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Justia › US Law › Case Law › California Case Law › Cal. 2d › Volume 59 › Borchers Bros. v. Buckeye Incubator Co.
Borchers Bros. v. Buckeye Incubator Co.
[S. F. No. 20819. In Bank. Feb. 26, 1963.]
BORCHERS BROTHERS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. BUCKEYE INCUBATOR COMPANY, Defendant and Respondent.
Bohnett, Hill & Bohnett and Thomas D. Collins for Plaintiff and Appellant.
Glen Behymer, Harold A. Slane, Harold Slane, Jr., Louis R. Hersh, Orlin C. Munns and Robert W. Schafer as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.
Cottrell, Hofvendahl & Roessler, Russell V. Roessler and John N. Norman for Defendant and Respondent.
Kenneth G. McGilvray and McGilvray, Cooper & Brodovsky as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.
McCOMB, J.
Plaintiff brought suit to foreclose its claim of lien for materials furnished to defendants Pierce Manufacturing Co. and Thomas Pierce, for use on real property owned by defendant Buckeye Incubator Company.
The complaint failed to allege that plaintiff had given the prelien notice required by section 1193 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
Defendant Buckeye Incubator Company demurred generally to the complaint. Upon the sustaining of the demurrer, plaintiff failed to amend within the 10 days allowed by the court.
An order dismissing the complaint as to Buckeye Incubator Company was then entered by the court. From this order plaintiff has appealed.
[1] Plaintiff's sole contention is that the notice requirement of section 1193 of the Code of Civil Procedure is [59 Cal. 2d 237] unconstitutional because it unfairly discriminates between laborers and materialmen, in violation of article XX, section 15, of the California Constitution. fn. 1 This contention is devoid of merit.
The section complained of provides, in part: "(a) Except one under direct contract with the owner or one performing actual labor for wages, every person who furnishes labor, service, equipment or material for which a lien otherwise can be claimed under this chapter, must, as a necessary prerequisite to the validity of any claim of lien subsequently filed, cause to be given not later than 15 days prior to the filing of a claim of lien a written notice as prescribed by this section, to the owner or reputed owner and to the original contractor."
Plaintiff points out that this provision does not require wage laborers to give the 15 days' notice, but it does require all other lien claimants (except those under direct contract with the owner) to do so.
It is contended on behalf of plaintiff that article XX, section 15, of the California Constitution is "self-executing to the extent that it confers upon these classes of persons [mechanics, materialmen, artisans, and laborers] a lien and makes them equal in point of rank. ..." This language is predicated upon language used in Miltimore v. Nofziger Bros. Lumber Co. (1907) 150 Cal. 790, 792 [90 P. 114].
[2] Article XX, section 15, of the California Constitution is not self-executing but must be implemented by legislation to provide enforcement procedures.
In Ferger v. Gearhart (1919) 44 Cal. App. 245, 247 [2] [186 P. 376] [hearing denied by the Supreme Court], the court held: "The suggestion of counsel for respondent that the provisions of the state constitution touching the subject of the liens of materialmen, laborers, and others, upon property upon which they have bestowed labor or furnished materials (sec. 15, art. XX, constitution), are paramount to the statute which prescribes a time within which a claim of lien must be filed to be effective, is without merit. The section of the constitution referred to is not self-executing, and is inoperative [59 Cal. 2d 238] except as supplemented by legislation. [Citations.] The case of Miltimore v. Nofziger Bros. Lumber Co., 150 Cal. 790 [90 P. 114], merely holds the section of the constitution referred to to be self-executing to the extent that it confers upon the classes of persons included within its provisions a lien, making 'them equal in point of rank with regard to each other.' It does not purport to go to the extent of contravening the doctrine of the case of Spinney v. Griffith, supra [98 Cal. 149 (32 P. 974)], where the court says, of the section of the constitution referred to:
" 'This declaration of a right, like many others in our constitution, is inoperative except as supplemented by legislative action.
" 'So far as substantial benefits are concerned, the naked right without the interposition of the legislature is like the earth before the creation, "without form and void," or to put it in the usual form, the constitution in this respect is not self-executing.' "
In Barr Lumber Co. v. Shaffer (1951) 108 Cal. App. 2d 14, 20 [238 P.2d 99] [hearing denied by the Supreme Court], the court said: "In Ferger v. Gearhart, 44 Cal. App. 245 [186 P. 376], Article XX California Constitution, section 15 was held not to be self-executing, and that it was inoperative except as supplemented by the Legislature through its power reasonably to regulate and to provide for the exercise of the right, the manner of its exercise, the time when it attached, and the time within which and the persons against whom it could be enforced. The Legislature has exercised its plenary power in this respect continuously from 1850 down to the present time. [Citation.]"
[3] In view of the foregoing holdings, it is evident that there is no constitutional compulsion for uniform treatment, and that the Legislature could, if it chose, adopt one method for the enforcement of materialmen's rights and a second, entirely different procedure for the enforcement of laborers' rights.
The problem is therefore presented whether the Legislature's procedural distinction in section 1193 of the Code of Civil Procedure, requiring notice by a materialman but not by a laborer, is so arbitrary and unreasonable that there is no substantial relation to a legitimate legislative objective.
[4a] The constitutional mandate of article XX, section 15, is a two-way street, requiring a balancing of the interests of both lien claimants and property owners. First, this [59 Cal. 2d 239] argument could appropriately be presented to the Legislature and not to the courts. Second, in carrying out this constitutional mandate, the Legislature has the duty of balancing the interests of lien claimants and property owners.
[5] From the point of view of lien claimants, the words "speedy and efficient" must obviously be interpreted to mean that the Legislature should arrange for them to receive their money as soon as possible after supplying the labor or materials.
On the other hand, the property owner also has an interest which must be protected. From his standpoint, the words "speedy and efficient" should be interpreted to mean that his title should be cleared as soon as possible, so that it will have some marketability. fn. 2
The Legislature has the task of balancing these two adverse interests in carrying out its duty under article XX, section 15, of the Constitution. [6] In Alta Building Material Co. v. Cameron, 202 Cal. App. 2d 299, 303-305 [20 Cal. Rptr. 713], the court correctly stated: "While the essential purpose of the mechanics' lien statutes is to protect those who have performed labor or furnished material towards the improvement of the property of another [citation], inherent in this concept is a recognition also of the rights of the owner of the benefited property. It has been stated that the lien laws are for the protection of property owners as well as lien claimants [citation] and that our laws relating to mechanics' liens result from the desire of the Legislature to adjust the respective rights of lien claimants with those of the owners of property improved by their labor and material. [Citation.] [4b] As stated in Diamond Match Co. v. Sanitary Fruit Co., 70 Cal. App. 695 [234 P. 322], at 701: '[I]t is no less the duty of the legislature, in adopting means for the enforcement of the liens referred to in the constitutional provision, to consider and protect the rights of owners of property which may be affected by such liens than it is to consider and protect the rights of those claiming the benefit of the lien laws. The liens which are filed under the lien law against property, as a general rule, grow out of contracts which are made by and between lien claimants [59 Cal. 2d 240] and persons (contractors) other than the owner of the property so affected, and such liens may be filed and so become a charge against property without the owner having actual knowledge thereof.'
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[7] "The section does not require a pre-lien notice by those under direct contract with the owner or those who perform actual labor for wages on the property. The logical reason for this distinction is that the owner would in the usual situation be apprised of potential claims by way of lien in connection with those with whom he contracts directly, as well as those who perform actual labor for wages upon the property.
"However, as to materials furnished or labor supplied [i.e., labor performed elsewhere than on the property] by persons not under direct contract with the owner, it may be difficult, if not impossible, for the owner to be so apprised and the clear purpose of section 1193 is to give the owner 15 days' notice in such a situation that his property is to be 'embarrassed with a charge which will operate as a cloud upon the title thereof so long as the lien remains undischarged and that the property may be sold under foreclosure proceedings unless the debt to secure which the lien was filed is otherwise sooner satisfied.' [Citation.]"
Furthermore, the average uninformed laborer would not, as a practical matter, have the same opportunity to comply with a notice requirement as material suppliers would.
It thus appears that the legislative classification in the present case was neither arbitrary nor unreasonable and that the notice requirement of section 1193 of the Code of Civil Procedure is constitutional.
Any statements or inferences to the contrary in Reliable Steel Supply Co. v. Croom, 181 Cal. App. 2d Supp. 831 [5 Cal. Rptr. 310], and Hellen v. Stephenson, 197 Cal. App. 2d Supp. 863 [18 Cal. Rptr. 361], are disapproved.
The order dismissing plaintiff's complaint is affirmed.
Gibson, C. J., Traynor, J., Schauer, J., Peters, J., Tobriner, J., and Peek, J., concurred.
FN 1. Article XX, section 15, of the California Constitution reads: "Mechanics, materialmen, artisans, and laborers of every class, shall have a lien upon the property upon which they have bestowed labor or furnished material for the value of such labor done and material furnished; and the Legislature shall provide, by law, for the speedy and efficient enforcement of such liens."
FN 2. Almost any property owner could argue that the procedure for foreclosing a mechanic's lien is neither speedy nor efficient, since it clogs his title sometimes for a matter of years before the foreclosure action proceeds to trial and judgment. This argument likewise can appropriately be presented to the Legislature.


