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Terms & Conditions
(last updated on January 22nd 2018)
1. General Information
1.1 Information about Us and the Website: The trommlerkorps.at website offers you access to its interactive online websites, applications and services. The Website is operated by schlag.punkt.kaernten – Youth at Rhythm, Karl-Wagner-Platz 1, 9300 St. Veit/Glan, Austria (hereinafter referred to as "We", "Us", "Our" or "Ours"). These Terms and Conditions set out the rules which apply to the Website and its Services and Content that We make accessible to or permit Users to make available through Our service (referred to herein as "You", "Your", "Yours" or "User"). You should read these Terms and Conditions carefully as, amongst other things; they clarify the limitations of Our liability to You and govern the agreement between You and Us. If You do not agree to these Terms and Conditions You must not use the Website, the Content or the Services.
1.2 Acceptance of the Terms: By using trommlerkorps.at or browsing any Service or Content You agree to be bound by the following General Terms and Conditions. In addition, certain additional rules are specific to individual Services, such as the Data Protection and Privacy Policy and any such rules shall be published on the Website and shall be deemed incorporated into the Terms and Conditions (together with any other schedules, appendices or exhibits incorporated by reference and links in these Terms and Conditions, collectively referred to herein as "Terms").
1.3 Changes to Our Terms: We reserve the right to review and revise the Terms from time to time. You will be notified in due time of such changes and You will be deemed to have accepted any such changes if We do not receive a written objection in legally due time or if You use the Website, Services or Content subsequently to the posting of Our revised Terms. You should therefore check the Website from time to time to review the current Terms because they are binding on You.
1.4 Improvement of the Website: We encourage You to provide feedback on the quality and preferences of the Services, the Website and Content. In the event that You have a complaint, or You are aware that these Terms are being breached by a user or other third party, please contact Us. You can do this by emailing Us at email@example.com.
1.5 Defined Terms: Words set out in these Terms starting with capital letters have the following meanings:
"Content" means all information, material and media, in particular text, data, artwork, graphics, photos, print, footage, software, sounds, music, recordings, videos and other moving and non-moving images and material created or contributed by Us and whether provided in stream, download, electronic data or any other form on or via the Website;
"IPR" means intellectual property rights which include, but are not limited to copyright, moral rights, registered designs, patents, trademarks, service marks, brands, design rights (whether registered or unregistered) semiconductor rights, database rights, trade secrets, rights of confidence and all other similar rights (including applications for the registration of any of the foregoing rights) and all other renewals and extensions thereof in any part of the world;
"Services" means the services such as the access, software, tools, computer programs (widgets) and Content made available to You via the Website;
"Website" means www.trommlerkorps.at.
2. Copyright, trademarks and other intellectual property rights
Any Content and Services of the Website, including the Content and Services provided from Users, i.e. all text, logos, trademarks, graphics, artwork, sounds, music and software (including the Access Software) is protected by copyright, moral rights, registered designs, patents, trademarks, service marks, brands, design rights, semiconductor rights, database rights, trade secrets, rights of confidence and other similar rights ("IPR"). All IPR subsisting in the Website and its Content or Services is either owned by Us or licensed to Us. All rights remain reserved to Us or, if provided by a third party, to such third party (and even if any such Content or Service is not explicitly identified to be legally protected or registered, this does not imply any waiver by Us of applicable intellectual property rights with respect to any such Content or Service in its entirety or parts thereof). Even if any such trademark, name and logo are not explicitly identified to be legally protected or registered, this does not imply a waiver from Us as to applicable IPR in respect of any such trademark, name or logo. You may not reproduce, copy, post, republish, broadcast, record, transmit or edit any Content, materials or part(s) thereof without Our express prior written consent, nor do or attempt to do anything which infringes Our IPR or any IPR licensed to Us or owned by a third party. The same shall apply to ideas and concepts that the Website, any of its Content or Services is based on, even if not protected by IPR law.
Any reproduction of the Content, the Services or part thereof shall be expressly agreed to by Us and clearly marked by User with Our copyright sign, as follows:
© schlag.punkt.kaernten.
3. User Registration
3.1 Registration and Account In order to access or use some features of the services, as of the newsletter service you may have to become a registered User. In order to register You must be aged 16 years or over. You may register by filling in Our Registration Form. You may only register if, you (a) have accepted Our Terms and (b) have provided Us with complete and accurate information for the registration.
Certain Content or Services may be made accessible or non-accessible to certain Users, for instance by establishing different access levels differentiating between certain groups of Users, at Our sole discretion.
4. User's Rights and Obligations
4.1 Your Rights for "Personal Use": We grant You and other Users the right to access the Website and to use the Services and Content as made available from time to time. You may download or copy Content or retrieve Services from the Website for your private usage in form of non-commercial viewing, copying and sharing, where technically allowed (hereinafter "Personal Use). Any further use of the Content or the Services, in particular any use for third parties' or Your own interests, activities, services or products, is strictly prohibited.
4.2 Your obligations: You agree that Your obligations in connection with the Website, the Content and Services include that:
(i) You must not copy, reproduce, republish, publicly display, translate, offer, transmit, upload or distribute in any way (including "mirroring") any part of the Website or any Content or Service to any other computer, server, Website or other medium for publication or distribution, except as expressly provided in these Terms or otherwise agreed to by Us in writing;
(ii) You must not use the Content or Services for commercial uses, including without limitation the sale of access to the Website, Services or Content, except as expressly provided in these Terms or otherwise agreed to by Us in writing;
(iii) You must not modify, alter or adapt any part of the Content or Services (each an "Adaptation") without Our prior written consent. In the event that We give Our consent to any Adaptation, You acknowledge and agree by requesting such that We shall obtain the irrevocable, worldwide, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, fully paid up and unlimited rights to exploit any Adaptation and all materials, whether provided by Us or not as well as all parts thereof, in particular, but not limited to, any edit, cut or excerpt and all other materials created by You or Your affiliates, employees, sublicensees, contractors or any other person or entity, pursuant to or related to the Content, Services or Adaptation, free of charge and in any known or yet unknown kind of use upon its creation;
(iv) You must not modify, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble or create derivative works based on any software, on the Website;
(v) You must not (or attempt to) hamper, disable, interfere or attempt to interfere with the Website or any part of it (including its security-related features or any transaction as may be concluded on the Website) or in any way reproduce or circumvent the navigational structure of the Website, to obtain or attempt to obtain any Content or Service through any means other than as intentionally offered under the Website;
(vi) You must not cast a negative light on Us, Our affiliates or on Our or their activities, business or brands. You shall in particular refrain from using any Content in connection with: (a) illegal products, content, services or materials; (b) any products, content, services or materials concerning or relating to obscenity, pornography or similarly adult-themed material; (c) coverage of accidents, assaults, catastrophes or riots; and/or (d) competing institutions (in particular drumlines, percussion ensembles and percussion focused education institutions);
(vii) You must not use the Website, Content or Services for any unlawful purpose or for the publication of, linking to, issue or display of any unlawful material (such terms to include, but not be limited to, any pirated software or any material which is obscene, threatening, malicious, deceptive, harmful, abusive, defamatory, intimidating, discriminatory on the basis of religion, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, age or disability) or which breaches the rights (including, but not limited to IPR) of Us and/or any third party or which encourages or procures any criminal activity or contains any virus, trojan horses or other harmful code or script;
(viii) You shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations in using the Website, Content and Services and You agree not to infringe the rights of Us, Our affiliates, any other User or other third parties.
(ix) You shall observe and comply with any data volume limit which may apply to the Website, Content or Services.
4.3 No advertising: You are not permitted to use the Website, Content or Services for the purpose of advertising or for the purpose of displaying information in connection with any commercial activities, services or products, except as expressly provided in these Terms or otherwise agreed to by Us in writing.
4.4 Assignment: These Terms and any rights and licenses granted hereunder may not be transferred or assigned by You without Our express prior written consent. In the event that You transfer or assign any right, obligation or duty, You undertake, represent and warrant that: (i) any assignment of rights or obligations granted hereunder is not contrary to or incompatible with each and any provision of these Terms; and (ii) each obligation and duty towards Us is duly imposed upon and entirely complied with by each assignee. Even after an assignment You will not be relieved from any of Your obligations and duties towards Us hereunder. An assignment of Our rights or obligations may be conducted by Us at Our sole discretion.
