Gain the clinical reasoning and leadership skills you need to thrive in the evolving healthcare industry.
As a leader in nursing programs in Texas and across the nation, the UTA College of Nursing and Health Innovation at UTA offers an RN to BSN online program that builds on your nursing skills by providing research-based nursing science, principles of nursing leadership, and a liberal arts foundation. Earning the BSN prepares you to offer patients a higher level of knowledge and expertise. This online nursing program may also be used for those who wish to advance into management or director positions in a healthcare system.
The baccalaureate degree program in nursing, master's degree program in nursing, Doctor of Nursing Practice program and post-graduate APRN certificate program at The University of Texas at Arlington are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, 655 K Street, NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20001, 202-887-6791.
We have designed our accredited online RN to BSN program to include all the courses you need to graduate with your BSN, including general courses (formerly known as prerequisite courses). Online learning also allows you to continue your education while managing your professional and personal responsibilities.
You can apply immediately regardless of the number of general courses you have completed by clicking the Apply Now button. This unique online delivery format is the most cost effective and efficient way to provide a BSN degree online to nurses who hold an associate degree or a diploma.
"The program was actually more than I expected. I really am very proud to say I'm a UTA graduate. It really helped to advance my career and myself as a nurse."
Clinical requirements are met through relevant application-based assignments completed in the workplace.
"The online program makes it easy for working nurses and working mothers..."
We understand that it can be difficult to juggle work, classes, life and finances. That's why UTA offers an affordable online education with pay-as-you-go options. Financial aid may also be available for students who qualify.
Our RN to BSN online program features multiple start dates to accommodate your busy schedule.
Direct Admission applicants are domestic applicants with active and unencumbered RN License that have no foreign transcripts.
After the original intended start date on application, a hold will be placed the day after the next start date to prevent students with missing documents from progressing in the program.
Transfer Credit Report, Advisement Report, and Degree Map will not be generated for those that have not turned in all required documents.
Please contact an Enrollment Specialist at 817-533-3118 or 866-489-2810 for details.
Non-Direct Admission applicants are domestic applicants that have foreign transcripts, reapplicants, and International applicants.
Before you may begin taking the AO BSN nursing courses, you must finish all Lower-Division Prerequisite Courses, which are offered online through UTA. To see which Prerequisite Courses are going to be offered on each start date, download the course schedule.
The first chart contains the start dates and the application deadlines for the Upper-Division Nursing Courses. Those courses will be delivered through the College of Nursing & Health Innovation in a 15-month Accelerated Online format. The second and the third charts are a list of start dates and deadlines for the Lower-Division Prerequisite Courses. Check for complete list of the requirements you must meet prior to submitting your second application to show your intent to start in the AO BSN Upper-Division Nursing Courses.
Please refer to the calendar below for the list of start dates and deadlines for General Education courses, which are offered online through UTA. Completion of General Education courses is required for this program.
If the license is unable to be verified, the student must send in a copy of the license for verification via email. Acceptance will be on hold until the license is verified. Use the RN License Upload Form to submit license.
Students who do not have a license but graduated within one year of completion of the ADN program will have the license checklist waived and be accepted to the AO RN to BSN program. However, the license will be verified within N3345. If the license is unable to be verified, student will be unable to progress.
2.25 Grade Point Average (GPA). Developmental coursework and "D" grades do not transfer. Please visit Admission Requirements for more information.
TOEFL or TSI may apply.
The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) exam is satisfied by resident status, Associate's Degree, or completion of Composition I and II with a grade of C or better plus 24 additional transferrable hours at a college or university located in the U.S. Otherwise, the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) exam is required if the applicant's native or first language is not English. Additional information is available here.
Completed Texas Success Initiative (TSI). This will NOT prevent admission, but the requirement must be satisfied during the first semester of enrollment.
Submit official transcripts with record of all courses completed and any degrees conferred by a regionally or nationally accredited institution. Official transcripts are sealed transcripts sent from the granting institution(s).
Official foreign country transcripts or diplomas must bear the original seal of the institution and the original signature of the Registrar or responsible head of the institution. Those not issued in English must be accompanied by an exact word-for-word original English translation bearing the original university or translation agency attestation. Upon written request, original documents will be returned to the applicant.
At this time, the program is only open to United States Citizens, Lawful Permanent Residents (Green Card holders), and individuals who hold an H1-B Visa or other valid U.S. work visa.
All General Courses must be successfully completed prior to entering into the final Capstone Course in the RN to BSN online nursing degree program. You may have already completed many of these courses through prior academic work, and you may receive credit for classes previously completed. An academic advisor will provide a degree plan once you have applied, submitted your official transcripts and are accepted by both the UTA College of Nursing and Health Innovation and the University.
Intended to develop an understanding, appreciation, and enjoyment of art in its many forms. Recommended as a fine arts elective for non-art majors.
Functional morphology of humans, cellular function, principles of support and movement, and neural and endocrine control systems. Laboratory exercises involve both anatomical and experimental aspects of principles introduced in the lecture. This class is designed for students in sport activities (EXSA), medical technology, and pre-nursing. Prerequisite: BIOL 1345, BIOL 1441, or equivalent, or approval of the department. May not be used for biology grade point calculation or biology credit toward a B.S. degree in biology or microbiology.
Functional morphology of humans, maintenance of the human body, and continuity of life. Topics will include the cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, urinary, immune, and reproductive systems. Laboratory exercises explore both anatomical and experimental aspects of principles introduced in the lecture. This class is designed for students in sport activities (EXSA), medical technology, and pre-nursing. Prerequisite: BIOL 1345, BIOL 1441, or equivalent, BIOL 2457, or approval of the department. May not be used for biology grade point calculation or biology credit toward a B.S. degree in biology or microbiology.
The intention of this course is to present basic information, relevant to nursing practice, with the principles of microbiology and the nature of microbial disease. This course will give the nursing student a fundamental background of knowledge that will be applicable to the care of infectious patients, to the control of microbial diseases, and an understanding of microorganisms. The laboratory will provide practice in aseptic techniques, the use of disinfectants and antimicrobial agents, and microscopic study of bacteria. This course cannot be applied for credit toward a degree in Biology. Prerequisite: BIOL 1345, BIOL 1441, or equivalent.
The critical thinking about, and reading and writing of, referential/expository discourse. Introduction to inventional procedures. Writing assignments focusing on identification and development of a subject, on organization, audience analysis, style, and the revision process.
Continues ENGL 1301, but with an emphasis on critical thinking about, and reading and writing of, argumentative discourse. Introduction to inventional procedures such as types of proofs and claims and the Toulmin model. Writing assignments focusing on the identification, development, and support of propositions of fact, cause, value, and policy. Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in ENGL 1301.
Processes of researching, drafting, editing, revising, and designing technical reports, proposals, manuals, resumes, and professional correspondence for specific audiences. Prerequisite: ENGL 1301, ENGL 1302. For RN to BSN students, this course can be a co-requisite with N3345 part A as long as it is taken in the AP 5 week course format.
This course is designed for students whose placement scores or life experience indicate that they may need additional preparation in order to take a college credit-bearing mathematics course. This course provides foundational preparation for MATH 1301. Topics include basic numeric and algebraic operations, expressions, linear and quadratic equations, solving techniques, graphing, mathematical logic and reasoning, as well as a brief introduction to probability and statistics. Students will use mathematical software to master targeted areas and progress through a modified self-paced environment in order to achieve college readiness. Immediately following the successful completion of this foundational course, students should register for a credit-bearing mathematics course according to their degree plan, specifically MATH 1301. Credit in this course does not fulfill any degree requirements.
This course is designed for students whose placement scores or life experience indicate that they may need additional preparation in order to take a college credit-bearing mathematics course. This course provides foundational preparation for Math 1302 or Math 1315. Topics include basic numeric and algebraic operations and expressions, linear equations and inequalities, polynomials, rational expressions, factoring, exponents and radicals, graphing, and quadratic equations. Students will use mathematical software to master targeted areas and progress through a modified self-paced environment in order to achieve college readiness. Immediately following the successful completion of this foundational course, students should register for a credit bearing mathematics course according to their degree plan, specifically MATH 1302 or MATH 1315. Credit in this course does not fulfill any degree requirements.
This course covers material in a traditional algebra course together with real-world applications of mathematics. It develops problem-solving and critical thinking skills. Topics include the mathematics of dimensional analysis, mathematical logic, population growth, optimization, voting theory, number theory, graph theory, relations, functions, probability, statistics, and finance. The use of mathematical software and calculators is required. See course syllabus for details. Credit may be received for only one of MATH 1301, MATH 1302, or MATH 1315.
Topics include the study of linear, quadratic, polynomial, rational, radical, absolute value, logarithmic, and exponential relations; functions and inequalities; graphs, basic characteristics, and operations on relations and functions; real and complex zeros of various functions; graphing techniques; systems of equations; and matrices. The use of mathematical software and a basic/scientific calculator is required. No graphing calculators are allowed. All exams will be proctored for a minimal fee using an online proctoring service requiring a webcam. See course syllabus and blackboard course site for specific details.
Topics include collection, analysis, presentation, and interpretation of data. Analysis includes descriptive statistics, probability, relationships between variables and graphs, elementary statistical models, hypothesis testing, inference, estimation, correlation, regression and confidence intervals. The use of mathematical software and calculators is required. All exams will be proctored for a minimal fee using an online proctoring service requiring a webcam. See course syllabus and blackboard course site for specific details.
The principles and organization of American state, county, and municipal government, together with current problems and the constitution and government of Texas.
The fundamental methods and content of scientific psychology. Concentration on the understanding of basic principles.
Human development and growth from conception through old age, concerned with the physical, behavioral, and social aspects.
A scientific approach to the analysis and explanation of culture, personality, and social organization. The social processes and mechanisms of interaction involved in the natural process of cultural development, dissemination, assimilation, and the institutions of the group.
In addition to the above list, one of the following literature courses must be completed to graduate from the AO RN to BSN program. If you have taken one of these courses in the past, they can be transferred into the AO RN to BSN program.
Consideration of significant British works with emphasis on ideas and the ways in which they reflect cultural and aesthetic values; emphasis on critical methods of reading, writing, and thinking; at least three genres and six authors considered.
Consideration of significant works of world literature with emphasis on ideas and the ways in which they reflect cultural and aesthetic values; emphasis on critical methods of reading, writing, and thinking. Examines at least three genres and six authors.
RN to BSN students who have taken and passed a national nursing certification exam may receive three credit hours. For more information, please speak to your Nursing Advisor. Other students must complete a Nursing Elective in place of these three credit hours. An Upper Division Nursing Elective must also be completed if not previously completed in past academic coursework.
This course is designed for nursing cooperative education students to integrate classroom study with career-related practical experience in the workplace. Registered nurse students only. Students need to be in their work environment a minimum of 120 hours during the term in order to meet the course objectives.
Course provides human factors concepts and principles essential for health care professionals. Topics include basics of patient safety, skills to be an effective patient safety champion, and human factors principles in patient safety improvement at individual, team, and organizational levels. Case studies are used to explore ways to reduce medical errors as the third leading cause of deaths, and to address human factors that are involved in over 80% of adverse events. RN-BSN and Pathways students can take NURS 3347 in a separate start date from NURS 3345.
Explore and enhance understanding and application of principles of family science knowledge in therapeutic relationships with families across the lifespan. Course Conditions: Prelicensure APBSN students: Acceptance in UTACON program; Completion of NURS 1300 Introduction to Professional Nursing; Completion of NURS 3365 Pharmacology; Completion of NURS 3366 Pathophysiology. RN to BSN AP students: Acceptance in UTACON program.
Topics in biology not treated in the regular curriculum. Topic, format, and prerequisites to be determined by the instructor. May be repeated for credit as different topics are offered.
Every RN to BSN student will begin the nursing program with Role Transition to Professional Nursing. Twenty-eight hours of your ADN coursework will be applied toward your BSN.
Theory and practice of holistic health assessment of individuals and families across the lifespan designed for the Registered Nurse. An application-based practice experience is required and can be completed in the workplace.
Introduction of concepts and issues related to the holistic care of older adults and the impact on society and healthcare. An application-based practice experience is required and can be completed in the community.
Health promotion for individuals and families. Opportunities to gain knowledge about primary prevention in healthcare. Importance of the role of the nurse in disease prevention and health promotion. RN-BSN students only. Previously NURS 3435. Prerequisite or Corequisite: NURS 3345.
Course addresses the role transition to Professional Nursing, nursing theory, ethics, decision making, critical thinking/clinical judgment, introduction to evidence-based practice, and informatics/technology in practice. Identifies strategies for personal and professional empowerment.
Course addresses health policy, legislative and political concerns, nurse practice act, legal and ethical aspects that impact the practice of professional nursing in contemporary healthcare.
Exploration of organizational strategies, leadership theories and societal trends with implications for decision making in healthcare. Introduction to management and leadership skills needed by professional nurses with clinical application in diverse settings. An application-based practice experience is required and can be completed in the workplace.
Integrates knowledge from nursing theory and public health science in assessing healthcare needs of aggregates, communities, and society for the Registered Nurse. An application-based practice experience is required and can be completed in the community.
Synthesis of theories and concepts for professional nursing practice. Focuses on evolution and transition of professional nursing practice in diverse settings within a context of emerging societal issues and trends. The student will pick one of three areas (management, clinical or education) of interest for concentrated study.
When you are accepted to any of our online nursing programs, we'll give you access to your nursing degree plan, which indicates which courses you satisfied and which courses you still need to complete, via the MyMav Self Service Student Center.
To locate your nursing degree plan, log into your MyMav account. Under the Main Menu tab, select Self Service, then Degree Plan Evaluation.
Visit Undergraduate Nursing Advising (post-licensure) for a list of Accelerated Online (AO) RN to BSN advisors.
"Introduction to Psychology" must be taken prior to "Developmental Psychology"
"Human Anatomy and Physiology I" must be taken prior to "Human Anatomy and Physiology II"
"Professional Nursing" must be completed before starting other Nursing Courses with the exception of the upper-division nursing electives NURS 3309 "Medical Terminology" and NURS 3352 "Legacy of the Family"
Nursing Program Courses and General Courses may be taken in any order with the exception of Professional Nursing, Nursing Research (which requires completion of Statistics), and the Capstone. The Capstone must be the final nursing course and may not be taken with another nursing course. It may be taken with a general course or an elective.
While the program is an AO program, students are advised to take one nursing course at a time. Students may not exceed the maximum credit hour limit, which is 19 hours in fall/spring and 14 hours in summer.
To view the required reading materials for your course, visit the UTA bookstore online and search for your course. You can browse for your books and order them, too.
Go online to the UTA bookstore.
Click Textbooks and Course Materials on the left-hand side.
Select the department of the course you are enrolled in (e.g., ENGL for an English course, NURS for a nursing course, MATH for a math course).
Go to the Textbooks portion of the online UTA Bookstore.
Select All in the Program Select dropdown.
Select your appropriate term. To find your term, reference the Calendar.
Select DYN when asked to select your division.
Select NURS when asked to select your department.
Finally, you will have to select your course and your section before an appropriate list of books will appear for you to purchase online.
"The program definitely gives you a nursing foundation."
See our RN to BSN FAQ page for more information.
Course schedule, fees and tuition are subject to change based on the sole discretion of UTA.
1 Tuition is only reflective of the nursing curriculum. Additional coursework, such as general education requirements, may be necessary.
2 If you begin in January or February, you may be able to complete the program in as few as 9 months depending on the courses you transfer into the program. If you begin in any other month, you can complete the program in as few as 10 months.
*Per-course tuition based on 3 credit-hour courses. Tuition may vary by admit term.