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Effects of 2010 Hurricane Earl amidst geologic evidence for greater overwash at Anegada, British Virgin Islands (2014)
Atwater, B. F. ; Fuentes, Z. ; Halley, R. B. ; [et al.] Ten Brink, U. S. ; Tuttle, M. P.
In: Advances in Geosciences. 2014; 38: 21-30. Published 2014 Mar 07. doi: 10.5194/adgeo-38-21-2014.
Description: A post-hurricane survey of a Caribbean island affords comparisons with geologic evidence for greater overwash at the same place. This comparison, though of limited application to other places, helps calibrate coastal geology for assessment of earthquake and tsunami potential along the Antilles Subduction Zone. The surveyed island, Anegada, is 120 km south of the Puerto Rico Trench and is near the paths of hurricanes Donna (1960) and Earl (2010), which were at or near category 4 when at closest approach. The survey focused on Earl's geologic effects, related them to the surge from Hurricane Donna, and compared them further with erosional and depositional signs of southward overwash from the Atlantic Ocean that dates to 1200–1450 AD and to 1650–1800 AD. The main finding is that the geologic effects of these earlier events dwarf those of the recent hurricanes. Hurricane Earl's geologic effects at Anegada, observed mainly in 2011, were limited to wrack deposition along many of the island's shores and salt ponds, accretion of small washover (spillover) fans on the south shore, and the suspension and deposition of microbial material from interior salt ponds. Earl's most widespread deposit at Anegada, the microbial detritus, was abundantly juxtaposed with evidence for catastrophic overwash in prior centuries. The microbial detritus formed an extensive coating up to 2 cm thick that extended into breaches in beach-ridge plains of the island's north shore, onto playas that are underlain by a sand-and-shell sheet that extends as much as 1.5 km southward from the north shore, and among southward-strewn limestone boulders pendant to outcrops as much as 1 km inland. Earl's spillover fans also contrast with a sand-and-shell sheet, which was dated previously to 1650–1800, by being limited to the island's south shore and by extending inland a few tens of meters at most. These findings complement those reported in this issue by Michaela Spiske and Robert Halley (Spiske and Halley, 2014), who studied a coral-rubble ridge that lines part of Anegada's north shore. Spiske and Halley attribute the ridge to storms that were larger than Earl. But they contrast the ridge with coral boulders that were scattered hundreds of meters inland by overwash in 1200–1450.
Topics: Geosciences
Published by Copernicus on behalf of European Geosciences Union (EGU).

