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Article 2 - Corporate Identity/Entrepreneur
Article 3 - Relevance
Article 4 - Offer
Article 5 - Agreement
Article 6 - Right of Withdrawal
Article 7 - Withdrawal Costs
Article 8 - Exclusion Right of Withdrawal
Article 9 - Pricing
Article 10 - Conformity and Guarantees
Article 11 - Delivery and Execution
Article 12 - Length transactions: duration, termination and extension
Article 13 - Payments
Article 14 - Complaints
Article 15 - Disputes
Article 16 - Additional and Different Provisions
Article 17 – Privacy Policy
Article 1 – Definitions
In these Conditions/Terms the following definitions are applicable:
Consideration time: the term during which the consumer can execute the right of withdrawal.
Consumer: the natural person not dealing on behalf of a company or profession and who comes to a distance agreement with the entrepreneur.
Day: calendar day
A length transaction: a distance agreement related to a series of products and services of which the delivery obligation and the purchasing are spread over a period of time.
Durable Medium: any instrument which enables the recipient or the entrepreneur to store information addressed personally to them in a way accessible to future reference for a period of time adequate to the purpose of the information and which allows the unchanged reproduction of the information stored.
Right of Withdrawal: the possibility for the consumer to terminate the distance agreement within the consideration term.
Return Form: the model form for repeal which the entrepreneur provides, which the consumer can fill in when the consumers wants to use his right of repeal.
Entrepreneur: the natural person or corporation who offers distance products to consumers.
Distance Agreement: an agreement based on a corporate organized system of distance sales of products and services including the closing of an agreement using one or more techniques of distant communication.
Technique of Distant Communication: a means that can be used to close an agreement without the consumer and the entrepreneur have gathered together in the same place and at the same time.
General Conditions/Terms: the present Terms and Conditions of the entrepreneur.
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These general conditions/terms apply to any offer of the entrepreneur and to every finalized distance agreement between entrepreneur and consumer.
Before the distance agreement is concluded, the text of the general conditions/terms is being made available to the consumer. If this is reasonably not possible that before the distance agreement is concluded, it will be indicated that the general conditions/terms can be seen at the entrepreneur and on request of the consumer these general conditions/terms shall be sent to the consumer as soon as possible without extra costs.
If the distance agreement is concluded electronically, notwithstanding the previous article and before the distance agreement is concluded, the text of the general conditions/terms can be made available electronically to the consumer in such a way that the text can be saved in a simple way on a durable medium. If this is reasonably not possible that before the distance agreement is concluded it will be indicated where the consumer can find the general conditions/terms electronically and that these conditions/ terms at the consumer's request will be sent electronically or otherwise to the consumer without extra cost.
For the case that besides these general conditions/terms, specific product and service conditions are also applicable, the second and third article are mutatis and in case of conflicting conditions/terms the consumer can appeal on the relevant conditions/terms which are the most favorable for the consumer.
If one or more provisions in these conditions/terms are at any moment fully or partial void, the agreement and these conditions for the remainder will endure and the relevant provision will be replaced immediately by a provision that has the same scope and approaches the original one.
Situations which are not settled in these conditions, should be judged to the spirit of these terms.
Uncertainties about the meaning of one of the provisions, should be explained to the spirit of these terms.
If an offer has a limited validity or has other specifications, this will be emphatically mentioned.
The offer is non-committal. The entrepreneur has the right to change the offer.
The offer contains a complete and accurate description of the offered products and services. The description is sufficiently detailed to enable a proper consumer's assessment of the products/services. The images used by the entrepreneur are true representations of the products and services. Obvious mistakes and errors do not bind the entrepreneur.
All images, specifications in the offer are an indication and can't be occasion to compensation or dissolution of the agreement.
Images by products are a veracious reproduction of the offered products. The entrepreneur can't guarantee that the displayed colors are the exact same as the real colors from the products.
Each offer contains such information that it is clear for the consumer which rights and obligations are related to the offer when it is accepted by the consumer. This concerns in particular:
- price inclusive taxes
- possible costs of delivery
- the manner in which the agreement has been concluded and the necessary signatures
- whether to apply the right of withdrawal
- the method of payment, delivery and performance of the contract
- the deadline for accepting the offer or the period within which the entrepreneur guarantees the price
- the level of the rate for distance communication if the costs for the usage of the technology for distance communication are calculated on another ground than the regular fare for communication
- if the agreement after the conclusion is archived and if so how to consult it for the consumer
- the manner in which the consumer, before concluding the agreement, can check and if necessary also restore the information provided by hem under the agreement
- any other languages, besides Dutch, for closing the agreement
- the codes of conduct to which the entrepreneur is subject and the manner in which the consumer can consult electronically the codes of conduct; and
- the minimum duration of the distance agreement in the event of a length transaction.
Article 5 - The Agreement
The agreement is finalized, subject to the provisions in paragraph 4, at the moment the consumer accepts the offer and meets the conditions.
If the consumer has accepted the offer electronically, the entrepreneur immediately confirms electronically that he has received the acceptance of the offer. As long as the entrepreneur has not confirmed the acceptance, the consumer can terminate the agreement.
