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'Her' Is Really More About 'Him'
Spike Jonze's new romantic drama is undoubtedly sexist—but critics haven't seemed to notice.
Jude Ellison Sady Doyle December 20, 2013
Just because Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix) is sensitive doesn't mean he can't be sexist.
Theodore Twombly — the hero of Her, Spike Jonze's new romantic drama — is a very sensitive man. We know this for a fact, largely because other people in his fictional universe have a tendency to stop and notice aloud how sensitive he is. According to various other characters in his movie, he's a "sensitive guy," a "puppy dog," a dude who is so very in touch with his feelings that he is in fact "part man and part woman." Theodore, who's played by Joaquin Phoenix, is apparently so empathetic that he can earn his living writing other people's love letters. When Theodore has anonymous late-night phone sex, he feels obliged to stay on the line and help his partner climax, regardless of whether or not he is aroused. And when Theodore is walking home from work, he requests his MP3 player to "play a melancholy song." At one point, Theodore is having an in-depth conversation with an interactive character in one of his futuristic video games — Theodore feels sorry for the video game character, because it has no parents — who says, "I hate women! All they do is cry!"
Feminists have spent decades trying to explain concepts like 'objectification'—the reduction of a person to a tool for another person's gratification or use, typically sexual—and now, as a reward for all our hard work, we're faced with a 'Movie of the Year' in which the ideal woman is, literally, an object.
"I like to cry sometimes," Theodore replies.
But no matter how sensitive or tearful Theodore is, all that doesn't stop him from fucking a woman that he has purchased so that she can provide him with unpaid labor. Her is artfully shot, exquisitely acted and often extremely moving, but when looked at in the cold light of day, its central premise — a man in a relationship with his sentient computer operating system, who happens to speak aloud in the voice of Scarlett Johannson — is just about as "romantic" as a documentary on human trafficking.
That last sentence may sound sensational, but critics' unthinking acceptance — and even praise — of Her's sexism is enough to drive a woman to full-scale hyperbole. It's the first new film to receive a five-star review from well-respected film site (and Pitchfork spin-off) The Dissolve, which also named it the Movie of the Year. Scott Tobias, the reviewer, blithely notes that Samantha, the OS, "subtly builds around [Theodore's] inputs and thus understands him and appreciates him more than any human could … she's an extension of him." The A.V. Club's rave review doesn't mention much about Samantha and gender roles beyond praising Phoenix's "wounded American maleness" and the "waves of vulnerability" which emanate from his person. Kenneth Turan at LA Times notes that Samantha's appeal consists of "a voice that tells you immediately that this is an entity who really cares about you, you and only you." And, at New York Magazine, David Edelstein seems entranced by Samantha's dedication to servitude:
[She's] a dream mate, especially for a writer. With Theodore's permission, she analyzes thousands of his e-mails (in less than a second) and dumps all but the 80 or so she identifies as important. She cleans up his mess and then tells him he's funny. Heaven!
Well, sure. Heaven if you're the man and/or owner. Not so much, if you're the woman and/or owned. Feminists have spent decades trying to explain concepts like "objectification" — the reduction of a person to a tool for another person's gratification or use, typically sexual — and now, as a reward for all our hard work, we're faced with a "Movie of the Year" in which the ideal woman is, literally, an object. An object that, it is promised, will "listen to you and understand you" and have a personality designed explicitly around your needs. Theodore picks the system up, seemingly both intrigued by the promise of companionship and interested in the OS's mundane usefulness, but when he turns the system on and adjusts his preferred user settings to "female," out comes a charming personality that is complex enough to be indistinguishable from a person.
And she's just dying to do some chores for him. Samantha cleans up Theodore's inbox, copyedits his writing, books his reservations at restaurants, gets him out of bed in the morning, helps him win video games, provides him with what is essentially phone sex, listens to his problems and even secures him a book deal. Yet we're too busy praising all the wounded male vulnerability to notice the male control.
As archetypes go, Samantha isn't terribly new: She's a Manic Pixie Dream Girl, a chipper, quirky woman whose only narrative purpose is to improve the life of her male partner. In turn, Theodore Twombly is a perfect example of the MPDG's ideal male: The Depressive Waify Dream Man.
The Depressive Waify Dream Man has long been with us: Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Zach Braff in Garden State, Paul Dano in Ruby Sparks, John Cusack in … well, pretty much anything that John Cusack's ever been in. They're frail, pensive, achingly vulnerable critters, armed with a full supply of floppy haircuts, aggressively unfashionable sweaters and iTunes libraries stocked with only the most tasteful of "melancholy songs." And they do, almost despite themselves, possess a certain allure. Their naked emotionality and crushing vulnerability to disappointment makes them seem unthreatening. And, given the current conditions of heterosexuality — where women's humanity is an open subject for debate, and one in four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime — an "unthreatening" partner can seem like a good deal for straight women.
There's also all that operatic passion: the raw, teary, quivering-lip importance men like these give to love. These characters feel things so intensely that, no matter how things turn out, you will at least matter to them. Everyone wants to matter, and women often have to work a bit harder for it; the promise of Depressive Waify Dream Men is that their female partners will never have to wonder how they feel about them.
But "sensitive" doesn't equate to "not sexist." And Her is a good argument for why we should maintain a distinction between the two.
Consider, for example, the contortions in the script necessary to prove that Theodore is not raping Samantha. Operating systems are established as having the ability to withhold consent, because Theodore's friend Amy has heard about a man who wanted to have sex with his operating system and was duly rebuffed. In the first sexual encounter between Samantha and Theodore, she apparently makes the first move. Operating systems are also assumed to have free choice of sexual partners, because one woman is in a relationship with an OS that is — Amy says, scandalized — "not even hers." Note that possessive pronoun, though, because Theodore will use it again: "You're mine," he tells Samantha, when she's done something he finds intolerable.
And there's the unavoidable fact about Her: No matter how evolved or human-seeming Samantha is, she is also a possession. When Theodore tells Samantha he can't commit to her after their first sexual encounter, she's offended, but, at least at that stage of their relationship, she also can't leave. Sex in the context of ownership — or any other form of complete power over another person's existence — cannot be consensual. It's why prisoners can't legally "consent" to sex with prison guards, why children can't "consent" to sex with parents and why we have sexual harassment laws to prevent bosses (like Theodore) from making sex a condition of employment for workers (like Samantha). To translate this to the sci-fi logic of Her: You can't have consensual sex with someone when you have the option of deleting them from your hard drive. Free, non-coercive consent can't happen when someone might cease to exist if they refuse you. That's just how it works.
Again: I acknowledge that it may seem silly to consider this. But perhaps that's because Her encourages us not to consider it — and because we're not used to thinking about such unpleasant topics in connection to sensitive guys like Theodore. At some point along the line, we've confused emotionality for empathy, "unthreatening" for "ally:" Because Theodore doesn't, say, lift weights, or spend his Friday nights in a sports bar watching the game and talking about bitches, he's culturally encoded as being less capable of woman-hating than his more bro-tastic peers. And in turn, so is the movie he features in.
