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The latest environmental news from Alaskan beavers to electric cars
by The WellBeing Team January 8, 2021
A look into the lives of Alaskan beavers, and more environmental news from across the globe.
Beavers bite the tundra
Using detailed satellite data, researchers have tracked the activity of beavers in Alaska. What they have found is that in just a few years the beavers have expanded into regions where they have never been seen before. As they build new dams the beavers are creating new bodies of water. The reason the beavers can get into these regions is that warming due to climate change is causing shrubs to grow in areas where there was little vegetation before. For the beavers these shrubs are both food and building materials. Additionally, lakes that used to freeze no longer do, making them more beaver-friendly. Unfortunately, the beaver activity may cause the permafrost to thaw even more, and that will release more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. The beavers might be enjoying it, but it's a vicious climate change circle.
Source: Environmental Research Letters
COVID's wildlife revelations
In the early part of 2020 many countries around the world went into lockdown to control the spread of COVID-19. These tragic circumstances also brought about a unique opportunity. This unprecedented immobility on the part of humans offered the chance for insights into the impacts humans have on wildlife. Anecdotally, researchers observe that animal behaviour has changed with pumas, for instance, in downtown city streets and dolphins in waters normally dominated by human boat traffic. To make use of this window into our impact on wildlife, biologists all over the world have fitted animals with miniature tracking devices. These "bio-loggers" will yield a treasure trove of information on animal movements and behaviour. By looking at how animals are responding to reduced levels of human activity the hope is to better understand how humans and wildlife interact so that we can develop strategies for sharing space on a crowded planet.
Source: Nature Ecology and Evolution
Electric cars pay off
We keep hearing that electric vehicles are the way of the future. Of course, we all know it won't happen if it is not affordable. Costs to purchase a vehicle are easy to measure, and as they come down it makes the conversion to electric cars increasingly likely. But there still remains the question of what it costs to run an electric vehicle. This is what has been studied by researchers who wanted to compare the cost of running an electric vehicle over its lifetime to one that is run on petrol. To do this they based their calculations on 81 per cent of charging being done at home (mostly at night when electricity rates are cheapest), 14 per cent at work or a public station, and 5 per cent using a fast charger. The findings were that over the 15-year life of a car, the electrical vehicle was US$14,500 cheaper to run.
Source: Joule
Future feed
The demand for animal products for human nutrition continues to grow. While plant-based eating has planetary and health advantages, the reality is that humans will continue to consume animal products for some time to come. We also know that animals require substantial amounts of protein in their diet. The imperative, then, is to find protein sources as animal feed that do not require deforestation in their production. So researchers sought to see if alternative protein sources to soy would influence meat quality in chickens. They fed chickens either soy, spirulina (algae) or insects. The results of taste-testing showed that there was no difference when the protein source was spirulina or insects as compared to soy. Currently, microalgae like spirulina are much more expensive than soy to produce and insects are not approved as poultry feed (although they are approved for human consumption). Nevertheless, this is the kind of thinking we must apply to future food production.
Source: Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
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Brower, Charles D., 1863-1945
Charles D. Brower was born in 1863, in New York. In 1886, he arrived in Barrow as a whaling crew member. Brower established a trading post at Barrow and became its first white settler. Eventually he learned Inupiaq, married two Native women and sired 14 children. To this day, many of the community's leaders, white and Eskimo, bear his surname. By 1893, he and partner Tom Gordon were running their own whaling operation. Their Cape Smythe Whaling and Trading Company established the first store in Barrow in 1893. Known as the "King of the Arctic," Brower remained north of the Arctic Circle for the rest of his life and was the man whom most outside visitors contacted upon their arrival in Barrow. He died in 1945.
Charles D. Brower papers
Overview Charles D. Brower (1863-1945), whaler, trader and postmaster of Barrow, Alaska. Consist of diaries, manuscripts, galley proofs and articles including the manuscripts for "My Arctic Outpost" and "The northernmost American."