If the agreement is concluded electronically, the entrepreneur will take appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect the electronic data transfer and that he will ensure a safe web environment. If the consumer can pay electronically, the entrepreneur will observe the necessary security measures.
The entrepreneur can notify or check, within the legal framework, if the consumer can meet the payment obligations, and also check all important facts and factors which are needed to finalize a sound distance agreement. If the entrepreneur based on research, has good reasons not to conclude the agreement then he is entitled to motivate and to refuse an order/ request or he can connect special conditions to the execution of the offer.
The entrepreneur shall send the following information with the products or services, written or in such a manner that the consumer can store in an accessible way the data on a durable medium:
The address of the company for the consumer to file complaints
The conditions and the way how the consumer can execute the rightof withdrawal and a clear indication related to the exclusion of the right of withdrawal.
Information about after sales guarantees and services
Article 4 paragraph 3 unless the entrepreneur has already sent thisinformation before the execution of the agreement.
The requirements for termination of the agreement if the agreementhas a duration of one year or more or of if it has an indefinite duration. In case of a length transaction the previous clause e. is only applicable for the first delivery.
Deliverance of products:
After purchasing products the sale is final. Unless the consumer sees substantial faultiness the consumer has 7 days to contact the entrepreneur to return the item.
During the cooling off period the consumer shall treat the product and the package carefully. He shall unpack or use the product only to that extent to as far as it is necessary to judge if he wishes to keep the product. If he does want to execute the right of withdrawal, he shall return the product with all accessories and -if reasonably possible- in the original conditioning and packaging to the entrepreneur, in accordance with the provided reasonable and clear instructions of the entrepreneur.
When the consumer wants to use his right of repeal, he is required to make this clear to the entrepreneur within 14 days after receiving the product. Making it clear has to be done by filling in the model form. After the consumer made clear that he wants to use his right of repeal, the customer needs to return the product within 14 days. The consumer needs to prove that the delivered products are sent back on time, for example by a proof of shipment.
If the customer hasn't made clear after the deadlines mentioned in section 2 and 3 of this article that he want to use his right of repeal and hasn't sent the product back. The purchase is a fact.
If the consumer executes the right of withdrawal, he will have to pay no more than the costs of returning the product.
If the consumer has made a payment, the entrepreneur shall pay back this amount as soon as possible but no later than within 14 days after the repeal or after the return shipment.
The entrepreneur can exclude the right of withdrawal of the consumer for as far as foreseen in paragraph 2 and 3. The exclusion of the right of withdrawal applies only if the entrepreneur has clearly mentioned this at least in time before the conclusion of the agreement.
Exclusion of the right of withdrawal is only possible for the following products:
Which are established by the entrepreneur according to specifications of the consumer
That they are clearly personal in nature
Which cannot be returned because of their nature
That can spoil or age quickly
Whose price is bound to fluctuation on the financial market which the entrepreneur has no influence
Individual newspapers and magazines
For audio and video recordings and computer software of which the consumer has broken the seal.
Exclusion of the right of withdrawal is only possible for the following services:
- Concerning lodging, transport, restaurants or to spend leisure on a certain date or during a certain period.
- Whose delivery has begun with the express consent of the consumer before the consideration period has expired.
- Concerning betting and lotteries
During the validity period mentioned in the offer, the prices of the offered products and services shall not be raised save for price changes due to changing VAT rates.
Notwithstanding the previous paragraph the entrepreneur can offer products and services with variable prices when these prices are subject to fluctuations on the financial market and where the entrepreneur has no influence. This bondage to fluctuations and the fact that the mentioned prices are target prices will be mentioned with the offer.
Price increases within 3 months after the conclusion of the agreement are only permitted only if they are the result of legal regulations or provisions.
Price increases from 3 months after the conclusion of the agreementonly if the entrepreneur has stipulated this and:
These are the result of legal regulations or provisions; or
The consumer has the competence to terminate the agreement fromthe day the price increase takes effect.
The in the offer mentioned prices include VAT.
All prices are without prejudice of pressing and errors. For theconsequences of misprints no liability is accepted. With misprints the company is not obliged to deliver the product as the erroneous price.
The entrepreneur ensures that the products and services measure up to the agreement, ensures the in the offer mentioned specifications, ensures reasonable requirements, soundness and or usefulness and ensures on the date of the establishment the existing legal provisions and/or government regulations. If agreed the entrepreneur also ensures that the product is suitable for other than normal use.
Colors deviation might differ due to different monitor settings. Measurement deviation may occur. We cannot be held responsible for color and measurement deviation of our products on our website.
A guarantee provided by the entrepreneur, manufacturer or importer does nothing to alter the rights and claims which the consumer under the agreement can put forward against the entrepreneur.
Any defects or faulty goods must be notified in writing within 30 days after delivery to the operator. Return of the product must be in its original packaging and in new condition.
The guarantee of the entrepreneur corresponds to the manufacturer's warranty period. The operator, however, is never to be responsible for the ultimate suitability of the products for each individual application by the consumer, nor for any advice as to the use or application of the products.