But Her, despite being a very good one, is indeed a movie that contains its fair share of misogyny. Again, that little rage-filled videogame character — voiced by Jonze himself — notes that "all [women] do is cry." The non-computerized women in the movie almost invariably fulfill his prediction with messy hysterics. They have inexplicable sexual desires that Theodore finds profoundly alarming: The anonymous phone sex partner who wants to be choked with a dead cat, the woman who wants to be a "sexual surrogate" for Theodore and Samantha because she envies their relationship, the blind date who tells Theodore how to kiss. And their emotional lives are similarly unwelcome: The blind date demands commitment immediately after putting her hand down Theodore's pants, his ex-wife accuses him of trying to put her on Prozac to make her artificially chipper and his sexual surrogate hears one bit of critical feedback and locks herself in his bathroom to wail inconsolably. These women aren't people; they're hostile, unknowable aliens.
And although Theodore briefly considers he may have a problem with girls — his ex-wife tells him that he "can't handle anything real," which upsets him — he throws self-reflection out the window when Amy tells him that he's entitled to "joy." "Joy" doesn't look like a real, autonomous, complicated woman. "Joy" doesn't look like Amy. "Joy" is Samantha: the being who's been given life in order to make his life better.
There's a central tragedy in Her, and we do, as promised, see Theodore cry. But it's worthwhile to note what he's crying about: Samantha gaining agency, friends, interests that are not his interests. Samantha gaining the ability to choose her sexual partners; Samantha gaining the ability to leave. Theodore shakes, he feels, he's vulnerable; he serves all the functions of a "sensitive guy." But before we cry with him, we should ask whether we really think it's tragic that Samantha is capable of a life that's not centered around Theodore, or whether she had a right to that life all along.
Jude Ellison Sady Doyle is an In These Times contributing writer. They are the author of Trainwreck: The Women We Love to Hate, Mock, and Fear… and Why (Melville House, 2016) and was the founder of the blog Tiger Beatdown. You can follow them on Twitter at @sadydoyle.
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Author Оксана ШершневаPosted on 06.04.2020 16.04.2020
What foreign nationals should do during quarantine in Ukraine?
In accordance with Article 29 of the Law of Ukraine "On the Protection of Population from Infectious Diseases", in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus COVID-19 in the territory of Ukraine, taking into account the Resolution of the State Commission on Technogenic and Environmental Safety and Emergency Situations and the Law of Ukraine "On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine Aimed at Preventing the Emergence and Spread of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)" No. 530 dated March 17, 2020, in the period of the declared quarantine the State Migration Service of Ukraine shall provide services to foreign nationals and stateless persons according to the separately set up work schedule, only in exceptional cases and in the specified units.
For foreign nationals and stateless persons such exceptional cases include: receipt of temporary residence and permanent residence permits in case of an urgent necessity for obtaining public, administrative and financial services.
Also, during the quarantine period, in the event of expiration of a temporary residence permit, a foreign national or a stateless person may submit documents for the extension thereof 15 business days prior the date of expiration of the permit on the last day for the submission of documents for the extension thereof in the ordinary course at the respective territorial unit of the State Migration Service.
Law No. 530 establishes that foreign nationals and stateless persons, who failed to leave Ukraine or file in due time an application with the bodies of the State Migration Service of Ukraine for an extension of their stay in the territory of Ukraine or for exchange of a temporary residence or permanent residence permit due to the introduction of the quarantine, shall not be subject to administrative liability (fines) for violations of the legislation on the legal status of foreign nationals and stateless persons, if such violations occurred in the period or as a result of introduction of the quarantine.
It should be noted that foreign nationals and stateless persons shall have the right to contact the State Migration Service within 30 days from the day of the quarantine termination in order to settle the issue of the legal status of their stay in Ukraine.
In all other cases, during the quarantine period the State Migration Service shall not provide services to, or accept any documents from and accordingly issue ready documents to foreign nationals and stateless persons.
Author Ольга ЧухлякPosted on 27.03.2020 16.04.2020
As to the non-fulfillment of contractual obligations in the event of a quarantine
The prohibition of the activity of certain types of economic activity during the quarantine period creates temporary conditions for the impossibility of fulfilling contractual obligations by the business community. Specifically, total or partial impossibility of rent payment or services provision (performance of works) under the terms of the Agreement.
However, it cannot be ruled out that business entities carrying out economic activities for the supply of goods (including those imported), will also be subject to certain restrictions due to delays in checking the drivers of the vehicles at the checkpoints/border, which may lead to delay in the delivery of goods to the buyer.
The First Legal LLC has considerable experience in the provision of contract law services, whether drawing up agreements and amending thereof accordingly, or adequately resolving any unadjusted issues between counterparties by negotiating, pre-trial settlement (sending a claim) and/or resolving thereof in a judicial proceeding.
Economic disputes
Taking into account the current circumstances, which is the quarantine enforcing from March 12, 2020 to April 24, 2020, the need to "come to the negotiating table" to sign the relevant Supplementary Agreement to the Agreement in order to find the protection of rights most effective for both Parties is often an appropriate way of resolving conflicts or misunderstandings. In cases when such a possibility is limited or inappropriate, our company may assist in obtaining from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (or a regional body authorized by it) a Certificate that will allow to discharge the counterparty from liability for the non-fulfillment (partial fulfillment) of its obligations under the Agreement.
It is worth noting that bad-faith counterparties may also unreasonably use quarantine as a ground for the non-fulfillment of their obligations under the Agreement, in connection with which the First Legal LLC will provide you with a qualified assistance in the prevention of abuse in your contractual relationship with such a bad-faith counterparty.
By contacting the First Legal LLC, you will get the result in the shortest possible time by finding the best options for discharge from liability for the non-fulfillment (or partial non-fulfillment) of obligations during the quarantine enforcing based on legal leverage.
Author Тарас ОвсийчукPosted on 12.03.2020 16.04.2020
Why should you use the service of a wide-ranging check of the land plot before buying it?
Have you already found a land plot to build your future home or to implement a new business project? Professionals of the law firm First Legal always advise their customers to check their future purchase and its seller `. And that's why it's really worth doing.
Checking the land in state registries makes it possible to find out the real owner of the property, land category, purpose of the land, its size, property rights of third parties (rent, easement, etc.), as well as to check for the presence or absence of existing restrictions on use (security zones around objects of communications, infrastructure, etc.).
The verification of the seller of the land is important at the stage of verification of the land before its purchase, this makes it possible to establish the presence / absence of prohibitions on it on the date of transactions with real estate and other information that is essential for concluding a contract of sale, to trace the legitimacy or illegitimacy of previous agreements on the transfer of ownership of the land.
