I recently photographed Anabella's six birthday party at Kubo Kendall in Miami, Florida. This party was one for the books - her party theme was LOL Surprise and had all of her favorite characters. Anabella loved playing with her friends and screaming, dancing, singing and just having fun! This little one was a character and I absolutely loved capturing all of her expressions.
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Intimate baby shower with their closest friends and family to welcome a sweet baby girl in the upcoming months. This event was held at the SoHo Beach House in Miami Fl which gave us a perfect combination of mingling with guests at the penthouse and alone time with the mom and dad to be by the beach. Here are some photographs of this - soon to be Family of 3 - special day!
Here's a little glimpse of this beautiful couple who are welcoming their baby boy next year. I can't wait to blog about their special day with family and friends.
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Sharing this special event of soon-to-be parents, Ana & Phil, as their family and friends join them on the arrival of their baby girl.
Baby Shower was hosted at Bulla Gastrobar in Coral Gables.
Hello lovelies. Today I am blogging about a beautiful little girl by the name of Hailey! The morning of her birthday party it looked like it was going to rain. When I arrived at the party, Hailey's Mom - Erica tells me that Hailey is a bit under the weather. But you know what? Despite it all, the party was beyond amazing. Erica did one heck of a job with her daughter's first birthday party!
Erica brought Music Together Worldwide for entertainment. The instructor was fantastic! She had all the little ones jamming and singing. She also brought instruments for the kiddos to use and a colorful parachute for them to play under, dance and sing. The littles had a blast! Lunch was provided by the delicious Shorty's BBQ. Hailey's first birthday was an ice-cream themed birthday. Everything was just SO cute. This super adorable birthday cake was made by Lucila. Erica even had Ben & Jerry cater the party! Yummy!
Erica made me laugh when she said she was obsessed with ice-cream so this party might as well have been for her since she always wanted one! Isn't that what first birthday parties are for? HA! It was beyond wonderful and all the kids had a great afternoon celebrating Hailey's big milestone!
I was glad to have been there for all the excitement and happy to share some of that excitement with you here. Hope you enjoy the pictures!
I am so excited to blog about this family! Liz first contacted me for her maternity session when she was pregnant with David... and now he's turning THREE! I quit working for a photography studio because I wanted to have a more personal connection with families and be there for many milestones. Three years ago this was a dream and Liz is one of the families I am very thankful for making that dream happen. I have been photographing The Ortega Family for the past three years! From portrait sessions to birthday parties; Thank you Liz for trusting me since Day One, it's been beyond an honor to see both of your boys grow!
So I recently had a great time photographing David's third birthday party. The party was held in Bounce Play World. David and his brother Gabriel are OBSESSED with dinosaurs. So it was only right to have a dinosaur birthday party! I kept joking with Liz saying his theme should have been croquetas because every time I went to take a picture of David, well, he was eating a croqueta!
The venue looked amazing! Bounce Play World did such a great job decorating. There were kids running everywhere playing tag and jumping up and down. I think it is safe to say that David and his friends had a spectacular time at his party.
I recently had an awesome time photographing Sofia's 5th birthday at Mawi located in Doral. Mawi is an indoor playground with the cutest tiki bar I have EVER seen. I photographed Sofia's birthday last year and all I can say is… her parents know how to plan a FUN birthday party! Sofia's party was even fun to photograph! I swear, at one point there had to have been about 50 kids running around and laughing. Giggles echoing around a playground …yeah, that's how you know you had a successful birthday party! Sofia's theme was a mermaid party. According to mom she did not want a Little Mermaid party she wanted a normal Mermaid party and honestly, mom hit the head on the nail when she chose the location. How perfect does the location look with this theme?
This dessert table was beyond beautiful! I truly love the color scheme. Very detailed decorations. All the guests kept mentioning how beautiful everything was. Cake is by Lucila Cakes Miami.
All the kids showed up ready to play, run around and their favorite… SCREAM! Hahaha, these kids had a blast! There were kids playing tag others were jumping on the trampoline. Toddlers were in the toddler area, which has toys appropriate for their age; I even caught some of the big kids in the toddler area of how cool this little corner was!
Hello, everyone! Today I am sharing a beautiful princess' party for two special little girls - Sloane and Penelope! This party was FULL HOUSE! Immediately when I arrived, parents were catching up with one another and kids were running around playing and laughing. Sloane and Penelope were getting their face painted.
I am always used to seeing a princess' theme revolve around one princess but this party was ALL of the princess' and it was SO beautiful! Sloane's cake was Elsa from Frozen and Penelope's cake was Belle from Beauty and Beast.
I took so many detail shots of the details of this party were over the top! The cake pops were of every princess and each corner of the table had a different character. It was just beyond beautiful.
The kids went crazy when Cinderella showed up for the entertainment and went even crazier with all of the dancing and the games!
Hey again everyone! I recently photographed Valentina's Minion first birthday party at Kubo Play Doral. Valentina's mom shared that her daughter is OBSESSED with minions! So of course, her theme was MINIONS! Mommy put Valentina in the most beautiful pink dress!
This was definitely a special party, all family and friends came together for this special night. All the kids showed up with lots of spirit and enthusiasm. Especially when the entertainment showed up!
The venue looked awesome. Such a cute gold and pink theme. The cake was made by Sweet Brantley Cakes - gorgeous minion and ruffles cake. Can we take a second to appreciate all the details on the dessert table? The cake pops were little minions!!
Hi!! I am so excited to blog about this baby shower, it was absolutely beautiful! Can you guess what the theme was from the title of this blog post?? AHOY! Yupp, you guessed it... NAUTICAL! This nautical themed baby shower was held at Perricones in Brickell. This place couldn't have been more perfect for this event. Mommy & Daddy - Denise and Jesmany and their baby girl arrived in style! This soon to be family of four are anxiously waiting for Baby Joey to arrive, and boy is this baby going to be loved! All of their friends and family came together for this gorgeous baby shower. I have to say - everyone had so much fun playing all the baby shower games. During the guessing of the Denise's belly, some guessed to wide, some came short, but her hubs Jesmany got it right on point. A husband that knows his wife that well deserves a husband of the year award!
Everyone chatted, ate, drank, laughed, played games and best of all had a fantastic time sharing these last few weeks as this family gets ready to bring a special little boy to the world!
I was glad to have been there for all the excitement and happy to share some of that happiness with you here. Hope you enjoy the pictures!
Hey again everyone! I recently had so much fun photographing Peter's first birthday, held at Kubo Play in Doral. The theme was carnival and OMG! -this family's outfit was the coolest! Not to mention, as always, Kubo brought their A-Game and the decorations were beautiful! They always do go above and beyond. I have photographed at this location many, many times and I STILL get blown away by all of their set-ups.
The kids were running around all over the place, the parents were catching up with one another and everyone had a smile on their face. This party was pretty much like a carnival itself, everyone definitely enjoyed themselves. When the entertainment arrived, everyone participated. Peter's mom and dad even joined in on the chicken dance!
I was glad to have been there for all of the excitement and happy to share some of that excitement with you here. Hope you enjoy the pictures!
I recently had so much fun photographing Grey and West's birthday party held at their, this might as well be a theme park, house! Why do I say this?! Their backyard is AWESOME! Last year their birthdays were hosted at the house as well and I thought it was crazy fun. Check out last years pictures HERE!
What I absolutely LOVED about this event was these two girls decided that Star Wars The Force Awakens should be the theme to their party. Yeah, you heard right! A Star Wars Birthday Party!!! Totally stole my heart. And check out how cool that modernistic star wars character poster is!
All of the kids showed up with lots of spirit and enthusiasm. Boys fighting with lightsabers, girls getting glitter tattoos and everyone making these awesome 3D Star Wars characters out of paper.
Can we take a second and acknowledge the dresses these girls are wearing? Do they come in my size? :) Grey and West's birthday party is something I wait for annually. This family is so much fun, and you can tell in these pictures the love that they have for one another. I was glad to have been there for all the excitement and happy to share some of that excitement with you guys.
Well, hello there! I recently had a blast photographing Miguel's 8th birthday bash at the new Kubo Play in Kendall. I photographed Miguel's little brother's birthday last year at Kubo as well, so imagine how excited I was to go back and capture some fun memories for this family again.
All the kids showed up with lots of spirit and enthusiasm. Miguel's theme was Lego, and as you can tell his family all wore matching Lego shirts that looked awesome! The kids spent the first half of the birthday party running around, getting their face painted and playing in the indoor playground. Later Lego Man came and joined the party with some entertainment.
Can we just take a moment and appreciate how amazing the decorations at Kubo Play looked?! From the small desserts to the main attraction… The Cake! Everything looked so good I just had to capture some of the details.
I am so glad to have been there for all the excitement and happy to share some of that excitement with you here. Hope you enjoy the pictures!
I think I have a new obsession and I can TOTALLY blame this on my latest and fabulous client, Jessy. I walked into her bridal shower and was absolutely blown away by the decor. Flamingos! Her theme was flamingos! How cute is that?! And because that wasn't enough, pink and gold everywhere! My favorite colors. This wedding shower looked like something straight out of Pinterest. So now I think flamingos are so adorable.
Jessy's getting married in late November of this year and she is GLOWING with happiness. I was glad to have been there for all the excitement and happy to share some of that excitement with you here. Hope you enjoy the pictures!
Hey again everyone! I recently had so much fun photographing Gabriel's Third Birthday Party, held at Kubo Play. Gabriel's mom, Liz, couldn't have picked a better place to host the party at. This place was beyond perfect for Gabriel's age group. As you can see in the pictures, all the munchkins were running around going through all of the activity stations.
All of the kids showed up with lots of spirit and enthusiasm. There was a play pen, video games, bounce house, construction blocks. There was even an entertainment hour where all the kids played together while music was blasting. Gabriel's theme was Disney Cars. How AMAZING did this venue look?
Well, hello there! I recently had an awesome experience photographing Grey and West's birthday party held in their amazing new home. It was a large huge event considering it was held in their backyard, but this backyard was seriously awesome and packed with lots of activities for the munchkins. Who am I kidding? The parents joined in on the fun too!
All of the kids showed up with lots of spirit and enthusiasm. There was a painting station where the kids painted butterfly wings as well as other objects. The kids were all getting their face painted by yARTu. There was a dome climber and we can't forget the zip-lining station! I am absolutely in love with this backyard, it looks like it came out of a Pinterest board!
Grey and West have such great big characters, I enjoyed photographing them individually in order to see those characteristics come out! Just look at those faces! Absolutely adorable.
I was glad to have been there for all the excitement and happy to share some of that excitement with you here. Happy Birthday Grey & West! Hope you enjoy the pictures!
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Essays, Magazine November 3, 2020 November 3, 2020
Bihar Election: Diary of a First Time Voter
by Aditi Agrawal
Voting for the first time, for sure, brings the exhilaration and enthusiasm within you. You wish for a change to take place in your constituency, your district, your state and your country. The tenure of the current Bihar Legislative Assembly is scheduled to end on November 29, 2020. Voting overall is not difficult; you just have to be vigilant and patient enough. The party symbol plays a great role and you have to remember who you should vote for, the alliance after the results could turn into nothingness. It is the party that matters, the candidate contesting from a party and his background, the cases pending against her/him matters. Prior leading towards my first (Legislative Assembly) voting experience, I would like to mention that the exhilaration and enthusiasm for this election came with a lot of thoughtfulness, preparedness and precautions which the voters of Bihar had had to consider deliberately.
Bihar is the first state to witness the Assembly Election amid the ongoing of Covid-19 pandemic, which has resulted in major disruptions to the health sector and put the global economy, education sector in serious jeopardy. Also, it is to be noted that this is for the first time, the Commission has extended the postal ballot facility to people aged over 85 years (and to COVID-19 suspects and patients). The election will be held in three phases (out of which two phases for a total of 243 seats; the Phase I for 71 seats on October 28, 2020 (completed), the Phase II for 94 seats on November 3 (completed), 2020 and the Phase III for the remaining 78 seats will be held on November 7, 2020.
There is a Voter Guide which is provided to the public by Election Commission of India during elections. This time, however, this 'VOTER GUIDE: TOWARDS A COVID-SAFE ELECTION' was exceptional and with some added details therein. There were several protocols which were to be followed namely, carrying the masks, gloves, sanitizers, maintaining social distancing, et cetera. And, of course, the usual instructions such as carrying any of the approved identity cards and voter slip to the polling station. Also, it was mentioned not to carry any gadgets inside the room where you will cast your vote.
Social distancing was well maintained inside the polling station where I went to cast my vote but not outside. Not everyone was wearing a mask -some due to their own negligent and irresponsible behaviour and a few because they really did not have the privilege to buy it, unlike us. The area outside the polling station was flooded with people. A few metres away one could see the youth was riding the bike holding the flags of XYZ political party. Since on poll day, a holiday is declared the city delves into silence. All you can, then, hear is the birds chirping, vehicles' clunking noises, and the neighbours chattering. Today one could also hear the chanting of XYZ political party's name as well, and possibly of ABC political party's name, too.
Casting my first vote today was basically a funny and somewhere lousy experience. While I was heading towards the Matdaan Kendra, people on the way were obnoxiously staring at me as if they would scan and find out who I would be voting for. I cannot really ignore when someone glares at me or passes comment on me, sometimes you have to glare back and speak up and that is what I did today. Now, I went to the polling station to cast my vote. I followed all the instructions. However, I clicked photos there (not selfies), and before taking photos I have taken permission of the officer there on duty. He had asked me that the media persons are not allowed, to which I had to legit explain I am just a student and nothing else. Now I took a photo and two officers yet again approached and asked that the media persons are not allowed to take photos here. The officer who allowed me to take photos for my personal use came and told them that I am not associated with any press, et cetera and that 'am just a student. Now while casting my vote I was looking at the options, so obviously it takes you a few seconds, right? Meanwhile, I have been asked out of the blue not to take photos and I smiled, told them my mobile is in my bag which is kept outside, I understand that taking photos inside the room where votes are cast is not allowed and that 'am simply casting my vote.
The process was easy and merely took three to five minutes. This much time you can give, at least, else criticizing the government while sitting on the couch is nothing but trash-talking. Everything was fast (and that is when you have to be patient), the officer checked my temperature with the use of an infrared forehead thermometer gun, my voter slip was checked and I was asked to wait in the queue (while maintaining the social distance). Once a voter came out of the room where the vote is cast, I had to enter that room. The next step was to get my voter slip checked again, my identity was confirmed, and a receipt was given to me after noting my serial number and my signature. I was asked to remove my glove, thereby inking my finger with edible ink. Now came the major part where one should know what button she/he is going to press. As it is said, 'You are just one click away'. Casting your vote is a huge responsibility and should not be taken lightly. Anyway, the voter now presses the button against the chosen candidate to vote on the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM), after which a red light will glow with a beep sound. The voter can also check the printed paper slip through the glass on the Voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) window. And Woah! Done.
The decision to hold elections in times when Bihar is facing a double whammy of both the Covid-19 and floods (a few districts hit by the flood are still recovering) was highly condemned by the opposition. However, the votes have been cast and Phase III will be held on November 7, 2020. The counting of votes will take place on November 10, 2020, and the results will be awaited by all of us with a sense of hopefulness for a better tomorrow and qualitative governance. A bundle of promises is made to you when the elections approach, before that neither the opposition nor the incumbent government comes to your rescue. Crucial factors such as education, health and employment had to be taken into consideration and I hope the voters this time have cast their votes on that very basis. Covid-19 has exposed how much we are below and above in maintaining the health infrastructures across the state and the country. It has also taken a dig at the employment crisis which has been existing since long. It is time that the candidate contesting elections should focus on our education, health and employment opportunities rather than dividing the citizens based on religion, caste and making a place for themselves in theRajneeti. And so, should the electors be vigilant enough to remind the government in power that they have the accountability for everything going wrong in the state. Together with the participation of citizens and the government, there is a scope for the betterment. In Anees Jung's moving words, "I believe in the land and know it will find its way."
I will remember this first-time voting experience of mine for years to come. In whichever part of this world I will be, I will always come to Bihar and cast my vote. This is my responsibility. This is my right.
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Hey UNC Planning Community, What's Off about New East?
The first time I walked into New East, I was overwhelmed by the sensation that something was off. This happens to me from time to time, usually when I am in an unfamiliar space or a familiar space that has changed. This is not normally a hair-raising feeling, but it can become bothersome – particularly if the usual suspects have been eliminated and the impression persists. … Continue reading Hey UNC Planning Community, What's Off about New East?


