Here's another layout I created away on my Retreat recently.
This pic of Zac is from my BIL Scott and SIL Kate's wedding nearly 2 years ago.
to have his pic taken in it. The driver told him to put his hand up and gesture!!


News about Robert A. Caro, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
How "The Daily" got to the radio.
A history of the moon landing 50 years later, a new novel from Sally Rooney and more.
An admirer of the biographer urges the talk-show host Conan O'Brien not to distract Caro from his writing with a TV appearance.
Known for his multivolume biography of Lyndon B. Johnson, Mr. Caro helped inspire a citywide cultural festival organized by Carnegie Hall.
Those waiting for the final planned installment of Mr. Caro's award-winning life of Lyndon B. Johnson might be both heartened and frustrated.
In moving to replace a highway, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo invoked the legacy of the master builder of New York.
Two Pulitzer winners, two previous National Book Award winners and a debut author are among the 22 finalists. Robert A. Caro will receive a lifetime achievement award.
Mr. Caro, the biographer, led Mark Rutte of the Netherlands through one of Robert Moses' 12 offices and the many New York City features that the power broker built.
The New York Public Library is celebrating the authors who have spent time there writing or researching their works.
On Robert Caro's morning stroll, memories of Robert Moses.
Robert A. Caro reflects on writing his classic book about Robert Moses's influence on New York.


Unique Woodland Trail with a collection of over 600 specimen trees and shrubs from around the world. Fulling Mills restoration of medieval home and cottage garden. Bonsai and Suiseki collection on display at one garden.
Refreshments, teas, sandwiches and cake on sale.
All proceeds St Marys Church, Fittleworth.
Plants and garden miscellanea for sale in our Village Hall.
£6.00 covers both days, accompanied under 12s free.
On the day from the Village Hall or at any open garden.


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Design Principles for Usable and Sustainable Research in Technology-Supported Learning
Turvey, K. & Pachler, N., 2018.
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Detrital gold, heavy minerals and sediment geochemistry elucidate auriferous mineralization in southeast Ireland
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Developing a culture of resilience in schools: The Academic Resilience Approach in action
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Developing a model of sexual healthcare provision for substance-misusing women
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Developing a multidisciplinary environmental assessment for children with challenging behaviour
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Development of an in-vitro model for oral biofilm studies
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Development of an in vitro model for the evaluation of formulation of formulation constituents for the oral mucosa
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Diagrams and intuitive formal specifications
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Digitally fabricated replicas as means to support cultural heritage interpretation
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Distribution of gaseous and particulate organic composition during dark ozonolysis of monoterpenes
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Does manipulation of breakfast behaviour effect reported level of pre-prandial hunger and serum ghrelin levels?
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Does the use of online self-marking coursework eLearning tool improve the performance of undergraduate biochemistry module results?
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Dose-Response Relationship of Endogenous Erythropoietin in Response to an Acute Hypoxic Exposure: European College of Sports Science Annual Congress, Amsterdam
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Double consciousness in British Asian writing
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Dripping and jetting from pipe wall leakages in cross flow fouling
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Droplet dynamics in a vortex-ring flow
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Ecological development of a salt marsh restoration site
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Effective Representation of Information: Generalizing Free Rides
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Effects of oral nanoporous carbon therapy in leptin null mice as a model of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
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Effects of warm up on thermoregulation and repeated-sprint performance in hot conditions
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eHealth interventions for HIV prevention and management in Sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review and meta-analyses
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ELISA screen of novel compounds that inhibit S100P and RAGE binding to identify new candidate drugs as a new therapy for pancreatic cancer
Ogbeni, D., Camara, R., Chau, D., Kirton, S., Rossiter, S. & MacKenzie, L., 2015.
Encouraging 'young digital citizenship' through co-designed, hybrid digi-tools
Gant, N., Duggan, K., Dean, T. & Barnes, J., 24 Mar 2015, p. 1-13. 13 p.
Endosomal DNA release studies using giant unilamellar vesicles as model endosomal membranes
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Enhancement of palmitate-induced lipotoxicity in INS-1E cells by the HIV medications efavirenz and rilpivirine
Maandi, S. C. & Mabley, J., 25 Aug 2020.
Enhancing minority governance in Romania. The Romanian draft law on the status of national minorities: issues of definition, NGO status, and cultural autonomy
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Enjoyment in learning mathematics: its role as a barrier to children's perseverance in mathematical reasoning
Barnes, A., 2018.
Environmental Factors as Predictors of Seagrass Soil Carbon Stocks in the Solent, UK
Do Amaral Camara Lima, M., Ward, R. & Joyce, C., 2019.
Environmental sustainability of intensive care service provision
Baid, H., Ainsworth, T., Allen, C., Beeching, J., Kubra, B., Damm, E., Dempster, G., Fuhrmann, A., Israelsson-Skogsberg, Å., McCready, T., Mills, J., Price, A., Ritchie, B., Sarker, D., Slaughter, O., Sundberg, F. & Woodard, R., 7 May 2021.
Environment-specific water quality guidelines for suspended sediment
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Doctor Hooper is a board certified sleep specialist and the owner and medical director of The Sleep Center, P.C. He began working in the field of sleep medicine at Walter Reed Army Medical Center the 1970's. After military service, he opened one of the first sleep laboratories in Arizona in 1980.
Dr. Hooper's experience has included clinical practice, clinical research and the training of physicians and healthcare professionals. His research has been published in many journals including the "New England Journal of Medicine" and he has published over eighty articles and books.
Dr. Hooper has authored a book on sleep disorders designed as a guide for patients with sleep problems. It is written clearly in an easily understood manner and has received excellent reviews. "Sleep and Its Disorders, What You Should Know," is available from Amazon.com.
Dr. Hooper has achieved the level of Fellowship in the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, the American College of Physicians and the American College of Chest Physicians. He is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma and did his specialty training at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC.
In January 2018, Dr. Hooper closed his clinical sleep practice (Southwest Sleep Consultants) and sleep center (The Sleep Center PC). He continues to be active in the sleep field with ongoing research, writings and educational activities. He is a Supplemental Consultant at the Center for Sleep Disorders at the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix Arizona.


Among the sundry things I have done, I worked for a newspaper. After pioneering a very successful and award-winning supplement to this newspaper concerning the Healing Arts, also known as The New Age, I was asked to write a column on that very same topic for that very same paper.
Unfortunately, this supplement, which I produced twice, came to be called, "The Healing Supplement That Kills." I was the one who named it that, with good cause. Not only was it life-threatening because it was an exercise in herding cats, but it completely cured me of the New Age. Now that I think about it, I guess it did heal, in a backward kind of way.
In the course of producing this supplement, many people came through my office. Most were afflicted with the very thing they were allegedly healing, so it often was an ordeal, particularly if their specialty was obsessive compulsion or attention deficit disorder. The only reprieve I got was when some beings entered my office who claimed to be extraterrestrials. Guess what? They were.
The problem I now faced was how to get this information concerning extraterrestrials past my squinty-eyed editor and my straight-laced publisher to my reading public. Keep in mind, this was an award-winning investigative journalist newspaper that wouldn't even run an astrology column because they didn't believe in it, in a town where everyone else did. This was definitely an uphill battle.
I prayed for assistance, immediately forgot that I did that, and was suddenly struck with a brilliant idea. There was a cultural flaw, an inherent bias, causing a synaptic leap which people automatically took if you quoted something out of a book. It instantly attained credibility, probably due to the mysterious alchemical properties of black ink. Ahaaa!
Naturally, I then decided to make up a book about extraterrestrials, do a review of the book, and quote from it profusely, saying that it was soon to be published in the city in which we lived. Foolproof, and a get-out-of-jail-free card. I was dazzled by my brilliance and confident of my success.
The day after I submitted my article, I was called into the publisher's office. I passed by the editor's desk on my way there and he obliquely looked up over his reading glasses and then flat-out stared at me askance. Great prelude. The publisher was not quite as menacing, but definitely disturbed, point-blank asking me, "What is this?", while holding up my article like it was a dirty rag.
To be honest, I can't remember a word that I said. It's a complete blur, and was probably full of innumerable holes. When I came to, the publisher was staring at me blankly and continued to blink for a long time. Finally, I saw the fatal question forming in the publisher's mind. I was going to be asked, "Who wrote it?" to which question I had no idea what to say. Then the most unexpected words emerged from that long, dreadful silence, "Do you swear this book is about to be published here?" To which I answered, "Absolutely. Would I lie to you?" The publisher then said,"Okay, in that case I will run your article." What???
I considered every possible way out. Maybe nobody read it. I went philosophical – If an article is published in a newspaper and no one is around to read it, does it still make you a questionable journalist? No, that's not going to work. My editor and my publisher read it – that is absolutely for sure. After a number of mental journeys down fruitless cul-de-sacs, I finally saw the light. There he was, Jean-Luc Picard, standing on the deck of the Enterprise, staring out into the vastness of space and saying, "Make it so." So I did.
And this is where the story actually begins. . . .
Stay tuned for the next exciting adventure of, I Will Blend No More Forever – Part III.


