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Bolsonaro Wants to Plunder the Amazon. Don't Let Him
Miércoles, 30/Ene/2019 Leila Salazar-López The New York Times
The Amazon rain forest, bordered by deforested land prepared for the planting of soybeans in Mato Grosso State in western Brazil, in 2015. Credit Paulo Whitaker/Reuters
The rise of President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil has put the environment and human rights in peril. His promises to open the Amazon for business could result in huge deforestation and the release of vast greenhouse-gas emissions. His threats to slash fundamental environmental and indigenous rights standards that help keep the Amazon standing are a threat to climate stability.
Mr. Bolsonaro, however, wouldn't be the only one to blame for devastating the Amazon. Companies that accept his invitation to reap profit from Amazon destruction, and the financial institutions that provide the capital, will also bear great responsibility. And those poised to benefit from Mr. Bolsonaro's reckless policies include American companies and financial institutions.
Two of the largest publicly traded agribusiness firms operating in the Brazilian Amazon — Archer Daniels Midland and Bunge — are American-based companies. Agribusiness, in particular soy and beef production, is a leading driver of forest loss and human-rights abuses in the Brazilian Amazon, and A.D.M. and Bunge are two of the largest soy traders in Brazil. As producers seek more and more land for growing crops and grazing cattle, they push ever deeper into the Amazon. According to a report published in 2014, an estimated 90 percent of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is due to agribusiness activities.
Where would these powerful agribusiness companies get the capital they need to bulldoze deeper into the Amazon, if they should take Mr. Bolsonaro up on his offer to eliminate environmental protections?
In no small part from American-based asset managers BlackRock, State Street and Vanguard, which are shareholders in all five of the largest publicly traded agribusiness companies operating in the Brazilian Amazon. As a group of researchers recently demonstrated, the "Big Three" asset managers hold 15 percent to 20 percent of all of A.D.M. and Bunge's available shares (finance researchers call ownership above 5 percent of all shares "blockholding" and generally assume it to imply significant influence).
This means they have the potential to exert pressure on the very companies that could either moderate or enable Mr. Bolsonaro's threats to the future of the Amazon — and the climate. Many Americans, in turn, have a direct relationship with those asset managers, since those firms manage many pension funds and retirement accounts.
Of course, Mr. Bolsonaro's agribusiness-friendly agenda should not be seen in isolation. Previous Brazilian administrations also worked to undermine environmental and human-rights protections to benefit the industrial exploitation of the Amazon. It required the concerted efforts of Brazilian indigenous and social groups and their global allies to force governments and corporations operating in the Amazon to curb deforestation, which until recently had been relatively contained.
Long before Mr. Bolsonaro's rise, numerous agribusiness companies made commitments to end Amazon deforestation from their supply chains. Both Bunge and A.D.M., for example, have committed to eliminate deforestation in their supply chains, although they haven't always lived up to those promises.
In May 2018 Bunge was fined for activities related to illegal deforestation, and some deforestation-watchers have criticized its subsequent policy update as inadequate.
BlackRock, for its part, has supported the Paris Climate Accord and its chief executive, Larry Fink, has been called the "conscience of Wall Street" for his exhortations to companies to "benefit all of their stakeholders, including shareholders, employees, customers and the communities in which they operate."
Yet Mr. Fink's most recent letter to investors, published this month, makes no direct mention of climate change, and BlackRock's statement after Brazil's election in October appears to celebrate Mr. Bolsonaro's win, lauding his commitment "to building on the reform agenda put in place over the past two years."
Though the role of asset managers might seem far removed from the felling of trees in the Amazon rain forest, the world's largest asset managers could play a pivotal role in safeguarding the global climate by way of their investments in companies operating in biomes crucial to climate stability like the Amazon rain forest. The world could have less than 12 years to turn this sinking climate ship around, as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's most recent report makes clear.
Mr. Bolsonaro's rise to power will test companies' promises to be responsible. Will leading global agribusiness companies be complicit in Mr. Bolsonaro's assault on the Amazon and its people, thus sacrificing their commitments, their reputation and our climate? And will financial institutions like BlackRock heed their own calls for companies to pursue purpose and not just profit? Or will they put short-term profits ahead of the planet's future?
If these influential companies don't take a clear and principled stand against Mr. Bolsonaro's promises to open the Amazon for business, they will also bear responsibility for abetting his plunder of the world's largest tropical rain forest.
Leila Salazar-López is the executive director of Amazon Watch.
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Rabbits are a great responsibility, they may seem easy to care for, but you don't really know until you live with one. They are considered exotics, so any medical visit is costly.
I may sound repetitive, but honestly I can't say this enough. Day after day I read so many stories of rabbits being abandoned and found in terrible conditions. This happens because people don't do research. You have to know what you're getting into and learn about what you're thinking of bringing home. Be prepared to rabbit proof your house and to provide them with a proper diet to keep them healthy and live long. Be able to financially provide for them, they are expensive pets to care for. And if you want to keep a nice, clean home you'll need to make adjustments because they require ample space to run and jump in. You can't stick them in a small cage and let them roam free for 30 or 50 minutes a day; they require much more than that.
Do research and make sure a rabbit is right for your family and lifestyle. Once you're ready, adopt don't shop. Contact your local rescues and shelters, ask them questions, they'll be able to help you make the right decision. But please make sure you're in it for the long run. They come into your homes and win over your hearts. It's true what they say, "there's no love like bunny love".
Within the past month I paid $1,000 USD in vet bills. This is quite a burden for anyone who makes a decent living and has responsibilities. We work hard for our money and I know it's not easy to spend this amount, or even more on a small animal. Especially a small animal like Cooper, a 2lb rabbit. Most people when faced with a situation like this may surrender the animal or take it home and disregard it. This is why I emphasize on being financially capable of providing for a rabbit. You never know when an emergency may come up and since they are considered exotics, it'll be pricey.
Now ask yourself, are you prepared to care for a rabbit?
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Great advice! In addition, some rescues may allow you to foster for them. They are often particularly willing to do this just after Easter, when they are filled to overflowing with the "Easter gift" rabbits that have been dumped.
Also, consider volunteering at your local rescue as an assist in determining whether a rabbit is right for you.
Great advise, thank you for commenting!
Thanks for the advice, I have a holland lop and was wondering what kind of bunny cooper is. I really love his housing set up, could you maybe do an article or tutorial on how to build and set up something like that? I want my bunny boy to be happy!
Hi Katie, I'll have to get the info from my brother in law as he built this for us. But I will work on it. Thank you!


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Stephan Stroux (* 1945 in Bad Peterstal) ist ein deutscher Schauspieler und Regisseur.

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Er ist der Sohn von Eva und Karl-Heinz Stroux und Bruder des Theaterregisseurs und Schauspielers Thomas Stroux. Stephan Stroux lebt in der Nähe von Berlin.

Von 1964 bis 1966 studierte er Regie und Schauspiel am Max Reinhardt Seminar in Wien. Zwischen 1966 und 1980 war er als Schauspieler, Übersetzer und Regisseur an über 60 Inszenierungen an deutschsprachigen Theatern in Deutschland und der Schweiz beteiligt. Im TV war er u. a. in der Folge "Besuch bei Alberti" (1971) der Kult-Serie Der Kommissar zu sehen. Von 1976 bis 1978 war er Direktor des Schauspiels Kiel. Seit 1980 inszeniert er in verschiedenen Sprachen im europäischen Ausland und Übersee.

Produktionen von und mit Stephan Stroux (Auswahl)
 2016 "unfinished palace, moving people, floating borders / european songlines" für "Culture Capital of Europe Wroclaw 2016"- Kulturhauptstadt Europas Wroclaw 2016
 2015 "slade ludzi" -"tracos dos homanos" Brasilianisch-Polnisches Photo – und Film Projekt /Krakow International Cultur Center – Ausstellungs- und Installationsprojekt
 2013 europa oculta 1b – 08. bis 22. Juni "Pamięć Pracy"/ "Erinnerung an Arbeit", eine dramatische Installation über Geschichte und Gegenwart von Arbeit/ Oberschlesien in der Walcownia Cynku, Szopienice/ Katowice/ Polen
 2012 europa oculta 1 – 16. Mai bis 30. Juni "Erinnerung an Arbeit"/ "Pamięć Pracy", eine dramatische Installation über Geschichte und Gegenwart von Arbeit mit 20 deutschen und polnischen Künstlern auf "Welterbe Zollverein"/ Essen – eine multimediale Komposition aus Film/ Foto/ Skulptur/ Installation und "Union der festen Hand"

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//
//  PreViewCell.m
//  TiJian
//
//  Created by lichaowei on 15/11/11.
//  Copyright © 2015年 lcw. All rights reserved.
//

#import "PreViewCell.h"
#import "HospitalModel.h"

/**
 *  自定义体检人信息cell
 */
@interface UserInfoCell : UITableViewCell

@property(nonatomic,retain)UIView *basicView;
@property(nonatomic,retain)UILabel *titleLabel;
@property(nonatomic,retain)UILabel *userInfoLabel;
@property(nonatomic,retain)UIButton *deleteBtn;