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Medical Operations Management, Inc. v. National Health Laboratories, Inc.
City of Hope Nat. Medical Center v. Genentech, Inc.
California's jury instructions reflect this (Judicial Council of Cal. Civ. Jury Instns. (2008) CACI No. 314;…
Home Federal Savings Loan Assn. v. Ramos
. . . It is therefore solely a judicial function to interpret a written instrument unless the interpretation…
Full title:MEDICAL OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT, INC., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. NATIONAL…
Court:Court of Appeal of California, Fourth District, Division One
Date published: Jan 22, 1986
176 Cal.App.3d 886 (Cal. Ct. App. 1986)
222 Cal. Rptr. 455
Court of Appeal of California, Fourth District, Division One
reversing and entering judgment in favor of the defendant after construing the contract based on its language and extrinsic evidence and concluding that contract interpretation should not have been given to the jury
Summary of this case from Wilson v. City of Los Angeles
Appeal from Superior Court of San Diego County, No. 376582, Artemis G. Henderson, Judge.
Greta C. Botka, Wesley B. Hills, Freshman, Mulvaney, Marantz, Comsky, Kahan Deutsch and Mulvaney Kahan for Defendant and Appellant.
R. Keith McKellogg and Wiles, Circuit Tremblay for Plaintiff and Respondent.
WIENER, Acting P.J.
Defendant National Health Laboratories, Inc. (NHL) appeals a judgment after a jury returned a special verdict favoring plaintiff Medical Operations Management, Inc. (MOM) for breach of contract in connection with forming a medical laboratory enterprise, California Medical Laboratories, Ltd. (CML).
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Frederick Spong is a physician specializing in kidney disease. NHL is a commercial laboratory headquartered in San Diego. In 1973, Spong began negotiating with NHL's controller, Hal Lawrence, to establish a physician-owned laboratory in San Diego. The proposal for the lab (CML) included a limited partnership format wherein each participating limited partner/physician would be offered a fixed number of partnership units. This was done to avoid any direct relationship between a particular doctor's use of the lab and the return on his investment, a violation of Business and Professions Code section 650 Spong was to serve as president of CML's general partner, MOM.
The plan called for CML to contract with NHL for the actual operation of the laboratory. There was to be, however, no separate CML laboratory in the physical sense. Rather, all CML testing would be performed at the existing NHL facility by NHL personnel. Spong was to become a director of the NHL lab with supervisorial responsibilities.
Spong's directorship was an attempt to avoid violating Business and Professions Code section 655.5, making it illegal for any clinical laboratory to bill any patient for a clinical laboratory service not actually rendered by that clinical laboratory or "under . . . its direct supervision," unless the patient is informed at the first time he is presented with a bill as to the name, address and charges of the clinical laboratory performing the service.
After further negotiations between Spong and representatives of NHL, the parties decided the CML doctors would contribute capital, specimen referrals, supervision and evaluative skills to the CML-NHL enterprise; NHL would contribute equipment, management administration and testing services and would receive a 46 percent share of CML's gross revenues.
Spong's attorney, J. Wiley Jones, prepared the first draft of the letter of intent between the parties reflecting these organizational decisions. Jones also prepared a limited partnership agreement, including a provision for Spong's corporation, MOM, to be the general partner of CML. A limited partnership subscription agreement and an offering circular for use in the sale of limited partnership units were also prepared by Jones. The final agreement (Agreement) between CML and NHL was executed on July 1, 1974, by Spong as president of MOM (CML's corporate general partner) and Robert Draper, president of NHL.
Although NHL was not technically a constituent entity of CML, it was NHL which undertook to market the 50 limited partnership subscriptions necessary for forming CML. These were sold within a three-month period. Although NHL had accepted CML specimens since November 1974, CML officially began doing business on February 4, 1975. On March 24, 1975, the District Attorney of San Diego County filed a civil action against Spong, MOM, CHL, NHL and others alleging price-fixing (Bus. Prof. Code, § 16700 et seq.), rebates to doctor limited partners (Bus. Prof. Code, § 650) and illegal billing procedures (Bus. Prof. Code, § 655.5).
The parties settled with the district attorney. Spong and MOM then brought this action against NHL and others alleging violations of state antitrust laws, fraud and breach of contract. The court granted NHL's motion for nonsuit on the fraud cause of action and also directed a verdict in favor of NHL as to the antitrust cause of action. The only remaining cause of action was MOM's claim NHL breached the CML-NHL agreement requiring NHL to assure the CML lab complied with certain laws applicable to clinical laboratories. MOM necessarily alleged that although the CML-NHL enterprise was illegal, it could have been structured legally. Thus, NHL's breach of its responsibility to assure legal compliance resulted in MOM's loss of profits.
They also sued Spong's attorney, J. Wiley Jones and Jones' law firm, Revlon, Inc., NHL's parent corporation, and USV Pharmaceutical, another Revlon subsidiary.
They also sued the same defendants in federal court, but the suit was dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
The jury agreed with MOM and awarded damages of $729,000 representing the profits CML would have earned had NHL fulfilled its alleged contractual responsibility to structure a legal enterprise. NHL's motions for a new trial and a judgment notwithstanding the verdict were denied.
DISCUSSION I
NHL raises several contentions regarding the alleged impropriety of the jury verdict. Chief among them is its argument the trial court erred in even submitting the question of the Agreement's interpretation to the jury.
For the first time at oral argument following our granting of a petition for rehearing, MOM argued that NHL could not raise the contention because the record did not reflect that NHL had ever objected to the submission of the contract interpretation issue to the jury. While it is true that the objection itself does not appear on the record — counsel represents it occurred during in chambers discussions of jury instructions and special verdict forms — the record does reflect the trial judge's acknowledgment that the issue had been raised and preserved. In discussing the motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, which specifically argued that the issue of contract interpretation was a legal one for the court to decide, the trial judge commented: "Now let me inquire, what do you think the effect is of having sent it to the jury if we were all in error because we all agreed to send it to the jury except Mr. Hills [NHL's counsel], there wasn't any request for a directed verdict as to that issue by defense, so it did go to the jury, but let's assume for purposes of argument that it was error to send it to the jury. Let's assume that. What do you think the effect is . . . [?]" (Italics added.) This reference by the trial judge makes clear that NHL did in fact object to the submission of the contract interpretation issue to the jury. The fact that MOM's counsel never suggested otherwise before the trial court or in briefing to this court supports this conclusion.
Paragraph 1.5 of the agreement provides as follows: "1.5 [NHL] shall maintain on its staff duly licensed personnel required for the operation of a clinical laboratory and shall comply with all state and federal regulations pertaining to clinical laboratories." (1) The jury was asked to interpret this paragraph. It was instructed on the legal rules of contract interpretation. The jurors then answered "yes" to the following special interrogatory: "Issue No. 3: Pursuant to paragraph 1.5 of the contract, did the parties intend to require NHL to determine if the CML-NHL operation was in compliance with the antitrust laws and other provisions of the Business and Professions Code of the State of California?"
In Parsons v. Bristol Development Co. (1965) 62 Cal.2d 861, 865 [ 44 Cal.Rptr. 767, 402 P.2d 839], the Supreme Court recognized that "there has been confusion concerning the rules for appellate review of the interpretation of written instruments. . . ." Accordingly, the Parsons court sought "to define the scope of such review" as follows: "The interpretation of a written instrument, even though it involves what might properly be called questions of fact, is essentially a judicial function to be exercised according to the generally accepted canons of interpretation so that the purposes of the instrument may be given effect. Extrinsic evidence is `admissible to interpret the instrument, but not to give it a meaning to which it is not reasonably susceptible' and it is the instrument itself that must be given effect. It is therefore solely a judicial function to interpret a written instrument unless the interpretation turns upon the credibility of extrinsic evidence." ( Ibid.; citations omitted.) The court specifically took issue with a line of cases which had held that a trial court's interpretation of a contract was binding whenever "`conflicting inferences may be drawn' from extrinsic evidence." ( Id. at p. 866, fn. 2, disapproving Estate of Rule (1944) 25 Cal.2d 1, 11 [ 152 P.2d 1003].) Chief Justice Traynor's opinion adopting the position he advocated in his dissent in Estate of Rule, supra, explained "it is only when conflicting inferences arise from conflicting evidence, not from uncontroverted evidence, that the trial court's resolution is binding. `The very possibility of . . . conflicting inferences, actually conflicting interpretations, far from relieving the appellate court of the responsibility of interpretation, signalizes the necessity of its assuming that responsibility.'" (62 Cal.2d at p. 866, fn. 2 quoting dissenting opinion in Estate of Rule, supra, 25 Cal.2d at p. 17.) The rule thus emerges that it is only when the foundational extrinsic evidence is in conflict that the appellate court gives weight to anything other than its de novo interpretation of the parties' agreement. (See also Garcia v. Trust Ins. Exchange (1984) 36 Cal.3d 426, 439 [ 204 Cal.Rptr. 435, 682 P.2d 1100]; Pasadena Police Officers Assn. v. City of Pasadena (1983) 147 Cal.App.3d 695, 707 [ 195 Cal.Rptr. 339].)
(2) Here the court properly admitted extrinsic evidence to aid in the interpretation of paragraph 1.5. (See Pacific Gas E. Co. v. G.W. Thomas Drayage etc. Co. (1968) 69 Cal.2d 33, 37, 39-40 [ 69 Cal.Rptr. 561, 442 P.2d 641].) This evidence presented the context in which the contract arose and described the conduct of the parties after the execution of the contract which cast light on their original intent. (See generally, 1 Witkin, Summary of Cal. Law (8th ed. 1973) Contracts, §§ 526 and 527, pp. 448-450.) But although the parties hotly dispute the inferences to be drawn from this extrinsic evidence, the evidentiary facts themselves are not in conflict. Thus, Parsons requires that we review the Agreement in the context of the extrinsic evidence presented and make our own independent determination of the meaning of paragraph 1.5.
Interestingly, Parsons discusses the circumstances under which a trial court's interpretation of a contract will be binding on the appellate court. No mention is made of a jury's interpretation of a written agreement. Accordingly, even had the evidence itself been in conflict, we suspect a procedure more in keeping with the rationale of Parsons would be for the trial court to require the jury to make special findings on the disputed issues and then base its interpretation of the contract on those findings.
(3) The basis of MOM's entire breach of contract claim is that paragraph 1.5 imposed on NHL the responsibility for assuring the legality of the CML-NHL enterprise. NHL responds that the reference to compliance "with all state and federal regulations pertaining to clinical laboratories," when read in context, can only have referred to technical regulations relating to the operation of the laboratory, not to all laws which might affect the laboratory enterprise including antitrust laws focusing on the structure of the business. Under MOM's interpretation, however, any legal violation by the CML-NHL enterprise would be the sole contractual responsibility of NHL.