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Q: OAuth: Authenticating Android user on google app engine using Facebook SSO I am trying to implement facebook SSO on my Android app. Once the user logs into the app using facebook he will make calls to my web service running on Google App Engine(GAE). Currently I am able to obtain the access_token from facebook on my android app. Then I add this access_token as a cookie to my http request to GAE . But I am not sure how would I authenticate the request from the user using the cookie, on GAE. Currently I am trying:-
User user = OAuthServiceFactory.getOAuthService().getCurrentUser();
String email = user.getEmail();

But my GAE web service is throwing this exception:-
org.restlet.resource.UniformResource doCatch: Exception or error caught in resource
com.google.appengine.api.oauth.InvalidOAuthParametersException

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Thank for the help!!

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Someone is taunting Sloan... someone only she can see.
Sloan Bridges is doing her best to move on from a horrible attack that left her scarred, literally. Her attacker is in a wheelchair awaiting trial. With him out of her life, she focuses on other things like school, Prom, and those Hunter boys.
Someone won't allow her to be happy.
On Sunday, she receives five long stem roses and a note in the front seat of her locked car: Five days before the fall.
What the fall is, she has no idea.
Every day, Sloan gets one less rose and another note. No one else sees them, though, and they think she's either losing her mind or taking too much pain medicine. She knows better.
With the countdown nearly complete, can Sloan figure out who is threatening her before someone she loves pays with his life?


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SUBJECT: Examining ecological, social, cultural and economic sustainability in a post oil-dependent N.L.
What does a province such as Newfoundland and Labrador look like, post oil-dependency? What is a sustainable future and how do we get there?
Memorial University is hosting a symposium next week that will try and answer those questions and others.
Asking the Big Questions: What Might a Sustainable Post Oil-Dependent Newfoundland and Labrador Look Like and What Kinds of Skills, Expertise, Infrastructure and Institutions Do We Need to Get There? takes place on the St. John's campus. The event is presented by the Royal Society of Canada Atlantic and Memorial.
Tuesday, Nov. 1
7 p.m. – Screening of the award-winning documentary Atlantic, written by Memorial alumna Angela Antle. Atlantic follows the fortunes of three small fishing communities — in Ireland, Norway and Newfoundland and Labrador — bringing to the fore three very intimate stories from the global resource debate. The screening takes place in room C-2004 in the Chemistry and Physics building. Parking is available in lot 15B. The screening is co-sponsored by the St. John's International Film Festival and the People and the Sea Film Festival.
Wednesday, Nov. 2
7 p.m. – Public lecture by Dr. Sigurbjörg Sigurgeirsdóttir, associate professor, public policy and governance, University of Iceland, who will discuss the collapse of the Icelandic economy, the steps taken to rebuild and lessons for Newfoundland and Labrador. Her lecture takes place in the Suncor Energy Hall in the School of Music. Prior to her discussion, Dr. Nancy Dahn and Prof. Timothy Steeves, professors, School of Music, who perform together as the critically acclaimed Duo Concertante and were recently named fellows of the Royal Society of Canada, will perform a short recital. Angela Antle, CBC Newfoundland and Labrador, will moderate. Parking is available in lot 15B. Reception to follow lecture.
Thursday, Nov. 3
On Thursday, Nov. 3, keynote speaker Dr. Gordon Laxer, professor emeritus, University of Alberta, and author of After the Sands: Energy and Ecological Security for Canadians, will deliver a talk in SN-2109 in the Science building. Dr. Laxer will examine Alberta's history of oil dependence and attempts to diversify the economy while also drawing lessons for Newfoundland and Labrador. Parking is available in lot 15B. Reception to follow.
Friday, Nov. 4
Workshop (by invitation) to discuss draft paper on imagining a post oil-dependent N.L. For more information, please email bneis@mun.ca.
For more information or to arrange an interview with Drs. Sigurgeirsdóttir or Laxer prior to their lectures, please contact Jeff Green, communications co-ordinator, Office of the Vice-President (Research), Memorial University, at 709-687-9243 or jeffg@mun.ca.


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Abcteriano é um adjetivo que usamos para dar caracteristíca a algo ou pessoa que está isento (livre) de bactérias.
Ex.: Este prato é abacteriano.

Bibliografia
Grande Enciclopédia Larousse Cultural. São Paulo: Editora Nova Cultural Ltda., 1998., página 3. ISBN 85-13-00755-2

Bactérias
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Algona város az Amerikai Egyesült Államokban, Iowa államban, Kossuth megyében, a megye székhelye. A 2000-es népszámlálási adatok szerint lakosainak száma 5741 fő.

Történelme
A várost 1854-ben alapította két testvér, Ambrose Call és Asa Call, akik a később a "Algonquin waters" nevet adták a városnak.