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By Joseph Bednar September 3, 2018 642
Better Living Through Apps
Today's smartphone apps are countless, with uses ranging from entertainment to enrichment. In the latter category, apps help users manage their personal finance, improve their fitness, and give their brains a workout. With that in mind, here are some of the more popular and well-reviewed apps available today.
It's hard to imagine, but there was a time when everyone couldn't access virtually all the world's information in their hand at a moment's notice. Besides the accumulated knowledge available on a smartphone, myriad apps are available to help users with a wide range of tasks, from managing their finances to tracking their fitness goals to getting an education in various topics.
For this year's roundup of what's hot in technology, BusinessWest checks in on what the tech press is saying about some of the most popular smartphone apps.
Smartphones have put a world of personal finance in people's hands. For example, Intuit's Mint gives users a real-time look into all their finances, from bank accounts and credit cards to student loans and 401(k) accounts. The budgeting app has attracted more than 20 million users, and it's easy to see why, says NerdWallet, which identifies the popular service as one of the best budgeting and saving tools available.
"The free app automatically syncs to bank, credit card and investment accounts, pulling data with little effort on the part of the user, and provides free credit-score information. It's a tool for reluctant budgeters — many people fall into that category, and they'll be happy keeping tabs on their spending with this service."
As its name notes, You Need a Budget, or YNAB, "makes no bones about the fact you need to manage your money rather than the other way around," according to PC World, noting that the popular program, which started life more than a decade ago as manual-input desktop software, is now a subscription-based web app that can sync with users' financial accounts.
"YNAB includes customizable reports that break down your income and expenses by category, account, and time frame," the publication explains. "Its greatest strength, however, is its huge community of devout users who freely share their tips on the app as well as the larger enterprise of personal budgeting. The home site is also rich with support resources ranging from help docs to weekly videos to podcasts, all with the aim of helping you get and keep your finances in order."
For people who find it difficult to track their expenses while trying to reach their savings goals, Wally might be able to help, by giving users a total view of their finances.
"Wally's interface is simple and easy to navigate, which makes setting your budget and entering expenses a breeze. The app delivers plenty of features without crowding the screen," Bankrate notes, adding, however, that "what you put into Wally is what you get out of it. The app makes it simple to track your expenses in the hope that you'll stick to your budget and reach your goals, but it largely depends on the user being diligent in uploading every expense. If you can do that, Wally will be a tremendous aid in helping you reach your savings goals."
Finally, Acorns is modernizing the old-school practice of saving loose change, rounding up the user's purchases on linked credit or debit cards, then sweeping the change into a computer-managed investment portfolio.
"Acorns goes after its target market — young, would-be investors who have little money to invest — by waiving management fees for up to four years. College students are ripe for this kind of service and could wind up with a nice little pot of money after four years of rounding up," Nerdwallet says. "We're behind any tool that encourages mindless, automatic saving. If you don't have to think about saving, you're more likely to do it."
No Pain, No Gain
What if physical wellness tops one's priority list? No fear — there are countless apps for that, too, providing users with information on what they're eating, how to exercise, and how to stay committed to better habits.
One of the most popular nutrition apps is MyFitnessPal, which offers a wealth of tools for tracking what and how much the user eats, and how many calories they burn through activity, explains PC Magazine. "Of all the calorie counters I've used, MyFitnessPal is by far the easiest one to manage, and it comes with the largest database of foods and drinks. With the MyFitnessPal app, you can fastidiously watch what you eat 24/7, no matter where you are."
Added BuiltLean, "MyFitnessPal is not a one-size-fits-all app. Personal diet profiles can be changed to fit a person's specific needs, whether they are on a strict diet or have certain recommendations from their doctor or dietitian. The program calculates caloric need based on height, weight, gender, and lifestyle."
Seven-minute workout challenges have become popular for their ease of use, and the 7 Minute Fitness Challenge app is among the more popular apps promoting this activity.
"I like that the video instructions are led by both male and female trainers, and they do a great job guiding you through each exercise via video, audio, image and text," notes a review in USA Today. "When you upgrade to the paid version, you can also track your weight and visualize your progress, which might help you stay motivated. It also shows a calendar of all of your workouts and lets you see them at a glance. I've had this app for three years now, and they do a great job of updating it regularly to add new exercises and respond to user requests."
Strong offers many features found in scores of other apps — creating custom routines, logging workouts, and tracking weight over time — but does some things that are particularly useful, according to the Verge.
"Each time I start a new workout for my arms or legs, Strong notes how much I lifted the previous workout. It does so automatically, and it's amazing how such a simple thing has had such a powerful effect on me," the reviewer notes. "Bumping that number up over time has become a game to me, and it's pushed me to gently ramp up the difficulty level on my exercise more than anything I've tried short of a personal trainer. The first time I successfully did 40 push-ups, I could scarcely believe it. Previous apps I used required me to update my routines manually; automating that has made all the difference."
What about emotional wellness? There are plenty of meditation apps available for that. For example, "the moment you open the Calm app, you might feel a sense of … calm. Relaxing sounds of falling rain play automatically in the background, but you could also opt to be greeted by a crackling fireplace, crickets, or something called 'celestial white noise,'" according to Mindful.
The relaxation continues with Calm's free meditations — 16 in total, lasting from three to 30 minutes. "Like many other apps, you can set a timer for silent meditation or meditate to intermittent bells," the site notes. "For nighttime relaxation, Calm features four free 'sleep stories' — bedtime stories for adults on everything from science fiction to scenic landscapes to help you transition into slumber."
App-lied Learning
Countless popular apps focus on education and learning for all ages. For kids, the Children's MD blog recommends Khan Academy, which collaborates with the U.S. Department of Education and myriad public and private educational institutions to provide a free, world-class education for anyone.
"It's incredibly easy to use, there are no ads, and it's appropriate for any school-aged child that knows how to read," the blog reports, noting that Khan Academy started as a math-learning site but has expanded to many other subjects, from art history to economics. "My kids will spend hours looking at computer-science projects that other kids have shared and incorporating ideas into their own programs. The Khan platform combines educational videos with practice problems and project assignments."
Meanwhile, Brainscape promises to help students learn more effective ways to study with their classmates, while helping teachers track and create better study habits for students. "This app is a very effective way of using and creating flashcards in a digital manner," Education World notes. "It's not much different in terms of creating flashcards and learning from them; however, one cool feature is the ability to set up study reminders, which slightly deters you from procrastination."
However, the publication notes, the paid content "is a bit of a turnoff from the app, but not to worry — it makes up for it with the ability to create your own digital flashcards. Once the cards are created, you can go through the questions and guess the answer before revealing it, just like normal flashcards."
Meanwhile, Photomath focuses on, well, math, and does it well, Digital Trends reports. "For high-school students who just need a bit more guidance on how to isolate 'x' in their algebra homework, Photomath is essentially your math buddy that can instantly solve and explain every answer. Simply snap a photo of the question (you can also write or type), and the app will break down the solution into separate steps with helpful play-by-play, so that you can apply the same principles to the rest of your homework."
For older students and adults, The Great Courses is one of the more venerable services out there, created by the Teaching Company during the 1990s with the goal of gathering educational lectures on a video format.
"What helped the Teaching Company to grow more and more famous is their strong ethic toward a lifelong learning, meaning that, for them, learning is not only a short-term journey with an end, but more of a lifelong adventure during which anyone should keep gathering knowledge," Gria.org notes. "Users have access to an entire online digital video library, but they also get other supports, such as CDs and DVDs or hard-copy materials such as workbooks and guidebooks."
In short, whatever you're looking to improve in your life, as the famous ad slogan notes, there's an app for that.
Joseph Bednar can be reached at [email protected]
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SWAT team brought in for standoff in Mishawaka
Posted: May 27, 2013 4:36 AM EST | Updated: Nov 6, 2014 1:03 AM EST
MISHAWAKA, Ind. --Mishawaka Police had their hands full this holiday weekend with a stand-off that lasted four hours and warranted the SWAT team.
Officers say around 3:30 p.m. Sunday, a man barricaded himself in a Broadway Street home with a gun.
Police brought in SWAT.
"There was cops everywhere with guns drawn," said Mary Castillo.
Mishawaka Lieutenant Tim Williams says this all started with an incident that happened earlier in the day on the 1700 block of Homewood Street.
"A criminal recklessness incident that happened with a firearm," said Williams.
Officers saw the suspect in front of his home on the 500 block of Broadway, that's when the armed suspect ran in his home and a standoff began.
Broadway was blocked off and neighbors had to be evacuated.
"They just told me to get out of the house I need to evacuate," said Castillo.
The SWAT team armed with assault rifles and tear gas were brought in to apprehend the suspect.
They set off flash bangs and tear gas to try and get the suspect out.
Then they threw a cell phone in the suspect's living room to communicate with him.
They tried to negotiate with him over the megaphone—offering him medical treatment and asking if he was okay.
Finally after four hours, the tear gas got to the suspect and he gave himself up.
He was transported to the hospital for medical treatment and was arrested.
Castillo says she has never seen anything like this and she is just glad officers caught the suspect without anyone being harmed.
"Not around here no that's why I was pretty shocked," said Castillo.
The suspect was booked into the Saint Joseph County Jail. His name will not be released until formal charges have been filed.