4.5 Modifications to the Service: We reserve the right to review, revise, modify, improve or discontinue the Website, Our Service or Content from time to time, without giving You prior notice. Such content-related and technical reviews and any maintenance work in relation thereto may include without limitation, the extension or modification of the subject areas made available through the Website and the adaptation of the technical formats comprising the Services or the Content. Access to the Website and its Services or Content may therefore be suspended temporarily or permanently and without notice in the case of system failure, maintenance, review or repair, or for reasons beyond Our reasonable control. We shall not be liable if, for any reason, the Website, any Content or Service is unavailable. You are aware that We may cease the provision of the Website, its Content or Services at any time. In any event We shall not be obliged to provide maintenance or support services.
5. User Content
5.1 We may now or in the future permit Users to post, upload, transmit through, or otherwise make available through our Services (collectively, "submit") messages, text, illustrations, data, files, images, graphics, photos, comments, sounds, music, videos, information, content, and/or other materials ("User Content"). Subject to the rights and license You grant herein, You retain all right, title and interest in your User Content. We do not guarantee any confidentiality with respect to User Content even if it is not published through our Services. It is solely Your responsibility to monitor and protect any intellectual property rights that You may have in Your User Content, and we do not accept any responsibility for the same.
5.2 You acknowledge and agree to be solely responsible for Your submitted User Content. You represent and warrant that You are the owner of all IPR to the User Content and that the User Content does not: (i) include the sale of advertising, sponsorships or promotions; (ii) violate public policy; (iii) infringe third parties rights, e.g. personal rights (especially to one's own image), IPR such as trademarks, patents, copyrights or any other IPR protected by law; or (iv) contain material that is unlawful or will promote illegal or unlawful activities.
5.3 You represent and warrant that all necessary rights, permissions, consents and moral rights' waivers have been duly and effectively obtained from any participant, performer, presenter, contributor or other person involved in the User Content or rights, services or facilities in connection with it and that You are authorized to dispose over such rights at Your sole discretion and to the extent provided for herein. As a User You also warrant that the User Content is not insulting, offensive, degrading, racist or harassing to individuals or groups of people.
5.4 By submitting any User Content to the Website You hereby grant to schlag.punkt.kaernten, its affiliated societies, institutions, companies, and each of their respective agents, licensees, successors and assigns, a worldwide, unlimited, non-exclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable, transferable and perpetual right and licence (including the right to sub-licence to any third party) to use, reproduce, distribute, publish, prepare derivative works of, display, exhibit, digitize, synchronise, display, reproduce and otherwise exploit your Content for any purpose whatsoever by any and all means in any and all media (whether now known or hereafter devised) including, without limitation, for the purposes of Our business and the businesses of our affiliates, licensees, assignees, societies, institutions and their related companies and for advertising and publicising Us and Our products and services and for use on the Website. We agree however that any distribution of content in accordance with this paragraph shall only be undertaken by Us free of charge. You agree that you shall not be entitled to any fees or additional consideration for use in accordance with this paragraph.
5.5. You grant to Us the right (but not the obligation) to use Your biographical information including, without limitation, name, image, voice, biography, likeness and geographical location in connection with the broadcast, print, online or other use or publication of Content on the Website and otherwise in accordance with paragraph 5.4 above. Furthermore, You also grant other Users permission to access your User Content and to use, reproduce, distribute, create derivative works based upon, publicly display, publicly perform, transmit, and publish your User Content for personal, non-commercial use as permitted by the functionality of our Services and these Terms of Use. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you waive any and all claims You (or any copyright holder) may now or later have in any jurisdiction to so-called "moral rights" or rights of "droit moral" with respect to the User Content.
5.6 You represent, warrant, and covenant that you will not submit any User Content that:
(i) casts a negative light on Us, Our affiliates or on Our or their activities, business or brands. You shall in particular refrain from using or submitting any Content in connection with: (a) illegal products, content, services or materials; (c) coverage of accidents, assaults, catastrophes or riots; and/or (d) competing institutions (in particular drumlines, percussion ensembles and percussion focused education institutions);
(ii) impersonates another or is unlawful, threatening, abusive, libellous, defamatory, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, vulgar, obscene, profane, pornographic, or otherwise objectionable, or otherwise violates any applicable law;
(iii) encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any law;
(iv) is an advertisement for goods or services or a solicitation of funds;
(v) includes personal information such as messages which identify phone numbers, social security numbers, account numbers, addresses, or employer references;
(vi) contains a formula, instruction, or advice that could cause harm or injury; or
(vii) contains any virus, trojan horses or other harmful code or script.
Moreover, any conduct by a User that in Our sole discretion restricts or inhibits any other User from using or enjoying our Services will not be permitted.
5.7 We have the right, but not the obligation, to monitor User Content. We have the right in our sole discretion and for any reason whatsoever to edit, refuse to post, remove, or disable access to any User Content.
6. Indemnification
You agree to fully indemnify and hold Us, Our affiliates, officers, directors, employees, members and agents harmless in respect of all liabilities, damages, claims, actions, expenses, demands or costs (including any legal fees in relation to such claim or damages) incurred by Us arising from, or in connection with: (i) your use of our Services; (ii) User Content provided by you or through use of your Membership; (iii) any actual or alleged violation or breach by you of these Terms of Use; (iv) any actual or alleged breach of any representation, warranty, or covenant that you have made to us; or (v) your acts or omissions. You agree to cooperate fully with us in the defense of any claim that is the subject of your obligations hereunder.
7. Newsletter Consent
In order to keep You updated We may send You Our newsletter and other communications regarding Content, Services, offers, promotions and events from Us, Our affiliates and partners via email and telephone , under the condition, that You gave us Your consent to this. You may object to this and revoke Your consent at any time via email to: email@example.com
8. Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability
8.1 We make no express or implied representations or warranties of any kind (and all representations and warranties are expressly disclaimed to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law) with respect to the accuracy, quality, workmanship, timeliness (including in respect of delivery), operability, merchantability, availability, or completeness of the Website, Services, Content or towards the non-infringement of industrial or intellectual property or any other rights of third parties or the fitness of the Content for a particular purpose. Any decisions or action taken by You on the basis or in relation to the information, Content or Services provided on or via the Website are at Your sole discretion and risk.
8.2 You acknowledge and agree that You access and use the Website, Content and Services at Your own risk on an "as is" and "as available" basis and that We are not liable for any errors or omissions in any Content, Service, any availability or delivery (including without limitation whether caused by interruption, deletion, delay in operation, transmission, communication line, errors, omissions or computer virus, trojan horses, or other harmful code or script).
8.3 We do not warrant that the Website, the Content or the Services will be error-free or uninterrupted or that defects will be corrected. We reserve the right at any time and without notice to remove the Website, Content or Services (or part thereof) for whatever reason, or to interrupt the operation of the Website, Content or Services (or part thereof) as may be necessary to perform routine or non-routine maintenance, error correction or other changes.
8.4 We sometimes provide hyperlinks and/or advertisements to other Websites that are not owned or controlled by Us. We accept no responsibility or liability for any material supplied by or contained on any third party Website which is linked from or to Our Website. Neither are We responsible for any third party's Websites and You visit such Websites entirely at Your own risk.
8.5 Subject to paragraphs 8.7 and 8.8 below, You agree that We, Our and Our affiliates' employees and members, directors, distributors, licensors and agents shall not be liable, whether such liability arises in contract, tort (including without limitation negligence) or otherwise, for any (i) loss of business, opportunity, use, profit, anticipated profit, contracts, revenue, goodwill or anticipated savings or (ii) loss of data or use of data, whether direct, indirect, consequential or special and whether arising in connection with the use of or attempt to use the Website, the Content or the Services, the inability to use these items, interruption or termination of Our provision of the Website, Content or Services and even if We have been advised of the possibility of such damages occurring.
