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In this article we explore the risk of trade mark infringement with supermarket 'copycat' products.
As budget supermarkets Lidl and Aldi continue their offensive against the UK 'Big Four' for increased market share, competition among supermarket retailers is fiercer than ever. In recent years, the main players have sought to expand their 'own-brand' product range and develop luxury lines to sell alongside their traditional budget offering. Worryingly for the non-supermarket brands, it is becoming increasingly commonplace for own-brands to mimic 'big ticket' branded products.
The latest example of this is Aldi's recent release of a new range of luxury scented candles. In a corresponding press release, Aldi said that the candles were "comparable to Jo Malone … for a fraction of the price." The candles were available in three scents, one of which was branded "Pomegranate Noir" – which is the same name and scent of a Jo Malone best-seller. Importantly, Jo Malone holds an EU registered trade mark for the words "Pomegranate Noir" in relation to perfumes and scented candles.
Not surprisingly, Aldi's range of candles received extensive media coverage, with many online news outlets particularly highlighting the similarity between the Aldi and Jo Malone versions. The candles sold out in-store on the day of release and have since sold out online, good news for Aldi but possibly a concern for Jo Malone. Product development and promotion involves time, effort and money, especially where the brand is instilled with an aura of exclusivity and luxuriousness.
Can brand owners do anything to prevent this?
Could it be argued that Aldi is attempting to 'pass off' its candles as Jo Malone candles?
The question is: what can brand owners do to prevent this? The common law principle of 'passing off' protects the 'goodwill' accumulated in relation to a brand and prevents it from being exploited by other parties passing off their goods and services as somehow being the same or associated with the brand's goods or services. Goodwill can be described as the favourable perception by consumers of a brand. The essential components to a successful claim for passing off are: the existence of goodwill, misrepresentation, and damage.
It is unlikely that a passing off claim could be brought in these circumstances as arguably there is no misrepresentation. Whilst the packaging and branding of the Aldi candles are suggestive of Jo Malone's, they are not so similar that consumers would mistake Aldi's product for Jo Malone's. Indeed, a passing off claim by Morrocanoil Ltd against Aldi concerning a look-a-like hair oil product failed on this exact point in Moroccanoil Israel Ltd v Aldi Stores Ltd [2014].
Comparative advertising
Comparative advertising is commonplace among supermarkets and own-brand products are regularly advertised alongside rival brands. Particular attention is drawn in such adverts to the similarity between the products in terms of quality and, of course, to the difference in price. Comparative advertising is permissible as long as it is compliant with the principles set out by the EU Comparative Advertising Directive, for example, the comparative advert must not take unfair advantage of the reputation of a trade mark, trade name or other distinguishing mark of a competitor.
The European Court of Justice has described taking unfair advantage of the reputation of a trade mark as riding on the 'coat-tails' of a trade mark with a reputation with a view to benefiting from the image and the prestige of the mark.
Trade Mark infringement
The EU Trade Marks Directive expressly provides that comparative advertising which falls foul of the Comparative Advertising Directive can amount to trade mark infringement. It could be argued that Aldi's use of "Pomegranate Noir" in the branding and advertising of one of its candles may be said to be a trade mark infringement in its own right. A trade mark is infringed if, in the course of trade, a sign which is identical with the trade mark is used in relation to goods or services which are identical with those for which it is registered (in this case scented candles). At this time, it is not clear whether or not Jo Malone has objected to Aldi's use of the "Pomegranate Noir" mark.
Where a trade mark has been diluted, the prospect of raising any further infringement actions becomes limited. Branding can be the most valuable asset a company possesses, and the importance of a proactive approach to trade mark protection and enforcement should never be underestimated.


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Desire to explore leads seniors to alternative spring break trip
Back when she was touring colleges, Avni was focused on schools located close to her home town in Illinois. And, then she heard about Dominican.
"I really liked the sound of something new and different, so I did my research and Dominican sounded perfect," she recalls. "I never even stepped foot on campus until move-in day. I hadn't even been to California."
The move, says the biology major, was a good one.
"I love it here. It's just beautiful and it has always felt like a home-away-from home. I picked well."
When she's not studying, working out in the gym, or working with patients at a nearby physical therapy office, Avni takes advantage of Dominican's location, be it hiking on weekends, exploring San Francisco, or visiting Tahoe.
And, it's the urge to explore that led her to sign up for Dominican's Alternative Spring Break.
This year, groups of Dominican students spent their spring break studying and learning in a variety of locales from Yakima to San Diego. They helped raise money for their trips through bake and bagel sales and donations. They also utilized partial funding through a grant from National Catholic Sisters Week.
Avni joined the trip to San Diego, which was led by Sister Mary Soher, O.P., Director of Campus Ministry. The group learned about border issues from Border Angels, an all-volunteer, non-profit organization that advocates for human rights, humane immigration reform, and social justice.
While in San Diego, the Dominican group visited an intercultural events center on March 8, visited Friendship Park along the U.S.-Mexico border with Border Angels and met with border patrol enforcement agents on March 9. Then, on March 10, the group delivered emergency supplies to water stations in the desert.
Stephany Ortiz '17 said she was inspired to sign up for Alternative Spring Break to learn more about her parents' country.
"I have been to Mexico before with family, so I feel that I have experienced the culture, but every time I have gone I have been very sheltered," Stephany says. "I want to learn what's actually going on in Mexico, and I want to talk with people about their experiences."
"I am lucky that my family came to America, because that created so many opportunities for me, my cousins, and my siblings," she adds. "I don't want to forget how lucky I am."
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A psychology major who is studying for minors in Spanish and Latin American studies, Stephany is well on her way to a career working as a behavior technician, providing specialized instruction to children and teens with Autism and other special needs. Last summer she began working for Gateway Learning Group, which has offices throughout Northern California, and looks forward to moving up within the company once she graduates this Spring.
Both Avni and Stephany see the Alternative Spring Break as a fitting way to end their undergraduate years.
"We will get a different perspective than what we get out of text books," says Avni, who currently is studying issues surrounding homelessness and immigration in Jennifer Lucko and Julia van der Ryn's colloquium Understanding the "Other": Shaping the Future in the Midst of Difference.
"I want to get the story direct from people who are experiencing it."
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The battle for the distinguished New York Yankee's centerfield position was won by Brett Gardner after he and Melky Cabrera both had solid springs. Both will be in the Bronx for the start of the season and Melky will provide a switch-hitting spark off the bench and could be utilized defensively late in games.
Melky had a tough season in '08. After showing power early, Cabrera fell off offensively which led to the emergence of Gardner. Gardner did absolutely nothing in his first trip up to the big club. His patience at the plate didn't get much respect from Major League umpires or pitchers, and he took many a looking K. He saw better success when he came up at the end of the season, though still ending up with an anemic .228 average.
Gardner's three homers in the spring also came as a pleasant surprise for Girardi. If Gardner can stay in the lineup, he may even be a good fantasy acquisition. In limited time last season he was 13 of 14 in stolen base attempts, and his .448 obp this spring shows he is finally getting a feel for the major league zone. If he can keep getting on, Girardi will send him. It is a big if, though.
