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"We are moving towards a dictatorship of relativism which does not recognize anything as for certain and which has as its highest goal one's own ego and one's own desires."
--Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
Sound like anyone you know?
"We are moving towards a dictatorship of relativism which does not recognize anything as for certain and which has as its highest goal one's own ego and one's own desires."
--Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
No. Why?
I also believe that in prior writings Cardinal Ratzinger has expressed an odd hostility towards individuals afflicted with sleep Apnea.
Oh, yes. Andrew Sullivan is the center of his own universe. All else simply revolves around him and his views, be they political, religious, or personal.
Andrew Sullivan is a weird guy.
Andrew who??
Actually, when I re-read some of the homily yesterday, and got to the part you quoted, it suddenly became quite clear why Sullivan is so perturbed about the results of the papal election. :-)
Here is what Sullivan advocates: homosexuality, gay marriage, casual sex, drug use.
There is not a single Catholic Priest in the world who would believe Sullivan is not a sinner.
OK, kids, let's relax on the Sullivan bashing. He clearly sees the CC as susceptible to the same transformation from current doctrine to his own views, as, say, the American South's transformation from Jim Crow to the Voting Rights Act.
I understand that many may not agree with this, and I would suggest to Sullivan that it's an untenable position to identify as Catholic.
But...he's trying. I think his conclusions are flawed but he still appears to want to agitate from the inside, as a self-defined Catholic. This position (as flawed as it may be) is far more respectable than leaving the Church.
This reminds me of Sullivan's rejection of the dominant queer theory and tendency to promote traditional assimilation while still being a "gay spokesperson" (albeit a lonely one ideologically)
From a practical perspective, I'm willing to cut him yards of slack as a result of he pre-war courage.
Jason O.
Regarding the last comment, that is, the one most sympathetic to Sullivan's goal (whatever that is) -- susceptible on what basis, precisely? Okay, that's not exactly fair, this is just a comment area after all. Let me put it this way, why is it necessary to feel sympathetic with Sullivan's desire to change himself to accord with the Catholic Church and its doctrines, er, sorry, his desire to rectify Catholic doctrine with himself (self-defined!)?


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Three Stanford alumni–David "Wei" Jai '13, Andrew Parker '11 and Eric Tuan '12–have been selected as recipients of the 2014 Gates Cambridge Scholarship, granting them full scholarships to pursue graduate studies at the University of Cambridge.
The three recipients, who will join 37 other Americans in this year's class, plan to study a variety of disciplines at Cambridge, ranging from biological science (Jai) to philosophy in public policy (Parker) to music in choral studies (Tuan).
Jia, a 2014 Marshall Scholar, plans to study neuroscience at the University of Oxford before he attends Cambridge.
Parker, a recipient of the 2012 John Gardener Public Service Fellowship, recently completed a two-year stay in Washington, D.C. during which he worked at the White House and the Pentagon. He also plans to work as the campaign manager for a state legislative race in Maryland.
Since graduating, Tuan has worked with both the Christ Episcopal Church in Los Altos and Convivum, a choir he founded. He has also worked with Stanford's Department of Music and performed for regional musical organizations.
Though the recipients hold diverse interests, all three said they look forward to studying at Cambridge.
"I'm thrilled to have received this unique opportunity," Jia told the Stanford News Service. "I'm especially grateful for all those who have supported me throughout the years and helped to shape who I am today."

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Zelda Covid World of 2020
Still waiting on Zelda!
Who knows, maybe it will never happen.
Our promise date rolled forward to September.
We're suppose to be number one on the work list.
Could be lights at the end of the tunnel.
- tony boselli 2020 jags w – l
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Marking a formal return to Italy's political stage, former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi yesterday laid out his policy priorities for the forthcoming election, portraying himself as a pro-European moderate.
Speaking at a meeting of his Forza Italia (Go Italy) party, Berlusconi said he wanted to lead the group into the national ballot, which is expected by next March, promising hefty tax cuts if the centre-right regained power.
Subsumed by sex scandals and legal woes, Berlusconi largely vanished from politics after being ousted from power in 2011.
But he has emerged from the shadows this year and Forza Italia, with its traditional rightist allies the Northern League and Brothers of Italy, have combined backing of some 35%, according to polls, making them the largest single bloc.
"We predict a great victory for the centre-right," said Berlusconi, 81, looking thin and fit during a speech near Rome that effectively launched the Forza Italia election campaign.
While his allies have repeatedly denounced the European Union, Berlusconi said he wanted more Europe, not less, calling for common defence, foreign, industrial and fiscal policies.
"I do not think we can leave the euro," he said, further underscoring how the anti-euro rhetoric once heard from many Italian parties is receding as the vote nears.
Berlusconi, who had open heart surgery last year, cannot run for office due to a 2013 tax fraud conviction.
But he hopes the European Court of Human Rights overturns this ban when it reviews his case in November.
"I expect that Europe completely restores my honour...But court or no court, I promise you that I will take part in the election campaign," said the four-times premier.
If Forza Italia won power, he said he would introduce a flat tax and eliminate inheritance tax, hike minimum pensions, offer pensions to housewives and give more to impoverished families.
Berlusconi dismissed the chances of the ruling centre-left, saying the left was in retreat across Europe, and also took aim at the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement, which polls say is Italy's largest single party, with support under 30%.
The 5-Star is expected to chose the 31-year-old lawmaker Luigi Di Maio as its prime ministerial candidate next weekend.
Berlusconi dismissed him as a "little political meteorite" with no practical know-how.
Highlighting his own long experience in business and politics, he said he wanted to make a pact with the devil to take 20 years off his life.
He joked this his tan, brown hair and slim figure showed a deal might have been struck.
He also looked to swat down the hopes of Northern League leader Matteo Salvini, who has put himself forward as the natural prime ministerial candidate for the centre-right.
"We have always had respect for their ideas, but we created the centre-right and we have always been the leader to put its programme into action," Berlusconi said.
Forza Italia leader Silvio Berlusconi holds the party programme during European People's Party meeting in Fiuggi, Italy.


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Connected intelligent transportation systems and infrastructure developer, Applied Information Inc. (AII) has announced the creation of the Infrastructure-Automotive Technology Laboratory (iATL) that will become a leading development center for connected vehicle and traffic infrastructure technology.
Scheduled to open on January 10 next year, the new iATL will be located at Pope & Land's Northwinds Summit development in Alpharetta, Georgia. AII says its new iATL will be the first facility in the world where automakers and transportation infrastructure manufacturers will be able to imagine, create and test technology and applications for connected vehicles (CVs) to communicate with traffic signals and other smart roadside traffic control equipment using vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) or vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technologies. AII will use the new facility to further advance its existing Glance Smart City Supervisory platform, transit and emergency vehicle priority and preemption systems, connected traffic management equipment, and TravelSafely smartphone app.
