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Rescue Profile: Dan Sumpter
Case #20914
Dan Sumpter went hunting in the mountains of the Los Padres National Forest near Frazier Park, California. He was hunting with his friend Jay, who while experienced with firearms, had never shot a buck before. At first light, the duo started hiking up a deer trail they previously scouted that looked promising. Less than thirty minutes into the hike, they spotted a legal buck at the top of one of the mountains that was looking straight at them. After debating if the shot was going to be safe because of how close the buck was to the mountain, they decided it was. Dan handed over the shooting sticks so his friend could get his first opportunity at a buck. Watching the buck, Dan coached his friend to concentrate on his breathing. The first shot missed, but the buck didn't move. Jay whispered, "I pulled it" and Dan said, "He hasn't moved, concentrate on your breathing and just squeeze the trigger". Dan could see and hear the hit from over a hundred yards away and knew the buck was either dead or hadn't moved too far. The duo was elated and Jay said, "Buck Fever on that first shot I pulled, I can't believe he didn't!"
Jay started up the mountain to find the buck and Dan stayed back so he could help direct Jay over the radio to the spot where the buck was when shot. Once Jay got to the spot, Jay radioed "We have a dead deer" and Dan responded with "Congrats, I will be right there!" Dan started up the mountain and took a more direct route that put the peak of the mountain between him and Jay.
Rescue Profile: Shannon Cunningham
Case #20130
Shannon Cunningham has been an avid backpacker for 9 years. For two of those years, she has carried SPOT Gen3 to use in case of emergency and this past summer was the first time she had to use the S.O.S. on her SPOT.
Shannon was on a 5 day solo hike on the northern most tip of Vancouver Island in Canada on the North Coast Trail. On the first day of her hike, she slipped at camp and fell dislocating and breaking her shoulder in four different places.
The Canadian Coast Guard, out of Port Hardy, received her location and rescued her by boat. After arriving to the ER, the doctors verified Shannon's shoulder injuries.
Rescue Profile: Tom Roberts
Case #20141
Tom Roberts is an avid hunter in the backcountry of Canada and has been hunting big game for many years. In August 2017, Tom and his hunting partner set off to their favourite spot in the mountains to do some sheep hunting.
After his partner shot a ram, Tom took on the job of skinning his hunting partner's prize. His knife was caught up in the hide so he torqued with his knife. As he did this, the knife came though the hide and he stabbed himself near his knee right to the bone. His hunting partner used quick thinking and cut a piece of canvas meat bag and wrapped it tightly around Tom's leg to create a tourniquet to stop the bleeding.
Rescue Profile: John "Swagman" Walker
Various Locations
John Walker aka Swagman is no stranger to overcoming challenging situations. As a U.S. Navy Veteran and avid hiker, Swagman loves being outside and takes on nature one hiking trail at a time with plans to conquer the Appalachian Trail in 2018.
With safety in mind, Swagman purchased his first SPOT device in 2008 after his sister persuaded him to do so—she didn't want him to be mauled by a bear or rabid racoon. Little did he know that his SPOT device would be put to use not only once, but a total of three times over the past ten years.
Allison Stegner is a paleontologist, and currently is an intern for the Bureau of Land Management surveying the Bears Ears National Monument for fossils. As a paleontologist and ecologist, Allison works in remote parts of Utah and has relied on SPOT since 2013. "I frequently use the check-in/OK button while working in the field and have found that the coordinates are consistently more accurate than the Garmin Oregon I use for my research. The Garmin has a lot of trouble with cliffs and since I work in Utah, I am frequently near cliffs."
Recently, Allison was surveying an area littered with dangerous slopes and sandstone blocks. As she stepped off a large, 300 pound block, it began to slide and in a matter of seconds, trapped and crushed her foot against another large rock. Finding herself literally caught between a rock and a hard place, she tried to break free and move the boulder, but realized she was trapped. After much thought, she activated the S.O.S. on her SPOT device. "I was in excruciating pain and couldn't sit or rest because of the way I was trapped. I kept thinking, I am out of sight and in a remote area. How is anyone going to find me?"

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More than three months since my last post? That's terrible, outrageous! A writer-friend of mine says I'm too precious with my words because I've never been a "working journalist," as they learn by necessity that sometimes good enough is just that, then get over it and move on to the next assignment. This site has begun to remind me of the silkworm I was given one summer in elementary school, which I was instructed to feed leaves and observe its metamorphosis into a butterfly: I put it in my desk drawer and then forgot about it completely until weeks later, by which time I was fearful I'd reopen the drawer to find a vengeful, neglected monster. Such shall not be the fate of The Car Crush!
My client Ferrari is hosting a spectacular event this weekend in Beverly Hills, celebrating its 60th Anniversary in the USA with an exhibition of 60 of the most significant Ferraris ever built. If you happen to be in the area, the event is on Rodeo Drive on Sunday (October 12) from 10am to 4pm, and is free and open to the public. Here's a selection of gorgeous illustrations from Ferrari's Classiche department of the 60 cars to be shown.


