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Amy Schumer Got Drunk and Nosy At Jake...
Amy Schumer is one of those celebrities that really divides people. Her fans like her a lot, and her non-fans absolutely hate her. So, depending on where you stand, you'll either find...
Jake Gyllenhaal Once Wrote A Complaint Letter To KFC...
Jake Gyllenhaal has been keeping a pretty low profile as of late, or maybe it's just that I haven't been paying attention to him – oops! Now that he's talking about...
Jake Gyllenhaal Still Misses Heath Ledger
Man, time really does fly, doesn't it? It's so crazy to think that Heath Ledger died more than 7 years ago, back in January 2008. I remember when it happened like it was...
Are Jake Gyllenhaal & Ruth Wilson An Item?
The last we talked about Jake Gyllenhaal, it was when he was telling Ellen that he'd totally let his mom set him up on a blind date. Looks like his mom's off the hook, however...
Jake Gyllenhaal Wants His Mom To Set Him Up On A Date
The last we heard about Jake Gyllenhaal's love life, he was possibly being linked to Rachel McAdams, but it seems like that story was a bust, and thank god (McAdams is way out of his...
You Will Not Recognize Jake Gyllenhaal After Weight...
Jake Gyllenhaal packed on the pounds — pounds of muscle — for his latest film role. First, the dude lost 20 pounds for his role in Nightcrawler. Now he's gained that and then...
Are Rachel McAdams and Jake Gyllenhaal a thing or what?
Rachel McAdams and Jake Gyllenhaal have been spending a lot of time together because they're working on a movie called Southpaw. However, their relationship seems to be extending past...
Are Rachel McAdams and Jake Gyllenhaal doing it or...
Look, I'm going to admit it: I want Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling to fall (back) in love just like in The Notebook (note: I have never seen The Notebook) and be together forever...
Jake Gyllenhaal Punched A Mirror
Jake Gyllenhaal punched a mirror and had to get stitches. No, it wasn't exactly a fluke accident, like Zac Efron's jaw-breaker. Mr. Gyllenhaal was really into his character. He...
Jake Gyllenhaal Talks About Losing Weight For A Film...
Jake Gyllenhaal lost around 20 pounds for his latest film role, Nightcrawler, that he's currently shooting. His extreme weight loss makes him look like some sort of bizarro combo of...
Jake Gyllenhaal is Creepy in The Shoes' New Video
Oh, my God. This might be one of the most disturbing things I've ever seen. No joke, ever – in life. Jake Gyllenhaal slitting girls' throats with fencing … things...
New Couple Alert: Jake Gyllenhaal and Rashida Jones?
Either that, or these two just like to exclusively bond over their mutual love and appreciation for good food and wine. I know that there've been a good many relationships where...


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News Life-changing Surrey principal wins Premier's education award
Life-changing Surrey principal wins Premier's education award
by Sheila Reynolds on 10/9/2018 12:59 PM
A former Surrey principal has been awarded a Premier's Award for Excellence in Education for valuing, inspiring and empowering students.
Angelo Morelli, who recently retired from his role as principal at Ecole K.B. Woodward Elementary, was the winner in the School and District Leadership category of the provincial awards.
Morelli was among nine winners and 27 finalists of the inaugural awards – winners who were winnowed down from 188 nominees from across the province who have gone "above and beyond to make life better for students in British Columbia."
"Angelo has always believed that every child was born good," says Trustee Laurae McNally in a video honouring Morelli. "He looked for that goodness and built their self-esteem."
Winners were given a commemorative artwork, a $3,000 personal bursary for professional learning and a $2,000 contribution to their school community for professional learning.
Award recipients were invited to a ceremony in Victoria Oct. 5, with Premier Horgan, Minister of Education Rob Fleming, and Lt. Gov. Janet Austin.
"From these exceptional education professionals, students not only receive a practical education but also learn countless other ways to be empathetic, innovative and engaged British Columbians," said Austin. "I'm very proud to congratulate all recipients of this year's Premier's Awards for Excellence in Education and I am grateful for the opportunity to thank them in person at Government House."
For more information on the Premier's Awards for Excellence in Education and to view videos of all 27 finalists, visit: www.gov.bc.ca/excellenceineducation
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Welcome to Telstra Tower
Telstra Tower is now open to the public.
Please continue maintaining social distancing of 1.5 metres when visiting the Tower.
We have hand sanitiser stations available upon entry, please use these when visiting the Tower.
Please provide your first name and phone number for contact tracing , if required.
We hope you enjoy your visit!
For updates on health advice, please visit health.act.gov.au.
Please check our social media for future updates.
Telstra Tower is Canberra's iconic telecommunication tower rising 195.2 meters above the summit of Black Mountain in Australia's capital city. It is not only a landmark and one of Canberra's most visited tourist destinations but also offers 360 degree panoramic views of Canberra and its surrounding countryside from an indoor observation deck, two outdoor viewing platforms and Executive Briefing Centre - meeting rooms.
As well as the telecommunications facilities the tower also has a café with Canberra's best views, a Conference Centre offering spectacular outlooks and state of the art AV. The lower level of the Tower's entrance foyer, houses the Telstra Heritage Exhibition which traces the history of Australian telecommunications as well as a theatre showcasing a video, produced shortly after the Tower opened in 1980 on the tower's design and construction.
The Tower has won two awards for outstanding design, the first was in 1979 when the Tower was nearing completion, it was for imaginative and effective use of concrete in a building and then in 1980 it won the Civic Design Award of the ACT Chapter of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects.more >
Great gift ideas- Gold pass to the Tower $45.00, this entitles the bearer and 2 guests unlimited visits for 12 months. Frequent Visitor Pass $20.00, this entitles the bearer unlimited visits for 12 months available at the token booth.
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Voo de talude, voo de colina ou voo de encosta é uma técnica de voo à vela que tem como objetivo aproveitar a ascensão produzida pelo vento orográfico produzido pelos obstáculos geográficos verticais como montanhas, colinas, dunas ou montes.

A aeronave nesse tipo de voo se mantem com uma trajetória de voo paralela a encosta do acidente geográfico em altitude maior ao mesmo, sempre do lado de barlavento da colina, onde a corrente do ar é ascendente.

Para aproveitar a intensidade máxima de ascensão produzida por esta corrente, deve manter-se em voo próximo ao topo da colina, não permitindo que o planador suba nem desça muito dessa posição "ideal", convertendo energia potencial em cinética se o planador tiver tendência de subir, ou a recíproca se o planador tiver tendência de descer.

Dessa forma podem ser feitos voos de muito longa distancia onde houver uma colina ou cadeia de colinas regular e longa suficiente, além de vento constante de aproximadamente 15kt a 25kt.  As Alleghenies no leste dos Estados Unidos, onde foram batidos inúmeros recordes mundiais, são provavelmente as mais famosas colinas para o voo à vela no mundo.

Algumas aves, especialmente aves marinhas e aves de rapina também fazem uso deste tipo de voo.

