – Pavana Lachrymae (1590s, arr. William Byrd)
J.S Bach – 15 Sinfonias, BWV 787 – 801 (c.1720 rev. 1723)
Beethoven – 7 Bagatelles, Op.33 (1801-2); 15 Variations and a Fugue on an Original Theme in E flat ('Eroica Variations'), Op.35 (1802)
There can be, I think, a fickleness to winning piano competitions. Some pianists achieve the aspirations of their win and have a long, even great career; others, for all kinds of reasons, don't. The eighteen-year-old South Korean pianist Yunchan Lim, who won the Van Cliburn Competition last year summer, could go either way – but the second route would be one entirely of his own choice based very much on his own convictions. He is unusual, and perhaps the opposite of what one expects. His humbleness and humanity are striking although my feeling is that for Yunchan Lim the gift of music is to play it for those who are less privileged to hear it – and that was not particularly his audience in London. But there is another, more complex, side to him: the wild and romantic Heathcliff figure who will create danger at the keyboard; some of this recital felt like Lim was re-composing where he thought the music needed it so vivid and startlingly fresh is his imagination.
We did get to hear Lim at his quite remarkable best; very little here was uninspired, and some of it touched genuine greatness. Ironically, he does not resemble the pianist of the competition he won, Van Cliburn. I am more inclined to compare him with the winner of the Queen Elisabeth Competition in 1964 – Evgeny Mogilevsky, whose international career was somewhat hindered by Soviet refusal to grant him permission to play in the west. Mogilevsky won when he, too, was eighteen – playing the same Rachmaninoff concerto – but what both he and Lim share is a fabulous keyboard technique which is entirely centred around the possibilities of the instrument's sound. Lim's recital was that very rare thing – a genuine journey through what Bach and Beethoven can sound like if you actually apply colour to it. Mogilevsky became unwatchable in his later years (Lim is very far from that) but his hands always remained fascinating – the way they would float over keys, how they could achieve the warm tone and control, that resonant bass, it all remained a constant. His playing was astonishingly elegant, although his recordings never sounded just meticulous.
The first half of Lim's programme didn't perhaps highlight all of these parts – but then neither the Dowland nor Bach were written for the piano. Pavana Lachrymae began life as a work for lute but as arranged by William Byrd it is a tenebrous and ruminative piece that Lim brought deep repose to. It would have been easy to have just made it monochromatic, simple, but the warmth of tone here was exquisite and golden.
Bach's Sinfonias – here the Third-Part Inventions – were played in Glenn Gould's arrangement of them. In fact, given the kind of landscape that he had created throughout his performance there was some musical sense in ending with the grandest of the set – the F minor – rather than the numbered B minor, even though his tempi for the former were exceptionally slow – albeit with ravishing intensity. There were many wonderful moments in these performances – the competing voices in the E minor (No.6) that rather than clashing had a logical symmetry to them; the rich counterpoint in the E Flat (No.5) – which began with a monumental opening octave on the left hand. Although Lim's playing of Bach tends to be quite tight in faster passages – although he never over-pedals – the room between the silence and the ability to play with tone and colour is clearly already there. He has a perception of colour and this erases any sense of simplicity in the scale of his Bach: even faster passages sounded impressively big.
The second half of this recital was devoted to Beethoven and in a sense Lim returned to the platform in a rather different frame of mind. Although the Bagatelles and the Eroica Variations come from roughly the same time (1801/2), they are markedly different works. If the Dowland and Bach had called for some restraint, then this particular version of Beethoven was ferocious, wild, untamed.
Lim is nothing if he is not into playing accents in music – it was a notable feature of his Rachmaninoff Third. The E flat Bagatelle was blistering in the sforzando accents; they came like shell fire. Likewise, the C major with its repeating left-hand scale and devilish arpeggios was delivered with accuracy and assurance. Lim is, in many ways, a visual artist – in the Bagatelles his hand jumps and finger leaps were acrobatic but extraordinarily elegant; he is his own marionette, everything painstakingly designed to elicit the most perfect sound, the most perfect colour. The Bagatelle in A, for example, was just fabulous – the dexterity and muscle control in his left-hand fifth finger was quite outstanding; I have rarely heard left-hand bass triplets given with such depth and richness, but which yet retain their sonority too. Again, that ability to under-pedal meant his octaves in the right hand never over-produced so we got a perfect sound that ended precisely on the note and never elided beyond it. There was volatility and volcanic power in the last Bagatelle, too. Left-hand staccatos like lava and seizing the music by the throat when he needed to made for a fiery end.