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WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
Nuveen Investments, Inc. v. Robert Tamaqua a/k/a Bobby T.
Case No. D2004-0325
1. The Parties
The Complainant is Nuveen Investments, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, represented by Gardner, Carton & Douglas, United States of America.
The Respondent is Robert Tamaqua a/k/a Bobby T, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, unrepresented.
2. The Domain Name and Registrar
The disputed domain name <nuveen.net> is registered with Tucows.
3. Procedural History
The Complaint was filed with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (the "Center") on May 4, 2004. On May 4, 2004, the Center transmitted by email to Tucows a request for registrar verification in connection with the disputed domain name. On May 5, 2004, at 4.55pm, Tucows transmitted by email to the Center a response to the effect that it had not received a copy of the Complaint and that "none" was the registrant of the disputed domain name rather than "Bobby T" (the latter being the Administrative Contact). A supplementary response emailed some three hours later confirmed receipt of a copy of the Complaint. The Center asked the Complainant's attorneys to amend the complaint to show the Respondent as "none". The Complainant then complied, but erroneously indicated in its revised section 6 of the Complaint that there was "no registrant" of the disputed domain name. The Center then verified that the amended Complaint satisfied the formal requirements of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "Policy"), the Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "Rules"), and the WIPO Supplemental Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "Supplemental Rules").
In accordance with Rules 2(a) and 4(a) the Center formally notified the Respondent of the Complaint, and the proceedings commenced on May 11, 2004. Under Rule 5(a), the due date for Response was May 31, 2004. The Response was duly filed with the Center on May 28, 2004.
The Center appointed Philip N. Argy as the sole panelist on June 8, 2004. The Panel finds that it was properly constituted. The Panel has submitted the Statement of Acceptance and Declaration of Impartiality and Independence, as required by the Center to ensure compliance with the Rule 7.
On June 8, 2004, the Center also notified the parties of the Panel's appointment, and a projected decision date of June 22, 2004.
The Panel received the case file in Sydney Australia late on June 11, 2004.
All other procedural and administrative requirements appear to have been met.
4. Factual Background
The Panel has proceeded on the basis, as is clear from the Response, that the licensee of the disputed domain name, and therefore the true respondent, is Robert Tamaqua, Esq. of Toronto in the province of Ontario, Canada.
The Complainant is a publicly traded corporation organised under the laws of the state of Delaware in the United States of America.
Respondent did not contest Complainant's assertion that it owned all rights title and interest in and to the NUVEEN trademark throughout the world. Exhibit 4 to the Complaint does not prove that ownership in the Complainant in respect of USA or Canada because there is no explanation of the relationship between John Nuveen & Co Incorporated and the Complainant in the case of the USA registration, and the Canadian registration certificate does not bear the name of the Complainant.
Nor did Respondent contest Complainant's assertions about the extent of its use of the NUVEEN mark and the extent of the Complainant's reputation in connection with financial services provided under that brand for over 40 years.
And finally, Respondent did not contest that Complainant is the registrant of the <nuveen.com> domain name.
5. Parties' Contentions
A. Complainant
The Complainant, in addition to the above uncontested matters in support of its own rights to the disputed domain name, put the entirety of its case under paragraphs 4(a)(ii) and (iii) of the Policy in the following way (omitting exhibits):
"12.1 The domain name at issue is not the name of Respondent, nor can it be considered his business name or his common trade name. Moreover, Respondent is not using the domain name at issue in connection with a bona fide offering of goods and services, nor is Respondent making a legitimate non-commercial or fair use of the domain name. There is no legitimate basis for Respondent's registration of the NUVEEN.NET domain name.
12.2 On information and belief, Respondent obtained the domain name registration for NUVEEN.NET with full knowledge of Complainant's long prior use and ownership of the NUVEEN mark. Respondent registered the domain name to obtain financial gain from the valuable goodwill of Complainant's NUVEEN trademark.
12.3 On information and belief, Respondent provided false contact information on the whois query for NUVEEN.NET. When Complainant sent Respondent a cease and desist letter via U.S. mail on March 16, 2004, the letter was "returned to sender". See Exhibit 7.
12.4 Respondent did respond by e-mail, stating that he would be willing to sell the domain name to Complainant. See Exhibit 8.
12.5 Respondent intentionally attempted to attract, for commercial gain, Internet users, to its site or other on-line location, by creating a likelihood of confusion with the Complainant's mark as to the source, sponsorship, affiliation, or endorsement of his website or on his website.
12.6 Before Complainant sent the March 16, 2004, letter to Respondent's false address, users who accessed the NUVEEN.NET domain name were immediately transferred to EBONYJOY.COM, an adult entertainment website. See Exhibit 9. Complainant contacted the listed registrant of EBONYJOY.COM and requested that the NUVEEN.NET domain name be blocked from the EBONYJOY.COM site or that the users of the NUVEEN.NET name be redirected to Complainant's site. The listed registrant advised that it was unable to block the NUVEEN.NET domain name and was unable to redirect users to Complainant's website. See Exhibit 10. Not surprisingly, both the listed registrant and Respondent claim that there is no relationship between them.
13. Respondent's acts clearly constitute bad faith under Section 4(b)(iv) of the Policy. Specifically, Respondent registered the domain name NUVEEN.NET to intentionally attract Internet users to the NUVEEN.NET website by creating a likelihood of confusion with the Complainant's mark as to the source, sponsorship, affiliation, or endorsement of the NUVEEN.NET website."
B. Respondent
The Respondent, in summary, replies that 'Nuveen' was his school nickname.
Respondent then notes that, until June 2003, Complainant was actually the registrant of the disputed domain name and either relinquished it or failed to renew it. Complainant fails to disclose this in the Complaint.
Respondent asserts that the disputed domain name is used for email and for maintaining a personal web log. The blog contains more material responsive to the Complaint than actually appears in the Response. The Respondent's blog also contains derisive references to the Complainant and its attorneys, and impudent content such the following gratuitous reference to Complainant's attorney: "I checked out that law firm's website and found a picture of the lawyer. She's pretty cute (for a hardass lawyer chick).".
6. Discussion and Findings
The Complainant bears the onus of proving each of the elements of paragraph 4(a) of the Policy before the Panel can make an order in the Complainant's favour. These elements are:
(i) that the disputed domain name is identical or confusingly similar to a trademark or service mark in which the Complainant has rights (par 4(a)(i) of the Policy); and
(ii) that the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interest in respect of the disputed domain name (par 4(a)(ii) of the Policy); and
(iii) that the disputed domain name was registered and is being used in bad faith.
Unhelpfully, the Complaint did not address these matters in any methodical fashion, but simply comprised the assertions recorded above with little attempt to correlate the assertions with the grounds in the Policy. This is not an approach that finds favour with the Panel, particularly when portions of the Policy are incompletely quoted and erroneously invoked.
Taking the requisite elements in turn, and seeking as best the Panel can to identify the parts of the Complainant's submissions which are intended to address that element, the Panel finds as follows:
A. Identical or confusingly similar to a mark in which Complainant has rights
The disputed domain name simply comprises the word "nuveen" and the gTLD ".net". In accordance with this and other Panel's consistent views, the gTLD name rarely has any significance and should ordinarily be ignored for the purposes of testing identicality or confusing similarity. The disputed domain name on that basis is identical to the NUVEEN mark. On any view it is confusingly similar. This element of the Policy is easily made out but the Complaint contains no submission to that effect.
As noted above, the Respondent does not contest the Complainant's assertion that it has rights in the mark NUVEEN, despite the failure of the exhibited evidence to make good that assertion.
Fortunately for the Complainant, Exhibit 5 to the Complaint, being extracts from the Complainant's website using the <nuveen.com> domain name, is sufficient to support a finding that the disputed domain name is identical or confusingly similar to a mark in which Complainant has rights, and the Panel so finds.
B. Respondent's lack of rights or legitimate interest in respect of domain name
Spartan evidence indeed is provided in support of the Complainant's assertion that "[t]here is no legitimate basis for Respondent's registration of the NUVEEN.NET domain name". Presumably the Panel is being asked to infer that from the surrounding circumstances. In light of the Response, with its implausible and uncorroborated nickname contention, the Panel (with some hesitation) concludes on the balance of probabilities that the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interest in respect of the disputed domain name. No substantiated explanation has been given in response to a Complaint that squarely puts in issue the Respondent's interest in the name 'Nuveen'.
Accordingly, this element of the Policy is also satisfied.
C. Registered and Used in Bad Faith
Taking in turn the Complainant's allegations set out in full above, and testing them against what is required to satisfy paragraph 4(a)(iii) of the Policy:
The disputed domain name is not the name of the Respondent
The Complainant supplies no evidence to support this assertion, which is strictly made in support of paragraph 4(a)(ii) of the Policy rather than paragraph 4(a)(iii). The Respondent similarly provides no evidence in support of his positive assertion to the contrary (beyond a self serving email dated May 4, 2004, to Complainant's attorneys asserting that he holds school yearbook corroborative evidence, which was not included with the Response). The Respondent's blog site, in his entry for May 4, 2004, puts the existence of corroborative high school yearbook evidence rather more tentatively (and prophetically) than in his May 4 email:
"In one of the yearbooks I swear there's a picture that just may prove this. I'm trying to get in touch with someone to obtain a copy. I have a feeling I may need it if I want to keep my domain.".
In this kind of administrative proceeding, where 'evidence' cannot be tested, it is hard for a panel to make a finding as to the legitimacy of a person's nickname. But a complete lack of evidence can at least support a finding of no rights or legitimate interest in respect of the disputed domain name. In this case the Panel doubts the veracity of the Respondent's nickname assertions given his conspicuous failure to include any relevant yearbook evidence in his Response. This doubt is sufficient to maintain the above finding that paragraph 4(a)(ii) of the Policy is satisfied.
the Respondent's failure to use the disputed domain name in connection with a bona fide offering of goods and services
This contention, presumably intended to anticipate and negate Respondent's reliance on paragraph 4(c)(i) of the Policy, is either inconsistent with the Complainant's assertion that the Respondent has attempted to attract users to his site for commercial gain, or is an assertion that whatever goods and services the Respondent offers from his site are not offered bona fide. The evidence does not enable the Panel to make any findings on this issue. If the "www.ebony.com" adult entertainment site were the commercial site in question, the Panel cannot form a view about the bona fides of the Respondent in the face of the denial of any connection contained in Exhibit 10 to the Complaint. If the assertion is that the non-blog content now on the Respondent's site has that character, the Panel disagrees.
the Respondent's failure to make a legitimate non-commercial or fair use of the disputed domain name
This unsubstantiated assertion, presumably intended to anticipate and negate Respondent's reliance on paragraph 4(c)(iii) of the Policy, cannot prevail over Exhibit 10 of the Complaint. To the extent to which the Complainant could have argued (but does not) that the comments on the Respondent's site that deride the Complainant and its attorneys are not "fair", the Panel cannot agree. Whilst the Panel takes the view that the tone and content of the Respondent's site demonstrates his lack of bona fides generally, and perhaps even a use in bad faith of the disputed domain name, the absence of the ground is not evidence of bad faith; it is simply not evidence of good faith that the Respondent could have relied upon.
the obtaining of the disputed domain name "with full knowledge of Complainant's long prior use and ownership of the NUVEEN mark"
This allegation is apparently made in an attempt to invoke all or part of paragraph 4(b) of the Policy. The Respondent admits to knowing that the Complainant was the registrant of the disputed domain name prior to his successful registration. The Complainant failed to disclose this. Although the Panel is reluctant to infer bad faith registration on the respondent's part by reason only of that factual background, it is prepared to do so given the other bad faith conduct of the Respondent referred to below. That bad faith is not sufficient, however, to satisfy the elements of paragraph 4(b) of the Policy. First, because there is no evidence of a demand for excess consideration for the disputed domain name that is needed to satisfy subparagraph 4(b)(i) of the Policy; secondly, there is no evidence of a pattern of conduct that would be needed to satisfy subparagraph 4(b)(ii), thirdly, because there is no evidence of business disruption by a competitor of the Complainant, and there is no contention that the Complainant is a competitor of the Respondent for the purposes of subparagraph 4(b)(iii); and fourthly, because there is no evidence of the requisite confusion that would satisfy subparagraph 4(b)(iv) of the Policy.
the Respondent's provision of false contact information "on the whois query for <nuveen.net>"
The Panel has seen no evidence to support this allegation. On the contrary, and despite the 'return to sender' evidence in exhibit 7, it is clear that the owner of the disputed domain name (by whatever or even no name) was in fact contacted at his address in Toronto, Canada.
However, the Panel does regard the Respondent's refusal to receive Complainant's attorney's letter of March 15, 2004, as evidence of bad faith. Indeed the Respondent prospectively boasts about that conduct in his blog in these terms:
"They sent a hard copy by registered mail. I can probably refuse to sign it if it arrives."
This bad faith, however, is not the kind of bad faith that satisfies paragraph 4(a)(iii) of the Policy, because it is not a bad faith use of the disputed domain name - it is simply bad faith conduct of the Respondent. This bad faith conduct is nevertheless sufficient to support the drawing of adverse inferences against the Respondent wherever this is properly available on the Complainant's otherwise weak evidence. The Panel declines to accord Respondent any benefit of the doubt in the light of his conduct.
the Respondent's indication of his willingness to sell the disputed domain name to the Complainant
The Respondent contends, and the Panel agrees, that his mere indication of willingness to sell the disputed domain name after receipt of a communication on behalf of the Complainant cannot be evidence of bad faith absent any mention of a price in excess of the Respondent's documented out-of-pocket costs directly related to the disputed domain name. Exhibit 8 to the Complaint manifests no such demand. Nor is the allegation complete enough or supported by evidence which would satisfy the balance of paragraph 4(b)(i) of the Policy.
the pre March 16, 2004, redirection of the disputed domain name to an adult entertainment website
As noted above, the Complaint baldly asserts that the Respondent
"intentionally attempted to attract, for commercial gain, Internet users, to its site or other online location, by creating a likelihood of confusion with the Complainant's mark as to the source, sponsorship, affiliation, or endorsement of his website or on his website.".
Although obviously intended to attract the operation of paragraph 4(b)(iv) of the Policy, that paragraph is met only if the facts described are "found by the Panel to be present". The Complaint neither contains nor exhibits any evidence that would enable the Panel to so find, other than the twice repeated assertion that it is so.
Exhibit 9 (which the Panel notes appears to have been generated on March 22, 2004, by direct browsing of the "ebony.com" site) does not show the entry page to the "ebony.com" site, which under a prominent WARNING banner includes the words
"This Website contains sexually-oriented adult content which may include visual images and verbal descriptions of nude adults, adults engaging in sexual acts, and other audio and visual materials of a sexually-explicit nature"
The Panel agrees with the Respondent that consumers would be unlikely to think that such a site emanated from, was affiliated with or endorsed by the Complainant and, in the Panel's view, it follows that the site, even if entered, would be unlikely to tarnish the Complainant's mark. In any event, paragraph 4(c) of the Policy is there to be availed of by a respondent, and the Respondent here has not sought to do so. Whilst the Complainant also sought to rely on paragraph 4(b)(iv) to establish the Respondent's bad faith, the likelihood of confusion that must be shown to satisfy that element is not here present.
The Complainant also sought to dismiss the Exhibit 10 email from the operator of the "www.ebony.com" site as disingenuous. The Panel takes a contrary view. Some framing is conduct which is hard for a framed site's owner to circumvent. Having said that, it is also fair to observe that the Respondent's attempt to blame an incorrectly configured Apache server for the 'redirection' must be rejected because framing of the "www.ebony.com" site by the Respondent's site cannot have occurred through any operation of the Apache server, no matter how incorrectly it was configured. Framing is effected by the coding of the page created by the Respondent. The IP address of the server at which that page was located was specified by the Respondent. There is no evidence that the Respondent's content host erroneously allocated the "www.ebony.com" site's server to the IP address specified by the Respondent in his <nuveen.net> registration.
In relation to paragraph 4(a)(iii) of the Policy, the Panel has formed the view on balance that the Complainant registered the disputed domain name in bad faith and is now using it in bad faith. This conclusion is reached despite the weak evidence put forward by the Complainant. The Respondent invited the Panel to consider his site through the introduction of Exhibit 11 to the Response. Exhibit 11 is a small excerpt from the site, the full contents of which are sufficient when combined with the Complaint and the Response to persuade the Panel of the lack of the Respondent's bona fides in his registration and use of the site. The Complainant has the benefit of the totality of the evidence, with the result that the Respondent is "hoist with his own petard".
7. Decision
For all the foregoing reasons, and despite the very poorly constructed and supported Complaint, in accordance with Paragraphs 4(i) of the Policy and 15 of the Rules, the Panel orders that the registration of <nuveen.net> be transferred to the Complainant.
Philip N. Argy
Sole Panelist
Date: June 18, 2004