Ver também
 Vento Föhn

Aerodinâmica
Aviação
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When you walk into our home, you will always see and smell candles burning. We have several candles burning in our home at all times, unless we aren't home of course. There's always at least two burning in the kitchen and dining room, and in the evenings we have a candle burning in the living room. I think candles just bring such a warm ambience to a room, not to mention they make the house smell so good.
I was sent a candle from CT River Candles to review. I got to choose from one of their over 50 scents, and I chose a Mason Jar Soy Candle in the Caramelized Pecan scent. It arrived within just a couple of days! I always get nervous with receiving glass in the mail, as I've received so many broken items in the mail over the years. But no worries with this company – this candle was packaged very carefully.
When I removed the candle from the packaging and opened the lid, the smell of the candle was simply HEAVENLY! I can't imagine a better smelling candle! It smelled so good, I seriously just wanted to bite into it! lol BUT, the real test was how does it smell when it's lit? This seems to be a common problem I have had with so many candles. Over the years, we have bought candles in probably every brand. I like the scent of Yankee Candles a lot, but they lose their scent very quickly. And when I'm spending so much money on candles, I want and expect them to be fragrant for a long time.
So, right after this candle came in, I anxiously lit this candle from CT River Candles in the dining room. In almost no time at all, I could smell this candle throughout the whole house! The scent in the house was just unbelievably incredible! Out of all of the candles we have in our collection, and ones we have owned in the past, this is hands down, my favorite candle so far!
The first day, it had been lit for a few hours, when my boyfriend came home from work for lunch. The first thing he said was "Wow! What smells so good in here, are you baking?" I showed him the candle. As disappointed as he was that I hadn't been baking, he was very impressed with how it smelled up our house. In fact, he immediately said that it was the best smelling candle that we had, and asked where we could get more.
There are so many things I love about this candle, other than the incredible smell it fills our house with.
I love that it burns evenly. I have burned so many candles that when they are done, have lots of wax buildup on the sides. Such a waste! This candle from CT River Candle burns nicely and evenly – no buildup of wasted wax anywhere.
I love that it lasts a long time. So many other candles seem to burn up in no time at all. We have had this candle lit for a couple of days now, from morning until bedtime, and I've noticed that this burns a lot slower than the other candles we've used in the past. It seems like this candle will probably last at least twice as long as our other candles.
I love that it burns clean. Most of my candles have black soot around the rim – this one does not do this, because it is made of soy!
I wish we had smell-o-vision capabilities on our computers, because I would love to share the smell of this candle with you all! I can't put into words how incredible it smells. So unfortunately, the only way to experience these awesome candles, is to get one of your own. CT River Candles makes soy candles, spa candles, tarts, and soy melts. You can purchase their products off of their website, and you can also follow them on Facebook and on Twitter!
And would you like some good news? Brenda, the very generous owner of CT River Candles, is offering a FREE spa or mason jar candle to one lucky Bargain Hound reader to anyone in the US, excluding Alaska or Hawaii. Just fill out the Rafflecopter form below to enter to win! This giveaway will end on 1/23. If you love candles, you will want to win this one!! Good luck everyone!
I love the Lavender,Lilac,Angel sent.
I would choose the lovespell type scent.
I have been a candle burner for many years. Clean Cotton is my all time favorite, for an everyday burning.
I love scents with apple and spice and vanilla or lilac scent..thanks!!!
I love clean linen or the downy scent.
I enjoy the food scents such as pumpkin pie or caramel nut best.
Sweet smells, pineapple, apple, pecan, and alike. I am very interested in knowing more about these candles.
I like sweet smelling candles, our staple is Hawaiin Breeze but right now I have Toasted Pumpkin burning. Mmmm yummy!
I like vanilla and cinnamon stick.
The clean cotton sounds like a nice clean scent.
I love any kind of baked goods scents!
I have to try these even if I don't win the giveaway…I love candles!!
You should – you won't be disappointed! These are my new favorites!!
I love any flower scent candle. Thank you for the great giveaway!
Sage and pomegranate sounds yummy.
I love fruity or spice scents 🙂 thanks for the chance to win!
I have never heard of these candles until now….I LOVE CANDLES so am anxious to try these SOON! Any scent like MULBERRIES is one of my favorites…..
I would loove to win one of these candles!
I love vanilla its my favorite and i love burning candles!!
My personal favorite scent in a candle would be a Lavender and Patchouli scent. I am not sure if they have anything like that, but I would love to try their Antique Sandalwood scent. Good luck to everyone!
I LOVE tropical scented candles, coconut-pineapple-sand/beach/suntan oil scents! I burn them almost all year around, absolutely love them!
I don't have a fave candle scent, but the caramelized pecan sounds delightful and one I've not experienced before.
the carmalized pecans sounds like it would be amazing!
I would love to try honeysuckle jasmine! Thanks for the chance to win!
thanks for the opportunity to win this. i'm not picky, i love just about everything. my favorite is clean linen and beach scents but am thankful for whatever!
Hello everyone…I'm the owner of CT River Candles and I'm enjoying reading your comments about which scents you like. Best of luck in winning one of our Soy Candles which are hand poured the old fashioned way in Haddam, Connecticut. Keep an eye on our Facebook page because we will announce a coupon code soon!!
Can't wait for the coupon code 🙂 Thanks!
That would be Sweet Pear…lol!!! Fingers are too fast.
Thank you for the chance! I think the scent you chose would be amazing, I love all scents containing carmel, coffee, or spices! Also, it would not let me put my Twitter name, but I did follow both of you! My Twitter user name is MKMama2006. Thanks so much!
Almond Pastries sounds like it would be a delicious scent!
I like Apple Cinnamon scent!
ld love to win Caramelized Pecan, Vanilla, Lilac or Rose!! Thanks for the chance.
I just received my Blueberry Muffin and Cranberry Marmalade soy candles from Ct River Candles. They are the best smelling and clean burning candles ever!
Awesome! Did you order because you found them through my blog? Those scents sound wonderful! I may have to try them myself!
I found you on Ct River Candles' Facebook page! Great blog by the way! 🙂 I must admit, Brenda does make the best soy candles!
I like scents that smell like the ocean so I would pick their sea glass or Sea Mist!
The Caramelized Pecans sounds wonderful!!!
Love fall scents, fruity scents, beach scents!
I would love to win these!!!I love having different smells throughout the house and I burn candles often. I would love to try the Basil and Herb or the Peppermint and Eucalyptus because I have never heard of or tried them.
i love anything with a baked scent or fruity.
I like tropical smelling candles.
I love all candles especially ones with fruity smells.
I love trying different scents (as long as they don't smell like porta potty deodorizer…ew!) but my go to candle is always something in either a nutmeg or apple cinnamon.
I'm thinking that the Black Cherry Vanilla Nut sounds delish!
I'd love Juniper Breeze and Fun on the Beach to remind me of my two favorite places to vacation.
I like anything vanilla or apple!