Pope & Land's 24.3-acre Northwinds Summit development will include more than 1 million square feet of office space, as well as a 140-room boutique hotel, 140 multifamily units, 20 stacked flat condominiums and 15,000 square feet of restaurants and amenity retail. The Northwinds development and iATL is strategically located amid the North Fulton Community Improvement District (NFCID), which is home to the first large-scale deployment of connected vehicle infrastructure technology using all forms of communications simultaneously, including 4G LTE, Cellular Vehicle to Everything (C-V2X), Dedicated Short Range Radio (DSRC) and 900 MHz radio. Northwinds Summit is positioned directly off the GA-400 corridor that AII is currently equipping with 44 V2X connected intersections.
"The collaborative nature of the iATL will enable the automobile, communications and transportation infrastructure industries to rapidly develop and deploy connected vehicle technologies and applications in a real-world setting," said AII's president, Bryan Mulligan. "The iATL is the private sector leading the way in developing new transportation technology that will save lives, improve traffic, drive commerce and help the environment."
Kerry Armstrong, managing director and development partner at Pope & Land, said, "We are excited to be a part of, and support, this important development in the future of transportation technology and the benefits it will bring to the world of mobility. The iATL reinforces that Georgia is a global leader in technology and transportation and Northwinds Summit is at the center of it all."


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Hugs to little champions
Professor Calviño pointed it out in his TV program Vale la Pena when praising how Cuban children have taken on this time of pandemic: they are champions.
No doubts, there are enough reasons to ratify the praise if we take into account that it has been difficult for adult to cope with isolation and everything that comes with it. So, we can figure it out how difficult things have been for children to whom school life, playing time, and the social exchange with other children are major needs and not stubbornness.
Nonetheless, they have mature when facing adversity. And even though little kids do not understand what is going on around them, they do sense that things are not all right, and danger looms around.
That is why, one year after the first COVID case was detected in the country, researches in Cuba have given paramount importance to the mental health status of Cuban boys and girls.
A study was conducted by professors at the Psychology School of the University of Havana with the collaboration of the UNICEF office in Cuba.
Its goal was to inquire on the psychological effects of the physical isolation in Cuban boys, girls and adolescents worsened by their isolation at home.
According to a recent statement made by UNICEF office in Cuba: "The first finding was that, although Cuban childhood is still resilient and showing no signs of severe psychological symptoms, the boys and girls on whom studies have been conducted on, showed signs of mild psychological distress."
Such distress is not casual. In fact, some of the 139 million children who experienced compulsory confinement for at least nine months and other 193 million boys and girls who experienced recommended isolation worldwide were both affected by psychological distress.
In the experts' opinion, little kids are especially sensitive to changes in their routines and living habits.
What were the results provided by the research carried out in Cuba?
The excessive attachment to mothers —60,6% of the total cases— was among the most common disorders. By the way, the quoted text states that "it is a very common reaction in childhood, as they seek for protection and safety when life conditions are considerably altered."
Rebellious, challenging, and willed behaviors were also identified, especially in three years-old boys and adolescents older than twelve, "coinciding with two stages that are known for severe transitions in the individual's growing process."
Likewise, other symptoms of psychological distress were spotted:
Disturbed sleep schedule 60.2 %
Voluntarism 57 %
Rebellious and challenging behavior 43 %
Irritation and crying 41.8 %
Difficulty concentrating 27.5 %
Super-appetite 24.7 %
You may think these are just figures; but it is very complicated to live with one or two minors locked in at home and then you may experience that moment when your children do not want or just cannot sleep, or just confront you when they do not want to obey, or just want to eat something every two seconds.
The greatest challenges for Cuban families
The aforementioned research addresses six major issues Cuban families face with children in times of COVID-19.
Respect schedules and routines
Cope with the behavior of our children
Arrange the study schedule
Combine teleworking, housework, and childcare
Activities to entertain children and appropriate
What to do with the children's will to play outside.
The answer to each of these questions will help to write a book, either a comedy book and other with hints of tragedy.
The issue of schedule and routines, for instance, would require a coordination of efforts at home as well as the conviction of the importance of maintaining that dynamic at home with time for resting, studying, entertaining, body washing, and feeding…
If these routines are interrupted, not only the mental health of the child might suffer, but also their physical condition.
Despite the adults' efforts in several cases, near 70 % of children in the study remained reluctant to studying while 5.5 % of them cannot focus on school assignments.
Everything shows the challenge faced by mom, dad, and other family members when trying to get children focused on watching teleclases (video lessons on TV) and thus feel motivated to study at home, which is totally different from school and without the pedagogic resources to face such a mission.
If you add the need to systematically do the cleaning at home, guarantee food, and in some cases, do teleworking, then adults may also get stressed leading to misunderstandings and disagreements, which may be perceived by minors. All these may contribute to worsen their psychological status.
Hence, Cuban families have also done their best for the sake of children and made the most out of the available resources to keep harmony in the coexistence.
Some help has also come from outside our homes. The emergence of groups in social networks led by psychologist, educators, and other experts to provide psycho-emotional aid to parents has been very useful.
But, as stated again and again, children are the most important age group in Cuba. And UNICEF has corroborated so.
Therefore, Cuba is fighting hard to protect our little champions. From Dr. Durán's calls to protect them to the daily work of health personnel, education personnel, and everyone involved in the socio-economic life of the nation.
And, despite the painful figures of children infected, the Cuban families have developed strategies with patience, wisdom, and especially, with responsibility and love. This way, our children shall remain our little champions.
Translated by Sergio A. Paneque Díaz / CubaSí Translation Staff


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This One Creepy Ghost Town In Mississippi Is The Stuff Nightmares Are Made Of
A deserted town filled with dilapidated buildings and remnants of what once was, Rodney is the very definition of a ghost town. Located about 30 miles northeast of Natchez, the small town was once destined for big things, but a series of unfortunate events completely changed the fate of Rodney, leaving behind an eerily quiet town that appears to be frozen in time.
Check out Mississippi's infamous ghost town in the video below.
Regardless of how or why it was abandoned, the mere fact that Rodney officially qualifies as a ghost town is undeniably creepy. What do you think? Share your thoughts below.
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Take-off for a strong duo
The LEMKEN compact disc harrow Heliodor will soon be combinatable with precision slurry spreader
From March 2022, the LEMKEN Heliodor compact disc harrow will be available with a preparation set for attaching a Vogelsang DosiMat DMX precision spreader. The resulting powerful combination of two proven implements is ideal for the precise low-loss spreading and incorporation of liquid organic fertilisers such as slurry.
The perfect combination of compact disc harrow and slurry spreader
The Heliodor offers a sound basis for this type of application, as it is compact and low-draught and therefore only places little additional demands on the tractor's lifting and traction powers. The DosiMat DMX is renowned for its very even transverse and longitudinal distribution, which is consistently maintained even at extremely low and extremely high application rates.
How does it work?
The way the two implements work together is very simple: Slurry is fed into the DosiMat from above, homogenised inside the device by a flow-optimised rotor equipped with cutting blades, and then pushed into the individual outlets. Fibre and foreign matter are reliably shredded in the process – this enables the desired precise distribution and helps to avoid disruptive blockages. The slurry then passes via hoses to the area behind the first row of discs on the Heliodor, where it is injected into the soil and immediately incorporated by the second row of discs and the trailing roller without any delay.