@end

@implementation UserInfoCell : UITableViewCell

-(instancetype)initWithStyle:(UITableViewCellStyle)style reuseIdentifier:(NSString *)reuseIdentifier
{
    self = [super initWithStyle:style reuseIdentifier:reuseIdentifier];
    if (self) {

        //=============== 已选择体检人信息(这部分需要根据实际人数变化的)
        self.basicView = [[UIView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(15, 0, 12 + 40, 45)];
        [self.contentView addSubview:_basicView];
        //图标
        UIImageView *icon = [[UIImageView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, (43-12)/2.f, 12, 12)];
        icon.image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"tijianren_duo"];
        [_basicView addSubview:icon];
        //title
        self.titleLabel = [[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(icon.right + 5, 0, 40, 45) title:@"体检人" font:13 align:NSTextAlignmentLeft textColor:[UIColor colorWithHexString:@"646464"]];
        [_basicView addSubview:self.titleLabel];

        //体检人
        self.userInfoLabel = [[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(_titleLabel.right + 10, 0, DEVICE_WIDTH - 45 - _titleLabel.right - 10, 45) title:@"1.父亲 张木木 3685*******1234" font:12 align:NSTextAlignmentRight textColor:[UIColor colorWithHexString:@"323232"]];
        [self.contentView addSubview:self.userInfoLabel];

        self.deleteBtn = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
        [_deleteBtn setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"guanbianniu"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
        _deleteBtn.frame = CGRectMake(_userInfoLabel.right, 0, 45, 45);
        [self.contentView addSubview:_deleteBtn];
    }
    return self;
}

- (void)setCellWithModel:(UserInfo *)aModel
{
    self.userInfoLabel.text = aModel.user_name;
}

@end

@interface PreViewCell()<UITableViewDataSource,UITableViewDelegate>
{
    NSMutableArray *_dataArray;
}

@property(nonatomic,retain)UIView *brandView;//品牌相关背景view
@property(nonatomic,retain)UIView *productView;//套餐相关背景view
@property(nonatomic,retain)UIView *timeView;//选择时间分院背景view
@property(nonatomic,retain)UIView *userView;//体检人相关view
@property(nonatomic,retain)UIView *preView;//去预约view

@property(nonatomic,retain)UIImageView *brandIcon;//品牌logo
@property(nonatomic,retain)UILabel *brandName;//品牌name
@property(nonatomic,retain)UIImageView *iconImageView;//套餐图
@property(nonatomic,retain)UILabel *productNameLabel;//套餐name
@property(nonatomic,retain)UILabel *priceLabel;//套餐价格
@property(nonatomic,retain)UILabel *timeAndAreaLabel;//时间和分院label

@property(nonatomic,retain)UITableView *userTable;//体检人信息tableView

@end

@implementation PreViewCell

- (void)awakeFromNib {
    // Initialization code
    [super awakeFromNib];
}

- (void)setSelected:(BOOL)selected animated:(BOOL)animated {
    [super setSelected:selected animated:animated];

    // Configure the view for the selected state
}
-(instancetype)initWithStyle:(UITableViewCellStyle)style reuseIdentifier:(NSString *)reuseIdentifier
{
    self = [super initWithStyle:style reuseIdentifier:reuseIdentifier];
    if (self) {

        CGFloat left = 15.f;

        //===========品牌相关背景view
        self.brandView = [[UIView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, DEVICE_WIDTH, 50)];
        _brandView.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
        [self.contentView addSubview:_brandView];
        //logo
        self.brandIcon = [[UIImageView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(left, 12.5, 40, 25)];
        _brandIcon.backgroundColor = DEFAULT_TEXTCOLOR;
        [_brandView addSubview:_brandIcon];
        //name
        self.brandName = [[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(_brandIcon.right + 10, 0, _brandView.width - _brandIcon.right - 10 - 15, 50) title:nil font:13 align:NSTextAlignmentLeft textColor:[UIColor colorWithHexString:@"323232"]];
        _brandName.text = @"慈铭体检";
        [_brandView addSubview:_brandName];

        //线
        UIView *line = [[UIView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, _brandView.height - 0.5, DEVICE_WIDTH, 0.5)];
        line.backgroundColor = DEFAULT_LINECOLOR;
        [_brandView addSubview:line];

        //===========套餐相关
        UIView *tc_bgView = [[UIView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, _brandView.bottom, DEVICE_WIDTH, 75)];
        tc_bgView.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
        [self.contentView addSubview:tc_bgView];
        self.productView = tc_bgView;

        //套餐图
        self.iconImageView = [[UIImageView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(left, (75 - 50)/2.f, 80, 50)];
        _iconImageView.backgroundColor = DEFAULT_TEXTCOLOR;
        [tc_bgView addSubview:_iconImageView];
        //套餐name
        self.productNameLabel = [[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(_iconImageView.right + 8, 14, tc_bgView.width - _iconImageView.right - 8 - left, 30) title:@"爱康国宾粉红真爱体检套餐全国通用爱康国宾粉红真爱体检套餐全国通用" font:12 align:NSTextAlignmentLeft textColor:[UIColor colorWithHexString:@"323232"]];
        [tc_bgView addSubview:_productNameLabel];
        _productNameLabel.numberOfLines = 2;
        _productNameLabel.lineBreakMode = NSLineBreakByCharWrapping;
        //价格
        self.priceLabel = [[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(_productNameLabel.left, _productNameLabel.bottom + 5, 150, 12) title:nil font:11 align:NSTextAlignmentLeft textColor:[UIColor colorWithHexString:@"eb7d24"]];
        _priceLabel.text = @"剩 1 份";
        [tc_bgView addSubview:_priceLabel];

        //线
        line = [[UIView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(12, tc_bgView.height - 0.5, _brandView.width - 12, 0.5)];
        line.backgroundColor = DEFAULT_LINECOLOR;
        [tc_bgView addSubview:line];

        //================ 时间、分院 使用tableView

        self.userTable = [[UITableView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, tc_bgView.bottom, DEVICE_WIDTH, 45 + 45 * 3) style:UITableViewStylePlain];
        _userTable.delegate = self;
        _userTable.dataSource = self;
        _userTable.scrollEnabled = NO;
        [self.contentView addSubview:_userTable];
        _userTable.separatorStyle = UITableViewCellSeparatorStyleNone;

        //==========去预约=======
        UIView *selectView = [[UIView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, _userTable.bottom, DEVICE_WIDTH, 45)];
        selectView.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
        [self.contentView addSubview:selectView];

        self.preView = selectView;

        //线
        line = [[UIView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(12, 0, selectView.width - 12, 0.5)];
        line.backgroundColor = DEFAULT_LINECOLOR;
        [selectView addSubview:line];

        //图标
        UIImageView *icon = [[UIImageView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(left, (45-12)/2.f, 12, 12)];
        icon.image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"yuyue"];
        [selectView addSubview:icon];
        //title
        UILabel *companyTitle = [[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(icon.right + 5, 0, 120, 45) title:nil font:13 align:NSTextAlignmentLeft textColor:[UIColor colorWithHexString:@"646464"]];
        [selectView addSubview:companyTitle];
        companyTitle.text = @"去预约";

        //箭头
        UIImageView *arrow = [[UIImageView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(selectView.width - 6 - 20, (45-12)/2.f, 6, 12)];
        arrow.image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"jiantou"];
        [selectView addSubview:arrow];

    }
    return self;
}

/**
 *  计算cell高度
 *
 *  @param userCount 体检人信息个数
 *  @param lastNum   套餐剩余份数
 *
 *  @return
 */
+ (CGFloat)heightForCellWithUsersCount:(int)userCount
                               lastNum:(int)lastNum
{
    CGFloat pre_height = 0.f;
    //套餐剩余大于0时加45 (去预约部分)
    if (lastNum > 0) {

        pre_height = 45.f;
    }
    return 50 + 75 + 45 + 45 * userCount + 5 + pre_height;// 5为底部多出5
}

/**
 *  计算cell高度
 *
 *  @param userCount 体检人信息个数
 *  @param lastNum   套餐剩余份数
 *  @param hospitalArray   分院个数
 *
 *  @return
 */
+ (CGFloat)heightForCellWithUsersCount:(int)userCount
                               lastNum:(int)lastNum
                             hospitalArray:(NSArray *)hospitalArray
{
    CGFloat pre_height = 0.f;
    //套餐剩余大于0时加45 (去预约部分)
    if (lastNum > 0) {

        pre_height = 45.f;
    }

    return 50 + 75 + [self tableHeightWithHospitalArray:hospitalArray] + 5 + pre_height;// 5为底部多出5
}

/**
 *  计算table高度
 *
 *  @param hospitalArray 分院数组
 *
 *  @return
 */
+ (CGFloat)tableHeightWithHospitalArray:(NSArray *)hospitalArray
{
    CGFloat h_height = 0.f;//分院title高度
    CGFloat u_height = 0.f;//体检人信息高度
    int sum = (int)hospitalArray.count;
    if (sum > 0) {
        h_height = 45 * sum;

        for (int i = 0; i < sum; i ++) {
            HospitalModel *h_model = hospitalArray[i];
            u_height += h_model.usersArray.count * 45;
        }
    }
    return h_height + u_height;
}

