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FIRST-PAST-THE-POST: PRE-EMPTIVE MARKETING AS UNLAWFUL COMPETITION
First-past-the-post: Pre-emptive marketing as unlawful competitionBy Wim Alberts
The following situation is not uncommon in practice. A is about to launch a product on the market when B, a competitor, pre-empts him by commencing the marketing of a product under a similar name. What is A's legal position? If a trade mark registration has been obtained, the registration can be a very effective way of preventing the use of B. If there is no trade mark registration, the remedy of passing off may be relevant. However, traditionally, it is a requirement for passing off that there must have been an entry of the market, and that a reputation must have been established. Where a mark has not yet established a reputation, and no trade mark registration has been obtained, it would seem that a business that is in the process of launching a product would have no protection. If a concerned client calls upon a practitioner for advice, the only option left may be to rely on the remedy of unlawful competition. What is the case law on this situation? In the discussion that follows, consideration will firstly be given to the manner in which our courts have dealt with the issue of the entry of a market in passing off cases, as well as in instances of unlawful competition. Secondly, it will be considered what the role of a competitor's motive is in instances of unlawful competition. Thirdly, the question whether the use of a descriptive mark can also be prevented on the basis of unlawful competition, will be investigated.
Entry of the market as a relevant factor in passing off cases
A label of a competitor was obtained prior to the launching of a product in Stellenbosch Wine Trust Ltd v Oude Meester Group Ltd. 1972 (3) SA 152 (C). In this matter A planned an extensive advertising campaign for the launch of a new product. Twelve days before the start of the campaign, B commenced marketing of a product which had a label similar to that of A. B argued that the product had, at the relevant time, not yet been marketed and that the label had accordingly not acquired a reputation (page 159 H). This notwithstanding, the conduct of B was held to amount to passing off (the use of confidential information also constituted unlawful competition). In Pepsico Inc v United Tobacco Co Ltd. 1988 (2) SA 334 (WLD), A's product, potato chips, to be branded Ruffles, was also not yet on the market. This product was introduced to the major retailers, and factory equipment was purchased, which was used to make samples. Thereafter the introduction of packaging took place, as well as the development of an advertising strategy and sales merchandising. B then launched a similar product under the name Ruffles. B adopted the approach that it had entered the market prior to A's launch, that there was no reputation amongst end-users, and that, consequently, there was no passing off. The court concluded (page 346 D – I) that the consideration that the product had not gone through to the final consumer is not a disqualification. There was a reputation in some sectors of the market, and the conduct was held to amount to passing off (unlawful competition was also held to have been present).
A similar approach was followed in the British decision of Alida Gibbs Limited v Colgate Palmolive Limited [1983] FSR 95. Here A decided in March to launch a marketing campaign for a new toothpaste which would be based on a tree theme. A made presentations to the trade in August, and in September it was introduced to the press, professional bodies, and government departments. The public and in particular the television campaign, was to start on Monday, the 18th of October. B became aware of A's intended public marketing campaign to be launched on the latter date, and on Sunday the 17th of October it placed an advertisement featuring a tree theme in a national Sunday newspaper, and the next day in two national newspapers, in an attempt to pre-empt A's campaign and to assert their entitlement to the theme in question. On Monday the 18th of October A placed his advertisement in national newspapers. B adopted the approach that on the 17th and the morning of the 18th of October, A had no reputation amongst the general public to the tree theme and could not positively have acquired it because its television programme did not begin to show until some later time on the 18th. The court however still ruled in favour of A on the basis of passing off.
In summary, the Stellenbosch Wine Trust, Pepsico, and Elida Gibbs cases granted relief on the basis of passing off, even though there was not yet an entry into the market, at least as far as end-consumers were concerned.
Entry of the market as a relevant factor in unlawful competition cases
The issue of an entry into the market was also considered in the context of a claim based on unlawful competition in the decision of the Full Bench of the Transvaal Provincial Division in Carling National Breweries Incorporated v National Brewing Company Patent Journal December 1979 126. A more strict approach was adopted. Here a beer named Colt 45 was intended for marketing in South Africa. Marketing materials were prepared, strategic studies were done, and a short trial run was conducted. About a week prior to the launching of the beer by the appellants, the respondent advertised its intention to market a product to be called Stallion 54. Advertisements were placed in various newspapers and the product was available at certain liquor stores. The Colt 45 product was not yet available. The court, having dismissed the trade mark infringement action, remarked (page 128, own emphasis) as follows:
"I am equally of the view that the Court a quo rightly non-suited the appellants on their claim based on unfair competition. By the time the respondents placed their product on the South African market, the appellants had, save for a very small trial run, not yet come onto the market. How the fact that a competitor has entered the market which another is as yet only contemplating to do can be labeled unfair competition surpasses my understanding."
Motive as a relevant factor in unlawful competition cases
If a product is not yet on the market, can the motive of a competitor to disrupt the launching process amount to unlawful competition? This appears to be the case when regard is had to a number of decisions. In Kellogg Company v Bokomo Co-operative Limited 1997 (2) SA 725 (C) B allegedly brought forward the launch date of its product so as to interfere with A's marketing plans. A submitted that B's launch has been on a very limited scale, that it had no product on which to use its mark, urgently purchased a cereal biscuit from a large chain store, and that the pack design of this product was made in a number of days. B adopted a different approach. It stated that it had decided to introduce line extensions to its brand and that the plans faltered because of manufacturing difficulties and unavailability of technology. It also stated that it commenced the construction of a manufacturing plant at a cost of more than 60 million rand and that it intended to import products merely until its own facility was ready. The court ruled in favour of B, stating (page 739 E, own emphasis) the following:
"I am, on the facts at my disposal, satisfied that the respondent, by having brought forward the launch date of Nu-bix, was actuated by the advancement of its own economic interests which, generally speaking, is a legitimate motive for acting and not to the detriment of the applicants."
This decision does not necessarily establish that motive is irrelevant, but is rather a finding on the particular facts. On the other hand, in the Carling case, the court formulated certain principles that would find application in instances of interference with a marketing campaign. It was said (page 128, own emphasis) that:
"One realises that in this field, as no doubt in many others, competition amongst rival traders is very keen and that there must inevitably be manoeuvres, sometimes skillfully conducted, to steal a march on a competitor, but that is part of the game, and a practice which in general can only redound to the public benefit. It is part and parcel of our free trade policy. A Court will only interfere if a rival uses methods which are manifestly unfair, and it does so with a weather eye on the public benefit. As long as the rivalry between competing traders is fair, and not to the detriment of the general public interests, a Court should, in my view, leave the competitors to fend for themselves. Should a competitor, through his diligence and foresight, steal a march on a rival competitor, he should not, merely because of that, be censured by a court of law."