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NXNE Festival Cancels Free Action Bronson Show After Community Protest
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Toronto's North By Northeast (NXNE) music festival has canceled a free, all-ages Action Bronson show at Yonge-Dundas Square due to a massive backlash online. Organizers are hoping to instead host a ticketed performance by the rapper that won't be in a public space.
Activist Erica Shiner started a Change.org petition to shut down the June 21 show because she said Bronson is "a musician who glorifies rape and violence against women (and) should not be invited to perform at a public space in our city."
As of today (May 29), the petition has more than 38,000 online signatures. In a statement issued this afternoon, festival organizers said the move is not censorship. Read the entire release here:
We at Northby Northeast (NXNE) are very proud of our 20 plus years relationship with the people of the City of Toronto. And for almost ten years we've shared Yonge-Dundas Square with you to present free, all ages shows open to the public. YDS is the city's space and as such we are obliged to listen to how the city and community want it used. A significant number of Torontonians have indicated their desire to have Action Bronson not perform at the Square. As annual guests in this space we feel we must accede to the strong wishes of the community and honour their input.
As a result, we will not be presenting Action Bronson at Yonge-Dundas Square but,hopefully we will still be presenting Action Bronson as part of Northby. We remain fundamentally committed to presenting this artist on a Toronto stage. We are not moving the Action show because we believe in censoring him or any other artists. In fact, we find the limiting of artistic expression distasteful. When artistic expression is limited, freedom and the evolution of ideas is often the casualty.
Hopefully, Action Bronson will accept our invitation to play at another, ticketed venue in the city so the public can decide for themselves if his work has merit. We booked Bronson, in part, because of his latest excellent disc, Mr. Wonderful.
We hope that this series of events does not foster some type of artistic chill in Toronto and its public spaces. Yonge-Dundas Square must remain a dynamic place where many viewpoints are expressed not just culturally but also at political events and rallies staged there.
We are heartened by the community engagement that has been taking place around this YDS show. This debate continues an important conversation about violence against women and its depiction in art and culture that is long overdue. We salute all of those who fight this battle and we would encourage everyone who has signed the petition or been engaged by this conversation to commit themselves personally to continuing the fight against violence against women. We at Northby pledge to continue being part of this discussion with the intent to help act as agents of change.
Bronson has yet to respond to the news. But we imagine he might say something along the lines of the first couple lyrics of "Baby Blue" (watch the video below).
Action Bronson (feat. Chance the Rapper) – "Baby Blue" (Official Music Video)
Next: Action Bronson's Booking Agent Discusses the Rapper's Rise to Fame
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Radiocarbon Dating New Zealand Prehistory Using Marine Shell
Matthew Schmidt
142pp, Includes black and white figures
Toward Modern Humans
The Yabrudian and Micoquian 400-50 k-years ago. Proceedings of a Congress held at the University of Haifa November 3-9, 1996
Avraham Ronen and Mina Weinstein-Evron
English and French
236pp. Includes numerous maps, drawings and photographs.
An Index of Ancient Egyptian Titles, Epithets and Phrases of the Old Kingdom Volumes I and II
A completely updated and revised edition of Murray's Index of 1908 including an analysis of all new material published to date
Dilwyn Jones
1,067pp. Two volume set
Modern research of titles and epithets used in Ancient Egypt has made considerable advances since the publication of first listings by... More
Dogs Through Time: An Archaeological Perspective
Proceedings of the 1st ICAZ Symposium on the History of the Domestic Dog, Eighth Congress of the International Council for Archaeozoology (ICAZ98), August 23-29, 1998, Victoria, B.C., Canada
Susan Janet Crockford
360pp. Includes numerous line drawings, plates and photographs.
The remains of domestic dogs are found in archaeological sites around the world, providing an unexpected global link between... More
Excavations in the Locality 6 Cemetery at Hierakonpolis 1979-1985
Barbara Adams with contributions by Theya Molleson, Ahmed Gamal el-Din Fahmy and Hala N. Barakat
316pp, Includes 30 tables, 116 plates (13 colour), 30 figures.
Egyptian Studies Association Publication, 4
Hierakonpolis is situated some 650 km south of Cairo and 113 km north of Aswan. The Locality 6 cemetery lies 2 km south west of the edge... More
Current Research in Egyptology 2000
Angela McDonald and Christina Riggs
143pp. Includes 17 Symposium papers with photographs, line drawings, figures and tables
A selection of 17 papers from the first Symposium of "Current Research in Egyptology", held in Oxford in 2000. The Symposium was held to... More
Interpreting Stratigraphy
Site evaluation, recording procedures and stratigraphic analysis. Papers presented to the Interpreting Stratigraphy Conferences 1993-1997
Steve Roskams
267pp. Includes 36 contributors, numerous figures, tables, illustrations
This volume presents 36 papers from ten Interpreting Stratigraphy conferences held between June 1993 and February 1997. The conferences... More
Maritime Tel Michal and Apollonia
Results of the underwater survey 1989-1996
Eva Grossmann with contributors
151pp. Includes 95 figures illustrations plans and line drawings
The results of this work are based on investigations conducted over a period of four years at Tel Michal and Apollonia, and are the... More
Les industries à bifaces de l'Europe du Nord-Ouest au Pléistocène moyen
L'apport des données des gisements du bassin de la Somme, de l'Escaut et de la Baie de St-Brieuc
Agnès Lamotte
187pp. Includes 241 figures, maps, plans, drawings and 257 tables
This volume is a study of the bi-face (stone tool) industries of northwest Europe in the mid-Pleistocene, especially around the basins of... More
Archaeological Sciences '97
Proceedings of the conference held at the University of Durham, 2nd-4th September 1997
Andrew Millard
215pp. Illustrated throughout with figures (8 in colour), tables, plans, drawings, photographs etc
Science is affecting all areas of contemporary archaeology. This volume contains 25 of the papers (and 18 abstracts) presented at the... More
People and Wildlife in Northern North America
Essays in honor of R. Dale Guthrie
S. Craig Gerlach and Maribeth S. Murray
313pp. Includes numerous drawings, maps, tables and photographs.
The collection of 22 papers gathered to honour Russell Dale Guthrie, archaeologist, anthropologist, and palaeonthologist who is working... More
Natalità, Mortalità e Demografia dell'Italia Medievale sulla Base dei Dati Archeologici
Fabio Giovannini
Italian with abstracts in English and French


Our Hedgerow Guide aims to help you forage for British plants that are relatively common in the wild, easy to find and good to eat – and to avoid those that are inedible or poisonous.
Never rely on one source for plant identification, and never eat anything unless you are 100% sure it is edible. We will not be held responsible for the use of the information in this guide.
Hedgerows are a great place to find most of these plants, but do look around in woods and fields as many grow there too.
You can filter to see what's in season currently. If you want to learn more about wild food and foraging then why not come one of our courses?
This guide is here to help keep you safe, however, please ensure that you use multiple sources for identifying plants. Only eat a wild food if you yourself are 100% sure what it is. It should also be noted that there are a couple of plants that you should not touch without gloves. We will not be held responsible for any misidentification, or any other use of the information on this website.


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Hart & Cooley, Inc. announced that Mike Winn has been appointed as President effective July 11, 2011. Prior to joining the company, Winn held the position of Vice-president and General Manager at Titus, a manufacturer of commercial air distribution products.
Hart & Cooley, Inc. announced that Mike Winn has been appointed as President effective July 11, 2011.
Prior to joining the company, Winn held the position of Vice-president and General Manager at Titus, a manufacturer of commercial air distribution products. He has served in numerous other management positions within the HVAC industry; seven years of which was spent with Lennox Industries, and six years at Research Products Corporation. Mike is an excellent and exciting appointment for Hart and Cooley, with nearly two decades of experience in the HVAC industry. He brings an in-depth knowledge of product development, sales, manufacturing, sourcing, and marketing.
Hart & Cooley, Inc is a leading manufacturer of air distribution and vent products for the Hearth, HVAC, and Plumbing industries. Founded in 1901, Hart & Cooley, Inc. has grown its portfolio of brands to include Hart & Cooley, Selkirk, AirMate, J&J Register, Lima Register, Heatfab, Milcor, Amerivent, AMPCO, Ward Industries, Roof Products & Systems, and Portals Plus. Hart and Cooley has its base of operations in Grand Rapids, Mich.; with six manufacturing facilities in the United States, one in Canada, and two in Mexico. For more information, visitwww.hartandcooleyinc.com.
Hart & Cooley Appoints New President
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Messi has option to leave Barcelona next summer
Messi signs new contract with Barcelona until 2021
Barcelona fans chant for Messi to stay, want management out
Messi will finish career at Barcelona, says club president
Barcelona, Enrique agree to delay new contract talks
Legend Messi officially wants to leave Barcelona, hands transfer request
Amwal Al Ghad Published in Amwal Al Ghad on 26 - 08 - 2020
The Argentina legend Lionel Messi, 33, sent a fax to the club on Tuesday saying he wishes to exercise a clause in his contract, allowing him to leave for free with immediate effect.
Barcelona, though, believe the clause has now expired and Messi is contracted to the club until 2021 with a 700m euro buy-out clause.
Barca were beaten 8-2 by Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-finals on 16 August.
The six-time Ballon d'Or winner made his debut for Barca in 2004 and has won the Champions League four times.
The board will meet soon and some consider the only thing that could placate Messi is the resignation of the president, Josep Maria Bartomeu, and early elections.
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TEMPE, Ariz., May 11 / PRNewswire-FirstCall / -- Quantum Materials Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: QTMM - News)(formerly Hague Corporation) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc.,has appointed Toshi Ando to the newly created position of Senior Director Asian Business Development, reporting to the CEO.
Based in Fremont California, Mr. Ando will focus on promoting alliances and strategic partnerships for the broader application of Solterra's quantum dot and quantum dot solar cell technologies. His appointment is part of Solterra's strategic focus on establishing a strong and sustainable presence throughout the Asia Pacific Rim regions, with a strong initial focus on both the Chinese and Japanese Markets.
Mr. Ando has worked extensively throughout Asia for more than 25 years, most recently as Director of Strategic Alliances - Japan for W&W communications, Inc.