Beethoven's Eroica Variations probably has more to do with Prometheus but whatever its origins it is both a work of symphonic proportions and pianistic virtuosity. Yunchan Lim clearly knew where he was going to take us when he opened these variations on that massive fortissimo tonic chord – here we had Lim launching into a torrential storm of those eight notes. I am not sure one understands any performance of the Eroica Variations until one has heard how a pianist plays the Basso del Tema – and here Lim was all about that majestic sonority which would emerge later in the thunder of the fugue and the triumph of those opening chords when they are reinforced.
If one starts at the end of Lim's performance one gets an idea of just how huge this was. He does, I think, have a real tendency to play with tempo – but that is not always obvious (he is, in that sense, very unlike a Pogorelich or Afanassiev). In the Bach Inventions he could either be fast or slow – rarely did he seem to be on the mark. These Eroica Variations, however, were very much weighted towards the end – especially XIV and XV. He brought considerable intensity to the chromatic passages in XIV, the weight of the playing allowing him to set the emotional core of the music to the correct temperature. His tendency to iron out the textures of Beethovenian decoration – as he does in Bach – added a degree of rawness here (the Tema in the XIV variation was particularly unusual). In the fugue itself we got rather more sustained pedalling from Lim – beautifully controlled.
Technically, the playing was superlative. His left hand is so powerful that bass chords were never occluded; they rang with glorious, bell-like richness. In his right hand, you got a feeling of remarkable tension when he played triplets, no matter how animated they became. In one passage, where he played thirty second part notes the rhythm was maintained with surgical precision. Repeated octave B-flats, or multiple A-flat octaves for the left hand – again at the return of the Tema – were mountainous. At fortissimo his sound was enormous, but never uncontrolled.
But the technique was just a means for Lim to achieve a performance of great musical insight. This was an Eroica Variations that melded tension with great insight. Lim used Beethoven's score not to make the point of joining notes with notes, but of resolving conflicts within it. If octaves jumped from one to the next, or notes were hammered like nails onto the keyboard there was a narrational reason for it. In a piece that sometimes seems dry, Lim created a very living performance of it, albeit often symphonic in scale.
He offered two encores. The first, Bach's Jesu, Joy, in the transcription by Myra Hess, was beautifully done – albeit entirely unlike anything Hess might have played. The second, Liszt's Liebesträum No.3 was simply astounding. Quite where Lim pulled this one from was beyond me – the sheer beauty of it, the ravishing playing, the one-off craftsmanship, the incredible rubato was unforgettable. It reconfirmed that Lim, in my view, could become the greatest Liszt player of the age.
This was a superb recital, and I think Yunchan Lim is a pianist with a difference. I don't particularly see in him the kind of standard virtuoso pianist we have too many of today; rather, he is a thinker, an individualist, a philosopher of the keyboard. I sometimes listen to his playing and I hear the great Japanese pianist Takahiro Sonoda, or even Edwin Fischer. He has been wisely grounded and mentored by the superb Korean pianist Minsoo Sohn – himself a wonderful Bach and Beethoven player. The very best that could happen to Yunchan Lim is that he follows and listens to his own convictions; the worst is that he doesn't.
Marc Bridle
This recital can be heard on YouTube or the Wigmore Hall (click here) livestream channel for 90 days.
Categories Concert Reviews, UK Concerts Tags London, Marc Bridle
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2 thoughts on "A standout debut from Yunchan Lim at Wigmore Hall"
michael gilsenan
Thank you for a fascinating review that engages in such a telling way with so many different aspects of Yunchan Lim's quite remarkable artistry, invention and imagination. It struck me in watching his Rachmaninov 3 with Marin Alsop that the opening bars already both seemed to contain the core and pointed to the arc of what would emerge and at the same time conveyed an interpretive perspective of musical reflection and re-creation. The romantic Heathcliff you evoked that vividly exploded in particular passages was always in immediate communication with the orchestra. His listening and, so to say helping to draw all the musicians participating, not least the deeply attentive Marin Alsop herself, into their most committed and musical performance amidst the constraining conditions of a competition was electrifying. The combination of humility and independence of musical imagination in such a young artist is striking and it obviously impressed Jean Efflam-Bavouzet who was on the jury and whose remarks later, available on Youtube, were so characteristically perceptive. After the Wigmore Hall recital I am left, as I am sure are so many others, with the need to listen again and no doubt again.
PS [unlike S&H!] If one more unthinking reviewer refers to Lang Lang, the opposite of Yunchan Lim in ways that seem to me obvious, he should take out a suit for libel!
I kept nodding while reading the whole review and this observant comment.