The guarantee does not apply if:
Consumer products supplied has repaired itself and / or processed bythird parties to repair and or processing;
The products supplied are exposed to abnormal conditions orotherwise careless handling or contrary to the instructions of the employer and / or on the packaging;
Massive deterioration, ignoration of wash advice, water, fall or deterioration due to hitting it and/or discolouration of jewelry.
Article 11- Delivery and Execution
The entrepreneur shall observe in utmost care the reception and execution of orders of products and when assessing applications for services.
The address that has been made known by the consumer to the entrepreneur is considered to be the delivery place.
Taking into account what is stated in article 4 of the general conditions/terms, the entrepreneur shall execute the accepted orders expeditiously but not later than within 30 days unless a longer period has been agreed. If the delivery is delayed or if a delivery cannot or partially be executed, the consumer is notified about this no later than 30 days after he placed the order. In that case the consumer has the right to terminate the agreement without any further cost and he is entitled to compensation.
All delivery dates are indicative. Consumers can not derive anyrights to any time limits. The consumer has not the right to compensation when a limit is exceeded.
In the event of termination in accordance with the paragraph 3 of thisarticle the entrepreneur shall pay back the amount that the consumer has paid as soon as possible but no later than 30 days after the termination.
If the delivery of an ordered product appears to be impossible, the entrepreneur shall strive to make available a replacement product. At least before the delivery it will be mentioned in a clear and understandable manner that a replacement product will be delivered. The right of withdrawal cannot be ruled out with regard to replacement products. The costs of a possible return shipment come at the expense of the entrepreneur.
The risk of damage and/or loss of products rest with the entrepreneur until the moment of delivery at the consumer or a pre-designated and an announced representative to the entrepreneur, unless otherwise expressly agreed. If you receive a damaged product, you should report this by email within three days. You can send this email to [email protected]
Import costs will be paid by the consument
The consumer can terminate at any time an agreement which has been entered for an indefinite period and which extends to regular delivery of products (electricity included) and services respecting the applicable termination rules of a notice of not more than one month.
The consumer can terminate at any time an agreement entered for a definite period and which extends to regular delivery of products (electricity included) or service at the end of the definite period respecting the applicable termination rues of a notice of not more than one month.
The consumer can in the agreements in the previous mentioned paragraph:
at all times terminate with no restrictions to terminate at a certain time or during a certain period;
at least terminate in the same manner as they are entered into by him;
at all times terminate with the same notice as the entrepreneur has obtained for himself.
An agreement which has been entered for a definite time and which extends to a regular delivery of products (including electricity) or services may not automatically be extended or renewed for a fixed duration.
Notwithstanding the previous paragraph an agreement which has been entered for a definite time and which extends to a regular delivery of daily newspapers, weeklies and magazines may be extended automatically for a specified duration of three months. If the consumer can terminate this extended agreement at the end of the extension period with a notice of one month.
An agreement which has been entered for a definite time and which extends to a regular delivery of products and services, may only be automatically extended for an indefinite period if the consumer at any time terminate with a notice period of no more than one month and a notice period of no more than three months if the in case the agreement extends to a regular delivery, but less than one time per month, of daily newspapers, weeklies and magazines.
An agreement which has been entered for a definite time and which extends to a regular delivery of daily newspapers, weeklies and magazines (trial and introductory subscription) will not be automatically be extended and terminates automatically at the end of the trial or introductory period.
If an agreement has a duration period of more than one year, the consumer may after one year terminate at any time with a notice period of not more than one month unless reasonableness and fairness are opposed against termination before the end of the agreed duration.
Unless otherwise agreed, the amounts due have to be met by the consumer within 7 days after entering the cooling off period referred to article 6, paragraph 1. In case of an agreement to provide a service the cooling off period starts after the consumer has received the confirmation of the agreement.
The consumer has the duty to notify the entrepreneur about inaccuracies in the payment details.
In case of default by the consumer the entrepreneur has, subject to legal restrictions, the right to charge the reasonable costs which are made known to the consumer in advance.
The entrepreneur features a sufficiently publicized complaints procedure and handles the complaint according to this complaints procedure.
Complaints about the execution of the agreement must be described fully and clearly within reasonable time submitted to the entrepreneur after the consumer has observed the defects.
The complaints submitted to the entrepreneur will be answered within a period of 14 days from the day of receipt. If a complaint has a foreseeable longer processing time, the entrepreneur will answer within 14 days an acknowledgement and an indication when the consumer will receive a more detailed answer.
If a complaint cannot be resolved by mutual agreement then there is a dispute that is subject to the dispute settlement.
Dutch law exclusively applies to agreements between entrepreneur and consumer whereupon these general conditions/terms are related to, even if the customer is resident abroad.
The Vienna Convention does not apply.
1. Additional or different provisions compared to the General conditions/terms may not be to the prejudice of the consumer and should be recorded in writing in such a manner that the consumer can save these in an accessible way on a durable medium.