Anyone having same issue with scheduled custom report….???
Can run the report and save it real-time?
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Can you also check your webservice/OAS logs immediately after the report is run which would give a detailed error stack trace.
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Pelvic floor muscles play an important role in bladder and bowel functions. As seen in the diagram, your pelvic floor musculature is located at the base of your pelvic region, controlling your bladder, bowels, and vaginal area.
The two most common types of urine leakage in women are urge and stress incontinence. People with both stress and urge incontinence are said to have mixed incontinence.
Urge incontinence is the leakage of urine associated with a strong urge to urinate, or not making it to the bathroom in time. When leakage of urine is accompanied by a sensation of the need to urinate, or the impending sense that a large leak is going to happen, this is often what is known as urge incontinence. Unlike stress incontinence, this usually represents a bladder "squeeze" or contraction, occurring at an unwelcome time. Often people with urge incontinence also have increased urinary frequency, have to rush to the bathroom frequently, or wake up more than once or twice at night to urinate. They may also notice severe urgency and leakage when driving into the driveway, placing the key in the front door, running water or with temperature changes.
Stress urinary incontinence is loss of urine that occurs at the same time as physical activities that increase abdominal pressure (such as sneezing, coughing, laughing, and exercising). These activities can increase the pressure within the bladder, which behaves like a balloon filled with liquid. The rise in pressure can push urine out through the urethra, especially when the support to the urethra has been weakened. This is what we call stress urinary incontinence. Often the stretching of pelvic muscles during pregnancy and childbirth can cause urinary incontinence in new mothers, which may or may not resolve within a few months after delivery. Learn more about stress incontinence through a PBS video, an episode of Healthy Body, Healthy Mind.
Mixed incontinence is the combination of two or more causes, such as the presence of both stress and urge incontinence.
People with overactive bladder have a sudden, overwhelming urge to urinate, but may or may not leak urine before getting to the toilet. People with overactive bladder often have urgency to go to the bathroom during the day and/or night.