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Kenny is a 2006 Australian mockumentary film starring Shane Jacobson as Kenny Smyth, a Melbourne plumber who works for a portable toilet rental company. The film was followed by the television series Kenny's World.

Director Clayton Jacobson describes the character of Kenny as "'The Dalai-Lama' of Waste Management, eternally optimistic and always ready to put others before himself. Kenny represents the humbling nature of common decency." The film was shot entirely on location in the western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria and Nashville, Tennessee in the United States.

The film was released in the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom on 28 September 2007.

Plot
Kenny is a mockumentary that follows the fictional Kenny through his daily life. His work and his personal relationships are explored as Kenny goes about his day-to-day activities and speaks directly to the camera and his audience. Kenny provides a most basic service to the community, portable toilets.

The audience sees Kenny interviewing potential clients and involved in major public events. It is important to Kenny to know the kind of food and drink to be served at these events as this will determine the level of service he provides. Never ashamed of his job, despite the disparagement of some (including his own family), Kenny regards himself as a professional. Even at the most prestigious events for which he caters, Kenny realises that the most glamorous will need his portable toilets.

He sees life in all of its complexities through the need of his services. Kenny takes his son, Jesse, to visit his father, but is hampered by his ex-wife's obstructiveness and his father's bitterness.

When Kenny travels to Nashville to attend a toilet convention, he is thrilled to travel outside his native Melbourne. His ingenuity, friendship and commitment to his profession opens business opportunities in Japan and the potential for a new relationship with Jackie, a flight attendant, but he must return home prematurely when his father suffers a medical emergency.

In an attempt at bonding, Kenny, his wealthy brother David and their father go camping. After half a day, David leaves in disdain. After Kenny tries to defend David, his father tells Kenny to step out of his brothers shadow and stick up for himself, which prompts Kenny to consider his life. He reveals that his success in Nashville has led to the offer of a promotion, and though his father urges him to accept, Kenny is unsure.

When Kenny's ex-wife unexpectedly leaves him with Jesse on the day of the Melbourne Cup, his busiest day of the year, Kenny finds his son to be an able and cheerful assistant. However, prejudice against his work again appears, with customers complaining that a child should not be made to clean toilets, prompting Kenny to ask Jesse to stay in the office. When he returns to find Jesse gone, Kenny searches the venue in a panic and eventually finds him at the toilets, wanting to help again.

That night, as he is about to drive away in his septic tank truck after a long and exhausting day, Kenny's way is blocked by a luxury car whose driver insensitively brushes off his requests to move. Kenny breaks his longstanding habit of amiability to fill the man's car with human waste, a suggestion that perhaps Kenny has decided to stick up for himself a little bit more. Finally, Kenny declines the opportunity to become an executive and seeks out Jackie to renew their relationship.

Cast
 Shane Jacobson as Kenny Smyth
 Eve von Bibra as Jackie Sheppard
 Clayton Jacobson as David Smyth
 Ronald Jacobson as Bill Smyth
 Jesse Jacobson as Jesse Smyth
 Morihiko Hasebe as Sushi Cowboy
 Vicki Musso as Kenny's ex-wife and Ringless Woman
 Glenn Preusker as Glenn
 Chris Davis as Pat
 Ian Dryden as Sammy
 Mark Robertson as Robbo
 Alf Scerri as Alf
 Jason Gann as Drunk Guy at Melbourne Cup
 Nash Edgerton as Golf Cart Victim

World premiere
In line with the theme of the film, its first screening was held in the Victorian country town of Poowong.

Reception
Kenny received positive reviews. Rotten Tomatoes reports that all 25 reviews listed gave the film positive feedback, with an average review score of 7.60 out of 10. The site's consensus reads: "Kenny uses its seemingly lowbrow mockumentary premise as the foundation for a well-acted and surprisingly thoughtful character study". Jake Wilson in the Melbourne Age lauded the film as "the best Australian comedy in a very long time"; Megan Spencer of Triple J called Kenny "... a lot of fun and a good stab at a mock-doc ... a good-natured, crowd-pleasing comedy about ordinary life that outranks perennial 'ordinary Aussie bloke' yardstick, The Castle. She also praised the film's technical accomplishment, describing it as "a triumph, superbly shot, edited and directed by Clayton Jacobson – probably surpassing most Australian movies with its command of film language, shot on HD video to boot".<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/review/film/s1717927.htm Megan Spencer, Kenny" review, Triple J, 17 August 2006 (Retrieved 12 March 2016)]</ref> Margaret Pomeranz from At the Movies awarded the film a score of 4.5 out of 5. In contrast, however, David Stratton gave the film 2.5 out of 5 stars, criticising the cinematography and overused humour.

Awards

Kenny's World

A television mockumentary series developed with Network Ten, Kenny's World, aired as part of Ten's second-half lineup of 2008. The series takes Kenny on a toilet tour of the globe. The show also features cameos of characters from the movie.

Appearances in other media
Jacobson has reprised his performance as Kenny in Australian shows including 20 to 01 and The Panel Christmas Wrap 2006.

Box officeKenny'' grossed $7,778,177 at the box office in Australia.