Article 17- Privacy Policy
1. Hello My Love respects the privacy of all users of its site and ensures that your personal information you provide is treated confidentially. We use your information to process orders as quickly and smoothly as possible. Furthermore, we will use this information only with your permission. Hello My Love will not sell your personal information to third parties and will dispose it exclusively to third parties if they are involved in processing your order.
Hello My Love uses your information to provide the following services:
1. If you place an order, we need your name, email address, delivery address and payment information to process your order and keep you informed of your order.
2. To make shopping at Hello My Love as pleasant as possible, we store, with your consent, your personal information and the details regarding your order.
3. If you register with Hello My Love, we store your data on a secure server. When you register we store information such as your name, address, phone number, email address, shipping and payment information, so you do not have to fill in any new order.
4. Data on the use of our site and the feedback we receive from our visitors helps us to develop our site and improve.
Hello My Love will not sell your personal information to third parties and will be available exclusively to third parties that are involved in processing your order.
Cookies are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer.Hello My Love uses cookies to recognize you when you visit. Cookies enable us to collect information about the use of our services and to improve and adapt to the needs of our visitors. Our cookies contain information related to personal identification. You can set your browser for not receiving cookies when shopping at Hello My Love.
If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, any questions please send us an email via [email protected] Our customer service will help you if you need information about your data or if you want to change. In the event of changes to our Privacy Policy should be necessary you will find on this page the most recent information.
Last updated on 8 November 2017
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Workplace Injury and Amputation
by sgwlawyers
on Jul 21, 2017 July 22, 2017
Injuries in the workplace are quite common in the United States. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistic, there were around 2.9 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses reported in 2015 in the private sector. The number of public sector workers injured on the job was far less for the same year, with just over 750,000 in the US injured on the job. The good news for employers is that the number of nonfatal injuries are on the decline.
In the state of California, businesses that employ 10 or more workers must submit a list of any on the job fatalities, injuries, and illnesses each year. This is a way for the state to know just how many people have suffered injuries while working.
Although on the decline, injuries do occur, and when they do happen, those injured can experience a life-changing event. Some may even experience an amputation.
What is an Amputation Injury?
An amputation injury is a result of an accident that happens to workers in a catastrophic accident. Amputations can happen after a limb is crushed, broken, or partially severed. In the example of Steven Meier, he was working as a security guard when a forklift backed over him, crushing his leg. Meier's injuries caused him to undergo 11 surgeries, and his leg below the knee was removed. Due to the surgeries, treatments, and loss of future earnings, a jury awarded Meier $17 million in compensation.
Common Causes of Amputations
There are several reasons a worker may need to undergo an amputation following an injury. These include:
Machine accidents,
Airline accidents,
Work-based motor vehicle accidents,
Slips and falls,
Construction mishaps, and
Medical malpractice.
Are You Entitled to Compensation?
Due to worker's compensation laws, workers are unable to file a lawsuit against their employers. However, if a third party was the cause of the accident through negligence, then compensation can be granted. The compensatory damages that an injured person can receive are for:
Medical expenses,
Lost wages,
Future income losses,
Disfigurement,
Becoming disabled,
Pain and suffering, and
A loss or major change of life.
When are Injuries Most Common?
According to studies, workplace injuries are most common when companies face a production requirement. The rush to produce more products or to do more than normal causes the added rush and carelessness of workers. A company's workers are reportedly 5 – 15% more likely to get injured when the production and need to meet projected earnings are increased. This also causes management to overlook certain safety measure they normally would not, and injuries result.
Strassburg, Gilmore and Wei can Help
The law firm of Strassburg, Gilmore and Wei can provide you with legal guidance when it comes to catastrophic injury and wrongful death lawsuits. Located in Pasadena, California, Strassburg,
Gilmore and Wei, Attorneys at Law, is available to give you insight on difficult matters. Visit our webpage to see how we can help you. If you have any questions, contact us and let our experienced attorneys in catastrophic injury and wrongful death go to work for you.
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UCF football schedule in flux after FIU game is called off
By Iliana Limón Romero
UCF is eager to play football in the fall, but the Knights are struggling to hold onto teams who want to play them.
UCF nonconference schedule took another hit Thursday when FIU announced it was delaying the start of all fall sports until Sept. 16, four days after the Panthers were scheduled to face the Knights on Sept. 12.
"Based on input from our FIU healthcare experts, the informed science surrounding COVID-19 and the current circumstances in our South Florida community, FIU is postponing all intercollegiate competitions through Sept. 16," FIU announced with a statement released Thursday. "We are making this decision in an abundance of caution."
A UCF Athletics spokesman confirmed the Knights were informed by the Panthers they could not play as scheduled on Sept. 12.
It's unclear whether the teams will be able to reschedule their game for another date later in the season.
UCF AD Danny White optimistic Knights can play 12-game football schedule
UCF athletics director Danny White remains optimistic the Knights can play a full 12-game football schedule this season despite uncertainty surrounding their nonconference matchups against North Carolina and Georgia Tech.
By Matt Murschel
UCF was scheduled to kick off the season at home against North Carolina, but the game was canceled when the ACC shifted to playing one nonconference game that had to be played in North Carolina. The Knights pushed to have their home game contract honored and it's unclear whether they will be paid to break the contract or reschedule the home matchup with UNC for another year.