We consciously finesse the question of what exactly was illegal about the CML-NHL enterprise. The district attorney's allegations were never tried and the jury made no explicit finding as to the nature of the illegality but merely determined that NHL's breach of its obligations was the proximate cause of the D.A.'s suit. As previously noted, that suit alleged illegal rebates to doctors, illegal billing procedures and price-fixing in violation of various sections of the Business and Professions Code. (See ante, p. 889.) The trial court did rule that one paragraph of the Agreement constituted a per se price-fixing violation but NHL challenges that ruling on several grounds. There was no court ruling on any of the other possible sources of illegality.
MOM's contentions regarding the interpretation of paragraph 1.5, however, do not distinguish between the varying allegations of illegality. All of the allegations in the D.A.'s suit related to the structure of the enterprise and the relationship of the contracting parties. MOM makes the generic contention that paragraph 1.5 made NHL responsible for assuring the legality of all aspects of the CML-NHL enterprise, including questions of structure and business relationship. We proceed to determine whether the proper interpretation of the paragraph is as broad as MOM contends.
We begin by observing that it would be an unusual contract which placed all responsibility for the legality of the contract itself on one of the contracting parties to the exclusion of the other. Where both parties are deriving benefits from a contract, one would expect they would share equally the risk of the contract being declared illegal. Of course, since a contract is basically "an allocation of risks between the parties" (see A M Produce Co. v. FMC Corp. (1982) 135 Cal.App.3d 473, 487 [ 186 Cal.Rptr. 114, 38 A.L.R.4th 1]), there may be valid commercial reasons for allocating the risks of illegality in the manner alleged by MOM. We must thus determine consistent with the "objective" standard of contract interpretation (see, e.g., Brant v. California Dairies, Inc. (1935) 4 Cal.2d 128, 133 [ 48 P.2d 13]; Mission Valley East, Inc. v. County of Kern (1981) 120 Cal.App.3d 89, 97 [ 174 Cal.Rptr. 300]) how a reasonable promisor in NHL's shoes would have believed MOM understood NHL's responsibilities under paragraph 1.5. (See Civ. Code, § 1649; Western Camps, Inc. v. Riverway Ranch Enterprises (1977) 70 Cal.App.3d 714, 725 [ 138 Cal.Rptr. 918].)
It is a matter of common sense as well as legal rule that the interpretation of an ambiguous clause in a contract must be made in reference to the entire contract. (Civ. Code, § 1641; Universal Sales Corp. v. Cal. etc. Mfg. Co. (1942) 20 Cal.2d 751, 760 [128 P.2d 665].) The concept of the whole will often give clues to the meanings of individual parts. Here, the essence of the Agreement was NHL's promise to provide laboratory services for CML in exchange for 46 percent of the gross receipts. The additional responsibilities of NHL, as outlined in the other paragraphs of article I of the Agreement, all relate to the operation of the laboratory for which NHL was admittedly responsible: Premises and space (¶ 1.1); equipment and fixtures (¶ 1.2); staff and billing services (¶ 1.3); supplies (¶ 1.4); bookkeeping, records and billing (¶ 1.6); licensing and certification (¶ 1.7). One is not surprised to find in the midst of these operational responsibilities the requirement that NHL be responsible for compliance with legal regulations relating to the technical operation of the laboratory. It would be far more unusual to include in this context a guarantee by NHL that the structure of its relationship with CML was not illegal.
Even the context of paragraph 1.5 itself supports a narrow interpretation of NHL's responsibilities. The first clause of that paragraph, relating to NHL's obligation to maintain a licensed laboratory staff, specifically speaks of the " operation of a clinical laboratory." (Italics added.) It is reasonable to assume the second clause in that same paragraph would also relate to the laboratory's operation and not to the structure of the enterprise.
Our tentative conclusions regarding the meaning of paragraph 1.5 are supported by much of the extrinsic evidence introduced which described the context in which the Agreement was drafted and the conduct of the parties after the Agreement's execution. For instance, the evidence demonstrated that the language which later became paragraph 1.5 appeared in the first letter of intent which was drafted by Spong's attorney, J. Wiley Jones. Jones testified that the parties were concerned about the legality of a physician-owned laboratory because of legal problems encountered by a competitor, Central Diagnostics Laboratory (CDL). NHL's Lawrence provided Jones with information on CDL's structure and possible legal problems which Jones reviewed prior to drafting the letter of intent and related documents. Jones then devised a proposal for the structure of the CML-NHL enterprise which he believed would avoid the legal problems encountered by CDL. Having drafted such a proposal, it seems most unlikely Jones would have inserted in the letter of intent a paragraph which either party could reasonably believe imposed on NHL the sole responsibility for assuring the legality of the enterprise structure which Jones had devised.
Jones testified in some detail as to his proposal:
"Q. If you can recall, would you please describe, in your own words, the proposal you designed to overcome the [CDL] problem?
"A. The proposal really is the partnership itself in terms of the way it's structured.
". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
"A. . . . The CML partnership was to be formed on a basis where doctors — and the offering was limited to, I believe, licensed medical doctors within the State of California — where doctors could buy partnership units. The investment by the doctor was his own decision, and it was not conditioned in any way, either conditioned precedent or subsequent to his use of any laboratory operated by the partnership.
"The financial interest that each limited partner had in that partnership was to share in any profits or losses of that partnership as a limited partner. The limited partner would receive no direct compensation for referring patients to either NHL or CML itself.
"There was no method by which the ownership of a limited partner could be modified or changed through either the redemption of his — or buying back of his limited partnership interest, or by the issuance of additional units in order to someway compensate him for using the laboratory.
"There, also, was no requirement that a limited partner refer patients to the laboratory. And that is the method by which that particular partnership was set up, which is, in my understanding, distinctive from the way in which some of the other partnerships . . . were established."
MOM argues that "J. Wiley Jones' role was limited to document preparation for MOM and CML, for final legal review and approval by NHL, and he had no responsibility whatsoever in rendering advice regarding clinical laboratory laws." (Italics in original.) This conclusion that Jones' function was limited to that of a scrivener is simply not supported by the evidence contained in Jones' testimony. (See, e.g. ante, fn. 6.) It is also arguably inconsistent with allegations contained in MOM's complaint against NHL, which also included malpractice claims against Jones as an additional codefendant. (Jones settled with MOM before trial for $100,000.) MOM alleged that "DR. SPONG negotiated both of the agreements with NHL under attorney JONES' counsel and advice and both preliminary and final drafts of those agreements were, in fact, authored in substantial part and fully drawn, reviewed and approved by attorney JONES on DR. SPONG'S behalf and on behalf of MOM. . . ."
Furthermore, following the drafting of the letter of intent which later became the Agreement, Jones also prepared various other documents related to the formation of CML which included an offering circular for the sale of CML limited partnership interests. Notwithstanding that the Agreement with NHL containing paragraph 1.5 was attached as an exhibit to the circular, MOM as general partner represented to potential physician-limited partners as follows: "Although the General Partner believes the proposed business activity of the Partnership will comply with existing state statutes, no assurance can be given that existing or new laws will not be interpreted to preclude physician ownership of clinical laboratories." If MOM had in fact negotiated a contract with NHL which included NHL's guarantee of the legality of the enterprise structure, one would expect that information to have been disclosed to potential limited partners. In fact, given the fiduciary duties of a general partner in a limited partnership (see Wyler v. Feuer (1978) 85 Cal.App.3d 392, 401 [ 149 Cal.Rptr. 626]), it is arguable such disclosure would have been mandatory.
All this is only to say it is unlikely even MOM interpreted paragraph 1.5 in the manner it now argues prior to the time the District Attorney's lawsuit brought the issue of illegality to the fore. The additional extrinsic evidence relied on by MOM demonstrates that NHL took a significant interest in the legality of the enterprise structure and that MOM may well have come to rely on NHL's expertise in the clinical laboratory field but it falls well short of demonstrating that MOM could reasonably believe NHL was assuming full responsibility for the legality of the business venture.
In summary, the trial court erred in submitting the issue of the Agreement's interpretation to the jury. That issue presented solely a question of law. Addressing that question, we conclude that paragraph 1.5 of the Agreement did not impose on NHL full responsibility for assuring the legality of the structure of the CML-NHL enterprise but referred only to compliance with technical regulations relating to the operation of the clinical laboratory. In view of our conclusions, we need not address NHL's additional arguments.
Judgment reversed. The trial court is directed to enter judgment in favor of defendant National Health Laboratories, Inc.
Lewis, J., concurred.
COWETT, J.[fn*] [fn*] Assigned by the Chairperson of the Judicial Council.
I concur in the majority's result. Despite my opinion that the interpretation of paragraph 1.5 as rendered by the jury and concurred in by the trial court, is a tenable interpretation based upon the record before us, I agree that a more reasonable interpretation based upon the entire record is the one rendered here. Since the Parsons case requires us to independently interpret paragraph 1.5 from a record disclosing uncontroverted nonconflicting extrinsic evidence and the contract itself, we choose to adopt the inferences therefrom propounded by the appellant NHL rather than those inferences vigorously propounded by respondent MOM.
A petition for a rehearing was denied February 20, 1986, and the opinion was modified to read as printed above. Respondent's petition for review by the Supreme Court was denied April 16, 1986.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – On August 20, the U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan amendment to the minibus appropriations bill introduced by Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. The measure would provide an additional $10 million in funding to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) for identification work in processing remains of American service members. A DPAA lab is located at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska.
"The families of American men and women lost in service deserve closure. Our amendment would provide the resources needed to conduct forensic analysis of these new remains from North Korea. It would also ensure the lab at Offutt isn't negatively affected by shortfalls due to this influx of work. I'd like to thank my colleagues for supporting this effort to properly honor the memory of our missing and fallen service members," said Senator Fischer.
"The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States is incredibly encouraged that North Korea has returned 55 boxes of remains believed to be U.S. service members who have been missing in action since the Korean War. The VFW thanks Senators Fischer and Baldwin for their leadership to make certain the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency receives the funding it needs to reunite our fallen heroes with their loved ones," said VFW National Security and Foreign Affairs Director John Towles.
Following the June summit between President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un, the U.S. received 55 boxes from North Korea containing remains believed to be missing Americans from the Korean War. In addition, there are 5,300 U.S. military personnel who remain listed as Missing In Action, and are presumed deceased during the Korean War, their remains still located in North Korea. The DPAA, which accounts for our missing personnel to their families and the nation, will process the remains at a DPAA lab located in Hawaii.
Senator Fischer's amendment would make sure DPAA has adequate funding in their laboratories. It would also prevent resources from being directed away from Offutt due to any shortfalls caused by new work on identifying the remains from North Korea.
Cosponsors of this amendment include Senators Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio).