8.6 In any event, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, We shall not be liable for any damage or loss, whether direct or indirect, that You may suffer as a result of a failure by Us to deliver the Content or Services for any reason, including but not limited to access delays or interruptions, data non-delivery or mis-delivery, failure to deliver the Content or Services due to server failure or any event of force majeure including without limitation, acts of God, war or terrorism, breaches of security or unauthorised use of personal data arising from hacking and/or failure or lack of reception of networks. The exclusion set out in this section shall apply even in the event that the loss or damage suffered by You was or should have been foreseen by Us and/or You told Us of the risk of You suffering the loss or damage in question.
8.7 Nothing in these Terms shall limit or exclude Our liability for death or personal injury caused by Our negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for any other type of liability which cannot be limited or excluded by applicable law.
8.8 Nothing in these Terms shall affect any statutory rights which You may be entitled to as a consumer.
9. Termination and Suspension
9.1 We reserve the right to suspend, restrict or terminate the access to this Website at any time, without notice and at Our discretion, where You are or We suspect that You may be in breach of these Terms, or where Your use of the Website, Content or Services may be causing damage to stems or other technical installations. In addition, a breach of the Terms may constitute a fraudulent offence and result in legal claims and damages as well as criminal prosecution.
9.2 All disclaimers, indemnities and exclusions in these Terms shall survive the termination of these Terms.
10. Data Protection and Privacy Policy
10.1 Information, data and material, which You provide to Us as part of the registration process or thereafter, as well as other information, data and material, which You may supply to Us is subject to Our Data Protection and Privacy Policy. The current version of Our Data Protection and Privacy Policy shall be deemed incorporated into these Terms.
10.2 Other than personally identifiable information and data, which is covered under Our Data Protection and Privacy Policy, any information, data and material You transmit or post to or via the Website shall be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary and You hereby grant Us a perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to use such information, data and material throughout the world as We see fit including copying, disclosing, distributing, incorporating and otherwise using such material and all data, images, sounds, text and other things embodied therein for any and all purposes. You represent and warrant that all information, data and material You transmit or post to the Website is owned by You and that You have all necessary rights to grant the licence above.
10.3 This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. In case of activation of the IP anonymization, Google will truncate/anonymize the last octet of the IP address for Member States of the European Union as well as for other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases, the full IP address is sent to and shortened by Google servers in the USA. On behalf of the website provider Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website provider. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. However, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. Furthermore you can prevent Google's collection and use of data (cookies and IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en-GB.
11. Severance
Each provision of these Terms shall be constructed separately and independently. The effectiveness of these Terms shall not be impaired if any provision of these Terms should be completely or partially invalid or unenforceable. In this case, such provision shall be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary and replaced with a valid provision that best embodies the intent of these Terms, so that these Terms remain in full force and effect.
12. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with Austrian law. All disputes arising out of or in connection with these Terms, including any questions regarding its existence, validity or termination, shall exclusively be settled by the Austrian court responsible for these matters in accordance with the law in force in Austria.
13. Language
The original version of the Terms is in German language. The translated English version is for Your convenience and information only. In case of disputes the German text shall prevail.
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Bedroom lights
Creating the perfect ambience in your bedroom is essential for a peaceful night's sleep. Lighting is vital in setting the mood and should be tailored to your specific needs and preferences. With proper bedroom lighting, you can create a warm, inviting atmosphere that will help you relax and recharge. Bedroom lighting functions range from providing general illumination to highlighting specific areas.
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The most common types of bedroom lighting are pendant lights, wall sconces, lamps and ceiling lights.
- Bedroom pendant lights offer a bright, focused light source for reading or working on your laptop.
- Wall sconces provide a softer, more diffuse light and are perfect for creating a romantic atmosphere.
- Lamps allow you to adjust to the brightness and can be used to create a cosy, inviting atmosphere.
- Ceiling lights like recessed and surface lights provide basic lighting to your bedroom. You can add rope of strip lights along with these to add jazz up your bedroom.
Appropriate bedroom lighting is key to creating the perfect atmosphere for a restful night's sleep. If you need some amazing Bedroom lighting ideas, we've got you covered.
Factors to Consider When Buying Bedroom Lights
The following should be essential factors while buying bedroom lights for your beautiful bedroom:
Consider where you plan to place the lighting, such as on the wall, nightstand, or ceiling.
Purpose and Utility
Consider the type of lighting you need and its intensity, such as ambient, task, or accent lighting.
Consider the materials used to make the lights, such as metal, glass, and plastic. Comparing different manufacturers' materials and their quality is also essential, as it helps choose the best bedroom light.
Consider the style of the lights and how they will fit in with the rest of the decor in your bedroom. For more you can also refer to our Different Lights for Different Rooms guide.
Types of Bedroom Lighting
The following are the essential types of bedroom lights:
- Ceiling Light: A flush mount or semi-flush mount ceiling light is ideal for general lighting in the bedroom. It helps to illuminate the entire room evenly and provides a warm, cosy atmosphere.
- Lamp: Table or floor lamps provide a softer, more intimate light in the bedroom. They are great for accent lighting or providing task lighting.
- LED Strip Lights: LED strip lights in the bedroom can provide indirect lighting in your space. They are great for creating an atmosphere and come in various colours and styles.
- Wall Mounted: Wall-mounted sconces are perfect for providing ambient lighting in the bedroom. Wall lights for the bedroom can add a decorative touch to the room.
- LED Batten Lights: LED battens are perfect for creating task lighting in the bedroom. They provide bright illumination and can be used to focus light on specific areas.
Features of Crompton's Bedroom Lights
The following features of Crompton's bedroom lights provide a valuable advantage:
- Compact and stylish design: Crompton's bedroom lights are designed to fit seamlessly into any modern living space. The lights are sleek and lightweight, making them perfect for any space.
- Long-lasting LEDs: Crompton's bedroom lights are equipped with energy-efficient LEDs that provide consistent and long-lasting illumination.
- Adjustable brightness: Crompton's bedroom lights feature adjustable brightness, allowing you to customize the light setting according to your desired lighting level.
- Multiple colour options: Crompton's bedroom lights are available in various attractive colours, allowing you to choose the perfect lighting option for your bedroom.
- Easy installation: Crompton's bedroom lights have easy installation instructions to set up your new lights quickly and easily. Give your home a makeover with our Interior Lighting designs.
- Energy-efficient LEDs: Crompton's LED bedroom lights use energy-efficient LEDs that provide bright, even light while consuming minimal energy.
- Multi-directional adjustment: Crompton's bedroom lights come with a multi-directional adjustment feature that allows you to adjust the light to meet your specific needs and preferences.
- Colour temperature control: Crompton's bedroom lights allow you to adjust the light colour temperature to suit the atmosphere of your bedroom.
- Dimmable: Crompton's bedroom lights are designed to be dimmable so that you can adjust the light level according to your needs.
- Smart control: Crompton's smart lights are compatible with smart control systems, allowing you to control the lights from your phone or tablet.
1. What type of lighting is best for bedrooms?
The best type of lighting for bedrooms is soft, warm, and ambient. This lighting can be achieved with a combination of lamps, overhead lighting, and wall sconces. You can also add layers of lighting, such as task lighting from desk lamps and accent lighting from picture lights.
2. How do you design lighting in the bedroom?
- Choose a primary light source
- Add task lighting near a reading or work area to make it easier to see
- Place floor lamps in the corners of the bedroom to create a warm and inviting atmosphere
- Add a low-level night light to provide ambient light while you sleep
3. Which colour LED light is best for the bedroom?
The best colour of LED light for the bedroom depends on the individual's preference. Warm white (3000K) is often preferred because it is relaxing and not too bright.
4. Which light is best for a bedroom at night?
It depends on personal preference, but many people find that a soft yellow or orange light is best for a bedroom at night.

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Here, you'll find a variety of questions and answers related to the topics covered on this Peruvian Consumer Services Website, concerning the protection and defense of your rights as a consumer and user of goods and services throughout the country.
