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Chocolate and trademarks: a battle royal
When I lived for three years on the shores of Lake Geneva, Switzerland with my family from 2011 to 2014, our favourite pastime was visiting the Cailler chocolate factory with out-of-town guests. My love of Swiss chocolate, coupled with my fascination for intellectual property law, has inspired me to take a closer look at trademark disputes involving chocolate.
Chocolate wars have been waged all over the world on many fronts — product names, shapes of chocolates and boxes, packaging colours and even the taglines used in association with the delectable product.
Lindt's chocolate bunny — created in 1952 — has had bitter battles all over the European Union, with mixed results. The Zurich giant wrestled German chocolate maker Confiserie Riegelein for 12 years in a bid to prevent Riegelein from producing chocolate bunnies. The technical issue was a 3D trademark shaped like a bunny. German judges viewed the Lindt bunny as "traditional" and not sufficiently distinctive to be registered as a trademark. Riegelein had been producing a sitting gold-wrapped bunny for more than 50 years. Perhaps Lindt should have intervened against this German competitor earlier. By waiting, it allowed Riegelein to create goodwill in association with its bunnies.
In Austria, the Lindt bunny scored a knockout victory over Hauswirth, which could no longer produce Easter bunnies that resemble those of their Swiss rivals. However, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), decided against Lindt and held the shape of a sitting bunny is typical for chocolate products, especially at Easter.
Sometimes chocolate makers have to watch out for candy producers as well. In a famous case of competing sweets, Haribo sued Lindt, claiming its golden chocolate bear was too similar to Haribo's popular Gummy Bear. German judges agreed and ruled against Lindt.
Guylian of Belgium makes a chocolate seahorse, which it thought was a good 3D trademark. In 2002, Australia disagreed. Guylian's seahorse shape, in association with chocolates, was found not distinctive or original and, as a result, the court would not grant a monopoly on the seahorse shape.
But seahorses, bunnies and bears have nothing on Nestlé, another Swiss favourite, which has tried over the years, with mixed success, to register the Kit Kat bar's four-finger shape.
Nestlé succeeded in South Africa, but lost in Singapore. Though Nestle recently celebrated Kit Kat's 80th birthday, the global giant only first attempted to protect its design in Europe in 2010. Nestlé claimed Kit Kat's shape and "snap" function had become distinctive. If Toblerone could successfully trademark its "zigzag prism" Matterhorn-like shape, why couldn't Nestlé monopolize the four-fingered rectangular bar? The CJEU felt the rectangular bar is not as distinctive as the Matterhorn clone and found the four-fingered configuration simply gave the candy bar a technical result. The lesson learned here is register early (when you first come out with the product) and register often.
Even though 3D trademarks are notoriously difficult to register, a French company, Sarment du Medoc, was able to trademark the shape of its chocolate twigs. There was nothing comparable, so the requirement for distinctiveness of a trademark was satisfied.
The realm of colour is also a prime battlefield in the chocolate wars.
Purple: Nestlé and Cadbury fought over the colour purple. Swiss-based Nestlé came out on top against Cadbury's attempt to gain a colour monopoly. In October 2014, three judges ruled Cadbury's distinctive purple packaging could not be registered as a trademark because it lacked "specificity." The British Law Lords said it would be unfair to give the U.K.-based conglomerate exclusive rights to the colour in relation to chocolate bars. Even though Cadbury used purple for 100 years, as a tribute to Queen Victoria, a colour monopoly would give "a competitive advantage to Cadbury" and put "Nestlé and its other competitors at a disadvantage."
Orange: Hershey and Mars squared off about Reese's distinct shade of orange, which is trademarked. Mars used a similar colour with its Dove peanut- and chocolate-flavoured bars. Hershey sued Mars, while Mars counterclaimed, seeking a declaration that its packaging did not infringe the Reese mark. The courts did not determine the point as the parties reached a settlement. However, Mars changed the packaging of the Dove bar but still used some orange — it's just not the prominent colour. By getting along and settling, a ton was saved in lawyers' fees.