This statement is, as a general pronouncement, with respect, open to criticism. When regard is had to the extensive preparations and considerable cost involved in the process of launching a new product it is, arguably, indeed against the "general public interests" to disrupt same. A more appropriate view was adopted in the Pepsico case, where the motive of the defendant was considered to be relevant. After considering the chronology of events, the court answered (page 349 G – H, own emphasis) the question whether the actions of the respondent amounted to unlawful competition as follows:
"In my view, fairness and honesty applied to their actions, manifest those traits by their lack of application by the respondent. With the knowledge that the product was to be launched, they scurried off and prepared a launching on a small scale with the express intention of preventing the applicant from carrying out its prepared introduction and final launch in October of its product."
It was said to be sharp practice constituting unlawful competition to attempt to pre-empt A's launch. In summary, the Carling case seems to support the view that it is only in exceptional instances that sabotage marketing will be proscribed. The Pepsico decision, on the other hand, supports the view that mala fides can cause an act to be judged as unlawful competition.
Protection for descriptive marks by way of unlawful competition
Particular problems are experienced when there is prior use of a mark, but it is of a descriptive nature, as this would normally exclude protection on the basis of passing off. This would be the position because, if the mark is descriptive, it would be unlikely that it would have built up a reputation at the date that the respondent commenced use of the mark. The existence of a reputation at that date is a sine qua non for liability on the basis of passing off. However, can reliance be placed on the general ground of unlawful competition?
In regard to this question, it is important to bear in mind the decision in Bress Designs (Pty) Ltd v GY Lounge Suite Manufacturers (Pty) Ltd. 1991 (2) SA 455 (W). Here the court took into consideration the fact that the respondent's actions had as their sole or dominant purpose the infliction of harm for its own sake. In this decision protection was granted although the shape of the product concerned, a sofa, was not of a distinctive nature. It is submitted that an analogy can be made with the position of a descriptive mark.
It is of value in this regard to consider the views of Van Heerden and Neethling Unlawful Competition who deal with situations where the lawfulness of the conduct of the second user of a descriptive mark is revoked. This would be where the second user's purpose is to pass off his goods as that of the first user. This will, prima facie, be in conflict with the competition principle. They describe (page 174 note 149) another instance as follows:
"[T]his occurs where the second user's exclusive aim is to injure the first user by his conduct. Because of the obvious absence of a legitimate interest on the part of the perpetrator in utilising the descriptive words – and here, as has been argued earlier…his improper motive is a strong indication of his lack of interest and therefore the unreasonableness of his act – his infringement of the first user's [descriptive] mark is branded unlawful."
The position thus seems to be that even though there is interference with a marketing campaign relating to a descriptive mark, a business will still have protection on the basis of unlawful competition.
It appears that the courts have been prepared to grant protection, albeit that the relevant product has not yet been available on the market. Thus, in the Stellenbosch Wine Trust case, passing off was found to have occurred. The lack of a market presence, or rather the lack of a presence amongst end consumers, was also held not to exclude protection in the Pepsico and Elida Gibbs decisions. In contrast, in the Carling decision, the absence of a presence on the market was fatal to the applicant's case. In relation to the motive and the possible unlawfulness of the pre-emption of a competitor's marketing campaign, it was held in the Carling case that "maneuvers" may be employed "to steal a march" on a competitor, and such actions were seen to be acceptable in our economic structure, as long as the rivalry remained fair, and was not to the detriment of the public interest. On the other hand, in the Pepsico-case, it was held relevant that the respondent, with the knowledge that the product was to be launched, quickly launched their product with the express intention of thwarting the applicant's marketing campaign. The business who plans to launch a product under a descriptive name is confronted with the requirement of the existence of a reputation, in order to be able to rely on passing off. This will, per definition, be absent. The availability of protection against sabotage marketing could thus hinge on the question whether unlawful competition can be established. It is submitted that such a business should, in appropriate circumstances, be able to obtain a remedy on that ground. The reasoning in the Bress Designs as well as the views of writers such as van Heerden and Neethling, would support this approach. It may be apt to observe, in conclusion, that in cases of doubt, the boni mores should be the appropriate norm to determine whether the first person past-the-post should in fact be the winner.


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Florida woman accused of throwing human feces at landlord
This Jan. 4, 2020 booking photo made available by the Volusia County, Fla., Corrections, shows Joanne Mercader, who is accused of battery after authorities say she threw a bucket of human feces at her landlord in Osteen, Fla. She is charged with battery on a person over the age of 65. (Volusia County Corrections via AP)
Originally Published: January 9, 2020 11:55 p.m.
OSTEEN, Fla. — A Florida woman tossed a bucket of human feces at her landlord and somehow ended up with dried excrement smeared all over her own face, authorities said.
Joanne Mercader, 59, initially told deputies that her landlord first assaulted her with excrement, according to an arrest report from the Volusia County Sheriff's Office.
"She took the poop and she rubbed it on my face," Mercader told the deputy. A deputy's body camera showed her face covered with dried human waste. Mercader's landlord, a woman who was not identified, had wet feces on her face, the report said.
"She's dripping with it," the deputy said.
Mercader eventually told deputies that she had intended to toss a bucket of water on the landlord, whose name was redacted from the arrest report, but she got confused and threw the bucket of feces at her.
Mercader told deputies she knew the landlord would be angry, so she ran into the bathroom, where the landlord spread excrement on her face.
The deputy said Mercader's story still didn't add up.
The landlord told deputies she was met with the bucket of feces in her face when she opened the door Saturday after no one answered. She said she had prearranged the visit to Mercader's home to look at several broken items.
The deputy is heard on video saying, "There is poop everywhere."
"It's a really crappy situation," the deputy said. His supervisor paused, then replied: "Yeah. Do the right thing."
Mercader is charged with battery on a person over the age of 65. Jail records didn't list a lawyer who could speak on her behalf.
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Simvastatin as a disease modifying immunoregulatory candidate treatment of Parkinson's disease
Parkinson's disease drug revenues grew an impressive 17% across the seven major markets to reach $1.7 billion in 2003. Despite the commercial success associated with this therapy area, currently available treatments focus on levodopa which replaces the loss of striatal dopamine, the hall mark of Parkinson's disease, rather than targeting disease progression. The efficacy of levodopa eventually declines in most patients and new therapies with disease modifying activity are urgently required. A gr
Parkinson's disease is a chronic and progressive neurological condition that affects approximately 1.5 million people in the US alone. While its cause is unknown, the symptoms of Parkinson's disease are primarily the result of degeneration of dopaminergic neurons, in the substantia nigra, a part of the brain that controls and modulates movement. Symptoms include limbs that tremble; slowness of movement; stiffness and rigidity of limbs and gait or balance problems. As the disease progresses, these symptoms usually increase and impact a person's ability to work and function. The gold-standard therapy for Parkinson's disease is levodopa which is converted to dopamine after entering the brain. Despite the growth of generic levodopa products, Parkinson's disease drug revenues grew an impressive 17% across the seven major markets to reach $1.7 billion in 2003 (see Parkinson's Disease - Increased Focus on Earlier Treatment and Managing Levodopa Complications Will Drive Market Growth ).