See also
Cinema of Australia

References

External links
 Official website

 Hoyts Cinemas film review
 Kenny: The Movie Trailer on YouTube
 Kenny at the National Film and Sound Archive

2006 films
Australian comedy films
2000s mockumentary films
Films set in Melbourne
Films set in Tennessee
Films shot in Melbourne
Films shot in Tennessee
2000s English-language films

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Lora J. Cizmazia 1935-2022
Lora J. Cizmazia December 6, 1935- September 12th 2022.
Lora J. Cizmazia, 86, of Milford Connecticut, wife of the late Louis Cizmazia, passed away peacefully on September 12th 2022 at St. Mary's Hospital. Born Lora Jean Thompson to the late Kenneth and Dorothy Thompson (Williams) of Colchester, Vermont, she later moved to Connecticut in 1953 where she started her family.
Prior to her retirement Lora worked at Bridgeport Hospital in social services. She loved to travel, knit, sew - making the best costumes for her grandkids, and was known by many as an exceptional baker! Lora enjoyed watching UConn women's basketball, reading, taking nature walks, country living, animals, and spending time at the Milford senior center. But it was her children that meant the most to her! She was more than happy to be the central figure in the lives of her children, she was a star in their eyes and that's all that ever mattered to her. Lora cared deeply for her family and neighbors and was always the first to help. She will be remembered as a hard working, kind, loving, and gentle soul with the utmost patience, who wore a smile everyday right to the very end. She appreciated every little thing and will leave a shining light on the church she served.
Lora was predeceased by Walter Jankowski, her son Stephen W. Jankowski, sisters Elizabeth Formichella, Janis Brown, Doreen "Dolly Ann" Thompson, brother Kenneth "Lonnie" Thompson, and younger brother Huey Thompson. She is survived by her loving children Stanley Jankowski (Alice), Scott Thompson (Kirsten), Paul Jankowski (Peggy), Joy Jankowski, Michael Jankowski, Gail Romano (Pete), her beloved grandchildren Peter, Tara, Shannon, Leah, Samantha, Stephen, Travis, and Trevor, as well as several nieces and nephews whom she loved dearly! And many friends. Mommy, you will be so sadly missed but our hearts are comforted knowing you are rejoicing with the angels above.
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Netanyahu meets with anti-Tal Law protest leaders
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met with leaders of the protest movement against the "Tal Law" on Sunday, a day after Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman suggested that failure to implement a law that would ensure enlistment in the IDF or national service for all could endanger the future of the coalition.
The "Camp Sucker" movement, against the law providing the legal framework for ultra-Orthodox men to defer IDF service indefinitely, is led primarily by the Forum for Military Service Equality (Forum La'shivyon Ba'netel.) The group has led many protests around the country in protest of what they view as discrimination against those who serve in the IDF, and the currently have a protest camp set up in Jerusalem.The Tal Law was ruled unconstitutional by the High Court of Justice in February, prompting the prime minister to promise he would find an alternative to the law which would more equally distribute the national burden.
On Saturday, the anti-Tal Law camp called on Netanyahu to support an initiative calling for enlistment for everyone, which they say over 300,000 citizens have signed a petition supporting. "If Netanyahu chooses this path, he will receive our blessing, but if he tries to fool us, he will find himself facing an uncompromising and aggressive struggle."
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That is unlucky.Its a shame heidenheim were unstoppable as this is no shame whatsoever in your record.
A very decent month mate.Can see it being a good title race.Hopefully you can stay on top.
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Good start to the season mate.Like the others have said that's a ridiculous group.Good luck mate.
good draw for the europa for you.was always going be too tough in that group.good to see you doing well in the eredivisie.
great work mate.kudos to you guys who try and commit to these challenges.just never got the patience myself.
Weird all that in Italy.Good luck in Germany.Im sure you will be ticking competitions off soon enough.
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All the best in spain mate.


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Alfonso de Liechtenstein
(Alfons Constantin Maria von Liechtenstein) (nacido el 18 de mayo de 2001) es el único hijo del príncipe Maximiliano de Liechtenstein y de su esposa de origen panameño Ángela Gisela Brown. Tiene el tratamiento protocolario de Su Alteza Serenísima (S.A.S.). También es Conde de Rietberg.

Biografía

El príncipe Alfonso nació el 18 de mayo del 2001 en la ciudad de Londres. Es el único hijo del príncipe Maximiliano de Liechtenstein y de su esposa, la princesa de origen panameño Ángela de Liechtenstein.

Dato curioso

Además, es el único príncipe europeo descendiente de negros. Por no mencionar a Alexandre Coste, quien es el hijo que tuvo el príncipe Alberto II de Mónaco con la togoleña Nicole Coste, en este caso; Alexandre no tiene derecho a la sucesión del trono del principado por haber sido procreado fuera del matrimonio, el primer puesto lo ocupa su medio hermano menor, el príncipe Jaime de Mónaco, fruto del matrimonio de su padre con Charlene de Mónaco. Mientras que el príncipe Alfonso está en su derecho siempre y cuando los descendientes del príncipe Luis de Liechtenstein tomen la decisión de cederle el puesto a él u otro integrante de la Casa de Liechtenstein como su padre.