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A preform and a mold stack for producing the preform
Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.
MHT Mold & Hotrunner Technology AG
Mold-Masters (2007) Limited
European Patent Convention Art 54(2)
European Patent Convention R 116(2)
Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)
Exercise of discretion by the opposition division (not overruled)
Late-filed document - admitted (yes)
Novelty - main request (no)
Novelty - auxiliary request (no)
G 0007/93
I. The appeals by both opponents are against the interlocutory decision of the opposition division on the version in which European patent EP-B-2 222 452 met the requirements of the European Patent Convention.
II. During the opposition proceedings, the opponents had raised the grounds for opposition according to Articles 100(a) (lack of novelty and lack of inventive step), 100(b) and 100(c) EPC.
III. Oral proceedings were held before the board of appeal on 14 September 2018.
IV. Both appellants I and II (opponents 1 and 2) requested that the decision under appeal be set aside and that the European patent be revoked.
V. The respondent (patent proprietor) requested that the appeals be dismissed or, as an auxiliary measure, that the patent be maintained on the basis of the claims according to the auxiliary request filed under cover of a letter dated 9 August 2018.
VI. The documents referred to during the appeal proceedings include the following:
E1: US 4,243,620;
E13: Extracts from "Technology of Plastics Packaging for the Consumer Market" edited by Geoff A. Giles and David R. Bain, first published in 2001, Sheffield Academic Press, pages 76 to 81 and 119 to 123.
VII. Claim 1 as considered allowable by the opposition division (main request) is worded as follows (using appellant I's feature analysis in square brackets):
"A mold stack (600) for producing a preform (300) consisting of a neck portion (302), a gate portion (306) and a body portion (304) extending between the neck portion (302) and the gate portion (306), the mold stack comprising [feature 1]:
a core insert (602) for defining the internal surface of the preform (300) [feature 2], the core insert (602) comprising a first cavity defining portion (603) configured to define a portion of a mold cavity (609), and an attachment portion (601) configured for attachment to a core plate [feature 2.1], wherein the first cavity defining portion (603) comprises a gate defining portion (610) having a conical shape [feature 2.2];
a cavity insert (606) for defining the external surface of the body portion (304) of the preform (300) [feature 3];
a gate insert (608) for defining the external surface of the gate portion (306) of the preform (300) [feature 4], the gate insert (608) comprising a second cavity defining portion (612) configured to define, in use, a portion of the external surface of the gate portion (306) of the preform (300) [feature 4.1], the second cavity defining portion (612) being associated with an inverted conical shape terminating in an extremity (802) substantially corresponding in diameter to an orifice of a nozzle receptacle (804) of the gate insert (608) configured to receive, in use, a hot runner nozzle [feature 4.2];
the core insert (602) and the gate insert (608) being configured to cooperate, in use, to define the gate portion (306) of the preform (300) having a substantially conical shape [feature 5],
the mold stack further comprising a split mold insert pair (604) for defining the external surface of the neck portion (302) of the preform (300) [feature 6], wherein, in use, the core insert (602), the split mold insert pair (604), the cavity insert (606) and the gate insert (608) define the molding cavity (609) into which molding material can be injected to form the preform (300) [feature 6.1],
characterized in that the gate portion (306) of the preform (300) is associated with a substantially uniform wall thickness ("W") [feature 7], the substantially conical shape of the gate portion (306) terminates directly in a vestige portion (308) having a size that substantially corresponds to an orifice of the hot runner nozzle received, in use, in the nozzle receptacle (804) of the gate insert (608) [feature 7.1], and is associated with an angle ("alpha") defined between an imaginary central line (310), the imaginary central line (310) passing through a longitudinal axis of the preform (300), and the internal surface of the conical shape of the gate portion (306) [feature 7.2]."
VIII. Compared with the main request, claim 1 of the auxiliary request is amended as follows (additions are underlined and deletions struck through by the board):
"... a core insert (602) for defining the internal surface of the preform (300) [feature 2], the core insert (602) comprising a first cavity defining portion (603) configured to define a portion of a mold cavity (609), and an attachment portion (601) configured for attachment to a core plate [feature 2.1], wherein the first cavity defining portion (603) comprises a gate defining portion (610) having a substantially conical shape [feature 2.2']; ..."
"... characterized in that the gate portion (306) of the preform (300) is associated with a substantially uniform wall thickness ("W") [feature 7], the substantially conical shape of the gate portion (306) terminates directly in a vestige portion (308) having a size that substantially corresponds to an orifice of the hot runner nozzle received, in use, in the nozzle receptacle (804) of the gate insert [deleted: (608)] (806) [feature 7.1'], and is associated with an angle ("alpha") defined between an imaginary central line (310), the imaginary central line (310) passing through a longitudinal axis of the preform (300)[deleted: ,] and the internal surface of the conical shape of the gate portion (306) [feature 7.2']."
IX. The arguments of the appellants in the written and oral proceedings can be summarised as follows:
Admissibility of the main request
During the oral proceedings before the opposition division, the respondent-proprietor at first withdrew its (then) main request and replaced it with the first auxiliary request filed on 29 September 2014, prior to any substantial discussion of the main request. Thus, it was obvious that the intention of the respondent was not to defend the patent on the basis of the (then) main request, but on the basis of the scope of the lower ranking requests. The respondent's course of action led to a surprising situation and an unfair improvement of the respondent's position during the first-instance oral proceedings. This had to be rejected.
Admissibility of document E13
The opposition division should have admitted handbook excerpt E13 into the opposition proceedings. The filing of document E13 was a legitimate reaction to the inclusion of the feature of the uniform wall thickness into claim 1 of the main request. Hence, the document should have been admitted even if it was filed after the final date set in accordance with Rule 116(1) EPC.
Alternatively, document E13 should be admitted into the appeal proceedings.
The subject-matter of claim 1 of the main request and of the auxiliary request lacked novelty in view of document E1. In particular, the wording "having a conical shape" in feature 2.2 relating to the gate defining portion of the core insert was anticipated by the shape of the gate forming portion of the core of document E1 (see Figure 11, reference sign 4). Angle alpha of feature 7.2 did not imply that the conical shape had to be "truly" conical, since an angle as defined in the claim could be established irrespective of whether the cone was truncated or not. In that respect, reference was additionally made to an excerpt of "Meyers Lexikon der Technik und der exakten Naturwissenschaften" in order to prove that the German term "Konus" covered a truncated cone. Moreover, the terminology used in the contested patent for the conical shapes of the preform, the core and the gate insert was consistent with this general understanding of the term "cone" (see e.g. paragraphs [0020], [0026], [0029] and [0040] of the patent).
Moreover, Figure 11 of document E1 (see right side of the drawing) clearly showed a substantially uniform wall thickness and thereby anticipated feature 7 without measuring. Even without this disclosure, the need for having a uniform wall thickness was implicitly clear to the person skilled in the field of blow moulding (cf. handbook excerpt E13, middle of page 77).
Figure 11 of document E1 also showed that the diameter of the gate defining portion corresponded to the diameter of the orifice of the hot runner nozzle (cf. features 4.2 and 7.1).
Consequently, document E1 disclosed all features of claim 1 in combination. The subject-matter of claim 1 of the main request and the auxiliary request lacked novelty.
X. The respondent's arguments during in the written and oral proceedings were essentially as follows:
The opposition division's exercise of discretion regarding the admission of the main request into the opposition proceedings was correct for the reasons set out in the decision under appeal.
The opposition division properly exercised its discretion under Article 114(2) EPC and correctly decided not admit document E13 into the opposition proceedings. For similar reasons, the document could not be introduced into the appeal proceedings.
Due to the claim wording "having a conical shape", the internal surface of the gate portion of the preform had to have the shape of a (true) cone and not that of a truncated cone. The appellants used embodiments of the patent not any longer falling under the claims for broadly interpreting the term "having a conical shape". This was not permissible. In fact, only if the internal surface of the gate portion of the preform had the shape of a true cone, an angle alpha could be defined between the internal surface of the gate portion and an imaginary central line passing through a longitudinal axis of the preform, as defined in feature 7.2 of claim 1. Since the cone shown in Figure 11 of document E1 was truncated, this document could not anticipate the true cone according to features 2.2 and 7.2 of present claim 1.
Moreover, the drawings of document E1, in particular Figure 11, were schematic; they could not directly and unambiguously anticipate feature 7 relating to the substantially uniform wall thickness of the gate portion of the preform. According to decisions T 857/91 and T 272/92, dimensions, which could only be obtained by measurement of schematic drawings, did not constitute a direct and unambiguous disclosure. The corresponding passage in column 7, lines 53 to 57 of document E1 even mentioned a varying wall thickness, which was contrary to feature 7 of claim 1. Page 77 of handbook excerpt E13 did not relate to the gate portion of the preform and was therefore not relevant for the present case.
Finally, document E1 did not disclose that the extremity of the second gate defining portion corresponded in diameter to an orifice of the nozzle receptacle, as defined in feature 4.2. That document E1 (see column 3, lines 46 to 50) stated that the nozzle duct of the hot runner nozzle was concentric with the inlet orifice did not mean that they had corresponding diameters. The same reasoning applied to feature 7.1.
In view of the above, the subject-matter of claim 1 of the main request differed from document E1 in features 2.2, 4.2, 7, 7.1 and 7.2. It was therefore novel. These reasons were, in substance, also valid for claim 1 of the auxiliary request.
1. Admissibility of the main request
1.1 Appellant II challenges the opposition division's exercise of discretion regarding the admission of what is now the main request. The request had been filed as first auxiliary request about five weeks before the date of the oral proceedings before the opposition division. During the oral proceedings it became the respondent-proprietor's main request, which, after a further amendment, was considered allowable by the opposition division. Appellant II puts particular emphasis on the fact that, prior to any substantial discussion during the first-instance oral proceedings, the respondent-proprietor had at first withdrawn its (previous) main request and replaced it with the first auxiliary request.
1.2 The discretionary power conferred by Article 114(2) and Rule 116(2) EPC necessarily implies that the EPO department of first instance has a certain degree of freedom in exercising its power (cf. G 7/93, OJ EPO 1994, 775). A board of appeal should only overrule the way in which a department of first instance has exercised its discretion when deciding on a particular case if it concludes that it has done so according to the wrong principles, or without taking into account the right principles, or in an unreasonable way. This rule also applies with respect to the opposition division's decisions on the admission of late-filed requests. It is generally not the function of a board of appeal to review all the facts and circumstances of the case as if it were in the place of the department of first instance, in order to decide whether or not it would have exercised such discretion in the same way (cf. cases cited in Case Law of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office, 8th edition, 2016, IV.C.1.2.2 a)).
1.3 In the case in hand, the opposition division decided to admit the present main request into the proceedings, after having heard the parties (cf. minutes of the oral proceedings before the opposition division, points 2 and 3.8 to 3.11). It considered that this request was intended to overcome objections by the opponents and the opposition division's previous conclusions on added subject-matter. Moreover, according to the decision under appeal, the amended claim did not introduce any new elements and its content was known to the opponents (cf. contested decision, Reasons 5.1). It is thus not apparent that the opposition division exercised its discretion according to the wrong principles, or without taking into account the right principles, or in an unreasonable way (cf. G 7/93, supra). Consequently, the opposition division's exercise of discretion under Rule 116(2) EPC regarding the admission of the main request into the opposition proceedings is not objectionable.
The board additionally observes that the framework of the European Patent Convention does not provide a legal basis for excluding, at the appeal stage, a request which was correctly admitted into the first-instance proceedings.
For these reasons, the main request considered allowable by the opposition division forms part of the present appeal proceedings.
2. Admissibility of document E13
2.1 The appellants contest the opposition division's decision not to admit handbook excerpt E13 into the opposition proceedings. In their view, the filing of document E13 was a legitimate reaction to the inclusion of the feature of the uniform wall thickness into claim 1 of the main request.
2.2 Under Article 114(2) EPC it is at the opposition division's discretion not to admit facts and evidence not submitted in due time. It is well established practice that in deciding whether or not to admit such late-filed facts and evidence, the criteria to be considered by the opposition division include the state of the procedure, the reasons for the belated submission and its prima facie relevance (cf. Guidelines for Examination in the European Patent Office, November 2017, E-VI, 2). As already stated above, the discretionary power conferred by Article 114(2) EPC necessarily implies that the EPO department of first instance has a certain degree of freedom in exercising its power (cf. G 7/93, supra). The principle that a board of appeal should only overrule the way in which a department of first instance has exercised its discretion if it concludes that it has done so according to the wrong principles, or without taking into account the right principles, or in an unreasonable way, also applies with respect to the opposition division's discretion on the admission of late-filed evidence. It is generally not the function of a board of appeal to review all the facts and circumstances of the case as if it were in the place of the department of first instance, in order to decide whether or not it would have exercised such discretion in the same way (cf. cases cited in Case Law of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office, 8th edition, 2016, IV.C.1.2.2 a)).
2.3 Turning to the present case, it is noted that appellant II filed handbook excerpt E13 at a late stage of the oral proceedings before the opposition division and justified its late submission with the recent addition of the feature of the uniform wall thickness into claim 1. The opposition division decided not to admit document E13 into the proceedings. In particular, it was of the opinion that the feature of the even wall thickness was already subject of claim 3 as granted and, hence, not a new issue. Moreover, it could not contribute anything beyond what was known from the prior art already on file (cf. contested decision, Reasons 5.5).
2.4 It appears from the minutes of the oral proceedings (cf. point 7) that the opposition division heard the parties before deciding on the admissibility of document E13. Moreover, it based its discretionary decision not to admit document E13 on well-established principles and it is not apparent that it acted in an unreasonable way. Under these circumstances, the board has no reasons to overrule the way in which the department of first instance exercised its discretion under Article 114(2) EPC.
2.5 Together with its statement setting out the grounds of appeal, appellant II re-submitted document E13 in order to support its allegation that the feature relating to the uniform thickness of the conical gate portion, which the opposition division had considered an inventive contribution, was obvious.
2.6 The admission or not of document E13 into the appeal proceedings is governed by Article 12(4) RPBA. Following this provision, the non-admission of facts and evidence, which were not admitted in the first instance proceedings, into the appeal proceedings is at the discretion of the board. In fact, the wording of Article 12(4) RPBA puts facts and evidence that could have been submitted before the department of first instance but were not and facts and evidence that were submitted but were not admitted on an equal footing. Consequently, facts and evidence, which would have been admitted into appeal proceedings if they had been filed for the first time at the outset of those proceedings, should not be held inadmissible for the sole reason that they were already filed before the department of first instance and not admitted then by a correct discretionary decision. Rather, the board has to exercise its discretion under Article 12(4) RPBA independently, giving due consideration to the appellant's additional submissions filed at appeal stage (cf. T 971/11, Reasons 1.2 and 1.3).
2.7 According to the established case law, the filing of new facts and evidence before the board of appeal is normally considered to be in due time, if it is occasioned by an argument or a point raised by another party and could not have been filed before under the circumstances of the case; a late filing can be justifiable if it is an appropriate and immediate reaction to developments in the previous proceedings. Hence, an appellant who has lost the opposition proceedings should be given the opportunity to fill the gaps in its arguments by presenting further evidence in this regard (cf. cases cited in Case Law of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office, 8th edition, 2016, IV.C.1.3.6 a)).
2.8 Applying these principles to the case at hand, it is noted that the feature of the uniform thickness of the conical gate portion, which the opposition finally considered decisive for the question of inventive step, did not form part of the apparatus claims as granted. Rather, it was inserted into the independent apparatus claim about one month before the date of the oral proceedings, i.e. at an advanced stage of the opposition proceedings. Under these circumstances, the filing of document E13 at an early stage of the appeal proceedings could be considered a legitimate reaction to these developments in the last phase of the opposition proceedings and to the impugned decision. The fact that appellant II already submitted document E13 during the oral proceedings before the opposition division, so that this document could possibly be considered by the department of first instance, instead of holding it back in order to submit it only at the appeal stage, was neither detrimental to procedural economy nor a disadvantage to the respondent (or the board) and is thus not to be held against the appellant under Article 12(4) RPBA.
2.9 For these reasons, the board admitted document E13 into the appeal proceedings under Article 12(4) RPBA.
3.1 On the issue of novelty, the parties' views essentially differ on whether the wording "having a conical shape" in claim 1 of the main request requires the gate defining portion to have the shape of a "true" cone or whether this wording encompasses the possibility of it having the shape of a truncated cone, as depicted in Figure 11 of document E1.
According to established case law (see Case Law of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office, 8th edition 2016, II.A.6.3.3.), terms in patent documents should be given their normal meaning, unless the description gives them a special meaning.
In that respect, the dictionary excerpt of "Meyers Lexikon der Technik und der exakten Naturwissenschaften" filed by appellant I indicates that, at least in German, the term "Konus" covers both a true cone and a a truncated cone. Additionally, it is noted that the terminology used in the contested patent and the underlying original application for the various (inverted) conical shapes of the preform, the core and the gate insert is consistent with this general understanding of the term "cone". Reference is made for example to gate portion (306), which, due to the vestige portion (308), has the shape of a truncated cone (see also Figure 3 of the opposed patent) and is referred to as having a substantially conical shape in feature 7.1 of present claim 1.
It is added that the angle alpha of feature 7.2 does not imply that the conical shape has to be "truly" conical. In fact, angle alpha as defined in the claim can be established irrespective of whether the conical shape is truncated or not.
In view of the above, there is neither any evidence on file that the skilled person would generally understand the term "having a conical shape" as excluding the shape of a truncated cone nor does the patent specification support such a restricted interpretation. The board therefore understands the term "having a conical shape" according to feature 2.2 as encompassing the possibility of it having the shape of a truncated cone. Based on this understanding, the terminal part of core (4) in Figure 11 of document E1 anticipates the core insert with a gate defining portion having a conical shape as defined in features 2.2 and 7.2 of present claim 1.
3.2 Regarding the further disputed issues of whether features 4.2, 7 and 7.1 can be directly deduced from the right side of Figure 11 of document E1, reference is made to the case law of the boards of appeal (see Case Law of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office, 8th edition 2016, chapter I.C.4.6. citing, inter alia, the decisions referred to by the respondent), according to which features shown solely in a drawing of a prior art document form part of the state of the art when a person skilled in that art is able, in the absence of any other description, to derive a technical teaching from them. Dimensions obtained merely by measuring a diagrammatic representation in a document do not, however, form part of the disclosure.
Applying these principles to the present case, the board observes that features 4.2 ("substantially corresponding diameter") and 7.1 ("size that substantially corresponds to an orifice of the hot runner nozzle") are not directed to specific dimensions of the mould in terms of numerical values but are of more general nature. Turning now to feature 4.2, it is directly derivable for a skilled person from Figure 11 of document E1 that the extremity of the inverted conically shaped gate portion substantially corresponds in diameter to the orifice of the hot runner nozzle. By the same token, it can be deduced that the vestige portion of the preform has a size which substantially corresponds to the orifice of the hot runner nozzle, as defined in feature 7.1. In the judgement of the board, the skilled person will arrive at these conclusions at first sight without measuring any dimensions. Figure 11 of document E1 thus clearly and unambiguously anticipates features 4.2 and 7.1 of contested claim 1.
This reasoning is also valid for feature 7 of claim 1 ("substantially uniform wall thickness"), which does not define specific dimensions of the preform either. For a skilled person, this feature is directly derivable from Figure 11 of document E1 without having to measure specific dimensions. The possibility of varying the thickness of the plastic material between the time of its injection (left side of Figure 11) and its final shape (right side of Figure 11) due the conical shape of the core (see E1, column 7, lines 53 to 57) does not alter the fact that, in its final shape shown on the right side of Figure 11, the gate portion of the preform has a substantially uniform wall thickness.
3.3 For these reasons, document E1 discloses all features of claim 1 in combination. Consequently, the subject-matter of claim 1 of the main request lacks novelty.
3.4 The claims of the auxiliary request do not differ in substance from those of the main request. The above conclusion on the main request therefore applies to claim 1 of the auxiliary request, the subject-matter of which is equally not new, Article 54(1) and (2) EPC.
2. The European patent is revoked.