Careers are a fluid, changing, dynamic path incorporating all aspects of our lives. The decisions we make at work affect us on many fronts: our relationships, our physical wellbeing, our level of self confidence, and of course our ability to earn. It is therefore important to set our minds on what is achievable now.
Take the time to take stock. What is it you really want? If the answer is to have a meaningful career, then you need to actively manage it. Where do you want your career to be in 12 months, 2 years and beyond? How can you reinvigorate your career?
It is important to understand and be conversant with the issues affecting the business. An executive assistant is often seen as the 'font of all knowledge' and, by understanding the business, can excel in the contributions made to executives and consequently the organisation.
Who are the main players? What is their territory? How does the company interact with them? This is invaluable knowledge when dealing with high flyers. Understanding these issues will allow quality interactions. Knowledge is certainly powerful and being able to make decisions based on that knowledge would be well regarded by any executive.
Being proficient in software programs is paramount to being effective. Having Microsoft Office to an advanced level will allow you to take on projects where specific technical expertise is required. Spreadsheets to manage budgets, and project management software, will open up many opportunities for advancement. Outlook and tasks have multiple facets to ensure efficiencies for every assistant; updating these skills will ensure a high level of professionalism is maintained. In return, your executive will rely on you, their assistant, to manage their office and know that it will be done in a highly professional manner.
Every opportunity to embrace new skills should be undertaken enthusiastically as it will add 'strings to your bow'. Why not negotiate professional development opportunities with your manager? You may be pleasantly surprised that they will not only support your involvement, but also foot the bill.
Most important is setting career goals and finding ways to work towards achieving them. Seeking out further educational opportunities such as undertaking a certificate or diploma will also show your willingness to grow in your role; and it makes for great reading on an updated CV.
Negotiate with your executive about participating in working groups, or being involved in projects, where you can become an integral member of a team. This will broaden your experience and add value to your team as you offer another perspective to the project.
The role of supervisor sometimes comes with the territory of being an executive assistant. Working in an already exceptionally busy role can at times make it difficult to be responsible for someone else and their productivity. It is a special person who is able to manage their executive, the executive office, staff that report to them, their own role and continue to be cool, calm and collected – all at the same time. It is also important to understand the level of expertise of staff so that professional development opportunities can be offered which will see them grow into productive contributors to the team.
Any executive that has a positive, flexible and versatile assistant, is usually a happy one, as they know that they can rely on their EA's expertise and know that they will be professional in every aspect of the role.
If you aspire to great things in your career, then don't procrastinate; take the action, and take it now. Never ever give up, life is for living, and that should include living your dream.
Hello, good afternoon my dear Catherine Middleton, I write to you through the present, because I am a person with 25 years of experience as a secretary in a university, but my desire is to become the best Executive Secretary as a career, since I have the Experience more not the diplomas that endorse it. Much would know to thank in advance your accessory in this regard.


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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band/Asleep At The Wheel coming to Meridian
August 7, 2012 1:22:45 PM
MERIDIAN -- --California and Texas are pretty far apart--geographically, politically, even culturally. But on Thursday, September 13, some excellent--and well known--musicians from both states will come together for what is sure to be an entertaining show at the MSU Riley Center. After a 6 p.m. pre-show party, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band along with Asleep at the Wheel will take the stage for a 7:30 p.m. concert.
Since the 60s, these guys from Long Beach, Calif., have been showcasing bluegrass, folk-rock, and country sounds using everything from a jug and a kazoo to an electric guitar. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is probably best known for their cover of "Mr. Bojangles" and their 1972 album, "Will the Circle Be Unbroken." The members and instruments have changed many times over the past four decades, but their abilities to make award-winning music have stayed the same.
With nine Grammys under their belt, the members of Asleep at the Wheel have plenty to show for all their hard work since 1970. Founded in West Virginia, the country-western swing group eventually moved to Texas at the behest of Willie Nelson, who since has partnered with co-founder Ray Benson and the band for several successful projects.
Tickets are $40 and $34 at the MSU Riley Center box office, which is open from 9 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday. Tickets can be purchased online HERE or by calling the box office at 601-696-2200.
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Paintings, Sculptures, Costumes and Ceramic displayed on mobile structures, Performance etc.
Based on the mural "Entry of the Arts" (1943) by Nils Wedel, in the stairwell of Norrköpings Art Museum, Martin Karlsson Tebus has used the motif of the mural as a form of manuscript from which he has recreated paintings, sculptures, clothings and handicrafts, working in collaboration with local artists and craft people. More than anything, the synthesis of the artforms portayed in "Entry of the Arts" depics a street performance where art takes place in the public space, and where the recreated and embodied "Entry/Exit (after Nils Wedel)" works as props for both exiting the museum and entering the city as stage.


dbsyntax: Database used with regards to SQL syntax etc.
Please note, that some features may be not supported by all database backends.
When using an array for the dsn, additional options must be added as individual elements.
If your protocol is 'unix' and you're using array syntax, you need to specify a 'socket' parameter (which isn't documented here) in order to tell it where to connect.
If you use Firebird database, specify dbsyntax='firebird'.


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The Most Loved Workplace Leaders Show with Paul Travers CEO of Vuzix
About Paul Travers
Paul Travers is the founder of Vuzix and has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer since 1997 and as a member of our Board of Directors since November 1997. Prior to the formation of Vuzix, Mr. Travers founded both e-Tek Labs, Inc. and Forte Technologies Inc. He has been a driving force behind the development of our products. With more than 30 years' experience in the consumer electronics field, and 26 years' experience in the virtual reality and virtual display fields, he is a nationally recognized industry expert. He holds an Associate degree in engineering science from Canton, ATC and a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical and computer engineering from Clarkson University.
Vuzix is loved because...
Employees are excited about their growing augmented-reality company in north-central New York. It's easy to see why: There's a patent incentive program and stock options.
Paul Travers serves as a Model of Vuzix's Values because…
Our CEO demonstrates trust in his teams and lets them make decisions for execution. He's also a genuine human being who helped nurture not just a company, but an entire industry into being. The success of both depends on finding ways to connect with people, which is a big focus of his.


Thousands of Innis College and University of Toronto students use Town Hall, Innis College's 200-person screening facility, for classes, special events, student film festivals, and workshops. Town Hall also welcomes more than 50,000 community visitors each year for film festivals, receptions, symposia, and public lectures.
While Town Hall has served Innis students, the Cinema Studies Institute, and the public capably for thirty-five years, a major transformation is needed. A renewed Town Hall will help us to meet the needs of our students and the Cinema Studies Institute (CSI). The renovations will also allow us to continue to support the needs of community film festivals and events.
Improving the lobby and reception area – encouraging more interaction among students, faculty, visiting filmmakers, and community members.
Launched in 2013, our new matching program also ensures that all donations to the Town Hall campaign will be matched dollar for dollar by Innis College.
Ennis Blentic, Advancement Officer at 416-978-3424 or at ennis.blentic@utoronto.ca.


From stalling my way around side streets at a terrifying 5 mph, through the sudden realisation that getting out of second doesn't mean I loose control of the car, regularly stopping off at that frustrating place where the manoeuvres which were so easy the week before are now apparently impossible, to final disbelief at hearing my tester inform me that I've passed the driving test at my first attempt, I've only ever used one driving instructor.
I've found Noel Christopher an excellent teacher and while I've heard numerous friends and colleagues describe their own experiences of bouncing from one instructor to another, searching for someone who is able to offer effective tuition, this isn't something I ever felt I needed to do.
Welcome to driving school in Dagenham and East Dagenham Essex. Driving lessons from *£10.50 per hour with an Grade 6 Driving Instructor. One to one driving lesson from start to finish. One hour driving lesson, to intensive driving lessons for Dagenham by an Grade 6 approved Driving Instructor Noel Christopher.
A unique cheap driving lesson without cutting corners. I am able to do this because I am an independent driving instructor and my over head's are low.
Your search for quality driving schools and instructors in Dagenham is nearly over. I will teach you the art of, how to memories difficult tasks using the power of visualisation and talk through to overcome fear.
The great Albert Einstein said "Imagination is more important than Knowledge".
The number one reason why learner drivers fail their driving test is fear of the unknown and someone watching you over every step of the way. You will learn how to change your thought vibrations during your driving lessons to increase confidence and driving skills before your driving test. Click here to see what people say about Dagenham driving school.
You will learn to drive in round the Dagenham - Upney - Ilford - Goodmayes and the local DSA TEST routes like Goodmayes and Barking. Just as you know your home town routes, which will help you to stay focused throughout the driving test.