The area around Icandi is ideal for hiking or walking as it is flat. A stroll to the beach for an afternoon or evening swim is ideal. Take a walk along the beach towards the 300 mountains and you will find it very quiet and beautiful in this unspoiled area.
For those of you who like a challenge, a hike up Khao Kalok Mountain a few minutes from the house on the beach is a must. A guide is recommended and it would be advisable to go early in the morning before the heat of the day. Finish off with a swim in the sea. A great way to start the day!
Further afield is the fabulous Sam Roi Yot National Park in the Gulf of Thailand, a 15-minute drive from Icandi. High steep limestone wooded mountains are adjacent to coastal marshes and beaches. Perfect hiking territory!
The marshes are a breeding area for birds and so have a recreational and educational value. Fine sandy beaches, spectacular caves, mountain viewpoints, offshore islands and forest trails are all there to explore. If you are lucky you may see a Serow, a goat-like antelope which is very rare in Thailand.
Three species of primates are often seen in the park, the Spectacled Langur, Long-tailed Macaque and the Slow Loris. Dolphins are occasionally seen in the coastal waters.
Many more locations can be advised for walking or trekking around this beautiful area of Thailand. The house manager will be able to discuss and direct or arrange day or overnight trips if required.


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Voters in the Andover Central School District gave their approval Tuesday to a proposed budget of $8,290,000 by a vote of 181-97.
A proposition to raise the tax levy for the Andover Free Library $2,000, from $12,000 to $14,000, passed, 186-92.
Cindy Baker got 245 and was elected to the school board for three-year term, filling the seat currently held by Cynthia Vars. Michele Behn Calladine earned 115 votes, winning a three-year term in a race for the board seat currently held by Susan Walker. Walker got 82 and Francis Raykovitz 81.