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My Trip To Old Faithful (Not That Old Faithful)
Earlier this summer, my wife and I journeyed westward to California "" San Diego, San Francisco and Napa Valley. On the last day of our trip, for two reasons, we required an alcohol-free activity. First, we were pretty wine-tasted out. And second, I had to drive our PT Cruiser convertible 67 miles back to rental car return.
We saw a sign pointing the way to Old Faithful. For about ten seconds, my hungover geography would have made Miss South Carolina cringe. Is Old Faithful really in California? Why wouldn't anyone mention Napa Valley's proximity to Yellowstone?
Wait, there are two Old Faithfuls?
There are indeed. Since we'd never seen a geyser and had eight hours to kill, we put down the top and (PT) cruised toward Calistoga. Here's what we saw.
Aside from the liberal use of quotation marks, the sign alerted us to the presence of special goats we hadn't expected. I still don't understand their connection to geysers. But it's a fun diversion for the kids, right?
"With a Fainting goat in the herd if coyotes or dogs threatened the sheep, the sheep could run away while the Fainting goat fell over, providing the predator with an easy meal while the sheep escaped."
This petting zoo was PG-13.
"They have a genetic problem with relaxing muscles. When they are startled or surprised their muscles lock up and the goat then sometimes falls over."
Confused and slightly horrified, we moved on. Though at least we were safe should coyotes attack.
We sat and we waited, not even sure we were looking the right way.
We absolutely were.
After a few minutes staring at the water, we took turns having our pictures taken. I'm glad we made the trip. But to steal (and bastardize) a line from Aaron Sorkin, the length of the geyser was way out of proportion to our interest in it. We hit up the snack shop and headed for the Pacific Coast Highway, the long and scenic way back to the airport.
No fainting goat chew toy for Bailey, but we did get her a special Napa souvenir.
A souvenir she destroyed in roughly 30 minutes.
A few links and we'll call it a post:
"¢ More info on fainting goats.
"¢ The Old Faithful Geyser (of California) website.
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Architects: Abin Design Studio
- Area: 11000 m²
- Year: 2010
Photographs:Pradip Sen
Text description provided by the architects. Nature in its various forms has always been a constant source of inspiration to man. The sky with its various states and ever changing colors is one of the most dynamic elements of nature and is what has inspired the built form façade. The colored laminate with Vanceva PVB glass on the façade follows no repetitive pattern and is symbolic of the unpredictable nature of the sky. It also represents the vibrancy of today's youth.
The client brief required a management institute of international standards. Provisions for state of the art facilities and smart classrooms have been made for. The latest technological provisions in the institute allow for worldwide exchange of knowledge, through conventions and seminars. The architectural language of the built form is a representation of this. The colored façade gives it a unique identity and is the first of its kind to be built in India.
The site was a huge constraint and dictated linear planning. Special efforts were made to ensure create non-monotonous spaces which did not follow expected linear pattern. Circulations spaces and spill out zones have been created along the curved glass façade giving them a more interesting and dynamic feel. Emphasis was given to interaction points not just for students but also for the faculty encouraging exchange of knowledge and ideas at all levels.
An integrated plaza with a water body has been designed. The water body receives no direct sunlight and creates a comfortable micro-climate. Wherever possible shading trees have been planted on the hard landscape and soft landscape has been introduced.
It is an institute that has achieved international standards not only by providing state of art facilities but also by having an architectural expression which represents that.


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It's late Tuesday evening and the TechCrunch office is mostly deserted. I was finishing off a few things and preparing for tomorrow when Steve Gillmor, my friend, mentor and the founding editor of TechCrunchIT walks in.
"I've got some news and I had to talk to you in person about it."
Damnit. I knew right then I wouldn't like the "news." And sure enough, he's taken another job. Starting monday he'll be on the senior team (senior as in high level, not as in old) at Salesforce. Founder Marc Benioff recruited him directly.
"You bastard." (I tend to take these things personally)
Now I know why Benioff has been writing regular guest posts for us. It's because he's feeling guilty over stealing Steve from us, obviously.
Of course I'm also happy for Steve, and the new job is a terrific opportunity. And graciously Steve has agreed to continue writing every week or so for us, and of course you can follow him on Twitter at @stevegillmor. In some ways things will remain the same with us and Steve.
But it's still a sad day at TechCrunch. I was listening to Steve on the Gillmor Gang long before I ever started TechCrunch. And I miss the old days when Steve, Dave Winer and I used to meet for breakfast in Burlingame most weekends.
You can read all of Steve's posts on TechCrunchIT over the years here. He's been a technology journalist for something like 30 years, back almost to the beginning of, well, tech reporting. And I'm not exaggerating when I say that Steve has forgotten more things than I'll ever learn.
Steve doesn't bother much with details, he goes right at the big trends. And he's usually right. Way before most other people are. Controversial? Yes. Long winded? Yep. Occasionally non linear in his thinking? Understatement. But he's also brilliant, and he's always guided me towards rightness.
We recorded a short exit interview video for posterity. Good luck, Steve. I hope to see you around the office regularly.


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Procrastinators rejoice: There's still time to file taxes
If you woke up in a panic realizing that today is April 15, relax. You've got until Tuesday to file and pay your taxes without facing a penalty.
April 15 falls on Sunday this year and Monday is Emancipation Day, a holiday in Washington D.C. That gives taxpayers nationwide until April 17 to get the job done.
Procrastinators can take some solace in knowing that as of Friday 40 million Americans hadn't filed their taxes, according to the IRS. Still, this is no time to dawdle; here are some tips for you last-minute filers:
The IRS says that electronic filing is the best way to avoid common mistakes. That's because the software does the calculations, flags common errors and prompts taxpayers to provide missing information.
It's quicker than dropping something in the mail. Plus, electronic filers typically get their refund faster if due one.
You can use any electronic filing method you choose, but it's worth noting that the IRS says about 70 percent of taxpayers are eligible to file their tax return at no charge by using IRS Free File software. It can be accessed at the IRS website at IRS.gov.
Yes, it's crunch time but try not to rush.
Lisa Greene-Lewis, CPA at TurboTax, said the most important tip for entering information is to take your time. One of the most common mistakes taxpayers make when rushing is gathering incorrect Social Security numbers for their children and spouses. Some even misspell their own names.
Instead, carefully gather and enter your Social Security number, income information and banking information, if needed. It will take more time in the long-run to correct your mistakes and will delay any refunds.
Telephone calls to the IRS may have long wait times. Ditto if you try to go to somewhere in person, such as a tax assistance center.
Instead, the IRS website should be your first stop for finding answers to most basic tax questions. Popular tax software providers have their own solutions too. TurboTax now offers live on-demand video to communicate with a credentialed CPA or enrolled agent who can answer your questions.
If you really can't get your tax return done, seek an extension. But getting an extension only gives you more time to file your return - you still have to pay what you owe now.
The IRS allows you to request an automatic six-month extension to file your return when you pay online.
If you owe money and cannot pay immediately, you can ask the IRS for installment agreements when you file your taxes. That will allow you to pay your tax debt over six years. You can also ask about other repayment methods or forgiveness by contacting the IRS.
There are a number of reasons to try to file your taxes sooner rather than later.
If you are due a refund, the sooner you file, the sooner you'll get it. And filing earlier in the season gives you time to more carefully prepare your returns and avoid errors.
But most importantly, filing early helps cut down on the risk for identity theft by essentially beating the criminals to the punch. Once your return is filed with the IRS, the information - most notably your Social Security number - is locked and cannot be used by anyone who might want to fraudulently claim a tax refund. And identity theft remains a common problem.


text: I should have a feature-length post on this, but for the moment, I'll like to Agony Booth's nice video review of Serenity. The thing is, I watched Serenity as someone who had not seen a single second of Firefly. I liked it a lot, enough to make me buy the series and watch it. But I do agree with him: you did have that feeling of being at a great party where you didn't know anyone. Once I'd watched the series, the movie was even better.