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"I've been encouraged, I know actually he's got some errors, but I think on both ends of it he's getting a little tougher and not letting it affect him as much." That's Bob Melvin speaking of "The Sheriff" Mark Reynolds and his seven errors in limited time at third base in nineteen games. The Dbacks are also encouraged by the fact that Reynolds, a rising star when it comes to the three true outcomes, is only striking out 28% of the time this spring as opposed to around 40% of the time last season. So Jack Cust and Russell Branyan no longer have to worry about losing their 3TO crowns.


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Emily, who is chef Alon Shaya's better half, is locally famous for her red bean dinners. She is sharing her secret recipe with us for this year's tournament! Cheer on the home-chef!
Half-Shell On The Bayou
Mr. Mark has been cooking fine food for many years. He even has a picture hanging of famed Red-Bean-God Buster Holmes up on the wall.
Beyond having the best outdoor patio / wine-spot / chill zone in history… they also have killer food.
Chef Wayne
Another home-chef! Chef Wayne comes representing an inspiring and important non-profit in New Orleans, The First-72, which helps people returning to society from prison land back home. Making sure the essentials are covered – food, room & board, and help with job-placement. Super important work for our community.
Chef Nini Nguyen
Chef Nini stole our hearts in this past edition of Top Chef: Kentucky. She returns to Nola to throwdown with her take on a classic.
El Pavo Real
Chef Lindsey Mclellan makes amazing Mexican food. Trust me. Go there!
I think the beans will be great too!
Francesca by Katie's
Longtime neighborhood spot, Katie's Restaurant, has expanded! Italian-creole food in Lakeview. Pizza's are the focus, but the beans are on the radar too!
Suis Generis
A really unique, avant-guard spot in Bywater. Suis Generis has a rotating menu that is super eclectic. Inside it's a warm-cozy spot – perfect for a neighborhood brunch as well.
Marjie's Grill
A hidden-gem of a restaurant! On Broad Ave – they've been cooking some really yummy food lately (and named one of the Nola restaurants to watch!)
Afrodisiac Food Truck
Chef Shaka Garel makes super yummy Caribbean-inspired / Nola food. Find his food truck around town – often at Urban South Brewery on Saturdays too!
Gris Gris
A new spot on Magazine, Gris Gris has quickly gained a reputation for delicious. Really cool vibe inside too! Worth a trip to the garden.
Heard D'at Kitchen
Chef Jeffrey Heard Sr. makes really good food. I can 1000% vouch for that! His kitchen on Felicity Street is completely worth the drive. Excellent plates, can't recommend it enough!
He might be a dark-horse to win it all!
Chef Smitty
Chef Smitty worked at Joey K's – and was in-charge of their red beans. Now he is competing as his own boss! Let's see what happens! (Will he end up facing off against Joey K's??? The Drama!)
Jackie's Touch of Class
Sean runs the kitchen here at Jackie's Touch of Class – Thursday is steak night – with a big baked potatoes and savory onions on that steak. Sean also grew up cooking for his family – and he knows his red beans!
919 N. Claiborne Ave
Chef Cedrick Lewis
Last year, at the very first Bean Madness, Chef Cedric was holding down the kitchen at Cornet. . . which was the winning restaurant. Chef Cedric has moved on – but is back in the fold defending his title as the "best red beans in New Orleans"
Bywater Bakery
This bakery is relatively new – but a wonderful addition to the culinary scene in New Orleans. Creative and lively sandwiches and lunch offerings in addition to a to-go case of baked goods. There is also a little piano there – often adding to the wonderful atmosphere.
A great dive bar – open 24 hours . . . a spot for live music – and they have a nice little restaurant operation too! Great burgers and of course, red beans on Monday. Buffa's is also a stop along the Red Beans Parade route!
Sammy's Food Service & Deli
Sammy's is always packed! And once you get some food from them – you'll know why it's a favorite lunch spot of many New Orleanians. Beyond their poboys, the red beans are legit. . . one of the best in the city.
3000 Elysian Fields
High Hat Café
Casual neighborhood restaurant – with wonderful southern / Louisiana food. Delta Tamales, BBQ shrimp, fresh seafood, and some amazing deviled eggs. Can't go wrong at the High Hat.
4500 Freret Street
Café Reconcile
Café Reconcile is more than just a great lunch spot – they are a vital piece of the social support network in New Orleans. Giving opportunity to young people to train as servers, cooks, and front of staff – then helping them graduate to long-term jobs in the culinary economy of New Orleans. One of my favorite lunch spots!
1631 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.
Germaine's Kitchen at Prime Example
Mrs. Germaine has been cooking Creole Cuisine for decades – and she is especially talented with Yaka-Mein, Gumbo, and Red Beans. You can enjoy her food – and catch some amazing music at Prime Example.
Above Prime Example Jazz Blues and Food Club
1909 Broad Ave
(7th Ward)
Red Rooster
Red Rooster is a hidden gem. You gotta go into the neighborhood, deep in Central City to find it – but once you do – you'll be happy.
2801 Washington Ave
(Central City)
Cooter Brown's
This is one of the best bars in New Orleans. A place to watch the Saints win. My favorite aspect is getting those freshly shucked oysters . . . mmm. . . .
509 South Carollton Ave
(way Uptown)
Really classy place. Seasonal menu. Romantic. . . and a really good deal for lunch. In fact, Coquette is my wife's #1 favorite lunch spot. Last year they went pretty deep in the Red Beans Tournament too!
2800 Magazine Street
Tracy's Irish Channel Bar
Tracy's is a really great Irish Bar – and having nice food works too – and outside seating. But it's a really great bar. If you are in the Irish Channel, best to experience a nola-Irish bar.
3604 Magazine Street
Joey K's
They got their po-boys, their seafood platters, and plenty of comfort food . . . but the best thing about Joey K's – their Red Beans! Consistent and always wonderful….last year in Bean Madness, they made it to the "Final Fork" – making them the absolute best Red Beans you can get uptown – and one of the best anywhere in the city. Also, I am a fan of a multi-generational family-run business. If you need lunch uptown, Joey K's will make you happy.
3001 Magazine Street
Welty's Deli
Welty's is a family-run deli that came to be just after Katrina, helping rebuild our city. It's a breakfast spot that also offers a quick. Last year, the Red Beans made it far.
336 Camp Street
Bonne Terre Louisiana Pop Up
A new operation, Bonne Terre brings Louisiana cuisine to the pop-up stage. I love an up-and-coming young chef! Can't wait to see this operation expanding and hopefully one day having a restaurant J
Ma Momma's House of Cornbread, Chicken, and Waffles
Ma Momma's House is home of New Orleans Original Chicken & Waffles. They have the best fried chicken to the bone, hot mouthwatering cornbread and fluffy waffles. As they say, "Come let Ma Momma welcome you home & feed yo' soul. Momma a be wait'in".
I would add that I love New Orleans East – and the more time one spends out there, the more you love it – so if you need a reason to go out there, let Ma Momma's be it J
Katie's Restaurant
A staple of mid-city, Katie's Restaurant is a warm and inviting place where the Red Beans take center-stage. A true neighborhood spot you'll wish you knew about sooner!
Chef D's Café
Chef D'z just opened up a few weeks ago – and judging from the crowds that are there, I'd recommend this spot without hesitation. And of course, I love a restaurant that rocks a Monday red beans special! Located at 424 S Broad (they have easy parking too!).