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In 1921, a boy was born in the Black Hills of South Dakota. His family was poor, and their sheep herding farm life was difficult. But thanks to a quiet, strong, praying mother, Harold Salem learned about the love of God, and prepared him to make the decision to trust and follow Jesus. There would be tempting opportunities and heartbreaking disappointments that could have destroyed his young faith in the LORD. But God had a plan, and He made a way for Harold to attend a bible college where he learned more about the miraculous power of Jesus. The call of God would eventually take Harold to Aberdeen, South Dakota where his ministry would grow and prosper. In 1979, Harold and his team began the Christian Worship Hour. What started as a small community church service has now grown into a worldwide ministry that reaches 90% of the world's population. This is the heartwarming, inspiring story of what God can do when just one person accepts his call. This is The Extraordinary Life of Harold E. Salem.


Educational games have improved by leaps and bounds since I was a kid in the early 2000's. Steam threw the PC gaming world into the 21st century with games that you can download with their free software. Steam is for kids ages 13 & up. You must pay for many of the games, but there's a good selection of free games as well. Steam has made educational games not only better, but easier to find, browse, and play. Let's dive in!
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Civilization 5– One game that hypes everyone up is Sid Meier's Civilization. With 6 Civilization games now available, this game is always improving upon the last. Civilization is a board-style strategy game in which you must build cities, armies, create culture, and research science to win the game. You can play as a multitude of countries including the U.S., Germany, Russia, France, Ancient Greece, The Aztecs, etc. Each country has unique advantages in the game. This game is great for kids who have decent computer skills! It costs $29.99 on Steam and has tons of DLC available for purchase.
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Kerbal Space Program– My personal favorite of all of these games is Kerbal Space Program. I started playing it during the cold months of college (October-April) my freshman year. I love it! This game allows the player to build rockets and space planes to explore a fictitious solar system. The solar system has a few planets and moons, and uses real physics to make you feel like an astronaut. Kerbal Space Program is $39.99. It doesn't doesn't have any DLC. Which means you don't to spend extra money to have all the extra cool features and add-ons. Everything is included in the game. Kerbal Space Program is a great game for kids 8 years or older. Tutorials are provided on Youtube.
What are your favorite educational games on Steam? Share them with us in the comments below.