The Knights also were scheduled to host Florida A&M, but the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference postponed fall sports indefinitely. FAMU is leaving the MEAC after the 2020-21 school year, so it is exploring trying to play football as an independent team in 2020.
It's unclear whether that plan will be resolved in time to play the Knights on Nov. 7.
UCF's sole remaining nonconference game is at Georgia Tech on Sept. 19. The Knights are slated to play an eight-game American Athletic Conference regular season schedule.
UCF has developed several models in case it can't replace some of its nonconference games.
"It's a tricky proposition because what you schedule this year could have an impact on another year," White said Aug. 5. "It's hard to set up a home-and-home, for example, when the home game is this year in front of a reduced capacity crowd, a game that we really can't monetize and then you have a road game in the future that is an outlier.
"It's complicated and we're working on a bunch of different scenarios."
White and fellow American Athletic Conference leaders will have one other major issue to address moving forward.
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The NCAA canceled fall championships on Thursday after more than 50% of teams suspended play.
The decision impacts men's and women's cross country, field hockey, FCS, men's and women's soccer, women's volleyball and men's water polo.
AAC members will have to decide whether to play as scheduled, with the biggest prize being a conference championship, or wait to resume play so that teams have a chance to compete in NCAA postseason competition.
Staff writer Matt Murschel contributed to this report. This article first appeared on OrlandoSentinel.com.
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The new market keeps appearing on my gtab. I have to uninstall updates to get it to work for a minute, but then the new market appears again.


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Emergency responders reported at least 39 hospitalizations resulting from K2 usage over the weekend.
At least 39 people were hospitalized over the weekend in cases involving synthetic marijuana, also known as K2, according to Austin EMS Captain Darren Noak.
The spree started Friday around 3:30 p.m. when EMS responded to 12 K2-related calls in less than two hours. As of 7 p.m. on Saturday, 36 people had been hospitalized for similar reasons, with three more cases reported by Sunday morning.
In August, a series of hospitalizations from synthetic marijuana resulted in the arrests of 56-year-old Charles Herd and his 41-year-old wife, Juanita Price. Kurt Thomas, a lieutenant with the Austin Police Department, told Fox 7 News in October the two were supplying K2 to much of the downtown area where the August incidents occurred.
APD did not respond to multiple requests for comment on the recent K2 cases.
Noak did not confirm if these new incidents are related, saying it's too early to tell.
Noak said most of the incidents this time came from the East Seventh Street and Sixth Street areas downtown, and EMS utilized seven ambulances to transport the patients. UT Police Department spokesperson Cindy Posey said there were no incidents involving K2 on campus over the weekend.
Most patients were taken to Brackenridge Hospital or St. David's Medical Center for treatment, according to Noak, but because of the high number of cases, EMS spread out the patient load so as not to overwhelm the hospitals.
EMS receives between 40 and 60 K2 calls per month, but they've seen numbers as high as 400 in one month.
"This is an uptick, but it's a small blip compared to what we've seen in the past," Noak said.
EMS did not perform any life-saving interventions, Noak said. All patients were alive on scene, and they all arrived at the hospitals alive, but Noak could not comment on their condition after they reached the hospital.
Brackenridge Hospital and St. David's Medical Center were not available for comment.
UT social work professor Jane Maxwell researches patterns of substance abuse in Texas and said over the last five years, a collection of drugs have come to the country as research or industrial chemicals, particularly from India or China.
Maxwell said because the drug is cheap and readily available, it poses a threat to the homeless population.
"It seems to be targeted particularly to the homeless population and people who don't have the amount of money to go buy other drugs," Maxwell said.
"So far we haven't had that many deaths, but we're paying a terrible price with the emergency services and hospitals," Maxwell said.
Biochemistry freshman Salar Khan said the danger of synthetic marijuana is the lack of knowledge about the drug.
"With any synthetic drug, it's dangerous because you don't know what's inside it, and it's not regulated by the government," Khan said.


Oklahomans want to know their insurance will always work and that their claims will be paid in a quick and fair manner. Oklahomans don't want to worry about their insurance company being financially solvent or worry about what would happen should their insurance company leave the state.
As Insurance Commissioner, Glen will make certain Oklahoma's insurance industry is stable, provides choices for consumers, and does so at a cost competitive with the rest of the nation.
Oklahomans want more choices when it comes to buying insurance. As a legislator, Glen authored legislation that resulted in more insurance companies offering service in the state and he will continue to work tirelessly to make certain consumers have even more options to choose from to provide their coverage.
Oklahomans want government to be part of the solution, not the problem, when it comes to creating a business-friendly environment. Glen's guiding principles will include a free-market approach that creates more competition and transparency within the industry. Glen also believes that states, not the federal government, are the best place for regulation of an industry to take place.
Oklahomans want the peace of mind that if tragedy occurs, their insurance company will deliver the coverage they have promised. Glen will work tirelessly to ensure that those selling insurance in the state are honest brokers.