Queen Trini Lisa
Lisa hails from Trinidad – and is also the nicest person ever . . . plus, she can cook! For years she has become a favorite in the Bywater area for her Caribbean cuisine. After catering and serving out of a corner-store location for many years, she is now on the move – you can find her wonderful food at the Roux Carre food-stand on Oretha Castle Haley.


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We are always, unconscious of it as we may sometimes be, working towards achieving a more peaceful, joyful and balance life. Today then, let us be grateful, not judgmental of self or others, when we are being offered the opportunities to reinforce the lifestyle that we are working on. Do not despair, if your road from anger to peace, does not appear to be a straight line. Like rivers that flow naturally towards the sea, none of them flow in a straight line along the way, they all twist and turn, and yet they all, at their own pace and time, end up where they belong. Therefore, let us offer gratitude to those brothers or sisters when they 'act' in anger, for all they are truly doing is, offering us the opportunities to practice valuing forgiveness more than judgment, and thus peace more than pain. They, who the ego would have once had us condemned, now thanks to our greater self-awareness, we can see as simply volunteering their time, energy and effort, to help us better understand how to deal with our anger, or the anger of others, in a more productive manner. For example, if it takes us a thousand angry inducing situations, interactions or responses, to finally get, that such a response, does not bring us the peace of mind and joy we want, then were they not all, in one form or another, each by itself and together with the rest, useful in helping understand what does not work for us? Should we then, not offer all those interactions, and those people involved in those interactions, gratitude for being a part of a process, that helped us better understand what we no longer need to use? If we now, thanks to our past experiences, can react with peace to situations and interactions where we once couldn't, how grateful should everyone who meets us now be, to all those individuals that in the past, helped us become the peaceful and joyful beings that we are today? That is a reason why, once you awaken to who in truth you are, gratitude will be your response to everyone, and to all your past challenges.
Anger, on many occasions occurs, because somewhere inside, you believe that you have been done wrong, that things are not turning out the way you think they should, or that others are not acting the way that you think they should act. In reality, these are all but symbols that you are, unconscious of it as you may be, choosing to trust in your ego's plan for your life and the lives of those around you, more than in God's plan for all of us. Which do you think is more rational, that your plan for the Universe is right, or that God's plan for the Universe is right? Imagine, a day in your life, where you made an absolute commitment to trust in God's plan for your life. Imagine, dedicating that one full day to strengthening your trust in God, what would such a day look and feel like? Imagine, saying to yourself something like this: "No matter what occurs today, no matter how the ego has programmed me to see it, or how the ego demands I react to it, my one and only response will be, to trust in God's plan for me, and for all those around me." If you said this to yourself throughout the day, do you think that your anger responses would increase or decrease? Would they not begin to soften, as your trust in God strengthens? Would the states of peace and joy, not begin to fill more and more of your days? Would you then not become more grateful to God, for bringing about more peaceful and joyful days into your experience? Would you not begin to have greater pride in yourself, as you start to notice, how well and much you are growing and maturing? All this growth occurring, simply because you made the conscious choice, to trust in God's plan for your life, over the ego's delusion. How would this one shift in thinking, begin to reshape your life? How would this one change in behavior, trusting God and thus becoming a physical representative of the states of peace and joy, begin to reshape your children's minds, and the lives of those around you?
Today, let us remember that any and all situations or interactions, that we at first perceive with anger, are actually opportunities that are being presented to us, in order to help us see and better understand, the illusionary nature of anger. Each situation or interaction where anger is expressed, is helping us recall how unproductive and pain filled, its results have been. This frustration with the anger response will in turn, bring us to begin to ask ourselves, if there is not a kinder, more peaceful and productive way, of interacting with each other. It will be the accumulation of our experiences with anger, that will then help us begin to shift away from this unproductive response, and look for and find, a better way. Our ability to suffer is high, but it is not without limit. Sooner or later, we will all get sick and tired of anger's results. Sooner or later, we will all stop trying to dredge the ego's endless swamplands, and consciously choose to step onto the solid ground and road to peace. On this steady road, as we look back at our journey, we will not do so with judgment. As we become more self-aware, we will realize that each and every time we reacted out of anger, that it was simply another step on our journey back to peace. When we look back at our life, we see that each and every step on the journey, was of use for its successful completion. Imagine, looking back at all you once curse in anger, and now seeing it and all those involved, with forgiveness, gratitude and understanding. When we return home to peace, we will no longer need to hold unto the pain, sadness, resentment and regret, that so seem to encapsulated, our journey through anger. Now, because we know that our final destination is always assured, we do not have to wait to be shown our journey's conclusion, to start choosing trust, peace and joy now. My dear friend, you as God's creation, are forever worthy of peace and joy, today through trust and forgiveness, let go of the anger that no longer serves you, and join our light, so that those in the darkness, may finally see before them, a ray of hope.
Today, when we feel anger begin to surface, let us not put ourselves or others down for feeling this way, instead let us for a moment stop and recognize, that reacting in this manner, has never brought us the peace of mind and joy that we so desire. Let us then recall, that because God is Love and All, that every step along our journey, will be use by God for good. Yes, every single step on your journey, no matter how the ego has programmed you to see it, is leading you to a conscious reunion with your Source. It may not always look or feel this way, but it is always so. Today, trust that God, always has our best interest in mind, and so each and every step along the sacred path that we have co-created with Him, is leading us Home, back to the states of Peace and Joy. Today, notice, that when you trust God, your frustrations and anger diminish. When you do not trust God, your frustrations and anger increases. Today, trust God more than your anger, trust that your destination, your return Home is assured, and be joyous and at peace.
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In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS (Jer. 23:6 KJV).
Jehovah Tsidkenu means the LORD our righteousness, as emphasized above. The verse also begins with an important point we must not overlook. The phrase "in His days" refers to the days of the Messiah, Jesus. It is in His days that the Lord will be called "The LORD our righteousness".
Why is this phrase so important? The Name of Jesus is the fulfillment of all the Names and Titles of God found in the Old Testament. When you understand the power in the Name of Jesus, you will understand that calling His Name invokes all of the authority in the Names and Titles of God revealed in the Old Testament. How powerful is that!
The scripture says "But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness…" (1 Cor. 1:30 KJV). Jesus has been made your righteousness. He not only gave you the gift of righteousness, but He is your righteousness! When Christ came into your heart at salvation, righteousness also came, as a gift from heaven. You did not have to work for it. God gave you His Son as a Gift, and His Son is your righteousness and life. The Father is indeed the LORD our righteousness in Christ!
Is the righteousness of God something you work for, or is it a gift from God? Declare that "I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus!"
Over the years, the church has made the mistake of trying to "make people live a righteous life", without first knowing and believing God's gift of righteousness. This does not work. Your greatest step to seeing righteousness in your outward daily life is to receive the revelation of God's gift of righteousness to you.
Thank the Father right now for His wonderful gift of righteousness to you in Christ Jesus.
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Automotive Steering System Market by Steering System Type (Hydraulic Power Steering, Electronic Power Steering, and Electro-Hydraulic Power Steering System) and Vehicle Type (Heavy Commercial Vehicle, Light Commercial Vehicle and, Passenger Vehicle) - Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecasts, 2014-2022
Portland, OR -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/24/2017 -- Automotive steering system market helps the driver maneuver and control the direction of the vehicle. It includes the hand-operated steering wheel, steering column, universal joints, and rack & pinion mechanism. The steering system has evolved from manual steering to power assist steering. Moreover, effective steering system increases the fuel efficiency of vehicle.