Economic & sustainable
In terms of economy, the Heliodor/DosiMat duo is exactly in line with current trends; with rising prices for mineral fertilisers many farmers want to utilise the nutrients stored in their slurry. This is achieved through precise application and immediate incorporation while minimising nitrogen losses, making the process not only extremely economical, but also compliant with water protection requirements.


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It was magic. In every world, it was a kind of magic.
"No maids, no funny talking, no fainting flowers." Luli Wei is beautiful, talented, and desperate to be a star. Coming of age in pre-Code Hollywood, she knows how dangerous the movie business is and how limited the roles are for a Chinese American girl from Hungarian Hill―but she doesn't care. She'd rather play a monster than a maid.
But in Luli's world, the worst monsters in Hollywood are not the ones on screen. The studios want to own everything from her face to her name to the women she loves, and they run on a system of bargains made in blood and ancient magic, powered by the endless sacrifice of unlucky starlets like her. For those who do survive to earn their fame, success comes with a steep price. Luli is willing to do whatever it takes―even if that means becoming the monster herself.
Siren Queen offers up an enthralling exploration of an outsider achieving stardom on her own terms, in a fantastical Hollywood where the monsters are real and the magic of the silver screen illuminates every page.
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"Mike, Jimmy, Ken, Henry and the entire Spectra crew were great to work with. They were very knowledgeable on medium and low voltage equipment on our project and helped come up with innovative solutions to challenges we faced."
"John is honest, dedicated and a man of integrity. I have found him to be of exemplarily character and a valuable asset to all of those he has worked with. His knowledge and expertise in the electrical field puts him on a plateau above his peers."
"I have had the pleasure of working with John and his company on multiple occasions with exceptional results every time. A level of trust and respect has been built with the relationship to know they put the Client and the project results first."
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"John has always been the epitome of honesty & integrity and lives by the credo that your word is your bond and your value is the unwavering commitment to stand behind your words."
"With the recent completion of our project, I wanted to take the time to let you know how much we appreciated all of the efforts of you and your team. Your team's commitment, participation, contribution, design assistance, value engineering, product selection and performance were unparalleled compared to my previous experiences with Electrical Contractors. Furthermore, I feel that the Spectra Electrical Services contribution allowed us to keep this project on target and to be completed on time. Dan, Mike and Tony proved to be a cohesive team throughout the project (despite the time constraints and other challenges); they were always willing to go above and beyond to accommodate even the slightest change to the schedule."
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Chemistry: A colorful chemical chameleon
Photo: imago images / Shotshop
Colored smoke is an indispensable ingredient of day-time fireworks displays, is used to create atmospheric lighting effects in advertising and at fashion shows, and finds application in a growing range of public events. In addition, smoke signals have long been used as a means of communication in military contexts. However, the generation of conventional smoke signals results in the release of toxic by-products. As a result, they can present a public health risk – particularly in the hands of inexperienced users – apart from contaminating the environment. Minimizing damage to the environment has therefore become a significant design criterion for manufacturers of this form of pyrotechnics. Chemists led by LMU's Professor Thomas M. Klapötke now report, for the first time the successful use of a non-toxic substance for the generation of colored smoke. The study appears in the international journal Angewandte Chemie.
"Owing to the increasing use of smoke effects in diverse contexts, it is now more important than ever to ensure that smoke bombs can be safely deployed, and that health risks are minimized," says Klapötke." With the support of the US Department of Defense's Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP), and in cooperation with the Czech firm EXPLOSIA, his research group set out to find non-toxic alternatives to the ingredients that have hitherto been used in smoke bombs. The reaction between the basic component of the conventional formulation (potassium chlorate) and the organic substances that provide the colors gives rise to polychlorinated compounds that are carcinogenic. Furthermore, mixtures based on hexachloroethane are often used to generate white smoke – and their combustion leads to the formation of toxic by-products such as hexachlorobenzene, hexachlorobutadiene, chlorinated dibenzofurans and dibenzodioxins. In the new formulation developed by Klapötke and his colleagues, potassium chlorate is replaced by the non-toxic nitrogen-rich salt guanidinium-5,5'-azotetrazolate, which is combined with several organic dyes as coloring agents. "Our halogen-free mixture solves the environmental problem and, like a chameleon, it's able to produce a wide range of colors – white, red, violet, yellow, green and blue," Klapötke says.
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Social Networking
10 Tips for Talking to People You Can't Agree With
6. Don't drag anyone else into your debate.
Posted November 22, 2016 | Reviewed by Jessica Schrader
This holiday season, you could easily find yourself in situations where someone raises politically divisive topics. The holidays are likely to bring you in contact with relatives and in-laws who may have different views, creating uncomfortable feelings, awkward silences, or outright confrontations. You may be sitting with an in-law who's gloating over the victory of his preferred candidate in front of your aunt who is clearly mourning the loss of her candidate. Whether caught in the middle, or on opposite sites of an escalating argument, you wish you could vanish, but instead you're drawn in. Fortunately, there are ways to cope with the interpersonal strains, thanks to new insights on the difference between diversity and disagreement.
In a recent study, Michigan State University's Robert Lupton and Georgia State University's Judd Thornton examined the ways individuals interact over social networks when they share differing views. Disagreement, they argue, is the extent to which you are exposed to people with whom you and others come out on opposite sides of social issues. You are the outlier compared to them. Diversity, by contrast, is the extent to which your social network allows there to be a variety of opinions expressed and respected. Everyone in your social network may be in complete agreement that Candidate X was best suited for the position. You, however, believe in Candidate Y. In a diverse social network, there are plenty of X's and Y's—and maybe some Z's.
The Lupton and Thornton study was interested in predicting who would be most likely to vote based on whether their networks were characterized by disagreement or diversity. As it turned out, when there was enough disagreement present in a network, people became less likely to vote. Diversity of opinions had no effect on voting behavior. It's only if you feel that you're alone in your opposition to those you interact with that you'll opt out of the political process, according to this finding. Perhaps people believe their opinions count less when they're in opposition to the opinions of those they care about, and so they disengage. Being part of a network of diverse opinions doesn't seem to have that suppressive effect.
Let's take a look at this finding as it relates to understanding how we can get along with people whose beliefs differ from our own. These 10 tips could help you communicate more effectively:
- Appreciate the value of diversity. When you and those in your network feel compelled to arrive at the same viewpoints, it will be painfully difficult for you to experience a division between you and anyone else. We gain from sharing opinions and, in the process, feel more invested in society at large.
- Listen to the other side with an open mind. Diversity of opinions means just that. Recognizing that you can learn from each other is a sign of a healthy relationship with those you care about.
- Think before you voice your own opinion: Will you be able to justify it? A poorly-conceived argument will only place you on the defensive when you realize its weaknesses. Don't set yourself up for being shot down—it will only contribute to bad feelings.