The effectiveness of levodopa is limited by its extensive peripheral metabolism. When administered orally less than 1% of the levodopa dose crosses the BBB. The majority (approximately 70%) is peripherally metabolized by dopa decarboxylase (DDC) to form dopamine, resulting in adverse effects such as nausea and orthostatic hypotension. An additional 10% of systemic levodopa is O-methylated by catechol O-methyltransferase (COMT) to form 3-O-methyldopa, which although not associated with adverse effects, conveys no antiparkinsonian benefit. In addition to the adverse effects of levodopa, its efficacy can be limited in some patients. Approximately 15% of parkinsonian patients have atypical parkinsonism and do not respond to this agent. Even in responsive patients A further problem associated with levodopa emerges after 2 to 5 years of treatment, when as many as 50% of patients begin to experience fluctuations in their response to levodopa (on-off effect). The duration of improvement after each dose of drug shortens ("wearing off")and patients can experience swings from intense akinesia as the symptoms of Parkinson's return to dyskinesia, an involuntary movement that can accompany peak doses of levodopa.
Strategies that flatten the pharmacokinetic profile of levodopa prolonging the exposure to levodopa and reducing peak concentrations have therefore attracted considerable attention. Hence Carbidopa, a DDC inhibitor, and Entacapone (Comtan), a COMT inhibitor have been developed. Although the development of Entacapone and carbidopa have improved the pharmacological profile of levodopa, marketed therapies for Parkinson's disease still exclusively work by treating disease symptoms. The development of neuroprotective agents that slow the gradual loss of dopamine neurons represents an alternate approach that is attracting much attention (for a general insight into neurodegenerative disease treatments and markets see World Neurodegeneratives Disease Markets, 2005-2009).
Inflammation is accepted as a contributor to the etiology of Parkinson's disease and it has been suggested that increased levels of cytokines induce the expression of iNOS in glial cells thus producing neurotoxicity. Anti-inflammatory agents may offer a novel approach to the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
Statins were originally developed for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia an effect resulting from their ability to inhibit 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase thereby lowering circulating cholesterol concentrations. The value in 2004 of the world market for anti-cholesterol drugs was worth over $25 billion, making this drug class the most successful therapeutic area in the world. Statins dominate the market taking over 90% of the market, worth an estimated $22 billion. Statins not only dominate the anti-cholesterol market but also the world market for any drug class. The statin, Lipitor (Atorvastatin) is the best selling drug in the world (see our feature The Cardiovascular Report). Major changes in drug indications for the statins may extend market revenues even further.
There is growing evidence that statins have effects that extend past their lipid lowering activity. Statins have been suggested to slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease although the results of ongoing clinical trials are awaited. Likewise, statins may also have anti-inflammatory activity. Consequently the efficacy of this class in the treatment of patients at risk of cardiovascular disease may be due to the ability to block the inflammatory component of atherosclerotic plaque formation as well as established lipid lowering activity. The anti-inflammatory potential of the statins may extend the potential indications of this class to include a wide range of other inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.
The mechanisms through which the statins exert their anti-inflammatory activity remain to be fully elucidated however recent research data demonstrated that statins inhibit the induction of the major histocompatibility (MHC) class II expression by interferon-gamma, leading to repression of MHC II-mediated T-cell activation. More recently statins have been reported to inhibit the expression of specific cell surface receptors on leukocytes preventing their adhesion to vessel walls and the expression of several proinflammatory cytokines. The statins have already been shown to limit disease in experimental models of arthritis, multiple sclerosis and lupus. In the Brain Res study highlighted here, Dr Michael Selley from Angiogen Pharmaceuticals evaluated the possibility that statins may also be a potential new therapy for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. Simvastatin and lovastatin may be particularly useful readily penetrating the blood–brain barrier and the efficacy of simvastatin was therefore evaluated in the MPTP mouse model of Parkinson's disease.
MPTP is selectively toxic to the cells in the substantia nigra, and is capable of producing virtually all the signs and symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Like Parkinson's disease, MPTP is also characterized by the infiltration of CD4+ and CD8+ T-cells in the substantia nigra, the up-regulation of MHC class I and class II antigens on microglia, and increased IL-1 production in the striatum. The Brain Res study demonstrated that simvastatin is able to completely reverse the loss of striatal dopamine activity and that this effect paralleled a reduction of TNF-alpha levels. Furthermore the production of nitrosylated free radicals, an effect thought to contribute directly to neuronal cell death, was also reversed by simvastatin.
This study therefore clearly demonstrates in an established model that simvastatin may have therapeutic activity in Parkinson's disease. Unlike current dopamine replacement therapies simvastatin targets the etiology of disease preventing striatal dopamine depletion. This appears to be related to simvastatin's anti-inflammatory activity and cellular studies suggested that this activity involved a decrease in the release of inflammatory mediators from microglia.
Angiogen Pharmaceuticals is focused on the development and commercialization of new therapies in inflammation, neurological disease and cancer. In particular the company's corporate strategy involves discovering new therapeutic uses for marketed drugs. There are several advantages to a drug discovery program based on new therapeutic uses. Firstly, the development program for the marketed indication will have investigated the compounds toxicity and established its tolerability. This makes it is possible to proceed directly to clinical trials once the efficacy of the compound has been established in animal models. Secondly, the costs and risks involved in the drug development process are greatly reduced. Thirdly, it is possible to establish a partnership with the manufacturer for further development and commercialization. Simvastatin exemplifies this approach. This statin is an established therapeutic agent which has been in use since 1991 and because the safety and tolerability of this therapeutic is well established it is hoped that the clinical evaluation of simvastatin will be able to proceed rapidly in Parkinson's disease patients.
A US provisional patent application has been filed for the use of simvastatin in the treatment of Parkinson's disease and companies interested in licensing this technology are invited to contact Dr Michael Selley at Angiogen Pharmaceuticals
Source: LeadDiscovery's TherapeuticAdvances - original article Brain Res. 2005 Mar 10;1037(1-2):1-6.
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Special Report | The DR Congo: A burial, a massacre and a stolen election
In the past few weeks, away from international headlines, the Democratic Republic of Congo has seen a stolen election and a horrific massacre in a remote region. Steve Shaw reports.
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By Steve Shaw
A site for Internally-displaced persons in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Photo credits: UN)
In the early afternoon of December 16th, a burst of gunfire echoed through the remote town of Yumbi, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Not long after that, dark plumes of smoke began rising as homes were set alight. It was the start of a two-day massacre that saw attackers, armed with rifles and machetes, sweep through Yumbi and its surrounding villages shooting dead hundreds and finishing off others with machetes. Some were burnt to death. Churches, schools and health centres were also either looted or destroyed.