Híres emberek
Paul Bell - politikus
Dick Dale - énekes
Lester J. Dickinson - republikánus képviselő, szenátor
Denis Menke - baseball játékos és edző
Brad Nelson - baseball játékos
J. L. Wilkinson

Fordítás

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Külső hivatkozások
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Civil Disobedience>
Climate activists tossed cans of tomato soup on Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" at the National Gallery in London on October 14, 2022. (Photo: Just Stop Oil/Twitter)
Just Stop Oil's Van Gogh Soup Stunt Sparks Criticism of 'Alienating' Strategy
"The piece is fine. But the damage to the spirit of it isn't," said one writer. "Ignorance wins."
Jessica Corbett
A pair of climate activists tossed a couple of cans of tomato soup on one of Vincent van Gogh's famous glass-protected paintings at a London museum on Friday, renewing a debate about the effectiveness of some of their group's strategies.
Phoebe Plummer, 21, and Anna Holland, 20--who glued their hands to the National Gallery wall after dousing the $84.2 million "Sunflowers" in soup--wore Just Stop Oil (JSO) T-shirts. The U.K.-based group shared footage of the action and their motivations on social media.
"Is art worth more than life? More than food? More than justice?" Plummer said in a statement. "The cost-of-living crisis is driven by fossil fuels--everyday life has become unaffordable for millions of cold, hungry families--they can't even afford to heat a tin of soup."
"Meanwhile, crops are failing and people are dying in supercharged monsoons, massive wildfires, and endless droughts caused by climate breakdown," the activist added. "We can't afford new oil and gas, it's going to take everything. We will look back and mourn all we have lost unless we act immediately."
The National Gallery and Metropolitan Police confirmed that "there is some minor damage to the frame but the painting is unharmed." The latter added that the protesters "have been arrested by Met police officers for criminal damage and aggravated trespass."
Some in the art and climate activism communities expressed support for the action.
French visual artist and environmental activist Joanie Lemercier declared that "art is absolutely pointless on a dead planet" and highlighted that the painting was not damaged by the protest.
\u201c@MaryHeglar I agree that the target could have been different / better (like you suggested).\n\nThe painting was not damaged, and while we may dislike the method (soup on glass), the actual message is worth listening to.\n\nhttps://t.co/6P43Ny0krF\u201d
— Mary Anna\u00efse Heglar (@Mary Anna\u00efse Heglar) 1665759377
Scottish historian and human rights activist Craig Murray initially said that "I support Just Stop Oil's direct action, especially the blocking of roads and refineries. It is needed to wake people up. But this is stupid vandalism, and counterproductive. This beautiful painting has no negative environmental impact."
However, Murray later added that "I was wrong about this. The painting is behind glass and unharmed. In which case, this is a very effective bit of campaigning for publicity."
Hyperallergic editor-in-chief and co-founder Hrag Vartanian said in a video that the ultrarich who are "buying and selling Van Goghs" are "the same people" who are on the boards of major polluting companies and "who are being feted by these museums."
\u201cDoing TikTok commentary on the tomato soup \ud83c\udf45 \ud83e\udd63 Van Gogh incident today. Isn\u2019t this type inevitable as museum and commercial art interests cozy up to the ultra wealthy and their problematic role in the climate crisis? This is from the @hyperallergic channel.\u201d
— Hrag (@Hrag) 1665761732
While right-wingers worldwide seized the opportunity to paint the JSO activists as "crazy" vandals, other critics suggested that the soup stunt could damage efforts to bring more people into the global movement to combat the fossil fuel-driven climate emergency.
"They sure know how to get attention. And while their passion is admirable, their tactics are repugnant," saidMother Jones senior editor Michael Mechanic.
Two-Spirit Tuscarora (Haudenosaunee) television and musical writer Kelly Lynne D'Angelo said that "this is why y'all need to sit the f*ck down and listen to Indigenous people when it comes to climate activism."
The co-creator of the musical Starry about Theo and Vincent van Gogh, D'Angelo added that "destroying art--an extension of our humanity--is not the way. The piece is fine. But the damage to the spirit of it isn't. Ignorance wins."
American comic book artist Jamal Igle stressed that "this is not how you make your point. Luckily, the painting is covered in glass, so nothing was damaged and they'll probably be charged with trespassing. All you did was anger the very people you're trying to appeal to."
YouTube vegetarian chef Jerry James Stone had a similar message for the activists: "What a horrible way to express an important cause. This is beyond stupid, immature, and alienating. Grow the fuck up."
Social media content creator Matt Bernstein tweeted, "girl I'm down with the cause but Van Gogh was a broke, mentally ill painter considered a failure until his death, like what does he have to do with this," and contrasted Friday's stunt with some "effective" art-related actions.
As if damaging art and wasting food will win people over to your cause... 🙄 https://t.co/inN14fe0Nu
— Andrew Stroehlein (@Andrew Stroehlein) 1665745917
Dana Fisher, a University of Maryland sociology professor who studies protest movements, explained to The Washington Post that actions like throwing soup at a multimillion-dollar painting are a form of "tactical innovation" to attract media attention.
According to the Post:
The media gets accustomed to particular types of activism; a march or a sit-in that once commanded attention soon gets written off as old news. Climate protesters, Fisher explained, started by gluing themselves to artworks, which initially made a small news splash. Now that attention for that has cooled down, they have moved on to at least the appearance of defacing artworks, in an attempt to attract more eyes.
The action in the National Gallery did make prominent headlines across U.K. newspapers and around Europe; by late afternoon, one video of the incident on YouTube had been viewed 13.3 million times. At least to the activists involved, the fact that the protest had gone viral was probably viewed as a success. The climate issue--which at times is buried by geopolitical, economic, and celebrity news--was back in headlines once again.
But as tactics escalate, protesters risk turning off people who may otherwise be sympathetic to their cause. "Research shows that this kind of tactic doesn't work to change minds and hearts," Fisher said. Someone prevented from commuting to work--or someone who believes that irreplaceable artworks are being harmed--might be turned off by the climate movement for some time, if not permanently.
"It's working to get attention," Fisher said. "But to what end?"
Al Jazeeranoted Friday that "experts have predicted acts of so-called 'climate sabotage' will increase as extreme weather events such as droughts, wildfires, and storms proliferate and the urgency to act grows."
Daniel Sherrel, author of Warmth: Coming of Age at the End of the World, warned that such sabotage "would be a gift to the right-wing opponents of climate action, who would use it, leverage it for all its worth to accelerate their creeping fascism, make the issue politically toxic for moderate voters, arrest a generation of young climate activists, and sow division in the climate movement itself."
Damien Gayle reported from the museum Friday that "alienating people from their cause was a concern, said Alex De Koning, a Just Stop Oil spokesperson, who spoke to The Guardian outside the gallery after the room was cleared."
"But this is not The X Factor," the spokesperson said. "We are not trying to make friends here, we are trying to make change, and unfortunately this is the way that change happens."
Gayle also noted that "the canvas of the painting is protected with a glass screen, a factor Just Stop Oil said they had taken into account."
\u201c"They say that the normal way hasn\u2019t worked, but their alternative is similarly uncompelling. They flog the dead horse of enhanced awareness raising by resurrecting the approach of early-XR, but with less people."\n\nMy view of Just Stop Oil from July...\n\nhttps://t.co/6novMOBh3R\u201d
— Chris Saltmarsh (@Chris Saltmarsh) 1665745176
Writing for The Ecologist in July, Chris Saltmarsh--co-founder of Labour for a Green New Deal and author of Burnt: Fighting for Climate Justice--noted other recent cases of JSO activists "disrupting high-profile sporting events and cultural institutions," including gluing themselves to the frames of other prominent pieces of art.
As Saltmarsh detailed:
Targeting cultural institutions is not new within the climate movement. Since 2004, the Art Not Oil coalition has campaigned (with some notable successes) against oil sponsorship, taking creative protest to institutions including the British Museum, the Tate, and the National Portrait Gallery.
Just Stop Oil differs, though, in that their demand is generic and aimed towards the U.K. government rather than the subject of the protest.
Although Just Stop Oil is formally a distinct organization, this approach of general social disruption comes out of Extinction Rebellion. Initially, XR blocked roads and key junctions to maximize disruption. However, although they exist within the same tendency of the environmental movement, Insulate Britain and Just Stop Oil now represent a strategic divergence with XR.
"Since its founding, XR strategy has evolved to target those directly complicit in driving climate change (e.g., fossil fuel firms, the Murdoch press, and financial institutions)," Saltmarsh wrote. "On the other hand, Insulate Britain and Just Stop Oil have respectively applied the approach of general social disruption to motorways or sport and culture."
"Some have criticized Just Stop Oil and Insulate Britain for alienating ordinary people from supporting radical climate demands," he added. "There's no evidence that this is actually the case. However, the real limitation of Just Stop Oil's strategy is that it tends towards marginality rather than building the power and mass movement we need."
Jessica Corbett is a staff writer for Common Dreams.
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Red-Soled Shoes Win Appeal
By Chad Bray
Updated Sept. 5, 2012 9:45 pm ET
French shoemaker Christian Louboutin SA won the exclusive right to use the color red to coat the bottoms of its popular, pricey high-heeled shoes—except when the shoe itself is red, according to a federal appeals court.
The luxury shoes and accessories maker, which has painted the soles of its women's high heels a shade it calls "China Red" since 1992, sued Yves Saint Laurent last year after its rival announced plans to introduce a new line of "monochrome" women's shoes.