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Last Monday, the ICC Prosecutor requested that an International Criminal Court (ICC) Pre-Trial Chamber issue warrants for the arrest of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, his eldest son Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi and Abdullah Al‐Senussi who is head of military intelligence in Libya (and Gaddafi' brother in law). All three are accused by the Prosecutor of commiting crimes against humanity in Libya. Libya is not a party to the ICC statute and the situation in Libya was referred to the ICC by the United Nations Security Council in Resolution 1970 .
There are a few interesting thing to note about the request. First of all, there are, of course, similarities with the Bashir arrest warrant. But there are also differences. In both cases the head of State of a non-party to the Rome Statute is subject to an arrest warrant after a Security Council referral. As we have noted on this blog in many previous posts (search for 'Bashir' on the right), the fact that a head of State is indicted raises issues of the immunity. The issue is not straight forward but I have argued that the effect of the Security Council referral is that Sudan (now read Libya) is to be treated as bound by the Rome Statute with the effect that Article 27 which removes international law immunities for parties has the same effect for that State. However, I have also criticised the Judges of the ICC for not addressing the immunity question. In the Gaddafi case, at least at this stage, the international law immunity issue does not yet arise, or at least does not arise in the same way. The reason for this is that while the Prosecutor has requested an arrest warrant for Gaddafi he has not requested that States other than Libya surrender Gaddafi. In his request, made under Art. 58, the Prosecutor states that:
"65. The Office submits that, if this Application is granted and the Court proceeds to issue warrants of arrest, the Court should exclusively transmit a request for the arrest of the suspects to Libyan authorities.66 … Addressing a request at this stage to other States on whose territory, according to the information available, the suspects are not physically present would appear superfluous and contrary to the express scheme foreseen in Part 9.67. The submission to States of requests in the abstract, without concrete foundation, would run contrary to specific nature of the judicial assistance process as crafted under Part 9 of the Statute and as, for example, also practiced between States in matters of mutual legal assistance at the inter-State level. It is the experience of the Prosecution that sending requests to States that cannot be fulfilled, because of the absence of essential underlying facts enabling their execution, may occasion uncertainty in that State as to the purpose of the request, may lead the State to revert back to the requesting organ to ascertain whether it has any information that would support its conclusion that such a request is warranted, or may cause it to question the conformity of the request with statutory requirements or to reject the request."
One can only wonder by the Prosecutor has taken this approach. It is contrary to the approach taken with respect to Bashir and even appears to suggest that the approach taken in the Bashir case is contrary to the Statute. It is a curious approach for the Prosecutor to take as it would mean that were Gaddafi to travel outside Libya without warning the State he travels to would not be obliged to arrest him.
The approach nonetheless affects the position with respect to potential immunity. The key issue immunity issue in the Bashir case, is that the ICC has in granting the Prosecutor's request also made a reqest to all ICC parties that they arrest him if he were to come into their territory. Heads of State are ordinarily immune from the jurisdiction of foreign States (including immunity from arrest) so the question has been whether other States are obliged (indeed entitled) to arrest Bashir when he visits (eg when he visited Chad, Kenya, Djibouti and other States). Rather than complaining to the Security Council that States were not complying with the warrant, the Court ought to have addressed the potential legal issue at stake. However, in the case of Gaddafi, the Prosecutor is not (yet) asking any foreign State to violate the immunities that Gaddafi would ordinarily have under international law.
The potential immunity issue that arises, at this stage, in the Gaddafi case is whether Gaddafi is immune from the jurisdiction of the ICC ( as opposed to immune from arrest). I think there is no immunity for Gaddafi from ICC jurisdiction. One way to answer this question is to say that there are no international law immunities before international tribunals as Paola Gaeta argues. In my view, there can be immunity from international tribunals (see my article here) but in this case, as in the case of Bashir, that immunity is removed because of the Security Council referral (see article here).
One aside with respect to the immunity issue is that the Prosecutor has referred to Gaddafi's eldest son, who the Prosecutor is bringing charges against, as the de facto prime minister of Libya. In short, he is saying he is the head of government of that country. If so, then immunity issues would arise not only with respect to Gaddafi senior but also with respect to Gaddafi junior!
A second interesting issue with regard to the arrest warrant request is that, thus far, the Prosecutor has chosen to charge only for crimes against humanity and not for war crimes. In the Prosecutor's statement, he said that " The Office will further investigate allegations of massive rapes, war crimes committed by different parties during the armed conflict that started at the end of February . . ." The reason this is of interest is that it is not clear when the armed conflict in Libya started. War crimes are, of course, violations of international humanitarian law and there can only be violations of IHL in time of armed conflict. There is an armed conflict (in fact more than one) going on in Libya right now. But determining when it started is a precursor to determining whether war crimes were committed at any point in time. And determining whether acts are war crimes or not is important because unlike with crimes against humanity, there is no need to prove that the attacks are widespread or systematic.
As early as mid to late February of this year, a large number of authoritative bodies asserted that the Libyan authorities were committing violations of international humanitarian law. In SC Res. 1970, which was adopted on Feb. 26, the Security Council:
Welcom[ed] the condemnation by the Arab League, the African Union, and the Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference of the serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law that are being committed in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya,
The UN Secretary General made similar assertions on Feb. 21. In my view it is highly doubtful that there was an armed conflict in Libya in this period. The period in question was when there were protests in Libya and when Libyan troops are alleged to have broken up those protests with violence, including attacking protesters from the air. For there to have been a non-international armed conflict at the time there would need to have been (i) an intensity of fighting and (ii) organized armed groups. In mid to late Feb, it seems difficult to identify an armed groups other than the Libyan armed forces. There were reports of some members of the Libyan armed forces refusing to obey orders, defecting abroad but I couldn't at the time (and I did search quite a bit) find any reports of another organized armed group. The present rebels seem to me to have come into being later than this. The fact that the ICC prosecutor has not yet charged for war crimes suggests that he is also struggling to find enough evidence to show that there was an armed conflict in Libya at the time when the protests were being quelled.
Although I think the international organizations mentioned above were wrong to speak of violations of IHL in the period of protests in Libya, I wonder whether this episode will not be looked upon later on as lowering the threshold for armed conflicts. One can assert that States in these bodies are wrong to make the decisions they make but of course they are the law makers in the international community. So, though wrong now, what they say may also be regarded as indications of opinio juris for the future. Declarations by the Security Council of violations of IHL in non-international armed conflicts like in Iraq in the 1980s are now viewed as important indications of a shift in the law regarding non-international armed conflict. Libya may be a turning point regarding the question of threshold of non-international armed conflicts