Yumbi is located in a region so remote that it took more than a month for a team working for the United Nations (UN) to reach it. The team's report concluded that "at least 535 civilians were killed in four attacks". Other estimates, however, have put the death toll as high as 900, with reports of at least 339 killed in Bongende alone — a village the UN says was "completely destroyed". Florence Marchal, a spokesperson for the UN's mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), told Ceasefire:
"In total, these four attacks resulted in the death of at least 535 men, women and children, and 111 injured. Furthermore 967 sites, including 14 churches, 17 schools and five health centres were either looted or destroyed. At least 363 boats were also destroyed."
The UN team found 59 mass graves with at least a dozen bodies buried in them. However, Marchal says, "this does not cover all burial sites" and more are likely to be found. No one has claimed responsibility for the atrocities, and a full investigation is yet to be carried out, but it has been alleged that the spark was lit in the country's capital, Kinshasa, where a tribal chief belonging to the Banunu ethnic group recently passed away. His body was sent to Yumbi so that he could be buried, next to his father's grave, by members of the Banunu community — the largest ethnic minority in the region. Tensions between the Banunu and the majority Batende community had been simmering for some time and the burial on the night of December 13 was the final straw.
However, another report, from the news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP), indicates the burial may have been used as a pretext for something far more calculated: a carefully planned massacre with the support of members of the military. Investigators for AFP visited the site and claim they were told that the attackers had used military-style tactics. Some of them, according to the AFP investigators, were dressed in army uniforms. The territorial administrator, Colonel Olivier Gasita, told AFP that "between 3,000 and 4,000 men attacked the area" and that they used tactics that show "military men, either deserters or demobilised men, were involved".
The local chief of the National Intelligence Agency was arrested and is currently being investigated, while Yumbi's police chief has been on the run since the bloodshed. The UN is now calling for a full independent investigation to piece together what has happened.
Meanwhile, aid agencies are now scrambling to help the estimated 16,000 people who have fled from the region. This includes around 7,000 people who, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), sought refuge by crossing the river into the Republic of Congo. Nicolas Doire, a spokesperson for the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, said:
"The majority of the refugees are in the Makotimpoko District of the Republic of Congo, while Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are spread over the islands on the Congo River, among host communities in villages on the Yumbi-Bolobo axis, as well as in the Lukolela territory. Most of the wounded have been treated locally in hospitals and some were transferred to Kinshasa for further treatment. An NGO partner has been conducting mobile health clinics in order to reach the internally displaced and provide basic health care. The IDPs are in a critical situation as most of them have lost their homes — it is estimated that 1,000 homes were destroyed — and their belongings. They have no means to meet their basic needs."
The bloodshed meant thousands of people were left unable to vote in the presidential elections that were held days later, and which saw the departure of the country's long-running President, Joseph Kabila.
Kabila had been in charge of the DRC for 18 years, during which he has been widely accused of enriching himself and his family while leaving his people to suffer in poverty. Transparency International ranked the country 161 out of 180 in its 2017 corruption index. That corruption is believed to have extended into the 2018 elections, which were plagued with irregularities and even resulted in the Government briefly shutting down internet connections and SMS services to avoid "rumour-mongering" about the outcome.
Kabila has now handed over power to Felix Tshisekedi, a man who many observers claim won just 19 per cent of the vote and who has since discussed forming a coalition government with Kabila. Despite independent analysts callingTshisekedi's win a "huge fraud", the US has given the new leader its full backing, declaring the result a "peaceful and democratic transfer of power" while also denying visas to people involved "in significant corruption relating to the election process".
Historically the US has played a significant part in causing and enabling the corruption at the root of many of the problems in the DRC and because of this it has a particular responsibility to only endorse a genuinely democratic process. In 1960, the DRC celebrated the election of Patrice Lumumba, the country's first Prime Minister since it gained independence from Belgium. Lumumba's policies aimed to transform the region by eliminating ethnic divisions and using the country's vast natural resources to lift people out of poverty.
But like so many other leaders who have declared their intention to use their own country's resources to serve the people of the DRC, this was seen as a threat to western interests. Just one year after he was elected, Lumumba was arrested, tortured and executed with the support of the CIA, the UK's MI6 and the Belgian government. He was replaced by the western-backed Joseph Mobutu, a dictator who created a massively corrupt totalitarian regime and presided over the country for three decades until he was overthrown by Kabila's father.
The post-Mobutu period led to two decades of war and saw the country's vast natural resources plundered by international companies, who have been siphoning-off profits while leaving the country's population in complete poverty. The most recent Human Development Index, produced by the UN in 2015, ranked the DRC as the 176th poorest country (out of 187) in the world.
If the US and other countries fully endorse the flawed election of Tshisekedi, they will effectively be endorsing the continuation of the cycle of corrupt politics and violence that has plagued the DRC in the decades since Lumumba's murder. Unless the world acts, the horrific scenes at Yumbi might prove to be merely the ominous start of much bleaker things to come.
Steve Shaw is a UK-based journalist whose writing has been featured in New Internationalist, The Diplomat, Global Comment, The Tibet Post and others. He has also contributed to several stories featured on BBC Radio and local news publications across the UK. He has lived and worked among exiled Tibetans in the foothills of the Himalayas and Burmese migrants in Thailand. His global reporting has covered major human rights issues ranging from state surveillance in the UK and human trafficking in Nepal to the genocide of the Rohingya people in Burma.
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I work from a pdf of final page proofs (from which I provide the index as a Word file ready for typesetting) or I can embed the index directly into the word processed text.
Most of my clients are publishers or book packaging companies. But I often work directly with authors and I do quite a lot of work for charities and other organisations which produce their own material in-house.
It's hard to give specific ideas of how much a job will cost because there are so many factors involved:- length of text, complexity of text, target audience, any special requirements and time restrictions. However, I personally find it irritating when websites simply ask you to contact for a quote. So, as a very rough guide for, say, a 200 page linguistics text I would say most of my clients have a budget of between 300-450GBP and I find I can earn an acceptable hourly rate within that. Handbooks and manuals are generally cheaper - a charity's 200 page practical manual I would, for example, charge at about 200GBP
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"BBQ Becky" went viral for calling the police on a black family grilling in a public park.
One of America's most consistent pastimes seems to be calling the police on each other no good reason whatsoever. This year was no exception.
In many cases, there have been conflicting accounts about these kinds of incidents. But the rise of smartphones with cameras and social media means that a lot of these incidents are now captured on video – and those videos often go viral.
A Dunkin' Donuts worker called police on a family speaking Somali.
At a Dunkin' Donuts in Portland, Maine, in October, a worker told Hamdia Ahmed and her family to "stop yelling" when they spoke Somali to each other.