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Capri Jewelry v. Hattie Carnegie Jewelry Enter
Parkson Corp. v. Andritz Sprout-Bauer, Inc.
Some courts have, in a manner similar to the Rule 19(a) analysis, held that as long as the licensee…
MICRO-ACOUSTICS CORP. v. BOSE CORP.
It is clear that proceeding in the absence of Bose Products will prejudice no one; that a judgment declaring…
Full title:CAPRI JEWELRY INCORPORATED AND TANCER TWO, INC., PLAINTIFFS-APPELLEES, v…
Court:United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Date published: May 26, 1976
539 F.2d 846 (2d Cir. 1976)
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
No. 750, Docket 75-7604.
Argued April 21, 1976.
Decided May 26, 1976.
Robert E. Isner, New York City (Nims, Howes, Collison Isner, and Kenneth R. Umans, New York City of counsel), for defendant-appellant Hattie Carnegie Jewelry Enterprises, Ltd.
Morton Amster, New York City (Amster Rothstein, New York City of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellees Capri Jewelry Incorporated and Tancer Two, Inc.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Before FRIENDLY, HAYS and MESKILL, Circuit Judges.
FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge:
Defendant Hattie Carnegie Jewelry Enterprises, Ltd. (Hattie Carnegie) appeals from an order of the District Court for the Southern District of New York in an action brought against it by two distributors of costume jewelry, Capri Jewelry Incorporated (Capri) and Tancer Two, Inc. (TT).
Hattie Carnegie has been licensed by Bill G. James, a resident of California who was named as a defendant but has not been served, to make or have made for it color-change rings under James' Patent No. 3,802,945 (the Patent), entitled "Heat Sensitive Novelty Device." The special appeal of these rings is that changes in temperature activate a change in the color of the transparent "stones"; there is no contention, however, that James invented the basic material having this property, which is commercially available. On September 19, 1975, when plaintiffs were in the process of obtaining orders for their own color-changing rings for the Christmas trade, Hattie Carnegie caused to be published in Women's Wear a notice reproduced in the margin. Eight days later Hattie Carnegie's attorneys sent Gimbel's department store a telegram asserting that "the `personality ring' now being sold by you" infringed the Patent; two days later the attorneys confirmed this in a letter and wrote that unless they obtained immediate assurance of discontinuance of sales, they would take "prompt and stringent action . . .." No such assurances having been given, James and Hattie Carnegie, on October 2, 1975, brought an action in the Southern District against Gimbel's for patent infringement; they were represented by the same counsel who appear for Hattie Carnegie in this case. The bringing of the action was reported in Women's Wear for October 3. Although Gimbel's rings had been purchased from another supplier, they were manufactured by the same firm that manufactured TT's rings, and were identical to them. As a result of the article in Women's Wear, TT was advised by Macy's on October 3 that, unless indemnified by TT, it would not sell TT's Personality Ring and would recall an advertisement scheduled for October 5; TT gave such indemnity.
Hattie Carnegie insisted on brief and at argument that the license is non-exclusive; plaintiffs intimate that the contrary may be the fact. The record does not firmly establish the answer. The complaint in an action brought by the patentee and Hattie Carnegie against Gimbel Brothers, mentioned below, refers to a license agreement but does not describe it. However, we will assume the point in appellant's favor.
On September 25, TT had obtained an opinion of counsel that the Personality Ring did not infringe the Patent, which was also thought to be of "doubtful validity"; TT made this opinion available to Hattie Carnegie's counsel on October 6, without result. Thereupon Capri and TT brought this action on October 8. They sought, inter alia, a declaration that the Patent was invalid or, alternatively, was not infringed by their rings, an injunction against further threats or the prosecution of actions charging infringement, and damages for unfair competition.
The complaint was served on October 9.
Under the Southern District's Individual Assignment Plan the case was assigned by rotation to Judge Conner, who had been a leading patent lawyer. Along with the complaint Hattie Carnegie's counsel were served with notice of a hearing before the judge at 2:00 p. m. that afternoon, October 9, on plaintiffs' demand for discovery to facilitate their moving for summary judgment. At the request of Hattie Carnegie's counsel the hearing was adjourned until the morning of Friday, October 10. The judge then expressed doubt whether the case was suitable for summary judgment but stated he would give plaintiffs an immediate trial on the issue of infringement. He directed plaintiffs' attorneys to furnish defendant's counsel with specimen rings and instructed the latter to state their position with respect to infringement on October 14. Capri submitted samples of two rings; TT of one. Defendant conceded that one of Capri's rings did not infringe and a partial consent judgment was entered to that effect; it continued to assert that the other Capri ring and the TT ring, which were substantially identical, did infringe. Taking out-of-town engagements of defendant's counsel into account, the judge set the trial for October 23.
Hattie Carnegie makes some complaint of the fact that the case was not designated as "related" to the suit that it and James had brought against Gimbel's and referred to Judge Pollack, to whom that suit had been assigned. We find nothing in the record to indicate that Hattie Carnegie objected to proceeding before Judge Conner; in any event it is not for us to police the assignment of cases under the District Court's Individual Assignment Plan.
Prior to trial the judge had studied the Patent, the history of its prosecution in the Patent Office, and a prior art patent, which, as will be seen below, had figured in the prosecution, as well as proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law which the parties had submitted as required by the judge's standing order — a course which, far from being censurable as defendant claims, was a commendable effort by the judge to educate himself on what was to come before him. Before the trial began the judge spoke to both counsel separately in an effort to promote a settlement; defendant's counsel claims that the judge advised that on the basis of his study of the incontrovertible documents mentioned above, he was going to find non-infringement, and suggested the advisability of counsel's settling the case on a basis whereby, in return for defendant's conceding this, plaintiffs would withdraw their damage claim. At the beginning of the trial the judge referred to these conferences and remarked that since defendant's counsel were unable to get in touch with their client, they would prefer to go to trial. Defendant's counsel asked that a patent lawyer whom they proposed to call as "a patent expert" be heard first. The judge stated that he would welcome expert help "about the technology" but, in accordance with his announced practice in patent cases, did not require the assistance of an expert in "how to interpret a file wrapper, the legal effect of amending a claim and so forth" since "that is something that counsel can do in their briefs and oral argument just as effectively as a patent expert." Although now protesting this ruling, counsel acquiesced in it at the time. The acquiescence was well advised since the ruling not only was within the discretion afforded by Federal Rule of Evidence 702 with respect to hearing experts but was eminently sensible for a judge who had devoted years to the study of patent claims and file wrappers and to litigation arising from them. The short trial was started and completed on October 23. Plaintiff's counsel having urged that the matter was pressing because of commercial realities, counsel were directed to file briefs by 9:00 a.m. on October 28, and the court rendered its opinion before 5:00 p.m. that day.
Defendant's counsel asserts the judge said that if, after trial, he should adhere to his view and plaintiffs could sustain their allegation of loss of business from defendant's threats, "he would render a decision which would `curl' counsel's hair." Our quotation of this does not mean that we accept that it was said. While we are certain the judge's intentions in speaking to counsel separately were of the best, this episode underscores our remarks in Finley v. Parvin/Dohrmann Company, Inc., 520 F.2d 386, 389 n. 4 (2 Cir. 1975), as to "[t]he difficulties which even the most innocent form of oral [ex parte] communication may sometimes create."
Judge Conner found the case with respect to infringement to be an easy one. Referring to his opinion for further detail, we can summarize his analysis as follows: Claim 1 of the Patent reads as follows:
The trial court's opinion also considered the possible applicability of Claim 3, which he correctly believed to give even less support to the claim of infringement. Since appellant has been content to argue this appeal on the basis of Claim 1, we see no need for discussing Claim 3.
1. As an article of manufacture, the combination comprising:
a. a transparent body;