Set sail from Miramar beach and enjoy some water-based activities.
After pristine beaches and a free-spirited culture, Goa is also known as a hub of water sports. From snorkelling, fishing, standup paddleboarding (SUP), kayaking to spotting dolphins, there are a number of opportunities for the thrill seekers. One can simply relax and enjoy the scenic view of the boundless sea and the backwater islands in the one-hour boat ride and engage in any/all of the exciting activities. You will be accompanied by a certified instructor at all times.


(SPOKANE, Wash. - Oct. 1, 2014) It's a first for Spokane and the entire region: a full month devoted to celebrating the arts. CREATE SPOKANE is a 31-day celebration of Spokane's arts and culture -- across an array of disciplines -- taking place October 2014.
Plenty of highlights listed below, but here's a high point: 17 artists converging on one unsightly, unused, high profile spot in Spokane with 87 mural panels. The Mobile Murals Installation at 3rd Ave and Division St will provide a stunning, kinetic example of the power of art.
To showcase our region's wealth of creative talent as well as to broaden arts appreciation and participation among all residents.
The Fall Visual Arts Tour, Mobile Murals Project, the Open Studio Tours, Program Partner events, and the Arts Awards Costume Ball.
Oct. 3-5 - The Fall Visual Arts Tour, three days and nights full of exploring the art of downtown Spokane.
Friday Oct. 3, 5 pm - The Chase Gallery's opening reception of Louise Kodis's and Gay Waldman's "Color in Motion."
Saturday Oct. 4, 9 am - The Mobile Murals Installation, and the Downtown Murals Tour. The Mobile Murals Installation will begin the morning of Saturday, Oct. 4, at the 3rd Ave and Division St intersection. This project, made up of 87 panels and the work of 17 artists, seeks to create temporary, pleasing visual barriers around an eyesore at a major gateway to our city. Though temporary, these walls will create lasting inspiration.
Saturday Oct. 4, 2 pm - Starting at the Mobile Murals Installation location, the downtown mural teams will lead a tour to all five of the murals located at underpasses throughout downtown Spokane. This tour will give you the opportunity to see the murals up close and hear the stories behind their creation. Tour concludes at River City Brewing.
participation in the arts," says Luke Baumgarten, interim co-director of Spokane Arts. "Most of Create Spokane's activities and events will be free or low-cost activities and we truly hope to show that arts are accessible and that everyone can participate. It's a great time for people to get their hands dirty, take chances, have fun and learn to enjoy the arts."
CREATE SPOKANE - Art everywhere, all day, every day.
The source for everything happening is here: www.createspokane.com. Throughout the month of October, Create Spokane program partners will be hosting workshops, lectures, performances, exhibitions, classes and more. With more than 100 events across creative arts and industries disciplines, there is something for everyone. Find the calendar on our website.
Saturday, Oct. 11 -- the public is invited to tour more than a dozen artists' studios to experience the creative process first hand. These Open Studio Tours are a unique opportunity to get to know local artists, across a wide range of disciplines, in their work environment. Learn what goes into creating a painting, writing a poem, producing a film, etc. A map of the open studios is on our website, www.createspokane.com.
Thursday, Oct. 30 -- Create Spokane will culminate in the Costume Ball and Awards Presentation. During this event, the Arts Award honorees will be honored in four categories: leadership, collaboration, imagination and inclusion. These awards seek to bring recognition to those artists, arts and cultural organizations that are engaged in enriching our community through the arts.
CREATE SPOKANE is presented by Spokane Arts, which has a mission to amplify Spokane as the cultural hub and catalyst for the Inland Northwest through arts leadership, advocacy, networking and support. Spokane Arts is a partnership between the Spokane Arts Commission and the 501(c)3 non-profit, Spokane Arts Fund.