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Fumé Blanc in Washington an artifact of history
June 20, 2013 by Andy Perdue Leave a Comment
Sauvignon Blanc grapes arrive last fall at Barnard Griffin Winery in Richland, Wash. Barnard Griffin is one of the few wineries left to label the wine as "Fumé Blanc." (Photo by Andy Perdue/Great Northwest Wine)
A wine name that once was trendy on the West Coast now is nearly gone, at least in the Pacific Northwest.
Back in the late 1960s, famed winery owner Robert Mondavi called his Sauvignon Blanc by a new name: Fumé Blanc. It was a name he made up, and it was purely for marketing purposes.
"It wasn't just a question of reputation," said Rob Griffin, owner/winemaker of Barnard Griffin Winery in Richland, Wash. "It was a question of style. Sauvignon Blanc in the Napa Valley was made in the 'chateau style,' which typically ran about 3 percent residual sugar. (Mondavi) created Fumé Blanc to not only distinguish himself but also to differentiate the style."
The name took off, and soon many wineries up and down the West Coast were using the name. One of them was Griffin.
"It was a convenient approach to marketing," Griffin said.
Griffin began using 'Fumé' in 1970s
Rob Griffin watches Sauvignon Blanc grapes being delivered last fall from Sagemoor Vineyards. (Photo by Andy Perdue/Great Northwest Wine)
Griffin, a California native who grew up not far from the Napa Valley and earned his winemaking degree at the University of California-Davis, came to Washington in 1977. One of the first things he did was make a Sauvignon Blanc for Preston Wine Cellars north of Pasco – and he called it Fumé Blanc.
"That was a very popular wine at Preston," he said.
When Griffin moved on to Hogue Cellars in 1984, he convinced owner Mike Hogue that they should make a Sauvignon Blanc – and call it Fumé Blanc. It wasn't easy getting the boss to agree, though he finally did.
"Sauvignon Blanc was an expensive grape back then," Griffin said.
Fumé Blanc became a successful wine for Hogue throughout the years, becoming the winery's go-to dry white for many of its fans.
Hogue switches to 'Sauvignon Blanc'
Today, Hogue head winemaker Co Dinn makes about 30,000 cases of Fumé Blanc. Only he stopped calling it Fumé Blanc with the 2012 vintage.
That leaves Barnard Griffin and, as far as we can tell, Facelli Winery in Woodinville as the last two Washington wineries using that name on the label.
Today, Robert Mondavi Winery is owned by Constellation Brands – which also owns Hogue Cellars. It still makes a Fumé Blanc. In fact, it makes no fewer than three different styles, all called "Fumé Blanc."
"It's what we do," Griffin said. "We don't get a lot of people screaming at me about it. I explain that it's a bit of an artifact – but then I'm a bit of an artifact, too!"
Fumé Blanc a 'grown-up' wine
Jean Yates, owner of Avalon Wines in Corvallis, Ore., has fond memories of Fumé Blancs being the first "grown-up" wines she drank after college, back in the 1980s.
"At the time, the name 'Fumé' was big business to California wines," she told Great Northwest Wine. "It was usually made a little drier than wines labeled "Sauvignon Blanc" and was a bit more expensive. I thought I was very sophisticated to drink it."
Today, she said, the marketing appeal of the name "Fumé Blanc" has faded. She does see some wines labeled "Fumé" coming from the Southern Hemisphere, particularly Argentina.
Oak vs. no oak
There has long been a perception that Fumé Blancs were aged in oak, while Sauvignon Blancs were not. That is unlikely, said Griffin, who hasn't used oak on his Fumé for at least 15 years. In fact, he cheerily recalls a seminar many years ago at a Ritz-Carlton in Southern California that debated Fumé Blanc vs. Sauvignon Blanc. Famed wine journalist Robert Lawrence Balzer was part of the panel.
"People were pontificating endlessly for an hour," Griffin recalled. "Finally, Robert Lawrence Balzer stood up and said, 'This is boring, and I have to pee,' and he walked out."
That ended the debate with roars of laughter.
Barnard Griffin Fumé Blanc made in Loire style – sort of
Griffin has long admired Sauvignon Blancs from France's Loire Valley. In fact, Pouilly-Fumé wines made from Sauvignon Blanc grapes undoubtedly were Mondavi's inspiration for the name he bestowed on his version.
Griffin likes to blend Semillon with his Fumé, which is not traditional in the Loire.
"It's not necessarily a Loire wine," he said. "It's the best imitation of a bastardization."
These days, Griffin makes about 10,000 cases of Fumé Blanc, and he sees no rationale for changing the name, even if New Zealand winemakers have made their reputation with the grape by calling it Sauvignon Blanc.
"I don't think it's harming us in the marketplace," he said.
Sagemoor Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc
Sagemoor Vineyards north of Pasco grows some of the state's best Sauvignon Blanc, says Rob Griffin. (Photo by Andy Perdue/Great Northwest Wine)
Griffin gets much of his Sauvignon Blanc from Sagemoor Vineyards north of Pasco, which he thinks is the best place to grow it in the state. Unfortunately, Sauvignon Blanc fruit is becoming increasingly difficult to find, Griffin said. The price per ton has barely changed over the years – it was $784 per ton in 1985 and $852 last year – and the tonnage hasn't changed much in the past decade.
Last year, Washington crushed 5,100 tons of Sauvignon Blanc, firmly behind Pinot Gris as Washington's No. 4 white grape and its No. 7 grape overall.
"The fruit is getting harder to come by," Griffin said. "More people want it. It's not planted to the degree it used to be."
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Andy Perdue has been writing about wine for nearly 25 years, although he has slowed down following a debilitating stroke in 2016. He lives in the heart of Washington wine country with his wife, teen daughter and myriad pets.