b. a multiplicity of separately encapsulated droplets of a crystalline liquid encapsulated in turn within said transparent body, said droplets of separately encapsulated crystalline liquid iridescing when subjected to varying temperatures to display through said transparent body varying colors correlated to said varying temperatures;
c. said transparent body being generally flat and having a peripheral flange defining a recess within said body, said multiplicity of separately encapsulated droplets of crystalline liquid being deposited within said recess; and
d. means for sealing said recess whereby said encapsulated droplets of crystalline liquid are sealed within the recess of said transparent body.
The nub of the invention, as described in a section of the Patent headed "Summary of the Invention," cited in appellant's brief, was this:
In terms of broad inclusion, the invention comprises the further encapsulation of the encapsulated droplets of crystalline material within a transparent body in such a way that the individually encapsulated droplets of crystalline material will still be responsive to variations in temperature to effect iridescence thereof, and so that the iridescence so formed will be visible to the observer through a transparent body which effectively seals the encapsulated droplets of crystalline material from the ambient atmosphere while permitting transmission of light there through. [Emphasis in appellant's brief.]
However, in the accused rings there is no recess in the stone in which the droplets are encapsulated. In TT's product, the flat back of an oval glass stone (a "cabochon"), after being thoroughly cleaned, is painted over with a thin layer of liquid crystal slurry. After being dried, the stone receives a further coat of black paint and is dried again. Meanwhile, an appropriate metal bezel or frame which includes a flat bottom shaped and sized to fit the flat back of the stone and having a short upstanding marginal flange is welded into a ring. Thereafter the stone is secured in the metal bezel by placing a single drop of a commercially available adhesive at the center of the bezel and pressing the stone into it to spread the adhesive over the interface between the back of the stone and the floor of the bezel, with an excess adhesive being extruded into the space at the corners of the bezel. The Capri ring is substantially the same, except that the crystalline and black layers are applied to a thin separate piece of plastic, which is in turn affixed between the stone and the bezel. The judge held that the accused rings did not literally infringe the Patent and that file wrapper estoppel precluded Hattie Carnegie from relying on the doctrine of equivalents.
Little discussion is needed to show the correctness of the conclusion that the accused rings did not infringe the letter of the Patent. Clause c of Claim 1 refers to a "transparent body . . . having a peripheral flange defining a recess within said body"; the accused rings have no "peripheral flange" and indeed no "recess within said [transparent] body." By the same token they do not provide for the deposit of crystalline liquid within such a recess. There being no recess within a transparent body, the accused rings likewise do not come within clause d, which is stated in the conjunctive. The judge was right in rejecting the contention that the extrusion of a portion of the adhesive between the beveled edge of the stone and the inner corners of the bezel made the enclosed area a recess in the transparent body, as defined in the Patent.
Appellant's principal objection to Judge Conner's conclusion on this score is that he limited his written consideration of the specifications to Figures 2 and 3 and the material describing them; the contention is that Figure 4, and its description, should have been considered as well. This Figure was described as a "flat transparent face plate" with a bottom "sealing member," and, the point relied on, a separate "peripheral seal flange," hermetically sealed to the top and bottom members. We think that this language cannot, at one and the same time, be thought to cover the bead of extruded adhesive and also be within a fair reading of Claim 1; and, as we read the opinion, Judge Conner substantially so stated. Indeed, we have trouble reading Claim 1 on this Figure in any case; the language which naturally fits it, identically pictured and described in the original patent application, was contained in James' Application Claim 9, which was stricken from the Patent during prosecution. It claimed:
The combination according to [Application] Claim 1 [i. e., Patent Claim 1, parts a and b], in which said transparent body comprises a flat sheet, said encapsulated droplets of crystalline liquid are disposed in a layer on one surface of said flat transparent sheet, a flat opaque backing member is superimposed coextensively over said layer of encapsulated droplets, and means sealing marginal edge portions of said flat opaque backing member to said flat transparent sheet to enclose and support said beads between said flat transparent sheet and the flat backing member.
A patentee cannot, by means of the specifications, revive a claim that has been abandoned, Schriber-Schroth Co. v. Cleveland Trust Co., 311 U.S. 211, 217-18, 61 S.Ct. 235, 85 L.Ed. 132 (1940).
Hattie Carnegie's hopes for success thus had to rest on the doctrine of equivalents. As was classically stated by Judge Learned Hand, this is a principle, peculiar to patent law, whereby "after all aids to interpretation have been exhausted, and the scope of the claims has been enlarged as far as the words can be stretched, on proper occasions courts make them cover more than their meaning will bear." Royal Typewriter Co. v. Remington Rand, Inc., 168 F.2d 691, 692 (2 Cir.), cert. denied, 335 U.S. 825, 69 S.Ct. 50, 93 L.Ed. 379 (1948). He went on to note the necessarily imprecise character of the principle, saying:
"All patents are entitled to its benefit to an extent, measured on the one hand by their contribution to the art, and on the other by the degree to which it is necessary to depart from the meaning to reach a just result."
The trial court found it unnecessary to determine whether the Patent was so entitled since it concluded that the patentee was barred by file wrapper estoppel from relying on the principle of equivalents. All of the 13 claims in the original application were dependent, either directly or indirectly, on Application Claim 1. This was limited to clauses a and b of Claim 1 in the Patent as issued. The Patent Examiner initially rejected all claims on the basis of prior art, to wit, Hodson Patent No. 3,585,381 issued June 15, 1971. One of the applicant's arguments against this was the following, in regard to Application Claim 6 (now the full Patent Claim 1 quoted above):
Claim 6 was also rejected on Hodson under 35 U.S.C. § 102, and applicant is at a loss to understand the basis for this rejection. This claim clearly specifies that applicant's transparent body is provided with a peripheral flange defining a recess within the body. Nowhere does Hodson disclose or suggest such a peripheral flange or recess within his member 4.
The Patent Office responded that Applicant Claim 6, among others, would be allowable if amended so as to be independent, but finally rejected Application Claims 1 to 5 and 9, saying
Hodson et al. disclose a laminated product wherein an encapsulated liquid-crystal member is bonded to, and embedded between an opaque backing sheet 1 and a transparent upper body member 4; see Figure 1. Whether the encapsulated liquid crystals are bonded to the surface of the flat transparent member 4 of Hodson et al. or whether they are embedded within said transparent member 4, as recited in applicants' claims is considered to involve a mere matter of choice and obvious expedient to the ordinary skilled laminating chemist.
In addition, Claim 9, see Footnote 7, supra, was specifically rejected on the following basis:
The polymeric adhesive binder 3 of Hodson et al would inherently serve to seal the marginal edge portions of the laminated product, shown in Figure 1 of the patent, in the manner recited in claim 9 herein.
In response the applicant submitted Application 6 as a new independent Claim, allowed as Claim 1.
As we said in International Latex Corp. v. Warner Brothers Co., 276 F.2d 557, 565 (2 Cir.), cert. denied, 364 U.S. 816, 81 S.Ct. 47, 5 L.Ed.2d 47 (1960), citing many cases,
It is settled that the rejection of a claim forbids `any interpretation of those secured which leaves them identical with that rejected' or any use of the doctrine of equivalents to that end.
James' patent solicitors succeeded in convincing the Patent Office that he had overcome the charge of obviousness in light of Hodson because his "transparent body is provided with a peripheral flange defining a recess within the body" — something which the accused rings do not have. File wrapper estoppel thus stands in the way of applying the doctrine of equivalents so that Patent Claim 1 will include a ring which accomplishes James' purpose of protecting the crystalline liquid against "destruction by contact with various solvents, excessive heat, and physical abrasion" by means other than a peripheral flange.