- Keep your cool even when the conversation gets hot. Being able to appreciate diversity means that you don't go off the deep end when someone expresses a dissenting opinion. If you let your emotions get in the way of your logic, you'll not only lose the argument, but further contribute to animosity in the room.
- Try to find common ground on which you can agree. It may seem impossible at the time to acknowledge the validity of someone else's argument, but adults should be able to appreciate the gray between the black and white of your viewpoints.
- Don't drag others into the debate. Keep things focused on you and whoever you're having the disagreement with. Trying to form coalitions or sides will only escalate bad feelings.
- Avoid personal insults. It probably goes without saying that you should keep your communication respectful. There's no reason to start assaulting someone else's personal qualities because you happen to have differing views.
- Keep a sense of humor. Even when serious differences of opinion are being discussed, try to find ways to maintain your perspective. See if there are humorous aspects in your diversity of opinions, and allow those to balance out the negative.
- Try to change the person's mind, but don't persist if it's not working. Once you get past a certain point, nothing you say will matter. It's best to move on and talk about your areas of shared interests and views.
- Reinforce the positive feelings you have toward each other, despite your differences. If your relationship is long and strong enough, this too shall pass. Events external to you and those with whom you differ eventually alter one, or both, of your opinions. Continuing to maintain an air of openness and mutual respect will allow you to survive the changing political and social environment.
Fulfillment of your relationships with those you care about depends on being able to communicate across the divides that sometimes develop between us. These tips should help you keep the lines of communication open, even across what may seem like irreconcilable differences of opinion.
See @swhitbo on Twitter for daily updates on psychology, health, and aging. See the Facebook group, "Fulfillment at Any Age," to discuss today's post.
Copyright Susan Krauss Whitbourne 2016.
Lupton, R., & Thornton, J. (2016). Disagreement, diversity, and participation: Examining the properties of several measures of political discussion network characteristics. Political Behavior, doi:10.1007/s11109-016-9371-7


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5am makes a very early start to the day. I have sacrificed sleep to ride a hot air balloon in the Arabian desert to catch the sunrise. It would be a unique experience as I'd never been in a hot air balloon before, nor had an aerial view of the desert except from high in a commercial jet.
I am really sleepy when I reach the Grand Hyatt around 11am, and collapse on the bed for a 3-hour nap. Lunch today was the doggy bag from last night - seafood couscous. Still tasted fine even if I ate it cold. The early part of the afternoon is spent by the hotel pool, lounging around while I start the blog drafts on my notebook.
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(Reuters) – An autographed and well-worn pair of basketball legend Michael Jordan's Nike shoes hits the auction block at Sotheby's on Friday, in a celebrity-infused test of the market for sneakers as highly-prized collectibles.
The Air Jordan 1s, designed for Jordan in 1985 and the first ever signature sneakers, are expected to fetch between $100,000 to $150,000 in the online auction that closes on May 17, Sotheby's in New York said.
Sotheby's, better known for selling multimillion-dollar art, last year held its first auction dedicated entirely to sneakers. It set a new world record of $437,500 for a pair of 1972 Nike running shoes, known as the "Moon Shoe."
The white, black and red Air Jordan 1 sneakers up for auction on Friday have red laces, are signed by Jordan, and show frequent wear by the former Chicago Bulls player. Like most of Jordan's basketball shoes, they are a mismatched pair in a size 13 (left) and size 13.5 (right), Sotheby's said.
The shoes are being sold by collector Jordan Geller, founder of the sneaker museum Shoezeum, where they were previously on display in Las Vegas. They were the "crown jewel" of the museum, drawing fans and collectors from all over the world, according to Geller.
The auction coincides with the 35th anniversary of the Air Jordan brand and the screening of the last episode of the 10-part ESPN television documentary "The Last Dance" about the Chicago Bulls and Jordan.
"With all the excitement surrounding Michael Jordan and 'The Last Dance,' my wife and I decided that it's time to let the shoes find a new home," Geller said in a statement.
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If I had to choose a favorite breakfast food, I think waffles would be pretty high on the list. Whenever we visit a new breakfast place, I always have to try out their waffles so I can judge whether it's a good restaurant or not. While I'm particularly fond of chicken and waffles (yum!), I'll eat just about any flavor of waffle happily. I do have a few rules, though – they have to be crisp on the outside, they have to be light and fluffy on the inside (no rubbery waffles for me, thanks!), and they have to be served hot.
Making waffles at home for me has always been pretty hit and miss. They just never seemed to turn out as well as waffles I ordered at restaurants. A few years ago, I decided it was time to finally master the art of the waffle. I bought a real belgian waffle maker instead of the cheap one I had been given as a wedding gift, and I started experimenting with recipes to see which ones turned out well for me. These cinnamon waffles are just as delicious as any waffles I've had at a restaurant, but they taste even better because I made them myself. And as a bonus, having the chance to eat delicious waffles without having to change out of my pajamas is always a win in my book!
Cinnamon Waffles
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- milk
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One of my favorite things about this waffle recipe is that it's so simple to make! I've seen a lot of recipes that call for whipping the egg whites separately, or that use ingredients that I don't normally have on hand. This recipe uses pantry and fridge staples, but tastes totally amazing! Just whisk the wet ingredients together, then add the dry ingredients, and mix until just combined. Let the batter sit for at least five minutes so it can thicken.
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My favorite way to eat these cinnamon waffles is drenched with syrup, with whipped cream and cinnamon on top. (That's probably not the most health-conscious way to serve them, but they sure are delicious that way!) My homemade buttermilk syrup is also pretty fantastic with these waffles, or even just a sprinkle of powdered sugar and some jam on the side. They're delicious any way you serve them!
I often double the recipe and store the leftovers in the fridge so my kids can have them for breakfast throughout the week. The best way that I've found to reheat them is to pop them in the toaster oven for a few minutes so they can get nice and crisp on the outside again. My kids don't mind them if they're a little on the softer side, so if I'm feeling lazy I just microwave them for 30 seconds or so. They also freeze well, so they're great for planning ahead and stocking the freezer to make mornings easier!
Cinnamon Waffles - Easy and Delicious!
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10 Best Exercises To Induce Labor Naturally
10 Best Exercises To Induce Labor NaturallyThe last weeks of pregnancy are a little bit uncomfortable and difficult. Many pregnant women feel uncomfortable in the final weeks of pregnancy due to swollen feet, big belly, back pain, and sleepless nights. The fear of childbirth also causes anxiety and stress in most of the pregnant women. You can reduce all these complications by doing exercises during your pregnancy. These exercises help you to stay fit and active during pregnancy as well as help in inducing labor naturally. All these exercises make the childbirth process easy and less painful.
Exercises To Induce Labor NaturallyThe exercises which help you to induce labor naturally and make your childbirth process easy are:
1. Pelvic Tilts (Pelvic Rock)Pelvic Tilt is a simple exercise that you can perform easily at home. Pelvic Tilts exercises help to improve your posture and also prevent constipation, bloating, and swelling. It helps to strengthen pelvic muscles and to induce labor naturally. Pelvic Rock exercises also help in relieving lower back pain which is a common complication, especially during the last weeks of pregnancy. These exercises can be easily done by standing with your back against the wall or sitting on an exercise ball. Some of the most beneficial pelvic exercises which you can easily try at home are:
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2. Squats
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(Also read: How much Bleeding during pregnancy is normal?)