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Kiribati president rejects climate change evacuation stories
By RTCC Staff
Kiribati President Anote Tong says the purchased land in Fiji is for his country's economic development. (Source: UN/Marcos Castro)
The President of the pacific Islands of Kiribati has rejected recent media stories claiming that residents were to be relocated to Fiji.
Following the purchase of 6000 acres on Fiji by the government last week, it was claimed that the land would re-house climate change refugees.
Last week he was quoted as saying: "We would hope not to put everyone on one piece of land, but if it became absolutely necessary, yes, we could do it".
In the statement released today however, he claims that the land will be used to help prepare younger generations for a future working in Australia or New Zealand.
Rising sea levels and increased storm surges are tainting freshwater supplies and making agriculture more difficult to sustain.
"Our priority is to serve the needs of our people today and steer the country to the path of sustainable economic development," said President Anote Tong.
"I'm glad we've taken this milestone with Fiji and hope that developed countries can engage with countries like us in this arena," said Tong adding that practical action was more valuable in the short-term than "negotiating climate change issues where common ground is far from reach".
The rumoured $9.6m investment in Fiji could be used to re-home climate refugees but the government stresses that its primary role is economic.
Last year several pacific islands required bottled water to be flown in after drought and sea water contamination of springs.
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Blackburn with Darwen bucks trend on Neets
By Amy Taylor on September 10, 2009 in Children, Looked after children, Workforce
Bucking national trends, one local authority has successfully reduced the number of unengaged young people in the area
The recession's impact was starkly demonstrated when figures this summer revealed a record number of young people in England were not in education, employment or training.
Department for Children, Schools and Families statistics show the number of 16- to 24-year-olds who fell into this bracket in June – and are therefore now known as Neets – rose by 149,000 since the same time last year to 959,000.
But, despite this national rise, one area is bucking the trend. In Blackburn with Darwen, the number of Neets has declined by 25% over the last three years, and this year the number dropped to below 500 individuals for the first time.
The reduction is the result of a concerted effort by the council, the local Connexions service (run by social enterprise CXL) and other partners. A key part of the success is down to young people being identified and referred to Connexions, which then works closely with them to keep track of their circumstances. Steve Foster, an operations manager at the borough's Connexions service who leads on vulnerable groups including care leavers, young offenders and teenage parents, says the tracking is particularly important for Neets.
"All young people have a named personal adviser, so we know what they doing. If they are a Neet, we go through a great deal of effort to make sure we engage with them, for example through home visits and evening and weekend phone calls," he says.
Every school in the area has two Connexions personal advisers (PAs) working on site, and the team also has PAs seconded into the youth offending team and the council's leaving care team. Foster believes it is this effective use of staff that sets the service apart.
The Connexions team is also good at finding extra pots of funding in order to enhance their service. This has included successful bids to the Working Neighbourhoods Fund to run a scheme locating vacancies for young people in the public sector.
The initiative, called the Public Sector Apprenticeship Project, is in its third year and is open to all young people, although it targets mainly those who are vulnerable and who would be unlikely to otherwise have access to vacancies. Employers taking part in the scheme include the local authority, Connexions, the police, and the health service. Each young person is supported throughout the application process and assigned a mentor to maximise the likelihood of success.
Through the project, more than 100 young people have been helped to gain apprenticeships and Entry to Employment (E2E) training positions. These are places on learning programmes aimed at helping young people to progress into either modern apprenticeships, further learning or a job. Those with apprenticepships receive an apprenticeship wage, while those on the E2E programme receive education maintenance allowance.
Deborah Gornik, head of early intervention, prevention and partnerships at the council's children's services department, says that the project's work with care leavers or looked-after children leaving school represents an extension of the council's corporate parenting role. "It's bringing our own children into the family business so they can understand what work-life balance is about," she says. "The real success of this scheme is the young people themselves and their real grit and determination to succeed when the odds are stacked against them."
Children's centres as employers
Children's centres are also taking part in the Blackburn with Darwen scheme. The centres are able to provide supportive placements to young people, providing them with access to services such as childcare.
However, there are also challenges. Deborah Gornik, head of early intervention, prevention and partnerships at the council's children's services department, explains how a lot of the facilities are staffed by local people with similar backgrounds to the young people and, as a result, staff can feel the youngsters are receiving preferential treatment. "The issues that [the staff] were facing themselves were not that different, but not as much leniency had been given and that can be really hard," she says.
Louise Taylor, 22, who has had a difficult childhood, was initially doing an apprenticeship in business administration with the council in 2005 but became interested in a career in childcare after taking part in some sessions for mums and pre-school children. This led her to enrol on a childcare GNVQ course supported by the local authority. Taylor says that her council colleagues also helped her throughout her course.
"I found my training really hard and there were times when I felt like I might give up," she recalls. "It really helped just to know that people are there for you. Everyone was fantastic."
On completion of the course, Taylor found a job as a nursery nurse at Livesey children's and all-age centre in Blackburn, but then had to move away from the area and went through a difficult patch when she was struggling to get to work on time.
Taylor says her managers at the centre were highly supportive and, five months ago, helped her to transfer to Darwen's children's centre, which is more convenient for her to get to. "The management team were really good. They really helped me. I would have done it myself, but with their help it made me stronger."
This article is published in the 17 September 2009 edition of Community Care magazine under the headline NEETs No More
The parents who dump their children on councils
Don't turn social workers into police