- (void)setCellWithModel:(NSArray *)hospitalArray
{
    _dataArray = [NSMutableArray arrayWithArray:hospitalArray];
    _userTable.height = [PreViewCell tableHeightWithHospitalArray:hospitalArray];
    [_userTable reloadData];
    self.preView.top = _userTable.bottom;
}

#pragma - mark UITableViewDelegate

-(CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    return 45;
}
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{

}

#pragma - mark UITableViewDataSource<NSObject>

- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section;
{
    HospitalModel *aModel = _dataArray[section];
    return aModel.usersArray.count;
}

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath;
{
    static NSString *identify = @"UserInfoCell";
    UserInfoCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:identify];
    if (!cell) {
        cell = [[UserInfoCell alloc]initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:identify];
    }
    if (indexPath.row != 0) {
        cell.basicView.hidden = YES;
    }else
    {
        cell.basicView.hidden = NO;
    }
    cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone;

    HospitalModel *h_model = _dataArray[indexPath.section];
//    UserInfo *u_model = h_model.usersArray[indexPath.row];
//    [cell setCellWithModel:u_model];

    cell.userInfoLabel.text = h_model.usersArray[indexPath.row];

    return cell;
}

- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView
{
    return _dataArray.count;
}

- (UIView *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView viewForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section
{

    UIView *head = [tableView viewWithTag:100 +section];
    if (head) {
        return head;
    }

    UIView *companyBgView = [[UIView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0 ,DEVICE_WIDTH, 45)];
    companyBgView.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
    [self.contentView addSubview:companyBgView];
    companyBgView.tag = 100 + section;
    //图标
    UIImageView *icon = [[UIImageView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(15, (45-12)/2.f, 12, 12)];
    icon.image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"fenyuan"];
    [companyBgView addSubview:icon];

    HospitalModel *aModel = _dataArray[section];
    NSString *timeAndName = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@  %@",aModel.time,aModel.name];

    //title
    UILabel *companyTitle = [[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(icon.right + 5, 0, 100, 45) title:@"时间、分院" font:13 align:NSTextAlignmentLeft textColor:[UIColor colorWithHexString:@"646464"]];
    [companyBgView addSubview:companyTitle];

    //选中时间、分院
    self.timeAndAreaLabel = [[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(DEVICE_WIDTH - 150 - 22.5, 0, 150, companyBgView.height) title:nil font:12 align:NSTextAlignmentRight textColor:[UIColor colorWithHexString:@"323232"]];
    _timeAndAreaLabel.text = timeAndName;
    [companyBgView addSubview:_timeAndAreaLabel];

    //线
    UIView *line = [[UIView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(12, companyTitle.bottom - 0.5, companyBgView.width - 12, 0.5)];
    line.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithPatternImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"yuyue_xuxian"]];
    [companyBgView addSubview:line];
    return companyBgView;
}

- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
    return 45.f;
}

-(CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForFooterInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
    return 0.01f;
}
-(UIView *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView viewForFooterInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
    return [UIView new];
}