4. Birthing Ball Exercises
A birthing ball or exercise ball helps to maintain stability and keeps abdominal muscles strong during pregnancy. Birthing Ball Exercises ease back pain and open the pelvic muscles thus making the process of childbirth easier and less painful. These exercises also help in stimulating the blood flow to the pelvic area. The safe and best exercises using a birthing ball can do to ease the childbirth process are:
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5. Lunges
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6. WalkingWalking is one of the easiest exercises to perform with a lot of benefits during pregnancy. Walking is a simple and easiest exercise that you can perform throughout your pregnancy without any complications. It keeps you physically fit and active during your pregnancy period. Walking also helps in maintaining a healthy weight throughout your pregnancy and also lowers the risk of gestational diabetes and preeclampsia which is caused by hypertension during pregnancy. Walking tones up the hip muscles and makes normal delivery possible. It helps in making the process of childbirth easier, faster, and less painful. An early morning walk is best during pregnancy.
(Also read: Know more about your pregnancy at 40 weeks)
7. Bridge Pose
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Lotus pose stimulates the pelvis, abdomen, and bladder. This pose helps to ease childbirth. This yoga pose strengthens the pelvic region and makes the childbirth process easier, faster, and less painful. Lotus pose keeps ligaments and joints flexible and prevents constipation which is a common problem faced by many pregnant women during their pregnancy period.
9. Butterfly Stretch (Tailor Sitting)
Butterfly Stretch or Tailor Sitting position widens and stretches the pelvic region and also improves blood circulation. This exercise is helpful in inducing labor naturally during the final weeks of pregnancy. This pose helps to ease childbirth. This exercise makes pelvic joints flexible and helps to induce labor naturally.
(Also read: What are the signs of labor?)
10. Climbing Stairs
Doing physical activity during pregnancy has a lot of benefits for both the mother and her baby. Physical activities such as walking, swimming, or climbing stairs are easy to perform and very beneficial during pregnancy. It keeps you fit and healthy and also helps in maintaining healthy weight gain. Climbing stairs helps in lowering back pain. This physical activity also helps in lowering the risk of preeclampsia which is caused due to hypertension during pregnancy. It also reduces the chances of developing gestational diabetes during pregnancy. Climbing the stairs in the final weeks of pregnancy also helps to improve your ability to cope with discomfort and pain during the process of labor.
Doing exercises throughout the pregnancy is beneficial for both the mother and her unborn baby. It keeps a pregnant woman healthy and fit during pregnancy. But before performing any exercise during pregnancy talk to your health care provider about the same. She'll tell you which exercises are safe for you. And after that try to perform those exercises which are safe for you.
Congratulations on your pregnancy. Here's wishing you a very healthy pregnancy. May God bless you and your little bundle of joy with good health.
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The new executive chairman of electric vehicle startup Canoo, Tony Aquila, has taken over the role of CEO at the company. Existing CEO and co-founder Ulrich Kranz is resigning and so is Canoo's chief lawyer, Andrew Wolstan. It's another major shake-up for the startup, which just became a publicly traded company as part of a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC).
The departure of Kranz and Wolstan comes just weeks after Canoo's chief financial officer resigned, and it lost its head of corporate strategy. The startup's head of powertrain development and another one of the people who helped found Canoo in late 2017, Phil Weicker, also left at the beginning of this year, The Verge has learned.
Aquila took over as Canoo's executive chairman as part of the SPAC merger late last year. Since then he has focused on moving the startup away from its original goal of creating an electric van that people would "subscribe" to and toward developing more truck-like vehicles for commercial fleets. He recently explained the shift in greater detail on the company's first call with investors as a public company in March, where he also said a deal with Hyundai was basically dead.
Kranz, who spent years at BMW, was not on that call, which is unusual for a CEO. Aquila was even asked whether Kranz was still CEO. But as The Verge first reported late last year, Kranz's contract with Canoo was renegotiated as part of the SPAC merger, and he was removed from the startup's board of directors. "There's definitely a role [for Kranz]. There's definitely advice that can happen. But to scale an organization at this level, I mean, that's a different experience than he has," Aquila told The Verge at the time.
Wolstan is being replaced by current Canoo VP Hector Ruiz, who came to the startup after nine years at Solera Holdings, Aquila's previous company.
Thomas Dattilo, a member of Canoo's board of directors and the chairperson of the nominating and corporate governance committee, said in a statement that "[t]he entire Board is pleased and excited that someone with Tony's background, track record and vision has agreed to lead the Company." Datillo previously served as a director on the board at Solera Holdings.
Canoo was founded in late 2017 by a group of former employees of fellow EV startup Faraday Future, including Kranz and fellow former BMW executive Stefan Krause. Krause left the startup in 2020 a few months before the SPAC merger process began. One of the few co-founders who remains at the startup is Richard Kim, who was a designer at BMW who led the styling of the i8 and i3. Others from that founding group who are still there are Sohel Merchant, who heads up the vehicle architecture; Christoph Kuttner, who leads interior design; Bill Strickland, the vehicle program lead who spent years at Ford; and Alexi Charbonneau, who worked at both SpaceX and Tesla.


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Bate, Neil, Caves, Rachel E., Skinner, Simon P., Goult, Benjamin T., Basran, Jaswir, Mitcheson, John S., Vuister, Geerten W. (2018) A Novel Mechanism for Calmodulin Dependent Inactivation of Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 6. Biochemistry, 57 (18). pp. 2611-2622. ISSN 1520-4995. (doi:10.1021/acs.biochem.7b01286) (KAR id:66589)
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The paralogues TRPV5 and TRPV6 belong to the vanilloid subfamily of the Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) superfamily of ion channels and both play an important role in overall Cahomeostasis. The functioning of the channels centres on a tightly controlled Ca-dependent feedback mechanism where the direct binding of the universal Ca-binding protein calmodulin (CaM) to the channel's C-terminal tail is required for channel inactivation. We have investigated this interaction at the atomic level and propose that under basal cellular [CaCaM is constitutively bound to the channel's C-tail via CaM C-lobe only contacts. When cytosolic [Ca] increases charging the apo CaM N-lobe with Ca, the CaM:TRPV6 complex rearranges and the TRPV6 C-tail further engages the CaM N-lobe via a crucial interaction involving L707. In a cellular context, mutation of L707 significantly increased the rate of channel inactivation. Finally, we present a model for TRPV6 CaM-dependent inactivation, which involves a novel so-called "two-tail" mechanism whereby CaM bridges between two TRPV6 monomers resulting in closure of the channel pore.