Ancestros

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Enlaces externos
 Familia Principesca de Liechtenstein (en inglés)
 Página de la familia principesca de Liechtenstein (en alemán e inglés)
 Entrevista a la Familia Principesca de Liechtenstein en Viena (en alemán)

Príncipes de Liechtenstein
Nacidos en Londres
Liechtensteinianos del siglo XX
Liechtensteinianos del siglo XXI
Católicos de Liechtenstein


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Turkish state lender Ziraat to buy half of Uzbek UT Bank
by Daily Sabah with Wires
Ziraat Bank headquarters in Maslak, Istanbul.
by Daily Sabah with Wires Sep 07, 2017 12:00 am
Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci announced that Turkish state lender Ziraat Bank plans to buy a 50 percent stake in Uzbekistan's UT Bank.
Addressing reporters following his meeting with Uzbekistan Deputy Prime Minster Jamshid Kuchkarov, Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci elaborated on economic relations, particularly in banking and aviation, between Turkey and Uzbekistan, stressing that the trade volume between the two countries stands at around $1.2 billion.
Indicating that Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay an official visit to Turkey in October on the invitation of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Zeybekci stressed that this visit will constitute a milestone in bilateral relations.
Both ministers will discuss the issues of preferential trade agreements between Turkey and Uzbekistan, loan agreements between Turkey's Eximbank and Uzbek investment institutions as well as the 50 percent stake acquisition of UT Bank by Turkey's state lender Ziraat Bankası.
"The current trade volume between Turkey and Uzbekistan is $1.2 billion, which is not acceptable. We will mobilize all resources and refer to all possible means to multiply this volume in the very short-term," Zeybekci said.
Recalling that the leaders of both countries have friendly relations, Kuchkarov noted that the current state of economic, commercial and investment relations between the two countries cannot be accepted.
The Uzbek minister also stated that he held important meetings in Turkey and observed a great deal of interest in Uzbekistan and added that the agreements for new projects and initiatives have been inked.
Kuchkarov also announced that that another agreement was made with national flag carrier Turkish Airlines (THY) and said that the Istanbul-Semerkand direct flights as of spring months is on the agenda, confirming that they reached an agreement regarding the issue.
Indicating that the issue of increasing THY flights to Tashkent, Kuchkarov said that they were also considering the possibility of flights to Buhara and Hiva in the future.
Kuchkarov also stated that they have conducted negotiations with Turkish businessmen and stated that the establishment of a milk and meat production facility near Tashkent, machine industry, renewable energy sources and production of textile products were among the issues discussed.
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New Amsterdam drafts Barstool Sports podcast for Pink Whitney vodka debut
New Amsterdam Vodka introduced a lemonade-flavored spirit called Pink Whitney that was inspired by a hockey podcast the brand sponsors, according to a company announcement. Ryan Whitney, the former NHL player who hosts the "Spittin' Chiclets" podcast produced by sports media company Barstool Sports, last year told listeners that his favorite drink was pink lemonade spiked with New Amsterdam.
In response, fans began referring to the "Pink Whitney" in social media posts that went viral, while bars and NHL arenas started serving the cocktail to hockey fans, per the announcement. The growing trend inspired New Amsterdam to launch the Pink Whitney flavor in bottles marked with Barstool Sports and the "Spittin' Chiclets" logos, Whitney's old jersey number and his catchphrase "What a Legend."
Barstool Sports and New Amsterdam will promote Pink Whitney in a campaign that includes 15- and 30-second commercials featuring Whitney and his podcast co-host, Paul Bissonnette. The spots will air next month on NBC Sports to coincide with the new hockey season. The campaign also will include ads on Spotify and point-of-sale materials for retail locations.
New Amsterdam Vodka is wise to capitalize on a viral trend that grew organically on social media as fans of the "Spittin' Chiclets" podcast started sharing posts featuring the drink. The publicity snowballed as social media users shared pictures when they saw Pink Whitneys on cocktail menus in bars or mixed them at home. Viral trends and internet memes can be hard to predict, but they do have the power to drive sales, as beauty brand Marc Anthony True Professional discovered this year as social media users shared videos of themselves using its products in parody commercials.
To reach audiences of younger adults who are a key target market for spirits brands, New Amsterdam has sponsored podcasts like "Spittin' Chiclets," which generates 575,000 downloads an episode, Front Office Sports reported.
Last year, New Amsterdam was the first advertiser to get behind Spotify's first branded original podcast series. The streaming platform's "Ebb & Flow" was a series hosted by Jasmine Solano, a music influencer, DJ and New Amsterdam ambassador. Marketers are forecast to boost their sponsorship spending on podcasts from $479 million last year to more than $1 billion by 2021, per the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PwC.
New Amsterdam Pink Whitney is the latest result of the brand's effort to reach hockey fans. The brand in October signed a three-year deal to be the official vodka of the NHL, an agreement that put New Amsterdam in a class of sponsorship dominated by alcohol giants such as Anheuser-Busch, Molson Coors, Diageo and Brown-Forman, Ad Age reported. New Amsterdam Vodka, which was introduced in 2011 as a sister brand to New Amsterdam Gin, has grown rapidly to sell more than 5 million cases a year by targeting millennials.
New Amsterdam Vodka New Amsterdam Vodka Launches the Pink Whitney, a Pink Lemonade Flavored Vodka, in Partnership with Barstool Sports podcast Spittin' Chiclets
Marketing Dive Spotify tunes in first branded podcast series with New Amsterdam Vodka
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Bleatarn Park offers a range of one and two bedroom self catering cottages.
Bleatarn Park is located approximately 10 minutes drive from junction 44 of the M6 by Carlisle. To view a map showing the general location of Bleatarn Park and the M6 click HERE. To show a more detailed closeup map click HERE.