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Best celebrity hair makeovers of 2013
You know how you see somebody famous with great hairstyle and you love it so much that you just rush to the hairstylist and copy the image? Well, it's obvious that many of us get our inspiration from the stars, but where do they find the ideas? Anyway, when a celebrity has a hair makeover, the whole world notices and it's always a big deal. Take a look at some of the greatest celebrity hairstyle changes.
Jennifer Lawrence typically changes her hair color depending on the next role she'll be playing, so we're excited that she's back to brunette because it really looks great on her.
Union debuted blonde highlights for an upcoming project in late July. "In order to achieve a natural look, she opted to go for a darker root and added in hues of blonde, beige, and light brown to complement her warmer skin tone," said hairstylist Larry Sims, who created the star's gorgeous new style.
"Modern Family" actress Ariel Winter followed in her co-star Sofia Vergara's footsteps and announced a hair color change via Twitter. The teen went for a vibrant red dye, and it looks beautiful.
The actress chopped her lengthy curls into a chin-skimming bob at the end of June. We definitely agree with her hairstylist that she looks amazing – fresh and stylish. This length absolutely compliments her face.
The star surprised all of us by hitting the red carpet at the punk-themed Met Gala in a new icy blonde hue. "Drawing inspiration from unforgettable punk icons like Poly Styrene from X-Ray Spex and Joan Jett, I decided to go for a look that's glam and edgy, yet youthful and fun," her hairstylist Sascha Breuer said. "We kept the style much shorter for Anne, and she had a lot of fun playing around with it." After spending three weeks as a platinum blonde, Anne Hathaway went back to her brunette roots at the end of May. Good for her!
This lady is no stranger to a hair salon, changing her hair more often than most of us change our mascara tube. The latest change was going for the wildly popular "lob" haircut, and since then she's gone for an ombrè color at her tips.
This was fast! In April, Witherspoon unveiled her new brown hue — a side of the star we haven't seen since the 2005 but after a brief stint as a brunette, Reese Witherspoon returned to her trademark blonde hue in May. We can't decide which looks better on her.
After spending the fall and winter months as a brunette, Lovato returned to a golden blonde shade in early May and she made the right decision.
The 'Mad Men' star didn't want to change her hair color but she chopped her auburn layers into a chin-length bob with sweeping fringe and it looks great.
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Jessica Alba: I don't want to be stay-at-home mom


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The match Toulouse-Caen Ligue 1 will start today 14:00. Referee in the match will be Francois Letexier.
Team Toulouse is located in the middle of the table. (15 place). Toulouse in 5 last matches (league + cup) have collected5 points. Toulouse did not win the match at home from 10 games. Not lost the match at home from 3 games. Leading players Toulouse in Ligue 1 is: Max-Alain Gradel 9 goals, Aaron Leya Iseka 3 goals, Jimmy Durmaz 3 goals. Most assists in the club have: Max-Alain Gradel 4 assists.
Team Caen is in the releagtion zone of the table. 19 position. In 5 last games (league + cup) Caen get 1 points. From 9 matches away can't win a match. In this season games Ligue 1 the most goals scored players: Enzo Crivelli 4 goals, Rodrigue Casimir Ninga 3 goals, Faycal Fajr 3 goals. They will have to be well guarded by defense Toulouse. Players Enzo Crivelli 1 assists, Rodrigue Casimir Ninga 3 assists, Faycal Fajr 2 assists will have to be very well guarded by defenders Toulouse, because they have the most assists.
Direct matches: Toulouse won more direct matches. Toulouse won 9 matches , Caen won 8 direct matches, was a 6 draws. In 5 matches the sum of the goals both teams was greater than 2.5 (Over 2.5), and 13 matches teams scored more than 1.5 goals (Over 1.5). In 7 matches the both teams scored a least one goal (Both teams to score).


Liezen is a town geographically located right in the center of Austria (at the same time being far away from the major Austrian cities), defined by a large area of shopping malls which has continuously emptied the town center. transparadiso developed Commons Coming to Liezen as an art project discussing and realizing new forms of societal acting based on commons – reconsidering neo-liberal economical structures still prevalent. "This concept leaves the conventional categories of sculpture, painting or graphic design behind and turns art into a space of thinking and acting by inserting dialogical settings directly into the everyday space of people." (Werner Fenz).
In the central park of Liezen (an orchard traditionally functioning as common) a pavillon serves as "storage" for layers of large size tangram-pieces out of wood. Tangram is an old chinese game which was transformed into similar games in the Austrian-Hungarian Monarchy at the end of the 19th century and is currently used for educational aspects in order to enhance concentration and patience. transparadiso organized public game sessions in their project space in Liezen, introducing a modified tangram game as collective art project. The game sessions also served for discussing vital topics like new forms of commons and collecting art (not just by the wealthy) – as well as the future of Liezen.
The tangram pieces are sold as art pieces (referring to minimal sculpture). Thus the storage space/ pavillon will be emptied and ready for use for future activities by the community by August 2011. The earnings will be reinvested in Commons Coming to Liezen and the further programming of the pavillon.