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Big Events, Big Books
2012 was a big year for graphic novels, highlighted by a handful of high-profile releases that should be on every serious comics lover's wish list. Scott Pilgrim Color Hardcover, Vol. 1: Precious Little Life, the first volume of Bryan Lee O'Malley's hugely popular Scott Pilgrim series, introduces lovelorn Scott as he begins his quest to win Ramona Flowers's hand by defeating her seven "evil exes," now presented in full color for the first time. Comics and classics collide in the Graphic Canon, Vols. 1 and 2 (of three), containing a total of 190 timeless stories from Gilgamesh to Infinite Jest, interpreted by more than a hundred of the best cartoonists in the business. The interstellar exploits that inspired an entire generation come alive in Flash Gordon: On the Planet Mongo, the first collection of the classic comic strip, collecting the work of Alex Raymond. Building Stories, the latest treasure from Chris Ware, is an incredible panoptic celebration of print media, telling the story of a handicapped woman's life presented in the form of books, newspapers, a board game, and more. One of the most admired and influential comic strips of all time, Krazy & Ignatz is collected in Krazy & Ignatz: Complete Sunday Strips 1916–1924, which contains the first nine years of George Herriman's masterpiece into one (of three) handsome tomes.
Building Stories
by Chris Ware
Pantheon, $50
Scott Pilgrim Color
Hardcover, Vol. 1: Precious Little Life
by Bryan Lee O'Malley
Oni Press, $24.99
Graphic Canon, Vol. 1–2
by various
Seven Stories Press, $34.95
Flash Gordon:
On the Planet Mongo:
The Complete Flash Gordon Library, Vol. 1
by Alex Raymond
Titan Books, $39.95
Krazy & Ignatz:
Complete Sunday Strips 1916–1924
by George Herriman
Fantagraphics, $95
DC Comics' New 52
DC Comics' New 52 relaunch of its entire line was a bold move that allowed the publisher to reintroduce many of its most storied characters to a contemporary audience. Its flagship title, Justice League, Vol. 1: Origin, written by DC chief creative officer Geoff Johns and illustrated by DC copublisher Jim Lee, features blockbuster action and stars DC's biggest heroes facing the most dangerous threats. In Batman, Vol. 1: The Court of Owls, Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo push the Dark Knight to his physical and mental limits as he battles the sinister Court of Owls. Geoff Johns's intergalactic epic continues in Green Lantern, Vol. 1: Sinestro, which follows perennial villain Sinestro in his new role as a Green Lantern, illustrated by Doug Mahnke. Finally, the King of the Seven Seas is reborn in Aquaman, Vol. 1: The Trench by Geoff Johns and Ivan Reis, as he cedes his throne and embarks on a campaign to prove his worth to the world.
Justice League, Vol. 1: Origin
by Geoff Johns and Jim Lee
DC Comics, $24.99
Batman, Vol. 1: The Court of Owls
by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo
DC Comics, $24.99
Green Lantern, Vol. 1: Sinestro
by Geoff Johns and Doug Mahnke
DC Comics, $22.99
Aquaman, Vol. 1: The Trench
by Geoff Johns and Ivan Reis
DC Comics, $22.99
Comics Guides To Living Well
Comics aren't just for fun—with the growth of nonfiction comics, a few of them even tell you how to get more out of life. In Poorcraft, two creators who have suffered through many days as starving cartoonists inform on basic survival skills like making a budget and cutting up a chicken. Dirt Candy is billed as the first comic book cookbook and provides delicious vegetarian recipes from the trendy East Village restaurant of the same name.
Poorcraft: The Funnybook Fundamentals of Living Well
by C. Spike Trotman and Diana Nock
Iron Circus, $10
Dirt Candy: A Cookbook
by Amanda Cohen, Grady Hendrix,
and Ryan Dunlavy
Potter, $19.99
Good Yarns
There's nothing like curling up with a good story on a lazy Christmas afternoon, and these graphic novels all present dense, satisfying stories that will fill the postdinner lazy time. For fantasy fans, Hope Larson adapts the classic A Wrinkle in Time into a gorgeous comics version, and Marc Siegel imagines the 19th-century drama that unfolds when a mermaid is found in the Hudson River in Sailor Twain. Chef Anthony Bourdain, writer Joel Rose, and artist Langdon Foss take us on a fanciful journey to a future where celebrity chefs are also mob bosses and assassins in Get Jiro! For more realistic fare, in Glyn Dillon's The Nao of Brown, a young woman's OCD gives rise to a fantastic world. For technology fans, the ethos of early computer hackers is absorbingly recreated in Ed Piskor's Wizzywig. And the little known period of Abraham Lincoln's early struggles as a young lawyer are recounted in Noah van Sciver's The Hypo.
A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle and Hope Larson
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $19.99
Get Jiro!
by Anthony Bourdain, Joel Rose,
and Langdon Foss
DC/Vertigo, $24.99
Sailor Twain or the Mermaid in the Hudson
by Marc Siegel
Roaring Book/First Second, $24.99
The Nao of Brown
by Glyn Dillon
Abrams/SelfMadeHero, $24.95
by Ed Piskor
Top Shelf, $19.95
The Hypo
by Noah Van Sciver
Fantagraphics, $24.99
Visual Splendor
Comics' traditional strength is visual impact, and all these books deliver great art—sometimes with laughs, and sometimes with tears. Although aimed at the younger set, Rutu Modan's Maya Makes a Mess is as lovely as it is hilarious in the story of a girl who teaches the queen how to eat without a napkin. Carol Lay's Illiterature collects her Story Minute minisagas, pitch-perfect 12-panel fables of jealousy, fate, and misunderstanding. In Abelard, French artist Renaud Dillies sends a little chick named Abelard and a grumpy bear named Gaston on a lovely, picaresque adventure to America. For opposites, you can't get much more different than these: punk icon Gary Panter's angular world of neon brutalism is collected in the deluxe Dal Tokyo, while Adrian Tomine's New York Drawings from the New Yorker and elsewhere paints a nuanced picture of urban life in the 21st century. Finally, Brian Haberlin's Anomaly is a spectacular, fully painted science fiction story that uses augmented reality and other storytelling tricks straight out of SF. It's also big enough to use as a coffee table in a pinch.
Maya Makes a Mess
by Rutu Modan
Candlewick/Toon Books, $12.95
by Carol Lay,
Boom! $14.99
by Renaud Dillies and Regis Hautiere,
Dal Tokyo
by Gary Panter
Fantagraphics, $35
New York Drawings
by Adrian Tomine
Drawn & Quarterly, $29.95
by Skip Bittemham and Brian Haberlin
Anomaly Publishing, $75
Manga & More
This year's manga spotlights two creative giants in Japan—one hugely popular around the world and the other one of the medium's most revered innovators whose work has only recently begun to earn him international acclaim—and a new telling of a modern horror classic by an exciting young talent. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Box Set collects filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki's masterpiece, about a young girl's fight for peace between man and nature, into two slipcased hardcover editions. Renowned cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki's NonNonBa, an award-winning memoir about the relationship between the author, his grandmother, and Japanese spirits known as "yokai," is available for the first time in English. And Interview with a Vampire: Claudia's Story offers Anne Rice's vampire saga retold from the perspective of the eternally young Claudia, adapted and illustrated by rising star Ashley Witter.
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Box Set
by Hayao Miyazaki
Viz Media, $60
by Shigeru Mizuki,
Drawn & Quarterly, $26.95
Interview with a Vampire:
Claudia's Story
by Anne Rice and Ashley Witter
Yen Press, $19.99
Biography & Memoir
Over the past decade, memoirs and biographies have become a staple in the comics industry, spanning a wide breadth of topics often at the cutting edge of popular culture. Both The Zen of Steve Jobs and Steve Jobs: Genius by Design explore the life of one of the digital age's most celebrated figures, from Jobs's early days at the dawn of the personal computer to his years of spiritual exploration, and finally as the face and mind of Apple. Comics break cultural boundaries in No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics, which collects more than 40 years of stories celebrating LGBT lifestyles, and features work from creators such as Alison Bechdel and Howard Cruse. The progenitor of underground comics, R. Crumb, teams up with his wife and collaborator, Aline, for Drawn Together: The Collected Works of R. and A. Crumb, a crash course in their unforgettable marriage and life. One of the industry's most unusual voices is Gabrielle Bell, whose latest work, The Voyeurs, is an account of her worldwide travels while creating her award-winning minicomic, Lucky. Chinese life is explored in two distinct memoirs: A Chinese Life, the tale of an artist surviving through Chairman Mao's turbulent social upheaval, and Little White Duck: A Childhood in China, the recollections of a girl growing up in post-Mao China, during the country's rapid industrial development in recent years.