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Words of encouragement for the months ahead
Dr Ro
Hey folks, it's Dr Ro good morning to you. I wanted to share a personal message really with you and I know we've gone into lockdown two and I don't get into discussions over that as there are different views at the moment.
I want to really focus on you and what you can do to turn what might be at the moment a grey situation into more prosperity and greenness on the other side.
That's the challenge people are facing at the moment and where they're placing the focus and that plays a big part in how you show up and feel about this current situation, how you filter the information that comes into you, because there's so much of it.
We tend to filter based on what we are feeling, what we're observing about the world. If the world is feeling shitty then we tent to filter more of the information in to reinforce those beliefs whereas if we have an aspirational part of our psyche that is strongly of the belief that we're going to come through this in a really amazing way, then you will tend to filter out that stuff and listen to more of that.
This is where the law of attraction comes in. Many of you might be in a situation where you're locked lockdown and furloughed in such a way that you are pretty much staying at home. As we go through December what I want to do is help you prepare and plan for that process.
So imagine you've got four weeks ahead, but I would suggest thinking eight weeks ahead and start to think about what would be some great weekly goals that you can set for yourself. As opposed to thinking about 2021 right now the whole big picture, we are going to come to that moment. What can you do now?
What could you do this week on a health basis, what vitamins do you need to be thinking about adding to your body to improve your immune system? What do you need to do on a physical level, workwise, so if you're working from home what could be some goals you set that don't allow work to completely control your time? Several things happened during the last lockdown. Some people almost went the opposite way and rejected working from home.
Others embraced it to the point where it got into their bedrooms, kitchens et cetera it pervaded everything so there was no sense of home space now, work and home blended together. Think about how you want to practically incorporate your work into your week in such a way that you compartmentalise your time and ideally the space in your house, if it is possible to avoid.
Make the week structured so that it doesn't become blurred. For a lot of people it can be switched on the TV watching Netflix, getting up late, getting to a habitual way of being which is I'll take it as a bit of a holiday. Which I do understand actually it's time to ramp it up into 2021. I don't really think a good strategy is to get to the end of the year and say this is what we will do next year, and you make all those plans on the 31 December. Sadly, that's not particularly inspirational because what that does is gets you excited in the moment, whereas if you got excited now you can make some great plans and hit 2021, running with a plan of action. A lot of people set New Year's resolutions at the moment.
It's like an espresso coffee they go boom and 18 days later in January that's gone, so we have to plan now. I know for a lot of you, you've got the kids at home and there's lots of situations that have changed on a personal level, which is why number two is so important to have family discussions.
Have a couple's discussion. If you're on your own, pick up the phone and talk to a member of your family and let them know what you're looking to do, have somebody you can discuss with, but have someone to express outwardly what you are planning inwardly that makes you commit to things a lot more.
So often the accountability that comes out of the conversation of a coach, doing something that involves engaging with other people that are close enough to that won't make a judgement but at the same time will support you. If it's a family it has to be a plan that involves the family, but also involves open discussions release the pressure and those of you that are parents right now I think the kids need a certain level of honesty, but at the same time they need to be painted a picture that isn't so dark.
I'm hearing conversations with young kids that shouldn't be having these conversations about death and a lot of people are saying that their children and I'm talking to parents, the emotional instability, children are starting to feel uncomfortable. They're using language they never would've used about this and this becomes an emotional scar on our kids. Number three who can you help?
This is a great way to become inspired and to be inspiring is to think about who during this period, you could help. Is there someone that you knew struggled during the last lockdown? Is there something you said after the last lockdown, we should go and deliver things and help or drop food off or just check in on so and so. Think about who you could reach out to, it doesn't even have to be a physical activity.
Just be someone you phone that you know didn't deal with lockdown very well last time. It could be to do with a charity, an individual. I'm not sure, but I'm just sharing with you when you give beyond yourself and it's one of Maslow's hierarchy of needs, you will self-actualise. It is giving beyond yourself and growing in such a way that a person's self-actualisation is not only able to grow emotionally but also they are giving beyond themselves they feel fulfilled.
When you only focus on your needs, you don't get the same sense, yes you survive, but it doesn't have the same thing as when you help the one person you know is vulnerable around you. Look to the future, I don't just mean next week. Look into 2021 and start asking positive questions: what things can you be doing? What could you build right now? Could you be fitting in some time to write a book, create a product, to inspire somebody, to learn an instrument? What do you want 2021 to look like? 2021 has to have an image of that.
The past doesn't equal the future.
What went on there doesn't mean the future has to look like that. We have to change the picture in our mind and start to manifest that through certain actions and connections with people and just be persistent in this, be relentless in this on a weekly basis.
Set yourself a goal of checking in, have we done this?
Who can I help and create a habit because through persistence habits form and if you do it enough times, these habits become a way of life for you.
Five things, hopefully it was useful. I'm going to sign out, have an amazing day.
Dr Ro April 22, 2022
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Cold War….. The new Cold War with Russia, now being played out in Syria and Turkey, has made the world a more dangerous place than at any time since 1945. The pro-Russian Assad regime, while no friend of the West or democracy, did at least ensure a degree of religious tolerance, something which none of the ragbag of conflicting Islamist militias (in a multi-sided civil war with no 'good guys'), are likely to honour. Syria's fragile and ancient tapestry of religious faiths (including Early Christianity), is unlikely to survive. Dan Snow's recent BBC documentary on Syria's history should be required viewing for all our politicians.
Cameron's decision to throw Britain into the Syrian mire by aerial bombing is no more than shallow 'gesture' politics, prompted by a desire to please the US (and deny Russia an ally in the Middle East), more than any practical action to destroy ISIS. There are many sensible security and border control measures he could implement to 'keep Britain safe', but which he won't consider because of EU 'human rights' laws. Meanwhile the EU's insane adherence to the dogma of 'free movement' has in effect, created a borderless vacuum spanning an entire continent, across which terrorists are free to move and operate with impunity.
With 1 million migrants entering Germany this year alone (and at least as many expected next year), the European migrant crisis shows that the EU has no real desire to control its external borders. Uncontrolled migration serves its purpose; to weaken national cohesion and accelerate the fragmentation of its member states. Instead of preventing wars between nations, the end result of the EU's 'ever greater union' is more likely to be civil unrest, chaos and violence within each country. Unless or until Germany can be at peace with itself, lay to rest its corrosive sense of national guilt (which has now gone on for long enough), and become a nation like most others, Europe will never truly be at peace. German-led efforts to 'save' Europe by the impositions of the EU will only drag everyone further towards the abyss.
Meanwhile the other recent victims of 'liberal interventionism' (Libya, Afghanistan and Iraq), have descended into total anarchy, partly because of our aggressions. In Libya, our failure to plan for a coherent, stable country post-Gaddaffi now presents a far more immediate threat to our national security than Syria. As the 21st century unfolds, we can begin to see that it is pan-national issues such as religious extremism, Western 'liberal' interventionism and the tensions caused by 'false' or 'failed' states' (such as ISIS and the EU), that will be the drivers of future wars.
Your Life In Their Hands ….. From 1st January, all EU nurses and doctors will be allowed to work in Britain's NHS without UK regulators being able to make vital checks on their qualifications and safety. Under new EU rules, they will be given electronic 'passports' which will automatically entitle them to practice in British hospitals and GP surgeries. Almost 11,000 EU doctors and nurses were granted permission to work in the NHS last year. Numbers are expected to rise as the service become increasingly under-staffed.
The new system will mean that Britain will be reliant on other countries thoroughly checking their own doctors and nurses. While many EU practitioners are competent and valued recruits to the NHS, a few are not and there have been some well publicised cases where rogue practitioners have slipped the net. Furthermore, EU rules prevent UK regulators from testing staff on speaking English as this could impede their rights to 'freedom of movement' and regulators can only request 'certificates' stating EU workers have passed English tests elsewhere.
Referendum News ….. Cameron's much vaunted 're-negotiation' isn't going down too well with the Tory press. On 17th December, the Daily Mail editor noted: 'As David Cameron flies off to Brussels to plead for concessions from our EU partners, this paper has a deep sense of foreboding over the charade we may be about to witness ….. Mr Cameron is demanding pathetically little from our partners. And if they're true to past form, they will be willing to concede even less ….'
Cameron's mood won't have been helped by a recent poll on the ConservativeHome website showing that 70% of Conservative party members want to leave the EU now. An Ashcroft poll puts the Leave EU campaign at 47%, against only 37% to remain in. Meanwhile Steve Baker MP, Chairman of 'Conservatives For Britain' claims to have 130 Tory MP's committed to leave the EU. A letter has been sent to all their MPs reminding them of the 'euro-sceptic' noises which some made during the General Election and asking them to honour their election promises.
There is still no sign of 'Leave.EU' (backed by UKIP) and 'Vote Leave' (backed by some Conservatives at Westminster) working together. A recent meeting between the two sides broke up without agreement and it seems that personal issues may be getting in the way. There is also a Conservative agenda to try and marginalise UKIP's role in the campaign, to deny us any boost at the next General Election. Nigel they say, is a 'divisive' figure (name a politician that isn't). The fact is the campaign won't be won at Westminster or by the Conservative party (who are officially neutral); UKIP is the only party with a coherent position and the necessary ground troops. Nigel is the only political figure who can talk to the working people of Britain. As well as being a brilliant orator, his knowledge of the EU is second to none. If the Conservatives won't put country before party because of their own tribal interests, UKIP will just get on with it until the Electoral Commission finally has to decide which organisation is to be the official head of the 'leave' campaign.
Bigger and Better ….. ? Plans are well advanced to merge four of Dorset's existing local Councils (Poole, Bournemouth, Christchurch and East Dorset) into a 'super-unitary' authority. The plan has been cooked up behind closed doors by the Conservative controlled 'cabinets' of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch Councils, and has almost certainly been rolled down to them from Con Party HQ. It's an old idea that seems to re-surface every 20 years or so. The last time around in the mid-90's, it was soundly rejected, but this one seems more likely to be pushed through.
There has been no meaningful public consultation or any proper assessment of alternative options. On 14th December, East Dorset District Council resolved to oppose the plans; a decision which prompted the immediate resignation of its leader, Cllr Ian Monks. Christchurch MP Christopher Chope has also opposed the plans, commenting that any change in existing structures has to be from 'the bottom up' and noting there is no public desire for change. Meanwhile Bournemouth Council's 'cabinet' are pressing on with the plans and will present proposals to their next full Council meeting on 19th January.