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You can work with an online tutor from the comfort of your home or a library. You can be flexible in the hours. That means that if you are only free late at night you can find a tutor who is on a different time zone to work with you during that time. If you prefer early mornings but cannot find someone near you to work with you at that time you can look for a tutor in a different time zone who will be awake at that hour.
- Online educational websites
The internet is home to multiple online educational websites. These websites offer a great deal of lessons and homework help. You can review the same lesson you were taught in class online and look at different samples for that lesson too. You can see how example problems are solved and take note of how other people might solve the same problem. These sites have videos as well as images and graphs. They have a plethora of different teaching mediums to compensate for the fact that there is no face to face time. You can watch lessons online or view homework help webinars. You can watch cartoon versions of your problem being solved right before your eyes.
- Online texts
If this does not work you can of course use online textbooks and writing guides. These are designed for each course you may take. So you can look up algebra texts and see what guides are there for algebra. You can sift through multiple algebra topics and find those that you are struggling with the most or currently learning.
All of these tools can be used in conjunction with one another to ensure you get all of the free online algebra homework help you need. You can of course use one over the other or two over the three. Find whatever works best for you and then apply it to your daily homework.


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In unsurprising but awesome news, busy man Guillermo del Toro confirmed today some of what most fans have been expecting for a long time in regards to some role reprisals in The Hobbit by a few of our favorite actors and characters from the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
According to del Toro in a BBC Radio interview with regards to The Hobbit, Hugo Weaving will again be playing Lord Elrond, Sir Ian McKellen will be back as our favorite bearded wizard, Gandalf the Grey, and last but not least, the talented Andy Serkis will be back as Gollum.
Last week, del Toro revealed that they've narrowed down the candidates of who will play Bilbo Baggins to just one and that we'd likely be hearing about that soon. With these casting confirmations today, and updates of the movie popping up seemingly on a weekly basis, I expect we'll find out who our little Hobbit will be fairly soon, or at the very latest, at San Diego Comic Con next month.
The BBC Radio interview didn't just focus on who's playing who though, del Toro also again talked about how the films will be split up with no 'bridge' film, and what they'll focus on (which we reported on last week):
"There is a whole other chapter, so to speak, which is the comings and going of Gandalf which are dealt with, people that know the lore know that Gandalf was delayed with a crisis… with a character that is very shady called the Necromancer that proves to be Sauron."
Another tidbit of info del Toro revealed is that after eight months of working on the design for Smaug the dragon, they've just hit on the basics of his engineering and it'll be probably another half a year at least, before they're able to show him off in detail.
Guillermo's conversation with host Simon Mayo also touched on a few of his many projects listed in development. Here are some of the key points:
- Hellboy 3 is unlikely due to Ron Perlman being averse to wearing the prosthetics again.
- He'll be producing, not directing, Jekyll and Hyde
- He'll be directing Frankenstein and his one of his go-to guys, Doug Jones, will play the monster.
- Blade 4 with Wesley Snipes won't happen because of legal issues between Snipes and New Line, so del Toro won't be directing it.
That's it for now. Stay tuned for more updates on The Hobbit and Guillermo del Toro's many other projects.
What do you think of these updates and are you excited to see some familiar faces returning to The Hobbit?
The first of The Hobbit films is due out in December, 2011 and the second in December, 2012.


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Recreation > Bird Watching & Wildlife
St. Germain is a favorite destination for those seeking to watch birds and view wildlife. One of the reasons is that St. Germain is nestled in a vast area of wild, undeveloped lands with a huge abundance of water, top-quality habitat and other resources. The Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest provides a huge variety of habitat and gives wildlife enthusiasts some awesome opportunities.
Bring your Binoculars! Don't forget to take your binoculars when you are out enjoying the water, hiking on the trials or even driving in your car. St. Germain showcases a variety of birds, and spring and fall migration are especially good times to observe waterfowl and songbirds.
When on the water, keep an eye out for the loon. At first you may think you are seeing a duck as the body shape is similar, but if you look closer you will see their distinctive coloring. At night their haunting call echoes across the lake. A bonfire, good friends and loon calls punctuating the night air is a great end to a beautiful day.
Also watch for the majestic bald eagles soaring above the lakes in St. Germain. With our large population you are sure to spot one on your vacation, either on the water or sitting high in a tree along the roadside.
- Birdwatching in Vilas County
- Natural Areas in Vilas County
- Click here (PDF) to view the Great Wisconsin Birding & Nature Trail-Northwoods Region online publication.
- Click here (PDF) to view the Wisconsin Wildlife Primer-Wildlife Habits & Habitat online publication.
- Click here for information about deer feeding and baiting ban in Forest, Oneida and Vilas County that started January 11, 2016.
- Click here for more information about deer feeding and baiting bans in effect statewide for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD).
Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest Trails
Useful Links
- Biodiversity in Wisconsin - Links to information, including factsheets.
- Birdwatching & Wildlife in Oneida County
- EEK! Environmental Education for Kids - Electronic magazine for kids. Learn about the great outdoors!
- Helping Injured/Orphaned Birds & Wildlife (PDF) - Fact sheet on when & how to help injured and/or orphaned birds and wildlife.
- Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest — Information on recreational opportinities in the NHAL State Forest. NHAL State Forest Map-North & NHAL State Forest Map-South
- Oneida County Hiking & Biking Trails — Information for hike/bike/ski trails, canoeing routes & birding locations. Click here for detailed information Oneida County silent sports trails.
- Trail Etiquette & Safety - Department of Natural Resources online publication.
- Wisconsin Important Bird Areas - Information & maps about important bird habitat areas in Wisconsin.
- Wisconsin Society for Ornithology - Wisconsin's Premier Birding Organization


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Ayurveda on Home Remedies for Tinnitus Relief
Tinnitus symptoms can drive you crazy, but home remedies can help. Read on for Ayurveda's advice on finding relief from a condition that is becoming increasingly common and is no longer considered confined to the elderly.
From a recent article in The Times:
"The fear among auditory experts is that we are heading for a "tinnitus timebomb". If you regularly spend several hours a week clubbing or going to gigs, or if you listen to your MP3 player at full volume, you will have almost certainly experienced some temporary tinnitus already. Prolonged exposure to excessive decibels can put your hearing in danger of permanent damage."
This is the known face of tinnitus, the obvious cause and effect situation where frequent exposure to loud noise can damage our hearing permanently. Then there is the tinnitus experienced usually in the later years of life as a persistent "ringing in the ears". But there is growing concern about the increase of general noise about us that is leading to the early development of tinnitus symptoms. Many people in their 30s and 40s are developing tinnitus symptoms and some children are being affected too.
The Times article sums up the concern:
"countless studies worldwide have now confirmed that an overload of noise levels is resulting in hearing loss in young people. According to some estimates, noise levels have increased tenfold in recent years - in shops and restaurants, in schools and at work, on trains and planes, on urban stress and in the countryside, the global hum is becoming a global howl."
The UK's national health advisory service, NHS direct, describes tinnitus as a symptom (not a condition) that most commonly occurs in old age, but also acknowledges that "tinnitus is starting to affect a growing number of younger people due to the general increase in sound and noise in today's society".
Living Without Peace: Tinnitus Symptoms
The symptoms of tinnitus can manifest as occasional or constant ringing, hissing, or buzzing noises in the ears. Some tinnitus sufferers also experience increased sensitivity to everyday sounds, which they perceive as louder than the average person.
Tinnitus often becomes more noticeable during quiet times where there is less distracting external noise, this can be particularly distracting and disturbing when trying to read or rest.
Seeking Relief: Ayurveda on Tinnitus
Ayurveda considers tinnitus to be the result of a disturbance to vata dosha. Vata is the energy of the body that governs the nervous system and higher mental functions. Tinnitus may be accompanied by other signs of ear related vata disturbance such as dry wax in the ears, ear pain and loss of hearing.
Lifestyle Advice:
Stimulants life caffeine, nicotine and cocaine are all know to aggravate vata dosha and can therefore cause or aggravate tinnitus symptoms. Long spells in front of computer or television screens can also generate or aggravate symptoms.
Supportive lifestyle changes are the first step in reducing symptoms. Try and keep computer use to a necessary minimum, cut back on watching TV, try replacing coffee with herb teas and indulge in some rest and relaxation daily.
Some years ago when I was working on computers for long periods of time I noticed that my ears would start ringing, they recovered after rest, but I have since suffered occasional tinnitus which has been greatly relieved by the following Ayurvedic home help tips.
Ayurveda's Home Remedies for Relief from Tinnitus
Firstly, I should state that this information is not intended to replace professional medical advice - if you are concerned about any symptoms - please see your doctor.
A brief understanding of the nature and qualities if vata is very helpful in treating tinnitus symptoms. Ayurveda works with the natural energies and laws of our universe, and gently applies opposite qualities for helping us regain balance.
The ancient Ayurvedic text, Astangha Hrdayam, describes vata as:
tatra ruksho lagu sheetah,
khara sukshma chalo nilah
Translation: the qualities of vata are dry, light, cool, rough, subtle and mobile.
So, vata is comprised of the elements ether and air, it is dry, cold, light, and rough and moving by nature. To gain an idea of the energy and effects of vata, think of the wind.
How is this relevant to tinnitus? Because if we discover that tinnitus is aggravated by anything that increases or aggravates vata, we can begin to work out a plan of gentle opposites to reduce symptoms naturally.
For example, applying warm oil to the ears is a an excellent opposite to the qualities of cold, dry, and rough as oil is smooth and wet and can be gently warmed before use to balance cold.
How to Relieve Tinnitus with Oil
Sesame oil is the best oil for calming vata. The best sources are Pukka Herbs in the UK or Banyan Botanicals in the US, these trusted Ayurvedic suppliers provide high quality "ripened" sesame oil that is pre-cured for use for massage or ear drops.
Apply 5-10 drops of warm sesame oil to each ear daily. One easy way to do this is to lay down and drop warm oil into the ear facing upwards, leave it there for a few minutes while you relax and breath deeply, then clean the ear and repeat on the other side. Leave a little oil in the ears to reduce overall dryness.
This simple remedy alone usually noticeably reduces tinnitus symptoms within a week or two. I have personal experience of this and also how relaxing applying warm oil to the ears is which means you get the added bonus of reducing stress and anxiety.
Since vata is aggravated on cold, dry, windy days it's also helpful to add a little oil to your ears during weather that can increase symptoms. Simply drop some sesame oil onto your little finger and massage it around the inside of each ear during your morning bathroom routine for added relief and protection.
Nasya Oil: A popular herb that Ayurveda uses for relief from tinnitus symptoms is calamus. This can be easily applied in a nasya oil formula. Nasya is a medicated oil that is taken by applying drops to the nostrils at blood temperature morning and night.
Oil Massage: Massage a little warm sesame oil into the soles of your feet before bed to calm vata and ensure a peaceful night's sleep.