The Zen of Steve Jobs
by Caleb Melby
Wiley, $19.95
Steve Jobs: Genius by Design
by Jason Quinn and Amit Tayal
Campfire, $12.99
No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics
edited by Justin Hall
Fantagraphics, $35
Drawn Together:
The Collected Works of R. and A. Crumb
by R. Crumb and Aline Kominsky Crumb
Liveright, $29.95
The Voyeurs
by Gabrielle Bell
Uncivilized Books, $24.95
A Chinese Life
by Philippe Otie and Li Kunwu,
SelfMadeHero, $27.50
Little White Duck: A Childhood in China
by Na Liu and Andres Vera Martinez
Lerner Graphic Universe, $9.95


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LETTER: We need to secure our share of the cash
George Osborne, the former Chancellor, called recently for more and better rail transport links in the northern areas of England. It's part of his 'northern powerhouse' that he used to talk about when in power and still does through his newspaper in London. Local authority figures in the north say that they are glad George Osborne has backed such proposals. New routes from Leeds to Manchester and between other northern towns being bandied about. Television news reports about people spending six hours on the train on cross country journeys starting at Liverpool for example and having to commute right across towards Durham or Newcastle. They're doing this every day. Business people living on one side of the north and having to commute to their business over on the other side of the country etc, etc.
The Government, however, has come back to say that it has already given £60million for the north to develop plans and elsewhere it has said that some £13billion has already been allocated for infrastructure and other improvements.
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To me what is interesting here is that during the past two years or longer we have had the larger local authorities banging on about the need to have mayors and to have devolved financing for Government so they can make there own decisions, and not rely on the clunky unwieldy situation that they see with departments in Whitehall.
Yet they still seem to want London to come up with direct decision-making when it comes to transport.
Are they only dreaming when they talk of taking direct control themselves over large swathes of the country? In Nottinghamshire the county council has been trying for some three years to get central Government interested in funding a north western extension of the Robin Hood Line towards Ollerton using existing mothballed mineral (freight) lines that date back to the coal mining era. But it seems to be making little progress despite the £100k that has been spent on feasibility studies.
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Hide AdSome local politicians talk about an East Midlands hub and getting a bigger voice for the East Midlands. Seems to me that they need to pull their big digits out and start making some noise, otherwise the north will take all of the money available and leave none for the East Midlands. There is supposed to be a conference of local authorities in Birmingham on November 14 to discuss all this for the Midlands area. Let's hope our Nottinghamshire local authority people are there to put the case for us!
Brian George
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The debate is on; McCain agrees to participate
Published 5:02 pm Friday, September 26, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) – Republican John McCain agreed to attend the first presidential debate Friday night even though Congress doesn't have a bailout deal, reversing an earlier decision to delay the event until Washington had taken action to address the crisis.
With less than 10 hours until the debate was scheduled to start, the McCain campaign announced that the Arizona senator would travel to the University of Mississippi. The campaign said that afterward McCain would return to Washington to continue working on the financial crisis.
Obama had always planned to attend the debate and was aboard his plane preparing to take off when McCain's announcement was made. McCain quickly moved to his own private aircraft and headed South with his wife and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and his wife, Judith, on board.
The action contradicted the position McCain had taken Wednesday, when he announced, "I'm directing my campaign to work with the Obama campaign and the Commission on Presidential Debates to delay Friday night's debate until we have taken action to address this crisis."
McCain had also said he would suspend all campaign activities, but in reality the campaign just shifted to Washington while the work of trying to win the election went on.
McCain had taken a gamble with the move, trying to appear above politics and as a leader on an issue that had overshadowed the presidential campaign and given him trouble. But Democratic rival Barack Obama had not bowed to McCain's challenge, and instead questioned why the Republican nominee couldn't handle two things at once — the debate and involvement in the bailout negotiations.
An Associated Press-Knowledge Networks poll out Friday just before McCain's announcement showed the public overwhelmingly wanted the candidates to debate, 60 percent to 22 percent, with the rest undecided.
By Friday morning, it appeared McCain was looking for a face-saving way to get to the debate even though a deal had not been reached. He met with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, before heading to his campaign headquarters and issuing a statement that blamed others in Washington for the failure to reach an agreement.
"John McCain's decision to suspend his campaign was made in the hopes that politics could be set aside to address our economic crisis," the statement said. "In response, Americans saw a familiar spectacle in Washington. At a moment of crisis that threatened the economic security of American families, Washington played the blame game rather than work together to find a solution that would avert a collapse of financial markets without squandering hundreds of billions of taxpayers' money to bail out bankers and brokers who bet their fortunes on unsafe lending practices."
Just before McCain's announcement, Obama told reporters that he had spent Friday morning on the phone with Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and congressional leaders and he was optimistic that progress was being made toward a bailout deal.
"At this point, my strong sense is that the best thing that I can do, rather than to inject presidential politics into these delicate negotiations, is to go down to Mississippi and explain to the American people what is going on and my vision for leading the country over the next four years," Obama told reporters aboard his campaign plane as they prepared to travel to Mississippi.
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, a McCain supporter, said the Republican made a "huge mistake" by even discussing canceling the debate.
"You can't just say, 'World, stop for a moment. I'm going to cancel everything,'" Huckabee told reporters Thursday night in Alabama before attending a benefit for the University of Mobile. He said it's more important for voters to hear from the presidential candidates than for them to huddle with fellow senators in Washington.
Both McCain and Obama had returned to Washington on Thursday at the urging of President Bush, who invited them to a meeting with congressional leaders at the White House. But a session aimed at showing unity in resolving the financial crisis broke up with conflicts in plain view.
McCain's campaign said the meeting "devolved into a contentious shouting match" and implied Obama was at fault — on a day when McCain said he was putting politics aside to focus on the nation's financial problems.
Democrats differed, saying the refusal of McCain and other Republicans to support the plan worked out by congressional negotiators was creating a road block.
"The insertion of presidential politics has not been helpful," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Friday.
When asked whether the meeting was a mistake, Obama replied, "I'm not sure it was as productive as it could have been. I think at this point it's important to just move forward."


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In my recent testimony before the House Commerce Committee on a proposal to require event data recorders in all new cars sold in the United States, I pointed out that the mandate would go far beyond what is needed to ensure safety. Indeed, the cost of EDRs raises the prices of new cars, marginally reducing the pool of used cars and keeping lower income drivers in older used cars which are less safe.
The demand for EDRs in all cars, collecting and transmitting data about all crashes, suggests that something more than statistically relevant safety data is what advocates of this mandate want. I put a finer point on these issues today in answers to questions propounded to me after the hearing.
The proposed EDR mandate includes controls on the use of EDR information, a nominal protection for privacy, but the EDR mandate "sets the stage for migration away from consumer privacy toward serving the goals of government and industry related not only to safety but also to general law enforcement, taxation, and surveillance."
The bill is H.R. 5381, the Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 2010. Other bills with EDR mandates include H.R. 5169, H.R. 5345, and S. 3271.


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Andy McMillan · @andymcmillan
6th Sep 2012 from Twitlonger
Thank you so much for your support, Twitter. I've written up what's happened so far, please reach out if you can help:
My main Paypal account was locked around the end of May. A month or so after the Build ticket sales, and weeks after the money from those sales had been transferred to my bank account, I logged in to find that a £60k required minimum balance was enforced on my account, without any word from Paypal. I contacted Paypal to query the limitation, which they told me was enacted to cover any potential dispute cases and subsequent refunds from Build. Even though the revenue from Build had long left the account, and even though — in 4 years of running Build — there had never been a dispute case filed to claim a refund, the account would still be limited and any funds coming in would be used to meet the £60k required minimum. It was suggested that I take it up with Executive Escalations.