The worker called police, who spoke to Ahmed and her family. They initially issued a "no-trespass" order forbidding her from returning to the store for a year, but rescinded it a few days later after sitting down with her and Dave DaRosa, the owner of the Dunkin' Donuts franchise.
"Golfcart Gail" called police on a black man cheering his son at a soccer game.
In October, a woman in Florida – dubbed by the internet "Golfcart Gail" – reportedly called the police when Gerald Jones, a father watching his son's soccer game, yelled to his son.The incident went viral when another parent at the game wrote about it on Facebook.
"I don't have any reason to detain you," a police officer told the father.
The man, D'Arreion Nuriyah Toles, was ultimately able to get into his room. But he said police officers knocked on his door 30 minutes later because the woman had called them.
The woman was fired from her job at a different apartment building after Toles's video of the incident went viral.
A woman called the cops on a black man who didn't let her talk to the kids he was babysitting.
Corey Lewis, who runs a youth program in Georgia, was babysitting a couple of family friends' kids one Sunday in October.
Police called the childrens' parents and spoke to Lewis but didn't press any charges.
Oumou Kanoute was eating lunch it a common area at Massachussetts's Smith College in August when the police arrived.
A college employee, it turned out, called them because she "seemed to be out of place," according to a transcript of the 911 call.
When the officer arrived, he spoke to her and then apologized for the call. Smith College placed the employee on leave after Kanute's post went viral on Facebook.
Camilla Hudson, a woman living in Chicago, tried to use a coupon she had towards a purchase at CVS in July. But CVS employees balked at it, claimed it "looked fraudulent," and called the police to say an "assault" was taking place, according to Chicago's police department.
Police made no arrests and CVS Health fired two employees it says were responsible for the incident. One of the employees was the president of the local Log Cabin Republicans chapter and a candidate for alderman in Chicago's 48th ward. Less than a week later, he withdrew from the race.
A Yale student was confronted by police when she napped in her dorm's common room.
Lolade Siyonbola, a black graduate student at Yale University, took a break in May while working on a paper in her dorm's common room.
Another student, Sarah Braasch, who is white, turned on the lights to wake her up and said she'd called the police, according to Siyonbola's account.
Siyonbola didn't leave. When the police arrived, they verified her identity and didn't arrest her.
Two Facebook videos of the incident Siyonbola posted went viral. She said it wasn't the first time Braasch bothered her for being in the dorm's common spaces.
Yale University president Peter Salovey told INSIDER at the time that he was committed to "equity and inclusion" at the university.
Moore, who is black, was wearing a firefighter's uniform and had a big, red firetruck parked nearby as he walked from building to building to conduct the inspections.
"BBQ Becky" called police on a black family barbecuing in a public park.
In one of the most viral incident this year, Jennifer Schulte – a white woman living in California dubbed "BBQ Becky" – called the police because a black family was grilling in a public park.
"Police are not private security for any white person that's offended by the presence of black folks in our public spaces," she said.
Later in May, community members held an "anti-racist barbecue" at the park.
When Phillips arrived in Washington, D.C., police removed her from the shuttle bus and questioned her, she said. An American Airlines spokesperson told The Washington Post it had an "obligation" to call the police based on the request of a passenger. No arrests were made.
The event led to a nation-wide shakeup at Starbucks. Every Starbucks temporarily closed in May for racial sensitivity training, and the company settled a lawsuit with the two men, paying for their full college tuition. Philadelphia police didn't charge Nelson and Robinson with any crimes.


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TPG Capital, the leveraged-buyout firm started by David Bonderman, twice came close to buying companies at auction in the same week. Both times, it lost to a corporation offering to pay more.
The firm bid about 490 million pounds ($806 million) for London-based shoe designer Jimmy Choo Ltd., according to two people with knowledge of the matter. Labelux Group GmbH, the owner of Bally footwear, won the auction on May 22 by paying about 12 percent more and offering a stake to Tamara Mellon, Jimmy Choo's co-founder, said the people, who declined to be identified because the talks were private. Three days earlier, Tokyo-based Toshiba Corp. acquired Landis+Gyr AG, a Swiss electronic-metering company TPG was also vying to buy, for $2.3 billion, two people with knowledge of the transaction said.
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(KGTV) - For the third year in a row, babies were born too soon, a sign that the health of mothers and infants is worsening, according to March of Dimes.
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The IT requirements of employees are clear: flexible, adaptable and tailored to the processes of the specialist departments. In many companies this requirement is met on their own initiative – past the official infrastructure this becomes an incalculable cost and security risk.
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It is not by chance that shadow IT is the subject of an IT security report: The direct advantages of the services that employees establish in parallel to the official structures quickly fade when looking at the risks. Unauthorized IT is impossible to secure and endangers business data and processes. A study commissioned by Tenable Network Security has shown that 38% of German companies have already lost data due to unauthorised hardware and software. Failures and associated costs are imminent. The hidden IT structures float above the company's activities like a sword of Damocles. The great uncertainty regarding existence, extent and relevance leads to the fact that nobody can say how big and sharp this sword really is. The only way to control this risk is to reduce shadow IT. A heightened awareness of the causes is essential.
The reasons why employees use unauthorized tools and cloud services lie often in the relationship to their own IT department. At the outset there is the desire for certain capabilities of the IT used – insufficient coordination, lack of know-how and rigid budgets often prevent this desire from being reflected in the official company IT. Cloud services play a special role here. For every problem, no matter how specific, there is a cloud solution somewhere. In an interview with Harmon.ie, 48% of the "knowledge workers" surveyed admitted using unauthorized cloud services. Most of the services used in this way lack management, security and compliance features. GDPR conformity is also missing. However, the development of shadow IT can certainly have a positive influence on motivation and innovation at this point. In this respect, IT managers should see it as an opportunity. Anyone who knows what the specialist departments consider important enough to implement without following the regulations will receive valuable information for the further development or even transformation of the digital infrastructure in the company.
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Posted on February 23, 2016 May 7, 2016 by arlingtonmadtg
Honestly, the all-White Oscar acting nomination is not surprising to me, the controversy is. The lack of diversity in the Awards Academy nominations surfaced in previous years already. According to the Los Angeles Times, 94% of the Oscar voters are Whites, 77% male and have a median age of 62. Beyond the lack of diversity, another issue arose: "But I think it sucks that if black people want Academy Awards we can't just make movies about anything but slavery," said Trevor Noah, Host of the Daily Show. This statement prompted questions on the role the Awards Academy expects black talents to play. Well, how does it relate to Arlington?
"But I think it sucks that if black people want Academy Awards we can't just make movies about anything but slavery,"
In the movie industry, the Eddie Murphies, Denzel Washington and Whoopi Goldbergs of the world paved the way for a stream of actors and actresses who depicts the complexities of black identities. On the small screen, African-American actresses fiercely trump prime time on national TV with two shows casting black female leads pursuing ambitious careers: Scandal and How to Get Away with Murder on ABC. But I still wonder if these accomplishments suffice to reset the monochromic vision of black individuals in the public consciousness.