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In my last post I outlined what I consider IBM's Social Business gambit coming out of the Lotusphere/Connect 2012 conference this month. But I really didn't get into my opinions whether I think it will work. So, here goes...
Am I buying it?
Yes, the message. The IBM Social Business gambit and re-brand away from the Lotus marque is primarily a marketing message. Overall IBM clearly articulated and streamlined its message on the communications/collaboration tools market. I think this is a very good start. Quite frankly, given the current market and competition, it's about the only option IBM had. The good news is that they are doing it.
To expand, IBM's Social Business market strategy is a re-tooled perspective on where communications/collaboration has been heading for a long time. Bottom-line, the problems we trying to solve are not new; just there's new technology to help us get things done. As Linda Stone explains we be been moving through evolutionary phases of technology changing how we work. Right now were evolving towards understanding our information by being able to use it more effectively:
Today, we are Knowledge Workers evolving into Understanding Workers. Understanding Workers use technology to anticipate, judge and act.
This idea fits nicely with Sir Tim Berners-Lee's Lotusphere keynote in which he spoke about being on the cusp of the semantic web. Longstanding technology that has served us well is fraying at the edges in a continually connected, multi- device, big data working world. Information management is going from find-ability to connect-ability.
The problem for most enterprises is how to provide for Understanding Workers and what it means operationally. That's what IBM is attempting to address by shifting the conversation to Social Business and away from why e-mail stinks. Changing the topic reboots the conversation and refocuses the issues to the cultural shift that enterprises need to go through to get to the other side. So am I buying the changed conversation and the idea of the social business? Yes.
Will companies buy it?
Hard to say, but customers are looking for innovation, and that usually is a new conversation even if the problem is the same. Social software solutions are not streamlined today, although many are coming closer (e.g., Salesforce.com) or are well enabled to do so (e.g., Jive's December 2011 $120M IPO). But just when the business begins to take an active interest in the technological culture of the firm, the way workers access information and each other has exploded into a complex matrix of devices, technologies, and solutions.
Delivering a reassuring message about how IBM understands enterprise issues and providing understandable approaches to new technology complexities offer customers a sound starting point. IBM has got to feel confident about it, and it's clear that they do.
However, it is a guarded IBM installed-based that IBM is running this by first. A market message is only good if it garners interest; the success of a strategy is in the technology execution and delivery. Redefining the conversation and demonstrating what life might be like only goes so far. Success depends on whether or not customers can comfortably replicate the experience being demonstrated to them.
Will IBM win?
They way I see it, IBM has three hurdles to clear in order for the social business gambit to pay off:
1. Technology delivery
2. Market disruption
3. New competitors
Proof of the technology is in the execution. IBM needs to stay the course and execute its technology and delivery well. I didn't get to see the technical presentations at Lotusphere/Connect 2012. Combine that with IBMs increasing coyness to reveal the inner workings of its technology and it's hard to for me honestly evaluate whether the technology is sound. Given IBMs performance over the last 4 years I am cautiously optimistic.
In its last major communications/collaboration software change-up IBM effectively sold the message of a new beginning to many customers. The long awaited Domino 8.0 and the Eclipse-based client (delivered in August 2007) provided a B12 perception booster for customers eagerly awaiting improvements to a haggard code-base. The message worked, staving off customer defections temporarily, but the technology of the updated system was not as promised. This caused a lot of buyer's remorse and IBM struggling to keep its customer-base intact.
Even the die hard, bleed yellow folks were exasperated. Attributed by some to the offshoring of development and the decimation of the US development and QA, the execution of the early Notes/Domino 8.0.x code stream opened the doors for competitors and other IBM Lotus technologies (i.e., Connections) to swoop in and displace the Lotus crown jewels. Note, general consensus is that the 8.5 release of Notes/Domino at the end of 2008 was much more stable as are subsequent releases, most recently version 8.5.3 released in October 2011.
More recently IBM has placed its marketing focus on the front end and user experience of its communication/collaboration tools. This approach has been successful in capturing the attention of the business buyers, however, the once-bitten, twice shy effect of unrealized Domino 8.0 promises has left a degree of skepticism in customer's minds that IBM continues to contend with.
Which comes to market disruption. A frustrated customer-base makes for easy fishing by competitors, and both Microsoft and Google have been casting long lines with varying success. For IBM to succeed it needs to be disruptive enough not only to stop this feeding frenzy and but also for its competitors to stop writing IBM off. IBM needs to make it a goal to get its competitor's sales reps to start complaining about IBM disruption.
On the one hand IBM could simply write off the likes of Cisco, Google, Microsoft and Oracle as being behind the social times, however that would be short-sighted since these business have large customer bases in other areas that can be leveraged for new technologies, no matter how passé their messages seem.
It's not only the usual suspects that comprise the social IT market. IBM, by changing the discussion, wittingly or not, jumped into a competitive pool that includes a new breed of providers. In addition to the known entities, IBM will need to fend off a variety of social software sharks including, Jive, SocialText, Salesforce.com, and Yammer.
The competition boils down to gaining the attention of customers – existing and new - enough to be disruptive. With this many players the market share will be diluted until acquisitions and dropouts consolidate the market place. Until then IBM will need to gain the attention of customers that have lots of choices and little (for now) internal direction on where to go.
Final words
Overall my analysis is, it depends. It depends on what IBM can and will deliver. It depends on whether or not IBM can become disruptive enough to gain new customers in a crowded market place. It depends on if IBM can compete against a new breed of competitor.
Ok, pretty wishy-washy, but here's what I will say. IBM's Social Business message is a good start to driving the mindset of the market, and if IBM manages to get it to trickle into its sales and development ranks, then IBM is on the right path to restoring customer confidence and sparking innovation. Since the social market is hardly a vacuum these days, IBM will need to get more down and dirty to influence things. Although I am doubtful about the likelihood of IBM doing this, a couple strategic acquisitions would go a long way to thinning the competition and is likely to gain customer confidence in IBM's commitment to social business.
I predict that IBM will succeed in attracting business buyer interest with its Social Business message but it will likely stumble on the same hurdles that have challenged IBM in the past, including staying on message throughout the IBM organization; a cultural shift that IBM has yet to accomplish.