At that time, it was also recommended that I separate my PayPal accounts: one for Build and one for The Manual, which I did. Although the main (now locked) account still had some revenue from The Manual sales, we quickly moved over to a new account. Issue #3 launched, and all went smoothly.
Paypal then locked the new account due to EU money laundering regulations, which is pretty standard. I responded to the dispute, and it was unlocked shortly after. The day after it was unlocked, Paypal locked the account was locked again, with a much longer list of demands (a lot of which I'd have trouble producing), so I reached out to a friend-of-a-friend in Paypal to help resolve things quickly. A few days ago, after a few weeks of back and forth, it became clear that she couldn't help, so I went on to upload as much information as possible in the Resolution Centre. No luck, the upload function was broken. I'd set an alarm this morning to get up to call their UK call centre, but was met instead by an email in my inbox telling me the new account had been closed without review.
Executive Escalations have been working on the main account for months, with no resolution. An answer was promised last week, but nothing has arrived, my emails aren't being replied to, and the call centre number can't or won't transfer me to their department. The secondary account for The Manual was closed without review, and no one at the call centre can provide clarity as to why or let me know if I can counter it or what's happened to the money, or if I can even ever withdraw the funds.
Paypal are currently holding, between the two accounts, a total of just over £40,000 — predominantly of sales of The Manual. Between temporarily borrowing some money from the Build budget and wrangling a small overdraft, I've been able to pay the bills and continue to settle invoices from the shipping company, but that money is almost gone.
Please, if anyone has any clout with Paypal, or can do anything to help, please let me know. I'm completely lost here, no one there is interested in listening to me, emphasising with me or even explaining things to me whatsoever. If you know anyone who can help me have my funds released, email me: firstname.lastname@example.com.
(Needless to say, once this is resolved, Paypal will no longer be processing any payment for Build, The Manual, or any other of my projects now or ever again.)


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(CNN) — President Barack Obama says Americans who served abroad in Iraq and Afghanistan should always be able to rely on a robust system of support from the government.
In his speech Sunday at a solemn ceremony in Arlington National Cemetery, Obama noted it was the first Veterans Day in 10 years that no Americans were serving in Iraq, and pointed to the diminishing U.S. presence in Afghanistan.
"After a decade of war, our heroes are coming home," Obama said to applause at the Memorial Amphitheater.
Those heroes deserve efficient care for the physical and psychological scars inflicted by war, the president said, adding that the current backlog of disability claims at the Department of Veterans Affairs was being addressed by members of his administration.
"If you find yourself struggling with the wounds of war — such as post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injuries — we'll be there… with the care and treatment you need. No veteran should have to wait months or years for the benefits that you've earned, so we will continue to attack the claims backlog. We won't let up. We will not let up," Obama vowed.
In 2012, the VA says it will process 1 million disability claims, though it's currently sorting through a backlog of 860,000 claims from American veterans. More than a quarter of those vets — 228,000 — have been waiting for a year or more.
Before he spoke, Obama laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns. After his remarks at the Memorial Ampitheater, he met with military families in Section 60 of the cemetery, where veterans of the most recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are buried. Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill joined Obama and the first lady.
The president acknowledged in his speech that such expressions of gratitude alone weren't adequate for veterans and their families.
"No ceremony or parade, no hug or handshake is enough to truly honor that service. For that, we must do more. For that, we must commit — this day and every day — to serving you as well as you've served us," Obama said, saying that helping military members transition back to civilian life was a priority for him and his team.
"Over the next few years, more than a million service members will transition back to civilian life," Obama said. "They'll take off their uniforms and take on a new and lasting role. They will be veterans. As they come home, it falls to us, their fellow citizens, to be there for them and their families — not just now but always; not just for the first few years, but for as long as they walk this earth."
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Downloading Northwind and pubs Sample Databases
The Northwind and pubs sample databases are not installed by default in Microsoft SQL Server. These databases can be downloaded from this Microsoft Web site.
After downloading SQL2000SampleDb.msi, extract the sample database scripts by double-clicking SQL2000SampleDb.msi. SQL2000SampleDb.msi will extract the database scripts and a Readme file into this default folder: C:\SQL Server 2000 Sample Databases. Follow the instructions in the Readme file for running the installation scripts.
The scripts for creating these databases have been updated to remove the guest account to improve security. The pubs installation script has been updated to include all of the data for the database, eliminating the requirement to run separate jobs to add data after creating pubs.


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Aga - our first one was like this ... |
I don't remember adding extras – such as bacon, or fruits, or syrup … we had that (well the golden syrup) with Cornish Cream on Scones …
Boxty brought drop scones to the front of my memory bank … as I watched a Michael Portillo Great British Journey across Ireland recently. When he attempted to make one: he made a horrible looking mess of a Boxty … ?! it is meant to be of a smooth, fine grained consistency … but his was lumpy - an appropriate descriptive name: see below.
The Irish landscape of Connaght |
In the 1840s the poor made up 75% of the Irish population of around nine million … and potatoes were eaten both by the Anglo-Irish gentry and the mass of the people – which was unusual … as the potato was shunned in Europe.
The potato had been introduced in the second half of the 16th C (1500s), initially as a garden crop, before it came to be the main food crop for the poor.
Irish potatoes |
As a food source, the potato is extremely valuable in terms of the amount of energy produced per unit area of crop and is a good source of many vitamins and minerals, particularly Vitamin C when fresh.
Potatoes were widely cultivated, but especially by those at a subsistence level; the diet of this group in the 1840s depended mainly on potatoes supplemented with buttermilk.
Irish Lumpers for sale in Fortnum and Masons - not where I thought I'd find Lumpers! |
This over reliance on potatoes as a staple crop meant that the people of Ireland were vulnerable to poor potato harvests. The first Great Famine of 1739 was the result of extreme cold weather …
A sort of similar raised bed of potatoes to be found at North Carolina State Uni |
The 'Irish Lumper' has been characterized as a "wet, nasty, knobbly old potato" … but has recently been reintroduced to schools in Ireland – as a project of historical education - they are being cultivated in raised garden beds, just as they used to be grown.
Boxty that formed the main meal for so many Irish peasants in the mid 1800s … had various regional names eg 'poundy' … but it is essential that it is of a fine consistency so make sure the raw potato is grated finely ...
Mc Niffee's Bakery ... see link |
Drop scone ready for turning |
… the popularity of Boxty has risen and will be seen in various guises at home or on menus … with modern flavourings to 'tart up' the "poor-house bread" … raising it from its early roots of necessity.
These would suit me - Smoked Salmon and sour cream on Boxty |
So who will have a drop scone tonight, or a Boxty supper … I have to say I love both … but the Boxty I'd be happy to eat would be more like a potato cake … with some extras of choice ...


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When burglars in San Bernardino County, Calif., realized the computers they'd stolen were from a nonprofit that helps victims of sexual violence, they returned them — along with an apology note that may restore your faith in humanity.
The thieves broke into the San Bernardino County Sexual Assault Services office on the night of July 31, according to a press release from Cal Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES). Candy Stallings, the nonprofit's executive director, said the burglars had shimmied between floor boards and walls to get past the building's high security system.
They also clipped multiple alarm wires, CBS Los Angeles reported. Within minutes, six computers with hard drives, a laptop and a bag of valuables were taken.
Police called Stallings the next morning around 4:30, according to NBC Los Angeles. They told her more suspicious activity was taking place at her office.
But when Stallings arrived, she found a surprise.
"All my stuff was in front of the door," she told the station. "There was a shopping cart, and there were the PCs that were taken, there was the laptop. Everything was there."
In that laptop, an investigator discovered the note. It read:
We had no idea what we were takeing [sic]. Here your stuff back. We hope that you guys can continue to make a difference in peoples [sic] live. God bless.
"We were all pretty shocked," Stallings added. "You've got to be kidding me. I was in disbelief. I got chills. I got very emotional."
"This is the first time in my career I have seen the return of stolen items," San Bernardino Police Lt. Paul Williams told NBC. "It appears the guilt of taking the property caused the return of the items."