These plans will make Council services and local Councillors more remote from the public they are meant to be there to serve. In local government, bigger doesn't always mean better. 'Super' Councils almost inevitably lead to 'Super' Waste, 'Super' Cover-Ups and 'Super' Expenses. Smaller Councils (Rutland-shire, Purbeck) usually score higher levels of public satisfaction than large ones. Whatever your opinion, it is surely only right that there is a full public debate on this issue before anything is decided. Lobby your local Councillor and sign the petition (www.change.org/p/ Bournemouth-council) demanding a full public referendum on these proposals.
Local UKIP Branch News ……..
The last few weeks of 2015 saw three local Council by-elections in Dorset. In the election for one seat on Shaftesbury Town Council, UKIP's Peter Caulfield came second with approximately 20%. In the by-election for the Rodwell (Weymouth) ward on Dorset County Council, UKIP South Dorset Chairman, Cllr Francis Drake came fourth with 12%. In spite of Francis's team's hard work, this was a slightly disappointing result, though not too different from the result there in May 13. The main difference was the loss of the seat by Labour to the Greens, whose candidate had a strong vote previously and was known in the ward. Compared to May 13, Labour lost around 300 votes and the LibDem vote collapsed entirely. It is also worth noting that Francis was the victim of some very dirty tricks in the local press. In the Bournemouth Council ward of Kinson South, Duane Farr was hoping to join UKIP Councillor Laurence Fear, who won 1 of the 3 ward seats in May. The other 2 (won in May by the Cons) had to be re-run because of Council errors in a few postal ballot addresses. Although Duane and UKIP Bournemouth West put in a great effort, the end result was the same as May, with the two Conservatives re-elected. Duane's third place with 313 votes was a notable achievement, but the turnout of just 18% was appallingly low.
All these by-elections campaigns were helped by UKIP members from all Dorset branches including our own. Although we didn't win any seats this time around, we secured a strong vote in all three; stepping stones for next time. It is vital that we continue to stand UKIP candidates locally wherever possible, so the Westminster Three know that we're around and can feel the UKIP pressure at the polling booth. We must all help UKIP South Dorset as they prepare for all-Council elections in Weymouth & Portland in May.
Our branch is ready for a big push in the New Year, with 'Better Off Out' leaflets and 'Leave EU' literature ready for distribution. We will be running UKIP market stalls from February onwards. If you can help with leafleting, please contact Diana (01202-602427).
We're delighted to announce that UKIP's Deputy Chair, Suzanne Evans has agreed to be our guest speaker for the 3.00 Public Meeting following our AGM on Saturday 6th February (see 'Events'). Suzanne is a former journalist who has made frequent appearances for UKIP on national TV and has written the excellent book 'Why Vote UKIP' (which I challenge anyone to read and not say: 'you know what, she's right'. She will be ably supported by Steve Unwin, Dorset North's PPC at the May election and a leading figure in the 'Dorset Out & Leave EU' campaign. Make sure you bring a non-UKIP friend !
SWEDEN …. 'Sweden yesterday (12th Nov) re-imposed border controls in an emergency move to stem the flow of migrants into the country. Government officials said the step was necessary because the surge in new arrivals 'threatened public order' ….. Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said: 'When our authorities tell us we cannot guarantee the security and control of our borders, we have to listen ….' (Daily Express, 13th Nov)
GERMANY ….. 'Each day, 7000 migrants arrive in Germany. They are predominantly young Muslim men from the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans and their numbers have topped 180,000 since the beginning of this month; equivalent to the population of Luton. By the end of 2015, a million new migrants will have reached Germany ….. and the surge of new arrivals is likely to reach the same tally in 2016. Demographers at the Bavarian Association of Municipalities say Germany faces a population time bomb. As migrants bring in wives and children, they warn that the number of Muslims could rise from 5.8 million to 20 million by 2020, threatening the culture of this once fiercely Christian nation ……..'
'It is bitterly ironic that postwar Germany, still battling with national guilt over the Holocaust, is importing so many people who are avowedly anti-Semitic. A leaked document by German Intelligence Chiefs warns that fully integrating thousands of 'illegal migrants', will be impossible; 'We are importing Islamic extremism, Arab anti-Semitism, national and ethnic conflicts of other peoples, as well as a different understanding of society and law.' The document, published in Die Welt, warned: 'Intelligence agencies cannot cope with these problems, (nor) the response from the German population …' These views were echoed this week by Josef Schuster, president of the Central Council of German Jews: 'Many flee from Islamic state terror to live in peace and freedom. At the same time they come from cultures in which a hatred of Jews and intolerance is a fixed element. Don't only think of Jews; think of the equality of woman and man, or dealings with homosexuals …….' (Sue Reid, Daily Mail, 28th Nov)
DENMARK …. '53% of Danish voters have voted 'NO' to proposals to remove some of their opt-outs from the Maastricht Treaty, which would have given the EU control over Denmark's policing and home affairs. This comes at a time when the EU has been attempting to promote a common European police force in the wake of the Paris attacks … ' (Teletext News, 4th Dec)
Snouts In The Trough ……..
'A Taxpayers Alliance survey reveals that there are 3,483 senior Council staff on salaries of over £100,000; 206 are on more than £200,000 and 10 in excess of £300,000. The former Chief Executive of Cumbria Council last year received a total package of £411,025, including a payoff for early retirement. While slashing public services, Cumbria also managed to find £10 million for a new HQ …. In Oxfordshire County Council, spending on primary schools fell between 2012 – 2014 from £24 million to £13 million, yet the pay for senior staff rose from £2.03 million to £2.4 million ……… 1,757 NHS staff are on more than £200,000, the highest paid of whom (Chief Executive of Betsi Cadwaladr University Heath Board), received £454,404 last year ….. There are 99 police employees on more than £150,000, including the deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, who last year received £298,984 ….' (Ross Clark, Daily Express, 13th Nov)
'The US private equity firm that owns the Queen's jeweller, Mappin & Webb, has not paid any corporation tax over the past 5 years, despite making profits of more than £66m ……. Meanwhile the US owner of that once quintessentially British firm Cadbury, managed not to pay any corporation tax in this country last year on more than £2bn of revenues. And the highly profitable internet giant Facebook, used an ingenious accounting manoeuvre to pay a mere £4327 corporation tax in the UK, despite having a vast operation here. This is £1000 less than the annual average tax paid by a single British worker …..' (Stephen Glover, Daily Mail, 14th Dec)
'After Donald Trump called for a temporary ban on all Muslims entering the US, two petitions were launched in Britain. One, signed by half a million people, called for Trump to be barred from the UK. The other, signed by over 450,000, called for UK borders to be closed to all migrants until ISIS is defeated. The former got wall to wall coverage on BBC News, the latter was ignored …. (Amanda Platell, Daily Mail, 12th Dec)
'Ministry of Justice figures show that almost 23,000 of the people charged with dodging the BBC licence fee last year were never convicted ….. More than 3,500 a week faced prosecution for failing to pay; 1 in 10 of all cases to come before local magistrates. But more than 1 in 10 cases ended without a conviction, putting defendants through stress and wasting thousands of pounds in public money … The figures also reveal that younger people are much more likely to face prosecution. More than 67,000 under 30's were charged last year, more than 9,000 of whom walked away free …' (Daily Mail, 31st July)
'Claims by traders that free parking significantly boosts town centre shopping have been backed by research. According to an AA survey, nearly three quarters of motorists say parking charges determine whether they visit a town centre, with 89% believing fees are 'ramped up' to maximise income for Councils. The findings come after traders in the Welsh town of Cardigan reported sales rose by 50% after all its parking machines broke down. Town halls are set to make a record £687m from parking charges this year, despite government advice that fees should not be used to raise revenue ……' (Daily Mail, 31st July)
'Car tax evasion has more than doubled since the decision to scrap the traditional paper disc. The number of drivers dodging the annual payment has soared from 210,000 in 2013 to 560,000 now, according to Dept. of Transport Statistics. Its report warns that about £80m revenue is being lost annually, compared to £35m before the changes, far exceeding the £10m which the switch was expected to save …..' (Daily Mail, 27th Nov)
'Families pay an average of almost £735,000 in taxes over their lifetime, according to figures released by the Taxpayers Alliance. It takes the lifetime tax bills of 15,610 families to pay for just one year of the £11.46 billion overseas aid budget ….. The poorest fifth of families (average annual income £12,914) will pay a lifetime tax bill of £282,545 an increase of 4.1% from last year. Meanwhile the top 20% of earners, with an average household income of £83,750, pay £1.48 million in taxes, a fall of 2.2% … (Daily Mail, 31st July)
'According to the French government, the carbon footprint of the 10 day Paris Summit on Climate Change, was 21,000 tonnes of CO2. However this figure only includes emissions created at the site of the conference. It excludes those from hotel stays and delegates travelling to and from Paris ….. Taking everything into account, US technology magazine Wired calculates that CO2 emissions generated by the summit reached 300,000 tonnes, the equivalent emitted in a whole year by a town the size of Aylesbury (pop. 58,740) …. The organisers had also based their figure on the assumption that delegates would arrive by bike or take up the offer of free public transport (which cost the French taxpayer £56m). However on the second day of the summit, a bicycle rack for 50 cycles at Le Bourget had just 2 bikes in it, while footage showed world leaders arriving in their usual limousines …… Dutch environment consultancy Ecofys, estimate delegates air travel added an extra 40,000 tonnes of CO2 to the Paris total ……' (Ross Clark, Daily Express, 14th Dec)
'3 out of 4 people who found work in Britain in the past year were migrants from the EU, according to figures from the Office of National Statistics. The number of people born in other EU countries in work in the UK has now reached 2.1 million, up 291,000 in 12 months, while the number of British-born people in jobs increased by just 122,000' (Daily Express, 12th Nov)
'During Pakistan Independence Day Celebrations, former Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik, announced that Cllr Diana Coad, UKIP's Party leader in Slough, has been appointed an Honorary Ambassador to the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and issued an invitation for her to visit Pakistan as their guest. The President of Slough PPP says: 'We were very happy and impressed with Diana with all her help in different things, including a lot of charity work'. Cllr Coad said she was 'deeply honoured' by the appointment, which she understood is fairly unique ….' (Slough and South Bucks Observer, 11th Sept)
'A count of snow patches on Scotland's mountains has recorded 73 left from last winter – the most in 21 years. Snow expert Iain Cameron, who publishes his data in the Royal Metereological Journal, believes last winters heavy snow, followed by an overcast spring and cold summer, are to blame. He spots 6 – 12 patches in a typical year ……' (Daily Mail, 28th Nov)
'Nearly 1 in 3 staff employed by the Dept of Work & Pensions are on some form of 'top-up' benefits …'
(C4 'Dispatches', 2nd Nov)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EVENTS …. EVENTS .… EVENTS ….
SOCIAL EVENTS: Thursdays 7th Jan; 4th Feb; 3rd March, 7.30pm: Dorset Branches Social at the Charlton Inn, Charlton Marshall. All supporters and friends welcome. Contact John Baxter 01202-897884
Thursdays 14th Jan; 11th Feb; 10th March, 8.00pm: Poole Branches Social at Twin Sails Wharf, West Quay Road. All UKIP supporters and friends are welcome. Contact: david.darling@ukippoole.co.uk
Third Thursday each month 7.30 pm, UKIP Bournemouth West Social at The Crown, Broadhurst Avenue, Northbourne, Bournemouth BH10 6JW. Contact: duanefarr.ukip@gmail.com (07855 349387)
Saturdays 2nd Jan; 5th March, 11.00 am, Chat, Coffee or Snack at Corfe Coffee, 137 Wareham Road, Corfe Mullen, BH21 3HH. Contact Dave Evans, 01202-602856
Sat 6th February, UKIP Mid-Dorset & North Poole AGM 2pm, followed by Public Meeting (3pm) at St Paul's Church Hall, Culliford Crescent, Canford Heath BH17 9DW. Guest Speakers: Suzanne Evans (Deputy Chair UKIP); Steve Unwin (Dorset Out).
Sat 5th March, UKIP (SW) Spring Conference, at The Leisure Centre, Alveston Hill, Thornbury (Gloucester shire), BS35 3JB
Don't forget to check the monthly Dorset Digest (obtainable via e-mail) for up to date bulletins of 'What's On' locally, as well as checking our branch website www.ukipmiddorset.org
''They say it's a wide road that leads to war and only a narrow path that leads us home again' (Russian soldier going to the front, August 1914)
Items for next Edition by 31st March to:
John Butler, 20 Nightjar Close, Poole BH17 7YN