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Tuesday, October 27, 2009
My Vintage Silk Blouse From Rokit.
Kjøpte denne silkeblusen på Rokit, da jeg var i London. Kul butikk, jeg var heldigvis der 15 min. før de stengte! Hvis ikke så hadde jeg med glede "kastet penger ut av vinduet" for å si det sånn:D
Den får meg til å føle meg helt fantastisk, den er så komfortabel! Og jeg blir hyper av den! Haha... Tightsen er fra H&M og hatten er fra Roskilde festivalen.
I bought the blouse in London, at Rokit. Cool store, I was luckily there 15 min. before they closed! Otherwise I think I would have spent all my money there(lol).
The blouse makes me feel so great! :P Its so comfy and shiny! And it somehow makes me feel like Iḿ sitting on top of the world ! Haha...
The hat from Roskilde Festival and the tights from H&M
Ps: Thanks for checking out my blog!
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Sunday, October 25, 2009
My Velour Jacket.
Nå er jeg hjemme fra London, og turen var konge! Og her er noen bilder som ble tatt rett før jeg reiste. Jeg har på meg ynd. jakken min som jeg har arvet fra moren min sammen med H&M bukser, skjerf fra Gina Tricot, Cardigan fra fretex og spisse sko fra Din Sko.
So I´m back from London, what a trip! And here are som pictures where I´m wearing my absolute fav jacket (that used to be my mothers), together with trousers from H&M, scarf from Gina Tricot, a second-hand cardigan and pointed shoes from Din Sko.
Ps:These pictures are taken in Oslo, a day before the trip.
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Monday, October 19, 2009
By The Way!
SANDRA IS IN LONDON... I wish this darn hotel computer thing wasn't such a pain in the a%$£ ( I simply cant upload any images)But hey! I WILL BE BACK!:) Thanks for checking out my blog!
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Friday, October 16, 2009
Patterns + Aliens.
Etter 2 beinharde uker på skolen bestemte jeg meg for å dra ut å feire litt! Og her er jeg, ser muligens ut som en samling av gardiner fra 70 tallet, digg! Ble kino på meg, og District 9 er kanskje den beste science- fiction film jeg har sett på lenge! Anbefaler alle til å sjekke den ut! Amen.
Har på meg for det meste second- hand, strømpebukse fra H&M , converse og hettegenser fra UTRO.
After finishing two weeks with lodsa of hardwork at school I descided to celebrate the whole experience with patterns and District 9. Here I am, at the cinema being a little bit childish! Wearing basically secndhand + tights from H&M, converse and hoodie from UTRO.
BTW: District 9. Best science- fiction film I have seen in a very loooong time! Check it out!
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Monday, October 12, 2009
BTW:Saturday= Petit FashionShow And Petit Shopping.
I just had to:)
Coat- Diesel
Blouse- vintage
Fashionshow: Joe and Julies
Hope you had a lovely weekend!
Blouse- vintage
Fashionshow: Joe and Julies
Hope you had a lovely weekend!
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Labels: Daily Outfits., Shopping.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Grey Sunday.
Its funny how the weather affects your mood ... Dont you agree?
Wearing basiscally H&M. Except the shoes and the sweather. The sweather is from a vintage store called Reprise!
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Tuesday, October 6, 2009
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Saturday, October 3, 2009
Just Singing In The Rain.
As you guys have probably understood, I love stealing clothes from my boyfriends closet. I easily get bored with what I´ve got... That is where this brown winter coat comes in. Wearing also my absolutly fav. accessorize " my grandma ish scarf! "
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It is very problematic to pack your household items when you are shifting to another residence. There is danger of glass items being broken or cracked. Moreover, you do not have enough time to pack up your furniture and other household things as you are busy with your office schedules.
If you are moving to another state, then it is better to hire interstate removalists to do the packing of the furniture and to deliver them to your new address. These interstate loaders can easily pack and carry your big stuffs to your new residence. It is a hard job but these organizations have man power and can help you in loading and unloading the big items easily. It is their job and they are specialized.
It is a hard job to find a good removal company so that removals can be done efficiently. You can overcome this problem if you take the help of your friends and relatives. Ask them if they know responsible and dependable loaders who can take proper care of your things in relocating them to your new residential address. They should be efficient and well experienced in their job. Do not offer the job to the amateurs as they might destroy or harm your precious household items and furniture. The removal company must be trustworthy and dependable. They must take the responsibility of removing your furniture and other household items carefully and comfortably.
Why Hire Professionals
There are many causes why you should hire professionals to remove your furniture from one state to another. The experts are well experienced as they have done these jobs several times. They can evaluate the problems which may arise beforehand. Their staffs are experienced and efficient and know how to do the packing correctly so that the items remain damage free.
Preventing Damage to Your Furniture
The movers and packers know exactly what kind of packing is required to different furniture so that damages can be prevented. Interstate shifting of furniture needs special attention so that furniture is not damaged by the jerk of the truck while carrying them by road. Fragile items require proper care and the experts know how to deal with them efficiently. Once you appoint them for the job, you are mentally satisfied and contented. Reputable movers even pay compensation to their clients if by chance any kind of mishap happens with their stuffs. Generally, the removal companies avoid such mishaps so that they do not have to pay compensation to their clients.
Before hiring a removal service, enquire about the charges. It should fit in your budget. If the charges are high, then contact another mover so that you do not have to pay extra.


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At 01:58 PM 2000-08-29 -0400, Ian Jacobs wrote: >Hello, > [...] > >I propose that "rewind to the beginning" be changed >back to "rewind", since I believe the intent of the WG >was to have VCR-type controls. > I agree that "rewind to the beginning" is probably not the best statement of the function required. I believe that the term "rewind" by itself could be misinterpreted in this regard as being satisfied by a reset to the beginning of the program, so the text of the Recommendation should, close to the statement of the checkpoint if not in it, spell out that this requires progressive but rapid movement of the 'current' index point within the nominal play time axis of the program, and not simply an indivisible leap to the initial point. As I understand what you are saying, you mean 'rewind' to be a synonym for "fast reverse" and not "reset to the beginning." In fast reverse the 'current' pointer into nominal play time moves back toward the beginning at a fixed high rate and the play can be resumed from any prior point in the playlist or SMIL composite by using this function for the right length of time. On a physical tape medium, there is no way to reset to the beginning except as the limiting case of "fast reverse." The words used as text equivalents for the "<<" function may vary between players. When the current pointer is just an index into a dataset or random access secondary storage, either a rapid sweep back to the starting point or an instantaneous jump there is possible. Because the instantaneous reset is an option in our technology, we have to be clear about what we want. I believe that for a digital talking book the "fast reverse" function is viewed as a basic requirement. What about the controls that one gets with QuickTime, RealPlayer, and Windows Media Player? Is there a common core of tape-like functions? If there is a central tendency among the available players that meets our needs, we should align our definition with that, not just invent one. AlReceived on Wednesday, 30 August 2000 09:36:26 UTC
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The entirety of wearing multiple hats is not unknown to me; don't get me wrong. It's good to have a grounding and foundation of an established job in those lean months of creativity - it's liberating in a very real sense in that I never need think "I MUST write, for if I do not, I will starve!" I'm fully capable of generating my own sense of urgency, trust me. What's more, I love writing. I'm very happy to just write and write anyway.
But all the same, there are days in which I do not enjoy the conflict.
And before I continue, please let me state for the record that I appreciate the irony of a person taking time out of his busyness to address his...busyness. I get it, I do. But at the same time, this sense of frustration is like a burr beneath my saddle. A moment of resolution will prevent catastrophe, trust me.
So here's a snapshot of where I am for my 2011 projects:
Chronicles of Aesirium (6 books total):
- Drafts complete: 5
- Concept Kit: Complete
- Final Edits complete: 0
- Formatting complete: 0
- Cover Art complete: 0
- Materials received and being assimilated;
- Business proposal will need to be written.
Steampunk Shakespeare:
- Sonnets completed: 0
Steampunk Short Stories (2):
- Steampunk Comedy; Conceptualized, outlined
- Cousins origin story: conceptualized, outlined
Anachronology 101/The New (ab)Normal:
- Data compiled, needs to be sorted and formatted
- Estimated: 5-6 books (faith, the internet, parenthood, work, politics, random observations about the world)
One of the big changes I'll be making this year is shifting my focus for my personal projects to an eBook one. Flying Pen Press has stated that they would be publishing the Chronicles of Aesirium books, but their focus is in POD distribution, and not on ePublishing, so there's still a vast arena to be explored.
Hmmm. I can't decide if this blog has helped me or made me feel more stressed. Bleah.


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But the happiness-studies boom may have an even simpler explanation: In 1998, an enterprising, highly established, and press-savvy psychologist from the University of Pennsylvania, Martin Seligman, convened a group of his peers in Mexico, hoping to help shift the emphasis of psychology away from pathology and toward functionality, resilience, and well-being. He coined the term positive psychology to describe the scientific study of these thingsthe study of happiness, in shortand because he was president of the American Psychological Association, he was able to shore up prestige and grant money for its pursuit.
What's unique about Seligman is that he's not only a great psychologist but a great organizer, a leader, says Ben-Shahar, who's also got a book about happiness in the After five minutes on the phone with Ben-Shahar, I can already sense that he's a warm, intelligent man and that the plants in his house grow faster than those in my own. But convincing people that positive psychology is not merely the cryptoscience of sunninessor its featherbrained pursuitis one of the most persistent challenges he and some of his colleagues, particularly those closely associated with Seligman, face. No longer should we think of ourselves as tin cans of sexual chaos, as echoing caverns of repressed wishes and violent desires; rather, we should think of ourselves as the shining sum of our strengths and virtues, forceful, masters of our fates. All that nattering we've been doing in therapists' armchairs, trying to know and exorcise our darker selvesit's been misguided. It's our better selves we want to know.
Peterson, the inventor of the Authentic Happiness Inventory, is clearly aware of how easily these ideas can be trivialized. The afternoon I visit him in Philadelphia, he lingers in his doorway before saying good-bye, telling me he has one final request.
Harvey Ball, he says, was a Massachusetts graphic designer who was commissioned to do an ad for an insurance company. He was paid a whopping $45 for it. Neither he nor the company thought to trademark it. It belongs to the world.
Interesting, I tell him, though I'm uncertain where this is going.
He created the yellow smiley face, he says. Please don't use it to illustrate your story.
To wade into the literature on happiness is to wade into a world of control groups and volunteers, questionnaires and ratings scales, cases of the fortunate and cases of the medically extreme. From Seligman's Authentic Happiness, I learn about a perverse form of facial paralysis called Moebius syndrome, which makes it impossible for its sufferers to smile; from Stumbling on Happiness, I learn about something called alexithymia, whose literal meaning is absence of words to describe emotional states. From many sources, too many to count, I read about a survey of nuns, which showed that those who expressed faith and optimism in their journals were apt to live far longer than those who didn't. And from Barry Schwartz's The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less, I come across the most compelling, persuasive, and revolting study of them all: Two separate groups of men, when given colonoscopies, reported less discomfort if the instrument sat in place for a few seconds after the procedure, even though it prolonged the exam. The reason is that the final moment involved less pain. Apparently, we define and remember our experiences by their highs, lows, and how they end.
Other findings from the emerging field of happiness studies: Married people are happier than those who are not, while people who believe in God are happier than those who don't. On the former point, Seligman's book cites a 35,000-person poll from the National Opinion Research Center, in which 40 percent of married Americans described themselves as very happy, compared with just 24 percent of unmarried Americans who said the same. (Of course, he allows, happy people may be the ones who get married to begin with.) On the latter point, he cites a study showing that the faithful are less likely to abuse drugs, commit crimes, or to kill themselves. The act of worshipping builds communityitself another source of happinessand belief systems provide structure, meaning, and the promise of relief from pain in this life.
Smarter people aren't any happier, but those who drink in moderation are. Attractive people are slightly happier than unattractive people. Men aren't happier than women, though women have more highs and more lows. Surprisingly, the young are not happier than the elderly; in fact, it's the other way round, with older people reporting slightly higher levels of life satisfaction and fewer dark days.
Money doesn't buy happinessor even upgrade despair, as the playwright Richard Greenberg once wroteonce our basic needs are met. In one well-known survey, Ed Diener of the University of Illinois determined that those on the Forbes 100 list in 1995 were only slightly happier than the American public as a whole; in an even more famous study, in 1978, a group of researchers determined that 22 lottery winners were no happier than a control group (leading one of the authors, Philip Brickman, to coin the scarily precise phrase hedonic treadmill, the unending hunger for the next acquisition).