Specialists of the law firm First Legal also recommend their customers to analyze the town-planning documentation of the locality or of its part, where the land plot is located, as well as technical documentation for such a land plot. Carrying out such an analysis will provide the ability to be clearly informed about the sequence of actions carried out with the land from the stage of its primary formation to the stage of its separation, or combining of previously formed land plots, changing its purpose etc.
In any case, specialists of the law firm First Legal advise to approach responsibly the verification of the land before buying it. Only a comprehensive analysis of documents, information from state registers and urban / technical documentation allows to assess the situation completely, because each land plot is unique in its characteristics and in formation history. Lawyers of the law firm First Legal have many years of experience in support of transactions, which subject is real estate, and the unique service of checking a land plot before buying will save your time and money and help to avoid misunderstandings in the future.
To the attention of residents as tax agents of non-residents
Pursuant to para. 141.4.2 of the Tax Code of Ukraine (hereinafter the TC of Ukraine) a non-resident engaged in business activities in the territory of Ukraine shall be entitled to a certain income (payments out of income) from the resident of Ukraine (or permanent representative office of such a non-resident). At the same time, such resident of Ukraine (or permanent representative office of a non-resident) according to the provisions of the TC of Ukraine is a person responsible for assessment and payment of taxes on income of a non-resident at the relevant rate, i.e. is a tax agent of the non-resident for payment of withholding tax.
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It should be noted that in case a contract is concluded between a non-resident and a resident being the single tax payer, then, unlike in the cases of exemption from assessment and payment of certain taxes as specified in para. 297.1 of the TC of Ukraine for a single tax payer, such a counterparty of the non-resident shall also be obliged to assess and pay the withholding tax in such manner, amount and within such time limits as set forth by the TC of Ukraine as if it was a resident of Ukraine paying taxes on a common basis.
Attention! When concluding agreements with non-residents, it is not permitted to include tax covenants therein, according to which income-generating companies undertake to pay taxes on income of non-residents (para. 141.4.9 of the TC of Ukraine).
As regards the withholding tax rate, according para. 141.4.1 of the TC of Ukraine, pursuant to the general rule, an income generated by a non-resident with the source of origin in Ukraine is subject to taxation at the rate of 15 %, unless otherwise provided for by the international treaties of Ukraine with the countries of residence of the persons, for whose benefit the payments are made, that have entered into force.
For example, according to para. 2 of Art. 10 of the Convention between the Government of the Republic of Austria and the Government of Ukraine for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income and Property ratified by Ukraine on 17.03.1999, a resident of Ukraine shall not tax dividends from income of a resident of the Republic of Austria with the source of origin in Ukraine at the rate 15% as above, but at the rate established in the Convention, i.e. 5% or 10%.
At the same time, according to the provisions of para. 1 of Art. 10 of this Convention, the Republic of Austria may also tax such dividend at the rates in its domestic laws, but subject to the tax paid in Ukraine (Art. 23 of the Convention).
It should be noted that para. 103.2 of the TC of Ukraine also allows an exemption by the tax agent of the non-resident's income from withholding tax. However, according to the case-law analysis, for this purpose a resident of Ukraine must necessarily have a documented proof of the non-resident status as a beneficiary (original or a notarized copy of the certificate issued by the competent authority of the non-resident's country). After all, if the appropriate tax reports are received, the control authority, in case of any doubts about the correct application of the withholding tax by a resident of Ukraine, shall have the proper authority to send a special request to the relevant competent authority of the non-resident's country. As a result of the received reply to such request regarding the non-resident's status of a beneficial owner of the received income from the resident of Ukraine, the control authority shall send to the resident of Ukraine a tax assessment notice with a request to pay the accrued amount of the non-resident income tax and the appropriate penalties (Decree of the Dnipropetrovsk Administrative Court of Appeal dated 16.03.2017 in Case No. 804/3765/16).
The above is indicative of the need for the resident of Ukraine to comply with tax law requirements, taking into account the provisions of international treaties (conventions) being part of the Ukrainian tax legislation, in order to avoid excessive tax burden later on.
Supply of defective Products: actions of the Buyer
In the course of business activities, there are often cases where the Buyer encounters the fact of receiving a defective Product. At the same time, significant defects of a Product may be found by the Buyer after its acceptance. In this regard, an important question arises as to how the fact of a defective Product should be formalized and what claims the Buyer has the right to raise to the Supplier of such Product. We will discuss this further.
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If the Buyer is a business entity, then he is obviously aware of the obligation to enter into a contract for the supply of Products (hereinafter referred to as a contract). Usually, referring to the form of such a contract, we mean signing by the Parties of a single document, with the terms and conditions of the Contract agreed by the Parties, in particular, the conditions of acceptance of the Products in terms of quality and quantity, drafting of a defect report, penalties and the like. In practice, however, there are often cases where the Buyer establishes business relationships with his counterparty by exchanging telephone calls and/or emails. Thus, while in the case of conclusion of a single written document the Buyer's actions during the receipt and documenting of the defective Products are clear, in the case of conclusion of a Contract in a simplified way, as stated above, the Parties have questions to each other.
Article 181 of the Commercial Code of Ukraine (hereinafter referred to as the CC of Ukraine) allows the conclusion of a contract by exchanging letters, telephone messages, and also by confirming acceptance of the order for execution. But it should be borne in mind that the recognition of an economic contract as concluded always requires the existence of essential conditions, which are the conditions on the subject of the contract, conditions that are defined by law as essential or necessary for contracts of this type, as well as all those conditions in respect of which by submission of an application at least by one of the parties an agreement must be reached.
In most cases, when concluding a Contract in a simplified manner, the Parties do not agree on the quality requirements to the Products with reference to the relevant standards, specifications, etc., as well as on the procedure for acceptance of the Products, appropriate penalties in case of a breach of such agreements.
Therefore, according to part 3 of Art. 268 of the CC of Ukraine, in the absence of conditions in the contract in respect of quality of products, the latter shall be determined in accordance with the purpose of the contract or the usual level of quality of the subject of the contract or general quality criteria. Therefore, if the Buyer informed the Supplier, when concluding a contract (exchanging letters or telephone messages), of the specific purpose of the purchase of the Products, the Supplier shall deliver the Products suitable for use for this purpose (Judgement of the Commercial Court of Kharkiv region dated 06.09.2019 in Case No. 922/2109/19).
In order to understand the following actions of the Buyer, it is necessary to refer to the Instruction on the procedure of acceptance of industrial, technical and consumer goods in terms of quality, approved by Decree of the State Arbitration of the USSR dated 25.04.1966 No. П-7 (hereinafter – Instruction No. П-7) which is currently in effect.
Instruction No. П-7 specifies that its requirements can be applied in all cases, unless the terms of the contract provide for another procedure of acceptance of products. Therefore, in case the Contract (during the exchange of letters or telephone messages) contains no relevant conditions regarding the procedure of acceptance of the Products in terms of quality, the provisions of Instruction No. П-7 shall apply to the legal relations between the Parties to such a Contract.