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using System.Reflection;
using bv.common.Core;
using bv.model.Model.Core;
using eidss.model.Core;
using eidss.model.Enums;
using eidss.model.Reports;

namespace eidss.webclient.Utils
{
    public class WebMenuReportRegistrator : BaseMenuReportRegistrator
    {
        private readonly MenuManagerBase m_MenuManager;

        protected WebMenuReportRegistrator(MenuManagerBase menuManager)
        {
            bv.common.Core.Utils.CheckNotNull(menuManager, "menuManager");
            m_MenuManager = menuManager;
        }

        public static void RegisterAllReports(MenuManagerBase menuManager)
        {
            var registrator = new WebMenuReportRegistrator(menuManager);
            registrator.RegisterAllReports();
        }

        protected override void RegisterReport(IMenuAction category, MenuReportDescriptionAttribute attribute, MethodInfo info)
        {
            // show reports if not archive mode on the web
            if (!ModelUserContext.Instance.IsArchiveMode)
            {
                new MenuActionWeb(m_MenuManager, category, attribute.Caption, attribute.Order)
                {
                    ActionUrl = string.Format("/Report/{0}", info.Name)
                };
            }

        }

        protected override IMenuAction RegisterSubMenu(string resourceKey, EIDSSPermissionObject permission, int order)
        {
            return new MenuActionWeb(m_MenuManager, m_MenuManager.Reports, resourceKey, order)
                {
                    SelectPermission = PermissionHelper.SelectPermission(permission)
                };
        }
    }
}