@end

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Published on: October 19, 2019 | By Nikki Siesel
In a recent reversal by the Board, emphasis was placed on the importance of du Pont factor number six; see In re Simpson Industries, Inc., Serial No. 87635385 (October 7, 2019) [not precedential]. This likelihood of confusion factor, the number and nature of similar marks in use on similar goods, has been growing in importance since the decision in Juice Generation, Inc. v. GS Enterprises LLC, 115 USPQ2d 1671 (Fed. Cir. 2015) [precedential]. A number of cases have followed this precedential case and subsequent cases have bolstered the support for the "crowded field argument". In the most recent case of In re Simpson Industries, Inc., there were 13 uses and five third party registrations submitted in the record. In this case, the applicant was seeking to register RAINFOREST NUTRITION in standard characters for dietary and nutritional supplements. The Examining Attorney refused the applicant's mark based on the registered mark RAINFOREST ANIMALZ, in standard characters for nutritional supplements. After the final refusal, the applicant appealed to the Board.
The goods were in part identical; therefore the Board presumed that the channels of trade and the classes of purchasers were the same for the applicant and the registrant. See Citigroup Inc. v. Capital City Bank Group, Inc., 637 F.3d 1344, 98 USPQ2d 1253, 1261 (Fed. Cir. 2011). The identity in part of the goods and the overlapping trade channels weighed heavily in favor of finding a likelihood of confusion. Moreover, since the goods are in part identical, a lesser degree of similarity between the marks is necessary to support a 2(d) refusal. See Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC v. Fed. Corp., 673 F.3d 1330, 1337, 102 USPQ2d 1061, 1064 (Fed. Cir. 2012); In re Viterra Inc., 671 F.3d 1358, 1363, 101 USPQ2d 1905, 1908 (Fed. Cir. 2012). Here, the marks are similar because they share the term RAINFOREST. However, because the applicant was able to prove that the shared term RAINFOREST was conceptually and commercially weak for nutritional supplements, the Board determined confusion was not likely.
The applicant demonstrated that the term RAINFOREST is widely used by third parties for both branding, and as a descriptive term for nutritional supplements, including foods and beverages. The applicant offered evidence to show that retail stores commonly used the term RAINFOREST to sell nutritional supplements, such as "Rainforest Pharmacy," "Rainforest Nutritionals," "Organic Rainforest Company" and "Rainforest Foods". In addition, the applicant submitted evidence of certain teas that used the term RAINFOREST for branding, while advertising that the teas promote health benefits. The Board found this evidence probative since it considered teas to be related goods, even though the goods did not come in a pill or capsule form.
The record showed that plants, chemicals and other materials derived from rainforests have medicinal benefits. There was an article discussing the fact that many medications include ingredients derived from the rainforest. Other articles emphasized that for hundreds of years, indigenous groups have exploited the materials contained in the rainforest to meet their health needs. This type of evidence demonstrates that consumers are aware of the suggestive or descriptive nature of the term RAINFOREST in relationship to health products.
In addition to market place use evidence, the applicant introduced use based registrations for dietary and nutritional supplements and food and beverage products. The Board followed the reasoning of the court in Juice Generation, Inc. v. GS Enterprises LLC, stating that the third party registrations show that there is an understood and well recognized descriptive or suggestive meaning, leading to the conclusion that the term RAINFOREST for nutritional supplements is relatively weak. In other words, a sufficient amount of probative third party evidence shows that consumers have been educated to distinguish between minor differences in marks that share a common dominant element. The weaker a mark, the closer another similar mark can come without causing likelihood of confusion.
The use of RAINFOREST in a descriptive manner in connection with nutritional supplements is evidence that the mark is conceptually weak. The third party use and the third party registrations for RAINFOREST marks for nutritional supplements also shows the mark to be commercially weak. It should also be noted that similar to the CAFC's comments made in Juice Generation, Inc. v. GS Enterprises LLC, 115 USPQ2d 1671 (Fed. Cir. 2015) [precedential], the Board in this case underscored the fact that the registrant in a prior prosecution acknowledged the shared dominant element of the mark RAINFOREST was weak for the identified goods. The CAFC has determined that statements made during a trademark prosecution are significant as "facts illuminative of shade and tone in the total picture confronting the decision maker" Id.
In the end, the Board adopted the reasoning of the Court in Jack Wolfskin Ausrustung Fur Draussen GmbH & Co. KGAA v. New Millennium Sports, S.L.U., 797 F.3d 1363, 116 USPQ2d 1129 (Fed. Cir. 2015), which held that "[I]t seems both logical and obvious to us that where a party chooses a trademark which is inherently weak, he will not enjoy the wide latitude of protection afforded the owners of strong trademarks". The Board reversed the refusal to register RAINFOREST NUTRITION stating "given the weakness of the term RAINFOREST, the marks are unlikely to be confused." If you have questions concerning the strength of your trademark, please feel free to contact the firm for a courtesy consultation.
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Anaren Microwave Inc. has acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of Amitron Inc. Amitron is a manufacturer of precision thick film ceramic components and circuits for the medical, telecommunications and defense electronics markets. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
REMEC Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire CWH WEIHUA Shanghai Telecommunications Ltd. for a cash consideration to be paid over a four-year term, coincident with an employment contract with the firm's principal executive.
TRAK Communications Inc. merged TRAK Microwave Corp. and its sister subsidiary TRAK Microwave Ltd. Although the merger did not affect the manufacturing facility locations in Tampa, FL, and Dundee, Scotland, the merger has realigned the sales and engineering groups to provide a customer driven, technology focused unified approach to the global wireless, fiber-optic, satcom, space and defense markets.
Stanford Microdevices is changing its name to Sirenza Microdevices . The company is coordinating the change through all appropriate regulatory agencies, and the transition is expected to be complete by January 31, 2002. In related news, the company has been registered to ISO 9001-1994 by the Quality Management Institute of Canada.
Polar Instruments has opened a sales and service office in Seoul, South Korea. The move is in recognition of the strategic importance of the Korean market as a major producer of PCBs and home to some of the world's leading electronics manufacturers.
Anritsu Corp. has opened a technologically advanced facility devoted exclusively to research and development and manufacturing of optical components. The facility, located in Tanasawa, Japan, will allow the company to dramatically increase production of optical modules that satisfy the growing demand for high performance components designed into WDM and DWDM systems.
Palomar Technologies Inc. has opened a second facility in Vista, CA, in response to the company's growth and expansion. The new 37,500 square-foot facility houses the sales, marketing and service support departments, while the company's original headquarters in Vista will continue to be the headquarters for design, manufacturing, test, engineering and administration.
AMCOM Communications Inc. recently expanded its manufacturing facility located in Taiwan to double the plant capacity. This expansion provides low cost GaAs FET power semiconductor devices and MMICs. The additional capacity will also assure a high level of service to all customers as the company continues to grow.
Radio Frequency Investigation Ltd. (RFI) and Racal Instruments have agreed to embark upon a cooperation agreement that will be of significant benefit to the 3G industry. As part of the agreement, Racal is to supply the 3G (UMTS-FDD) 6401 terminal test system that RFI will use to launch its 3G services. RFI will validate Racal's protocol test cases and present results both on its Web site and in the relevant 3G terminal compliance forums.
TMD Technologies Ltd. (TMD) is finalizing an agreement with Prana R & D to significantly extend its range of instrumentation amplifiers serving the EMC testing, radar, EW, communications, medical, scientific and military markets.
TDK Semiconductor Corp. has partnered with Seiko Instruments USA to provide the first streaming socket technology-based Internet modem. The product combines a true single-chip embedded modem with the iChip TCP/IP/PPP hardware protocol stack, thus offering complete Internet connectivity.
Agilent Technologies Inc. and TYX Corp. announced that TYX has been certified as an Agilent Premier Solution Partner (PSP) in development of software and test program set tools for automatic test systems used in aerospace and defense applications.
SEMX Corp. has entered into an agreement with Electrovac to become the exclusive distributor of the company's hermetic, glass-to-metal-seal packages as well as its direct bond copper and aluminum silicon carbide substrates to the microelectronics industry in the US and Canada. The agreement provides for a close working relationship between the two companies.
Wavecom Inc., a subsidiary of Wavecom SA - France , named DCInextech as a new distributor of its GSM/SPRS modems in North America. Wavecom develops a complete line of wireless standard modules and modems for GSM and GPRS platforms.
The RF Components Division for Raytheon Co. has announced its four-inch MHEMT foundry process for microwave and millimeter-wave applications has transitioned into production.
Amplifier Research (AR) announced an extended TWT warranty on select T series amplifiers. Surpassing the industry-standard one-year warranty on traveling wave tubes, AR has increased the warranty within its 200T1G3A, 200T2G8A and 200T8G18A amplifiers to two years. Additionally, the company continues to provide a three-year warranty on other parts of the amplifiers such as the RF power supply and control circuitry.
Rosenberger is the first manufacturer of RF coaxial connectors to achieve ISO/TS 16949 certification established by DQS. ISO/TS 16949 certifies a premier quality management system that meets the needs of the international automotive industry.
Fluke Corp. announced accreditation of two Fluke calibration laboratories, one in the US and another in the UK. The Fluke Precision Measurement service facility and calibration laboratory in San Diego, CA, has received accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025-1999 and ANSI/NCSL Z540-1-1994 standards. The Fluke Precision Measurement's Norwich, Norfolk factory in the UK has recently been accredited to ISO/IEC 17025.
ANADIGICS Inc. has been awarded a patent for a newly designed GaAs multi-band amplifier. The patent, US Patent No. 6242986 entitled "Multiple-band amplifier," is the second to be granted to the company for this amplifier circuit.
Gowanda Electronics received an award for "Manufacturing Excellence" from the Western New York Technology Development Center (TDC). Gowanda was one of four companies honored by the TDC at its annual affiliates meeting.
ADC reports sales of $548 M for the third quarter ended July 31, compared to $892 M for the same period last year. Net loss was $40 M (5¢/diluted share) compared to a net income of $121 M (16¢/diluted share) for the third quarter of 2000.
American Technical Ceramics Corp. reports sales of $19.0 M for the third quarter ended June 30, compared to $21.4 M for the same period last year. Net income was $2.33 M (29¢/common share) compared to $3.38 M (44¢/common share) for the third quarter of 2000.
Ansoft Corp. reports sales of $11.2 M for the third quarter ended July 31, compared to $8.7 M for the same period last year. Net income was $916 K (7¢/diluted share) compared to $324 K (3¢/diluted share) for the third quarter of 2000.
DragonWave Inc. has finalized a $14 M (CDN) second round of financing. This round of funding includes participation from leading venture capital firms: Celtic House International, IG Investment Management Ltd., Venture Coaches, VentureLink Capital Corp. and EDB Ventures Pte Ltd. This round of financing brings the total capital raised to $26 M (CDN).
Mitsubishi Corp. has made a $15 M equity investment in Vitex Systems Inc. Vitex, a spinoff of Battelle, is developing a critical component that it believes will enable the next generation of commercial flat panel displays.
EADS Defence Systems and Electronics Ltd. (EADS UK) has been awarded a contract to supply the external communication system of the Royal Navy's new "Astute" class nuclear submarines. Additionally, EADS UK as a prime contractor will modernize the British Force's communications infrastructure on the Falkland Islands. Both contracts together have a volume of approximately EUR 50 million.
AR/Kalmus has signed a contract to supply USSOCOM with 27 of its model M512 RF power amplifiers. The amplifiers are valued at $482 K.
Talley Communications Corp. signed a new contract with Andrew Corp. The agreement designates Talley as distributor in the western US for Andrew wireless infrastructure, terrestrial microwave and broadband products.
IFR Systems Inc. has won a three-year contract from British Telecommunications (BT) to supply IFR2843 digital communication analyzers for use as personal issue testers by BT field engineers involved in network installation, support and maintenance. The award is in addition to an existing contract, originally won by IFR in 1996, to supply earlier versions of field testers, known internally at BT as Tester 455s.
Aethercomm Inc. has been selected by Northrop-Grumman Corp. to design, develop and manufacture the high power solid-state driver amplifier (SSPA) for Project Wedgetail, an airborne warning and control system for Australia. Boeing and Northrup-Grumman are jointly developing the Wedgetail system.
Merrimac Industries Inc. will provide a variety of products, such as power dividers, couplers and vector modulators for the Space Based Infrared System High Constellation to the program's prime contractor Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co. Lockheed Martin has released orders for the contract, initially valued at $600 K.
Axcera announced the appointment of two veteran executives to lead the new company. David Neff will serve and president and CEO, while Ken Foutz will serve as senior VP and chief operating officer of Axcera. Together, they have more than 55 years of experience in the broadcast, MMDS and broadband wireless markets.
Applied Wave Research Inc. (AWR) promoted James Spoto to president and chief executive officer. Joseph Pekarek , the former AWR president, will assume a new role as the company's chief technology officer. Prior to joining AWR, Spoto was at Conexant Systems where he was the senior VP of Platform Technologies since 1997.
Daniel Artusi has accepted the position of chief operation officer with Silicon Labs. Previously, Artusi served as corporate VP and general manager of the networking and computing systems group at Motorola's Semiconductor Products Sector.
AMCOM Communications Inc. has appointed Arthur E. Butts VP of marketing and sales for North America and Europe. Butts joins the company with an extensive background in both the military and telecommunications markets. In related news, the company named Patricia Yang VP, marketing and sales for the Asian Pacific market. She was previously the director of sales and has contributed to the overall growth of the corporation.
Liam Griffin has joined Alpha Industries as VP of sales and marketing. Griffin comes to Alpha from Vectron International, a Dover company, where he was VP, worldwide sales.
Wulf-Dietrich Ortel has been appointed executive VP of international sales and service division at Rohde & Schwarz. In this position, Ortel is responsible for all the company's representatives, subsidiaries and service centers.
Giga-tronics Inc. has hired John R. Regazzi as VP of engineering for its Instruments Division. Regazzi comes to the company following more than two decades at Agilent.
Pascall Electronics named David Phyall to the recently created position of wireless communications director, in charge of the company's satellite communications and RF products. Most recently, Phyall was managing and operations director of Basys Technology Ltd.
Anritsu appointed Paul Hunter general manager of its European Measurement Division (EMD). Hunter has previously worked for companies such as Nortel Networks, Marconi, Mobile Systems International and Tertio.
Radio Frequency Investigation (RFI) appointed Sharon Slattery as its new sales manager for North America. Sharon has extensive experience within the telecommunications industry including 10 years with Nortel Networks.
Schaffner has appointed Muhamed Nazarudin as product manager for its range of harmonics and flicker test systems. Nazarudin joins the company from Voltech Instruments, where he was applications engineer for two years.
Los Alamos National Laboratory director John Browne selected six Los Alamos staff members as Laboratory fellows, the Laboratory's highest scientific honor. The honor is made yearly to technical staff members who have sustained a high level of excellence in programs important to the Laboratory's mission, made important scientific discoveries that lead to widespread use, or been recognized as leaders in their fields both within scientific discoveries and outside of the Laboratory.
NEW MARKET ENTRY
Modelithics Inc. , a new company focusing on precision RF and microwave characterization and measurement-based computer-aided engineering (CAE) models, began operations on August 1. Over 1200 substrate-dependent models for passive surface-mount components are available for licensing, and contracts are underway for custom active and passive device characterization and modeling services.
di/dt Inc. , Carlsbad, CA, designs and manufactures DC/DC converter modules that deliver the high current in a small size. These converters are designed for the high temperature and low airflow environments common to telecommunications, wireless, data communications and server applications.
LPKF Laser & Electronics offers a wide variety of rapid PCB prototyping, in-house systems and tools from its Web site, www.lpkfusa.com. These products give companies and individuals the ability to produce and market new technology in a fast and effective manner.
AMCOM Communications Inc. has completed its new Web site, www.amcomusa.com, which includes technical details on all new products which have been introduced this year and new graphics to introduce expanded sales coverage.
Z-Communications Inc. released its new and improved Web site, which offers users and customers a highly functional navigation tool. The site, www.zcomm.com, is equipped with a new and improved search facility. Any and all information is merely a click away, providing users with an enhanced interactive capability that alleviates cumbersome processes that normally hinder the ability to seek out information and contact individuals.
TestMart announced that the e-commerce marketplace at www.navicpmart.com is now live and electronically processing general purpose electronic test equipment (GPETE) orders for the Department of Defense Naval Inventory Control Point. Authorized buyers are now able to purchase from a catalog of high demand products from more than 30 key test and measurement suppliers.
REP APPOINTMENTS
TMD Technologies Limited (TMD) has recently added three new agents to its worldwide network. AFI , based in New York, has been appointed the company's US distributor of commercial microwave amplifiers. Comtest , based in Turin, Italy, will cover commercial amplifier sales in Italy and Delta Trade & Consultancy , with offices in Ankara and Istanbul, will handle all of TMD's new military business in Turkey.
AMCOM Communications Inc. , Clarksburg, MD, has appointed Matrix Sales Inc. , Chelmsford, MA, to be its exclusive representative for the New England area.
Elcom Technologies Inc. has announced several new representatives as a result of increased demand for RF/microwave frequency sources and customized integrated modules. The extended representation includes SMA Engineering , Campbell, CA, R.J. Sickles Associates , Lexington, MA, and EG Holmes & Associates Inc. , Apex, NC.