Lastly, there's the war of words. Delfi, another Swiss company, scored a victory in Australia against Mars. Delfi was entering into Australia, a market that Mars "owned" through its Maltesers brand. Delfi conceded that Maltesers had acquired a reputation in Australia before its Maltitos came on the scene. The court decided the use of Maltitos would probably not deceive or cause confusion in the market because Maltesers "is strongly embedded in the consciousness of many of those of average intelligence," and has "a very widespread, solid reputation in the area of packaged confectionery." The strength of that reputation meant that Maltitos would be less likely to deceive or confuse consumers.
Skirmishes involving chocolate trademarks stir our passions because these marks are tied to fond memories of our youth. Chocolates also have brand loyalty, which can captivate our senses. I will never tire of trademarks and chocolates, just as one can never really grow tired of touring a Swiss chocolate factory.


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School illusion (glamer); Level alchemist 1, antipaladin 1, bard 1, inquisitor 1, magus 1, medium 1, mesmerist 1, occultist 1, psychic 1, sorcerer/wizard 1, spiritualist 1, summoner 1
Casting Time 1 swift action
Components M (vial of breath from an amphibious creature), S
Range personal
Target you
Duration 1 round
You become invisible as the spell invisibility until the end of your next turn or until you attack. However, the spell leaves a barely visible distortion, which reduces the Stealth bonus from the invisible condition by half (+10 while moving or +20 while motionless).
Sandy Petersen's Cthulhu Mythos, © 2017, Petersen Games; Authors: Sandy Petersen, Arthur Petersen, Ian Starcher.

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The Zero Audio Carbo Tenores have been my go-to whenever someone asks me for an in-ear recommendation. Clear, detailed, and fun, with a reasonable price, they are hard to beat.
Fit and Form
These headphones came to me in a fairly mundane package, nothing too spectacular. They come with a cloth carrying bag that I found to be only marginally useful. They come with a good assortment of ear tip sizes, and luckily some small enough to fit well in my ears. They are supremely light and small, and I have had no issues with them falling out or losing grip on my ears.
The design itself is attractive and amicable. They are essentially small tubes leading up to the ear tips, with what I believe to be a real, but thin, carbon fiber inlay that wraps around them. The design is fairly minimal and unobtrusive, but appreciable up close. Microphonics are fairly noticeable, but only in movement.
The 1/8" connector has a right angle and is all plastic. The cable and connector are both very thin, almost delicate. In my two years of owning these, however, I have had no issue with stress breaking any connections or cabling.
These are an incredibly fun pair of headphones. Their V-shaped sound signature is emphasized, but not overly so, and they remain clean, detailed, and articulate in all ranges, with a hint of sibilance in their treble. The soundstage is fairly impressive, particularly with binaural recordings. They have good radius, good front presentation, and good height, especially for a pair of IEMs. Separation and imaging are good, but not stellar. There is a little bit of blurriness in the distinction of instruments and of placement.
This headphone performs well with most any genre. They do particularly well with more bass and treble heavy genres, as their mids are slightly recessed. I found they did best with modern pop, electronica, and hip hop. However, I really cannot overemphasize that these are great all-arounders.
Songs used: Viol by Gesaffelstein, Helix by Flume, and I Never Woke Up in Handcuffs Before by Hans Zimmer
The bass on these headphones is very, very satisfying. Although it isn't the cleanest in the world, it certainly isn't muddy by any means. There is little bleed into the mids. It has good punch and slam, with satisfactory depth, all the way into its sub-bass. The driving bass that underlies "Viol" shines through clearly without overpowering the other frequency ranges. Additionally, it is reasonably fast and responsive, although it can get tolerably sluggish in dense, intense sections.
Key descriptors: impactful, fulfilling, and dense
Songs used: How Far I'll Go by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Spain by Jake Shimabukuro, and Jolene by Dolly Parton
Although I mentioned above that the mids are slightly recessed, they are absolutely stellar. To me, they are the highlight of this headphone. They are lush and detailed in comparison with headphones and IEMs that are far out of their price range. The delicate and intricate plucking of Jake Shimabukuro in "Spain" are nothing but beautiful through these IEMs. You can, however, notice their recession in the vocals of "How Far I'll Go", as the vocals sound just ever so slightly under-mixed. The same effect was noticeable to me in "Jolene". Overall, the mids that are presented by these headphones, if slightly recessed, are detailed, responsive, and warm.