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The first plane flew over Baku city on October 20, 1910. It was a French biplane Farman-4 system piloted by Sergei Utochkin.
Azerbaijan got the official status for the new means of air transport in the region after 15 years of acquaintance with aviation: "TCAJS" Trans-Caucasus Civil Aviation Joint-Stock Society was founded in 1923. "Mughan Melioration Construction", "Caspian Shipping", "Azneft" were its founders. Planes of "TCAJS" were used in photographing operations, urgent delivery of cargoes and materials, as well as post transportation service.
"Yunkers" plane realized its flight in the Baku-Tbilisi-Baku route in April, 1923, two years later an aerodrome and a civil "Air station" were constructed in Keshla. In 1926, there were constant flights on the Mineralnie - Vodi - Grozny- Makhachkala - Baku - Yevlakh - Tbilisi routes.
In those years, airports with planes "Dornye-Comet-3" and "Dornye-Mercury" were put into operation in Baku, Yevlakh, Sheki. The crew of these planes consisted of two people. There were no navigation devices on the planes. The pilots operated flights by roads, railway lines, the relief of the location and only other familiar signs.
Kharkov- Baku- Pahlavi international line was opened in 1929, and a flight was realized to Moscow over the Caucasus that shortened the length of air road for 1100 kilometers for the first time in 1933. The scheduled airline en-route Baku -Moscow was opened in 1937, and planes of domestic production "XAI-1" and "Stal-3" (Сталь-3) served to 15 passengers every day.
Following year Baku - Kharkov, Baku - Grozny, Baku - Rostov, Baku - Astrakhan, Baku - Tbilisi flights opened. And the Baku Airport had been separated as an independent business unit by the order of the Council of People's Commissars.
The first air squadron in Azerbaijan was formed on June 2, 1938. This date was declared the Azerbaijan Civil Aviation Day under the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan in 2006.
During the period from 1941 to 1945 Azerbaijan aviation worked under the motto "All for the Front".
After World War II, Azerbaijani pilots resumed carrying passengers and goods. New aircraft, such as Li-2, Il-14, Il-18, An-24, dedicated aircraft An-2, and helicopters Mi-1 and Mi-4 emerged on routes originating from Baku.
The new high-quality period in the history of Azerbaijan civil aviation coincides with the 70-80s of the century. Airports fitted with soft-surface runways to accommodate jet aircraft Yak-40 were built in Ganja, Yevlakh, Naftalan, Nakhchivan, Zagatala, Lankaran, Aghdam, Aghstafa, and Sheki. Now, one region of the Republic has been connected with Baku by air.
Thanks to the efforts of Azerbaijan's national leader Heydar Aliyev, the Azerbaijani aviation fleet was among the first to buy jet planes Tu-134 and Tu-154, helicopters Mi-2 and Mi-8 in the Soviet Union. In those years, the aircraft became the most popular means of transport- fast, comfortable and affordable.
More than 200 million dollars was invested to the civil aviation. This investment allowed to provide the aircraft depot with modern "Boeing-757" planes, to renew flight management systems, to establish the system of training up to 20 professional personnel and to found an international passenger terminal in Baku in 1999 that receives aircraft of more than sixty airline companies.
Baku Cargo Terminal was completely constructed in March, 2005 and with this terminal Baku became the place of reloading of cargoes that are carried from west to east and from north to south.
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In April 1992, after independence, state concern Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL), also known as Azərbaycan Hava Yollari was officially established by the decision of the Government of Azerbaijan.
In 1996, a flight operations center Azeraeronavigasiya was set up within Azerbaijan Airways Concern. In 1997, AZALOIL enterprise was established as part of Azerbaijan Airlines.
In 1999, a new international terminal was opened at Baku airport.
In 2000, Azerbaijan Airlines bought the first planes of Boeing 757-200.
In 2004, by Decree of President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, Bina Airport was named Heydar Aliyev International Airport.
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In 2005, a new cargo terminal (Baku Cargo Terminal) was opened at Heydar Aliyev International Airport.
In 2006, Ganja International Airport was reconstructed.
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In 2009, after major reconstruction, airports in Zagatala and Lankaran were granted international status.
In 2011, the European Economic Chamber of Trade, Commerce and Industry (EEIG) issued a European Service Standard to Azerbaijan Airlines CJSC.
In 2011, Azerbaijan Airlines bought Boeing 767-300ER aircraft.
In 2012, an international airport was built in Gabala.
In 2013, Azerbaijan Airlines bought longest-haul passenger jet Airbus A340-500.
In 2013, the airline Azalagro was opened in Yevlakh.
In 2014, a new air terminal complex of Heydar Aliyev International Airport (Terminal 1) was commissioned.
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In 2015, the national carrier of Azerbaijan and Heydar Aliyev International Airport was awarded a prestigious 4 Star Airline quality ranking by the British consulting company Skytrax, which is the world-famous and most influential in the sphere of assessing the quality of airline service.
In 2016, Azerbaijan signed the Open Skies agreement with the United States of America.
In 2016 Nakhchivan International Airport was reconstructed. Aicraft bridges have emerged at the airport for the first time.
In 2016 AZAL CJSC formed the first low-cost airline of Azerbaijan - Buta Airways.
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Dan Spaulding has been hired to fill a newly created position at Zillow Group, vice president of people and culture. "We are thrilled for Dan to join Zillow Group," said Zillow Group COO Amy Bohutinsky in a press release. "The most strategic and important part of our business is our ability to hire and retain the absolute best people — in skills, in smarts, in culture fit.