One of the highlights of this autumn's Tokyo trip was the visit to Tokyo Design Week 2016. TDW is one of the biggest and most important design shows in Asia; it takes place each year in Tokyo's Meiji Jingu-mae park in late October (this year, TDW took place from 26th October to 7th November) and it is – quite simply – fabulous.
Product design, robotics, arts and crafts, architecture, interior design, intelligent fabrics – off-beat, ingenious, weird, innovative logical and sometimes completely bizarre design ideas; from young creators and world-famous designers and architects, design school graduates from across Asia; big international exhibitors and niche companies. It makes the brain sparkle.
This was my third visit to TDW (here are my show reviews of TDW 2014 and TDW 2015) and in 2016, my personal favourites included a pair of robot carp, a stylish boutique skin care brand from Taiwan, an Ukiyo-e juke box and two dozen juice mixers that played "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" with different sounds. Click on the link for more pics of my favourite TDW 2016 exhibits!
Like always, TDW had different sections: several core exhibition formats (like 100 Creators, Super Robot, Architectural Models and Professional) returned in 2016, others appeared for the first time this year. Here is a brief overview of what took place where: The main exhibition tent (starting at the main tent entrance) featured the 100 Creators Exhibition, Debut Exhibition and Match-up Exhibition (young designers and new labels), followed by the 7th Able Space Design Competition (interior space/living space design), the Creative Life Exhibition and Interactive Exhibition.
The Super Robot Exhibition (so cool!!!), the Sharaku Inspired Exhibition, Regional Revitalization Exhibition (four new member prefectures in the World Design Week association) were located in the middle of the tent, followed by the Architectural Models Exhibition and the Professional Exhibition towards the end of the main tent.
Outside were the Air Tent Exhibition, the Super Container Exhibition, the TDW Art Exhibition and the Tokyo Awards Schools Exhibition plus a stage area, a small food court and various other events spaces. So much to see and so little time!
This is what the 100 Creators and Debut sections looked like – traditional and modern arts and crafts, accessories and gadgets.
The Creative Life exhibition featured most of the bigger exhibitors (in fact, it seemed to me that this year there were more large companies at TDW than at previous exhibitions) – Swedish interior design company Ikea, for example, had a big exhibit at TDW, as did Panasonic with a VR (virtual reality) try-out area. Also present were Sony and Nike, Japanese telecoms company Docomo, housing design company Sekisui House and US design group 3M.
Japanese department store group Sogo & Seibu which presented a historical design cooperation with Scandinavian designer Stig Lindberg – 2016 is Lindberg's centenary and Seibu presented the eye-catching wrapping paper design that Lindberg created for Seibu's stores in 1959.
The Japanese subsidiary of 3M presented Kashoku: The Power of Surface, see pic below. Beautiful and tactile, it really made you want to stroke each layer of colour.
Online design marketplace Pinkoi (the Asian version of Etsy/US or Dawanda/Germany) was there with a group exhibit showcasing some of its international designers from Hong Kong, Thailand, China and Taiwan – clothes, jewellery, accessories, beautiful things. All are unique and made by small design labels and independent artists.
Kanazawa Art College presented an intriguing project: how to make the time you spend drying your hair more comfortable and effective. The exhibit showcased eight different hair driers models designed by junior students in the College's industrial design course. Each drier design offered a suggestion on how to make the most of your drying time – a hair drier could also work as a table-top fan, show you the current time or burn essential oils for instant relaxation.
I also liked Petit Amie Skin Care, a boutique cosmetics brand from Taiwan. At TDW, Petit Amie presented their beautifully designed cosmetics range, including some cute emoji face masks. Petit Amie was originally launched in 2012 and relaunched this year; the packaging is very stylish indeed and products are available online. The range is nice and compact: six skin care products including serum, emulsion, toner and cream and three sheet mask ranges: the 3-sku Adventure Masks,the 4-sku Marble Series (beautiful marble-look packaging, check out their website for pics) and the 4-sku Emoji range.
The 7th Able Space Design Competition also took place in the main tent. The theme in 2016 was "future room": how can small living spaces be maximised for optimal comfort? The winning concepts were presented at the show: two full-sized room designs by the finalists while the three runner-ups presented their design idea in small rectangular boxes.
Just like last year, Super Robot was my favourite part of TDW! In 2015, the show presented android girl Asuka and this year, my personal highlight were the Miro robot carps from Korean company Airo. Miro is an ornamental fish robot which swims and moves like normal a normal fish. It is available in two different sizes (1.9 kilo and 2.8 kilo respectively) and various designs and can be operated manually or in automatic mode through Bluetooth on a tablet PC or smartphone. (I wonder if there is a Miro app….?!).
At TDW Airo demonstrated two Miro carp which swam around in a water-filled basin. They really moved exactly like fat koi carp, it was amazing! Glowing eyes, the skeleton lit up bright blue from the inside. The Miros are equipped with LED sensors in the eyeballs and the nose, plus sensors all around the head of the carp. The body has three joints (I think); inside is an electronic air bladder which allows the carp to swim up and down, it can also swim right and left and, as I mentioned, they look amazingly life-like. I want a Miro carp!!
More cute robotics: Cotorees, a range of small bird computers designed by Japanese company Neurowear. Cotorees are voice-controlled and each Cotoree performs a certain task: Wiki-Bird (with a green head and glasses) looks up things in Wikipedia, Humming-Bird plays your favourite music, Trans-Bird translates for you, Weather-Bird (pic below) tells you the weather forecast and #-Bird checks up on your Twitter feed.
At the Sharaku Inspired Exhibition, artists and designers presented projects that were influenced by the ukiyo-e block prints of Tōshūsai Sharaku, a mysterious ukiyo-e artist of the 18th century. Sharaku became famous for his portraits of Kabuki actors. And there were some very cool Sharaku-style exhibits: installations, art and sculpture, digital installations…most excellent!
Like the ukiyo-e toilet design (see below) or the Rhythmic Pic installation of artist collective Ugoita. When the music is turned on, the Kabuki actors on the front of the wooden boxes start moving their faces and eyebrows rhythmically.
Or Transmission of Dimensions: Sharaku's 2D and Sisyu's 3D by calligraphic artist Sisyu. The three-dimensional looking picture of a kabuki actor is actually composed of a painting and a wire sculpture which is set in front of the painting.
And Furniture for Finger Foods by designer duo N and R Foldings Japan is simply an excellent idea!
The Tokyo Awards Schools Exhibition showcases the work of Asia's best-known design universities and art schools – mostly from Japan but I also recognised some of the names from the previous year, like Ewha Women's University Department of Industrial Design from Seoul.
One of my favourite exhibits in the School tent was the Mixer Magic Orchestra from Osaka University of Arts: 24 juice mixers are connected to a music box turntable which looks like a giant vinyl disk. You turn the handle and the juice mixers start to play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star with different mechanical sounds. Mesmerising and also a bit strange but what an idea! A kitchen mixer orchestra – why not?! Kudos!
The main focus of the outside area this year was the Air Tent Exhibition: ten transparent balloon bubbles that featured different installations inside them. Contemporary artist Noboru Tsubaki from the Kyoto University of Art and Design created a chain of glowing elements while Yoichiro Kawaguchi, a CG artist from the University of Tokyo, came up with super colourful and crazy looking sculpture installation.
I particularly liked the Paper Snow Air Tent: Japanese architect Kengo Kuma had designed an installation of fluttering white paper streamers in cooperation with beauty company Kosé – the installation was supposed to evoke the white transclucency of Kosé's ultra famous Sekkisui anti-ageing skin care range. Another Air Tent Ballon by Kuma featured drifts of paper flakes – beautiful. I saw pics of the tents at night and they look stunning when it's dark outside.
Hi Jess. Do you mean one of the exhibits I mentioned in the article – the hair driers, Magic Mixer orchestra, paper sculptures? Or a different exhibitor? I did keep the TDW 2016 brochure and exhibition catalague which lists all exhibitors in the different categories. If you give me more details I can look it up for you!
I think I found the exhibit. I checked the Schools section in the TDW programme and there was a project called Pulcord from Josai International University (http://www.jiu.ac.jp/englishsite/).
The description sounded like what you are looking for – it was the only entry that mentioned heartbeats. I've e-mailed you a pic of the entry. Sounds like a really cool installation, by the way, I wish I'd seen it!