Commons Coming to Liezen was initiated by Kirchenviertel Liezen and funded by Public Art Styria. The production of the Tangram-pieces/art objects was made possible through the generous support of Jugend am Werk.
Barbara Holub (artist) and Paul Rajakovics (architect and urbanist) founded transparadiso in 1999 as platform in between architecture, urban design and urbanistic and artistic intervention. transparadiso is based in Vienna working on tools and strategies for direct urbanism. Since 2001 members of the editorial board of dérive, magazine for urban research, Vienna (www.derive.at). 2004 Schindler grant at the MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles. Currently transparadiso is realizing a new city quarter in Salzburg for which it was awarded the Otto-Wagner-Urban-Design-Prize in 2007. Since 2010 Barbara Holub has been conducting the research project "planning unplanned" at the Institute of Art and Design, Vienna University of Technology. Paul Rajakovics is assistant professor at the University of Technology in Vienna.


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Drag City
Bonnie "Prince" Billy & Bill Callahan
Blind Date Party
The new 19-track album from Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Bill Callahan, which was compiled during the pandemic from the extensive roster of Drag City artists from David Pajo to AZITA, is a love letter to songwriting, new and old. Covering songs from Hank Williams to Iggy Pop, Leonard Cohen to the Silver Jews, there isn't a song on the album that isn't almost perfect in its poetry and composition. While their covers aren't always cut from the same cloth as the originals (see their quirky cover of Air Supply's "Lost In Love"), they are always well thought out and spirited.
This is certainly because of the roster of amazing musicians that people the album. While it is a folky outing, as you'd imagine from the likes of Will Oldham and Bill Callahan, there are intricate interludes and compositions throughout. Saxophones, trumpets, synthesizers. The sax solo in Jerry Jeff Walker's "I Love You" is pure gold, for example. Throughout, Oldham and Callahan switch off vocal duties, and Oldham's nasally tenor and Callahan's cool baritone act as the perfect odd couple, keeping you enthralled and guessing who's gonna sing on what. A number of choruses are even shared with both of them singing to great effect.
Bonnie "Prince" Billy, the artist who I'm more familiar with, who I've followed for over twenty years now, is no stranger to writing impeccably moving songs, and apparently not a slouch at picking them out from the American Songbook either. Nineteen songs is just enough, a good hour and thirty minutes of music, what you might imagine a good show's length might be. The album acts as both a celebration and an introduction: to the artists they cover and to the artists who played on the songs. This album proves that you can go for a very long time down the rabbit hole of musicians, old and new, particularly the indie musicians, like Alasdair Roberts and Matt Sweeney who have played with Will Oldham, sometimes since even his Palace Music days.
It's hard to find a favorite track, just like it would be impossible to pick a favorite child. All the songs are super special. But some of the highlights of the album for me were hearing Mick Turner turn "Sea Song" by Robert Wyatt into a song like one of my old favorites Dirty Three, including, instead of violins, howls by Oldham and others. The discovery of Iggy Pop's 2009 original, "I Want To Go To The Beach," decked out in this version with a call and response, joining all the world in the dreary, solo song of Iggy Pop's about the pain that lingers and the need for escape. The moving cover of David Berman's "The Wild Kindness," which features his former wife and bandmate Cassie Berman, a testament to both Berman and mankind's propensity towards deep love and creativity.
Albums like these make me love being a music reviewer, albums like these are a million times more satisfying when you do all the digging to see who's playing on the record, what artists are being covered, following along with the lyrics in full poetic glory. Will Oldham and Bill Callahan not only know how to pick amazing songs, but how to make amazing renditions of songs, just as if they wrote them themselves. (For the first four songs, I actually THOUGHT they had written them themselves, a testament to the power of their original material.) If you're up for diving down the rabbit hole, put this on and let the internet be your helper. I don't think you'll be disappointed. Especially if you're audiophiles, like myself.
Order Blind Date Party by Bonnie Prince Billy & Bill Callahan HERE
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'First Taste' Ty Segall
'Shampoo You' Axis: Sova
Will Oldham 'Songs Of Love And Horror'
Ty Segall & White Fence 'Joy'
Ty Segall Debuts Video For "Harmonizer
"Grey" By Ashley Shadow
Ty Segall Debuts New Single "Feel Good"
Ty Segall Surprise Releases Harmonizer Album
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Visual effects firm Vine FX is pure magic
Published: 09:47, 20 April 2018
Vine FX Atlantis Cyclops
How DO they do that? From Patrick Melrose to Atlantis and Troy, the Cambridge studio has the answers?
From left are production manager Laura Usaite, compositor Adrian Banton and visdual effects supervisor Michael Illingworth from Vine FX. Picture: Richard Marsham
Remember Gladiator? If not, check it out. How about Harry Potter?
The visual effects on these films were part of its success: in Gladiator, creating a Roman amphitheatre and filling it with people was largely done by computer, and it was one of the first times in cinematic history the result looked authentic – you couldn't tell where reality ended and digitisation began. Which is probably why it won an Oscar for visual effects. And in the Harry Potter series there was all sorts of CGI (computer-generated imagery) magic going on. But the thing about these amazing cinematic illusions is you rarely get to know how it's done or who's behind it.