Thus, it is necessary to distinguish between two events. The first is the terms and procedure of acceptance of the Products. The second is the terms and procedure for drawing up the Report on hidden defects if the same are detected at the time of acceptance of the Products.
Therefore, in the absence of other conditions agreed upon by the Parties in the Contract, Instruction No. П-7 allows the acceptance of the Products in terms of quality, subject to long-distance delivery, within 20 days (for perishable products – not later than 24 hours) from the date of receipt thereof by the consignee from the carrier (supplier); when delivered within one city – within no more than 10 days.
In case the quality of the Products received does not meet the requirements of the standards, specifications (see part 3 of Article 268 of the CC of Ukraine), or the requirements of the samples of such Products provided by the Buyer when placing an order, the Buyer shall suspend further acceptance of the Products and draw up a Report specifying the quantity of the Products inspected and the nature of the defects found during such acceptance.
In case when authorized persons of both Parties are present at the time of acceptance of the Products, the order of their actions shall be as follows: The Buyer shall initiate the drawing up of the Defect Report, execute it, the Seller shall approve the contents of the Report by the relevant signature, or disapprove providing substantiation of the same, and the Parties shall agree on the conditions of elimination of the defects found during the acceptance of the Products.
However, there are cases where the Buyer receives the Products from the Supplier (or Carrier), performs a surface inspection of the Products, signs the delivery note (and/or the consignment note), but subsequently, the Buyer finds the fact of a deficiency (non-compliance with quality requirements) of the Products received.
Instruction No. П-7 clarifies that hidden defects mean deficiencies that were not detected during normal inspection for this type of product, and are only identified during processing, preparation for installation, installation, use and storage of products.
In such case, the Parties shall, within 5 days, draw up a Report on Hidden Defects (hereinafter – the Report), but not later than within 4 (four) months from the date of receipt of the Products into the warehouse (unless otherwise agreed by the Parties). If the Product has a warranty period, then the Report shall be drawn up within 5 (five) days from the date of detection of such defects, but within the warranty period.
Note that the form of the Report to be drawn up by the Parties is not approved by any regulation, but Instruction No. П-7 provides for the following requirements regarding the presence of authorized persons at the time of drawing up the Report:
In case of delivery of the Products, in a batch of which hidden defects are found, within one city – the presence of an authorized representative of the Supplier is obligatory.
In case of delivery of the Products between different cities, participation of the Supplier's representative is obligatory only if there is a corresponding clause in the contract. Otherwise, one of the following persons must be present when drawing up the Report, instead of the authorized person of the Supplier:
either a representative of the relevant industry quality inspectorate (when it comes to non-conformity of quality of the products);
or an expert of the Bureau of Commodity Expertise (when it comes to certifying the fact that the quality of goods is not in conformity). At the same time, in the absence or refusal from participation of representatives of the inspectorate or expert at the location of the Buyer, the inspection shall be conducted with the participation of the competent representative of another enterprise, or with the participation of a member of the public, or subject to the Supplier's consent to unilateral acceptance of products – unilaterally.
It is worth noting that the courts are rather meticulous about the competence of the persons involved in the verification of the quality of the Products for drawing up the Report. Thus, the courts pay attention to the mandatory availability of the relevant work experience or education of representatives of parties to determine the quality of products to be tested. Also reasonable is the reservation of the courts that persons must be employed, since signing of the Report by an unemployed person will raise doubts as to the actual participation of such a person on that day at the time of drawing up of the Report.
Useful is a reservation on proper execution of withdrawal of defective products by the authorized representatives of the Parties as a sample from the received batch of the Products for the purpose of forwarding it for merchandise examination. Everyone knows the principle "Everything that is not put on paper – does not exist"? Therefore, in order to avoid questions from the Supplier regarding possible substitution by the Buyer of a defective sample of the Products for the further process of restoration of the rights of the Buyer, it is imperative to specify in the Report the process of withdrawal of such sample: the method of withdrawal, the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of the sample to be removed, its external state, the method of packaging and marking, and the like.
Finally, let us consider the Buyer's actions after the drawing up and, accordingly, signing of the Report by the above persons.
Together with the evidence of visual certification of the fact of receipt of the defective Products (photos, video results), a copy of the consignment note (if the Products were delivered by the Carrier), a Report signed by all authorized representatives, the Buyer shall submit the claim to the Supplier. It is worth noting that the proper way of delivery of this package of documents should be the delivery by certified mail (or registered mail with a return receipt requested) to the Supplier's mail address, or delivery by courier. In addition, documents confirming the powers of the authorized representatives who participated in the drawing up of the Report should also be added to the package of documents.
The Buyer's claim may contain one of the following requirements, with an obligatory indication of its expiration date:
To eliminate the defects found (if such defects are capable of being eliminated) or to replace the Products (depending on the type of Products);
To compensate the costs of elimination of the defects found (if they were eliminated using the resources and at the expense of the Buyer);
To recalculate the paid value of the Products towards reduction, in case of receipt of the delivered Products which do not meet the quality requirements to such Products;
To reject the Products received and to claim for refund of the funds paid.
In the absence of a proper response of the Supplier to the claim received by it, the Buyer shall have the right to initiate legal proceedings to contest the Supplier's misconduct and inaction. At the same time, it should be recalled that according to the Commercial Procedure Code of Ukraine, claims arising out of the delivery of Products of inadequate quality can be brought within six months from the date of the buyer's establishment in a proper manner of the defects of the Products delivered to it.
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According to the analysis of the case law, the Buyer's failure to comply with the procedure of acceptance of the Products, in particular, the defective Products, the absence of the properly executed and signed Reports on (Hidden) Defects Found, eliminates the possibility for the Buyer to restore its violated right in court (Judgement of the Commercial Court of Dnipropetrovsk Region dated 04.09.2019 in Case No. 904/1331/19, Judgement of the Commercial Court of Kyiv City dated 10.09.2019 in Case No. 910/8628/19). Therefore, the Buyer must take into account the obligation to properly observe the procedure of acceptance of the Products. Because in the case of litigation caused by the Supplier's breach of its obligations under the Contract, for a decision to be made in favour of the Buyer, the evidence base must be appropriate and admissible (Resolution of the Supreme Court dated 05.09.2019 in Case No. 908/1501/18).
Author Анна РатушPosted on 29.10.2019 16.04.2020
How to start a business in Ukraine?
Nowadays, the issue of doing business in Ukraine by non-residents is very relevant.
But for the start of doing business on the territory of Ukraine and its legalization (registration) it is necessary to understand some aspects of the Ukrainian legislation.
Assistance in the issue of legalization and registration of business in Ukraine by specialists of the First Legal company in Kiev
If we are talking about a legal entity, first of all, you need to choose its legal form. For example, it can be one of the next forms: the Limited Liability Company, the Subsidiary enterprise ot theRepresentative Office.