Key descriptors: lush, detailed, and fast
Songs used: Morphogene by Machinedrum, Ageispolis by Aphex Twin, and Davy Jones' Locker by Panda Bear
This range is the low point of the headphones for me. It is a relatively high low, if that makes sense, but compared to the other ranges, it still ranks slightly lower. The treble is very detailed and (inspired by "Morphogene") squeaky clean, but they err on anemic and can get a little bit sibilant at some volumes and in some tracks. However, when they are not sibilant, they remain clean and clear.
Key descriptors: clean, detailed, and sharp
Minutia and Miscellaneous
There isn't much minutia to these headphones; they are simply a relatively cheap, engaging, and fun pair of headphones. Isolation is extremely good with little leakage; you may find yourself the victim of being snuck up on when you have these in while playing at reasonable volumes.
If you're in the market for a reasonably priced pair of IEMs with a fun sound signature that doesn't throw out detail, separation, and soundstage, these are for you. They are budget beaters with good sound, a good design, and are just all around good. My only gripe is that the treble can become sibilant in some tracks at some volumes, but I rarely had that issue in general use.
These headphones were not provided to me by Zero Audio, they were purchased purely of my own accord. I am not being paid by anyone to write this review, to endorse the product reviewed, or for the content that I put in the review.
These headphones were powered by an Astell&Kern AK Junior, a Google Pixel, a Moto X, and by whatever soundcard is in the motherboard of my computer.
I have had these headphones for two years, and they were my main driver for about six months.
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Blueberry Ginger Muffins/
Dry Ingredients Wet ingredients
1 1/2 Cups of All Purpose Flour 1 Egg
1 Cup of Oat Flour (Old Fashioned Oats Ground) 1 Cup of Buttermilk
1 1/2 Tablespoons of Baking Powder 1/2 Cup of Coconut Oil
1/2 Teaspoon of Salt 1/2 Cup of Molasses
1/3 Cup of Raw Sugar 1 1/2 Cups of Fresh or Frozen Blueberries
1 Teaspoon of Cinnamon
1/2 Teaspoon of Ground Ginger
Preheat Oven to 400 Degrees
1. Place 1 Cup of Old Fashioned Oats into your blender and grind into an oat flour. Combine all dry ingredients in one bowl. ( All Purpose Flour, Oat Flour, Baking Powder, Salt, Sugar, Cinnamon, Ground Ginger)
2. Combine all wet ingredients into a separate bowl. ( Egg, Buttermilk, Coconut Oil, Molasses). Add wet ingredients to your dry ingredients and stir. There is no need to over mix. Then add Blueberries and spoon or scoop the mix into your muffin baking pan. I used the larger muffin pan, which made 7 large muffins. If you use a smaller muffin pan, this recipe will make 12.
3. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes at 400 Degrees. Use a tooth pick of wooden skewer to check for doneness. When your toothpick comes out clean without crumbs the muffins are baked perfectly. Remove from oven and enjoy warm or room temperature. I like to add a little salted sweet cream butter as soon as they are out of the oven.
Try my recipe then come back and share your experience with us....Enjoy!


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Back Up Your Work
Will be presented by the workshop group of society members & guests that do back up and share the different ways they do back up their work.
There are many ways to back up your work on your computer.
Commercial entities to your own non expensive method.
Come share how you back up your data and learn the many ways that you can do this.
Randy Seaver and others will be leading this event. Ken Robison suggested it but he is away celebrating becoming a First Grandfather today. Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Robison.
Nothing like becoming a Great parent and may you live to be a Great GrandParent which is even better.
I use a private program on computer, I subscribe to a service that covers it for me and then sometimes I send to a relative so we do not loose. I believe in sharing the important stuff because we may die with out sending it on to others. No need for them to dig like we did when we can help us all move forward.
Come learn and share. This should be a very educational event and yes bring your computers, laptops, I Pads etc.