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My Go To Comfort Shows
I'm fascinated by people who identify as "adrenaline junkies." These people seek out activities that make their heart race, like bungee jumping off incredible heights. I've done it and I can confirm: It was terrible. Never again.
What makes my heart race? Cozy sweatpants, a soft blanket, my dog cuddled next to me on the couch and a TV show I've already seen 47 times. While some crave extreme sports, I crave extreme comfort.
I get that it's weird that The Amazing Race is one of our longtime favorites. When we were on season 33, so many of you wrote and commented about how stressful it was watching. Can I admit something? I've made it a habit to watch the shows (not our season obvi) at least a day after initial airing. I know, I know. It's like cheating, but I like to know all the spoilers before I watch.
I've been told it's a tell of an anxious mind to watch, and re-watch shows. I don't disagree. I think that's why I watch every Hallmark Christmas movie they create. I love a formula and knowing exactly how it will end in that cozy New England town.
When I really need to unwind and allow my mind to rest, my favorite thing to do is put on my lazy pants and turn on one of these 10 shows.
Brooklyn 99 (Hulu) – This show is funny, true, but I think we love this show so much because of the circumstances in which we were first introduced to this cop comedy. In late February of 2020, we left for The Amazing Race for the first time. If you recall, we shot three episodes before they sent us home because of a developing global pandemic. Penn and I were worried about the thing called "coronavirus" before we even left for the race, so when we were watching the news while sequestered in hotel rooms in the UK it was causing my anxiety to flare. I knew we needed to get home, so much so, I started to panic that we wouldn't be able to get back into the US with how fast the virus was spreading. We could tell the production was making some big decisions while we were in Scotland because we spent several days in a hotel there waiting for word. The only thing on TV besides wall to wall news coverage of the virus, was Brooklyn 99. It wasn't even on our radar but we struck gold with a Brooklyn 99 marathon on a local station in Glasgow. It got our minds off the very serious situation looming outside the hotel room doors.
Gilmore Girls (Netflix) – The mother/daughter/friend relationship between Lorelai and Rory draws me in everytime. Lola and I spent a lot of time this summer re-watching this gem. There's drama, romance, family struggles, and the pursuit of lofty dreams set in an impossibly adorable New England town. What more could you ask for?
30 Rock (Hulu) – This Tina Fey-led comedy makes me laugh every time. A fictional show about a live sketch comedy, it's like this show was written just for me. Plus, I love anything Tina Fey creates.
Parks and Rec (Peacock) – Leslie Knope is the kind of person and friend you hope to find in real life. Passionate, hardworking, quirky, and kind. I love watching her over-achieving personality work for the good of her community.
Ted Lasso (Apple TV) – This show makes me want to move to London, but we all know I'll never leave my couch. Ted is an American football coach recruited to coach an English Soccer team. In one show, a player had a rough game. He told him, "be a goldfish". Goldfish have zero short term memory, so basically, forget the bad play and move on. We don't need to dwell on EVERYTHING life hands us. Especially when it comes to youth sports, our most frequent sideline advice to our kids is: Be a goldfish. I hope I can see the good in everyone the way Coach Lasso does.
Friends (HBO Max) – When in doubt, just turn on the "Pivot" episode. I love that Friends still has staying power. My 15 year old loves the show so much we went to the "Friends Experience" in New York recently. When I push play on this show, I get the added bonus of couch time with my girl.
The Great British Baking Show (Netflix) – The calm setting under the tent, the soothing voices, the sugar overload. I love it all. These amateur bakers perform different high-level baking tasks in a series of rounds to impress a panel of judges. Other competition shows feel very … tense. This one lowers my blood pressure, even when the technical round goes awry.
Schitt's Creek (Netflix) – Watching this family hit rock bottom and then hilariously learn how to navigate a new life together checks all the boxes for me: Funny? Check. Interesting characters to love? Check. Life lessons that remind us what it really means to be a family? Check.
Only Murders In the Building (Hulu) – I know "murder" is in the title, but I find this show oddly comforting. I don't actually listen to true crime podcasts, but I love watching Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez try to solve cases while documenting it in podcast form. Also, Tina Fey makes appearances. You can't lose.
The Good Place (Netflix) – I didn't think it was possible to laugh while also pondering thoughts on ethics and philosophy, but that's exactly what happens here watching Eleanor, played by Kristen Bell, and the rest of the cast figure out their place in the after life. Bonus: seeing the older, more mature Ted Danson. It was created by the great Michael Schur who had a hand in many of the shows on my list. I think he's on my celebrity crush list just for how smart and funny he is. He's on Penn's list too so it's totally cool.
If I am really in the mood for a movie over a TV show, my #1 comfort movie go to is…
Spy with Melissa McCarthy (Disney+). It's not your typical comfort comedy, but I love anything with Melissa McCarthy. Spy is more of an action movie, but it's so ridiculous and not rooted in any sort of reality and McCarthy's character is so completely loveable. I'm obsessed and I've seen it too many times to count.
What's your favorite comfort TV show (or movie) to watch when you want to unwind?
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Travel expenses associated with visiting physical locations for a meeting are now obsolete. In addition to a loss of revenue and time away from the office, live streaming surgery constitutes the most efficient transfer of information in the shortest amount of time.
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Once again, a lone gunman has committed mass murder on a U.S. college campus. This time, when the gunfire ended at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon — at least 10 people were dead, seven others wounded. Just hours after the Thursday rampage, President Barack Obama addressed the nation and after expressing national condolence and grief he unapologetically politicized the massacre.
The four-year-long, complex war in Syria became even more complicated this week. Wednesday, Russia launched a concerted military campaign in the country. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russian warplanes targeted terrorist positions, though his definition of a terrorist group was vague.
But Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook was much more narrow, saying the Russian strikes were in an area controlled by moderate opposition fighters, generally backed by the U.S. – and where the so-called Islamic State, or ISIL, has no presence.
The Russian entry into the multi-sided conflict comes as reports grow about an increased Iranian troop presence in Syria. Both Russia and Iran support embattled Syrian President Bashar al Assad.
As the violence in Syria and Iraq rages, vast numbers of people continue to flee the region. This week world leaders at the UN General Assembly had much to say, but took no actions to directly alleviate the enormous humanitarian crisis. Syria shares a border with Turkey, whose Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu called for action.
Many people fleeing desperately hope to reestablish their lives in Northern Europe, and begin a long and often perilous journey toward the Balkans and beyond. As they try to cross internal European borders, they frequently find roadblocks to their passage. Tens of thousands of people are increasingly caught in bottlenecks, forced to sleep in the open and uncertain when or where they will travel next.
Wednesday, Italian police cleared one of the many refugee camps that have popped up across Europe, this one on the Mediterranean coast near the French border. Raphaël Krafft reports.
Another armed Middle East conflict, but one that hasn't drawn similar global indignation, is the crisis in Yemen — where Gulf monarchies led by Saudi Arabia have been conducting airstrikes for the past six months. Nell Abram has more.
Once again, lawmakers on Capitol Hill came within hours of a government shutdown late Wednesday night, before crafting a temporary compromise to keep federal agencies up and running – and civil employees at work – until mid-December.
The short-term deal came after five hours of contentious hearings about funding for Planned Parenthood. Only one witness was called to testify: Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards. Republican lawmakers repeatedly barraged Richards with hostile questions without allowing her to respond.
The person behind the video stings that sparked the hearing was not called for questioning.
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Inconsistent Positions
Published on October 17, 2016 / Personal Injury Trial
If multiple victims are injured in the same crash and each of them bring separate lawsuits to pursue fair, financial compensation against the same driver, what if ICBC admits that driver's fault in one action, but denies it in another?
In her decision released August 31, 2016 (Glover v. Leakey 2016 BCSC 1624 ), Madam Justice Gropper explained that she had been presiding over a jury trial involving a claim made by Ms. Glover, the back seat passenger of a car that had crashed into the back of a snowplow. ICBC, on behalf of the driver, had denied that he was at fault (as bizarre as that might seem). Part way through the trial, the lawyer for Ms. Glover learned that ICBC had taken the opposite fault position with another injured occupant of the same vehicle in the same crash, i.e. ICBC had admitted fault on behalf of the driver in that other lawsuit.
The lawyer for Ms. Glover brought this "abuse of process" to the attention of Madam Justice Gropper, and it was determined that the issue would be dealt with after the jury rendered its verdict. The jury's verdict was that the driver had not been at fault in crashing his vehicle into the back of the snow plow. Madam Justice Gropper then dealt with the abuse of process issue.
Madam Justice Gropper noted that there is an abuse of process when principles such as the integrity of the administration of justice would be violated. She found that the conflicting positions advanced by ICBC did compromise the administration of justice:
[68] Courts retain jurisdiction to dismiss actions that are an abuse of process where the principles such as judicial economy, consistency, finality and the integrity of the administration of justice will be violated. This doctrine is flexible and the categories of abuse of process are open. In my view, the defendant's inconsistent positions on liability offend all these principles which are fundamental to our system of law.
[69] Before this action was filed the defendant admitted liability for the subject accident in the Yeomans Action. He obtained the benefit of settlement with that defendant. It cannot be open to him to re-litigate something that he already conceded in the Yeomans Action. That offends the principle of judicial economy, unnecessarily expending the resources of the justice system and in this particular instance it is more egregious as the case called upon the wisdom of the community in the form of jurors. It is also contrary to the principle of finality to permit something that has been admitted to be re-litigated.
[70] Consistency is also compromised. A position that Mr. Leakey is on one hand negligent but on the other not negligent cannot be anything but irreconcilable and inconsistent. The only distinction in the pleadings is that in the Yeomans Action the defendant asserted that Ms. Yeomans failed to properly adjust and securely fasten her seatbelt. That does not alter the bare fact of the defendant's negligence.
[71] It is not relevant that Ms. Glover was a co-owner of the vehicle. The defendant has not explained how that distinction makes a difference. The same conduct of the defendant was involved in both the Yeomans and the Glover actions. To take different positions is inconsistent and provides unpredictability in the law.
[72] I am also of the view that the administration of justice is compromised by the defendant's conflicting positions that it was his fault and then it was not his fault. Neither position was advanced in the alternative. As Levine J.A. stated in Pepper's Produce: "these proceedings cannot, as a matter of protecting the integrity of the court's process, stand together.
After reviewing various legal arguments about the potential consequences of this abuse of process, Madam Justice Gropper declared a mistrial. She also granted judgment on the liability issue in favour of the plaintiff.
Authored by Paul Hergott
abuse of process
inconsistent pleadings


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Павукоподі́бні, або арахніди (Arachnida) — клас членистоногих, який включає павуків, кліщів, скорпіонів, косариків, сольпуг та деякі дрібніші групи. Вони відрізняються від інших членистоногих поділом тіла на дві тагми: головогруди (просому) і черевце (опістосому). Зазвичай представники класу мають 8 ходильних кінцівок, педипальпи і хеліцери. Розвиток, в основному, прямий.