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Saturday, November 30, 2013
some author activity: Mangold, Carr, Hall, Dennis, Robertson + O'Connor,
Sarah Mangold has a new poem up in the Tuesday poem series at dusie; Emily Carr wraps up her OSU-Cascades residency with a final blog post, "Back From The Woods!"; Phil Hall has a new poem up on Susan Gillis' Concrete & River blog, as well as a short interview; Amy Dennis has new work in the sixth issue of Amanda Earl's experiment-o; Lisa Robertson responds to Rachel Levitsky's The Story of My Accident Is Ours over at Futurepost; and Wanda O'Connor has a new poem in the The Puritan: Issue XXIII.
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Silver Creek's Diane has been busy! Lots of New Arrivals!
Silver Creek Samplers Previews!
Diane hasn't sent design sizes, fabric availability is hit and miss, but you can get a good idea from the pics which will be your favorites!
Silver Creek Samplers has 6 new Releases
Diane has charming designs -- kind of her signature feature are the words she always uses that are incorporated into the design. Everything is offered in chart pack format... and as always a lot of them are suitable for multiple different fabric colors and counts... makes your decisions harder!!!
Newest Arrivals from Silver Creek Samplers
Always words and verses... this is kind of the 'trademark theme' of most of Diane's designs. You just love what they have to say! Choose just about any fabric you are happy working with; the charts are coded for hand-dyeds as well as regular DMC's.
Back to the Grind, Follow Your Heart and Built on Love
Silver Creek Samplers has some new releases, one for your kitchen, one for your stitching nest, and one to stitch for a special wedding this year or next!
Lighting the Way and Lost and Found
Give Greatly
Your greatness is not in what you have but what you give. LOOK at this, the bunny is bringing his snowman friend his most precious gift - a fresh carrot nose! Or, maybe the snowman shared one of his un-used noses with the bunny?
What a fun winter-y seasonal piece. Diane added a couple of snowflake buttons from her stash - but charted them as well - in case you are 'flakeless.' The Mill Hill white metal snowflake treasures are perfect for this - you get 2 each of two different 1/2-inch white enameled metal flakes for $3.50. Give Greatly measures approx 6 x 7 on 32ct, and is coded for DMC floss.
New Arrivals
Santa's Magic Key
This pattern explains HOW Santa can come to all those houses that don't have a fireplace and chimney! A definite YES to stitch if your little ones have inquiring minds that need to know! Finishing approx 5-1/2 x 6 on 32ct, there is a companion ornament design included to stitch for the tree!
It would be fun to stitch a pocket on the ornament back, and store a house key in there on the tree - them make sure it's ready to be used on Christmas Eve!
Spooky Boo, Dove Song & Star of Bethlehem
Silver Creek Samplers has sent us her trunk show, and in it were three designs we have never featured before! WOW... we love new stuff - especially when it appears ALREADY STITCHED in the UPS boxes! All three were published in 2011 and 2012, and gosh they are cute!!!
Halloween Bright
Jack smiled so brightly he could be seen by everyone on Halloween.
What a cool design! The verse, that neat moon... the cat on the pumpkin and the cool wrought iron fence... it brings up a picture of a spooky flaming jack-o-lantern in a graveyard on a night when the moon is HUGE!
Just 5 x 7-ish on 32ct... coded for hand-dyeds and DMC... can you see that the whole bottom half's background is stitched??? It is done with Gentle Art's Chamomile... should give you an idea of what color you want your main fabric to be.
Melody's Song
Silver Creek Samplers has a new design... *On rocks beyond the sandy dune, a mermaid sings a winsome tune that drifts along the ocean breeze & puts my restless soul at ease.*
Quite the run-on-sentence... but that's OK! Finishes approx 8 x 8 on 32ct... coded for DMC or hand-dyeds... I need a beach house!!!!!
Coastal Cola, Dorothy's Discovery and My A B Seas
New Offerings from Silver Creek Samplers
Diane has 3 new charts full of her rambling words all interrupted with cute design elements!
Olivia Ochreleiph
(O Ker Leaf!) We figured that out today while we were ooogling over this new arrival in the shop! Silver Creek Samplers has delivered a lovely Fall piece! *She wears a dress of scarlet red and orange leaves from over head that sparkle with a frosty glow soon buried in a winter snow.*
Measuring approx 8 x 8-1/2 on 32ct... a whopping 17 shades of Weeks Dye Works hand-dyed cottons are called for in this! What a beautiful pillow this would make -- I like the fact that you see falling leaves before you see the verse or a dress!!!!!
My Christmas List
This is a charming design that speaks of lots of things -- All About Christmas. Lots and lots of words, thoughts, memories... everything trails down this 101 x 287 piece which finishes approx 6 x 18 on 32ct.
Pictures follow the sentiments... it's very nice and festive!!!! Charted for 21 shades of regular 'ol DMC floss!!!!!
Through The Storms and Taking it E-Sea
Silver Creek Samplers has exhibited at Market and now we have 6 new designs!!! All presented as charts, we've had Eye on the Sparrow for years and years, and are now thrilled to offer more of Diane's designs!
Mychal's Prayer
This piece was inspired by the prayer of a Catholic Priest, Mychal Judge, who served as chaplain to the NYC Fire Dept. He was the first certified fatality of the Sept 11, 2001 attacks. *Lord send me where you want me to be... let me meet folks you want me to know... tell me the words you want me to say, and tenderly keep me out of your way.*
Finishes approx 7 x 9 on 30ct. Coded for hand-dyeds or DMC.
Liberty Hill Farm
Just a POP of patriotic! If you're good, you can figure out your family name in kind of the same font, and put that in here instead of Liberty Hill Farm. Then, put YOUR *family established* date there instead of 1776!
I love the cheerful border on this... finishes approx 4 x 9 on 30ct -- coded for hand-dyeds or DMC.
And The Earth Sang
Easter Morning! *An angel rolled the stone away from the tomb where Jesus lay. He is Risen was the cry as joyful praises filled the sky.*
I picture this in a Sunday School room... it finishes approx 7 x 7-1/2 on 30ct, coded for DMC or hand-dyeds.
Freedom Reigns
A country barn, the waving flag... *The bell proclaims on Liberty Hill Freedom reigns and always will.*
Finishes approx 4-1/2 x 9 on 30ct, coded for either DMC or hand-dyeds That little barn is so cute, you could live in there!! (It's just like all the gorgeous barns-turned-into-houses you see on TV!)
Garden Bliss
This is a neat piece for someone who likes to Garden. The kiss of the sun for pardon, The song of the birds for mirth, One is nearer to God's Heart in a garden, than anywhere else on Earth.
Stitched on basically any fabric you like best, the stitch count on this is 109 x 108. It is coded for Weeks and Gentle Art hand-dyeds -- but you can easily sub DMCs from the cover pic if you need to. Just a cute little piece. it is offered as a chart.
Happy Halloween and Scary Things October Brings
Silver Creek Samplers has a pair of cute designs that you can add to your stitching stash for next Fall!
Eye on the Sparrow
Oh this little piece has captured my heart! A small chart offered by Silver Creek Samplers, this has been available for a while, but we finally received our finished shop model back... and I don't want to take it back to the shop! 'DO NOT WORRY' it warns... 'birds do not sow or reap, yet the Lord God feeds them.