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Q: comparing two discrete distributions I have set A of passwords created under policy A and set B of passwords created under policy B. Maximum password length in both conditions is 15. The number of passwords in each set is nearly 70.
I found that 50% passwords in set A are of length 8 and no password in set A has length 11 and 13.
While in set B passwords length vary from 8 to 15. The proportion of passwords in set B having length 8 to 15 doesn't seem to vary much.
Clearly the password length created with policy B is relatively unpredictable.
How do I capture this intuition more formally. Is there any statistical measure to do so? I have the password length distribution for set A as well as set B.
Performing Chi square test of independence with null hypothesis "passwords created under policy A and policy B has no effect on the resulting password length" will reject the null hypothesis. Am I right?
Also if the policies has effect on password length, policy B seems to create more secure passwords, since in this case the proportion of passwords belonging to different lengths are somewhat similar. How do I capture this intuition?

A: It sounds like you want to do two things:

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*Represent the fact that policy B results in longer passwords. For this I would just give the mean of each policy's password length distribution. To show the difference is statistically significant you could use a t-test, provided you have a reasonably large sample set of passwords from both policies.

*Quantify the added "unpredictability" that policy B has, given that its password length distribution is flat, while policy A has a spike at length 8 passwords. For this you should calculate the information entropy of each length distribution. The expected result is that B has higher entropy. The difference Entropy(B)-Entropy(A) will quantify the number of "extra bits of information" that a password cracker must guess under policy B, relative to policy A.


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Tomorrow I am having a drawing for How to Lose a Lemur and When Calls the Heart - Lost & Found - (you'll find the post for How to Lose a Lemur at this link and the post for When Calls the Heart - Lost & Found at this link.) So, today I thought I'd take a moment to remind you about the give-aways and let you know you still have time to get in both of these drawings!


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GOP Pollster: Time To Evolve
Jan van Lohuizen is a Republican pollster who worked on President George W. Bush's 2004 campaign. He is also the GOP's Daniel reading the writing on the wall when he sent memo out yesterday to Republican operatives with an overview of poll numbers on marriage equality and suggestions on how the GOP should address same-sex marriage if it wants to stay relevant. You can read the entire memo here.
Van Lohuizan notes that through 2009, the uptick in support for same-sex marriage was at a rate of about 1% per year. Beginning in 2010, there was a noticeable elbow in the curve, with support for marriage equality increasing by approximately 5% per year on average. And while that support is greater among Democrats and Independents than Republicans, support is growing in GOP ranks as well, with a majority of registered Republicans supporting a growing list of protections for gays and lesbians.
Van Lohuizan has a come up with a list of talking points which he thinks that Republican candidates ought to adopt if they want to stay relevant, beginning with:
"People who believe in equality under the law as a fundamental principle, as I do, will agree that this principle extends to gay and lesbian couples; gay and lesbian couples should not face discrimination and their relationship should be protected under the law. People who disagree on the fundamental nature of marriage can agree, at the same time, that gays and lesbians should receive essential rights and protections such as hospital visitation, adoption rights, and health and death benefits."
This is somewhat similar to Gov. Mitt Romney's talking points following President Barack Obama's announcement that he supports full marriage equality. The main difference is that Romney reiterates his opposition both to marriage equality and to civil unions which would approximate marriage equality. Van Loguizan's suggested talking points addresses neither. But he does explain to the GOP under the guise of another talking point why the party is going to have to change it's approach to gay people sooner rather than later:
"As more people have become aware of friends and family members who are gay, attitudes have begun to shift at an accelerated pace. This is not about a generational shift in attitudes, this is about people changing their thinking as they recognize their friends and family members who are gay or lesbian."
Meanwhile, Sen. Rick Santorum has some very different advice for Romney. Santorum told an Arknsas television station that Romney needed to "tep up and take advantage of a president who is very much out of touch with the values of America.":
"Hopefully Governor Romney will continue to stand tall for his position on this issue and understand how detrimental it would be for society for it to have this changed," Santorum also told the Arkansas station.
"Governor Romney has to talk about his values," he added. "That's the most important thing."
AFA's Bryan Fischer expands on that advice here.
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Yes, mittens. Please please please follow little ricky's advice. It worked so well for him!!!!
Is anyone holding their breath for this? I didn't think so…
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I've been chewing on this all day.
It sounds like a reasonable direction for the GOP.
It would be a hoot to hear the Catholic Church and NOM squeal about being relegated to an ever-smaller pocket of conservative America. (I picture the LDS skulking quietly away from anti-gay causes as too expensive and a lousy investment.)
But where is the reasonable faction of the GOP that cares about facts and credible evidence when it comes to social issues? Not in the Iowa GOP. Not in Indiana, where Richard Lugar's decades of reasonableness just got voted out.
The only scenario which supports the party tacking in this direction, in my mind, is that Log Cabin Republicans spearhead an intra-party campaign to counter the Tea Party and give voices and power back to moderate Republicans.
That sounds like a good idea, but it's not going to happen without a hellacious fight.