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TikTok revises its activities in the United States after the advertising crisis
TikTok is finalizing a deal with the White House, which has raised concerns that the app's ties to its Chinese parent company ByteDance could pose a security risk © FT montage/Unsplash
TikTok's US operations are undergoing a major restructuring as the social platform reacts to a slowing economy and a depressed environment for digital advertising.
The reorganization has brought sweeping changes to the leadership of the US business, TikTok's biggest marketplace, owned by China-based parent company ByteDance.
The revamp will see North America general manager Sandie Hawkins – who oversees business operations, sales and marketing in the region – transferred and placed in charge of TikTok Shop in the US, its e-commerce channel, according to five people familiar with the changes. It follows a restructuring in Europe earlier this year.
Hawkins' decision was announced internally Monday in a meeting led by Blake Chandlee, an Austin, Texas-based executive who oversees global business solutions. Chandlee will take on the role of Hawkins on an interim basis.
"Below [Hawkins'] leadership, the team has become an important player in the field of digital advertising. . . and she always stood up for her team and her clients, which made us a better company," Chandlee said in a memo to staff Monday.
"She will be a valuable partner. . . as [ecommerce] is becoming an essential part of our customers' needs and TikTok builds on many of the native behaviors we already see on the platform.
Blake Chandlee will assume the role of interim Managing Director of North America © Anna Gordon/FT
Hawkins' reassignment is part of a larger restructuring over the past four months that has seen fewer than 100 employees made redundant. The cuts include about 20 senior executives and new leaders have been brought in, according to three people familiar with the restructuring. Overall, membership in the United States has increased over the past year.
Other senior executives have already confirmed their roles have been cut, including David Ortiz, former global head of advertising business systems, who shared on social media that his role had been "eliminated in a much larger reorganization effort". .
The restructuring suggests that fast-growing TikTok isn't immune to the slowdown in digital advertising that caused shares of Facebook parent Meta and Snapchat parent Snap to crash over the past year. past year.
U.S. advertisers are expected to spend $65.3 billion on social media this year, a year-over-year increase of just 3.6% – about 10 times less than in 2021, according to estimates. eMarketer.
The reorganization of TikTok's US operations comes as the company finalizes a deal with the White House, which has raised concerns that the app's ties to its Chinese parent company ByteDance could pose a security risk. The deal would allow it to continue operating, but would impose limits on how US user data is stored.
TikTok maintains that access to data for employees around the world, including engineers in China, is limited and strictly controlled.
Two people familiar with the move said TikTok plans to replace Hawkins permanently with Sameer Singh, who has been in charge of TikTok's Asia-Pacific operations since July 2021. Singh originally joined ByteDance in August 2019.
Singh's appointment could be formalized as early as this month, but he is based in India and needs a work visa which could take until January, these people said.
TikTok told the Financial Times it was considering several candidates, including Singh.
Hawkins, who could not immediately be reached for comment, is a former Adobe executive and has worked with TikTok since June 2020.
TikTok has previously replaced senior American executives with foreign talent. For example, in July, he transferred Fahad Osman from Dubai to New York, promoting him from regional marketing manager for the Middle East to head of global marketing operations and intelligence.
Pressure on the digital advertising industry has pushed social media companies to diversify their revenue streams. Meta, Snapchat and TikTok are experimenting with new formats, including games and live shopping, in an effort to reduce their reliance on advertising.
TikTok Shop is a nascent feature that launched in the UK last year, where users can buy products from videos and live streams on the app. The company plans to expand into North America, Spain, Ireland and Brazil over the next few months, according to two people familiar with the operations.
TikTok has confirmed that it is expanding e-commerce in the United States and continues to evaluate its international expansion.
The shopping channel is already available across Southeast Asia, where it has proven itself to users, particularly in Indonesia, according to several people working on the offering.
E-commerce, in particular, has proven lucrative for ByteDance; E-commerce sales on its Chinese sister app Douyin more than tripled year-on-year. In China, direct shopping sales are expected to reach $423 billion this year, according to management consultancy McKinsey.
Additional reporting by Hannah Murphy in San Francisco
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Eric Church's 'Give Me Back My Hometown' video doesn't boast an easy-to-follow or linear narrative, but it's compelling just the same.
The emotions and scars of small town life are effectively captured and displayed. The country star, who has been showing off his rock side, factors prominently, even if in a peripheral way.
We know, it sounds contradictory. But Church appears in several scenes as he performs the song on the outskirts. He doesn't interact with the characters, but his presence is a force that is felt throughout.
There are scenes of Church singing in the sunlight and in a darker space, while the backstory of a young and bearded man attending a roadside funeral is seemingly told out of sequence. It will take a few viewings to piece together what you think is going on. When you're done, you'll still have questions. But that's what makes the 'Give Me Back My Hometown' video so compelling, since you are never quite sure what's happening.
In the clip, Church has once again ditched the baseball cap and is only wearing his aviator shades in a few scenes. The star even lets the camera pan in so closely on his face that you can pretty much see individual hairs in his beard. It's that intimate.


Companies are not having the best financial moment. Market has been defined by the no expense and with a much more limited production , many of them have even had funding problems that have look different from appearing on their business plans alternatives.
Consume has fallen during the last years, making many companies suffer defaults that pretend, with some rentable products investment, solve their balances.
One of the investment techniques is factoring, when companies like banks or specialized enterprises assume the purchase credits, giving companies a financial income that can be total or partial in an invoice.
Is this the best way to achieve solvency? The truth is that this method was already been used since the 18th century with the transoceanic transactions, so things haven't changed so much in the commercial situation although the advances during this time.
There are many types of factoring, depending on the avals, guarantees or if it is a corporate factoring. There has been a lot of advances and specialization in this field.
Maybe it is not the best option that can have a company to carry on, but the truth is that this method has saved many balances and has achieve production continuance.
Which difference could we find between factoring versus wealth management? Firstly time. If companies would have bet for the investment of part of their benefits in a diversified portfolio to create wealth management before all this situation, nowadays they could be in a very different scenary.
With the wealth management investment policy, an assessor could manage the investment products of the portfolio looking for rentability in the medium and long term to guarantee benefits.
Moreover, they could count with a legal and fiscal advice from other experts that will be able to design an investment plan and that could change it depending on the goals of the short term.
This has been traditionally the wealth families and companies well related with banks bet because of the fiability in the long term as it means an investment on the amount you don't need in the present and that will be generating new benefits for the future needs.
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Working Hard for a Better Life Is Not a Crime
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AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on the recent workplace immigration raids in Mississippi: In an act designed to spread fear and cater to some of the most divisive forces in our nation, the U.S. government came into our workplaces to arrest people whose only crime is working hard for a better life. These members of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) put food on America's table, laboring in dangerous conditions and sacrificing for their families and our communities. We condemn these raids in the strongest possible terms and pledge our full support to the UFCW and the working people of Mississippi as they work to win justice for all those who were unfairly targeted. Contact: Gonzalo Salvador (202) 637-5018


Today I have added some new cereal toys to the collection.
The Elephant Ride from the 1969 Carnival series in 3 colours of blue, green and red. I previously only had an orange item. Just need yellow and grey to complete the colour array.
And a new flicker or wiggle ring of the drummer in an orange type 2 ring base. See my Wiggle Ring pages for more details.