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Charlotte Rampling, a British aspirant to the best actress Oscar said on French radio over the fuss on this all-White list of Oscar acting nominees "It is racist to Whites." She since back-tracked her comments and later affirmed that "Diversity in our industry is an important issue that needs to be addressed." Let's think through her initial comments. Reverse racism, a belief that whites people are as discriminated against or even more than black people, has increased in the last six decades. According to a 2011 Tufts and Harvard Business School research, "Whites think more progress has been made toward equality than do Blacks, but Whites also now believe that this progress is linked to a new inequality—at their expense." Is it being discriminatory to white people to ask that black and white talents be judged equally? Rampling benefits from an industry that rarely features minorities in roles which are not color-coded. If that ever changes, Mo'Nique, an African-American actress who won the 2010 Best Supporting Actress Oscar for the movie "Precious," – a movie about rape and poverty, no slavery – may have played her part in "45 Years", the film Rampling is currently nominated for.
"It is racist to Whites."
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What I know from experience is how some groups of Arlington residents are trying to bring change in systems that – knowingly or not – institutionalize discrimination. Gary Horowitz of the Arlington Human Rights Commission once shared during a workshop organized by True Story Theater why he decided to join the Commission. A late friend told him years ago that one can't do much about discriminatory individuals but many can do plenty against institutionalized discrimination. As a Commissioner, Horowitz now advances equal treatment for all in Arlington. Among other accomplishments in 2015, the Arlington Human Rights Commission – who hosts monthly open forums to hear residents' concerns – responded to hate speech, organized dialogues on gender identity and expression, and presented other events that foster its mission. That I know for I have been working as Commissioner of the Arlington Human Rights Commission for the past few months.
One can't do much about discriminatory individuals but many can do plenty against institutionalized discrimination.
What I know from experience is how the Arlington Diversity Task Group is pushing for more diversity in town government, networking with local minority groups to amplify their voices, resolutely holding the Arlington Public School system accountable for diversifying Arlington Public School's teaching corps, sponsoring public conversations on diversity matters like unequal justice, stigmas, or the forum "We are many faiths and spiritualities,". The Arlington Diversity Task Group often converse with the Arlington Police Department and the Human Rights Commission, who are the first responders to any discriminatory acts perpetrated in town. That I know for I have been an enthusiastic member of this group, which encourages Arlington to examine steady steps the community can take to be welcoming to all, in practice as well as in policy.
Historic Map of Arlington – 1884
Once a blue-collar town, Arlington has incredibly changed in the last few decades. Now 60% of households have an income of $75,000 or more, and 64% of the residents 25 and over hold at least a bachelor's degree. Rampant gentrification and skyrocketing real estate prices force many long-time residents out of Arlington and limit opportunities for affordable housing. Race and ethnicities have changed too. The U.S Census Bureau revealed that "Hispanic and racial minorities comprise 16.4 percent of Arlington's population, and 57 percent of the minority population is Asian." I indeed noticed more minorities in my neighborhood since we first moved to Arlington, even though diversity is still limited. Many times my little one was the only brown girl in the ring at Robbins Library singalongs, kids shows at the Regent Theater, or ballet class at Arlington Dance Place.
Boston Skyline from Arlington, photo by Juhan Sonin
I have been in Arlington long enough to identify who mints the alloy of our town, how, where and when. While I laud officials over including diversity in the Town goals and striving for a more inclusive community, way before the Awards Academy even considered its own bias, I can't help to think we need to do more to breathe more diversity into our lives…at Town Meetings, in the Town offices, in Arlington Schools, at Robbins and Fox Libraries, at the ice cream shop, at the gym etc. For an uniform town is like an all-White acting nominees list: pleasant yet incomplete.
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Yawa Degboe is a member of the Arlington Diversity Task Groups and a Human Rights Commissioner.
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Back in 2008, we upgraded our living room with an HD TV, HDMI amplifier, and brand new TiVO HD. At the time it was the top of the line unit with a 1TB hard drive. Because I knew I would keep the unit forever, we paid the overpriced one-time fee for the service contract. Now, 10 years later, I was starting to feel like we were on borrowed time. The typical life a hard drive is around 7-8 years and if this one died before I was able to replace it would be a huge amount of work getting it going again. However, if I made that change before it died it would be as simple as cloning the drive and having all of the settings (and the recordings) saved.
I have had this on my list to do for about 6 months now but finally, bit the bullet and just decided to get it done before it was too late. I did some research and figured out that I could replace the old 1TB drive with a 2TB drive and also double my recording capacity.
Not every drive is suitable for use with a TiVo because they have to produce a relatively low amount of heat. I did find one guy who put a much hotter drive in his unit but he also glued heat sinks to the drive to help with the heat. I didn't want to take it that far.
The drive I went with was Western Digital Blue Drive with a 5400 RPM spindle speed and 64 meg cache. You can find it on Amazon for about $70.
If you're interested in knowing how it all came together and the steps necessary I've outlined it below.
The following steps assume that you have some comfort opening up a computer and installing or removing drives in general. If you are, this will be easy. If you're not, you may need to phone a nerd friend and ask for a house call.
Removing the original drive from the TiVo is easy. You will need a Torx T10 bit to remove the six screws from the rear of the TiVo and then slide open the case. Once inside, disconnect the hard drive and remove the four Torx screws holding the drive sled in.
There are no photos of this part of the process because at the time I started this project I wasn't planning on doing a blog post. I only started taking photos after the old drive was already removed.
Original TiVo drive, a Western Digital Green Drive.
With the old TiVo drive removed, I opened the case of my PC and plugged both the new and old drives into SATA ports on the motherboard. I didn't have any unused SATA ports, so I disconnected two of the internal drives I didn't need for this process and ran the cables and power to the external drives.
Then just boot up your windows machine. There is no need to format the new drive.
Again, because I wasn't thinking of a blog post at the time there are no photos of this process. however, I found these online and it demonstrates the same process that I'm describing.
Download the WinMFS program from here and run it.
The UI is very simple and you won't be overwhelmed with too many options.
Go to File > Select Drive… and you should see entries for your two attached SATA drives.
In my case, Drive 1 was my new 2TB drive, and Drive 2 was the original 1TB drive.
Highlight your original drive and press the "Select" button.
Just to have a safety net, I decided to first make a backup of my current TiVo drive. This will create a file that contains all of your TiVo information, however, it will not save your recorded shows. What it does save is the information that makes it YOUR Tivo, like your account information, your season passes and activation status.
Use the File > Backup options to make the backup.
Once that's done, you can clone the old drive to the new drive. This will include everything, including all of your recorded shows.
Use the Tools > Mfscopy option to select the source (old TiVo drive) and destination (new TiVo drive) for the copy.
Then just press the "Start" button and wait.