The open source community for infrastructure software.
At OW2, our job is to promote the development of open-source software for complex information systems: middleware, generic business applications, cloud computing platforms, etc. We are supported by a vibrant open source community and business ecosystem. We help build healthy and sustainable open source projects that reach out to their markets. In 2017, OW2 celebrated its 10th anniversary. OW2con'18 is all about technology, community and business. The OW2 Consortium hosts some one hundred technology projects, including ASM, Bonita, Chameleon, CLIF, DocDoku, Easybeans, Emerginov, Fractal, FusionDirectory, JOnAS, JORAM, JOTM, Knowage, LemonLDAP:NG, Lutece, OCCInterface, PetalsESB, Prelude, ProActive, RocketChat, SAT4J, Spagic, Spago4Q, Talend Studio, Telosys, WebLab and XWiki. Visit www.ow2.org, follow us on Twitter @ow2.


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MR CoilTech
MR CoilTech was set up in Germany in 2015 to commercialise a radio-frequency (RF) coil device for the new generation of ultra-high field MRI scanners.
The device contains an array of antennae that pick up signals from the body, which can then be processed by the MRI scanner to generate the MR image. The RF coil enhances the image that can be produced by the scanners.
The move to QEUH
With the goal of accelerating the development of the technology, the company moved to Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) in 2016. A key attraction of coming to Glasgow was the facilities at the QEUH, notably the Clinical Innovation Zone and Imaging Centre of Excellence with its 7 Tesla MRI scanner. This scanner is one of only 75 worldwide and Glasgow is the only site in the UK, where it is based in a clinical setting.
With the 7T MRI scanner now CE Marked, it can potentially be used clinically for patient diagnosis and treatment planning. This offers the unique opportunity to develop MR CoilTech's RF coil devices to the requirements of clinicians. As a result of this, MR CoilTech's founder has recently undertaken the first healthy volunteer scan on the 7T MRI using the multi-channel 7T head coil which has been manufactured in ICE.
Integration within the Clinical Innovation Zone has supported the company's ambitions, facilitating access to clinicians and key infrastructure, as well as offering the company founder a permanent academic tenure. The recent award of an EPSRC-funded PhD studentship on Parallel-transmit MRI techniques for clinical neuroimaging at 7 tesla will continue to focus on exploiting new RF coils.
In its first three years, the company has generated annual sales of around £200,000 and has three employees. It has developed MRI coils for research institutes in the US and Netherlands and is also working with Siemens, the manufacturer of Glasgow's 7T MRI scanner. All of the company's sales are exports.
MR CoilTech is a key industry partner in the development of the 'Living Laboratory' at the QEUH.
Canon Medical – Diagnostic Imaging Solutions
A full range of diagnostic medical imaging solutions including CT, MR, X-Ray, Ultrasound and Healthcare Informatics.
Siemens Healthineers – Expanding Precision Medicine
Siemens Healthineers enables healthcare providers to increase value by expanding precision medicine, transforming care delivery.
Glasgow Molecular Pathology Node
Transforming the management of cancer and chronic disease by accelerating biomedical research.
A Standardised Approach to Managing Trauma
A digital solution to improve the care of patients with trauma developed in collaboration with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
Understanding Effects of Respiratory Disease
The Mackintosh Environmental Architecture Research Unit at Glasgow School of Art is researching energy-efficient architecture & ventilation.
Research Centre for Health (ReaCH)
Research impacting the lives of communities and individuals in a variety of ways.
GCU researchers are leading the way in the elimination of Hepatitis C in Scotland
Research into people who inject drugs and Hepatitis C reduction.
GCU improving walking ability in early Rheumatoid Arthritis patients
Researchers are developing rehabilitation intervention to improve the walking ability in people with early Arthritis.
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Grand Theft Auto V may have come out on last-gen consoles over a year ago, and current-gen consoles just a few months ago, but PC gamers have been waiting very, very patiently to get their hands on it. Rockstar previously promised PC gamers that they would finally get the game on January 27, but a few keen-eyed fans noticed that the title's Steam store listing has had the January 27 date removed, and replaced with "Early 2015".
Thankfully, when the issue was raised in the official Rockstar forums, an official Rockstar poster confirmed that the release date has not been changed. "GTA V will be coming to PC on January 27th. We have not announced any changes to this date at this time," posted Rockstar employee Scott E.
Now that Rockstar is finally delivering the game (albeit, over a year late), are you PC gamers still excited for it? To me, it seems like a case of too little too late, which is a bit of a shame, because I'm sure Rockstar will be quick to attribute the game's inevitable poor PC sales to piracy, rather than its lateness.
That said, the fact that PC gamers are still actively playing GTA IV and making wacky mods for it does give me hope for the future of the latest installment.


The SP500 Series is a highly sophisticated low cost dot matrix receipt printer. It is capable of an incredibly fast receipt output, printing 40 columns onto 76mm wide paper at 4 lines per second and onto 58mm paper at 7.5 lines per second.
The SP500 features a bi-directional, logic seeking mechanism resulting in an exceptional throughput, out pacing its nearest receipt printer competition. The compact footprint of just 163mm by 140mm is enhanced by its internal power supply. This efficiency is further shown in the highly effective cable management system allowing the interface and internal power supply cables to be neatly tucked away behind a protective cover. Other features include a liquid repellent cover and internal guttering to help prevent fluid ingress, a near end paper sensor option, a rewind option and a receipt highlighting text facility.
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La Toyota Motor Manufacturing Czech Republic (TMMCZ), precedentemente nota come Toyota Peugeot Citroën Automobile (TPCA), è una succursale di Toyota e un impianto di produzione automobilistico situato nella città di Kolín, in Repubblica Ceca.