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Q: How to use serialization to maintain a file to store objects I've looked at many places on serialization but can't seem to find a solution to my problem. I'm making an Email client program and I want to store every email I send as an object in a file and then be able to retrieve it.
The problem I encounter is that every time I use ObjectOutputStream's writeObject() method, it truncates the file instead of appending it. Then I tried storing the emails in an ArrayList and storing the ArrayList in the file. Like, everytime I want to store I would readObject() the ArrayList then add the new email to it and then write the ArrayList again to the file. But this method started throwing many exceptions(i.e InvalidClassException).
Is there a way to serialize objects such that I will be able to append them to the file each time I want to write a new email or any other workaround for this?
Thanks in advance, below is the EmailMessage class:
public class EmailMessage implements Serializable{//implement serializables
    private String recipient;
    private String subject;
    private String content;
    private String date;

    public void setRecipient(String recipient)
    {
        this.recipient=recipient;
    }

    public String getRecipient()
    {
        return this.recipient;
    }

    public void setSubject(String subject){
        this.subject=subject;
    }

    public void setContent(String content){
        this.content=content;
    }

    public String getSubject(){
        return this.subject;
    }

    public String getContent(){
        return this.content;
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    public void setDate(String date)
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    {
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The Bailin Gongfu is a Black Tea other than any other Black Tea you've ever tasted. It is cultivated in Mount Taimu, also known as the "Paradise at the sea" and is one of the three famous Gongfu Tea in Fujian Province. The term "Gongfu" indicates that harvesting is produced exclusively by hand in an area where the gardens, being placed at a high altitude and wrapped in cold fog, produce some of the best Tea in the world. The leaves of this Tea are interlaced in thin and narrow strips without this compromising their integrity. In cup it looks like amber-like color while the flavor recalls the notes of caramel, sweet potatoes and icing without being sickly sweet. Its uniqueness lies in combining sweetness, unusual for black tea tannins, with its refreshing and delicate appearance.


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NEWS • 2021-12-05
Closing performance gaps in aquaculture
Producing more healthy food for all and doing it more sustainably are two of the most pressing challenges the world faces. Aquatic foods can be an important piece of this puzzle, but so far too much focus has been on solutions benefitting the 16% living in high-income countries, researchers claim in a recent article. They want to turn the spotlight to the performance gap in other parts of the world, where targeted interventions and investments could significantly boost access to aquatic foods without increasing their environmental footprint. The study identifies nine intervention areas for improving the productivity and sustainability of global aquaculture.
Food production has a vast effect on the planet and farmed fish add to these impacts, but much less so than meat production on land, with an 87% smaller carbon footprints than beef and using 49% less land than poultry and 84% less fresh water than pigs.
In contrast to meat production on land, aquaculture is highly diverse, comprising numerous species and systems with varied environmental impacts and nutritional values. But conversations around increasing aquatic food production often focus on species, environments, and ambitious hi-tech solutions that will benefit the privileged few. And while luxury aquatic foods from offshore farming and recirculating aquaculture systems potentially can reduce environmental impacts by replacing red meat consumption, these are generally costly to acquire and operate with high electricity and fuel dependency.
Farming more using less
The atlantic salmon industry have improved sustainability through better feed and farming practises and, at least in Norway, nearly eliminated antimicrobial use, while increasing both growth rates and fillet yields. However, most aquatic foods still suffer from substantial performance gaps, meaning the gap between attainable and actual yields, according to the article in One Earth, led by Beijer researcher Patrik Henriksson (also affiliated to Stockholm Resilience Centre and Worldfish). Not least the omnivorous species and freshwater finfish (especially carps) that represent the majority of aquaculture production worldwide.
"This means we have the opportunity to increase productivity for a lot of species in existing conventional aquaculture systems, especially freshwater pond systems, and at the same time reduce environmental impact", says Patrik Henriksson, adding: "Much of this gap could be closed by simple interventions that are readily available."
Nine areas of intervention
The authors identify nine areas of interventions for improving both productivity and environmental performance: species choice, genetic improvements, farm technologies and practices, spatial planning and access, disease reduction, feed, regulations and trade, post-harvest processing and distribution, and financial tools.
For example, more tolerant and less resource-demanding species have a lower environmental impact, but are less in demand.
"This could to some extent be overcome by nudging consumer behavior and focusing on value-added products like surimi, which is made from deboned fish paste," say the authors.
Equally, many smallholder farmers are unable to benefit from quality feed, seed, or disease diagnostics due to limited access to credit.
"Enabling insurance providers and cooperatives could play an important role in alleviating risk and gaining access to credit and markets among smallholder aquaculture farmers," they add.
"Aquatic foods alone cannot ensure future food security but, if developed thoughtfully, they can play a greater role in alleviating the current food system's environmental pressures on the planet".
Blue Food Assessment
Fish, shellfish and algae offer untapped potential for global development if the right policies and investments are put in place.
A new seafood narrative
Seafood sustainability is still only marginally considered in global policy talks on food production, trade and consumption. That needs to change, according to new research.
'Blue' economy vs SDGs
The potential of food from the ocean to reduce hunger is threatened by competing ocean uses and a narrow focus on production growth.