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IUJAT President's Message/
Sisters and Brothers,
As many of you know, in addition to being International President of the IUJAT, I serve as Business Manager of the United Welfare Fund (UWF). The UWF provides medical benefits to many IUJAT members. Effective April 2014, the UWF is self-insured, utilizing the Oxford/United Healthcare network of providers and hospitals. The prescription program continues to be administered through 4D Pharmacy management. Being self-insured means that the UWF actually pays the claims out of contributions collected, taking on the role of insurer along with the risks that entails.
There were many reasons why the UWF made the change to a self-insured plan:
- The UWF now has the ability to customize our plan designs to meet the needs of our Union members, instead of being limited to "cookie cutter" plans from an insurance carrier.
- The UWF will enjoy substantial savings from taxes and administrative costs.
- The UWF will now have more control on claims administration.
- Finally, there will be less of an impact on our members, our plans, and the UWF from changes related to the Affordable Care Act.
As always, the primary objective of the UWF is to provide the highest possible quality benefits to participating Union members and their families, while keeping costs down. To meet this objective it is imperative that we educate our participants about how to make wise and healthy lifestyle choices. One of the best ways to reduce future health costs is to take preventive measures today. As a group, the participants of the UWF have above average issues with high cholesterol, obesity, diabetes, and osteoporosis. However, the frequency of our wellness visits (although improving) are way below the norm. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 75% of all health care spending is for chronic diseases that could be prevented.
Orthopedic, circulatory, and diabetes risks are predicted to be major cost drivers over the next year. The UWF will continue to encourage healthier lifestyles by promoting diabetes awareness, weight loss, and stop smoking programs. One such program you can take advantage of is to join a gym—almost all of our plans offer gym reimbursement. You can get reimbursed for part—or potentially all—of your monthly gym fees if you go to the gym an average of two to three times per week. We know that staying with an exercise routine isn't easy, and this program can help you stay motivated
and healthy.
Since so many of our health issues are preventable, it makes sense to take steps to keep yourself (or get yourself) as healthy as possible. Go for regular checkups to catch any problems in their earliest stages. Maintain a healthy lifestyle. Programs and advice are available to you through Oxford's website: www.oxhp.com
Be well,
Steven R. Elliott, Sr.
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Inspired by this card, which I've both bought and had bought for me, in this blog post I thought I'd look at homophones. Nothing to do with prehistoric man, these are words that sound the same but mean different things*. Like bare and bear, cereal and serial, etc.
I'll endeavour not to insult anyone's intelligence with the basics like your/you're here. But I will mention a few I've come across in my proofreading career that seem to trip up even the most diligent of writers.
Practice and practise
'Practise' with an 's' is a verb, and with a 'c' is a noun. So a doctor practises medicine, but they do it at their practice. The same goes for 'license' and 'licence' (two for the price of one – don't say I never give you anything). So James Bond has a licence to kill, but he's licensed to do it. It might help to think of it like 'advice' and 'advise' which are the same (three for one! I'm really spoiling you now), unless you get confused by them too, in which case don't think of it like that and ask Google.
Oh, and if you're in America you can ignore everything I just said about practice and licence – our transatlantic cousins only use the 's' for these, regardless of whether they're verbing or nouning. Those crazy cats.
Complimentary and complementary
Compliment with an 'i' has two meanings:
- someone's saying nice things about you (lucky you), or
- something's free (also lucky you).
The other type, complement, is when you're saying that something goes well with something else. Like this sauce complements this food (as you'd never say). Think of it like one thing 'completing' something else if that helps. (Or ask Google again.)
(You also use the second spelling if you're talking about the number of people in a group e.g. a ship's complement. Although I can't see that coming up very often unless you're Captain Phillips.)
Stationary and stationery
SIGH. This one drives me a bit nuts. Like this annoyingly inconsistent tweet (names have been redacted to protect the guilty):
In fact, I used to work for a writer's agency and even they couldn't get it right (they had a cupboard marked 'stationary' which, quite frankly, pretty much all cupboards are – with the arguable exception of the wardrobe that sometimes leads to Narnia). Thankfully this one's super simple to remember – 'e' is for envelope. Easy.
Dual and duel
I once sat through a presentation by an energy company where they'd used 'duel' instead of 'dual' in 'dual fuel'. Every. Single. Time. Now even though pistols at dawn would make paying energy bills much more exciting, it's wrong. Dual with an 'a' is an adjective that means something's made up of two parts, while duel with an 'e' is a verb or noun for the fighty thing. And also Stephen Spielberg's first full-length film, fact-fans.
I'm afraid I don't have an easy-to-remember solution for this one, so it's back to Google if you're not sure I'm afraid.
Personally, I sometimes struggle with reign and rein. I know that Queen Elizabeth reigns but sometimes I get confused about which ones a horse wears. But maybe that's just me.
* The word 'homophone' is usually used to describe words that share the same pronunciation, regardless of how they're spelled. But technically speaking if they're spelled the same then they're also homographs (and homonyms). And if they're spelled differently then they're heterographs. BUT THIS WAY MADNESS LIES.


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Our story begins in Columbia, South Carolina. In 1992, John Beauston and Ronald Moore had a vision of opening an accounting practice in the Columbia, SC area. In November of that same year, the firm now known as Moore Beauston & Woodham, LLP opened its door.
Both men had a vision for growth within their home state of South Carolina. In May of 1993, the firm opened its second location in Charleston.
Just two years later in May of 1995, our third office opened in Hartsville, SC and became a part of the firm's vision.
In 2004, still looking to expand within South Carolina, Moore Beauston Woodham opened its fourth office in Greenville.
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150 years ago, from April 19 to May 3, 1863, Union Colonel Abel Streight and his men attempted a campaign to destroy portions of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, in order to cut Confederate supply lines.
University of West Georgia professor Keith Hebert spoke about this at the Department of Archives and History last week. Streight had 1700 men but was captured by the legendary Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest and his army of 500.
Several funny things about this botched raid: first, the Union soldiers were using mules, since there were no horses. This mean no "sneaking up" on the Rebel army because of the constant braying of the animals! The Confederates could hear them more than two miles away!
Then at Cedar Bluff, Streight's men found themselves surrounded by Forrest, whose men craftily rode in circles in and out of Streight's view, convincing Streight that he was surrounded by a much larger force than his own. He surrendered rather than face annihilation.
He was enraged and humiliated when he realized his forces were more than three times that of Forrest. He angrily demanded his men be allowed to renege their surrender, but Forrest refused. Defeat proved especially bitter for the Union soldiers from Alabama who had stayed with the Union rather than secede with the rest of the Alabamians.
This account of Forrest's heroics further elevated his already mythical status!