Each of the above-mentioned legal forms of doing business has their own aspects in the issues of a registration and taxation.
Be informed that for the registration, an applicant needs to submit documents, which are different. It depends on, who is going to be a founder of the new company – an individuality or a legal entity.
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Not because of the phones but that we look at technology solutions when simple ones will do. Now some will argue that we should not be arguing about costs when lives are at risk but the hard truth is that if we spend money on this sort of thing then money is not available to spend on other things which may more effectively save lives.
This issue is symptomatic of a wider problem across the community. As a futurist I talk to lots of people about technology, its impacts, and its capacity to change the way we live and work. However my constant refrain is if you lead a strategy with "shiny new toy syndrome" you will almost certainly fail.
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I realise that most people buy a picture BEFORE they buy a frame, but a blank frame seemed like a nice way to get inspiration (a lovely suggestion by my wife), so I invested.
After a few days of deliberation, thinking about what type of image I would love to have on my wall, I eventually decided to knuckle down and draw something I've been meaning to get around to for the last 30 years… My favourite spaceship – Solo's hot rod – the Millennium Falcon.
Even though I work digitally, I decided to take the long road and draw every line by hand.
There are a million ways to get your image looking right when you draw digitally – tools that draw shapes for you and filters that make photos look like they were drawn in pencil, but I have a natural aversion to using those techniques. I tend to treat my digital drawing board like I would a piece of paper or a canvas. For me, if the drawing doesn't challenge me, then I won't learn anything from it.
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I played around with the idea of drawing the Falcon as an outline only, and leaving it as a simple pencil drawing. I stuck with this idea for a while, as I really liked the look of the image tinted so it looked like an old drawing.
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At this point, I figured I need to go all-out on the art, or I shoudn't bother. So I decided I was gonna colour it.
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Bernie Sanders: Israel Shouldn't Take U.S. Aid if It Bans Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib
Saying the U.S. supports Israel 'to the tune of billions and billions of dollars,' presidential hopeful suggests that the country should reject American aid
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Democratic 2020 presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders speaks at the Iowa State Fair on August 11, 2019 in Des Moines, Iowa. Credit: ALEX EDELMAN / AFP
Sen. Bernie Sanders suggested that Israel should not receive foreign aid from the United States if it stands by its decision to deny entry to Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib.
Appearing on MSNBC on Thursday, the Democratic presidential candidate was responding to Israel's decision that day to bar entry to Omar and Tlaib, two Democratic congresswomen from Minnesota and Michigan, respectively. Israel said it was barring them because they support the movement to boycott Israel and were not meeting with Israeli officials on their trip.
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"But the idea that a member of the United States Congress cannot visit a nation which, by the way, we support to the tune of billions and billions of dollars, is clearly an outrage," Sanders, I-Ver., said. "And if Israel doesn't want members of the United States Congress to visit their country to get a firsthand look at what's going on — and I've been there many, many times — but if he doesn't want members to visit, maybe he can respectfully decline the billions of dollars that we give to Israel."
Sanders also appeared to blame Israel's decision on President Donald Trump, who encouraged Israel to bar Omar and Tlaib in a tweet.
This is not the first time that Sanders has suggested leveraging U.S. aid to Israel to achieve foreign policy outcomes. He has said that he supports Israel's right to exist in peace and security but has repeatedly criticized the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and advocated for Palestinian rights.


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Do you can request credentials and safety and health policies. Good caterers shouldn't have any problem showing those to prospects. Also check how your meals are transported towards the venue.
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City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto
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Ground transport infrastructure
a) Construction project of a highway extension in the vicinty of Villa Saraceno;
b) Uncontrolled development and urban encroachment in the Veneto region;
March 2005: joint World Heritage Centre/ICOMOS monitoring mission
Dated 29 January 2010, a report on the state of conservation of the property was submitted by the State Party. The report gives detailed information on counter measures for protecting the Outstanding Universal Value of the property in light of the recommendations of the joint World Heritage Centre/ICOMOS mission of 2005 in regard to the ongoing A-31 Valdastico-South highway construction project. The report indicates that further documentation was already provided with their letters dated 24 and 27 November 2009 including maps and plans.
The State Party further reports via letter dated 2 March 2010 that the final design, including the so-called "UNESCO modifications", was submitted to the Municipality of Agugliaro (Vicenza) for the necessary town planning approval, which was granted with Resolution no. 2 of the Municipal Council dated 28 January 2009. The final design has also been approved by the region of Veneto, and has been forwarded to the National Autonomous Roads Corporation (ANAS), the institution in charge of highway construction under the control of the Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, for its final approval. The State Party notes that the appropriation of land has begun, but no construction work has started yet.
The State Party has carried out a significant redesign of several sections of the highway near portions of the World Heritage property. In particular, at the planned exit north of Agugliaro, two underpasses have replaced overpasses and the design of the toll station has been modified and simplified. At the southern exit, one of the two overpasses has been removed and the second redesigned, including the lowering of its profile and the introduction of landscaping to minimize its impact. In addition, along the stretch of highway, two additional overpasses have been replaced by underpasses and a third removed entirely. A fourth overpass has been reduced in height to minimize its impact.
The World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies have examined the proposed changes relating to issues raised by the joint World Heritage Centre / ICOMOS mission of 2005 regarding the highway construction. The adjustment to the road, close to the Villa, is acceptable, as are the redesigns of the toll booth infrastructure. The World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies note the substitution where possible of the overpasses with underpasses, and the lowering of the profile of those remaining overpasses.
The World Heritage Centre also received information from NGOs concerning the new Dal Molin military base, which is located 1,5km outside the World Heritage property.
On 31 May 2010 the World Heritage Centre was informed by the Italian authorities that the proposed Dal Molin military base will be situated far outside of the buffer zone of the World Heritage property and that it will not have any negative impact on the property.
The World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies consider that details of the proposed Dal Molin military base need to be assessed for any potential impact on the property.
City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto (Italy) (C 712bis)
2. Recalling Decision 33 COM 7B.109, adopted at its 33rd session (Seville, 2009),
3. Takes note of the information provided by the State Party on actions taken to counter impacts of the ongoing A-31 Valdastico-South highway construction project on the Outstanding Universal Value of the property;
4. Notes the measures taken by the State Party to amend the design of the highway and toll infrastructure in line with the recommendations of the joint World Heritage Centre/ICOMOS mission of 2005;
5. Requests the State Party to inform the World Heritage Centre of any significant changes to the plans submitted and reviewed for the highway in the final approval process, in particular in the context of their contribution to the periodic reporting process.
4 Notesthe measures taken by the State Party to amend the design of the highway and toll infrastructure in line with the recommendations of the joint World Heritage Centre / ICOMOS mission of 2005;
5 Requests the State Party to provide plans which allow an assessment of any potential impact of the Dal Molin military base on the property;
6. Also requests the State Party to inform the World Heritage Centre if any significant changes are made to the plans submitted and reviewed for the highway in the final approval process.