Surge in demand for fuel efficient automobiles and the rise in disposable income of consumers primarily drives the market. In addition, technology such as drive-by-wire is expected to be implemented in future vehicles, indicating lucrative growth opportunity. However, the high cost associated with power steering system could hamper the market growth.
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The market is segmented by various types of automotive steering system namely as hydraulic power steering, electronic power steering, and electro-hydraulic power steering system. Moreover, on the basis of vehicle type, the market is segmented as heavy commercial vehicle, light commercial vehicle, and passenger vehicle. Geographically, the market is divided into North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and LAMEA.
The key players profiled in the report are JTEKT Corporation, Nexteer Automotive, Mando Corporation, ThyssenKrupp Presta AG, Robert Bosch Automotive Steering GmbH, Showa Corporation, NSK Ltd, ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Sona Koyo Steering Systems Ltd, and Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd.
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Good evening lovelies, here in the UK it is still January (my PC is set to Estonian time for several reasons). This is the last theme for January #NAILLINKUP and the theme is Border Manis. I did discover, that this is actually my first border mani ever :O – and I sponged it rather than painting real borders, I feel ashamed -.-
I am sick and trying to get my voice back for Monday, since I have a presentation to do at uni. Fun times 😀 I got an awesome surprise this morning, Cat's giveaway prize arrived (photos at the end of this post). And I'm already fallen in love with the lip balm she sent 🙂 Anyways back to the border mani.
Polishes used:
- Lychee by Barry M
- Black Creme by Wet n Wild
As for base coat I used my trusty Orly nail strengthener Tough Cookie and for top coat my Sally Hansen Anti-Chip Insta-Dri top coat. I will be back tomorrow evening with the first theme for NAGG Challenge. Now more photos and the the tape Cat used for packing, the sheeps are just soo cute 🙂 Huge hugs to Cat and good luck to everyone who is participating in her birthday giveaways.
One more thing, this is my first Sinful Colors nail polish I won from Cat's giveaway 😀 Can't wait to try them out all.


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Many couples in Washington who have ended marriages would probably agree that their decision was one of the toughest any person can make in life. Besides cutting the emotional ties associated with marriage, spouses must also deal with complicated issues related to divorce, such as child custody, child support, spousal support and the division of assets.
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In 1994, Utah was also the first state in the country to require couples to participate in a similar seminar before a divorce could be finalized. Currently, the seminar lasts two hours and costs $55. The current proposed legislation would force parents who wish to separate to take at least a part of this course earlier.
According to a study conducted in 2008 by the Association of Conciliation Courts, 48 states offer this type of course and 27 states legally stipulate that separating parents take this class. In other states, the decision is left up to counties or individual judges. The effort reflects the steps taken by states such as Oklahoma, Colorado and North Carolina to lower the number of divorces.
Although the country as a whole and the individual states are trying their best to help keep families together, sometimes divorce is the best option for a couple. Divorce does not have to be bitter for either spouse. To foster the chances of an amicable split, couples contemplating a divorce can get more information about the process and help protect their rights when it comes to any aspect of the divorce process.
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An Act to Address the Documented Educational and Rehabilitation Needs of
Persons Who Are Visually Impaired or Blind
Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Davis, R. Sangerville
Rep. Michael Celli, R. Brewer
Rep. Kenneth Fredette, R. Newport
Rep. Paul Gilbert, D. Jay
Rep. Peter Johnson, R. Greenville
Rep. Beth O'Connor, R. Berwick
Rep. Kimberly Olsen, R. Phippsburg
Rep. Wesley Richardson, R. Warren
Rep. Meredith Strang Burgess, R. Cumberland
Sen. Michael Thibodeau, R. Winterport
L.D. 765 appropriates $468,678 in FY2012 and $511,987 in FY2013 to hire:
2 Certified Teachers of the Visually Impaired at Catholic Charities Maine;
1 full-time Certified Vision Rehabilitation Therapist in Rockland;
2 half-time Certified Vision Rehabilitation Therapists in Bangor and Houlton;
1 Blindness Program Design and Evaluation Specialist at The Iris Network;
1 Orientation & Mobility Instructor for the Blind at DBVI; and
1 Blindness Rehabilitation Specialist at DBVI.
The need for these positions has been documented in two reports as follows:
- The report of a public and private stakeholder working group including consumers established to review the current and future needs of blind or visually impaired individuals authorized by the State of Maine through Resolve 2009, chapter 39 which includes the following recommendations:
a. Provide new funding for 11.5 FTEs of professional staff including:
i. 3.5 Teachers of the Visually Impaired,
ii. 2 Orientation and Mobility Instructors,
iii. 1.5 Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors,
iv. 1.5 Vision Rehabilitation Therapists,
v. 2 Blindness Rehabilitation Specialists,
vi. 1 Adjustment to Blindness Counselor.
b.Read the full report at http://www.theiris.org/get-involved/advocacy; and
- The recommendations of the Maine Department of Education's corrective action plan work group in regard to Disability Rights Center v. Maine Department of Education dated July 28, 2010
a.The Report includes the following recommendations:
i. Hire four additional Teachers of the Visually Impaired and one additional Orientation and Mobility Instructor,
ii. Raise the salaries of Teachers of the Visually Impaired to $34,733 for entry level with Bachelor's degree, and $42,754 for entry level with Master's degree,
iii. Pay tuition costs and an internship stipend for those who wish to become Teachers of the Visually Impaired,
iv. Modify the DOE/DOL Cooperative Agreement to include an annual needs assessment,
v. Form a work group that will determine the scope and nature of the annual needs assessment,
vi. Train school district personnel in the use of the Expanded Core Curriculum as a guide to the development of IEP's and IFSP's,
b.Read the full report at http://www.theiris.org/get-involved/advocacy.
L.D. 765 addresses the immediate crisis documented by the two reports by investing resources to fund staff shortages, thereby:
- Avoiding a failure by this State to comply with federally mandated levels of special education services for Maine students who are blind or visually impaired;
- Investing in vocational rehabilitation and job training for transition-age students and young adults with vision loss so that they become part of the tax-paying work force, rather than collecting public assistance for decades to come; and
- Saving scarce state resources that would otherwise be used for long-term nursing care by investing in compensatory training for older adults with vision loss so they can continue to live independently in their own homes; thus delaying or avoiding unaffordable and unnecessary institutional care.
Funding these positions will invest scarce state resources in teachers, therapists and instructors, rather than spending public funds to fight law suits by parents of blind children for failure by schools to provide a free and appropriate public education as required by federal special education law – an indefensible position that risks loss of federal special education funding for the entire State of Maine.
L.D. 765 also invests in vocational rehabilitation specialists and vision rehabilitation therapists to work with transition-age students and young adults with vision loss so that they can obtain competitive employment and become taxpayers, rather than relying on public assistance throughout their lifetimes.
L.D. 765 invests funds to hire professionals to provide cost-effective training for older adults dealing with vision loss so that they can continue living independently in their own homes at an average cost of $1,350 per person; thus, saving the State of Maine hundreds of thousands of dollars for each client for whom long-term nursing care is delayed or avoided.