We should have doors open at 12:30 if not we will be in room by 1 pm. That gives us time to set up for this event.
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When's the last time you watched Friends from the beginning?
Don't lie to me. Or yourself.
You've done it.
We've allllllllll done it.
It's about 85 hours of television spread out over 238 episodes. It's a full time job for two weeks, if that's the kind of thing you're into (watching tv rather than getting paid to be somewhere, like, doing work I mean? As if people are *not* into that?).
Obviously, I'm rewatching Friends - I'm midway through season 7 and that's taken about three weeks. I'm a part timer. I know, I should be ashamed. Shockingly, I have thoughts.
There are certainly things to say about the not-at-all subtle homophobia that comes up in basically every episode. There are pages to be written about how intolerable they would all be in real life (except Rachel? And Joey? I did always 'ship them hard).
What I'm really focused on this time around, though, that I'd like to draw your attention to, is how very very cuddly they all are. Cuddly. Snuggly. The armpit nook. The laps. The casual constant huggy-huggyness. #realword. It's all of them! Well, heteronormative pairings only, of course, except for the 'nap' episode in which Joel and Ross found napping together comfortable, warm and entirely emasculating as soon as other people found out. But even when none are dating, Ross will burst in and see Chandler and Rachel leaning on each other while watching tv alone in an empty apartment. All six will be sitting around talking about which move is Deep Impact and which movie is Armageddon and Phoebe will be on Joey's lap. Most oddly, blah blah blah in the coffee shop and Monica will be on the arm of Ross's chair with his arm around her hips.
DO ANY non-physically-involved adults actually physically interact like that?
This is a real question.
Find out. Report back.


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Marine Classroom Appeal: Supporting local schools and the local environment
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With the World Heritage Great Barrier Reef on their doorstep, Mackay's science students have a unique opportunity to learn in one of the world's most remarkable outdoor classrooms.
Stunning beaches, tropical islands and coral reefs teeming with life are all within easy reach of Mackay's high schools, but these natural environments are also in need of protection.
Wild Mob, which is no longer operating, has partnered with Reef Catchments to offer Mackay's high schools an educational program that is fully aligned to the Marine Science Syllabus and also helps to protect local beaches, islands and underwater environments.
By facilitating school field trips to locations such as Brampton Island, St Bees Island and the Goldsmith Islands, the organisations aim to encourage a love of marine science while also helping to restore Mackay's critical coastal and island habitats.
With all courses tailored to a school's individual needs, the program takes the hassle out of organising field trips, thus supporting time-poor teachers while ensuring a safe, fun and educational experience for students.
Wild Mob's experienced field guides take students and teachers camping in these beautiful environments, where students receive hands-on conservation science experience in areas as diverse as coastal regeneration, inter-tidal reef surveys, marine debris and invasive species management.
Wild Mob has many years of experience conducting educational field trips for thousands of high school and university students in some of Australia's most beautiful locations.
These include Kings Run in Tasmania, Lamington National Park in Southeast Queensland, Avocet Nature Reserve in Central Queensland, and the Wollemi National Park in New South Wales.
The Mackay Marine Classroom Appeal is a way for the Mackay community to support its young people while also protecting its precious coastal environment.
It is a truly local program, in which we hope to involve not just schools, but also local businesses, local media, the local council and the whole Mackay community.
Help us nurture Mackay's students and its magnificent natural environment by supporting the Mackay Marine Classroom Appeal. Visit Wildmob to find out how, or contact Lydia Gibson or ring her on 0414 873 231.


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Advantages for Choosing Pet Strolling Services in BrisbaneStella Bishops | March 26, 2019 | 0
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Kiev, Debate, Hubris
It's been a bit over two weeks since I've returned home from a debate workshop I gave in Ukraine at two Universities there. The workshops were successful by everyone's standard. I haven't written about it yet because quite honestly I wasn't sure what to say. This workshop was very different from my normal debate-teaching experience, and for a while I thought I wouldn't. I didn't know what to say about it. I thought I would eventually type up a very generic assessment of it and move along, but I am still digesting it. I believe it to have been perhaps the most important workshop I've done in a long time because it reminded me of how much more I need to do to become a good teacher.