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Yi Yi - Criterion Collection
Image // Unrated // March 15, 2011
Review by Jamie S. Rich | posted March 2, 2011 | E-mail the Author
THE MOVIE:
Please Note: The screengrabs used here are from the original Criterion standard-definition DVD of Yi Yi, not from the Blu-Ray.
Fatty: "Life is a mixture of sad and happy things. Movies are so lifelike, that's why we love them."
Ting-Ting: "Then who needs movies? Just stay home and live life!"
The Taiwanese film Yi Yi is, in fact, about life, but it also reminds of us why we actually like movies, too. Edward Yang's 2000 feature has an epic length, but a most human scope. Clocking in at nearly three hours, this family drama takes its time looking around in the lives of the Jian clan. It begins with a wedding and it ends with a funeral, and Yi Yi covers all the ups and downs in between--though really, rather than being pointed peaks and valleys, the graph of this narrative would be more like a wavy line. True life isn't that sharply defined.
A lot happens in Yang's opening sequence. The basic relationships are laid out and the various emotional conflicts indicated. A-Di (Xisheng Chen) is marrying Xiao Yan (Shushen Xiao), who is in an advanced state of pregnancy. Apparently, A-Di jilted his long-term sweetheart Yun-Yun (Xinyi Zeng) to have his affair with Xiao Yan, and his mother (Ruyun Tang) has not forgiven him and goes home before the reception. She lives with her daughter Min-Min (Elaine Jin) and her husband NJ (Nianzhen Wu), and the old woman has a stroke while everyone is partying, an event that her granddaughter, Ting-Ting (Kelly Lee), blames herself for. Grandma collapsed taking out the trash, which was Ting-Ting's job. She fears her bad behavior is why the old woman is in a coma, and if she can be good long enough to earn her forgiveness, Grandma will wake up.
Meanwhile, the Jian men are having women trouble, it's not just A-Di. NJ runs into his high school sweetheart, Sherry (Suyun Ke), in the lobby of the hotel where the reception is being held. She is visiting from America, where she moved after NJ broke her heart without explanation. Maybe the father's sins have been passed on to the son, then, and it's karmic retribution that is causing little Yang-Yang (Jonathan Chang) to always get picked on by girls. Yang-Yang is an interesting character, as he mostly stands apart from the rest. His dramas with other kids and the dean at his school are his own thing, and his exploration of new experiences is different than the rest of his family, who are mostly dealing with what they already know. The grandmother's poor health, for instance, puts her daughter on a spiritual quest and makes Yang-Yang's sister question her moral health, but Yang-Yang is asking philosophical and scientific questions. He is trying to figure out how it is we look at the world the way we do.
Which, when you think about it, isn't all that different than what all the others are trying to figure out. How did I get to be this way, and why doesn't it make me happy? Long after she ponders the pointlessness of cinema, Ting-Ting asks, "Why is the world so different from what we thought it was?" In Edward Yang's fictional reality, it's not really an either/or proposition, everything is of one piece. It's why he named the movie Yi Yi, which literally translates as "One One," but it's also meant to be like a band leader counting off before a song. "A One and a Two..." is kind of the official translation, or more like a subtitle. As Yang explains in his press notes, life is about ones and twos. It's all the same, and all separate, both apart and joined all at the same time. Each new moment can also be a potential new start.
Thus, a spiritual journey can easily run alongside a more logical examination and mother and son can end up in the same place. Or, in one of Yi Yi's most touching sequences, Ting-Ting goes on her first date ever at the same time her father goes on what is the first date of his second chance. Both nights out are remarkably similar, and they end with heartbreak and confusion. Yet, for all of these coincidences and shared experiences, life itself is seemingly random. Why else, then, would the screw-up brother A-Di stumble into good fortune despite squandering so much, and Ting-Ting have such trouble despite her attempts to be good? Amidst all these criss-crossed romances and bruised feelings, there are no real checks and balances. Things go one way or they go the other. A one or a two.
There are many modern movies one could compare Yi Yi to. In some ways, the dissatisfaction and the potential dangers of the different personal quests remind one of Ang Lee's The Ice Storm; in how the family works as a unit partially because of how badly the pieces sometimes fit together brings to mind Hirokazu Kore-eda's Still Walking. Edward Yang approaches his material with more patience and editorial distance than either of those. His work is less stylized than Lee's and more open than Kore-eda's. He uses multiple points of view to get at the truth--peering around corners, looking across corridors, and examining reflections to search out what might otherwise not be seen. Young Yang-Yang has a theory that we can only know half of what is real because we can only see what is in front of us. So, he goes around photographing the backs of other people's heads so they can see themselves as only others can (the DVD cover makes even more sense once you see the film). In this way, the writer/director also seeks out the answers his characters may never find.
Which isn't to say that Yi Yi is without mystery either. There are some things that Yang isn't going to put too fine a point on--Sherry's lonely decision and the origin of the paper butterfly, to name two. Like I said, life is not that sharply defined. The important thing is that the filmmaker doesn't forget the individuals who stand in this sea of questions, and in so doing, doesn't allow them to forget themselves.
There is a beautiful realism to how Yi Yi is put together that supports these intentions. Weihan Yang's photography has a delicate beauty, draping light in thin layers over the scenes so that even though everything looks real, it has just the right polish. Loneliness, both public and private, is often given a wide frame. More than once, we spy a shared moment from outside a café window. Only at important times will we get closer so that the camera may regard the quiet hurt. It's always a gentle intrusion, and the creative Yang duo often lets the characters hide in the shadows at those moments--NJ in his hotel room, Sherry in hers, Min-Min looking at her face in the window glass. It's not voyeuristic so much as it is respectful.
The cast also deserves special note. It's hard to regard most of these people as actors, as these aren't performances where you can really point to technique or mannerism. Only the more comical subplot with A-Di and his two women seems put-on, something Yang intentionally underlines when A-Di relates his ludicrously embellished story of how he got his money back. The young actors in particular avoid any of the usual tricks and foibles of their age. Kelly Lee manages to give Ting-Ting private, silent aches without resorting to emo whining, and Jonathan Chang's Yang-Yang is charming without ever being precocious. His eyes drink in the world, but he never vomits it out the way so many child actors are so often called upon to do.
Yi Yi is stitched together with such elegance, the careful structuring is nearly imperceptible. It's a story with deep resonance, its themes and its situations traversing culture and touching on universal meaning. There is much to rewatch here, reasons to revisit, ponder, and explore. There are no platitudes extended at its end, no epiphanies or even reconciliations, yet the viewer is left with something far more substantial than they might find in a film where the connective tissue is more pronounced. It sweeps by like a breeze, easy and calm, but if you take a look around, Yi Yi has left plenty behind. It's the unique pleasure of cinema, how seemingly quickly it comes and goes, but how long it really lasts. It's why we watch movies, why we now let them into our homes. The visceral pageantry makes it feel like we are seeing our own lives reflected in the glass.
THE DVD
Criterion first released Yi Yi in 2006 in a highly praised DVD package. You don't mess with success, and this new Blu-Ray mirrors the old release, with the only change being upping the specs to match the new format. The 1080p widescreen image, shown at 1.85:1, is gorgeously detailed. The resolution is sharp and the colors rendered with a conscientious eye to light and shadow. In most movies, it's the dark scenes where cinematography really pulls its weight, and there are fantastic shadows and nuanced hues of blue throughout Yi Yi. The picture is crisp without any digital softening, and the whole movie positively sparkles with life.
The 2.0 surround sound audio mix has now been upgraded to DTS-HD Master Audio. The Mandarin soundtrack is rich and punchy, with good volume and some solid effects in the left and right speakers.
The English subtitles, overseen by Edward Yang and film expert Tony Rayns, have solid pacing and a vivid personality.
Again, the Blu-Ray mirrors the DVD release exactly, right down to the accompanying booklet, which features a great article by Kent Jones and some notes from Edward Yang. It also has credits, chapter listings, and nice photos.
Yang and Rayns, the team who did the subtitles (and, of course, one of them being the guy who made the film), also get together for a full-length commentary together. More films should really have commentary tracks that are conversations rather than just the director alone in a room talking about himself. It's so much more fascinating getting the outsider's take and having some kind of interaction and exchange of ideas. Rayns also sits down on camera for about fifteen minutes to talk about Yang and Taiwan Cinema in general.
The U.S. theatrical trailer is included, as well.
Highly Recommended. The new Criterion Blu-Ray of Edward Yang's Yi Yi is a marvelous presentation of a marvelous film. This nearly three-hour epic of family function and dysfunction effortlessly portrays the elements of desire that connect us and the randomness that could send us flying apart. It's not a hysterical movie, but it's all the more deeply felt for its restraint. Yi Yi is one that will keep you pondering, and one you'll want to go back to again and again to find its deeper meanings.
Jamie S. Rich is a novelist and comic book writer. He is best known for his collaborations with Joelle Jones, including the hardboiled crime comic book You Have Killed Me, the challenging romance 12 Reasons Why I Love Her, and the 2007 prose novel Have You Seen the Horizon Lately?, for which Jones did the cover. All three were published by Oni Press. His most recent projects include the futuristic romance A Boy and a Girl with Natalie Nourigat; Archer Coe and the Thousand Natural Shocks, a loopy crime tale drawn by Dan Christensen; and the horror miniseries Madame Frankenstein, a collaboration with Megan Levens. Follow Rich's blog at Confessions123.com.