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Location is fine with lots of shops which is only 6 mins walk away.
The room was super cozy and comfortable! I got a free upgrade when I arrived. The staff was also really friendly and helpful.
Good location, breakfast included fruit and toast. Check-in was quick and easy. The room was clean and tidy enough, even though it was very small.
The hotel is located close to two tube stations and in a very pleasant neighbourhood full of shops and restaurants. Our room was tiny, but clean and light.
Close to underground. Close to center. Nice looking neighborhood. Really expensive houses and cars. 24 hours working reception.
Staff was friendly and helpful. Hotel was in a good location. Loved it!
Single rooms with a single bed are great for people who don't want to be penalised by having to pay stupid supplements because they are single.
Pembridge Palace Hotel This rating is a reflection of how the property compares to the industry standard when it comes to price, facilities and services available. It's based on a self-evaluation by the property. Use this rating to help choose your stay!
One of our best sellers in London! The Pembridge Palace Hotel is centrally located in walking distance from Hyde Park and Royal Albert Hall. Whiteleys shopping center can be reached in 10 minutes' walk.
Bayswater and Queensway Tube stations can also be reached within 10 minutes, where guests have easy access to London's famous landmarks, shopping areas, and museums.
The hotel's courtyard and garden are pleasant areas for relaxation in the warmer months, and the rooms have carpeted floors and TVs for guests to use. Free Wi-Fi access is available in the lobby and public areas.
A continental breakfast is served in the spacious eating area.
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These rooms have a private bathroom with a shower, located outside the room.
House Rules Pembridge Palace Hotel takes special requests – add in the next step!
A GBP20 damage deposit is required on arrival (around USD26.10). This deposit will be fully refunded at check-out, as long as there isn't any damage to the property.
Pembridge Palace Hotel accepts these cards and reserves the right to temporarily hold an amount prior to arrival.
The card used to make the reservation must be presented upon arrival to the front desk.
Please note that any reservation for 6 rooms or more for the same dates or name will be considered a group and will have different booking conditions, deposit and cancellation policy.
Please note that the card holders name must match the name on the booking. Guests who have provided a card that does not match their name are required to contact the property in order to fill out a third part authorization form before arrival.
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The room was really small , it supposed to be 3 beds bedroom but we got a 2 bed bedrooms with 3 beds in. Also requested a room which is pram accessible but the pram can't really put anywhere in the room. The floor is slanting and I can hear loud footstep from the above floor.
Small and old room, sad breakfast. But staff was great.
Little access to sockets for phone charging and hair dryer. No wi fi in the room, only the lobby where always a lot of people congregated.
The comfortable well furnished room, tea/coffee making facilities, TV and ensuite shower room. Reasonable distance for bus and underground. Unlike some rooms Ive stayed in, there was a mirror where needed and bedside lights for reading.
Internal heaters are not enough to heating, i requested extra heater. In the bathroom you have to wait for heating water. You can hear foot steps of other visitors who walks in upstairs.
Location is 5 mins to Bayswater station for walk Very helpful hotel workers. Clean room.
THE BREAKFASTS WERE AWFUL. CONTINENTAL DID NOT COME INTO IT. VERY POOR SELECTION. BREAD VERY POOR QUALITY. IN ADEQUATE SEATING FOR THE AMOUNT OF GUESTS, (PEOPLE STANDING TO EAT THEIR BREAKFASTS). WIFI VERY POOR, COULD ONLY USE IN THE FOYER, NOT ENOUGH ROOM FOR GUESTS. RECEPTION INSISTED ON ORDERING US A TAXI, WHICH NEVER ARRIVED, WALKED UP THE STREET HALF AN HOUR LATER TO FLAG ONE DOWN, FOR A DISABLED PERSON NOT GOOD. NOT DISABLED FRIENDLY AT ALL & THEY KNEW I WAS WHEN BOOKING. NOT NEAR ENOUGH TO TUBE STATION OR ANYWHERE. I BOOKED TO BE NEAR MY DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, TOLD 9MIN WALK AWAY, TAXI TOOK 18 MINS WITH NO STOPPING NO JAMS.
Included breakfast was good. Location was great.
DO NOT GO HERE! READ THE REVIEWS AND DONT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE AS I DID! I booked a weeks stay at this hotel and left as soon as I could after my first night. I got about two hours sleep. The whole hotel is incredibly dated with repairs needed in lobby, stairs and rooms. I arrived and entered a dirty room, the bed sheets had someone else's hair and crumbs in and the blanket smelt of damp. The room was tiny, with no drawers or storage space. The tv did not work and there is no internet nor connection in the basement. The bathroom tap came off as soon as I tried to use it. The lobby stank of stale cigarettes. The carpet is fraying off the floorboards, there is only one plug in the whole room which is being used for the tv and far from the bed. Following another reviewer - I slept in my clothes and on top of my towel. I did not feel safe at all. I am a young woman travelling alone and safety is key. Men were stood outside my door talking in a foreign language for ages, it felt like they were going to come in, it was 1am! Bad paint job, the shower ran cold, and the breakfast was heaving with other people all trying to eat the only hot food served: toast. Which was a rarity in itself. I demanded a refund first thing and they offered me a double room on the top floor. However I declined because if my first room was unclean - how do i trust this other room isn't? and the stench of the place in general is off putting and everything is falling to pieces. Luckily for myself I had booked a flexible booking allowing me to get back some money. I'm furious I lost two nights payment to somewhere so shabby. I found different accommodation quickly - Exhibition Hotel apartments, very impressive for only £100 extra - and almost cried with relief when I got into a clean, airy, modern room.
The location unfortunately is perfect.
The staff at the reception who was not helpful at all. Breakfast was offering very little choice.