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The truck driver killed by police after mowing down dozens of revelers in the French seaside city of Nice had a "violent" past, but was not previously the subject of a terrorism investigation, French prosecutors Francois Molins said Friday.
The 31-year-old driver, Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, had been detained in March and convicted of voluntary violence with a weapon after throwing a wooden pallet at another driver during a confrontation, France's justice minister said.
Jean-Jacques told reporters Bouhlel's six month sentence was suspended and he was placed on probation. He said Bouhlel was required to present himself at a Nice police station once a week and post bail, adding that he respected these obligations "rigorously."
Prosecutors said he was also known to police "due to threats, violence and petty theft" between 2010 and 2016.
But it was unclear whether Bouhlel, a Tunisian-born delivery man living in Nice, had any ties to terrorist groups and whether he acted alone. At least 84 people, including 10 children and teens, were killed and 202 others wounded in the Bastille Day attack Thursday.


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"I take passenger, I look at gas. I take another passenger, I look at gas," said New York City taxi driver Shi Shir K. Roy. "Tension all the time."
Though rationing that allowed private motorists to fill up only every other day seemed to help with gas lines, it didn't answer motorists' questions about why they had been waiting for days in hourslong lines to fuel up. The confusion led some, like Angel Ventura, to panic.
Ventura, who drives a graffiti-covered delivery van for a camera rental company, said he has taken to hunting for gasoline every time his gauge drops below a quarter of a tank. "It makes me crazy, thinking I might hit empty and not be able to find it," he said as he waited for gas in Manhattan.
As drivers waited on police-monitored lines, thousands more residents in the region got their power back for the first time since Sandy came ashore 12 days ago. More than 420,000 customers were still without power in New Jersey and the New York City area. President Barack Obama, who visited the battered Jersey coast two days after the storm, said he would survey the damage in New York next week. The American Red Cross said Friday that widespread destruction from the storm will likely make this the largest U.S. relief effort since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, outpacing Hurricanes Ike and Gustav and California wildfires.
The gasoline rationing - first in the nation's largest city since the 1970s Arab oil embargo - forced motorists to line up depending on whether their license plate ends with odd or even numbers. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said one-third of the city's gas stations were open Friday, compared to 25 percent the day before, and cautioned, "there's no guarantee that odd-even is going to make a big difference."
Industry officials first blamed the shortage on gas stations that lost power, but now say the problem has shifted to supply terminals, which are either shut or operating at reduced capacity in New York and New Jersey. Drivers are also quicker to top off tanks because they're afraid gasoline won't be available, AAA spokesman Michael Green said.
Tom Kloza, chief oil analyst at the Oil Price Information Service, said the densely populated New York-New Jersey area has fewer stations per capita than any other major metropolitan area, making the shortage an even bigger problem. He said rationing earlier might have helped in New York City.
"It does curb some of the manic or panic behavior," Kloza said.
Gasoline moves millions of New Yorkers, just as the subway does. Hundreds of thousands of people drive to work, especially from the outer boroughs, and taxis and delivery vans are part of every gridlocked intersection.
Friday was an "odd" day in the rationing plan, although not everyone had gotten with the program.
"Even? Odd? Whatever it is, I didn't have the right one," said Joe Standart, a 62-year-old artist whose even-numbered car was ordered off a West Side gas station line by a police officer.
In the Gowanus section of Brooklyn, lines were still blocks long, but shorter than last week and moving more quickly.
Teniele Newbury, a mother of three, defended her need to use a car to go about her daily routine.
"People probably think we can take the subway," she said, "but I've got three kids I've got to drop off at three different schools. You try that on the subway with three little kids."
On Long Island, where odd-even rationing also began Friday, a spot check found shorter lines - 30 to 40 cars at most - and more stations with gas. In Brooklyn, car service owner Gary Lindenbaum said waits last week had been five or six hours.
"The rationing really helps us a lot," said Lindenbaum, owner of Court Express. "We need to work. We need the gas."
Lindenbaum drew the line at one hoarding technique: He posted a sign that said, "Drivers, do not carry full gas containers in your car."
Some cab drivers have been doing just that. One taxi reeked of gasoline from the extra cans sloshing around in the back seat with a passenger.
Desperate drivers weren't paying much attention to prices, but in New Jersey, seven gas stations were among the eight businesses sued by the state Friday on price-gouging claims.
Meanwhile, many officials were pointing to power companies as the culprit in the region's slow recovery. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has called for investigation of the region's utilities, criticizing them as unprepared and badly managed. On Friday, two congressmen from Long Island urged the federal government - even the military - to come in and help the Long Island Power Authority restore electricity.
"When the lights went off in Baghdad and the lights went off in Kabul, it was the Army Corps of Engineers that went into Baghdad and Kabul to turn the lights back on," said Rep. Steve Israel. "We don't need to turn the lights back on in Kabul and Baghdad. We need to turn the lights back on in Plainview and Great Neck and the south shore."
Long Island's main utility, the Long Island Power Authority, has declined to respond to criticism, while New York utility Consolidated Edison Corp. has called the storm the worst in its history.
Obama said Friday that he will meet with affected residents and first responders in a tour of the hardest-hit areas of the city.
Some residents of Toms River, N.J., were given a precious hour Friday to see their storm-wrecked houses for the first time and grab warm-weather clothing, important pictures - whatever belongings they could. When Steve Dabern saw his flooded house, the floor was torn in pieces, the refrigerator was on its side and the kitchen furniture was in the living room.
"Sickness. I felt sick," he said.
Bloomberg said the gas shortages could last for a couple of weeks, worrying many New Yorkers who say gas is vital to their lives.
At St. Mary's Children's Hospital in Queens, workers who visit 4,000 sick children have been getting up as early as 2 a.m. to get on gas lines, said chief administrative officer Hope Mavaro Iliceto. Some have run out of fuel while waiting in line, she said.
At the Brooklyn gas station, Ruben Quinonez and Edgar Luna were in the delivery truck they drive for a bakery in Mahopac, north of the city. They normally work from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., making deliveries in Brooklyn and Manhattan, but every day since the storm they have added a long wait in a gas line.
"You can't take the risk," Quinonez said. "Bread has got to be fresh."
Fitzgerald reported from White Plains, N.Y. Associated Press writers Frank Eltman in North Massapequa, Paul Harloff, Meghan Barr, David B. Caruso, Jennifer Peltz, Colleen Long and Karen Matthews in New York, Wayne Parry in Toms River, N.J., Samantha Henry in Newark, N.J., and Brett Zongker and Ken Thomas in Washington contributed to this report.


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The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) is currently drafting an opinion on the "Local and Regional Authorities Shaping the Future Eastern Partnership ".
The rapporteur of the opinion, Mr Tadeuš ANDŽEJEVSKI (LT/ECR), Member of Vilnius District Municipal Council, invites the representatives of local and regional authorities and stakeholders for a policy debate in order to exchange views on the content of the future opinion. As political change is unfolding throughout the region, both the EU and partner countries are reflecting upon the Eastern Partnership policy, its successes and flaws in the past 10 years, and on the next decade of cooperation. In preparation of the next EaP Summit in the first half of 2020, the European Commission and the European External Action Service have launched a consultation on the future of the Eastern Partnership. This opinion will reflect CoR's contribution to the mentioned consultation process.
The consultation will take place on:
30 September 2019 between 15.00 and 17.00
in the Committee of the Regions building
(Rue Van Maerlant 2, B-1000 Brussels)
Room VMA 1
(Simultaneous interpretation will be provided in Polish and English)
After a short introduction, the audience will be invited to exchange views with the rapporteur. Should you have any position papers relevant to the subject, please send them to CIVEX commission secretariat by e-mail using the address below.
You can register until 1.00 a.m. on 26 September 2019 to participate in this debate to shape the rapporteur's views.
Please note that – due to security reasons – only registered persons have access to the Committee's building. You will be requested to show a valid id card or passport in order to access the building, or any other valid identity document which includes a photo.
Please also note that in order to reduce paper waste, the CoR will not provide paper copies of documents for the meeting.