Appellant contests this on the basis that, in contrast to the usual case of file wrapper estoppel, Application Claim 6 (Patent Claim 1) was never itself narrowed by amendment, and points to the language of Moore Business Forms, Inc. v. Minnesota Mining and Manuf. Co., 521 F.2d 1178, 1184 (2 Cir. 1975), quoted in the margin, for the proposition that this is a crucial distinction. That opinion should not be read to make this point all-important; immediately following the language quoted to us, the court also pointed out that there had never been an attempt to distinguish the claim being there sued upon from the prior art on the basis of the unique qualities of the feature as to which equivalence was being asserted — exactly what appellant is seeking to do here. The rest of appellant's argument seems to be in substance that the Patent Office erred in rejecting James' initial claims since they were not in fact obvious in light of Hodson and since Application Claim No. 1 was already limited to the real invention, the encapsulation of the liquid "within said transparent body." We need not debate whether this is true. For an erroneous rejection by the Patent Office does not relieve, from the doctrine of file wrapper estoppel, an applicant who elects to acquiesce in it rather than pursue his other remedies. See International Latex, supra, 276 F.2d at 565.
In determining whether an estoppel applies, the court must consider whether an applicant abandoned or disclaimed coverage of certain processes or products in the course of securing its patent. Of primary importance in such a case are the original claims made by the applicant, the reasons given by the examiner for rejecting such claims, and the narrowing amendments made by the applicant in an attempt to secure approval of the patent. See, e. g., Graham v. John Deere Co., 383 U.S. 1, 33, 86 S.Ct. 634, 15 L.Ed.2d 545 (1966). In the present case, the term free-flowing powder was not added by amendment to narrow claim 8, but was contained in the initial Macaulay claim relating to producing microcapsules by chemical condensation, as well as in all the original Macaulay process claims. Thus we do not have a situation where an initial claim relating to chemical condensation, but not including the filtering and drying steps, was initially made by Moore, rejected by the patent examiner, and then narrowed by adding the filtering and drying steps.
We also note that the language of Graham v. John Deere Co., 383 U.S. 1, 33, 86 S.Ct. 684, 702, 15 L.Ed.2d 545 (1966), cited in the passage from the Moore opinion quoted in the preceding footnote, is not only that "claims that have been narrowed in order to obtain the issuance of a patent by distinguishing the prior art cannot be sustained to cover that which was previously by limitation eliminated from the patent," but also that "[c]laims must be read and interpreted with reference to rejected ones and to the state of the prior art."
While we hold that the judge correctly applied the doctrine of file wrapper estoppel to preclude resort to the principle of equivalents in this case, we doubt whether that principle would support a finding of infringement in any event. As is manifest from the foregoing, the essence of James' invention was not in the use of color-changing material in items of jewelry, but in devising a unique means for applying this material so as to seal it from external influences that would cause its deterioration. The evidence showed that the methods here claimed to be equivalent to those described in the Patent were used in jewelry making to place stones, some of them foil-backed, in bezels of the same shape, even when there was no crystalline material to seal; and that such means had been in use for that purpose prior to the application for the Patent. We accordingly see nothing that would call forth the policies protected by the doctrine of equivalents as described in Graver Tank Co. v. Linde Air Prods. Co., 339 U.S. 605, 607-08, 70 S.Ct. 854, 94 L.Ed. 1097 (1950) and Royal Typewriter Co. v. Remington Rand, Inc., supra, 168 F.2d at 692; see also 7 Walker on Patents § 558 (1972) (2 ed. Deller); International Harvester Co. v. Killefer Manuf. Co., 67 F.2d 54, 61 (9 Cir. 1933).
Appellant's other principal ground for reversal is that the court should not have rendered a judgment of non-infringement in an action in which the patentee was not made a party, and the Patent was represented only by a non-exclusive licensee, see footnote 1, supra. Hattie Carnegie places great store on our decision in Contracting Division, A. C. Horn Corp. v. New York Life Ins. Co., 113 F.2d 864 (1940), that a claimed infringer could not counterclaim for a declaration of non-infringement against a non-exclusive licensee without the presence of the patent owner since there was no "actual controversy" such as the Federal Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201, requires. However, the A. C. Horn decision was soon distinguished in A. L. Smith Iron Co. v. Dickson, 141 F.2d 3 (2 Cir. 1944). Dickson, a non-exclusive licensee of a British patentee, advised A. L. Smith that the latter was selling products infringing the patent, that the patent owner had instructed that the patent was "to be protected at any cost," and that A. L. Smith's purchasers were "going to get into trouble." Reversing a district court decision that had relied on A.C. Horn, this court held that Dickson was not entitled to have A.L. Smith's action for a declaration of invalidity dismissed because of the absence of the patent owner. Judge Learned Hand said:
Yet, even though the Cocks company had done nothing more than license Dickson, the scales, so balanced, would tip to the plaintiff's side; for it would be obviously unfair to leave its business exposed to continuous indirect attack, merely to preserve the company's choice of forum — at least when, as here, the forum open to it is a court having jurisdiction over patents.
We find A. L. Smith very pertinent here. Clearly the evidence showed an actual controversy between plaintiffs and Hattie Carnegie; there is nothing in appellant's assertion that the district court lacked "jurisdiction" to proceed in the absence of the patent-owner. The question is whether the court properly exercised its discretion under F.R.Civ.P. 19(b). We think it did; see 3A Moore, Federal Practice ¶ 19.14 [2.-3] (1974). The Notice by which Hattie Carnegie precipitated the controversy stated that it would take immediate legal action "both individually and in consort with the licensor." Evidence that this assertion was not unauthorized by the licensor is furnished by the fact that only a fortnight later they did exactly what had been threatened, by jointly suing Gimbel's for infringement. Counsel representing Hattie Carnegie in this suit are acting both for it and for James in the infringement suit. The judgment of non-infringement will not be binding or work as a collateral estoppel on James (although it will, of course, be damaging as a precedent) unless he has controlled or substantially participated in the presentation, see Restatement of Judgment 2d § 83 (Tent. Draft # 2, 1975); there is simply nothing to support the assertion of appellant's counsel that, under Blonder Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois Foundation, 402 U.S. 313, 91 S.Ct. 1434, 28 L.Ed.2d 788 (1971), any judgment of non-infringement in a patent action operates in rem and binds the world. While it is true that plaintiffs might have intervened in the infringement action against Gimbel's, it is equally true that James, who was well aware of this litigation and does not eschew the Southern District as a forum when that suits his purpose, could have defended here.
Beyond this major procedural claim, appellant mounts a variety of attacks upon the speed with which the court decided the case. We have already dealt with some of these and find no merit in the others. It probably is true that a judge less versed in patent law would have taken longer to reach a decision even on so clear a case as this. We agree that, except perhaps in cases of grave emergency, speed should not be a goal to be purchased at the cost of fairness. It was not so purchased here. The judge offered appellant an opportunity to produce additional evidence on infringement, with a temporary injunction being issued in the meanwhile as was justified on any view; appellant said it had none. Even now after the lapse of many months, appellant has not pointed to any material evidence it was foreclosed from offering or arguments it was prevented from making. When as here justice can be swift as well as sure, it attains its best. A court is fortunate to have a member who can understand and speak the arcane language of patent litigation as readily as ordinary English and can act, soundly and decisively, from a background of knowledge of patent law which most of us must tediously acquire, or reacquire, for each case.
NOTICE TO ALL RETAILERS, WHOLESALERS, JOBBERS, MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS
Notice that HATTIE CARNEGIE JEWELRY and its subsidiaries have been licensed to manufacture, distribute and sell the sensational new stone that changes color according to the emotions of the wearer. This product and the manufacturing process thereof have been granted a patent by the United States Patent Office. We will rigorously defend our rights under this license, both individually and in consort with the licensor. Immediate, severe legal action will be taken against any retailer, wholesaler or manufacturer who may infringe on this federal patent.
HATTIE CARNEGIE JEWELRY ENTERPRISES, LTD. 10 East 38th Street, New York, N.Y. 10016 (212) 725-2600