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Naiara Egozkue Extremado, née le  à Pampelune, est une joueuse internationale espagnole de handball, évoluant au poste d'ailière gauche au CB Atlético Guardés depuis 2016 et en équipe nationale espagnole.

Elle a représenté l'Espagne notamment au championnat d'Europe 2014, où elle a remporté la médaille d'argent, et aux Jeux olympiques de 2016, terminés à la .

Palmarès

Clubs
 compétitions internationales
 vainqueur de la coupe de l'EHF (C3) en 2009 (avec SD Itxako)
 compétitions nationales
 championne d'Espagne en 2009, 2010, 2011 et 2012 (avec SD Itxako) et 2017 (avec CB Atlético Guardés)
 vainqueur de la coupe de la Reine en 2010, 2011 et 2012 (avec SD Itxako)

Sélection espagnole
  au championnat du monde 2013
  finaliste du championnat d'Europe 2014
  au championnat du monde 2015
  aux Jeux olympiques de 2016
  au championnat d'Europe 2016

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Handballeuse internationale espagnole
Naissance en octobre 1983
Naissance à Pampelune
Handballeuse aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 2016
Joueuse du SD Itxako
Joueuse du TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen (handball)


Home > Yep, about reading and writing again!
Following the adoption of the Millennium Development Goals  in 2000, attention to education increased dramatically. At least in terms of enrollment, this seems to have paid off, so much so that education has lost its earlier top spot on the international development agenda. Since 2000, the solutions train has been set in motion, the illiteracy challenge seems to be taken care of, and attention has shifted elsewhere.
Against this background, the latest Word Bank report "Poverty in a Rising Africa " finds that 42% of Africa's adults, about two in five, or a whopping 215 million people, are still illiterate, down from 46% in 1995. And make no mistake; this does not imply functional literacy for the remaining part of the population. The literacy tests applied are simply too rudimentary , and gross secondary school enrollment rates also only still stand at 46%.
These numbers should serve as an important wake-up call. Clearly, Africa's human capital challenge, a key ingredient for successful structural transformation, is far from resolved, making the much needed modernization and diversification of its economies particularly challenging.
Part of the reason for this slow progress is that without adult literacy campaigns, rates can only be improved by the incoming cohorts. Their literacy levels are higher; among women 15-19 year olds are 11.5 percentage points less likely to be illiterate than 35-39 year olds. But, given the legacy of low initial levels, it simply takes time. Could adult literacy campaigns then not be part of the solution? Unfortunately, successful campaigns have so far remained few and far between. But, as UNESCO (2015, Chapter 4)  documents, they also have never been given a full and fair shot.
Solving the illiteracy problem also requires an unrelenting focus on maximizing literacy rates among the incoming cohorts over sustained periods of time. Here, a lot of work remains as well. Unfortunately, better enrollment alone does not suffice. It does not equate with more learning. Despite (or because of) higher enrollment rates, actual learning has in fact often been limited with 36%  of 6th graders in a sample of 15 Southern and Eastern African  countries failing basic reading tests, according to the latest available standardized test scores. The number rises to 53% in a sample of 11 francophone West and Central African  countries. Clearly, being enrolled is not enough.
While both outcomes are alarming, there is also a wide variety in educational achievement across countries within the region. Yes, income levels matter, but it goes beyond that. High illiteracy rates are not inevitable. Rather, the contrary.
In seven African countries, more than half of the population is illiterate; almost all of them are in West Africa (Figure). Niger (with an adult literacy rate of only 15%) and Guinea (where the rate is just 25%) have the lowest literacy rates. At the other extreme, literacy levels exceed 90% in Equatorial Guinea and South Africa, and they exceed 70% in some poor and fragile countries as well, such as Eritrea and Zimbabwe. At 25%, the gender literacy gap remains high and it is especially large in West Africa, one reason for its elevated rates of illiteracy.
To unpack this a bit further, regression analysis using the female illiteracy rates from the Demographic and Health Surveys, as well as associated household traits and country characteristics, suggests that illiteracy rates are substantially higher in low income countries (by about 32 percentage points in upper-middle-income and high-income countries and about 14 percentage points in low-middle-income countries). But, as highlighted in last week's Poverty-in-a-Rising-Africa blog , they are also three percentage points higher in resource rich countries compared to resource poor countries (irrespective of the country's income level, landlockedness, or fragility), indicating that governance matters. Women in poor rural households are 36% more likely to be illiterate than their urban counterparts in richer households. Similar patterns likely hold for illiteracy among men, albeit to different degrees. We observe lower illiteracy for those who are divorced, widowed, or single (20% less likely to be illiterate).
The analysis also confirms that literacy declines with age, holding hope both for gender parity and overall literacy levels. Yet, given the magnitude of the remaining deficit, and the time and sustained efforts it takes to build a nation's human capital, renewed attention to Africa's educational challenge by all stakeholders is overdue. After all, it concerns one of the most basic starting points, i.e. the ability to read, comprehend and write. And the world is also moving on, with greater returns to other skills that require foundation education as a basis.
On the upside, signs are that the world is waking up. A Framework for Action has already been adopted by UNESCO. In September 2016, the International Commission on financing Global Education Opportunities will report on how to fill the $39 billion a year external financing gap to meet Sustainable Development Goal 4. And the World Bank's next World Development Report will dig deeper how interventions can be brought to scale and how countries can do better to "Realize the Promise of Education for Development," its preliminary working title.
Yep, development is also about reading and writing again, and clearly, none of this is coming too early. One might tend to forget in this day and age of robots and digital jobs.