In recognition of Maine's budget challenges, L.D. 765 does not spend as much as either report recommends; rather, it provides funding for a Program Design and Evaluation Specialist who will work to insure that the investment in program resources achieves the independent living, employment and community integration goals of people with vision loss in communities throughout the State of Maine.
This investment is needed now in order to:
- Avoid costly special education litigation by investing those scarce resources in educational services for students who are blind or visually impaired;
- Provide vocational rehabilitation and job training for transition-age students and young adults who are blind or visually impaired so they can live independently, have employable skills, can obtain meaningful work and can contribute to the tax base; and
- Meet the rapidly expanding need for vision rehabilitation services for adults dealing with vision loss due to both the maturing of the baby boom generation, and the prevalence of age-related eye diseases that cause vision loss, in order to avoid unnecessary institutional care that Maine cannot afford.
Related Advocacy Links
- Letter To Members
- L.D. 765 April 12th Update
- L.D. 765 Impact Statement
- April 3rd 2012 L.D. 765 Update
- L.D. 765 Letter
- L.C.R.E.D. Committee Letter
- Proposed Amendment to L.D. 765
- L.D. 765 is Back
- Plan for state VRS
- L.D. 765 Status Report
- L.D. 765 Press Release
- L.D. 765 Testimony
- DBVI DOE Recommendations
- DBVI Resolve Report


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Camaguey Historic Center Affected by Local Storm
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The historic center of this central-eastern city, Cultural Heritage of Humanity, woke up today with damages in several buildings, following the effects of a tornado with estimated winds between 110 and 120 kilometers per hour.
Among the most affected areas, there are the square Plaza de San Juan de Dios, one of the main areas visited by national and foreign tourists, as well as the building of the Puppet Theater, which lost part of its roof cover.
On Tuesday afternoon, August 29, at around 6:30 p.m., rain and strong winds also damaged some houses in the city, which is one of the first villages founded by the Spaniards in Cuba more than half a millennium ago.
According to the report by the experts from the Forecast Department of the Meteorological Center of Camagüey, the phenomenon was associated to the convergent wind flow, afternoon warming (maximum temperatures in the center of the province reached 35.6 degress Celsius) and local summer conditions.
Government authorities in Camagüey are already preparing specialized companies in charge of restoring services to the population after the fall of some power cables, with the subsequent damage to the public and residential lighting.


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To mark the significance of NATO's 70th anniversary perhaps it would be enough to look at the 18-year war that devastates Afghanistan, or the chaos in which Libya remains plunged, or the violations of international law sponsored by the organization in the Balkans, notably the terrifying dismemberment of Yugoslavia.
Maybe that would be enough … But we would be far from doing justice to the breadth and longevity of an increasingly global and essentially gangster behavior such as that which characterizes the alliance. The flood of epic considerations around the myths that support it is so threatening nowadays that no opportunities will be never be enough to plumb the contradiction. It is not surprising that NATO is what it is.
Jens Stoltenberg, the secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), addressed a joint session of Congress Wednesday morning right after a meeting with US President Trump.
Stoltenberg emphasised NATO's importance in preserving peace during the post-World War II era. Stoltenberg also noted that "questions are being asked on both sides of the Atlantic about the strengthening of our [NATO] partnership" and urged members to increase defence spending.
"In an ideal world, we would not need to spend any money on defence, but we do not live in an ideal world," he said. "Hitler could not have been stopped with peaceful protest. Stalin could not have been deterred with words. ISIS* could not have been defeated with dialogue."
The European Union's top economics and tax official said on Wednesday the risk of a no-deal Brexit on April 12 is increasing. "The EU customs code would apply to all goods arriving from the UK," Reuters quoted the EU's Economic Affairs and Tax Commissioner Pierre Moscovici as saying. "If there is a no-deal scenario, new customs controls would have to be introduced," the official said. "That does not mean we would systematically check every single… lorry," according to Moscovici. "We would be controlling goods on the basis of risk analysis."
A humanitarian vessel with 64 rescued migrants was left stuck in the Mediterranean after Italy's Matteo Salvini said it could 'go to Hamburg.'
Malta refused the ship entry to their waters as it sailed close to the Italian island of Lampedusa on Thursday after the migrants were hauled from the sea on Wednesday.
The Maltese and Italian refusal sets the stage for another Mediterranean stand-off that will only be resolved if European governments agree to accept the asylum-seekers.
Authored by Federico Pieraccini via The Strategic Culture Foundation,
The multipolar transformation that is occurring across the Eurasian continent confirms the industrial and diplomatic cooperation between China and the European continent in spite of strong opposition from the United States.
Xi Jinping's visit to Europe confirms what many of us have been writing about over the past few months and years, namely, the reality of an ongoing global transformation of a world dominated by the United States to a pluralistic one composed of different powers collectively shaping a multipolar world.
Europe therefore finds itself in fortuitous position, balanced as it is between its old world links to the United States on the one side and the fledgling Eurasian one being ushered in by Russia and China on the other.
Unfortunately, when it comes to global economics, and the advantages of cooperating with such economic evolutions, it appears that President Trump cannot see the forest for the trees; hence, there will be more financial pain for American sellers of goods and services (particularly our farmers, who have been doubly devastated by tariffs, and the monumental storm damage in the Central part of the country, which is prime farming country).
Unfortunately, President Trump's "vision" on his financial path for this country, will inevitably lead to financial ruin, be it from economic collapse, or more wars.
The past three years have seen increasingly vocal European criticism of China's involvement in the continent. This culminated in March with the European Commission's designation of China as a systemic rival
What is behind such hostility? Is it China's growing global footprint through its gargantuan "Belt and Road Initiative"? Is it Beijing's bonhomie with the countries of Central and Eastern Europe?
Of all the factors that explain European wariness, the underlying one is the realisation that China is here to stay. What is peculiar, however, is that China's rise as a power in Europe came by accident, rather than design.
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Whenever President Trump is dealing with NATO issues, there is always the question of whether Trump is going to praise NATO as the greatest thing since sliced bread, mock them as a relic of the past, or somehow manage to do both at once.
Meeting NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday, Trump played up the pledges for increased military spending, while pushing for even more. He also cheered the "great strides" made in Afghanistan militarily by NATO, while terming the war 'ridiculous.'
Trump is well known to be weary of the Afghan War, and hopeful of making a negotiated deal with the Taliban to withdraw from the nation. It's a good thing this was known beforehand, as he did not elaborate beyond calling the war "unfortunate" and "ridiculous."
Mr. President, one can not have this both ways; this war cannot have been both critically important, and "ridiculous" simultaneously.
You know as well as I do, that the war against Afghanistan had utterly nothing to do with Usama Bin Laden, and everything to do with controlling the oil pipelines, the rare earth minerals, and the opium poppy trade.
I hope and pray that a good negotiated settlement can happen; there have been far too many American military members who have been killed, or maimed for life here, in pursuit of that control of the oil pipelines, the rare earth minerals, and the opium poppy control.
Authored by Patrick Buchanan, op-ed via Townhall.com,
When Donald Trump meets with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg today, the president should give him a direct message:
The roster of NATO membership is closed. For good. The United States will not hand out any more war guarantees to fight Russia to secure borders deep in Eastern Europe, when our own southern border is bleeding profusely.