Previous 2009
Criteria: (i)(ii)


Archives What Is "Base Money" Under A Gold Standard System?
What Is "Base Money" Under A Gold Standard System?
Actually, although irredeemable central bank notes are base money today, under a gold standard only coined gold and bullion reserves are base money. Notes in circulation are redeemable liabilities of the issuers and not part of actual or potential bank reserves. And although a currency board is less likely than a central bank to undermine the gold standard, there is no need for either. The most efficient form of a contemporary gold standard makes gold the base money–that is, the medium of redemption and unit of account–while currency and other common media of exchange are the fractionally backed gold-redeemable liabilities of commercial banks.
"Base money" today includes central-bank-issued notes and coins, and also deposits of banks at the central bank. I've described how these things — and only these things — are "money" today within the U.S. dollar system, because they are the only things acceptable in payment. Lawyers understand this well: a "legal tender" law codifies what satisfies the legal definition of a "payment." Thus, it is convention today that "money" and "base money" have basically the same meaning.
From this, we can see that a banknote that is redeemable in gold, and used in monetary transactions — for example, people regularly buy and sell things with it — is "money" and "base money" in just the same way that a banknote that is not redeemable in gold is, as long as either is used in a monetary fashion.
From this, we can also see that coin and bullion reserves are definitely not the only form of "money" in a system that uses redeemable banknotes. For one thing, bullion (i.e. large bars) are only marginally a form of "money" at all. I think they would be generally accepted in transactions to a degree that could arguably be called "monetary," particularly in a society that also used gold coins and redeemable banknotes, but it would be a little non-standard to ask for or receive payment in bullion bars. Also, coins or bullion held in reserve are actually not used in transactions, since they are sitting in a vault, rather than being used in transactions. During the 1890s, 1920s or the 1960s, central bank coin or bullion reserves were not counted as a form of money (base money), just as today U.S. Treasury bonds or other assets of central banks are not counted as money.
Note that the author tacitly acknowledges this when he says that "base money" consists of "the medium of redemption and the unit of account." This list does not include a means of transaction, which I say is the defining characteristic of money. You can have a unit of account that is not money — for example, the French livre tournois, which was just an accounting notion. Actual payment, in France during that time, could be made in most any coin used in Europe, with its value translated into uniform livres tournois. The equivalent today would be "a dollar is equivalent to ten grams of gold." There is no ten-gram dollar coin. You can make payment in any existing gold coin, or gold bullion, with its value translated into "dollars" at a rate of one dollar=10 grams. In this case, the actual "money," the means of payment, the medium of transaction, the thing that changes ownership, is whatever gold coin you have — krugerrands, pandas, maples, or any coin from any mint anywhere.
For example, let's say you had $10 million of banknotes in circulation, and $5 million of central bank deposits ("bank reserves"), with $3 million of gold coins and bullion as a reserve. I would say that the amount of "money" and "base money" was $15 million. This is different than calling "money" or "base money" only the $3 million of gold reserves. Now, let's say that the central banks suspends gold conversion, like the Bank of England did in 1797. Does the amount of "money" then jump from $3 million to $15 million because conversion was suspended? If conversion is reinstated the next day, does "base money" then go from $15 million back down to $3 million? I say that the quantity of "money" or "base money" does not change. It was $15 million before and after conversion was suspended.
The notion that banknotes are not "money" might stem from some legalistic contortion arising from the fact that the U.S. Constitution says that: "No State shall … make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts." This principle was violated right from the start, as many people were, from the beginning, buying and selling and paying debts in redeemable banknotes issued by independent commercial banks, including the banknotes of the First Bank of the United States. Probably Edwin Viera has a nice discussion of the various backflips of sophistry that were made over the years for people to make believe that the Constitution, still unamended, does not say what it most clearly says. But, I am more interested in reality than legalistic fantasy. My "theory of money" must apply not only to the U.S. but to any country with any legal history, and also, any form of "money," including Bitcoin or canned mackerel, which apparently serves today as a sort of money in some prisons.


A 35-metre turbine has collapsed near Holsworthy leaving the tower lying on the ground.
The turbine at East Ash Farm in Bradworthy was erected in 2010 by Dulas Ltd.
Dulas has confirmed this morning that a "complication" has occurred with the turbine and the situation is currently being investigated. They did not want to comment further.
The Endurance Wind Power E-3120 turbine, which was the first model of its kind to be erected in the country, has a five year warranty.


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I don't feel confident touching these members (there's also a few more which probably should be unified). If you decide to take a look at it also take a look at `struct listener`, which also contains a `maxconn` member.


Seniors, graduate or professional students, and alumni under the age of 28.
Note: Applicants who hold passports from Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan or Macao have a separate deadline of May 31, 2019 (see more information below).
Make an appointment in spring semester or early summer with Dr. Richelle Bernazzoli, Assistant Director and Schwarzman Campus Representative, in order to discuss your fit with the award.
Students are not required to apply through FSO or receive Carnegie Mellon endorsement, but are encouraged to get application feedback from us ahead of the deadline. If you do choose to seek endorsement through our office, you must comply with the campus deadline. In this case, we will submit an endorsement form that will accompany your application.
Applicants who hold passports from Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macao must officially apply online through the China application system prior to May 31, 2019. Finalists will be invited to interview at Tsinghua University in Beijing in early July. The Schwarzman Scholarship does not formally require a university endorsement process for Chinese applicants. Thus, Chinese applicants may choose to independently submit application materials to the Schwarzman. However, if you are interested in obtaining feedback on your application from the Fellowships and Scholarships Office, please provide a complete PDF of your Schwarzman Scholars application and a current résumé for our review. In any case, the Fellowships and Scholarships Office would appreciate a copy of all materials prior to your final submission. We also will provide additional information and coordinate mock interviews for those students called to an interview.
Unlike other prestigious scholarship processes, the Schwarzman Scholarship does not formally require university endorsement. An applicant may choose to independently submit application materials to the Schwarzman Scholarship. However, if you are interested in obtaining feedback on your Schwarzman Scholarship application from a campus committee, then you need to submit materials by this deadline. You will receive feedback from the review process, and a campus committee will determine whether you will receive endorsement to submit your application to the Schwarzman Foundation.
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All candidates need to upload and submit required documents (with any revisions) to the online Schwarzman application site, including official transcripts from all colleges (including community colleges where you may have only taken 1 course and study abroad transcripts, unless both the grades and credits of all courses appear on your Carnegie Mellon transcripts). By this date, you also must register your letter of recommendation writers in your online application, and their letters must be uploaded. The Fellowships and Scholarships Office would appreciate a copy of all materials (including letters) prior to submission.
Short-listed candidates will be called for a regional interview in mid-October. The final selections will be announced shortly after the interviews. The Fellowships and Scholarships Office will coordinate mock interviews for those students called to an interview.