Будова тіла
Тіло павукоподібних складається з головогрудей і черевця. Головогруди вкриті щільною кутикулою і включають шість сегментів. Кінцівки першого сегмента — хеліцери — є органами захоплення і подрібнення їжі. У павуків на кінчиках хеліцер відкриваються протоки отруйних залоз. Кінцівки другого сегмента — педипальпи — виконують функцію утримання здобичі, беруть участь у перенесенні сперми в статеві шляхи самки, слугують органами дотику. Кінцівки наступних чотирьох сегментів — ноги — беруть участь у пересуванні, плетінні павутини (павуки), викопуванні нірок, утриманні яєчного кокона, здобичі. Вони мають нюхові та дотикові рецептори. На відміну від ракоподібних обидві антени у павуків редукуються, фасеткові очі відсутні.

Черевце з'єднується з головогрудьми за допомогою сьомого сегмента, який не несе кінцівок. Кінцівки черевця, які несуть «зябра», перетворюються на «легені». Кінцівки десятого й одинадцятого сегментів утворюють у павуків павутинні бородавки.

Характерною особливістю павукоподібних є тенденція до злиття члеників тіла, з утворенням головогрудей й черевця. У примітивніших (фаланги) обидва відділи ще зберігають сегментацію. Скорпіони мають сегментацію тільки на черевці, у павуків черевце вже не сегментоване, а кліщі втратили навіть поділ тіла на головогруди і черевце.

Внутрішня будова

Нервова система
Нервова система характеризується концентрацією нервових вузлів. У павуків у передньому відділі головогрудей виникає єдине скупчення нейронів — головогрудна нервова маса. З органів чуття розвинені дотик (чутливі волоски на тілі та кінцівках) і нюх. Зір дуже слабкий, є декілька пар простих очок.

Травна система
Більшість павукоподібних — хижаки, пристосовані до живлення напіврідкою їжею. Травлення у багатьох павукоподібних відбувається в два етапи: 1) зовнішнє, 2) внутрішнє (кишкове). Спіймана здобич убивається отрутою, покриви жертви розриваються і всередину вводяться травні соки. Потім розріджений вміст жертви всмоктується. Для цього слугує забезпечена м'язами глотка, яка переходить у тонкий стравохід і далі, — у сисний шлунок. Продовжується травлення в шлунку і кишківнику. Вирости кишківника утворюють печінку, клітини якої виділяють травні ферменти.

Дихальна система
Павукоподібні мають різноманітні дихальні системи. Об'єднує їх дихання атмосферним повітрям, характерне навіть для тих видів, які вторинно переселилися у воду. Дихальна система представлена легеневими мішками або трахеями. Ті й інші відкриваються назовні отворами — стигмами на боках чи на черевній поверхні члеників. У легеневих мішках розташовані численні листоподібні складки, в яких є кровоносні капіляри. Легеневі мішки павукоподібних за структурою подібні до зябер ракоподібних. Трахеї — це система розгалужених трубочок, які підходять безпосередньо до всіх органів, де і здійснюється тканинний газообмін. Легеневі мішки павукоподібних випаровують багато води, тому легеневі форми (деякі павуки, скорпіони) змушені жити в місцях, насичених вологою,— у підстилці тропічного лісу, ґрунті, норах.

Виключно легеневі мішки характерні для чотирьохлегеневих павуків (Мігаломорфні і Opisthothelae), скорпіонів. У більшості павуків (аранеоморфні) наявна 1 пара легеневих мішків та обмежено поширена система трахей, що здійснює газообмін у статевих органах та навколо них.

Косарики, сольпуги та деякі інші павукоподібні мають добре розвинені трахеї. Кліщі завдяки малим розмірам пристосувалися до поглинання кисню всією поверхнею тіла.

Кровоносна система
Кровоносна система незамкнена. Гемолімфа від серця йде по декількох судинах до передньої частини тіла, де виливається в лакуни між органами. Кровоносна система найскладніша у скорпіонів і павуків, у яких дихання легеневе, гемолімфа в них є переносником газів, має пігменти, які зв'язують кисень.

Простіша будова кровоносної системи у павукоподібних, які дихають трахеями. Найпростіша кровоносна система у кліщів: у них її може не бути зовсім або вона складається з мішкоподібного серця і пари остій (отворів).

Видільна система
Система виділення представлена мальпігієвими судинами — сліпими виростами кишківника. У їхніх клітинах накопичуються екскрети. Речовини, що виділяються, заздалегідь зневоднюються, щоб уникнути втрати води. У деяких примітивних павукоподібних як органи виділення збереглися рудименти метанефридіїв. Шкідливі речовини з гемолімфи надходять у мальпігієві судини та по них потрапляють у кишківник звідки виводяться через анальний отвір.

Статева система
Павукоподібні роздільностатеві. Запліднення в більшості випадків внутрішнє. Сперма виробляється в сім'яниках самців і доставляється в статеві шляхи самиці за допомогою педипальп, які утворюють копулятивний орган.
Яйця містять багато жовтка, розвиток прямий. Виняток становлять кліщі, у яких є личинкова стадія.

Походження та еволюція
Сучасні павукоподібні представлені наземними формами, які походять від водяних членистоногих, які спочатку заселяли моря. Щоб пристосуватися до наземного способу існування, павукоподібні повинні були: здійснити зміну органів дихання; максимально зменшити випаровування води з поверхні тіла; перейти на нові об'єкти живлення.

Основні особливості організації, що забезпечили пристосування павукоподібних до життя на суходолі:
 поява «легенів» і трахей — органів дихання атмосферним киснем;
 воскові виділення кутикули, які перешкоджають випаровуванню води;
 зменшення розмірів тіла для обмеження числа линьок;
 розвиток копулятивних органів і внутрішнього запліднення.

Систематика та різноманіття
Клас об'єднує близько 100 тисяч видів, згрупованих у декілька рядів, найчисленніші з яких павуки (понад 40 тисяч видів) і декілька рядів кліщів (понад 45 тисяч видів). Скорпіони (понад 1000 видів) — найдавніший ряд серед наземних членистоногих, що зберіг безліч примітивних рис, властивих водним предкам. Середню чисельність понад 1000 видів мають також ряди сольпуги, косарики, псевдоскорпіони. Більш дрібні ряди Шизоміди, Amblypygi, Uropygi, Кененії, Рицинулеї
та Opilioacariformes налічують не більше 210 видів кожний.