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Rejuvenating a 50 Year Old Sign | Sign Media
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Founded in Vancouver in 1998, athletic apparel retailer Lululemon has established itself as one of the city's most recognizable brands, with annual global sales exceeding $2.5 billion. The company's first store opened near the corner of Arbutus and West 4th Streets and was situated beside a Midas Auto Service Centre.
When the opportunity to purchase the Midas location arose, it was an easy decision for the team at Lululemon to buy the site and expand its original store to add a new women's section, while the men's section remained in the original location.
Keeping history alive
When planning the build, Lululemon wanted to pay homage to the area surrounding the site, as well as to the long-standing Midas Auto Service Centre itself.
The company contacted local specialty sign manufacturer TDH Experiential Fabricators to discuss the feasibility of repurposing the store's existing pylon sign, which had been installed in 1971, into a Lululemon branded sign, with the goal of keeping enough of the original sign's shape and structure to ensure it would be recognizable to the local residents. Lululemon had already established a working relationship with TDH through previously completed specialty projects and knew the shop had experience in restorations, replicas, and aged signs.
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The Return of Vintage Neon Signs | Novo Magazine
Story: Adrienne Matei, Novo Magazine
A blonde in a green bathing suit leaps from a motel sign in Mesa, Arizona, splashing down into electric blue water. She's been diving, over and over, for about 57 years—minus a blip in 2010 when a storm shattered the neon tubes that made her so mesmerizing and her community raised $120,000 (U.S.) to have her glory restored.
The fabrication process behind a neon sign like Mesa's Diving Lady isn't intuitive. At first glance, it's easy to assume such signs are the work of machines—complicated ones sprouting reams of fluorescent glass noodles in some sort of massive, radiant factory somewhere. In fact, neon signs are hand-wrought, the product of patience, artistry, and skill. Each blinking beacon vying for your attention was carefully created by a neon bender who curved fragile, heated glass tubing until it was ready to shine.
If softening glass to optimal pliability over a 900ºC open flame without so much as gloves on sounds difficult and dangerous, it is. Andrew Hibbs, owner of Endeavour Neon, has been accidentally cutting and burning himself in the process for decades. Andrew and his older brother, Troy Hibbs, who runs a signage company called TDH Experiential Fabricators (the siblings often collaborate), began bending neon in their mid-teens. Their father, a bender by trade, had a workshop in the family's backyard, where the boys would go before school to practise making signs.
City of Vancouver unveils new neon text artwork in False Creek | The Georgia Straight
Story: Tammy Kwan, The Georgia Straight
Photo: Justin Langlois
The City of Vancouver's Public Art Program and Sustainability Group has just unveiled a new piece of public art at the south edge of False Creek, and it's both eye-catching and thought-provoking.
Should I Be Worried? is a neon text artwork installed on a disused industrial wooden beam structure produced by local artist Justin Langlois, as part of the City's first Artist-in-Residence program.
Recreating Sai Woo's Neon Rooster | Sign Media Canada
Story: Peter Saunders, Sign Media Canada
Cover Photo: Ocean Peak Studios
TDH Experiential Fabricators of Surrey, B.C., has recreated the iconic neon rooster sign for Sai Woo, a restaurant in Vancouver's Chinatown. It joins other historic landmarks that have returned to East Pender.
Salli Paterman, Sai Woo's owner, launched a KickStarter campaign called 'Bright Lights, Van City' to raise the $18,712 necessary to replace the sign. She teamed up with Troy Hibbs, managing partner for TDH, and his brother Andrew, Vancouver's youngest neon bender, to recreate the design based on a single video frame from footage shot in 1959.
The Story Behind the Sai Woo Sign | Montecristo Magazine
Story By: Nicolle Hodges, Montecristo Magazine
Photo by: Ocean Peak Studios
Troy Hibbs oversees his shop, TDH Experiential Fabricators, where his brother Andrew is a neon bender: an abstract vocation by today's standards, but not so uncommon in the 1950s. For a decade, Vancouver saw 19,000 signs cast their glow across the city, the wet downtown streets reflecting colourful fluorescent lights. Some thought the effect diminished Vancouver's natural beauty, which prompted an anti-neon crusade in the late 1960s. In the years to come, signs were systematically dismantled and storefronts were darkened.
Among those lost was the Sai Woo rooster, with its broad chest and open wings, that greeted patrons outside the popular Chinatown restaurant. The chop suey house is mentioned in the infamous murder trial of the Hughes Gang as the place where the four boys went to drink a bottle of rum after killing Yoshi Uno in 1942.


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News|Migration
Why thousands of Iraqi Kurds risk their lives to reach Europe
Iraqi Kurds complain of high unemployment, widespread corruption, poor services, and patronage networks for their growing frustration.
Iraqi Kurds hold a rally to protest against corruption and scarcity of services in the city of Sulaimaniyah [File: Shwan Mohammed/AFP]
By Arwa Ibrahim
Asos Hassan is among thousands of people from the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq who have risked their lives trying to reach Europe this year.
Desperate to escape economic hardship and political repression, the 28-year-old university graduate from Koya, a town located east of the capital Erbil, has twice tried to cross the Aegean Sea to Greece, but was deported by Turkish authorities.
Despite the failed attempts, he plans to return to Turkey and keep trying until he reaches his destination.
"I will keep at it even if I get deported dozens of times," said Hassan. "I'd rather die than continue living this miserable life," he added, explaining he has struggled to find employment for years and feels hopeless about the future.
Like Hassan, Kamaran Aziz, a 21-year-old from Halabja, tried to reach Europe through Belarus but was deported by local authorities when his visa expired last week.
Aziz paid Kurdish smugglers $6,000 to make the journey but instead found himself detained and beaten by Belarusian border police before they forced him home. Aziz told Al Jazeera he would rather die trying again than stay in the Kurdish region.
Many of the nearly 30 people who lost their lives trying to cross the English Channel last week were from the Kurdish region.
Iraqi Kurds have also died on the border between Belarus and Poland as hundreds more remain stranded in sub-zero temperatures while trying to cross into the European Union.
These tragic events have highlighted the growing wave of emigration from the Kurdish region and left many wondering why people would undertake such perilous journeys to leave an an oil-rich area, long hailed for being a haven of stability and a model of development for the rest of the country.
Men attend a condolence ceremony for Iraqi Kurdish Maryam Nuri Hama Amin who drowned in the English Channel [File: Safin Hamed/AFP]
Corruption, repression, poverty
Like most Kurdish emigrants, the two young men complained about high unemployment, unpaid salaries, widespread corruption, poor public services, and patronage networks linked to two main families and their political parties that have shared power of the region for decades.
"It's impossible to find a job unless you've connections with the ruling elite," said Hassan. "And if you try to call for your civil rights or participate in peaceful demonstrations, you just get fired at with live bullets."
The Kurdish region, which is dominated by the Barzani and Talabani families and their Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union Kurdistan (PUK), has seen an increasing number of protests over the past few years.
Thousands of students from Sulaimaniyah took to the streets for several days last month demanding the reinstatement of a monthly stipend that was cut seven years ago. The protests turned violent after riot police confronted the students and used live rounds to disperse the crowds.
Smaller protests spread to other cities in the Kurdish region, including Erbil, Halabja, Kalar and Koya, and solidarity demonstrations took place in Baghdad.
Earlier this year, the United Nations denounced "arbitrary arrests", unfair trials and "intimidation of journalists, activists and protesters" in the region.
Riot police try to disperse a protest by university students near Sulaimaniyah [File: Shwan Mohammed/AFP]
Growing wave of migration
According to Ari Jalal, head of the Sulaymaniyah-based Summit Foundation for Refugees and Displaced Affairs, at least 40,000 Iraqis left the country since the beginning of 2021, 70 percent of whom came from the Kurdish region.
Jalal said migration out of Iraq has been on the rise since the 1990s, but it slowed following the US-led invasion in 2003, before increasing again with the rise of ISIL (ISIS) in 2014.
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has blamed the growing number of people moving out of the Kurdish region on the influx of internally displaced people from across Iraq after ISIL took over large swaths of the country's north in 2014, and on decades-long tensions between Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
The PKK, listed as a terrorist group by much of the international community, has been using Iraq's northern mountains as a springboard for its rebellion against Turkey. The Turkish army regularly conducts cross-border operations and air attacks against the PKK in northern Iraq.
In a statement last week, Dindar Zebari, KRG coordinator for international advocacy, said the entry of nearly 700,000 internally displaced people into the region from other parts of Iraq has been a source of frustration for Iraqi Kurds, making many "grow a tendency to flee the country".
He added hundreds of villages in bordering areas where PKK fighters have clashed with Turkey becoming deserted also added to the increase in migration.
"Those who are migrating are telling false stories about living conditions in the Kurdistan Region and are being exploited … to tarnish the region's reputation," he told Al Jazeera. He said smugglers looking for material gain were also to blame.
Erbil has worked closely with Baghdad to repatriate hundreds of Kurdish refugees stranded in Europe. It denies forcing its citizens to return.
Protesters gesture during a demonstration at the Azadi Park in the centre of Sulaimaniyah in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region [File: Shwan Mohammed/AFP]
'Source of embarrassment'
But analysts said the real reasons behind Kurdish migration were unrelated to the government's analysis.
"The main problem is the corruption, repression of freedoms and civil liberties, and lack of employment," said independent Kurdish analyst Mahmood Yaseen Kurdi.
He denied the influx of internally displaced people (IDP) or tensions between Turkey and the PKK, which "affect small villages where only a few hundred people live" were to blame.
"People are growing tired with poverty and unemployment. Even redevelopment has been limited to major cities like Erbil and Sulaimaniyah, but most areas remain poor, looking closer to Sadr City," he added, referring to one of the most deprived areas in Baghdad.
Karim Nouri, deputy minister of migration and displacement in Iraq's central government, agreed. "The wave of migration out of the Kurdish region is because young people are finding it difficult to live freely and decently."
The semi-autonomous region, known for its flashy tower blocks and open green spaces, has regularly been criticised for restricting freedom of expression and, recently, the continuing refugee crisis along the Belarus-Poland border has shed further light on growing corruption, poverty, and financial mismanagement.
According to Sulaymaniyah-based analyst Lawan Othman, the migrant crisis has been a "source of huge embarrassment for the KRG".
"Whether it's the migration issue or recent protests, all these events are linked to a wider sense of frustration among Kurdish people," said Othman.
"They reflect Kurdish people's disapproval and rejection of their government and how it's breached their sense of dignity and basic civil rights," he added.
Dana Taib Menmy contributed to this report from Sulaimaniyah and Abdallah Salam from Baghdad.
Source: Al Jazeera
Iraq announces final results of October parliament election
Final count confirms Muqtada al-Sadr's bloc won 73 out of 329 seats in Iraq's October election.
What next for the refugees stranded between Belarus and Poland?
Even if a Belarus-EU deal emerges, analysts say people may be long left in limbo at the border or in detention hubs.
Dozens of refugees, migrants die as boat sinks in English Channel
At least 27 people known to have died after their dinghy sank, as UK and France trade blame over disaster.