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5 tips to look after yourself after a wisdom tooth extraction
Now that you have had the fantastic experience of having your wisdom teeth taken out, you must take care of yourself to prevent any complications!
The most important thing is to ensure you are not bleeding excessively. It is normal to bleed a little bit for a couple of days. If you are bleeding excessively, you will definitely know about it. Remember bleeding in the mouth always looks worse than it really is, because it mixes with saliva and looks like more.
1. Limit your physical exercise, so your blood pressure stays normal.
2. Don't play around with it too much.
3. Take some over the counter painkillers like Panadol or Neurofen, as required.
4. Brush gently around the area until it feels comfortable to brush normally
5. Rinse gently to get food debris out of the socket. Don't worry if you can't get all the food out.
6. Contact your dentist if you're really worried!
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Why are you going solo?
It's safe to say this isn't about the money. This is just for me - I love music and I've had this music inside me.
I grew up on old soul music, what you guys here call Northern Soul, which was 60s era, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Stevie Wonder.
I just wanted to make a record for myself. I've wanted to do this literally ever since I was a young lad. It's just a lifelong dream, and I figured if I don't do it now, when am I going to do it?
Was it hard performing at the MTV awards alone?
It was cool. I was nervous, I was a little nervous, but I was excited.
The main thing that made me nervous was the fact that this was not only the first time anyone was going to see me perform solo, but this was the first time they were going to hear this song.
Everyone's going solo including Nick Backstreet Carter. Why?
I would assume that he's doing the same thing I'm doing. This is the music that he loves and that's why he wanted a change of pace. It's about him, it's not about anyone else.
What do you think about being compared to Michael Jackson?
I don't know about all of that. Honestly, I'm completely removed from any hype that comes my way.
It's very flattering. He's a legend in my eyes, and he is one of my idols and I grew up imitating Michael. I think you can see that in this generation of popular music. I think you can see that with Britney, I think Michael inspired Nelly, I think he's inspired our whole generation of popular music.
But as far as the comparison, it's very flattering. But at the same time it's almost kinda scary for me because I expect a lot from myself.
Is it hard to avoid the hype and the press?
It doesn't hinder my creativity. Sometimes it gets on your nerves, sometimes you just feel like you want your life to be your life, not everybody else's to speculate on. But at the same time, like I said, I just don't read it.
You've been famous for ten years, since the Mickey Mouse Club. Would you recommend going that route to other kids?
Of course, if you're passionate about it. I have really great, great parents and they were very supportive of me and they always said to me, if it's something that you love then why wait?
Quite honestly I don't know what I would be doing if I wasn't doing this. I probably would have got in a little bit of trouble as a kid if I wasn't doing this.
There's nothing wrong with shooting for the stars, there's nothing wrong with trying to grab the stars.
You were quoted as saying writing songs isn't brain surgery - do people make too much of it?
I think obviously with the speculation of my personal life, I think yes.
I've already had questions about the lyrical content - why did you make your lyrics so risque? But I'm 21 years old, I am saying what I would say. I do not think it is brain surgery - the way that I write is very melody inspired and I think that's the most important part of the song.
Why have you changed your music style from pop to urban?
I really didn't think of it like that. There has been a lot of speculation about the fact that I went from pop music to urban, but to me there's too much classification about what pop music actually is.
If you asked me what pop is right now I'd say hip hop.
I think artists make albums, and as a kid listening to music, your inspirations, the things that you click with, are going to inspire your style.
I really didn't try to make an effort to make urban music but I am a product of my inspirations. And growing up in a generation where you've got so much music to listen to, it's very inspiring.


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Jeff Brown & Still Lonesome consists of Jeff Brown, Austin Brown, Nick Goad & Rod Smith
Jeff Brown is a name that has been steadily gaining popularity on today's bluegrass circuit with fans, DJ'S and promoters alike. He began playing at the very young age of eight or nine, and hasn't slowed down since. He and his brother formed the Richlands Bluegrass Boys, where he played alongside Blue Highway's Wayne Taylor with one recording project to their credit. In 1993, Jeff went to work for the legendary Larry Sparks and the Lonesome Ramblers as bass player and tenor vocals. Having performed on many famous stages such as: the Grand Ole Opry at the world famous Ryman Auditorium in Nashville Tennessee, along with the television shows Austin City Limits in Austin Texas and Song of the Mountains on PBS.Jeff had the pleasure of being ask to record on four projects during his full time and part time tenure as a member of Larry Sparks and the Lonesome Ramblers before stepping out to front his current band, Jeff Brown and Still Lonesome. Jeff also toured with The Charlie Sizemore Band, and has pulled fill-in duties with Blue Highway, Dr. Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys, and Jesse McReynolds, just to name a few. In addition to touring, Jeff hosts his on (recorded) radio show on Saturday mornings with WXLZ 107.3 FM near his home in Lebanon Virginia. He has also served on the musicians board with The Crooked Road and served as event coordinator and co-chair of the Virginia Mountain Music Festival held on the campus of Southwest Virginia Community College as well as served on other festival boards throughout his career, and continues to be very active in promoting and furthering bluegrass music. He has proven, in a very short time, he's more than capable to stand on his own two feet as a singer, player and band leader. In 2014, Jeff received the great honor of being named a Kentucky Colonel. Jeff continues to respect his musical roots, and with two albums to his credits and a brand new project on the horizon there seems to be no slowing and with the unique ability to make any song his own, it's certain to continue winning over bluegrass music fans wherever he goes.
Austin Brown has been playing guitar and bass since the age 3. He is presently enrolled as a freshman in general studies and jazz. He performs with the Southwest Virginia Community College Jazz Band. In addition to music, he loves football and fishing. Austin's music influences are Ralph Stanley, Tony Rice, Wyatt Rice, Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out, Blue Highway, Larry Sparks, Barry Bales, D. Sparks, and many others.
Nick Goad is from Stuart Virginia. He began playing guitar when he was 9 and mandolin at the age of 12. He has earned numerous trophies at a very young age including Best All Around Performer and 1st Place in Mandolin at Galax Old Time Fiddler's Convention. He is currently studying business administration. Musical influences include Chris Thile, Adam Steffey and Sierra Hull to name a few. Nick states that he is looking forward to his future in the music industry.
Rod Smith started playing the banjo at the age of 14. Born and raised near the town of Belfry in Eastern Kentucky, he was introduced to music at an early age by one of his most important musical influences, his grandfather, Orison Smith. As well as his grandfather, Rod names Terry Baucom as his major influence from the time he began playing the banjo. He attributes his love for the dobro as being sparked by local musician, Earshel Hatfield. He has played with some reputable bands such as Dismal Pike, The Timmy Cline Band, and Bits and Pieces. Rod helped to form Bits and Pieces who, in the late 1990s, won the annual Bill Morris Band Competition help at the Mountaineer Opry House in Milton, West Virginia. He also spent time as a member of Ernie Thacker & Route 23, with whom he performed at some of the largest venues in bluegrass music, such as the IBMA Awards Showcase, Poppy Mountain Bluegrass Festival, and the Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival. Rod began his stint with Mike Bentley & CGC in early 2009 and was a major contributor to the band's style.


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"The terms and conditions of the new system of collecting money for the overhauling of apartment buildings are unreal, not only for the owners themselves, but also for the regions whose budgets cannot bear the additional burden", said Galina Khovanskaya, Head of the State Duma Committee on Housing Policy at the round table entitled "Ensuring informed choice for owners of premises in apartment buildings in the methods of forming major repair funds".
Participants emphasized that, before long, there may appear an additional monthly tax of 9–10 rubles per square meter on people's residential tax bills. Total charges under the new scheme will reach about 200 billion rubles per year.
Maria Shilina, Head of Directorate for Housing and Communal Services at the Analytical Center, said that the Housing Code determined two methods of accumulation of money for repairs: on a special bank account or in one 'common pool' of the so-called regional operator. Which option to choose, residents of each building must decide at a general meeting.
Galina Khovanskaya said that, initially, in the field of payment for the overhaul of apartment buildings, there emerged the idea of a general scheme for the creation of a common sum of money, the so-called "common pool". This option, in her opinion, is "potentially corrupt and unfair to the owners of apartments in new buildings, or those which recently underwent a major renovation". Later, based on the instructions of the Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, it was decided to create a special account, which would be opened for each building separately. However, things are not all that simple, said the deputy: "If the owners do not have the time needed – two months – to go through all the necessary bureaucratic procedures, for the next two years the money is transferred to the common account. Thus the owners do not know exactly what they are paying for".
There are other problems as well. According to the experts, 80% of the housing stock is the responsibility of organizations responsible for housing and communal services. Thus, in accordance with the Housing Code, they are included in the forbidden list of entities which cannot open special bank accounts. It has been said that the new system of insurance does not apply to "special" accounts, so no one will be protected from bankruptcy.
In particular, experts paid particular attention to the analysis of models involving the formation of overhaul funds in terms of their impact on the economy and social stability of the region, the creation of conditions to attract investments and conduct energy-efficient repairs.


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Cabin # 16 The Bunkhouse Combo
The Bunkhouse is actually a combination of units 14, 15, and 16 which are in the same building with separate entrances. It is a comfortable gathering place for small reunions or meetings.
It features:
- Maximum capacity: 6 adults plus 4 children, or 8 adults with no children
- No smoking, no pets, no visitors
- 3 rooms, total of 3 queen beds, 4 twin beds
- 3 baths with showers
- The largest room is wheelchair accessible with roll-in shower
- Full kitchen with stove, oven, fridge, microwave, 10 cup coffee maker (no coffee provided)
- Gas fireplace
- TV, VCR, DVD Plus Dish Network Satellite TV in the main Bunkhouse
- Large patio area with smoker grill
- Dining table with seating for 10
- FREE Wireless Internet access
Cabin # 16 is the large "Bunkhouse" portion of the Combo with plenty of space, both indoors and out.
This is the view from the front door of the Bunkhouse looking toward the pool and the water.
The two smaller rooms that are included as part of the Bunkhouse Combo have separate entrances, right around the corner from the entrance to # 16.
#15 (one of the two smaller attached rooms that are included in the combo) has a queen bed and private bathroom with shower.