And no one needs to hear this message more than Stoltenberg.
In Tblisi, Georgia, on March 25, Stoltenberg declared to the world:
"The 29 allies have clearly stated that Georgia will become a member of NATO."
As for Moscow's objection to Georgia joining NATO, Stoltenberg gave Vladimir Putin the wet mitten across the face:
"We are not accepting that Russia, or any other power, can decide what (NATO) members can do."
Yet what would it mean for Georgia to be brought into NATO?
"The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime," commented British Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey on the eve of his country's entry in World War I. Something similar came to mind when I heard that American Renaissance Editor Jared Taylor has been banned from Europe until 2021.
...this latest effort is hamfisted in the extreme, and may have the effect of splintering the internet beyond what seemed possible even a few years ago. In the wake of GDPR's passage, Europeans couldn't visit the websites of some US publishers for months as new privacy frameworks were put into place. That sort of thing may be about to become a lot more common. The time has now come to speak of the internets, plural. And to get around, you might just need a passport.
Basically, as Newton notes, it just might not be worth it for many sites to serve EU visitors:
I am sorry to have to tell you that I cannot attend the Scandza Forum in Stockholm or the Awakening Conference in Turku, Finland, where I had been invited to give talks. Today, when I landed in Zurich for a connecting flight to Stockholm, Swiss border authorities told me I have been banned from Europe until 2021. I will spend the night at the airport, and tomorrow I will be deported.
The officer at passport control in Zurich airport had already stamped my passport and waved me through to my Stockholm flight when she called after me to come back. She stared at her computer screen and told me I had to wait. She didn't say why. In a few minutes, a policeman arrived and told me there was an order from Poland that barred me from all 26 countries in the Schengen Zone.
He said the Poles did not give a reason for the ban, and he asked me what I had done. I said I give talks on immigration, and someone in Poland must not like them. "That makes me a political criminal," I said.
Ireland votes to ban Israeli goods by an overwhelming majority of their legislature.
Jimmy Dore explains why.
In contrast: The US wants to ban the *banning* of Israeli goods.
Israel fascist government whines: "You're picking on us."
One can guess that some within the Donald Trump administration would have taken due care in pinpointing Montenegro on their European maps, with its population of 600,000 people. The Montenegrin landmass, situated in south-eastern Europe and for decades part of Yugoslavia, is a fraction the size of neighbouring Bosnia.
In July 2018, president Trump complained live on air regarding the Balkan country's membership of NATO, saying the Montenegrins are "very aggressive people. They may get aggressive and, congratulations, you're in World War III". Jens Stoltenberg, NATO's Secretary General, had insisted that Montenegro "would have an equal voice in shaping our alliance, and its independence guaranteed".
The Hungarian government claims a suspected Islamic State terrorist who entered Europe posing as a refugee was in possession of a pre-paid debit card from the European Union, and that the EU has issued 64,000 such cards to migrants.
"A Syrian national by the name of F. Hassan was detained in Budapest by the officers of the Counter-terrorism Centre (TEK) on suspicion of acts of terror, including involvement in explosive attacks and carrying out multiple executions in his homeland in 2016," reported Dr Zoltán Kovács, Hungary's Secretary of State for International Communications international spokesman for the Cabinet Office of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
Factories in the eurozone recorded their worst month for almost six years in March, declining for an eight month and slipping deeper into contraction territory. IHS Markit's March final manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) reading dropped to 47.5 for the month, down from 49.3 in February, marking its lowest reading since April 2013. An index measuring output change, which feeds into a composite PMI due on Wednesday and is seen as a good gauge of economic health, sank to 47.2 from 49.4. This marks its lowest since April 2013 and the second straight month it has come in below the 50 level.
By Kai Sedgwick
First they came for our privacy. Then our data. Finally they took our memes. If the more hyperbolic headlines are to be believed, the EU's ratification of the controversial Article 13 copyright law will have repercussions for purveyors of highly shareable online content. The reality is less draconian. Nevertheless, Article 13, coupled with last year's GDPR laws, has ramifications for all tech companies, blockchain projects included...
The European Commission is onboard with new road-safety regulations that will mandate that vehicles are equipped with life-saving tech, which it says could have as much impact as laws forcing car makers to install seat belts.
The new laws would require auto-makers to equip new vehicles with cameras and sensors to control speed, assist drivers with lane keeping and reversing, and monitor drowsiness and distractions from smartphones.
The laws would also mandate that cars, vans, trucks and buses are equipped with an aircraft-like 'blackbox' to retain data about accidents after they occur.
Safety features covered under the proposal are already available in many luxury models from the likes of Tesla and BMW, but the rules would force manufacturers to include them in cheaper vehicles, too.
But what happens when a quick acceleration is the only way out of a potentially deadly crash, and all these "safety features" cannot mitigate against it?!?
I am sorry, but the EU is setting itself up for being sued out of existence with enough class action lawsuits when humans need to act, and are forbidden to do this because of mandated technology.
RIA Novosti repoted that the Netherlands Navy destroyer Evertsen, the Canadian frigate Toronto, and the Spanish frigate Santa Maria entered the Black Sea. On the way they were accompanied by a Turkish frigate "Gelibolu".
In addition, the French tanker Var arrived in Istanbul with a group of warships but did not enter the Black Sea.
The ships are planning to carry out the operation Sea Shield together with the Ukrainian and Georgian military.
Marines from the U.S. and Ukraine standing together after a company-level attack during the land portion of Exercise Sea Breeze, Saturday, July 14, 2018. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said NATO allies could take additional steps when allies convene next week to help Ukraine defend against Russia.
What on earth is Pompeo speaking about, and what "concrete steps" from NATO is he expecting?!?
That NATO will go to war against Russia in behalf of Ukraine, which is not
yet a NATO signatory?!?
I would like to hope (and pray) that NATO will not fall for any foolishness from this guy.
Having said that, however, if military exercises are supposed to start next week involving Ukraine, we may well be looking at some kind of " false flag"against it, to attempt to ratchet up support for Ukraine against the allegedly "evil empire" of Russia.
The EU has officially extended the mandate of a naval mission hunting migrant smugglers in the Mediterranean. However, the bloc, cannot deploy any ships amid a dispute with Italy's anti-migrant government.
The Italian party Lega may become the second biggest party represented in the European Parliament after the EU election scheduled for 23-26 May, the Parliament's Public Opinion Monitoring Unit said in a report based on polls conducted in EU member states.
According to the report, as of Wednesday, the Europe of Nations and Freedom political group – which is represented in Italy only by Lega – may count on 27 out of 705 seats in the European Parliament.
Let's start with the essential background for the meeting in Paris on Tuesday between Chinese President Xi Jinping and three EU heavyweights – French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President of the European Commission (EC) Jean-Claude Juncker.
As imperfect as these figures may be, economic growth for the past 10 years after the 2008 financial crisis – which was a made in the West phenomenon – do tell an enlightening story.
China's growth: 139%. India's growth: 96%. the US' growth: 34%. EU growth: a negative 2%.
The European Central Bank needs to approve any operation in the foreign reserves of euro zone countries, including gold and large foreign currency holdings, the ECB's President Mario Draghi said on Thursday.
"The ECB shall approve both the operations in foreign reserve assets remaining with the NCBs (national central banks)…and Member States' transactions with their foreign exchange working balances above a certain threshold," Draghi told two Italian members of the European Parliament.