My friend suggested I leave this post at that - "I have nothing to say" or "I am uncertain of what to say." My version of that would have been what you've been experiencing if you have visited here recently. Silence. But it has been a productive reflection, not in the sense that anything has been generated, but instead that things have been refreshed and realigned.
I hate to admit it, but my attitude until my trip to Ukraine was one destined for correction. It is best described by Chogyam Trungpa in his book Sahambhala as the "cocoon." This is the attitude we often take on when we are comfortable in where we are. We surround ourselves with a familiarity that breeds a confidence that discourages us from thinking there's more to do, see, or explore. This attitude is dangerous as it makes us sleepy and comfortable. This leads to a stagnation in thought and action that easily looks like the result of good and hard work. As Trungpa writes:
In the cocoon there is no dance: no walking, or breathing, not even a wink of the yes. It is comfortable and sleepy: an intense and very familiar home. In the world of the cocoon, such things as spring cleaning have never been known. We feel that it is too much work, too much trouble, to clean it up. We would prefer to go back to sleep. (161)Trungpa is arguing metaphorically of course. This attitude brought on by the surrounding of oneself with the familiar and comfortable as a replacement for the unknown and new is avoidance behavior for recalcitrance. It can be quite scary to have to approach the new. We couch those fears in patterns that provide a sense of stability. There is a creative and engaged way of doing that, and there is the cocoon way - the replacement of that risk of the new with the familiar and comfortable as if they were external reality. The sleepiness is a sort of attitude, or approach that can often be read as either a boredom, or perhaps a snootiness.
I was overly satisfied with where I was, and had developed this cocoon mentality. My expression of it was a sort of indifference and annoyance that I felt somewhat justified about, but was really justifying a comfortable shell of distance I was putting between myself and what I could sense as a need for the new. As Trungpa writes, "Usually when you are delighted about something, you develop a thick skin and you feel smug. You say to yourself, 'I'm so delighted to be here.' That is just self-affirmation." (63). This is exactly where I was in my mind waiting on my flight to board. I felt as if there was little more to do than to go through the motions of teaching debate and rhetoric, which would impress others, and then I would be on my way to another destination. In the local region, I had an attitude of withdrawal, where I wanted to just passively drift along in the current rather than help to improve things. This was a result of a fear of responsibility, I think, but I couched it in pedagogical terms. I wanted less to do with larger responsibility to have more time with my students during tournaments.
I was headed for what I now describe as pedagogical hubris. I developed this term to describe the particular sort of "tragedy" that occurs when one uses pedagogical justification for selfish or self-affirming purposes. I use tragedy as a way to ground the experience with the term hubris, but it's not a tragic end in the traditional sense. the tragedy is the recognition of what potential has been lost through such lazy and comfortable self-deception.
I taught at two great groups of students. Most of my time was spent at The Institute of International Relations, Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko Univeristy where I had a blast. The workshop would go for a couple of hours, then I would move on to Kiyv Mohyla Academy for a second workshop that would last about the same amount of time. It wasn't anything specific about what I was doing, but I think it was individual interactions with the students that made me realize that something was off, that I was enclosed in a bit of darkness, and that I needed to move out of that.
Hubris came mostly at night when questions such as "Why did I come here?" "What am I supposed to be doing here?" were met with silence from my usually very quick-to-respond mind. The hubris crept up on me slowly until a moment where I realized that I had fully failed to understand Paulo Friere's re-imagining of the role of the teacher. I thought I had understood banking education, why it was a failure, and why teacher/student, student/teacher relationships replace it. I had no idea how deep that re-imagining could be, or how deep it should be. I was too comfortable to let anyone in fully with the status of a potential teacher. I was too smug to accept that I could learn things that would have me sitting here re-imagining my relationship to a field I felt I had a good sense and good mastery. Too many strange things took place there for me to ignore how lazy I'd become as a so-called master of the art.