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Leinster House, Dublin.
James Malton del: et fecit.
London, Publish'd July 1792 by Ja.s Malton & G. Cowen, Grafton Street Dublin.
Aquatint printed in blue and brown, with hand finishing, very fine original colour. Sheet 300 x 425mm (11¾ x 16¾"). Trimmed within plate, creases and tears at top.
Leinster House, built by Richard Cassels 1745-8, once the seat of the Duke of Leinster but now the home of the Parliament of Ireland.
Abbey Scenery: 473; Bonar-Law 2, p.67, state ii of ii.
Old Soldier's Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin.
London, by Ja.s Malton & G. Cowen, Dublin, Feb.y 1794.
Aquatint with hand colour. 325 x 420mm (12¾ x 16½"), very large margins.
The Royal Hospital Kilmainham, now the Irish Museum of Modern Art.
Provost's House, Dublin.
James Malton delin. et fecit.
London, Pub'd by Ja.s Malton & G. Cowen, Dublin, Feb 1794.
Coloured aquatint. 320 x 430mm (12½ x 17"), with very wide margins.
The house of the provost of Trinity College, Dublin.
Abbey Scenery: 473; Bonar-Law 2, p39, state ii of ii.
View from the Dublin Approach to Heywood, in the Queen's County Ireland, The Seat of Frederick Trench Esquire.
F.W.T. 1818. Transferred & Printed at Moser & Harris's Lithographic Press No. 71 Cromer Street London.
Very fine lithograph. Sheet size: 280 x 435mm (11 x 17¼"), with very large margins. Cockling to right hand edge margin. Printers crease about 100mm that runs from the centre of the bottom edge into the print.
Landscape with path. Amateur lithograph by the army officer and politician Frederick William Trench (c.1777-1859), whose father owned Heywood, Ballynakill in Queen's County. Trench was also keenly interested in architecture: in 1815 he proposed a vast monument to British naval and military victories over France on the site which became Trafalgar Square, and in 1824 he launched a project for an embankment on the north side of the Thames (in conjunction with which a long print of the project was produced).
For Trench's embankment scheme see refs. 23749 &c.
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Mallahide Castle in the Co: of Dublin. Most Humbly Inscribed to Rich.d Talbot Esq.r by Tho.s Milton.
F. Wheatley Del.t. T. Milton sculp.t.
Published as the Act directs 1st July, 1783 by J. Walker, Charing Cross London, for the Author, T. Milton in Dublin.
Engraving. 155 x 200mm (6¼ x 8"), with wide margins.
Malahide Castle, parts of which date back to the 12th century, home to the Talbot family from 1185 until 1976. This plate was engraved by Thomas Milton after Francis Wheatley and issued in the second installment (of six) of Milton's 'A Collection of Select Views from the different Seats of the Nobility and Gentry in the Kingdom of Ireland', published 1783-93, with a total of 24 plates. Milton (1743-1827), son of marine painter John Milton, is believed to have been a pupil of William Woollett. He later worked on Boydell's Shakespeare series and aquatinted some of Luigi Meyer's views of Egypt.
http://www.libraryireland.com/irishartists/thomas-milton.php.
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Maldives on Tuesday imposed a nationwide shut down of all guesthouses and city hotels, as the popular island holiday destination takes a series of drastic preventive measures aimed at containing the novel coronavirus outbreak.
Tourism minister Ali Waheed told reporters in capital Male Tuesday afternoon that no tourist will be allowed to check-in to any guesthouse or city hotel in the country from 6pm Tuesday, local time.
The nationwide ban announced on Tuesday extends last week's shut down of guesthouses in capital Male and its suburbs, Hulhumale and Villimale.
Over 600 guesthouses — all located in inhabited islands, unlike the destination's luxurious 'one-island, one-resort' establishments — are in operation across the archipelago.
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Thread starter Anonymous
Here it is, folks.
Morrissey - Compare My Radio
comparemyradio.com
'Compare my Radio' compiles the songs played on all the national BBC (and other major) radio stations over the last month.
What is there for Morrissey? One single song gets played once!
'Once I saw the River Clean' is the song in question, and it got played once on Radio 2.
Remember at the time, someone round here mentioned that this was just the start and would probably get moved to the playlist proper. Fat chance!
Jesse T and Joe C even tweeted about it!
Wonder who at the BBC decided they had to stop playing him (virtually) completely.
I know Vanessa Feltz (a presenter and one of the highest paid employees at the BBC) absolutely hates Morrissey, and said she used to cringe whenever she had to play his songs. Maybe she had a word with the management. It's all rather bizarre...
Janice said:
Who even cares.
many ways to listen to the boy.
yet nobody bought the album ... or downloaded... or streamed it
dalibor brun said:
Vanessa Feltz (a presenter and one of the highest paid employees at the BBC) absolutely hates Morrissey
so do I
The site went down a year ago but returned after a few months. It is true, that single play of River Clean was the sole pairing of a morrissey song on national radio at the album's release. Got evidence to the contrary? By all means present it.
BBC Radio Scotland may not be a UK wide Radio station as such but you can listen to any BBC Radio Station live on their Sounds app and the DJ Billy Sloan supported Dog On A Chain in the four weeks leading up to release by playing Bobby, Don't You Think They Know on the 1st and 2nd shows then Love Is On It's Way Out on the 3rd and 4th shows.
Now he's only on once a week on a Saturday night but it weakens the theory that the BBC have totally stopped playing his new music. On last night's show Billy S. played How Soon Is Now saying it's one of his all time favourite Smiths songs & mentions Johnny Marr on guitar & Morrissey on vocals & lyrics. That said Radio 2 playing Once I Saw The River Clean in the middle of the night once is really poor in terms of acknowledging Dog On A Chain so who really knows what's going in there.
StopRacism
Of course it's bullshit, just look at your list of points, it's pathetic folk like you are still banging on about a few nothing bits and pieces that you somehow find controversial.
well thats the point. you dont find it pathetic wearing a far right wing on television and giving support to Robinson
the rest of us strongly disagree
StopRacism said:
I can't speak for Moz and explain his motives or actions but as a long term fan I genuinely do not believe he is the 'villain' that some would have you believe. For me he's an inspirational figure who has been there my whole adult life and in my opinion no one can come close to his body of work in terms of quality and quantity. No offence meant but I feel some fans have thrown in the towel based on very little and I'll be honest I can't understand it.
It's not "very little" though is it? Hints were there all the way back to Bengali in Platforms. Cornershop had it right. Sincerely think that Johnny Marr held him in check during the Smiths. No wonder he left.
Well it is and the bottom line is, 'if YOU don't like him don't look at him'. Simple.