Completed in 1802 by James Gandon, this majestic building was virtually gutted 120 years later during the Irish Civil War when government forces bombarded anti-Treaty rebels into submission. The adjacent Public Records Office, with documents dating back to the 12th century, was destroyed by fire.
In 1932, the main buildings were restored using Gandon's original design. A copper-covered lantern dome rises above the six-columned Corinthian portico, which is crowned with the figures of Moses, Justice and Mercy. This central section is flanked by two wings containing the four original courts: Common Pleas, Chancery, Exchequer and King's Bench. It is possible to walk in to the central waiting hall under the grand dome.
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Highlights of testimony before the Subcommittee on Government Operations, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, U.S. House of Representatives.
The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) is responsible for coordinating the implementation of drug control policy across the federal government and funds High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTAs) that aim to support the disruption and dismantlement of drug-trafficking and money-laundering organizations. The statement addressed, in part, the extent to which ONDCP has achieved its Strategy goals. The statement is based on a March 2013 report , an April 2013 report, and selected updates as of November 2015.
The ONDCP was established by the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 to, among other things, enhance national drug control planning and coordination and represent the drug policies of the executive branch before Congress. The ONDCP reported about $26.3 billion was provided for drug control programs in fiscal year 2015.
The ONDCP changed its approach in its 2010 Strategy from publishing a 1-year Strategy to publishing a 5 year Strategy, which ONDCP is supposed to update annually. The ONDCP established two primary policy goals in the 2010 Strategy for curtailing illicit drug consumption and improving public health by reducing the consequences of drug abuse, which included seven sub-goals designed to demonstrate specific outcomes to be achieved by 2015. The seven strategy goals, and movement toward or way from those goals, are listed in the table summaries below.
In November 2015, the ONDCP issued its annual report assessing progress toward the seven goals. As can be seen in the Table summaries below, most of the Strategy goals were either not met, or movement was in the opposite direction – in other words, illicit drug use stayed the same or increased and public health suffered. The only positive is that illicit drug use among the youngest segment (12-17 year olds) slightly decreased, but there was no change for 18-15 year olds. At best, it seems drug use has been merely delayed. Heroin use stayed the same, marijuana use increased, and there were slight decreases for cocaine and meth. Drug induced deaths, emergency room visits, and drugged driving all increased. Further evidence that the Drug War has been and continues to be a failure.
7. Reduce the prevalence of drugged driving by 10 percent – moved away from goal (things got worse).
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Fitting In His Pocket
If you gather only one thing of Allister throughout all this retelling, my hope is that you gather that Allister was determined. So determined that, once dared, Allister stopped only when he had accomplished his goal (two other methods could also force Allister into stopping. These were (in no particular order besides alphabetical) death and unbearably shameful embarrassment.).
An early example of this determination came shortly after Allister received a doctorate in Tunneling and Exploration with a bachelor's in Mining from the Glasgow Academy of Mining and Rock Tunneling/Exploration (these degrees Allister used sparingly, but greatly appreciated throughout his life). At a celebratory dinner in the great hall of the Glasgow Academy, Allister had claimed to have the ability to fit and/or explore any of the crevices and recesses one's mind could produce. This challenge was bellowed from atop a chair (the top of the back of the chair and not the seat) by a seemingly sober, but realistically soused Allister. A fellow graduate, whose name and degree have been lost to time, stood atop his chair (the seat of his chair and not the top of the back of his chair) and bellowed equally loud, "Let's see you fit into the pocket of your pants!"
Allister took this challenge in stride. It was an official challenge, viewed by all present, and therefore no honorable dismissal of said challenge was possible. So, Allister turned to his sharp intellect, which was currently wading in gin. He stepped down from his perch on the back of the chair. A two second pause was followed by a moment of dim lightbulbedness (an unofficial phrase to be sure, but the only one possessing the full scope of the moment). Allister began a drunken fumbling in the attempt to unbutton his pants, leg by leg remove them, stretch one of the pockets (presumably the right side pocket), and place his head inside. This plan was foiled by the forgotten scholar, who bellowed again, this time saying, "Pants must remain on, sir. And I mean the whole body must fit inside."
Allister stepped down from the seat of his chair, placing his feet on the tiled floor. He could muster only one statement, which upon fruition became a question. "But, which pocket?" The forgotten scholar replied simply, "Either will do. No, I mean the left one." Allister had presumed wrongly of his pockets.
This left Allister sturdy on the tile floor, but lacking any idea as to how to succeed in the challenge before him. He had not yet majored in deductive reasoning. Nor had he yet received his degrees in contortion or tailoring. These would come years later and not in Glasgow (in chronological order, the location of Allister's studies in these fields were Beijing, Prague, and San Salvador (which unintentionally comes across in alphabetical order)). Allister drew a blank. He searched his head for possible wisdom that perhaps lay long forgotten, like the current status of Allister's scholarly challenger. This search turned up empty. Never had Allister studied such endeavors.
All he could do was try. All he could do was hope the gin would numb himself enough to bend, hope that his body would lead his head to the pocket and fold itself ever so neatly inside. This took time and also looked more awkward. The forgotten scholar howled with delight and bellowed in the all-too-cocky manner found only in the bellows of cruel dictators and school head masters. He shouted for another round for all present. And then, when Allister's body produced no speedier motion, shouted for another. This was followed by another and another and another. Also another.
Allister had two of these alcoholic boosts, which he drunk upside down whilst dipping ever so slightly closer and closer to the tiny entrance of his left pocket. On the swallow of the second shot, Allister found the crown of his head touching the pocket's seam. He would admit later that at this moment, even as his head touched the seam, he still doubted that without the proper training he could not possibly fit himself inside. But, of course, Allister would be damned if he stopped. Damned by himself. But, damned just the same.
He pressed on. His fingers gripped and stretched the pocket, his spine bent ever so slowly, his body dipped, his head squeezed past the seam into the unfamiliar darkness that only his hands had ever known. Once inside, Allister's head could neither hear nor see the crowd of scholars. Though seemingly no room was available, Allister felt his shoulders narrow and fit inside. Then, his arms, chest, hands, and waist. His hips, legs, and feet followed. And there they sat for hours. Dark and comfy, though cramped and uncertain of how to leave. As the darkness crept from the physical of his sight into the ethereal of his consciousness, Allister held fast to the notion that he had accomplished the goal on his own. That he had explored his left pants pocket, laid inside it, and all while never removing his pants.
When Allister woke, he was outside of his pocket, on the tile floor. He raised his head ever so slightly, revealing a mass of unconscious drunken scholars. When they woke, he knew they would refute his accomplishment. And who could blame them? Allister pulled himself to his knees. He cleared his throat. The force of this clearing produced a most telling ball of pocket lint that fell from Allister's mouth and into his cupped hand. And with this in hand, Allister left the drunken scholars on the floor to debate in the absence of his presence.