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How Can Approvals for New Drugs Be Faster?
Money & Ethics
How Can the Approval Process for New Drugs Be Speeded Up?
There are many reform proposals, including some from free-market think tanks.
By Knight Kiplinger, Editor Emeritus
From Kiplinger's Personal Finance
Q I keep hearing that many promising new drugs for cancer and other diseases are not legally available in this country because of excessively long and expensive approval processes at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. What can be done to speed things up without sacrificing patient safety?
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A The FDA, which is the sole arbiter of the safety and efficacy of drugs and medical devices sold in America, has greatly improved the speed of its review of proposed new drugs in recent years. The average length of time for approval has been declining, and the percentage of applicants getting okayed has generally been rising.
But thoughtful critics argue that the pace of innovation in pharmaceuticals and medical devices will soon overwhelm the present system of exclusive federal oversight. The fast-evolving field of customized medicine might render obsolete a system based on proving efficacy for the general population. There are many reform proposals, including some from free-market think tanks. A few worth considering:
• Reciprocity between the drug-approving authorities in the U.S. and other authorities with similarly high standards, such as those in the European Union, Canada, Japan and Australia. A drug approved by one nation would be legal in the others, spreading out the regulatory workload and saving drug companies the cost of duplicative applications.
• Free-to-Choose Medicine, in which doctors and patients could select a drug that hasn't been fully approved by the FDA—but has been given provisional approval based on preliminary findings of its safety and efficacy—to use while research continues. This would expand the FDA's current use of conditional approval, which is restricted to drugs for life-threatening diseases. Patients would need to understand the risks, and drugmakers would want them to sign a waiver of liability.
• Congressional authorization of new, nonprofit certification bodies that would exist in parallel to, and in competition with, the FDA. Such a system is used today in the European Union for medical devices but not yet for pharmaceuticals.


Always choose a room between the 4th and 6th floor (never lower and never higher). The 6th floor maximum is in place because most fire department truck ladders have a maximum height equal to the 6th floor[ of most hotels]. Any higher and rescue during an emergency becomes problematic.
The 4th floor recommend is in place to make it difficult for someone to enter your room from the ground floor (from the outside). If you are staying in a motel or a flat built hotel, choose a room where your balcony is on the inside of the hotel grounds (aka not towards the parking lot).
Never accept a room next to the stairs or end units, these are usually the first room thieves target. Try to get a room as close to the elevator as possible, as these are typically the safest.
As previously mentioned, get a room that has a manual door locking mechanism. Where the windows and balcony door can be opened, I typically want the hotel to provide a manual locking mechanism also.
For most overseas trips, I put the do not disturb sign on my door when I check in and take it off the day I checkout. I don't want unattended employees in my room. When I need fresh towels or soap, I'll pick them up on my way back from the reception desk.
If your hotel is a large multi-building setup, try to secure a room in the main building. Also stay away from buildings in isolated sections of the property.


I started this blog with just a kernel of an idea: to get my writing out into the world, possibly find a connection with some like-minded people. Seven months later, I'm beginning to figure out why the monumental drive to write and publish a blog – and I hope someday more – lives within me.
I took a long detour in life and very nearly threw away everything that was dear to me because I couldn't see that where I was for the last 15 or so years was neither who I was nor who I wanted to be. I'm finding my way back to me, day by day, and I hope you'll be willing and interested to join me for the journey.
With that in mind, I'm making some changes to narrow my focus, to clean up the rough edges and, I hope, find the people who really want to connect with what I have to say. I know I've got a long way to go, but to anyone who has read any of my posts, and is reading this now … thank you.
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The Regina Manifesto  was the programme of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and was adopted at the first national convention of the CCF held in Regina, Saskatchewan, in 1933. The  goal of the Regina Manifesto was to eradicate the system of capitalism and replace it with a planned socialist economy. The CCF was a Canadian democratic socialist party founded in 1932 by farmers, workers, and socialist groups against the backdrop of the Great Depression.

The manifesto was largely written by members of the League for Social Reconstruction, particularly Frank Underhill and F. R. Scott, and called for "a planned and socialized economy in which our natural resources and principal means of production and distribution are owned, controlled and operated by the people." Specifically it called for the nationalization of transportation, communications, electrical power and other services. It called for a planned economy and a national banking system that would be "removed from the control of private profit-seeking interests." It advocated the ability to organize in trade unions and called for a National Labour Code "to secure for the worker maximum income and leisure, insurance covering illness, accident, old age, and unemployment". The Regina Manifesto proposed social service programs such as publicly funded health care, supported peace, promoted co-operative enterprises, and vowed that "No C.C.F. Government will rest content until it has eradicated capitalism and put into operation the full programme of socialized planning which will lead to the establishment in Canada of the Cooperative Commonwealth."

The Regina Manifesto remained the CCF's official programme until 1956 when, in the face of the strong anti-communist sentiment of the Cold War, it was replaced by the more moderate Winnipeg Declaration which substituted Keynesian economics for socialist remedies.

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Several books came my way over the course of my writing career without which I would not have been able to take the directions I pursued. They were like signposts providentially placed in my path, which let me know what roads I had to go down in order to elaborate on the patterns of experience I seemed destined to write about. Among these I note, going back to my beginnings, especially: The Renaissance Philosophy of Man, edited by Paul Kristeller, John Randall, and Ernst Cassirer; Ernst Cassirer's The Individual and the Cosmos in Renaissance Philosophy; Howard Baker's Induction to Tragedy, and John Crowe Ransom's The World's Body. The influence of these several works will be felt not only in my book on Hamlet but also in early work that has since been published as monographs: Shakespeare's Richard II, God, and Language, and Visionary Miraculism in Shakespeare and Contemporaries, the latter reprinted in Shakespeare, the Goddess and Modernity.
To these influences must also be added Hiram Haydn's great book, The Counter-Renaissance, especially its remarkable theme of "the denial of limit", both in the "Romanticist" and the "Naturalist" directions. My encounter with Haydn began a long process of thought, conducted over many years, as to the depth of Shakespeare's association with each of these directions and especially his association with Martin Luther's devastating judgment about human nature, as reflected in Shakespeare's later tragedies. The next breakthrough, which allowed me to pass on from those tragedies into Shakespeare's late phase, was heralded in by Owen Barfield's book on Rudolf Steiner, Romanticism Comes of Age, and by Rudolf Steiner's profound commentary on Johann Valentin Andreae's The Chymical Wedding. It was Steiner's work in general that allowed me to understand at last how it was possible for Shakespeare to reach through in his development as far as The Tempest with its unmatched forecast of the maximum hope to come for us, in spite of the seemingly all-arresting depths of Shakespeare's pessimism in the later tragedies.
Then came my encounter with Ted Hughes's Shakespeare and the Goddess of Complete Being and Robert Graves's The White Goddess, books which spearheaded some fresh research into Romantic and modern authors. Many of these I had been reading and had taught, over the years, alongside my Shakespeare studies. The perspective on this literature offered by Graves and by Hughes I now related back to what I had gleaned from Shakespeare's own experience of the Goddess, in an attempt to achieve yet another level of synthesis of literary themes. This next level of synthesis was to find initial expression in Myth, Depravity, Impasse, one of the three studies that were finally collected in the volume On Nature and the Goddess in Romantic and post-Romantic Literature. My final attempt at a comprehensive synthesis of these themes, or at least the projection of one, is to be found in Shakespeare, the Goddess, and Modernity.


Heat two tablespoons of butter in a pan; add the flour and saute lightly, making sure that it does not change colour.
Gradually add the milk, stirring continuously, so that no lumps form.
Add half the grated cheese and continue to stir. After adding the cheese, the sauce will thicken further, so add more milk to adjust the consistency.
Add salt and white pepper powder and mix well.
Heat two tablespoons of butter in a separate pan. Add the macaroni and toss to mix. Strain the sauce into the pan and mix gently.
Add the remaining cheese and transfer the mixture into a seven-inch square baking dish. Sprinkle bread crumbs over the top and dot with the remaining butter. Sprinkle the crushed peppercorns and parsley. Bake till the cheese melts and turns golden. Serve hot.


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