Lets not go political here... just take comfort in *the faith part!* Its a lovely little design, and our 3 x 4-1/2 stitched piece is on 28ct Lugana over one, stuffed with lizard litter and trimmed with Crescent Colour's new cotton chenille trim! A trifle of stitched comfort!
Sweet Liber-Tea
Six shades of Gentle Art Sampler Threads bring this cute design to life. *Forever we'll be strong and free, Sweet cup of Liber-Tea.*
Just something fun by Silver Creek Samplers, this measures 66 x 114 stitches. Cute finished as a sandwich-sign stand-up or a little fabric wallhanging quilt!
Dare to Fly
*Life is quickly racing by... Adventures fill the open sky... Do not wait to take a try... Just be a bird and Dare to Fly* By Silver Creek Samplers, Diane based her verse on a A. A. Milne poem about 'opportunities that born and die... because you still wait and will not try...'
A small piece, it is suitable for framing, but it'd make a neat little pillow as well. Think about graduations, new jobs and moves... and even weddings. Wouldn't this be pretty personalized with the new couple's names? Instead of an outdated band sampler... with the rings stuck on there, stitch them something ALIVE and motivating! Offered as a chart, this has a stitch count of 144 x 71 and is coded for Weeks and Gentle Art hand-dyeds.
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A chance to win a Baume & Mercier Indian Motorcycle Scout Sixty
The Watch Hut and Baume & Mercier are offering the chance to win a custom built Baume & Mercier Indian Motorcycle bike, worth £15000.
To be in with a chance of winning, purchase any watch from the Clifton Club Indian collection before 31st March 2019 for a chance to win!
Terms and Conditions apply, please see below.
Terms and conditions
Void where prohibited or otherwise restricted by applicable law. 'WIN A BAUME & MERCIER INDIAN MOTORCYCLE SCOUT SIXTY COURTESY OF BAUME & MERCIER GIVEAWAY' (the "Giveaway") begins on 1ST April 2018 at 12:00 a.m. GMT+1/BST and ends on 31 March 2019 at 11:59 p.m. GMT+1/BST (the "Giveaway Period").
- Sponsor: Richemont UK Limited, BAUME & MERCIER department (trading as BAUME & MERCIER), whose registered office is at 15 Hill Street, London, England, W1J 5QT.
- Eligibility: This Giveaway is open to legal residents of the United Kingdom (excluding Northern Ireland), who at the time of entry [1] possess the legal capacity to enter into contract, and [2] have purchased a BAUME & MERCIER Clifton Club Indian watch (reference M0A10404, M0A10403 or M0A10402) at one of the BAUME & MERCIER authorized retailers in the UK as per the list here below* during the Giveaway Period, and [3] are aged 18 or over ("you" or "Entrant"). Employees, officers, directors and agents of Sponsor and Harrods, their associated companies, professional advisors, advertising and promotions agencies are not eligible to win. The Giveaway is subject to all applicable UK national laws. By entering this Giveaway, you agree that you have read, understand and agree to be bound by these Official Rules ("Rules") and you further warrant that you have the legal capacity to enter the Giveaway and accept the Rules (i.e. that you are of sufficient age and mental capacity and are entitled to be legally bound in contract). The Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any entrant that it reasonably believes does not have legal capacity. The Rules are available on BAUME & MERCIER's website at : https://www.baume-et-mercier.com/gb/en/legal/indian-terms-and-conditions.html as well at the Retailers' websites.
- How to enter: During the Giveaway Period, after having purchased one of the three BAUME & MERCIER Clifton Club Indian watches, with reference M0A10404, M0A10403 or M0A10402 ("Watch") during the Giveaway Period at one of the BAUME & MERCIER authorized retailers in the UK as per the list here below* (the "Retailers"), simply fill in the participation voucher available at the Retailers either instore or on some of the Retailers' websites by providing your name, family name, e-mail address, date of birth, order number (which can be found on the invoice of the purchased BAUME & MERCIER watch), date and place of purchase and signature and ticking the acceptance box to take part in the Giveaway. Make sure you to fill in the participation voucher of the Retailer you purchased the Watch from and not any other one to take part in the Giveaway. Limit one (1) Entry per person. All Entries must be received during the Giveaway Period. Entrants understand and acknowledge they are providing information to Sponsor. All Entries and any copyright subsisting in the Entries shall become and remain the property of Sponsor. Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may accept a mistyped Entry. It is your sole responsibility to notify Sponsor in writing if you change your email address. Sponsor's computer is the official time-keeping device for the Giveaway. In the event of a dispute, Entries will be deemed made by the authorized account holder of the email address at the time of Entry.
- Random Drawing: Sponsor will conduct a random drawing on or about 9 April 2019. The random drawing will be conducted by a member of the Sponsor's Marketing Department in the presence of an independent person, whose decisions are final on all matters relating to this Giveaway. The potential winner will be informed by e-mail to Entrant's e-mail address on or about 10 April 2019. If you are not the winner of the Giveaway, you will not receive an e-mail.
- Prize: the Winner will receive a BAUME & MERCIER Indian Motorcycle Scout Sixty (recommended retail price of 15,000 GBP). All costs and expenses associated with prize acceptance and use are the sole responsibility of the Winner, including taxes, MOT test, insurances and any other costs linked to the Prize. The Prize will remitted to the Winner at a location in the UK to be communicated on 10 April 2019 by Sponsor, where it will be collected by the Winner between 10 April 2019 and 10 May 2019. The Winner shall be present and available for a press presentation when collecting the Prize at the communicated location. If the Winner does not have a valid driving licence (Category A motorcycle licence) allowing him/her to legally drive the Prize, then the Winner will need to be accompanied by a holder of a valid driving licence (Category A motorcycle licence) when collecting the Prize.
The Prize is non-transferable and no substitutions or cash redemptions are allowed, except at Sponsor's sole discretion. The Prize does not include any other incidental costs that may be incurred by Entrant to claim the Prize. The Winner is responsible for any costs or expenses associated with Prize acceptance and use not specified in these Rules as being provided. Sponsor is not responsible or liable in any manner if the Winner is unable to accept or use all or any portion of the Prize due to failure to qualify or comply with these Official Rules or any law, regulation or other rules that apply to acceptance, receipt, travel, fulfilment or use of the Prize. If the Winner fails to comply with these Official Rules in any way, the Winner may be disqualified and the Prize forfeited at any time and/or awarded to another Giveaway entrant, at the sole discretion of Sponsor. Sponsor is not responsible for any portion of the Prize that is delayed, postponed or cancelled for any reason, in which event that portion of Prize is forfeited in its entirety and no substitution will be provided, except as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to substitute the Prize with an item of comparable or greater value. The Prize is awarded "as is" with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied. Limit one (1) Prize.