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Jaime Berry
The North Dakota State women's basketball dynasty put together by former head coach Amy Ruley and assistant coach Kelli Layman was a combination of players with academic intelligence, infectious personalities and a mental capacity that had no limits. The coaches found post players who could run like guards and guards strong enough to play inside.
They found athletes, not just basketball players. They found players who would laugh and smile in front of the camera Thursday and then step on the court Friday night wanting to punch somebody in the face.
In the case of Jaime Berry Adams, they found a player who could throw a basketball through a brick wall. When Berry goes before an assembled Bison Athletic Hall of Fame crowd Friday to accept her place in history, she'll only have limited time to talk about the award and all that goes with it.
Just trying to thank every family member who made a difference could take up the allotted time. The family may be half freaking out being at an award's banquet for basketball, not baseball.
"I grew up on a baseball field," Jaime said.
Her father, Mike Berry, played college baseball at Mayville State, amateur ball in Watertown, S.D., and coached American Legion baseball in Watertown. Her uncle, Scott Berry, is the legendary head coach at Mayville State whose three boys played baseball for the Comets.
"He's in more halls of fame than I can count," Jaime said.
Her uncle, Dean Berry, pitched for Mayville State and is the head coach at Northern State (S.D.). Uncle Craig Berry played baseball at Valley City State and aunt Monica Berry, her dad's twin sister, was a fastpitch softball player, also at Valley City State.
It all started with her grandfather, George Berry, who is a member of the North Dakota Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame and was an icon to the game in the LaMoure, N.D., area.
That's a whole lot of baseball. And who knows, in another era, Jaime may have been the Ila Borders of her day. Borders broke a gender barrier with the St. Paul Saints in independent baseball in the late 1990s.
"Part of me looks back to say what if?" Jaime said.
As in what if she continued to play baseball into her high school years? She tried girls fastpitch in fourth and fifth grade, but that wasn't working out because of her competitiveness.
A second baseman and shortstop, she played baseball until the VFW level because, at the time, VFW did not allow girls to play.
"I could have probably have stuck it out but by then I was a freshman and sophomore and volleyball and basketball became more significant in my life," Jaime said. "I was so fortunate to have good baseball coaches in Watertown. They supported me. It was never easy to be the girl on the team but the boys were accepting of me."
Legion baseball did accept girls playing but by then Berry was on her way to thinking about college basketball. At NDSU, she got in line of a trail of athletes that Ruley started recruiting in the 1980s.
And that's the point. Athletes. It's the one element that's been missing all these Division I years. Year-in, year-out, the Bison have been out-athleted.
Jaime Berry was a 6-foot-1 forward with middle infield baseball agility. She could shoot, finishing her career in 2001 with 1,174 points. She's eighth on the Bison career 3-point shooting chart (37 percent), eighth in 3-pointers made (92) and 11th in free-throw shooting (79 percent).
She lives near Lansford, N.D., with her husband, Charlie, and their sons, Sawyer and Easton. He's a manager at Hefty Seed Company. She's the family general manager who is keeping her education license current by substitute teaching. She referees volleyball games just to get into a gym.
She plans on getting back to teaching and coaching next year. I forgot to ask what sport but if her maiden name is any indication it will be baseball.
"She could easily throw the ball the length of the court with either hand," Ruley said, with an emphasis on either hand. "That's why I had her inbound. Extremely versatile. She and Jayne Even Gust were cut from the same cloth, could literally play any position on the court."
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The Space Acorn.
Space Acorn - 1965 UFO
Kecksburg, Pennsylvania
December 9, 1965. A fiery object rockets across the night and crashes into the woods northeast of rural Kecksburg, Pennsylvania. Some say that it's a copper-colored spacecraft, maybe 15 feet long, encircled by a band of writing like Egyptian hieroglyphics. The Army arrives within hours, throws a tarp over the thing, and hauls it away on a flatbed truck. Everyone in town is told to forget about it. And almost everyone did.
Cryptic writing.
Fast-forward to 1990. The TV show Unsolved Mysteries comes to Kecksburg to make a docu-drama about the obscure UFO. Since this was before the days of inexpensive CGI special effects, the producers build a life-size replica to use in their shots. After reviewing the sketchy first-hand accounts, they create a Space Acorn. When the film crew leaves town, the awkward prop is left behind. Kecksburg bolts it to the roof of the town's truck barn, and forgets about it for another 15 years.
2005. The 40th anniversary of the crash. Attitudes in Kecksburg are shifting. The town has heard about Roswell's and Area 51's UFO tourism bonanzas. It realizes that the Space Acorn could be grown into something profitable.
Stan Gordon and Ron Struble.
The oblong UFO is repaired and repainted an unfortunate shade of brown (making it look even more like an acorn). It's taken off of the roof and hoisted atop a pole on a very visible hillside, lit by spotlights at night. A UFO Store is opened across the street, in the back of the fire department's social hall and bar.
Ron Struble, head of the fire department's UFO Committee, sums up the town's epiphany. "If we can make a few bucks on this to help pay for a $300,000 truck," he tells us, "that's what we're gonna do."
We visited with Ron and with Stan Gordon, possibly the world's leading Space Acorn expert, on the grassy hill beneath the replica. Stan surveys the Acorn with a critical eye. "It should be longer, and the crown on this one is a little too wide," he says. "But it's very close. If you really look at it, it looks exactly like the capsules on our early space flights."
Ron was in a town south of Kecksburg on the night the Acorn landed, and recalls his neighbors seeing the bright streak across the rural skies. Stan meticulously chronicles the sequence of events for us, the roles of various witnesses and participants -- some whom only came forward decades later -- painting a picture of a bizarre extraterrestrial encounter and military cover-up.
Fireman Ron defers to Ufologist Stan on nearly all of the UFO historical details. While Stan has a researcher's earnestness about the Acorn, Ron seems both bemused and pragmatic. Whatever happened on that night in 1965, there are souvenirs to buy now.
Ron points north along the street and says that the thing came down on the far side of a nearby hill. The street was renamed "Meteor Road" in honor of the event, and copies of its green street sign are for sale in the UFO Store. "They can't keep 'em on the post," Ron says of the real sign. "If they're gonna steal 'em, we might as well sell 'em."
The UFO Store, although not yet bursting with merchandise, does have the advantage of being open whenever the bar is open, which is seven days a week, long into the night. The Space Acorn art on its t-shirts is well done, and Stan's 90-minute documentary DVD, "Kecksburg: The Untold Story," is a popular item.
T-shirt.
Kecksburg is still getting comfortable with its UFO heritage, and the firefighters are nervous about their role as flying saucer boosters. "We're trying to keep this thing so it don't turn into a wacko museum," Ron says. He doesn't want the store to sell any "little green men" merchandise, although the lady behind the bar told us that people ask for just that kind of stuff all of the time.
2008 marked another turning point in Kecksburg: the first year the Space Acorn was invited into the town's annual Old Fashion Days. The festival was previously known only for its bed races and "Burn-Out Contest," where cars are chained to a concrete pad and spin their wheels until they burn up their tires. But it's now a UFO event as well, inviting experts into town to share their insights. "I want the researchers like Stan," says Ron. "I want to bring in the good people, so there's a little bit of stability and thinkability to this whole thing."
Of course if it was up to us, we'd have people in squirrel costumes attack the bed race, then drag researchers to their radioactive nut cache....
Next on Keckburg's agenda is a UFO-themed cafeteria selling UFO burgers and UFO Fries. An expanded UFO Store will include souvenir miniatures of the Space Acorn -- which will look great displayed next to souvenir miniature space monsters if the store starts stocking everything that its fans really want.
"It's kinda worked out pretty nice for us," Ron says of his town's belated fame. "I don't care if you're a believer or not. I don't care if it's ever solved. Just buy my shirts, buy my stuff here."
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PA Turnpike exit 91 (Uniontown/Ligonier/Hwy 31/711). Turn right onto Hwy 31 for 1.5 miles. Turn right onto Clay Pike for six miles to Kecksburg. Cross Hwy 982, then turn right onto Water St. Acorn is on the hill to the left. Gift shop is in the long "social hall" to the right; enter at the door marked "Bar" and ring the bell to be let in.
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Within the context of the wired world, physicians can expect that harm to patients from healthcare delivery, including patient safety incidents (called accidents in Québec – see Terminology), may be shared through social media and potentially through traditional media such as newspapers, radio, and television. When more than one patient is harmed, the media interest typically grows and the likelihood of social media exposure expands greatly.
Patients expect to learn about harm they have experienced, whatever the reason for it. Physicians have an ethical, professional, and legal obligation to disclose this information, and it should be delivered in a caring manner. Patients generally want the facts about what happened, the recommended next steps in clinical care, a genuine expression of concern and regret including a statement that one is sorry for what has happened, and some assurance that steps are being taken to prevent a similar occurrence from happening to others. In addition to disclosure at the time, many patients need ongoing support and information.
Most patients are reassured and satisfied by an honest and timely disclosure by the physician and other healthcare professionals involved in an event. However, sometimes patients share their experience directly with the news media or on social media. Since traditional media sources monitor social media to identify potential news stories, patients' use of social media increases the likelihood of the news media becoming aware of what happened.
Doctors should anticipate that a harmful patient safety incident (accident in Québec) could become publicly known, and this is more likely if it involves several patients. As a result, physicians should consider developing a strategy to manage the media interest, in consultation with their institution or health authority, when appropriate. If the information is posted on social media, physicians may want to monitor what is being shared, including the general tone and the motivation for sharing.
Physicians (and their institution) might contemplate a proactive approach if media interest is likely to be high. With such an approach, the focus should remain on patients, including discussing with them the harm they have experienced and answering their questions.
Shortly thereafter, physicians or the institution's spokesperson may issue a general statement about the facts related to what happened and the measures being taken to learn more through analysis. Affected patients should be made aware of the intended public disclosure. The institution or the doctor can release general information, including the nature of the event, the number of patients affected, and the measures undertaken to remedy the situation, however they must protect the confidentiality and privacy of patients affected. Most institutions have protocols to deal with media interest, and physicians should coordinate their response or role, if any, with the institution.
Although patients have the right to identify themselves as victims of harm from care and grant media interviews, physicians must protect the identity of affected patients. When interviewed, even if the identity of patients is known, physicians should refrain from any specific references that might enable others to identify the patient.
If the circumstances are more suited to a reactive media approach, physicians involved should participate in its formulation. This would include who will respond to media inquiries, the name of the official spokesperson, what statement or key messages will be provided, and the format (for example a news conference, a tweet, an email response, or one-on-one interviews).
Again, maintaining patient confidentiality is paramount, even if patients are themselves sharing their stories with the media. As in the disclosure discussion with the patient, physicians should avoid speculation as to the reasons for what happened. This will prove challenging as the media may press for more definitive answers and seek out the affected patients and providers. A well-coordinated and consistent media response will prove most valuable and fair to all concerned.
Whether a proactive or reactive media approach is utilized, it is important to identify the most appropriate individual to speak about what happened. Recognizing the information must be more general than specific in nature, it may be appropriate to rely on a chief of division, a department head, or another spokesperson rather than the physician or other healthcare provider directly involved. However, since each situation is different and circumstances will dictate the most appropriate approach, media relations planning before responding to an enquiry is key.
In addition to their significant concerns for the patient and the family, physicians may understandably be worried about their reputation in these circumstances. Similarly, the institution in which they practise will want to appropriately address the issue and its impact. Physicians should work jointly with the institution or health authority, align messaging, and support a contained media approach. Doctors should avoid speaking on behalf of the institution or health authority unless authorized to do so.
The tone and disposition used by the physician or institution may significantly contribute to the nature of the media coverage. Physicians should avoid defensive, elusive, or obstructive demeanour when facing the media, even when the encounters are unexpected. Expressing empathy for what has happened, remaining calm, and explaining the process for analyzing the event is the best approach.
When addressing patients about harm, or when addressing the media, doctors should communicate with empathy. Media coverage of a harmful patient incident (accident in Québec) can be very stressful for physicians and patients, regardless of whether there may be a future legal action. A measured and compassionate approach on the part of physicians will convey professionalism, and mitigate reputational damage.
Some patients who suffer harm may commence a legal action against the physician(s) involved. Patients may or may not seek media attention in these cases. However, legal actions can harm a physician's sense of worth, well-being, credibility, and reputation — even if the actions are subsequently abandoned by plaintiffs. Sometimes, more than one patient may be harmed or put at risk. This can occur, for example, if there are failures in the system and processes of care, equipment, or an individual provider's performance is questioned.
At all times, physicians should carefully consider how to approach media interest. A planned approach to timely and honest communication is also important, and members may contact the CMPA for advice.
Large-scale harmful patient safety incidents (accidents in Québec) are often picked up by media and discussed on social media. Consider, for example, a case in which medical equipment has not been properly sterilized between patients over a number of years. In these cases, healthcare organizations generally coordinate communications with the media, including the public release of information about the event or risk itself, the at-risk patients, and the follow-up process.
Proactive organizations may alert the media before a formal review of the event has been completed. Physicians working in healthcare organizations should be aware of and follow the organization's process for managing multi-patient disclosure to patients and informing the media. Hospitals and institutions may provide briefing sessions and a supporting information package for those providing multi-patient disclosure.
Doctors should also avoid premature, unsubstantiated, or inappropriate remarks, including comments about other organizations or the professional competency of other providers.
The World Health Organization (WHO) provides terminology to facilitate the sharing and learning of patient safety information globally, and this terminology is recommended by the Canadian Patient Safety Institute.
Patient safety incident: An event or circumstance which could have resulted, or did result, in unnecessary harm to the patient.
No harm incident: A patient safety incident which reached the patient but no discernible harm resulted.