"The purpose of this competence is to ensure consistency with the exchange rate and monetary policy of the Union."
The European parliament has overwhelmingly backed a watershed resolution calling for reparations for crimes committed in Africa during European colonialism.
The bill urges European member states to introduce a series of sweeping reforms aimed at tackling 'structural racism' facing millions of Afro-Europeans.
It calls on the countries to implement nation-wide strategies to deal with discrimination in education, health, housing, policing, the justice system and politics.
There has been evil throughout history. But why force people who were not even alive back then to make amends to other people who were not alive back then?
Our various governments have stopped looking forward and are looking back.
Our various governments have stopped looking forward and are looking back.
Europe will be an "ideal refuge for asylum seekers and migrants" in a world where "climate change and global poverty" will drive increasing numbers of poor people to seek better lives elsewhere, according to an EU policy briefing.
The "unprecedented arrival of refugees and irregular migrants" seen during the crisis of 2015 exposed a need for Brussels to reform the bloc's policies on "asylum, external borders and migration", according to the EU Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS).
In a 'policy podcast' titled "Delivering For Citizens: The Migration Issue", the EPRS said Brussels has set out on "a process of reform aimed at rebuilding … [these] policies based on four pillars", which include "addressing the root causes" of illegal — referred to as 'irregular' — migration and "dismantling smuggling and trafficking networks".
European Parliament's Liberals have promised to tear down walls, in an EU election campaign video depicting the group's leader smashing through a border fence with his head.
"Europe's future" rests on this May's EU Parliament elections, and the choice voters will be given of either between "destroying" the bloc or "reforming" it, according to a new Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) campaign video.
Declaring the elections a battle between"destroying" the bloc or "reforming" it, ALDE says "the choice is clear", before graphics depicting the group's leader, Guy Verhofstadt, breaking through a barbed wire-topped border wall with an enormous representation of his head, bursting onto the screen accompanying a promise to 'tear walls down' rather than build them.
Is it P.C. culture? Is it pushback from big pharma and their powerful lobbyists? Who really knows why the attempt to stifle alternative medicine is so strong. But, the simple reality is that, this is a growing problem the global community must contend with.
To be clear: just because something is marketed as 'alternative' (or natural) medicine doesn't necessarily mean it's safe or effective. But, governmental attempts to block public access to services like acupuncture is an enormously unwise overstep – something that the Spanish government recently enacted.
The European Parliament's approval of the Copyright Directive today is the end of the internet as we know it. This new regulation creates substantial new controls on what we can share online which threaten freedom of expression, undermine creativity, and cement the dominance of technology giants.
The Copyright Directive will create two internets. The first, a heavily censored version for European users, including filters to prevent you from uploading content. The second, a free internet where creativity is encouraged, for everyone else.
The directive represents everything that's wrong with the EU's policymaking process. It was written at a substantial distance from Europeans, heavily influenced by lobbyists and national compromises. There is a serious lack of accountability.
We regret to inform you that the internet is on red alert once again. On Wednesday, the EU's Legislative Committee voted to adopt sweeping measures that will upend the web in every way that we know it. Memes, news, Wikipedia, art, privacy, and the creative side of fandom are all at risk of being destroyed or kneecapped.
By the time Americans woke up on Wednesday, the Legislative Committee had voted on the final form of the EU Copyright Directive—the first major update to European copyright law since 2001. Much of what's in the legislation has been met with approval, but Article 11 and Article 13 are considered disastrous by some of the foremost tech experts in the world.
The EU's new, comprehensive new Copyright Directive passed the European Parliament ensuring the way we use the Internet will change in the future.
And not for the better.
The controversial parts are Articles 11 and 13, the "link tax" and the "upload filter" requirements. For a good run down of how terrible these new rules are look anywhere on the internet but this article at Gizmodo (who I hope doesn't charge me a link tax for doing so!) will do.
I would also watch this video from Dave Cullen, a resident of Ireland, i.e. the EU, as to what he thinks this means.
European states are seeking independence from both Washington and Brussels, Daniele Pozzati, a Munich-based Italian journalist has told Sputnik, commenting on Italy's decision to join China's Belt and Road initiative, amid Berlin's spat with Washington over the Nord Stream 2 project.
"With its decision to join China's One Belt and One Road (OBOR) project, Italy aims at making up several years of lost economic opportunities", says Daniele Pozzati, a Munich-based Italian journalist and economic observer.
On 23 March, China and Italy signed a memorandum of understanding in support of Beijing's New Silk Road initiative that aims to link Asia to Africa and Europe.
Europe and the US should take care of their own debts to China before advising Italy about the risks of joining Beijing's 'Belt and Road Initiative,' said Michele Geraci, undersecretary of state at the Italian Economy Ministry.
Italy has become the first G7 nation to join China's ambitious plan to revolutionize global trade, making other eurozone majors "jealous" of the move, according to Geraci.
The EU's internet-killing new Copyright Directive has become mired in a fresh layer of controversy after it emerged that multiple MEPs were "tricked" into voting the wrong way on it. Guido understands that an extra vote was inserted into the voting list at the last minute which threw most MEPs' voting lists out of sync. Unlike the Commons where MPs have to physically make the decision to walk through lobbies, MEPs just robotically press buttons according to a long voting list handed out to them. A clear warning of the dangers of electronic voting…
At least 13 MEPs have told the European Parliament they accidentally voted the wrong way. Now the EU has modified their individual voting records but has refused to revisit the result of the vote, despite the fact there was a majority of just 5 MEPs. The EU also rejected a direct request from MEPs to stage the entire vote again. This blocked MEPs from voting on any amendments, including on the meme-banning Article 13…
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that Washington together with its allies at NATO would unveil a fresh series of actions against Russia next week in response to Moscow's involvement in Ukraine and, in particular, in the Kerch Strait standoff. "When the Russians captured sailors in the Sea of Azov, we've done a great deal of work to try to push against that. We need to do more," Pompeo said on Wednesday.
Here's your rifle, Mike...
This directive is about promoting the interests of multinational corporations and maximizing their profits. It is also about controlling and shutting down free speech and dissent not approved of by the media and political establishments. Dissenting voices are already being de-platformed and de-monitzed and this will institutionalize censorship.
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Rattle Those pots And Pans
Well, roll my breakfast
Cause I'm a hungry man !
Shake Rattle and Roll
Bill Haley & The Comets)
Following Article 11 + 13, Facebook & YouTube and the like are legally and financially liable for the content we upload. So basically content creators of all kinds could fraudulently re-upload their own material and sue YouTube for allowing it to happen, because the user who did it is now essentially anonymous and off the hook, and YouTube and others are now essentially the fall guy for this terrible and ridiculous DRM experiment; they open the floodgates wide for all kinds of people to commit fraud in epic proportions, at the expense of their fellows; And this is just the tip of the Iceburg.
This is why YouTube Ceo's have claimed it could destroy YouTube's platform. All these social media platforms have 2 years to move any content that originates from within the EU to servers elsewhere.
Gold rose to 4 week highs overnight prior to profit taking saw the yellow metal give up some of those gains. Gold marched higher yesterday, extending it's recent rally due to growing, if belated, concerns over slowing economic growth and the Federal Reserve's move to looser monetary policies again.