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Advent International has entered into an agreement to acquire Dutch software maker Unit4 NV for about €1.15 billion, Bloomberg News reports.
In a deal supported by both management and supervisory boards, Unit4 investors will receive €38.75 in cash for each share they hold, the companies said in a joint statement.
The acquisition will accelerate Unit4's transition into a provider of enterprise software as a service, according to the statement.
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What is an InRow filter run hour violation?
The alarm is an informational alarm indicating the Air Filter run hour counter has exceeded the suggested interval. The default is 18 weeks. This interval can be changed or disabled. The notification does not mean the filters are dirty, but instead is used as a reminder to check the filter for cleanliness.
The alarm is cleared by selecting Clear Alarms in the main menu OR via the web browser [see below].
The Cooling Unit records the number of hours each of its components has operated. When a component is replaced, use the Reset option to reset the run hours for the displayed component to zero.
This may be done via the display Main >> View Run Hours >> Air Filter >> Reset Run Hours or the web browser [see below]. Click the reset checkbox, then click Apply to reset a run hour counter back to zero.
This may be done via the display Main >> Service Intervals >> Air Filter Interval: The default is 18 weeks. or the web browser [see below]. Enter the number of weeks between air filter service alarms. Enable or disable the air filter service alarm.


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Beyonce Stuns on the Cover of British Vogue After New Album Announcement
"New music is coming — a thrilling abundance of it," writes British Vogue's Editor-in-Chief Edward Enninful.
The latest British Vogue cover star is one of the biggest stars on the planet — the one and only Beyonce — and to no surprise, she looked absolutely flawless as she graced the magazine's cover.
As shown in the breathtaking cover, which dropped on Tuesday, Beyonce can be seen rocking a gorgeous black, long-sleeve gown with a massive, black feathered headpiece. In the shot, the 28-time Grammy winner appeared to be sitting on a horse, with the steed and the background gleaming bright red.
"New music is coming — a thrilling abundance of it," wrote British Vogue's Editor-in-Chief Edward Enninful in the cover story.
In the profile, Enninful detailed meeting with Beyonce at her home and styling her for the photoshoot for the July 2022 issue. And while at her house, Enninful was given the opportunity to listen to Queen Bey's new music — and he described hearing it for the first time.
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"Instantly, a wall of sound hits me. Soaring vocals and fierce beats combine and in a split second I'm transported back to the clubs of my youth," he wrote. "I want to get up and start throwing moves. It's music I love to my core. Music that makes you rise, that turns your mind to cultures and subcultures, to our people past and present, music that will unite so many on the dance floor, music that touches your soul. As ever with Beyoncé, it is all about the intent. I sit back, after the wave, absorbing it all."
"The creation has been a long process, she explains, with the pandemic giving her far longer to spend thinking and rethinking every decision," he added. "Just the way she likes it."
The profile was published just hours after news broke of Bey's upcoming album, which will be her first album since The Carters' "Everything Is Love" and 2018 and her first solo project since 2016's "Lemonade."
The exciting news — which turned the Beyhive into a frenzy on social media — was almost stealth dropped by Tidal in a social media post late Wednesday night.
As for the release itself, it was sparse on details, but one tantalizing part of it suggests it may not be another six-year wait between projects.
The 16-track album is titled "RENAISSANCE" and it drops July 29 (hopefully not as a Tidal exclusive), but it's that "act i" in the title card that has us intrigued and hopeful that we won't have long to wait for an "act ii."
Meanwhile, Beyonce shared more photos from the British Vogue photoshoot, as did the magazine. See more of the shots in the posts below:
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Interel sought to reduce the maximum stake on fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs) from £100 to £2 for its client, Bacta – the trade association for the amusement and gaming machine industry in the UK.
It worked with Bacta and the Centre for Economics to produce a study showing the government and bookmakers had overstated the negative impact of cutting the stake. Separate research found the public and MPs favoured the reduction.
Interel helped set up the FOBTs All Party Parliamentary Group. More than 100 Parliamentary Questions were drafted. Evidence was taken from two inquiries, with reports given to the government. Letters written to the Treasury and Prime Minister were the focus of exclusives given to broadsheet newspapers.
A coalition of supporters included 93 councils, academics, the Royal Society for Public Health, businesses and high-profile faith leaders – The Archbishop of Canterbury tweeted in support. Even Paddy Power Betfair came out in favour of reducing the maximum stake.
Media partnerships helped build momentum. There was a rally at Parliament, the creation of an FOBT 'loss tracker' to show how much is lost on the systems, 'political pledge days' for politicians, and films on the impact of FOBTs. The social-media strategy focused on winning over the Treasury, with promoted tweets (Larry the Treasury Cat being one target).
The Government announced a change to the law in May 2018, with Sunday Times journalist Tim Shipman calling it "one of the most effective campaigns against a powerful lobbying interest I've ever seen".
"Really loved the approach and tactics to generate awareness, leading to a desired result"
There are over 33,000 FOBTs in betting shops. They drive problem gambling and cause widespread social harm. Our objective was simple: Cut the Stake. With formidable opponents, our challenge was far from it.
This lobbying win will end £1,800,000,000 of gambling losses, often from vulnerable people, every year.
Tim Shipman from the Sunday Times tweeted "this is one of the most effective campaigns against a powerful lobbying interest I've ever seen in this country."