There is a great Zen saying - "When the student is ready, the teacher appears." Taking off from JFK I thought I only lived in the latter half of this idiom. Now back and digesting the experience, I realize how true the idiom is, but how false my sense of my role is in all of this debate stuff. The idiom was just as true for me as I flew toward Kiev, but I was the unknowingly ready student.
The whole experience was well designed to put me in my place. From the slippery streets that forced me to re-learn how to walk somewhat to the dissonance of being in a city with palimpsest upon palimpsest of identities piled on top of it, to the brilliant and demanding students who were so ready to stretch their debate muscle, it made me feel very humble and very inadequate to the task of debate teaching. However I realized that I must get better at it. This blog is something that I should use toward that end, as well as careful consideration of what the point of what we do is.
This picture is of the snowy path I walked up and down every day, several times a day. Instead of reviewing what I would do the next day or how I thought the students were progressing, I merely used this time, carefully walking on the ice, to dialogue with myself about the larger function of these sorts of workshops. Am I bringing something, making something, or taking something? What is the proper mixture here? The silence was quite helpful as the snow fell around me. I had a good chance every day to consider my pedagogy. Near the end of the trip I was beside myself and my old ideas that I wouldn't or shouldn't do many of these trainings after this one. I realized how essential they are to me and how key interaction with student/teachers and between the two titles are to the core of pedagogy, which has to be "generation." Something comes of it, but not production with its overtones of consumerism and materiality. Generation seems a better term as it begins growth among and within everyone participating in the workshop, in spite of and because of role, assumptions and level of interaction.
It was an amazing time. I learned a lot, the most I think about myself, and my relationship to teaching that I've had in many years. And I can't wait to return. I wondered if I ever would for a while - it was such an intense experience I felt it should be left alone as a singularity. However, after a fantastic workshop with the visiting Irish Times debaters, we went to a bar selected by a student which had this street sign in front of it.
Yes this is from out in front of the bar in New York. So apparently either fate is tracking my path through the world with very obvious and funny coincidences, or this was some sort of "sign" that I'm not quite done with Ukrainian debate. I prefer the latter interpretation.
And if you've read this far you realize that I should have just put "I am not sure what to say." Thanks to my friend who suggested it an thanks to my new friend who sparked this reconsideration.


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"The important thing to attend to," he says, "is that the amount of our importations goes on augmenting, and exceeds the amount of our exportations—that is to say, France every year purchases more foreign products, and sells less of her own. Figures prove this. What do we see? In 1842, imports exceeded exports by 200 millions. These facts appear to prove in the clearest manner that national industry is not sufficiently protected, that we depend upon foreign labour for our supplies, that the competition of our rivals oppresses our industry. The present law appears to me to recognise the fact, which is not true according to the economists, that when we purchase we necessarily sell a corresponding amount of commodities. It is evident that we can purchase, not with our usual products, not with our revenue, not with the results of permanent labour, but with our capital, with products which have been accumulated and stored up, those intended for reproduction—that is to say, that we may expend, that we may dissipate, the proceeds of anterior economies, that we may impoverish ourselves, that we may proceed on the road to ruin, and consume entirely the national capital. This is exactly what we are doing. Every year we give away 200 millions of francs to the foreigner."
Well, here is a man with whom we can come to an understanding. There is no hypocrisy in this language. The doctrine of the balance of trade is openly avowed. France imports 200 millions more than she exports. Then we lose 200 millions a year. And what is the remedy? To place restrictions on importation. The conclusion is unexceptionable.
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Smyth Jewelers Ring Sizer Coaster campaign kicked off in April 2015. The unique coasters touted two of the Smyth Jewelers stores located in Annapolis and Ellicott City. A total of 172,500 coasters were distributed throughout the year among 10 venues in each target city. Venue staff and patrons alike were intrigued by the eye-catching interactive creatives, featuring ring sizer die-cuts with fun sayings such as "Yes, it's a hint. No, it's not subtle". Suffice to say these fun and popular coasters will rest on more fingers than countertops!
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To promote Chelsea Piers Connecticut, CoastersCoastToCost.com placed 100,000 coasters in bars and restaurants throughout Stamford and Norwalk during two waves of distribution, which took place on December 2014 and January 2015. Multiple creative coasters with phrases such as "Lift more than a pint" and "Six-packs available" announced that "There's a new gym in town" and invited people to stop by for a tour. The coasters were a great way kick off the season of New Year's resolutions to get fit!