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Fall Semester at Deep Springs
We're now about to complete the second week of classes at Deep Springs, which means the syllabi for my two courses are pretty much set. I've posted copies under "Teaching" above.
"Herodotus, Storytelling, and the Politics of History" investigates the interrelationships between storytelling, history, and politics by examining the so-called "father of history," Herodotus, and his magnum opus known as the Histories. We take a three-pronged approach in the course: first, trying to make sense of the Histories as a text with special attention to its language, narrative construction, and form of argument; second, placing this text in its context, namely, as a successor to Homer, a contemporary of early Greek science, and a forerunner of Greek tragedy and Thucydides; and, third, examining the influence and importance of Herodotus for how the discipline of history has developed and been justified in the recent Western academic tradition. The course will culminate in an archival project that takes up one potential meaning of history and deploys this meaning through independent research and the crafting of a historical narrative for the Deep Springs community (as well as the broader public).
"Domination, Oppression, and the Arts of Resistance" addresses questions of power and politics in the context of domination, oppression, and the arts of resistance. Taking our bearings from Iris Marion Young's classic "Five Faces of Oppression," we organize our inquiry around her conceptual framework: violence, powerlessness, marginalization, cultural imperialism, and exploitation. Within these frames we seek to identify structures of power while also illuminating practices of resistance, paying special attention to power as a dynamic and historical phenomenon. The course also interweaves creative writing by Toni Morrison, J.M. Coetzee, George Saunders, Adrienne Rich, and Audre Lorde to create a dialectic with the classic theoretical accounts of power in Machiavelli, Marx, Arendt, Foucault, and others. These writers also help to highlight how gender, race, sexuality, and age figure the experiences of domination, oppression, and resistance.
Check out the syllabi and tell me what you think.
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Topic : Three South African girls create first African private satellite
Three South African girls create first African private satellite
As opposed to a group of specialist engineers or inventors handling this project as expected, the creation of Africa's first private satellite is being powered by a group of teenage South African girls.
The satellite, which will launch in the first quarter of 2016, is not only a celebration of African innovation, but a positive shift in participation of the African girl child who would have, in the past, let the "geeky boys� handle it.
Teenagers like Nina-Rose Clarke of Pinelands High School have become more confident as young women and can testify to this paradigm shift. "I never thought building things could be this interesting. I am loving this experience. It's so exciting to be exposed to more than just drawing and studying ideas. Constructing stuff is so much better.�
Pupils from across Cape Town witnessed the launch of this project backed up by the Meta Economic Development Organisation (Medo). In the course of the programme, they were tasked with engineering their own 'jiggy-bot'– an electrical device, using diverse mechanisms to light up a bulb and move. The next segment would be carried out during week-long camps over school holidays called SPACETrek.
At this stage, young women who make it through the earlier workshop will create their satellite payload experiments, and test them with the aid of high altitude weather balloons and radio communication. This programme is expected to inspire young African women, while equipping them with the knowledge they need to face the challenges of a previously male-dominated sector. However this can only be accomplished when young women begin to consider technology, science, engineering, and maths as a career, as skills within this information technology sector are seeing increasing demand. Medo CEO Judi Sandrock pointed out that these professions represent eight of the top 10 careers in demand in the country.
Sandrock says the shortages of technical skills required for building businesses motivated the company to launch a science, technology, engineering and maths focused programme.
It all started with the vision of promoting Mathematics and Science as drive for young girls seeking to enter the science and technical fields. The company observed that today's female children are "not brought up in technically passionate households� and the number of technical degree applicants is decreasing year-on-year.�
With programmes like these, it is expected that more African women, like the three innovative South Africans, will be more willing to consider a career in male-dominated fields.
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Q: Complexity Of Nested Loop, With Outer Loop Variable Diminishing By Half Each Iteration void G(....)
{
  for ( int k = n/2; k > 0; k /= 2 )
  {
    for ( int m = 0; m < n; m++)
      a[(k+m)%n]=k+m;
  }
}