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Say, Remember that Time When Rahm Emanuel Had a Real Live Hate Group Patrol Chicago's Streets?
Flashback to the olden days of last month. On the same day that Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel told Chick-Fil-A they were not welcome in Chicago because they didn't share "Chicago values," Emanuel welcomed the National of Islam as a crime-fighting partner. Emanuel's comments helped spark the vitriolic weeks long campaign against Chick-Fil-A that dominated July, a campaign that may have played a role in yesterday's shooting at the Family Research Council in Washington. Emanuel's welcoming of the Nation of Islam drew considerably less national media attention.
Ignoring Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan's history of anti-Semitic remarks, Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday welcomed the army of men dispatched to the streets by Farrakhan to stop the violence in Chicago neighborhoods.
Ald. Debra Silverstein (50th), an Orthodox Jew, has said it's good that Farrakhan is "helping" in the fight against crime, "but it doesn't eradicate the comments that he's made about the Jewish community."
Emanuel offered no such caveat. Although Farrakhan has a history of making anti-Semitic statements, Chicago's first Jewish mayor has no interest in revisiting that controversy.
Farrakhan has more than just a history of making anti-Semitic remarks, it turns out. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, Farrakhan is the leader of a national hate-group. The SPLC's "hate map" — yes, they have one of those — identifies every Nation of Islam chapter in the country, and the Illinois section specifically identifies the Chicago group which Farrakhan leads as a "hate group." Right on the SPLC's web site can be found the following quotes.
"[T]he Jews don't like Farrakhan, so they call me Hitler. Well, that's a good name. Hitler was a very great man. He wasn't a great man for me as a black person, but he was a great German. Now, I'm not proud of Hitler's evils against Jewish people, but that's a matter of record. He raised Germany up from nothing. Well, in a sense you could say there's a similarity in that we are raising our people up from nothing."
— Louis Farrakhan, radio interview, March 11, 1984
"Jews have been conclusively linked to the greatest criminal endeavor ever undertaken against an entire race of people … the black African Holocaust. … The effects of this unspeakable tragedy are still being felt among the peoples of the world at this very hour."
— The Secret Relationship Between Blacks and Jews (NOI book), 1991
"Who are the slumlords in the Black community? The so-called Jews. … Who is it sucking our blood in the Black community? A white imposter Arab and a white imposter Jew."
— Speech by NOI national official Khalid Muhammad, Nov. 29, 1993
And so forth. The SPLC's site even details the NoI's attempts to establish a working relationship with the American Nazi Party in the 1960s.
If the Southern Poverty Law Center is an authority on hate, and groups like the Human Rights Campaign say that it is, then Rahm Emanuel has a whole lot of explaining to do. Why is he allowing a group that one of the left's leading lights considers a "hate group," and which agrees enough with the Ku Klux Klan that they tried to work together, to patrol Chicago's bloody streets?
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Combining interviews, performances, and short vignettes, this 58-minute documentary takes a personal look at five contemporary performance poets who work outside the confines of polite mainstream poetry.
Everyday issues are explored in ways which are thought-provoking— sometimes humorous or shocking—but always accessible.
"This is not poetry as usual, but poetry as performance and celebrates language and its expression in unconventional ways."
A companion piece to in/word/out. Winner of the 1992 Chicago Poetry Video Slam and the San Francisco National Poetry Association Film Festival. Features four vignettes by four poets including Gerald Locklin, Lyn Lifshin, Michael Basinski, and Richard Amidon.


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«Адская машина» () — снаряд, многоствольное орудие или заряд, предназначенное для уничтожения неожиданным образом людей или причинения разного рода разрушений — чаще всего с целью покушения на жизнь (жизни) людей, либо в качестве акта террора. Может быть оснащено часовым механизмом для взрыва в заранее назначенное время либо приводится в действие дистанционно. Идея была заимствована из военного и минного дела, где стали применяться новейшие взрывчатые вещества большой разрушительной силы, в особенности пироксилин и динамит. К орудиям официальной войны — таким как, например, торпеды или снаряды —выражение «адская машина» обычно не применяется.

Происхождение названия «адская машина» или «адское устройство» () связано с одним из эпизодов восстания XVI века против испанского владычества во Фландрии. В 1585 году во время испанской осады Антверпена итальянский инженер, находящийся на испанской службе, изготовил взрывное устройство из бочки, обвязанной железными обручами, наполненной порохом, легковоспламеняющимися материалами и пулями, и выстрелил в неё из мушкетона, нажав спусковой крючок на расстоянии при помощи струны. Итальянский инженер назвал это устройство «La macchina infernale».

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Термин «адская машина» вошёл в широкое употребление со времени покушения на жизнь Наполеона Бонапарта (Покушение на улице Сен-Никез) вечером 24 декабря 1800 года (3 нивоза IX года), который назвал так начинённую порохом большую винную бочку на повозке, приведённую к взрыву с помощью зажжённого фитиля, в то время, когда экипажи Наполеона и сопровождающих должны были проезжать мимо.

Адская машина Фиески, покушавшегося 28 июля 1835 года на жизнь французского короля Луи-Филиппа, заключала в себе 22 ружейных ствола.

Североамериканец Томас устроил адскую машину, начинённую динамитом, с целью взрыва в открытом море парохода с грузом, застрахованным дорого обманным образом. Его замысел не удался: , причём сам Томас поплатился жизнью, — вместе с ним погибло, однако, много совершенно непричастных к делу лиц (Бремерхафен, 11 декабря 1875 года).

Международная реакция
Единственным средством против подобного преступления могло быть только издание международных законов об изготовлении и продаже взрывчатых веществ. Германия сделала первый шаг в 1884 году изданием майского закона против «злоумышленного и опасного употребления взрывчатых веществ».

См. также
 Самодельное взрывное устройство
 Орган (оружие)

Примечания

Литература
 Адская машина // Энциклопедический словарь, составленный русскими учёными и литераторами. — , 1861.

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