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Some new images of what appears to be Ultron and Iron Man's Hulkbuster armor from Avengers: Age of Ultron have surfaced online.
Ultron is the primary antagonist of the film, voiced by James Spader Where, in the comics, Ultron is created by Hank Pym (Ant-Man), rumor has it that the film version of Ultron will be created by Tony Stark in an attempt to give the Avengers some extra help protecting the planet after the fall of S.H.I.E.L.D. in Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Built from the JARVIS interface Tony uses in his home and armor, Ultron eventually gains sentience and tries to take over the planet.
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As you may have surmised, the armor is specifically designed for fighting the Hulk, which means that Hulk may go rogue at some point during this film. Or maybe that's backwards, and Ultron actually gets control of the Hulkbuster armor, with Hulk being the only one who stands a chance of stopping it.
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On Saturday I received a flurry of messages from friends asking me to participate in a "Female Blackout." Here's the gist of the message.
This is not a movement! It's spam and the equivalent of chain mail. If you research its origin you will quickly see there is no official group or organization behind it. It was started as early as 2017 and claimed it was to send a message about domestic violence or sexual assault.
Why is chain mail like this counterproductive to moving the needle on issues like sexual assault or domestic violence or frankly any issue?
They are not tied to any specific advocacy goals or strategic impact. For example, there is no message about contacting your Senators about specific bills, such as reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act, which is set to expire this weekend!
Often the messages are vague and can ending up hurting the people they are attempting to help. In the case of the Female Blackout message, people are perpetuating the erasure and silencing of women in a time when women need to be seen and be vocal. "Asking people to silence themselves in the face of oppression is the opposite of activism. Never. Never. Never. Give up your platform to speak or your ability to be seen," said Amanda Quraishi in a public post on Facebook.
Equally alarming is the tone deaf message asking women, especially black women, to swap out their photo for a black square. As Leslie Mac publicly posted, "I'd like to invite you to think about the optics & impact of you asking a Black Woman to join a "female blackout" on social media. First of all, for the most part we are already invisible & ignored so the idea that we would take collective action that further diminishes our voices, even for a day... nope."
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This is a description of a first hand encounter. This does not follow my normal news reporting style of article writing. VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED. I was walking home at approximately 11.15pm last night and passed a small playground. The type that is usually attached to a school or church and is no bigger than an average parking lot for a retail store. From the park, I could hear the grunts and squeals of what sounded like a woman being assaulted, I carefully approached the shadowy figures on the floor hoping that my presence would be enough to scare the creep off. Hoping I wouldn't get assaulted myself (Never take this course of action, don't be a hero.) Suddenly a smell like no other wafted into my nostrils, it was the most pungent, disgusting thing I ever dared smell. On the ground were two very dirty very tattered looking individuals telling me to get out of here. They seemed to be involved in what I can only describe as "happy wrestling", at least that would be my G-rated term. Now I am not sure they were homeless, but they displayed all the tell tale signs. Amazed and disgusted I left and they continued. I never really took the time to grasp the concept that homeless people engage in sexual intercourse. Who would have known?


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I've said it before: Amboseli is the best place in the world to photograph. And after a few days in this place I stand by these words. When you come up to Observation HillI at 7 AM you realize there're few places in the world that are more amazing. To try to capture this feeling with a camera would be - well - pointless. The best moments are never to be photographed but always remembered.
Amboseli's one of a kind landscape has very few tension points and the big herds of elephants are truly breathtaking. The wide view over the iconic dry lake is amazing and different every time. It's conservation at its finest.
Photographing in Africa often resembles capturing the beauty of these endless African savannas and creating stunning images of magnificent sundowners. But the truth is, this is kind of bullshit and not telling the whole story.
People often ask me two question: "why photograph wildlife?" and "why the black and white toning?". The reasons are rather simple and lie surprisingly close to each other. These creatures, whereas it would be lions, gorillas or elephants are on the edge of extinction. And so I want my images to resonate a sense of timelessness. As if they could very well be made 2017 BCE or in 2017...