Примітки

Література
 Біологія: Комплексний довідник/Р. В. Шаламов, Ю. В. Дмитрієв, В. І. Подгорний. — Х.: Веста: Вид-во «Ранок», 2006.— 624 стор. ISBN 966-08-1127-5

Посилання

 Arachnida у базі даних Галичини і Карпат
 Підбірка публікацій про павуків
 Косарики
 Павук-птахоїд
 Павук-каракурт

Членистоногі

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Short on the curse of Honeythumbs
Submitted by Saelo on July 30th, 2020
Before the darkness fell on it, Honeythumbs were the ones who passed through lands and came to Enedwaith. They were distant relatives of Brandybucks, so you can guess that they were as adventurous as Brandybucks at worst.
After settling in Enedwaith, just by Maur Tulhau they started examining all the caverns and ruins nearby, even sometimes in deep corners of the country. In years, with all those discoveries (note that almost all Honeythumbs became either a treasure hunter or a trader) their wealth grew. For five hundreds years they kept growing up memberwise too and the little burrow they chose as a home for themselves at the beginning, became a large mansion, where lived around sixty hobbits.
During their discoveries, Saelo's grand-grand-grand father, Emmar Honeythumb found a brooch in a shape of eagle and a beryl inlayed on it. It was shining more than other things he found, therefore instead of adding it to the list of wares, he gave the brooch to his wife, Asella Honeythumb. And since that day, every eldest son of the family inherited the brooch from their mothers, then gave to the lass they chose as a wife.
This tradition continued till the day Alcash, a trader from Bree, came with a bid for the brooch. He was doing business with Saelo's grandfather, Adren, since years and in one of the visits he saw the heirloom, started eagerly wish it. Adren declined every bid of Alcash, which it became irritating at some point. Therefore one day Adren decided to speak straightforward with Alcash, instead of dealing with his every bid. "Alcash," he said, "ye're a good lad to do business with. Yet, I ask ye not to come with any bid for the brooch. Cause it's our family heirloom and not even a treasure can pay for it. This is the last time I talk about it and will no more. Ye're welcome for anythin' in me manor, except for the brooch."
After these words an expression of anger appeared in Alcash's eyes but he said nothing about it. Yet, Adren was concerned about what he saw, also all those tries for the brooch made him feel uncomfortable. Therefore he sent the brooch to the elves of Rivendell. Elves examined it and it turned out that the beryl on the heirloom had powers, which could lead disasters in wrong hands. They replaced the stone with another beryl cut in the same shape and sent it back to Adren. This eased his concerns in the heart.
But, once a shadow raises over something, it is not easy to totally get rid of it. After a few month, the heirloom gone missing. Adren knew whom to blame, but Alcash didn't visit him next year and neither the followed. At the end, he had to accept what fate brings and continued his life.
But it was not that easy to go on. Cause everything became dull and happiness was driven away from the mansion after that incident. Yet, it was not the worst happened. When Saelo was three years old, a large group of brigands attacked to the mansion at midnight. Robbed everything they found and killed whoever they saw. Only five survived: Saelo, his sister, mother and father, cause they were away from mansion fortunately. And Dolemer Honeythumb, Saelo's cousin was found one of the spirits protecting her the next day.
There is no point to reflect the whole story here. Shortly, Saelo's family moved to Bree after the incident and Dolemer was sent to his father of mother. After a few years, both of the Saelo's parents died in the hands of goblins. And only three Honeythumbs remained, far from each other and longing for the day of meet, if it happens.
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... him throughout his life. Early in his life Sinatra knew he wanted to become a singer . He dropped out of high school and began to sing at small clubs....
What did he drop out of high school and begin to sing at?
small clubs
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the Hoboken Four
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Harry James
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What was Harry James' job title?
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sixmonth
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Tommy Dorsey
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The Voice of Frank Sinatra
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Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award
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September of My Years
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Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music
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Nancy Barbato
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Ava Gardner
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What school did Sintra attend?
Demarest High School
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Rustic Cabin Club
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hundreds
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Alpine, New Jersey
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What station did Sintra first play on?
WNEW
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How many top10 singles did Frank Sinatatra record between 1940 and 1943?
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What was the weight of Sintra when he was brought into the world by a doctor?
13.5pound
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Who scooped the baby up and held him under cold running tap water at the sink?
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Nancy Barbato Sinatra
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What was the name of the short film that spoke out against intolerance?
The House I Live In
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In what year was Suddenly released?
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Solo Artist
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punctured eardrum
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How long did his career last?
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What era did the '40s and '50s define?
sing era
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Hoboken Four
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It does help to address the prayer to something other than yourself, though it's fine if you understand this as merely a device to help you hear yourself better – like beginning your journal entries with "Dear Diary," as if you were writing to a pen-pal. It's a good device – helps you really do it, slow down, complete your sentences, present yourself without the shortcuts habitual to our rushing thoughts.
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The Complainant is LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc., a corporation organized in the State of Virginia, United States of America (USA), with place of business in Richmond, Virginia, United States of America.
The Respondent is Joseph Virzi, with address in Fremont, California, United States of America.
The disputed domain name is <landamerica.com>.
The registrar of the disputed domain name is Network Solutions, Inc., with business address in San Francisco, California, United States of America.
(a) The Complainant initiated the proceeding by the filing of a complaint via e-mail and courier mail received by the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center ("WIPO") on February 14, 2002. Complainant paid the requisite filing fee. On February 25, 2002, WIPO transmitted a Request for Registrar Verification to the registrar, Network Solutions, Inc. The Registrar�s Response was received the same day.
(b) On March 5, 2002, WIPO transmitted notification of the complaint and commencement of the proceeding to Respondent via e-mail, telefax and courier mail.
(c) On March 25, 2002, Respondent�s response was received via e-mail by WIPO, and on March 27, 2002, the response was received in hardcopy.
(d) On April 11, 2002, WIPO received a supplemental filing via e-mail from Complainant.
(e) On April 18, 2002, WIPO received a supplemental filing via e-mail from Respondent.
(f) WIPO advised Complainant and Respondent via e-mail that requests to file supplemental submissions and the text of such submissions would be transmitted to the Panel and that the determination whether to accept and consider those submissions would be made by the Panel.
(g) On April 23, 2002, WIPO invited the undersigned to serve as panelist in this administrative proceeding, subject to receipt of an executed Statement of Acceptance and Declaration of Impartiality and Independence ("Statement and Declaration"). On April 30, 2002, the undersigned transmitted via telefax the executed Statement and Declaration to WIPO.
(h) On May 1, 2002, Complainant and Respondent were notified by WIPO of the appointment of the undersigned sole panelist as the Administrative Panel (the "Panel") in this matter. WIPO notified the Panel that, absent exceptional circumstances, it would be required to forward its decision to WIPO by May 15, 2002. The Panel received a hard copy of the file in this matter by courier from WIPO.
Landamerica is a Nevada Corporation whose officers are Vincent D. Virzi, President and Lawrence D. Virzi, Secretary-Treasurer. (Incorporated June 24, 1997, File No. C13524-1997), Records of Nevada Secretary of State, Jan. 24, 2002. (Complaint, Annex H). Lawrence D. Virzi has co-executed the documents submitted by Respondent in this proceeding. Respondent asserts that he has acted in respect to the disputed domain name on behalf of the Landamerica corporation, and the evidence submitted by Respondent supports that claim. (Response and Respondent�s Rebuttal). The Nevada record submitted by Complainant indicates that Landamerica was in default as of January 24, 2002. Respondent asserts that a technical filing deficiency has been corrected, and that the corporation is presently in good standing (Respondent�s Rebuttal). In any event, the evidence presented does not show that Landamerica�s corporate charter was revoked or terminated.
Respondent has submitted a deed of trust showing that Landamerica, a Nevada corporation, acquired title to a certain parcel of real property in Sacramento, California on November 11, 1997 (Response, Annex A).
The Service Agreement in effect between Respondent and Network Solutions, Inc., subjects Respondent to Network Solutions, Inc.�s dispute settlement policy, the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy, as adopted by ICANN on August 26, 1999, and with implementing documents approved by ICANN on October 24, 1999. The Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "Policy") requires that domain name registrants submit to a mandatory administrative proceeding conducted by an approved dispute resolution service provider, of which WIPO is one, regarding allegations of abusive domain name registration and use (Policy, para. 4(a)).
Complainant alleges that it is the holder of various trademark and service mark registrations for the term "LANDAMERICA" and "LANDAMERICA"-formative signs (see Factual Background supra).
Complainant states that it first used the "LANDAMERICA" mark in commerce in February 1998, and also alleges that it has constructive rights in the mark dating back to its predecessor�s filing of applications for registration on July 22, 1997.
Complainant indicates that it has made substantial use of the LANDAMERICA mark in commerce, and that the mark is well known.