I'm unsure how to count the loop operations when the loop initiator and increment is like (n/2) and (k/=2) respectively..and so on. Running this code on a compiler for different values of n gave me interesting results, such as if n is 2^x then the iterations are n * x for values of n until 2^(x+1) -1. Now I'm stuck and don't know which Big Oh function to classify this as. Any answers/feedback/suggested learning methods/explanations welcome!

A: The outer loop runs for
k = n / 2, n / 4, n / 8, ..., *.
It altogether runs Θ(log(n)) times - that is the order needed to reduce n / 2 to 1 by successive division by 2.
For each value of k, irrespective of the value, the inner loop runs n times, and so the inner loop + body run in Θ(n) time.
Since the inner loop + body take the same time irrespective of the value of the outer loop, we need to multiply the number of times the outer loop runs, by the running time of the inner loop + body. This is Θ(n log(n)).

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Another useful build in command that can be used to get information about your current open port is the netstat command.
There is a build in command line tool in the Windows and also UNIX operation system that call netstat with this command you can get the current local ip address and the destination ip address that it connected to with the local and destination port that they talk with each other, it is will also show the protocol that they current use, like TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) and the UDP (User Datagram Protocol).
and so on, you can search the web for a full list of known ports and the assign name, if it has, that it has, the rang of the ports start from 1 to 65535 ( 16-bit unsigned integer).
Press the windows start button (in newer operation system it does not have the word start on it) and in the text box write cmd and press enter.
Hold down the window key on the keyboard and press on the R key, this will the run dialog box, in it type cmd and press enter.
You can create a bat file, right click -> new text document, give it a name and change the extension from txt to bat, edit the file and type cmd in it, save the file, double click on it will open the commend line, please note that this way you can also right click the bat file and select the run as administrator, if needed.
LISTENING – Waiting for connection.
ESTABLISHED – connected and transferring date.
TIME_WAIT – Hang and wait.
Please note that listen TCP port will not have a Foreign Address. This is due to the fact that they wait for incoming connections, and as soon as some connection arrived it can accept or reject the connection and return to a state of listen, wait for the next connection, most of the time when a connection is accepted, the application flow will open a new port to continue the communication so that the listen port will be free to accept new connections.
You can also see on the local connection under the TCP protocol that you have an ip of 0.0.0.0 or 127.0.0.1 or your computer ip address or even no ip address, that because all of them represent the current computer, so the ip address is less important as the port it use, all the local address are from your computer.
TCP protocol is provides reliable, ordered, error-checked protocol what means that it kind of safe protocol, you know that what was send will be check to verify that it receive as it need to be, and in case of error it will try to resend the problematic data to complete the transit, this can give you an almost guarantee for the delivery of a stream or data.
On UDP, due to its nature, we use to nick name it as send and forget. You know that you just send the data, you never know when will it arrive, in what order and if there was any problem in the way. Of course if you decide to build application that use this protocol you can verify yourself of those things. By that you can accomplish a faster protocol then the TCP protocol. One of its common use is to send a message to several client on the same time, like voice etc.
If you run the following command line netstat –nab you will also see the responsible process that open the ports, there are some process that manage more than one port, the added 'b' parameter is responsible to that, this is a good way to figure out that process on my computer is opening ports .
The netstat command line is a great build in tool that can be use to check you current network connections state. I will explore more command line tools that you can use on your computer to get extra information. Command line tools related to network, but not only.
You need to learn some more about malware and heuristic virus, to do so, please check my site, as file entropy can be use in a tool that scan for malware and heuristic virus to get extra info about the file.