Storia

La società è stata originariamente fondata nel 2002 come joint venture tra la giapponese Toyota Motor Corporation e il gruppo francese PSA Peugeot Citroën. L'impianto il 28 febbraio 2005 iniziò la produzione di tre piccole city car per il mercato europeo, sebbene la cerimonia ufficiale di apertura sia avvenuta in giugno.

L'utilizzo della stessa piattaforma comune ha reso possibile la vendita delle auto a prezzi competitivi, utilizzando il 93% dei componenti in comune. L'investimento totale, compresi i costi di ricerca/sviluppo e di avviamento dell'attività, sono stimati in circa 1,3 miliardi di Euro.

Nel gennaio 2021 Toyota ha acquisito la completa proprietà dello stabilimento di Kolin, iniziando a produrre a novembre dapprima la Yaris e successivamente nel 2022 la Aygo X.

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Carrie Fisher And The Dirty Name She Used To Describe Herself
By Rebeka Knott | November 1, 2017
Carrie Fisher photographed in Daily Mirror studio, London, Friday 3rd June 1983. (Photo by Doreen Spooner/Mirrorpix/Getty Images)
Carrie Fisher was Princess Leia for a generation who grew up on Star Wars movies -- she played other roles in other films during her career, for sure, but she really was Princess Leia. Fisher was also a character off-screen, a writer of memoirs with a wicked sense of humor. She had grown up in Hollywood, the daughter of Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, and was known as a straight shooter in a place where superficiality and empty politeness was often the safest option. When Carrie Fisher, our Princess Leia and resident truth-teller, died on December 27, 2016, Star Wars fans mourned the loss.
Carrie Fisher stories abound -- her interesting way of looking at the weird world of Hollywood, and her colorful way of expressing herself, will keep us talking about her for years to come.
She Partied All Night Long With The Stones Before Filming The Cloud City Scenes In 'Empire Strikes Back'
In 2015, Carrie Fisher appeared at Star Wars Celebration, the massive annual fan gathering, and shared some stories and observations about life as Princess Leia in the early days of the Star Wars phenomenon. A Daily Telegraph story captured some of her best anecdotes.
Fisher recounted partying with the Rolling Stones and Eric Idle (of Monty Python) all night long -- not knocking off until about two hours before going on set with her co-star Harrison Ford. She seemingly had a vicious hangover although she admitted that she was not hungover; she was still drunk! The fact that she wasn't a drinker at the time made it all the worse.
"We weren't hung over, we were still in our cups. And if you watch the movie you can see that: Harrison and I are smiling as we arrived in Cloud City."
She claimed that she only drank at the time to be included in the "fun" but she was not seasoned enough to handle the consequences.
She Was Surprised At How Much Smooching Leia Did On Screen
Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford in 'Empire Strikes Back.' Source: Reddit
After being shown footage of some of her kissing scenes on film in Star Wars, Fisher was overwhelmed by the steamy action, but not ashamed.
My God, I never realized that. I was quite the space slut. But they look pretty good.
Though the steamiest kisses were, of course, with Harrison Ford, she also said that abusing his Han Solo character was perhaps her favorite scene. "Probably one of the scenes where I said something awful to Harrison. 'Scruffy looking nerf-herder', something like that. What a moron."
She Enjoyed A Good Dirty Joke, And Billy Dee Williams Obliged
People magazine cover featuring Harrison Ford, Billy Dee Williams, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill.
Being true to herself, Carrie Fisher always enjoyed an inappropriate joke -- and appreciated a co-star who could deliver one properly, like Billy Dee Williams, who played Lando Calrissian.
"Billy Dee Williams was funny," she said. "Right before he was going to kiss my hand, he'd say something incredibly filthy, and I would laugh. Something about the Force and it being with me… He was a lot of fun to work with."
Spoiler Alert? She Could Never Keep Secrets About Star Wars Details
Carrie Fisher in the final scene of 'Star Wars.' Source: Pinterest
Carrie Fisher admitted that she was no good, in fact horrible, at keeping secrets when it came to movie scripts. She just couldn't keep from leaking the "spoilers." She didn't understand what the big deal was about! She was a self-proclaimed blabber of secret particulars. As far as she was concerned, "it is just a movie!"


Tis the season for baking cookies! I know, I keep saying tis the season lol. Tonight on the blog, I'm sure all the holiday treats that I made. All are really easy and can be achieved in time for Christmas!
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Junior M.A.F.I.A (Junior Masters At Finding Intelligent Attitudes) var ett amerikanskt hiphop-band från Bedford, Brooklyn, New York. Gruppen grundades av rapparen The Notorious B.I.G., som också fungerade som gruppens mentor. 1995 kom deras debutalbum ut, Conspiracy. När Notorious B.I.G. dog 1997, så blev det en längre paus för hela bandet. Men 2005 och 2006, så gick tre av originalmedlemmarna tillsammans och släppte albumet Riot Musik, och två DVDs under Junior M.A.F.I.A.-namnet.

Singlarna "Player's Athem" och "Get Money" hjälpte till en god start för rapparen Lil'Kims solokarriär.

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1995 - Player's Anthem
1995 - I Need You Tonight (med Aaliyah)
1996 - Get Money

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Cabo Trafalgar In The Moonlight
Pen & Sail: My life with Dudley Pope
Kay Pope
978 0 7551 2278 3
Paperback | 274 pp
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The Observer newspaper once wrote of Dudley Pope that he was 'an author who really knows Nelson's navy', whilst the Guardian maintained he had an 'expert knowledge of naval history'. Imagine, therefore, his heightened emotions and sense of history as he sailed his yacht past Cape Trafalgar one moonlit night. Moreover, standing beside him was his wife Kay; friend, constant companion and much loved, whose support and encouragement he relied upon. Dudley Pope later encapsulated the moment in a doubly romantic dedication in his book Ramage's Challenge, the fourteenth in the acclaimed series:
'For Kay who crossed a rubicon with me and sailed past Cabo Trafalgar in the moonlight.'
In her book Kay Pope goes beyond a simple description of her life as the wife and confidant of a famous author sailor, and manages to capture for herself and her readers the atmosphere and idiosyncrasies of the places they visited and lived awhile, along with the humanity of the many people who crossed their paths. It is a gripping tale from a 'first mate' whose powers of observation and description will delight her audience, whether or not they are familiar with Dudley Pope's works. Kay Pope shows herself to be an accomplished author in her own right, with a revealing story of real interest to impart.
Kay Pope was born in London in the western suburb of Ealing in 1935, but when her parents bought a small hotel in partnership with friends after World War II, she lived the latter half of her childhood on the sea front in Bexhill. She attended Battle Abbey, a boarding school a few miles inland from the nearby seaside town of Hastings, before moving on to Secretarial College in London. It was this that led to a life changing event as shortly after taking up her first job on 'The Evening News' she met Dudley Pope. They married a year later when Kay was just eighteen.
She had always wanted to travel and had dreamed of faraway places when, as a child, she could see the Royal Sovereign Lightship flashing on the horizon out of her tiny attic window. When Dudley told of his dreams of writing whilst cruising the world on his own sailing boat, she was ready to sign on as first mate. For nearly thirty years the couple lived on board, along with their daughter, Jane.
Besides typing all Dudley's books, acting as teacher to her daughter and painting the boat Ramage, Kay began collecting seashells after they first sailed to the West Indies. This became a family hobby, as the family snorkelled among coral reefs together, and one new species found was named after her. She also wrote articles describing their seashells in two magazines devoted to malacology, both for amateur collectors like herself, and marine biologists.
The best part of this life, however, was being with Dudley and together meeting new people as he sailed and researched his books, and of course the sailing itself, particularly in the Mediterranean and her much loved West Indies. Widowed now, Kay lives on the Island of St. Martin.
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Kay Pope was born in London in the western suburb of Ealing in 1935, but when her parents bought a small hotel in partnership with friends after World War II, she lived the latter half of her childhood on the sea front in Bexhill. She attended Battle Abbey, a boarding school a few miles inland from the nearby seaside town of Hastings, before moving on to Secretarial College in London. It was this that led to a life changing event as shortly after taking up her first job on 'The Evening News' she met Dudley Pope. They married a year later when Kay was just eighteen. She had always wanted to travel and had dreamed of faraway places when, as a child, she could see the Royal Sovereign Lightship flashing on the horizon out of her tiny attic window. When Dudley told of his dreams of writing whilst cruising the world on his own sailing boat, she was ready to sign on as first mate. For nearly thirty years the couple lived on board, along with their daughter, Jane. Besides typing all Dudley's books, acting as teacher to her daughter and painting the boat Ramage, Kay began collecting seashells after they first sailed to the West Indies. This became a family hobby, as the family snorkelled among coral reefs together, and one new species found was named after her. She also wrote articles describing their seashells in two magazines devoted to malacology, both for amateur collectors like herself, and marine biologists. The best part of this life, however, was being with Dudley and together meeting new people as he sailed and researched his books, and of course the sailing itself, particularly in the Mediterranean and her much loved West Indies. Widowed now, Kay lives on the Island of St. Martin.
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The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) announced the third round of a grants competition this week to assist Appalachian communities in leveraging renewable-energy and energy-efficiency resources to revitalize their economies. ARC expects to provide seven to ten awards of up to $40,000 each, for a total of $250,000 in awards, to help implement energy efficiency and renewable energy training and certification programs for adults within the Appalachian Region.
These training programs can be administered by postsecondary institutions, such as vocational and technical schools, community colleges, and 4-year colleges and universities, as well as by non-profit trade associations, non-profit organizations, and government entities. The programs will provide trained employees for supply chain jobs in the renewable energy and energy efficiency fields, certification for installers of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies, and support for implementing energy efficiency education and training curricula. The grants program will also assist in implementing energy efficiency education curricula, such as USGBC LEED, ASHRAE, IECC and other energy efficiency programming.
An independent review panel will be convened to evaluate submissions. This panel will include leading energy efficiency and renewable energy organizations, and ARC's federal, state and local partners. The review panel will forward recommendations to ARC for final approval.
For more information on the grants workshops visit the ARC website. To reserve a place at the workshop please pre-register by sending an email noting which workshop you will be attending, and the names and contact information of all who will be attending. Walk-ins will be welcome on a space-available basis.
Feasibility of proposal, including matriculation of students from proposed training program and entry into target industry.
Capability of applicant and quality of the curricula to be used.
Level of community support and matching financial support. A minimum financial match of 1:1 will be required, which may be provided 'in-kind' from non-cash sources.
Articulation of clear, measurable outcomes.
Outreach activities focusing on disseminating or promotion of the program.
Sustainability of effort and ability to continue the activity upon conclusion of grant period.
Additional consideration will be provided for projects that focus on ARC-designated distressed counties and areas and at-risk counties, involve multi-state collaboration, and build partnerships with local K-12 school systems.
The first two rounds of the grants competition resulted in nearly $1.2 million in funding to 21 winners from ten Appalachian states for projects promoting energy-efficient buildings, biofuels production and distribution, clean energy incubators, geothermal heat systems, landfill gas collection and distribution, LED traffic light installation, wind energy production, start-up of "clean energy" businesses, and energy-related education and training. A listing of projects funded in 2007 and 2008 can be obtained at the ARC website.
The deadline for submission of proposals is May 29, 2009. Selections will be announced on June, 30 2009. For information on submitting an application please go to the ARC website.