This process can take some time depending on how large your original TiVo drive was and how many recorded programs were on it. I recommend not doing anything else on your computer while this transfer is happening because of two reasons.
First, the app itself is only single threaded and has issues refreshing if put in the background. Second, its beta software and it's best not to push your luck.
Once the copy operation is done, WinMFS will ask if you want to make use of the added capacity of your new drive. In other words, it has noticed that the new drive is larger than the old drive and wants to know if you would like to use all that new space. Obviously, you do. Click "Yes".
At this point, the process is done and you can power down your PC. Disconnect the old and new drives, and install the new drive back into your TiVo.
Whenever I install a new drive into a computer, NAS or in this case the TiVo, I like to write the date it was installed just to help keep track of the drives age next time I open it up.
TiVo units are very sensitive to hard drive temperatures. I know this from all of the blog posts I've read over the years involving doing drive upgrades. Because of this, and because I knew the new drive would run a bit hotter, I decided to add some heat sinks to the drive. I figured with a couple of heat syncs it would help cover any temperature differences between the new and old drives.
I noticed that somehow the feet on the bottom of the TiVo disintegrated. That would explain what it has looked so crooked in the cabinet. So I broke off what was remaining of each stub and replaced it with some extra feet I had laying around.
Fire up your TiVo and if all went well, you will see your increased capacity if you go to the System Information page in the menu.


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A Word from Robert Dahl on the Democratic Function of the Women's March
jose on January 22, 2017
Yesterday's massive protest activity was impressive on its own, but it also serves an important democratic function. In Robert Dahl's 1972 classic book on Polyarchy, he devised three axioms that propose to predict when regimes will move towards full democracies. In his view, full democracies (polyarchies) both allow dissent (contestation) and give broad sets of people opportunities to get involved in the political process.
Axiom 2: The likelihood that the government will tolerate an opposition increases as the expected costs of suppression increase.
Massive protests like the one held yesterday signal to the regime in power that efforts to stifle dissent will be met with large-scale resistance (hence the costs of implementing tools of repression will be high). This is important for any democratic system, since having to hold off on repression reinforces an open competition for power.
The big challenge for organizers of the women's march is turning a "show of resistance" to an expansion of inclusiveness in the political system. How many of the marchers yesterday will run for office or remain as activist and organizes over the next 22 months before the 2018 mid-terms. Protest activity can ensure that the system is at least a competitive oligarchy, but it can't by itself ensure political inclusiveness.. for that protest has to be translated into direct political power. The Tea-Party movement is an effective object lesson.
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That's right. Warren Spector. The guy behind System Shock, Thief and Deus Ex. Mickey Mouse game.
But wait, that's not all! The rumor says Warren Spector is making a steampunk Mickey Mouse game.
Before you start having flashbacks to American McGee's Alice keep in mind that Spector's company was purchased by Disney and they kinda have an image to maintain so, if the rumor is true, it won't be too out there. But the fact remains: Warren Spector might be working on a steampunk game featuring Mickey Mouse.
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Instead, **Amy Heckerling'**s little-movie-that-could pulled inspiration from the sixties and seventies (sweater sets and plaid minis) and collections from Jean Paul Gaultier and Azzedine Alaïa ("like, a totally important designer") to create a colorful, sugar-coated vision of what nineties fashion could be. And then, lo and behold, it was! Clueless helped kick off a new wave of preppy minimalism with the over-the-knee socks and kilts that we still associate with the nineties today.
Two decades later, the cult film still resonates in fashion: Look no further than Alexander Wang, who calls Clueless his favorite movie and sent argyle twinsets and ruffled blouses down the runway for spring 2014. And then there's the return of Cher's ubiquitous marabou trim, which was spotted across collections as varied as Roberto Cavalli and Rochas to Maison Margiela this year.
In many ways, the big nineties-by-way-of-the-seventies mood of fall (slip dresses, Lurex, statement white blouses) was also in the air at the halls of Bronson Alcott High School—even **Hedi Slimane'**s luxe California grunge for Saint Laurent fits right in. Here, a look back at the cast of Clueless' signature styles and how the trends they set have carried forward—no as-ifs about it.
Cher has color coordination down to a science. Exhibit A: Her yellow plaid pleated miniskirt and matching blazer from Dolce & Gabbana with shrunken cardigan. Exhibit B: The white Calvin Klein tank dress with sheer long-sleeve cover-up. Her closet is packed with argyle, marabou, and satin Jimmy Choos, plus an endless supply of baby doll dresses and cropped vests for layering. Just one collarless shirt from Fred Segal, though.
Lasting Impact: Mini bucket backpacks at Mansur Gavriel. Socks and Mary Janes at Dolce & Gabbana spring 2015. Cropped vests over collared shirts at Thakoon fall 2015**. Iggy Azalea'**s "Fancy" video.
Like Cher, we must give Dionne snaps for her courageous fashion efforts. From a navy Lurex vest with a red-orange vinyl mini to a pink angora bra top, Dionne knows how to have fun without going full Amber. Think a cranberry velvet two-piece with pointed collar à la Belle de Jour, or an Ascot-style black-and-white top hat, among other Seussian headgear. A delicate white beanie, edged with crocheted daisies, feels right for spring.
Lasting Impact: Nose rings on Daria Werbowy and at Givenchy fall 2015. Faux-fur jaguar coats at Shrimps spring 2015. **Sarah Jessica Parker'**s Met Gala headgear.
When we first meet Tai, she's a grunge girl in baggy brown pants and red-and-white plaid, who "could be a farmer in those clothes." Post-makeover, she looks sweet in a burgundy A-line skirt with two front pockets, but eventually returns to her roots—just slightly better dressed. A heather gray microfloral sports bra and high-waisted shorts with a flannel around the waist look festival-ready, even if your buns don't feel nothing like steel.
Lasting Impact: Stretch chokers on Rita Ora and Kylie Jenner. Patchwork denim shorteralls on Alexa Chung. Cropped polos at J.W.Anderson spring 2015 and on Lana Del Rey.
Amber is the epitome of outré. From a tiered lilac tutu and Tiffany's-style crown to her Pan Am flight attendant get-up, the girl is committed. Though she does come off as ensemble-y challenged at times—Pippi Longstocking braids and a rainbow ribbed turtleneck, anyone?—the whole Monet thing seems way harsh. We know a few pop stars who'd rock a star-spangled tankini and white Art Deco drop earrings in a heartbeat.
Lasting Impact: Moschino's Barbie collection by Jeremy Scott for spring 2015. A series of American flag bustiers on Katy Perry. Lady Gaga circa 2010.
Sliding onto the screen in a black tee and high-waisted taupe slacks, Christian lives and dies by the Rat Pack rules (see the Bogey pompadour). A true aesthete and Claes Oldenburg fan, he has a Sinatra-style outfit for every occasion: Blackout shades and a houndstooth pajama jacket with peach satin lining, mauve pants and a pink and black bowling jacket. Of course, Christian is defined by his trademark fedora. Tony Curtis would approve.