Gold rose 0.8% yesterday to $1,323.40 per ounce which was it's highest level in a month. Investors have diversified into safe haven gold following news the Fed expects to suspend interest rate rises in 2019. This was something we wrote and spoke about (podcast and video interviews) as inevitable given the fragile nature of the economic recovery.
Even greater uncertainty around Brexit, just three days before Britain's scheduled departure from the EU on March 29th may impact sterling and markets and should support gold, especially in sterling which has risen to the £1,000/oz level again.
The Chinese "Belt and Road" initiative is an important project, which European states would be glad to join, according to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who stressed that cooperation should be based on reciprocity from Beijing.
"We, as Europeans, want to play an active part and that must lead to certain reciprocity and we are still wrangling over that a bit," Merkel said, as quoted by Reuters.
The comment comes shortly after talks with French President Emmanuel Macron, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is currently paying a state visit to France.
By Danny O'Brien
In a stunning rejection of the will of five million online petitioners, and over 100,000 protesters this weekend, the European Parliament has abandoned common-sense and the advice of academics, technologists, and UN human rights experts, and approved the Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive in its entirety...
By Aaron Kesel
European MEPs meet inside the European Parliament today to vote on a law that will forever change the World Wide Web ... and that vote was bribed for access to an oil pipeline, Tech Dirt reported.
If the numerous blatant mafioso tricks by EPP Group and other political parties involved in the copyright directive or ACTA 2, such as attempting to change the voting date, intimidating politicians by threatening them, and changing the article numbers wasn't enough, a report by a German publication has revealed that the real reason Germany caved to France in February is because the country was bribed in negotiations to get approval for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia...
Another rally, during which protesters demanded the resignation of President Aleksandar Vucic and Prime Minister Ana Brnabic ended without major incidents on Saturday evening, a TASS correspondent reported from the scene.
"For four months, we have been campaigning for three major things: firstly, the resignation of president Vucic and Prime Minister Brnabic; secondly, the dismissal of the Regulatory Authority of Electronic Media's council; and, thirdly, the resignation of Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic," Serbian actor and politician Branislav Lecic told the crowd.
He vowed that the protestors would take "resolute practical steps" if those demands are not met and if a transitional government, charged with holding early elections within six months, is not formed.
"Thousands will gather for a rally on April 13, and they will go all the way," Lecic said.
English media claims to have exposed that the terrorist group "Islamic State", or ISIS, as they are losing control over Syria, have planned terrorist attacks in Europe. This much is said to be revealed in documents found in the territories liberated from the militants, The Sunday Times reported .
According to the publication, the plan involves the use dormant cells located in the West, also known as sleeper cells, to carry out the attacks. In the last number of years, there have been a number of terrorist attacks in Europe.
This month marks the 20th anniversary of Operation Allied Force, NATO's 78-day air war against Yugoslavia. It was a war waged as much against Serbian civilians – hundreds of whom perished – as it was against Slobodan Miloševi?'s forces, and it was a campaign of breathtaking hypocrisy and selective outrage. More than anything, it was a war that by President Bill Clinton's own admission was fought for the sake of NATO's credibility.
With Brussels and Washington helplessly looking on, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Italian Prime Minister signed a historic memorandum of understanding Saturday morning in Rome that made Italy the first founding EU member, and the first G-7 nation, to officially sign on to Beijing's "One Belt, One Road" economic development initiative - one of President Xi Jinping's signature ventures which many have called China's shadow project to re-colonize the world's poorer nations.
Along with the MoU, the two leaders signed development deals covering everything from port management, to science and technology, to e-commerce to soccer that were reportedly worth up to $20 billion.
Though OBOR (or BRI) has promised to strengthen trade links between the West and East, it has been derided in Washington and Europe as "debt trap diplomacy" and a neocolonial project by Vice President Mike Pence, and others.
What else could they do, bomb Italy to the ground for having defied the US and Brussels?!?
I think that the government of Italy has read the economic tealeaves reasonably correctly, and see this as a far better deal than the one they are getting from the EU
European Council President Donald Tusk said on Friday the EU was holding its line on the Golan Heights despite U.S. President Donald Trump's move to recognise Israeli sovereignty over the territory seized in war.
"The EU's position is well known and has not changed," Tusk told a news conference when asked to comment on Trump's comments. The European Union does not recognise Israeli sovereignty over the area.
It is difficult for Serbian military veterans who took part in the conflict with NATO back in 1999 to accept that Serbia is currently cooperating with the US-led military alliance, Serbian Col. Gen. Vladimir Lazarevic told Sputnik in an interview, adding that Belgrade's cooperation with NATO was a "political decision."
"Laura Pignataro committed suicide on December 17th. This senior official of the European Commission's legal service had been forced to defend the unprepared appointment of Martin Selmayr, former chief of staff to Jean-Claude Junker, as secretary general of the institution."
This is followed by a Renaissance court story, poisons and daggers, which the European Commission immediately denied with fury. The trouble is that the author of the scoop is Jean Quatremer, a reporter of renown and undisputed prestige, already in the past, author of scandalous revelations about the Court (of the Miracles) in Brussels, denied just as furiously and then confirmed by the facts.
Laura Pignataro, a 50-year-old Italian jurist, was someone who counted on the "European bubble". Brilliant jurist, daughter of a magistrate, trained in Italy, USA, France and Spain, she was part of the very closed group of top management.
"Without the protection of our Christian culture, we are going to lose Europe, and Europe will no longer belong to the Europeans," Prime Minister Orbán said earlier today. In his remarks honoring the 171st anniversary of Hungary's 1848-49 revolution, the PM also talked about Hungarian national unity and a "Central European renaissance".
A Vienna museum, Volkskundemuseum, has cancelled an event on Palestinian rights where former minister in Nelson Mandela's government Ronnie Kasrils was scheduled to speak (Video by Ronnie Kasrils). Kasrils is a renowned South African anti-apartheid activist of Jewish descent, and his address was scheduled for the March 29 event as part of the annual Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW). Human rights advocates immediately condemned the cancellation, and called for the event to be reinstated.
The museum caved to pressure from Austria's Israel lobby. The cancellation comes amid Israel's ongoing repression of the peaceful Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement for Palestinian rights. Two IAW events scheduled in France this week were also canceled.
The signing of the agreement comes during Chinese President Xi Jinping's three-day visit to Italy in an attempt to improve relations with Rome as China is currently engaged in a trade war with Washington.
Italy approved on Saturday China's Belt and Road (BRI) industrial initiative — this move makes the European country the first member of the Group of Seven (G7) powerful economies to join the Chinese project.
With Brexit negotiations drawing to a close and the possibility of crashing out from the European Union without a deal dawning on the UK, the variety of eerie UK media news stories by professing doomsday has been quite remarkable.
Theresa May's government has been battling the UK Parliament and the EU chiefs across the English Channel to settle on a Brexit strategy suitable for all. The consensus among Downing Street, MPs and businesses alike has largely been against a no-deal Brexit, with the mainstream media in the UK fuelling or perpetuating fear of what would happen if Theresa May fails to bring a Brexit deal across the line.
In the recent headlines by The Times and the Mirror Online, reported that the Queen and other senior royals will be evacuated from London in the event of a no-deal, which would also see riots erupting on the streets.
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