Complainant asserts that Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain name. Complainant argues that Respondent has failed to use the domain name in connection with an active website, despite the passing of almost six years since its registration. Complainant asserts that Respondent has not, or in any case does not, conduct business under the disputed domain name.
Complainant alleges that Respondent registered and has used the disputed domain name in bad faith. Complainant argues that Respondent must have known of its mark when it registered the disputed domain name. Even if it did not know of the disputed domain name at the time of its initial registration, it must have been aware of the name when it renewed its registration. Complainant contends that Respondent registered the disputed domain name with the intention of offering it for sale to Complainant or another party, to attract Internet users to its own website by creating confusion as to sponsorship or affiliation, and/or preventing Complainant from registering the name. Complainant suggests that passive holding of the disputed domain name constitutes bad faith.
In its Reply Brief, Complainant alleges that Respondent�s conduct following initiation of this proceeding in offering to sell or exchange the disputed domain name evidences bad faith.
Respondent concedes that the disputed domain name is identical or confusingly similar to a mark which Complainant has registered. Respondent states that Complainant registered its mark following the date on which the disputed domain name was registered, and that Complainant should have been aware of Respondent�s rights in the disputed domain when it adopted and registered its mark.
Respondent asserts rights and legitimate interests in the disputed domain name. The name was registered prior to Complainant�s adoption and use of its mark, and Respondent registered it in connection with a planned real estate business venture. Respondent was known by the name "Landamerica" before Complainant registered its mark. Respondent indicates that it continues to plan to use the disputed domain name on an active commercial website in connection with its business.
Respondent contends that it could not have registered the disputed domain name in bad faith since it undertook the registration prior to Complainant�s adoption, use or registration of its mark. Respondent argues that it could not have intended to divert Internet users by creating confusion as to Complainant�s sponsorship of or affiliation with its website since Complainant had not used its mark when the disputed domain name was registered.
In its Rebuttal, Respondent states that Complainant initiated discussions regarding purchase of the disputed domain name. Respondent had never approached Complainant prior to initiation of this proceeding.
Respondent refers to Complainant�s conduct as reverse domain name hijacking, although it does not request a finding in this regard.
It is essential to dispute resolution proceedings that fundamental due process requirements be met. Such requirements include that a respondent has notice of proceedings that may substantially affect its rights. The Policy, and the Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "Rules"), establish procedures intended to assure that respondents are given adequate notice of proceedings commenced against them, and a reasonable opportunity to respond (see, e.g., paragraph 2(a), Rules).
In this case, the Panel is satisfied that WIPO took all steps reasonably necessary to notify the Respondent of the filing of the complaint and initiation of these proceedings. Respondent has filed a response to the complaint indicating that it received notice and was afforded an adequate opportunity to respond.
As a preliminary matter, the Panel notes that Complainant transmitted a supplemental request to file a reply brief, accompanied by its reply (and affidavit), and Respondent filed a rebuttal to Complainant�s reply. The Panel has decided to accept and consider these submissions, principally because they provide additional factual information not present in the initial submissions (including with respect to the status of the Nevada corporation).
A straightforward comparison of the mark registered by Complainant and the domain name registered by Respondent indicates that the disputed domain name is, on its face, identical or confusingly similar to the mark (comparing "LANDAMERICA" and <landamerica.com>). This is a proposition that Respondent concedes. It is important to note, however, that Respondent appears to have adopted the term "Landamerica" as the name of its corporation and business, and to have used that mark in connection with at least one real property transaction, prior to Complainant�s first use of the mark in February 1998. While recognizing that Complainant�s applications for registration on July 22, 1997, may provide it with certain benefits of constructive use dating back to the application date, it is an interesting question whether and to what extent Respondent enjoys rights as a senior user of the mark. Because the Panel is able to decide this matter on other grounds, it assumes without deciding that Complainant has rights in the "LANDAMERICA" mark, and that the disputed domain name is identical or confusingly similar to the mark.
Complainant filed initial applications for service and trademark registration on July 22, 1997, after Respondent registered the disputed domain name and formed the Nevada corporation. Complainant did not use the "LANDAMERICA" mark in commerce until February 1998.
Respondent did not have notice of a dispute when it registered the disputed domain name, and it has established to the Panel�s satisfaction that it did so in preparation for a bona fide offering of goods or services. The establishment of rights or legitimate interests in a domain name is not dependent on the successful implementation of a business plan. Paragraph 4(c)(i) provides for the establishment of rights on the basis of preparations to use, and Respondent prepared to use the disputed domain name prior to notice of a dispute.
Complainant has argued that renewal of the registration of the disputed domain name is the legal equivalent of initial registration and that for each act of renewal a new set of factual circumstances arises. Paragraph 2 of the Policy, and by incorporation the service agreement to which each registrant agrees, expressly indicates that when a registrant asks the registrar to "register" or to "maintain or renew" a domain name, the registrant makes representations and warranties to the registrar, including that it is not knowingly infringing third party rights. Paragraph 4 of the Policy, however, does not base a finding of abusive domain name registration and use on breach of the representations and warranties set out in Paragraph 2. It establishes a separate set of legal criteria for establishing abuse. Paragraph 4 of the Policy speaks only in terms of the "registration" of the domain name by the responding party, and not in terms of "maintaining" or "renewing" the domain name registration.
In the present proceeding, the Panel does not consider it necessary to make a determination regarding whether and under what conditions an act of renewal might give rise to a new set of circumstances under which rights or legitimate interests might be evaluated. The Complainant has not apprised the Panel regarding when Respondent renewed its registration, and how that date of renewal relates to its factual claims. The Panel is left to infer a timeline, and the Panel will not undertake this task on its own initiative. The date of Respondent�s domain name renewal in relation to the date of trademark registration might be quite relevant, for example, to the question of notice of a dispute under Paragraph 4(c)(i). The first of Complainant�s trademark registrations did not issue until April 2000. The "LANDAMERICA" service mark registration, which is perhaps more relevant in this proceeding, did not take issue until November 6, 2001. It is certainly possible that Respondent�s most recent domain name renewal occurred before the date when the service mark was registered. In sum, the Panel need not determine the legal implications of a renewal in this proceeding because it has not been apprized as to when such a renewal occurred in relation to the trademark and service mark interests of Complainant.
Respondent has established rights and legitimate interests in the disputed domain name based on its demonstrable preparations to use the name for a bona fide offering of goods or services prior to notice of a dispute. At the time of registration, there clearly was no notice of a dispute, and the evidence does not establish notice of a dispute at a renewal point.
Complainant also alleges that Respondent registered and has used the disputed domain name in bad faith. It should be obvious that Respondent could not have initially registered the domain name in bad faith since Complainant had no interest in the relevant mark at the time, though Complainant does not concede this obvious point.
Complainant argues that if the initial registration was not in bad faith, then renewal was in bad faith.
Paragraph 4(b) of the Policy does not expressly address renewals. It does, however, require that a respondent both register and use a domain name in bad faith.
Respondent initially registered the disputed domain name in 1996. Complainant would have the Panel infer that Respondent, having initially registered the name in good faith � it could not have intended to sell it and take advantage of Complainant�s valuable rights because Complainant had none � later on (at a time of renewal) decided that it could sell it for a substantial profit to Complainant or a third party. It had thus presumably developed a bad faith intent over time. Yet it made no approach to Complainant, or anyone else, to offer the name for sale.
When Complainant and Respondent entered into a dialogue only after this proceeding was commenced, Respondent (by Complainant�s account) refused to sell the name at a low price. It offered to sell it (by Complainant�s account) at a high price. Respondent is the holder of a domain name that may have a substantial commercial value to Complainant. Respondent is not thereby obligated to give it to Complainant at Complainant�s offering price. This is not bad faith on Respondent�s part, it is commercial bargaining.
Respondent has not used the disputed domain name on an active website, and has not sought to divert Internet users by creating confusion as to sponsorship of or affiliation with Complainant. It could not have undertaken an initial registration with this intent, and the Panel will not infer the development of such an intent at an indeterminate point of renewal.
Complainant has failed to demonstrate that Respondent registered and used the disputed domain name in bad faith.
Because Complainant has failed to establish that Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain name, and has failed to demonstrate that Respondent registered and used the disputed domain name in bad faith, the Panel does not find that Respondent engaged in abusive registration and use. It rejects Complainant�s request to direct the registrar to transfer the disputed domain name to it.
The Panel determines that Complainant, LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc., has failed to establish that Respondent, Joseph Virzi, has no rights or legitimate interests, or has acted in bad faith, in regard to the disputed domain name, <landamerica.com>, within the meaning of paragraph 4(a) of the Policy. The Panel therefore rejects Complainant�s request to order the registrar to transfer the disputed domain name to it.
1. 15 USC � 1057(c).
2. 15 USC � 1057(c)(1), providing that the nationwide right of priority does not confer rights as against a person that has used the mark.