Lasting Impact: Jennifer Lawrence and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in Rag & Bone fedoras. Pajama dressing at Sonia Rykiel and The Row for pre-fall 2015. Men's and women's chain-stitch bowling shirts at Rag & Bone fall 2014.
Claim to Fame: His last name is Birkenstock. Enough said.
Though Travis gets a bad rap as the loadie on the grassy knoll, the man has Tim Riggins hair and a colorful series of flannels and zip-ups to his name—pink and cream check, purple grid. Once he cleans up his act, so to speak, a cobalt blue and pink gingham polo looks rather like Alessandro **Michele'**s Gucci geek girl, while his Nike track jackets and Vans are streetwear staples. As for the skateboarding? Two words: Supreme sponsorship.
Lasting Impact: Kate Moss and Neil Young for Supreme. Luxe Vans at Céline, and the return of the Birkenstock. Cara Delevingne and Camille Rowe on boards.
Josh starts off as a stereotype—"The flannel shirt deal, is that a nod to the crispy Seattle weather, or are you just trying to stay warm in front of the refrigerator?"—and his black mock turtleneck with Wayfarers and Nietzsche is pure hipster costume. But halfway through the film, he becomes an early adopter of dad fashion: blue flannel shirts, dad jeans, and Kansas University baseball caps. Style, as ageless as Paul Rudd himself.
Lasting Impact: Baseball caps on Robert Pattinson. **President Obama'**s infamous dad jeans. Flannel layering at Alexander Wang and 3.1 Phillip Lim for fall 2015.
From a teal and purple sweatshirt with matching baseball cap to a goldenrod windbreaker and shorts with camo bucket hat, Murray's bold, colorful style is the best of nineties streetwear. His roster of black and white Adidas logo tees and Superstar high-tops—with white rolled socks, obviously—have become global street-style staples. Surely, the backwards caps, berets, and braces are next on the list.
Lasting Impact: Adidas tees and the Yeezy Boost, per Kanye West. Beanies and oversize sweatshirts at Public School fall 2015. Bucket hats and backwards caps on Rihanna.


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» A new feature of Hue tourism
» Hue Imperial Palace among top 7 tourist attractions in Vietnam
"It is true that the service system and related products are not as good as expected despite full socialisation. This is also a weakness of the service tourism industry to try to overcome," said Phan Thanh Hai, PhD., director of Hue Monuments Conservation Center.
Phan Thanh Hai, PhD.
Thua Thien Hue is trying to build the trademark "One destination, five heritages", so what is the current stage of the strategy to attract tourists?
The strength of Hue is cultural heritage. The tourism development strategy is also aimed at attracting high demand markets for cultural and historical exploration, such as European, North American, Korean, Japanese and Thai tourists. In recent years, the number of visitors to the relics has increased at a very stable rate, averaging by 17-18% per year. In the near future, we continue to target these traditional visitors, especially Japanese tourists.
A scene in the "Guard Change Ceremony". Photo: Bao Minh
It is said that the Nguyen's art of creating sculpture, glass paintings, porcelain and china mosaics...has been lost and that the current artisans apply new techniques without appropriate methods. Does this issue exist within the practice of restoration of Hue monuments?
In the work of restoring heritages in Hue, traditional technology and artisans who hold the know-how are always respected, and the process of restoration of monuments always adheres to the principles of preservation under the Convention of World Heritage and Vietnam Cultural Heritage Laws. The technologies applied are all traditional, from carving, sculpting, painting, bricking and tiling, etc. The artisans are mostly descendants who follow their father's traditional crafting career, or have been trained properly. Hue heritages have been crystallized from the talents, wisdom and golden hands of the Vietnamese people from all over the country, and now we seek to continue this tradition. That is one of the decisive factors for the quality of restoration work in the complex of Hue Monuments. Up to now, Hue has been highly regarded by UNESCO, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for its preservation and restoration of cultural heritages.
The Citadel has been opened for visitors at night for over a month, but it looks like the initial effect was not as expected...?
It is true that the program has not achieved expected results. However, initial success should be recognized, especially in the first week open at night, the Hue Royal Citadel welcomed tens of thousands of local visitors. This is a good opportunity for us to bring our heritage to the community, so that people can understand and be proud of our ancestors' legacy. After more than a month of opening, we have completely evaluated the night program, analyzed shortcomings and adjusted in time. Hopefully, the Citadel Night will gradually affirm the trademark and will be chosen as an indispensable destination in the travel itinerary of visitors to Hue.
There are many opinions that tourism products in Truong Sanh Palace, Luc Bo, Tu Phuong Vo Su ... are not worth the value of the destination. What are your views on this matter and what are the directions for service development at Hue heritage sites?
This assessment is not wrong. We are actively working out a plan to renovate the centre's operational model in a streamlined, efficient manner which is closely linked to the full socialization of service activities. It is hoped that there will be more knowledgeable, devoted and experienced investors who will be able to fundamentally change service activities in the Hue heritage. Currently, we are working to improve the quality of service in the Hue monument areas.
Hue Monuments Conservation Center has had 35 years of construction and development, but the management and promotion of Hue heritage is still a matter of concern. In your opinion, for the Hue heritage sites, which model will be the most suitable?
Thua Thien Hue is determined to reform the operation model of Hue Monuments Conservation Center and socialization of heritage conservation activities. Currently, there are strategic investors working with provincial leaders on this issue and the provincial People's Committee assigned the centre to coordinate with that unit to develop a scheme for socialization of monument conservation. There is a project, in which we are coordinating the development of appropriate management model in the direction of streamlining and enhancing the operational capacity of the organization while maintaining the greatest goal, which is to preserve the heritages. If we are not careful in the socialization of preservation and promotion of traditional value, it will be very easy to damage our cultural heritages.
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A Walk in Wascana
Author Name: Stephanie Vance
Publisher: Your Nickel's Worth Publishing
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A delightful rhyming children's picture book, A Walk in Wascana takes young readers on a walking tour around Regina's Wascana Lake, stopping at local landmarks like the provincial Legislative Building, the Kwakiutl Nation Totem Pole, the War Memorial, the Wascana Bandstand, the Albert Memorial Bridge, Trafalgar Fountain, the Broad Street Bridge Cascade, and the Queen Elizabeth II Gardens, all while greeting and observing the wildlife the park supports.
Stephanie Vance is a teacher, writer, literacy volunteer and stay-at-home mom for her two young sons. She started writing stories and poems as a young girl growing up in Regina, Saskatchewan, and finds inspiration through the natural world, her family, and her community. Stephanie's experiences have shaped her identity as a writer and have acquainted her with firsthand knowledge of picture books that are suitable for young readers. A Walk in Wascana is her first book.
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