It's pretty obvious why almost 2 million people call Houston home. The weather is generally sunny, the people are friendly, plus there is fabulous shopping, world-class dining, clubs for partying, and tons of unique attractions. To give you an idea of the layout of Houston that will help with your apartment search, the I-610 Loop that encircles Houston serves as a geographic marker. Neighborhoods are described as either being inside or outside "The Loop." Inside the Loop, you'll find the city's central business district and older residential neighborhoods that contain some of the most charming Houston apartments. With all the activities as well as Houston's reputation as the leading center for the energy industry, this city really presents a ton of opportunity for life-long residents and newcomers to the area.
The cost of living in Houston is below the average for most American cities. Within The Loop, you'll find the most expensive Houston apartments, with one bedrooms generally starting out around $1500. As a rule, the further you get from the center of The Loop, the more affordable rent becomes. For instance apartments in Houston's Downtown neighborhood typically cost a lot more than apartments in South Main or Greenway. Don't forget to find an apartment with a pool! Most complexes have one because of Houston's warm weather.
Although a large part of Houston's economy is based on energy industries, it has diversified over the two decades. Other industries include medical research and delivery, education and high technology. The Port of Houston also plays a vital role in the city's success. It is among the top ports in the U.S. for international commerce and one the largest ports in the world. Another interesting feature of Houston is that in addition to its downtown, there are several other business centers throughout the metro area, such as the Energy Corridor. This gives residents more flexibility about where they work and live when searching for Houston apartments. For more information about Houston living, check out what the locals recommend.


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Sea runners - Early Season Excitement - Christopher Bassano
Presented from Issue 100
Considering the world class quality of our sea trout fishery, these fish are not sought after by enough anglers. Sea runners live in the salt water and run up our estuaries and rivers from the start of August to the middle of November. At this time of the year, they are here to eat the many species of fish that are either running up the rivers to spawn or are living in and around the estuary systems. Trout, both sea run and resident (Slob Trout) feed heavily on these small fish which darken in colouration as they move further into fresh water reaches.
The majority of these predatory fish are brown trout with rainbows making up a very small percentage of the catch. They can be found all around the state but it would be fair to say that the east coast is the least prolific of all the areas. They still run up such rivers as the Georges (and many others) but their numbers along with the quality of the fishing elsewhere make it difficult to recommend the area above the larger northern, southern and western rivers.
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Tiny creeks and sea run trout - Christopher Bassano
Presented from Issue 105, August 2013
Christopher Bassano fishes over 250 days a year. This interview was recorded just before he headed off to fish for Australia in the World Fly Fishing Championships in Norway 14-17 August 2013.
I live on a small stream and at the start of the season I like to go off on a bit of a discovery mission and fish the headwaters of the creeks and rivers I feel an affinity with.
These small rivers include the St Pats, Meander, Forester, Little Forester and others. The further up you go on these rivers the clearer and lower the levels. They are often less affected by the rain and runoff and you get some good opportunities. Get as close to the source as you can and you will find some good dry fly fishing. Don't limit yourself to those I have mentioned. Most headwaters will hold trout.


Clayhaus Ruminations: Do you want a Netbook...Do you NEED a Netbook?
Do you want a Netbook...Do you NEED a Netbook?
In the past couple of months I've been asked, "My computer is getting long-in-the-tooth (well, really not many people use that expression much anymore, but you know what I mean) and I was wondering if I should pick up one of those new ultra-light laptops...wadda you think?" I don't follow all the techno-trends and am certainly not an early adopter of new gizmos for the sake of being an early adopter (evidence: I was late to the CD revolution and I still have a boat-load of vinyl and cassettes; I still own VHS tapes -- sorry no betamax -- in addition to my extensive DVD collection, and have no intention of jumping to BlueRay anytime in the foreseeable future; and while I have a BlackBerry and two iPods, I have no interest in an iPhone or iTouch, etc., etc.). I prefer to move to new and/or improved technology devices when there is a demonstrable need to make such a move. That is why I recently picked up a Netbook even though I have a perfectly fine MacBook Pro.
I love my MacBook. With a 300GB hard drive loading with graphics' apps, Windows via Parallels, the Office suite, etc. and 4GB of RAM powering a dual-core 2.4GHz Intel processor, it has plenty of umph to compete with my Windows desktop computer. (True, it "only" has the 15" screen, but I didn't want to buy all new carrying bags and just try opening one of the 17" laptops in coach class!) The downside is that battery life is poor and it weighs over 5 pounds. Drag a couple of extra batteries along and we are now around 9lbs! The final limitation is size. Open that beautiful 1440 x 900 pixel resolution screen in coach class and all is fine until the gent in front of you puts his seat back. If you happen to be "fortunate" enough to fly in one of the upgraded planes that have TV screens on the back of every seat, you have lost several more precious inches. I briefly thought of adding a MacBook Air to my computing arsenal. Elegant but its small hard drive and dearth of ports coupled with its high price make it a non-starter make for me. Then I heard about a minor phenom in the computing world called Netbooks. Really, this is nothing new: people have been downsizing laptops for decades. The problem was that you always gave up something essential when going small: screen size, screen resolution, keyboard, trackpad, power, flexibility, versatility, etc. And, frankly, that's still the case. The big difference is that our computing needs and purchasing expectations are now more in sync with each other.
What dost that mean? The Netbook concept fills the need (for some) to have a light-weight computer for travel that can act as foundation for three activities: email, browsing the Internet, and light-duty work. It is not suitable for processor intensive computing, watching movies (no internal DVD drive and though you can buy an external drive, generally the anemic processor found in most Netbooks cannot play the movie seamlessly) and gaming. It is a great second computer for the person on-the-go. It is a terrible choice for a primary computer. Match your needs with the true expectations for the device. My needs were a platform that was light and compact, with ample storage space for image files. I wanted long battery life without dragging along multiple batteries and I needed to be able to open it in coach class, where I now consistently find myself when I flying overseas. It had to be sufficiently powerful enough (coupled with enough RAM) to open and run PhotoShop for the occasional image I might want to edit, but I did not expect to engage in any heavy-duty processing of multiple images, like I do on either my desktop or my MacBook Pro. The screen resolution had to sufficiently large enough that when I opened up a RAW file in Adobe Camera Raw I could access the controls without scrolling. And, it had to have video, audio and multiple USB ports. Finally, it needed to be less than $500.
The chase: Netbooks are not for primary computers, but potentially perfect if you know what you are going to use it for. This one -- while certainly slower than my MacBook -- will be in my bag when venturing overseas.
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Study highlights need for increased support for alcohol-related liver disease patients
Reviewed by Alina Shrourou, B.Sc. (Editor)Oct 15 2018
Two in three ALD patients admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) survived for less than a year afterwards, the study shows.
The findings highlight the need for increased support for ALD patients after they leave hospital, researchers suggest.
The number of intensive care admissions for ALD are increasing in the UK but, until now, little was known about the long-term consequences for patients following time spent in critical care.