- Limitations: Use of any automated system to enter as determined by Sponsors in its sole judgment is prohibited and will result in disqualification at Sponsor's sole discretion. Sponsors, and their associated companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents, professional advisors, and their advertising and promotions agencies ("Releasees") will not accept responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission or mail delivery, communications-line failure, theft, destruction, alteration of, or unauthorized access to Entries, or Entries that are altered, delayed, deleted, destroyed, forged, fraudulent, illegible, improperly accessed, inaccurate, incomplete, interrupted, irregular in any way, late, lost, misdirected, multiple, non-delivered, stolen, tampered with, unauthorized, unintelligible or otherwise not in compliance with these Rules; or for lost, interrupted or unavailable network, server or other connections; viruses; bugs; miscommunications; failed phone, computer hardware or software or telephone transmissions; technical failures; unauthorized human intervention; traffic congestion; garbled or jumbled transmissions; undeliverable emails resulting from any form of active or passive email filtering; insufficient space in entrant's email account to receive email; or other errors of any kind, whether due to electronic, human, mechanical, printing, production or technical errors or other causes; even if caused by the negligence of any of the Releasees.
- General Conditions: By entering this Giveaway and/or accepting any prize you may win, you agree, represent and warrant that: [1] you meet the eligibility requirements of the Giveaway as detailed in these Rules, and that all personal information you submit to Sponsor is true, complete and accurate in all respects; [2] you will be bound by the Rules and Sponsor's decisions regarding the Giveaway, which shall be final in all respects; [3] your Entry becomes solely Sponsor's property and will not be acknowledged or returned; [4] to the extent permitted by law, you release and hold harmless Releasees from any and all liability for any claims, costs, injuries, losses or damages of any kind directly or indirectly caused by your participation, including participation in the Giveaway or any Giveaway-related activity or travel or from any interaction with, or downloading of, computer Giveaway information, the unauthorized or illegal access to personally identifiable or sensitive information or the awarding, delivery, acceptance, possession, use, or misuse of the Prize, including without limitation, death and bodily injury; [5] the Releasees do not make any representation, warranty or guarantee, express or implied, relating to any Giveaway or the Prize; [6] the potential winner's acceptance of the Prize constitutes the grant to Releasees and assigns of an unconditional right to use the Winner's name, address (city and state only), voice, likeness, photograph, biographical and Prize information, statements about the Giveaway and/or live and taped performances of interviews for any programming, publicity, advertising and promotional purposes without additional compensation or notice, except where prohibited by law; [7] in the event viruses, bugs, unauthorized human intervention, Acts of God, acts or regulations of any governmental or supra-national authority, war, national emergency, accident, fire, riot, strikes, lock-outs, industrial disputes, acts of terrorism or other matters beyond Sponsor's reasonable control, corrupt, prevent or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play of the Giveaway, so that it cannot be conducted as originally planned, Sponsor has the right, in its sole discretion, to modify the Rules or to cancel, modify, terminate or suspend such Giveaway; and in such event, to select a potential winner by such method as Sponsor in its sole discretion shall consider equitable; [8] the Releasees are not responsible for typographical or other errors in the offer or administration of the Giveaway, including but not limited to: errors in the advertising, Rules and selection and announcement of the Winner; [9] the Releasees are not responsible for any inability of the Winner to accept or use any prize (or any portion thereof) for any reason; [10] the Releasees are not responsible for changes to the Giveaway website form that may interfere with the Giveaway or your ability to timely enter; [11] Releasees are not responsible for any failure of delivery of Winner notification; [12] neither Releasees nor any service providers are responsible for incorrect or inaccurate transcription of Entry information, or for any human or other error, technical malfunctions, lost/delayed data or voice transmission, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, line failures of any telephone network, computer equipment, software, inability to access any online service or Website or to complete a telephone call or facsimile transaction, or any other error or malfunction, or late, lost or misdirected mail, or any injury or damage to participant's or any other person's computer related to or resulting from participation in this Giveaway; and [13] Releasees will not be responsible for Acts of God, acts of terrorism, civil disturbances, work stoppage or any other natural disaster outside their control that may cause the cancellation or postponement of the Prize. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GIVEAWAY, TAMPER WITH THE ENTRY PROCESS, OR OTHERWISE UNDERMINE THE CONTENT OR LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE GIVEAWAY MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO COOPERATE IN THE PROSECUTION OF ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL(S) AND TO PURSUE ALL REMEDIES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
- Governing Law; Disputes: These Rules shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and the Courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to deal with any dispute in relation to this Giveaway of these terms and conditions.
- Publicity: If selected as Winner of this Promotion, you expressly agree, in response to any reasonable request by the Sponsor, to be available for participation in any event organized around the presentation of the Prize, including a visit to Sponsor's facilities or other location, and consent to being filmed, interviewed and photographed in connection with the foregoing. You expressly agree that if selected as Winner of the Promotion, all video, photographs and interview material taken may be used by Sponsor in any media, for Sponsor's communication and marketing purposes. Sponsor reserves the right to use, and you expressly agree that Sponsor may use the name and/or pseudonym of the Promotion Winner and/or all photographs and films taken of the Promotion at Sponsor's facilities and any event that may be organized at the discretion of Sponsor, and on the Internet, including without limitation Sponsor's websites, Sponsor's social networking pages on Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram, and all other Sponsor advertising and publicity materials. If selected as Winner of this Promotion, you hereby grant to Sponsor the non-exclusive right to use and dissemination to reproduce your visual likeness, voice or any other attribute of your personality as it appears in any video or photograph taken at any event that may be organized in relation to the Promotion at the discretion of Sponsor, without compensation.
- Winner and Contact Information: Any questions or comments regarding this Giveaway must be directed to Sponsor. To obtain the name of the Giveaway Winner, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to Richemont UK Limited, BAUME & MERCIER department, Walmar House, 296 Regent Street, London W1B 3AP, Attn: Tania Moalla Gil, after 10 April 2019. Requests received after 90 days following the end of the Giveaway Period may not be fulfilled.
- Data Protection and Privacy Policy: Sponsor will collect/process Entrant details in connection with this Giveaway solely for the purpose of Giveaway administration and will store said information in accordance with applicable data protection laws. IP addresses of Entrants having participated in the Giveaway will also be collected solely for the purpose of preventing fraud in connection with the Giveaway. If you agree, Sponsor may add your Entry details to its database in order to contact you in the future about products and events in which you may be interested. Other than as stated in these Rules, any personal data relating to Entrants obtained by Sponsor as part of this Giveaway will be used solely in accordance with Sponsor's Privacy Policy. Entrants grant Sponsor and its affiliates the non-exclusive rights of use and dissemination of their name, free of charge, in any media whatsoever, including the right, if necessary to reproduce the winner's name for the purposes of administering and promoting the Giveaway and BAUME & MERCIER brand in connection with the Giveaway. The Sponsor's General Privacy and Cookies Policy (Notice) is available at: https://www.baume-et-mercier.com/gb/en/legal/indian-terms-and-conditions.html
- Miscellaneous: Any provisions herein found by a court to be void or unenforceable shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provisions. Any such invalid or unenforceable provision shall be replaced by the parties by such valid and enforceable provision that corresponds as closely as possible to the original intent of the invalid or unenforceable provision.