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Unravelling the Influence of Tectonics on Sediment Distribution and the Changing Clinoform Geometry of the Orinoco River Delta's Late Miocene deposits, the Cruse Formation, Trinidad
Southeast Caribbean Research Symposium Presentation
Author(s): Ariana Osman (presenter), Ryan Ramsook, The University of the West Indies; Ron J. Steel, Cornel Olariu, The University of Texas at Austin; Si Chen; China University of Geosciences
The continuous eastward migration of the Caribbean plate altered paleo-drainage directions since the middle Eocene, diverting the once north flowing mighty Orinoco to its current west-east trajectory across eastern Venezuela and Trinidad. In the late Miocene, the Cruse Formation marks the arrival of the delta on Trinidad, depositing a clastic wedge of >2500 ft which accreted eastwards by shallow to deepwater clinoform increments driven mainly by a huge sediment flux and glacio-eustatic climate cycles (ca. 100 ky), but modulated by Caribbean tectonics. In this study, 58 well logs and outcrop data were integrated to construct a 3D picture for 15 continental-margin clinoforms (C10-C24) to unravel the impact of tectonics on the sedimentation trends observed for the Cruse. The clinoforms have an average height of 550 m, continental slope of 2.5˚ tapering to 1˚, and a distance from shelf-edge to near-base of slope of >10 km, and can be grouped into three developmental phases: 1) C10-C13 have a flat shelf-edge trajectory, suggesting a high supply of sediment during periods of repeated icehouse rise and fall of eustatic sea-level, with fall outpacing subsidence rates. These topset sands are interpreted to have a strong fluvial regime that may have been influenced by the development of NE-SW directed growing thrusts, creating an embayed paleo-Columbus Channel area protected from strong wave energy; 2) C14-20 has an aggradational pattern with a rising shelf-edge trajectory, possibly resulting from increased tectonic induced subsidence as the Caribbean plate migrated eastwards post the culmination of collision in the Middle Miocene; 3) C21-24 show strong margin progradation, similar to C10-13, but, their topsets have a much stronger wave influence as the delta prograded past the subtle thrusts.
Ariana Osman, The University of the West Indies
Ariana earned a BSc from Western, Canada and a MSc from the University of Texas at Austin.
With 3 years of experience in the industry, she currently is PhD student at the University of the West Indies, Trinidad, where she researches and teaches courses in Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Petroleum Geology. Previously, she has worked at BP Trinidad and Tobago, and Leibniz University Hannover.
Ariana is a member of AAPG, SEPM, IAS and GSA.
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