"If we did our job well, no one knows anything about us," explains Vine FX's founder and visual effects supervisor Michael Illingworth, who's offering a peek behind the veil, not just to the work he's done on films but also on TV adaptations including Atlantis, Troy and – starting on May 12 – the Sky Atlantic mini-series Patrick Melrose, starring Benedict Cumberbatch.
Two times BAFTA nominated (for Atlantis and Crazyhead), Vine FX's studio is at the CB1 Business Centre on Station Road. Laura Usaite is production manager, Paul Phippen is digital matte painter and Adrian Banton is the compositor. CGI artist Matt McKinney, who's also part of the team, isn't in the studio when we visit.
Patrick Melrose scene set in Glasgow prior to conversion by Vine FX for New York
The techniques they use start with the matte painter. The creation of photo-realistic backdrop paintings has been going on since 1907, and were more significantly deployed in classics including Gone With the Wind and right up to the early Star Wars films. So Paul creates the painting on a screen, and then hands it over to Adrian who animates the image into a credible moving sequence. Paul shows a shot from the upcoming Patrick Melrose and explains how he altered a photo of Cumberbatch standing behind a window in a house to make it look like he was on the 20th floor of an office block.
"You can go on forever if you want, refining the image," says Paul of the process. "It gets to the point where I can't see where the joins are even though I painted it!"
There's another shot from Patrick Melrose set in 1980s New York, except it's actually Glasgow last year (see images). The cars, people and other artefacts are real, but the buildings and skyline have been changed.
The finished matte painting is handed over to Adrian who builds the moving shot up.
Patrick Melrose scene looks like New York prior after conversion by Vine FX
"Adrian also defocuses," adds Paul. "I deliver a totally sharp image and he decides how to defocus for best effect."
"It took a week to build a one or two-second shot," says Paul of the finished clip, which is just an establishing shot.
"That's simply because the perspective has to match," says Michael. "The architecture, the lighting, the tone... The eye is very good at calling it out if it's not correct. We went through maybe 100 versions: if something like the sunlight isn't correct we have to not use it."
Michael brings up some images from Troy, which has just finished its run on the BBC. There's a scene set in Ithaca: the foreground is where the action takes place, and the background has to be slightly blurry to be realistic. Details such as reflections of sunlight on the water suggest this is a complex process.
Benedict Cumberbatch is the star of Patrick Melrose, which starts on Sky Arts on May 12. Vine FX has been working hard to deliver the special effects
"It was filmed in South Africa," says Paul. "We added boats, jetties, even the smoke..."
Adrian shows how he painted out a lighting rig in a shot for Patrick Melrose. The rig appears in front of a painting.
"My task is to remove the rig, which has to be there for the right lighting." says Adrian. "I've used software to camera-track the painting, and the software replicates what the camera was doing on-set. I'm projecting the repaired image back on."
By taking four or five single frames with the rig obscuring different parts of the artwork, Adrian builds up an image of the whole painting using software called Nuke, as developed by The Foundry. Nuke costs £5,000 and another £1,000 a year to maintain with patches/updates. Then he uses the Wacom, a sort of interactive light pen "with loads of effects and different brushes, plus it has an editing tool".
Atlantis Bridge before shot, with computer graphics by Vine FX
Vine FX was based in Soho, but Michael decided to move from London in 2016. He'd worked on commercial and pop videos until his first film opportunity with Gladiator in 1999. "The company – MillFilm – was set up by Ridley and Tony Scott, and we won as Oscar for the visual effects."
He left MillFilm in 2003, joining CineSite, where he worked on four of the Harry Potter films.
"In 2007 I thought I wanted more control so I started Vine FX, it was mainly TV documentaries at the start, then I got together with Tim Burke, who ran the Gladiator team. From there I spent two years working on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. After that I was asked to form a small team to work on Merlin."
Merlin was a production for the BBC which was broadcast from 2008 to 2012. That led to a stint on Atlantis. Things were getting busy.
Atlantis Bridge final screen grab, with computer graphics by Vine FX
"By Merlin we had 15 artists. In Berners Street (Soho) we had 40 staff. But the business side was occupying my time, I wasn't being so creative and artistic, so I scaled right back."
The way the industry was developing was changing too. Individual projects would have a start and finish date. There were gaps, which meant little point paying a huge team to hang around all year round. The result is today's model.
"I get commissions and build a team around the projects, and we work out of serviced offices."
But last year's move to Cambridge isn't just about being close to London without having to pay London rates.
Production manager Laura Usaite works on effects for TV series, Patrick Melrose at Vine FX on Station Road . Picture: Richard Marsham
"There's some great games companies in Cambridge and that side of the industry is becoming far more sophisticated… so I'm hoping we can recruit people from the games industry here.
"Games technology is overlapping with visual effects technology, so for instance on Atlantis all of our facial capture techniques were carried out using an Xbox sensor."
Interesting. Sitting on the interface between games and film is a hugely exciting place to be. And you know, bringing a touch of Hollywood to Cambridge could be no bad thing. We could certainly do with some more Californian sunshine!