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh looked at anonymised records of over 8000 ICU admissions in Scotland over six years to make their findings. Their study is the first to create a snapshot of ALD patients for a nation.
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Patients with ALD were 31 per cent more likely to die in the five years following a stay in intensive care, compared with those with severe heart, lung or kidney disease and other patients of similar age and background.
ALD survivors were also more likely to undergo an emergency admission to hospital within five years after their stint in ICU compared with people with other conditions.
Almost half of these emergency visits were linked to alcohol or liver problems, which highlights the long-term issues faced by patients living with addiction, researchers say.
The study is published in Critical Care Medicine and was funded by the Chief Scientist Office, part of the Scottish Government Health Directorates.
Dr Nazir Lone, Senior Clinical Lecturer in Critical Care at the University of Edinburgh, who led the study, said: "Alcohol-related liver disease is often associated with stigma in society. Our findings underline the need for better community services for alcohol addiction and management of long-term conditions.
"We hope that these findings will also help inform discussions between patients and doctors before they become critically ill so that they receive care in line with their wishes."
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Vintage Pulp Jan 7 2021
Pawn to king's palace—pawn takes queen.
They really don't make many like this anymore. We're talking about high budget adventures in an international setting, combined with romance and a few laughs. Hollywood used to specialize in international glamour, but nowadays in big budget movies Americans go abroad mainly to slaughter or be slaughtered. Gambit, which starred Shirley MacLaine and Michael Caine, and opened nationwide in the U.S. today in 1966, falls into the same category as Charade, To Catch a Thief, The Thomas Crown Affair, How To Steal a Million, Bedtime Story, and numerous other immensely pleasing cinematic excursions. Too bad those are far better films.
Michael Caine plays a con man who has found in Shirley MacLaine the physical double of the dead wife of Ahmad Shahbandar, the richest man in the world. Shahbandar's wife was in turn the virtual double of the ancient Burmese queen Li Szu. Shahbandar has an immensely valuable carved bust of this queen, which he bought for its resemblance to his wife. Caine hopes that once Shahbandar gets a look at MacLaine, he'll let his guard down and invite them into his inner circle, setting himself up for a theft of the bust. If this plot premise seems a bit cluttered to you, we thought the same.
But it doesn't matter because it's not really the main gimmick in the flick. That would be Caine's fantasy of his perfect crime, versus its reality. In his imagining, which makes up the first thirty minutes of the film, MacLaine goes through the motions of the heist like a mute automaton. Then the film restarts with the real MacLaine, and this one talks. Worse for Caine, she has questions, doubts, and, most upsetting of all, opinions. If half an hour of Caine imagining the perfect crime—especially when as a viewer you have no idea it's a fantasy—seems overly long, we thought the same. Again. But we mention it specifically to keep you from turning the film off, which is definitely a possibility for any MacLaine fans dismayed that she's trancewalking through her role. Stick with it and you'll get the same lively star from The Apartment, Irma la Douce, and other hits.
Obviously, we wouldn't have placed this movie in the same category as Charade et al unless there's romance, and MacLaine and Caine—whose names, by the way, sound like a country band or a Vegas magic duo—duly fall in love. But you won't buy it. The script says they fall in love, so okay, by the three-quarters mark they adore each other, but the love spark is never there. Luckily there's also a heist, some comedy, and all the other trimmings of the adventure/romance genre, so despite the film's shortcomings you may find it enjoyable. Then after you finish you can watch any of the movies we mentioned at top and note the difference when this formula is well executed.
Hi, I'm not Chinese but I get to pretend I am in this movie.
What a coincidence. I get to pretend I'm Arab.
Hi, guess what? Ditto!
And me? I basically get to play myself, because, well, I'm Michael frickin' Caine. Plus I can't do accents.
Regarding the above quips about ethnicity, they aren't completely out of the blue. We happen to be doing some work on a television series that's causing consternation online because of its casting of black and latino actors. See, there's a sizable contingent out there that wants an all-white cast in this thing, because the source material (written back when no white authors were putting characters of color in their lightweight adventure novels, because, why hurt your book sales?) is ostensibly all white.
It's a headache, dealing with these folks. Most of the complainers talk about "their" territory being encroached upon, and say idiotic things like, "Why can't blacks and latinos write their own books?" They've invented a term—"blackwashing." These intellectually deficient people forget—or never bothered to learn—that blacks and others were erased from, let's see, pretty much every Bible movie ever made (since none of the people in the Middle East of that era were white), and pretty much every western ever made (up to 25% of cowboys in the old west were black), and those films alone comprise many thousands of opportunities, both creatively and financially, wiped out by American segregation.
A look around Pulp Intl. will reveal white actors made-up yellow to play Asians and Pacific Islanders, brown to play Native Americans, Indians, Mexicans, Arabs, and so forth. We've written about maybe two dozen such films, but there were literally thousands. Hell, even stage minstrels came about partly because audiences wanted to see comedic black performances but were for the most part not about to watch actual black men do it. So we thought Gambit would be a good moment to point out yet again the century-long erasure of actors of color from lucrative opportunities in cinema, both in front of and behind cameras, and to note that diversity in media is (inadequate) redress of a hundred years of racist exclusion.
Every time someone sees the cast in this tv show we're working on and complains about white culture being encroached upon, if you were to check their music collection you'd probably find such thefts as white guys rapping, white guys playing the blues, white guys playing jazz, and white guys playing rock and roll, from Elvis on down the line. When you include clothing, style, dance, language, and more, pretty much everything people of color have invented in America has been co-opted by white culture and magically transformed into money, while simultaneously all the literature people of color supposedly don't produce was summarily ignored by Hollywood.
Despite all we've written about this today, we're basically pretty dispassionate on the subject. White casts reflected an understanding among filmmakers of the shortest path to making money. Sure, there has long been a tiny percentage of cinema about race that had performers of color, but basically, movies were filled with whites (even if they had to wear shoe polish to play characters of color) because audiences were understood to be white. So why alienate your audience? But the diverse peoples that have always existed in America are today both more numerous and more economically significant—and the younger folks who actually fuel movie industry profits are particularly diverse. Therefore yesteryear's logic still applies for studios: Why alienate your audience?
Hollywood diversity is about making money, just as yesteryear's segregation was. We don't mind that people hate diverse casts. They're racists—duh. No further explanation needed. But what irks us is racists who pretend to be oppressed, conveniently ignoring generations of exclusion perpetrated either directly by them, or on their behalf. Nobody in their family tree was ever denied economic opportunity by nationwide industries because of skin color. People in Hollywood are in essence saying today, "Hmm.. you know, maybe it would be nice for our industry to stop screwing over people of color and actually give them some opportunities here. That's fair, right?" We think it's sad that so many people either don't get that, or pretend not to, but whatever, there's our explanation for why we joked about it above. Because behind every quip there's a story, if not an unsolicited rant.
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