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So what you're suggesting is that we should just ignore right-wing goons? Can you name any other right-wing figures we should NOT ignore?
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The Compare My Radio site went down in 2019 and returned, but it's only as the pages of the site as it was when it closed. The most played song played on the radio on these pages is listed as "I don't care" by Ed Sheeran and Justin Beiber which came out in May 2019...........I'm not bothered about whether Moz was played, I hope he was, but just saying that this site is redundant.
Uncleskinny said:
Not my area of expertise I'm afraid.
'What Kind of People Live in These Houses' got played on Resonance FM a couple of weeks ago; Resonance broadcasts in the London area but can be streamed globally from their website and gets archived on Mixcloud. This is the show it was played on:
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Morrissey need only tour Vauxhall & I (something he's never explicitly done) and people would return in droves.
Given the line up for that festival he's headlining in the United States of America or somewhere, he's obviously no longer seeing retrospection as something beneath him.
He's scarcely out of options—his own ego is his only hurdle. Though I accept that might, in the end, be insurmountable.
My hope and wish is that he would one day do an anniversary tour of Vauxhall & I. He only toured it in the UK, and that was at the occasion of the Boxers EP, and nowhere else. It's beyond me.
Anyway, 2019 (= 25th anniversary) was an option but he had California Son to promote in the US and didn't feel welcome in the UK / rest of Europe. So 2024 would be his next chance (30th anniversary, plus 20th anniversary of YATQ), if he is still up to it. Such a tour would draw a bigger crowd, and he might just be longing for that by 2024. But it is still a long wait.
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A study from researchers at Brown University and Silent Spring Institute found that inexpensive, easy-to-assemble Corsi-Rosenthal boxes can help reduce exposure to indoor air pollutants. Credit: Ken Zirkel
A team of researchers from Brown University's School of Public Health, Brown's School of Engineering and Silent Spring Institute found that simple air filtration devices called Corsi-Rosenthal boxes are effective at reducing indoor air pollutants.
The study, which analyzed the effectiveness of Corsi-Rosenthal boxes installed at the School of Public Health to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, is the first peer-reviewed study of the efficacy of the boxes on indoor pollutants, according to the authors.
Lowering indoor air concentrations of commonly-found chemicals known to pose a risk to human health is a way to improve occupant health, according to lead author Joseph Braun, an associate professor of epidemiology at Brown.
"The findings show that an inexpensive, easy-to-construct air filter can protect against illness caused not only by viruses but also by chemical pollutants," Braun said. "This type of highly-accessible public health intervention can empower community groups to take steps to improve their air quality and therefore, their health."
Corsi-Rosenthal boxes, or cubes, can be constructed from materials found at hardware stores: four MERV-13 filters, duct tape, a 20-inch box fan and a cardboard box. As part of a school-wide project, boxes were assembled by students and campus community members and installed in the School of Public Health as well as other buildings on the Brown University campus.
To assess the cubes' efficacy at removing chemicals from the air, Braun and his team compared a room's concentrations of semi-volatile organic compounds before and during the box's operation.
The results, published in Environmental Science & Technologyshowed that Corsi-Rosenthal boxes significantly decreased the concentrations of several PFAS and phthalates in 17 rooms at the School of Public Health during the period they were used (February to March 2022). PFAS, a type of synthetic chemical found in a range of products including cleaners, textiles and wire insulation, decreased by 40% to 60%; phthalates, commonly found in building materials and personal care products, were reduced by 30% to 60%.
PFAS and phthalates have been linked to various health problems, including asthma, reduced vaccine response, decreased birth weight, altered brain development in children, altered metabolism and some cancers, said Braun, who studies the effect of these chemicals on human health. They are also considered to be endocrine-disrupting chemicals that may mimic or interfere with the body's hormones. What's more, PFAS have been associated with reduced vaccine response in children and also may increase the severity of and susceptibility to COVID-19 in adults.
"The reduction of PFAS and phthalate levels is a wonderful co-benefit to the Corsi-Rosenthal boxes," said study co-author Robin Dodson, a research scientist at Silent Spring Institute and expert in chemical exposures in the indoor environment. "These boxes are accessible, easy to make and relatively inexpensive, and they're currently being used in universities and homes across the country."
"The Corsi-Rosenthal box was designed to be a simple, cost-effective tool to promote accessible and effective air cleaning during the COVID-19 pandemic; the fact that the boxes are also effective at filtering out air pollutants is a fantastic discovery," said Richard Corsi, one of the inventors of the boxes and dean of the College of Engineering at the University of California, Davis. "I am thrilled that researchers at Brown University and Silent Spring Institute have identified a significant co-benefit of the boxes with respect to reduced exposure to two harmful classes of indoor pollutants: PFAS and phthalates."
The sentiment was echoed by Jim Rosenthal, Corsi's collaborator and CEO of Air Relief Technologies, the company that manufactures the MERV-13 filters used in Corsi-Rosenthal Boxes.
"This interesting research showing that the air filters not only reduce particles carrying the SARS-CoV-2 virus but also reduce other indoor air pollutants could be very significant as we continue to work to create cleaner and safer indoor air," Rosenthal said.
The researchers also found that the Corsi-Rosenthal boxes increase sound levels by an average of 5 decibels during the day and 10 decibels at night, which could be considered distracting in certain settings, such as classrooms. However, Braun said, the health benefits of the box likely outweigh the audio side effects.
"The box filters do make some noise," Braun said. "But you can construct them quickly for about $100 per unit, with materials from the hardware store. They are not only highly effective but also scalable."
Brown study authors include Kate Manz and Kurt Pennell from the School of Engineering, and Jamie Liu, Shaunessey Burks and Richa Gairola from the School of Public Health.
Using Corsi-Rosenthal Boxes to Mitigate COVID-19 Transmission Also Reduce Indoor Air Concentrations of PFAS and Phthalates?, Environmental Science & Technology (2022). DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c05169
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