Important : Do not rename the saved dll file!
Add a reference to the DLL saved in step 2.
Important : Always set Copy Local to true for any dll references.
Add the [DuplexCallback] attribute to the class in step "d" above. Compile.


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using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.IO;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Threading;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using IdSharp.Tagging.ID3v1;
using IdSharp.Tagging.ID3v2;

namespace IdSharp.Tagging.Harness.WinForms
{
    public partial class MainForm : Form
    {
        private bool m_IsScanning;
        private bool m_CancelScanning;
        private string m_Filename;

        public MainForm()
        {
            InitializeComponent();

            AssemblyName assemblyName = AssemblyName.GetAssemblyName("IdSharp.Tagging.dll");
            lblVersion.Text = string.Format("IdSharp library version: {0}   PLEASE TEST ON BACKUPS", assemblyName.Version);
        }

        private void btnClose_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            Close();
        }

        private void btnChooseDirectory_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            if (folderBrowserDialog.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
            {
                txtDirectory.Text = folderBrowserDialog.SelectedPath;
            }
        }

        private void btnScan_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            if (m_IsScanning)
            {
                m_CancelScanning = true;
                return;
            }

            if (Directory.Exists(txtDirectory.Text))
                StartRecursiveScan(txtDirectory.Text);
            else
                MessageBox.Show("Directory does not exist");
        }

        private void btnLoad_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            if (audioOpenFileDialog.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
            {
                LoadFile(audioOpenFileDialog.FileName);
            }
        }

        private void btnSave_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            SaveFile(m_Filename);
        }

        private void btnRemoveID3v2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(m_Filename))
            {
                MessageBox.Show("No file loaded", "", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Warning);
            }
            else
            {
                DialogResult result = MessageBox.Show(string.Format("Remove ID3v2 tag from '{0}'?", Path.GetFileName(m_Filename)), "", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo, MessageBoxIcon.Question);
                if (result == DialogResult.Yes)
                {
                    bool success = ID3v2Tag.RemoveTag(m_Filename);
                    if (success)
                        MessageBox.Show("ID3v2 tag successfully removed", "", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information);
                    else
                        MessageBox.Show("ID3v2 tag not found", "", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Warning);
                }
            }

            btnRemoveID3v2.Enabled = ID3v2Tag.DoesTagExist(m_Filename);
            ucID3v2.LoadFile(m_Filename);
        }

        private void btnRemoveID3v1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(m_Filename))
            {
                MessageBox.Show("No file loaded", "", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Warning);
            }
            else
            {
                DialogResult result = MessageBox.Show(string.Format("Remove ID3v1 tag from '{0}'?", Path.GetFileName(m_Filename)), "", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo, MessageBoxIcon.Question);
                if (result == DialogResult.Yes)
                {
                    Boolean success = ID3v1Tag.RemoveTag(m_Filename);
                    if (success)
                        MessageBox.Show("ID3v1 tag successfully removed", "", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information);
                    else
                        MessageBox.Show("ID3v1 tag not found", "", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Warning);
                }
            }

            btnRemoveID3v1.Enabled = ID3v1Tag.DoesTagExist(m_Filename);
            ucID3v1.LoadFile(m_Filename);
        }

        private void StartRecursiveScan(string basePath)
        {
            m_IsScanning = true;
            m_CancelScanning = false;
            lblDirectory.Visible = false;
            txtDirectory.Visible = false;
            btnChooseDirectory.Visible = false;
            btnScan.Text = "&Cancel";
            btnScan.Enabled = false;
            prgScanFiles.Value = 0;
            prgScanFiles.Visible = true;
            ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem(ScanDirectory, basePath);
        }

        private void ScanDirectory(object basePathObject)
        {
            int totalFiles = 0;
            BindingList<Track> trackList = new BindingList<Track>();
            try
            {
                string basePath = (string)basePathObject;

                DirectoryInfo di = new DirectoryInfo(basePath);
                FileInfo[] fileList = di.GetFiles("*.mp3", SearchOption.AllDirectories);

                EnableCancelButton();

                totalFiles = fileList.Length;

                for (int i = 0; i < totalFiles; i++)
                {
                    if (m_CancelScanning)
                    {
                        totalFiles = i;
                        break;
                    }

                    IID3v2Tag id3 = new ID3v2Tag(fileList[i].FullName);

                    trackList.Add(new Track
                    {
                        Artist = id3.Artist,
                        Title = id3.Title,
                        Album = id3.Album,
                        Year = id3.Year,
                        Genre = id3.Genre,
                        FileName = fileList[i].Name
                    });

                    if ((i % 100) == 0)
                    {
                        UpdateProgress(i * 100 / totalFiles);
                    }
                }
            }
            finally
            {
                EndRecursiveScanning(totalFiles, trackList);
            }
        }

        private void EnableCancelButton()
        {
            if (!InvokeRequired)
                btnScan.Enabled = true;
            else
                Invoke(new MethodInvoker(EnableCancelButton));
        }

        private delegate void UpdateProgressDelegate(int progressValue);
        private void UpdateProgress(int progressValue)
        {
            if (!InvokeRequired)
                prgScanFiles.Value = progressValue;
            else
                Invoke(new UpdateProgressDelegate(UpdateProgress), progressValue);
        }

        private delegate void EndRecursiveScanningDelegate(int totalFiles, BindingList<Track> trackList);
        private void EndRecursiveScanning(int totalFiles, BindingList<Track> trackList)
        {
            if (!InvokeRequired)
            {
                m_IsScanning = false;
                prgScanFiles.Visible = false;
                lblDirectory.Visible = true;
                txtDirectory.Visible = true;
                btnChooseDirectory.Visible = true;
                btnScan.Text = "&Scan";
                btnScan.Enabled = true;

                dataGridView1.DataSource = trackList;
            }
            else
            {
                Invoke(new EndRecursiveScanningDelegate(EndRecursiveScanning), totalFiles, trackList);
            }
        }

        private void LoadFile(string path)
        {
            m_Filename = path;

            ucID3v2.LoadFile(m_Filename);
            ucID3v1.LoadFile(m_Filename);

            btnSave.Enabled = true;
            btnRemoveID3v2.Enabled = ID3v2Tag.DoesTagExist(m_Filename);
            btnRemoveID3v1.Enabled = ID3v1Tag.DoesTagExist(m_Filename);
        }

        private void SaveFile(string path)
        {
            ucID3v2.SaveFile(path);
            ucID3v1.SaveFile(path);
            LoadFile(path);
        }
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Website Publisher Forums > Generating Revenue > Advertising & Affiliate Programs > You can now use Trademarks in Adword Campaigns...!
View Full Version : You can now use Trademarks in Adword Campaigns...!
the company will still block the use of trademarked terms in ad text when trademarks owners complain. I hope those mail servers are warmed up.
I don't know why you would not want your name in Ads, free promotion for you...., right?
I think google made the right decision. This way, people can send them a message telling them they don't want there name in Ads, and then Google can make up a list. It was proboally to hard for them to enforce all of the trademarks..
Good decision really. Say if you were selling trainers, you could say how you offer trainers made by Nike, Reebok etc.
Damn! I got excited when I started reading this post. I've been trying to do some advertising recently that involves a trademarked term and my ads kept getting rejected. I couldn't even use the term as the keywords which makes things hard if you're trying to advertise that product.
It's also annoying that UK advertisers have to pay in GBP and not USD. That might sound funny, but it means that minimum bid for UK is effectively $0.09 whilst for the US it's $0.05 etc etc. It costs more. I think google should make it equal based on the exchange rate and the actual value of the £ instead of devaluing it as a way for them to make more money.
It's also annoying that UK advertisers have to pay in GBP and not USD. That might sound funny, but it means that minimum bid for UK is effectively $0.09 whilst for the US it's $0.05 etc etc. It costs more. I think google should make it equal based on the exchange rate and the actual value of the ? instead of devaluing it as a way for them to make more money.
Aussie's have the same problem. Especially since the USD went south mid-last year.
disapproved for using a trademarked term.
to run on certain trademarked terms for the next several weeks.
for any confusion as a result of our changing trademark policy.


For courses in Introduction to Creative Writing or Creative Writing in English or Creative Writing Departments.
Written by bestselling author Janet Burroway, Imaginative Writing, covers all four genres: creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and drama. This textbook discusses elements of craft common to all creative writing before delving into the individual genres. After an introduction, the next five chapters each investigate a specific element of craft—Image, Voice, Character, Setting, and Story—from a perspective that crosses all genres. Nearly half of the selections in all four genres are new. New "Try This" exercises give students plenty of practice. Imaginative Writing is a very popular book for courses on teaching the craft of creative writing.
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