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: DEVOUR! THE FOOD FILM FEST UNVEILS HIGHLY ANTICIPATED FESTIVAL PROGRAM
WOLFVILLE, NS (Sept. 9, 2014) – From Japan to Argentina and beyond, Devour! The Food Film Fest serves up its best menu yet. Fill your plate with more than 50 films by some of the most acclaimed directors, chefs from around the world paired with Nova Scotia's top chefs, 15 industry workshops, five dinners inspired by feature films, and over a dozen events to whet the appetite of the most enthusiastic cinevore.
From November 12-16, Wolfville, Nova Scotia plays host to the fourth installment of Devour!, the world's largest festival focused on food and film.
"Wolfville, Nova Scotia is Canada's Secret Foodie Destination and Devour! is the perfect platform to showcase the best of what we have to offer," said Michael Howell, Devour! Executive Director. "Our mission is to entertain and educate through the lens of food. This collision of food and film in a locale rich with culture and cuisine inspires us to create perfection on a plate."
This year, Devour! will screen 18 new features and 37 shorts including the world premiere of Canadian film Shuckers directed by Jon Deitcher and produced by Chef Chuck Hughes. Other highlights include the much-lauded Food Chains by Sanjay Rawal and El Somni, an operatic multimedia feast from Spanish director Franc Aleu.
"This program is the exciting culmination of a year's work – all of the research, connections, hard work and wonder is now going to show up on screen and on your plate," said Lia Rinaldo, Devour! Managing Director, "It's been thrilling to have people jump on board for the ride along with us, from the filmmakers to chefs, writers and industry leaders."
This year also marks the beginning of a relationship with the Berlin Film Festival. Thomas Struck, the Curator of Berlinale's Culinary Cinema program, will chair an esteemed jury that will select the winners of the coveted Golden Tine Award in four categories. Struck is joined by jury members Lucy Waverman, author and food columnist (The Globe and Mail) and award-winning documentary filmmaker Aube Giroux (PBS Kitchen Vignettes).
A popular and growing highlight of the festival is the comprehensive series of 15 inspiring panels and hands-on industry sessions. This year includes culinary demos by all visiting chefs, sessions with James Beard award-winning The Perennial Plate, world-renowned blogger MattBites, venerated New York magazine food critic Gael Greene, and Emmy award-winning executive producer Michael Steed from Mind of a Chef and CNN's Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown.
A veritable buffet of mouth-watering events round out the festival and include celebrated international chefs paired with the region's top chefs to create decadent meals inspired by feature films including Top Chef competitors Jesse Vergen, Connie DeSousa, and Todd Perrin; delicious food and wine excursions including the return of the popular All You Need is Cheese Express and the addition of the new Bubbles Bus and the Cajun-Acadian Express, featuring New Orleans Chef Stephen Stryjewski (Pêche Seafood Grill); the Select Nova Scotia Food Truck Rally, North America's hottest food trend, is expanded with more trucks over more days; Devour! The Grills features three rounds of distinctly different chefs taking turns on the Big Green Egg at the Wolfville
Famers' Market; Devour!'s own mixologist Jeffrey Van Horne shakes up the signature festival cocktail every night at the official after-party party; and a traditional down-home Nova Scotia kitchen party featuring live music.
Devour! iced its own cake earlier this summer when it announced its opening gala featuring Emmy award-winning CNN journalist and author Anthony Bourdain welcomed by 16 local chefs who will create a feast for the senses. This signature Nova Scotia event will feature an Order of Good Cheer celebration inducting all visiting chefs and guests. Following the gala, Bourdain will introduce the opening festival screening of Eat Drink Man Woman, participate in an audience Q&A and host a one-hour book signing at the Devour! Opening Gala Post-Reception.
"Devour! would not be the exceptional festival that it is without the generous support of many partners," noted Howell, who thanked everyone including the Nova Scotia Tourism Agency, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Taste of Nova Scotia, Acadia University, the Town of Wolfville, the Municipality of the County of Kings, Film and Creative Industries Nova Scotia, Big Green Egg, Scotian Gold, Bishop's Cellar, Radio 96.5, Select Nova Scotia and the festival's first private benefactors and arts supporters, Margaret and David Fountain. Howell was pleased to announce a brand new partnership with Gusto TV, Canada's newest Food & Lifestyle Channel.
Food and film heavy hitters turned out last night at the Drake Hotel in Toronto to help launch the official program for the most anticipated fall festival. Celebrities Jason Priestley, who is also a Devour! Advisory Board member, and last year's opening night host Bob Blumer (Glutton for Punishment) were among those in attendance.
The full program and tickets for the festival's screenings and events will be available on Monday, September 22 through the Devour! website and Ticketpro. Tickets will also be available by phone at 1-888-311-9090 and at all Ticketpro locations in Nova Scotia.
ABOUT DEVOUR! THE FOOD FILM FEST
Devour! The Food Film Fest is an international festival celebrating cinema, food and wine culture. The five-day festival takes place in the culinary epicenter of Nova Scotia – the town of Wolfville, Kings County. The festival is a celebration of food on film, the culture of food and the dramatic impact it has on our day-to-day lives. The fourth edition of Devour! The Food Film Fest is slated for November 12-16, 2014.
Only one hour from Halifax, the Town of Wolfville and Kings County provide the perfect setting for the festival. It is situated in a rich agricultural area and is also home to one of Canada's top universities, a number of historic theatres and an assortment of unique local venues that are all within walking distance and are set against the beautiful landscapes of hills, valleys, rivers and the mighty Bay of Fundy.
Media Contact – Robyn McIsaac e. robyn@devourfest.com c. (902) 440-1551


Start Advent and Christmas off right with the latest booklet in the best-selling Daybreaks series. It will help you carve out a place of respite and peace amid the commercialism and hustle and bustle of the season!
A respected biblical scholar, Mary Katharine Deeley turns her talents to providing you with concise, easy-to-read inspiration for this holy time. She uses scripture selections and reflections to "prepare the way of the Lord" throughout Advent and Christmas in a way that's guaranteed to enhance your faith.