Africa's problems are reaching beyond poaching, HIV and poverty. Just like many other countries we are the problem. Whether it's elephants in Africa or the billions of "raised for food" animals in the Western Hemisphere; we are just with to many people using too much natural resources.
Ultimately, I'm not interested in creating works for sale. And it's not about getting about getting action packed shots which do great on Instagram or Facebook. It's about creating awareness for these animals so I can get my children and my children's children to see them in the wild before they cease to exist...
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- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Line a 9-inch springform tin with parchment paper.
- Combine chocolate wafers and butter in a food processor; process into fine crumbs. Press crumbs evenly into the bottom of the tin. Transfer crust to the refrigerator.
- Combine 1 cup heavy cream and basil in a food processor; blend until smooth. Add cream cheese, eggs, 3/4 cup sugar, flour, and cornstarch. Blend until smooth. Pour over chilled crust, smoothing the top with a spatula.
- Bake in the preheated oven until surface is firm except for a small spot in the center that will jiggle when the tin is gently shaken, about 1 hour. Turn off oven and open the door. Leave cheesecake in the oven until completely cooled, about 1 hour.
- Refrigerate cheesecake until completely set, about 6 hours.
- Combine gelatin and water in a small bowl; let stand until softened, 3 to 5 minutes.
- Place strawberries in a blender; blend until smooth and frothy.
- Pour 1/3 of the strawberries in a saucepan over medium heat; add 1/4 cup sugar. Stir until sugar dissolves, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in gelatin mixture. Mix in remaining strawberries.
- Whip 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons heavy cream with an electric mixer until stiff peaks form. Fold in strawberry mixture to make mousse.
- Run a knife around the edges of the tin to remove cheesecake; place on a serving platter. Cover top and sides with mousse. Refrigerate until mousse is set, 2 to 3 hours.
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ALABAMA Steamer, on her trip up, ran into the Steamer SUPERIOR doing considerable damage to her stern. June 7, 1851.
Casualty List for 1851
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The Stmr. ALABAMA, bound up, and the Steamer SUPERIOR, bound down, came in collision during a dense fog off Barcelona on Friday night. The ALABAMA struck the SUPERIOR just back of her starboard wheelhouse, and stripped her clean to the hull, from wheelhouse to her stern. She lost some of her freight that was stowed on her guard, and it is feared that two or three passengers were lost. The ALABAMA received but slight injury.
Morning Express, Buffalo
Monday, June 9, 1851
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June 4, 1851. - Steamer ALABAMA, collided with steamer SUPERIOR, on Lake Erie, damaging both $2,000
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Monday, January 5, 1852
Casualty List for 1851
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STEAMBOAT COLLISION. - A little after 1 o'clock on Saturday morning, the steamboat ALABAMA on her way to Dunkirk, came in collision with the steamer SUPERIOR near Barcelona. The bulwarks and guards on the starboard quarter of the latter boat were cut off close to her hull. She also lost several bales of broom corn and two or three boxes of her cargo. The ALABAMA sustained but little damage. - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Buffalo Daily Republic
Wednesday, June 11, 1851
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No, you don't have to be stuck in bed to use these but when you are you will be so happy you have these kid apps on your IPad. Yesterday I had a dislocated hip and these were sanity saving.
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Toontastic 3D: My daughter was making her own animations in 5 minutes and did 5 movies yesterday. She is so excited since she was able to voice the characters, make them move, and save the films. If you have more than one at home have them make each other videos or one together.
Procreate: Yes, this is the worst name for an app but it is the best art app out there. It is what I use to illustrate for my children's book. For kids, they can use anything from watercolor to spraypaint in any color that exists. Bonus, when they are finished they can export a video of their creation being made.
Weirdwood: One of the best app books. This kept mine busy for hours.
Lets Create Pottery: Adults can lose themselves in this and so will your little.
ColorTherapy: My co-host and my daughter will spend hours on this one.
Hopscotch: LEarn to code from an IPad
RBDigital: This one works with your library and is free with a library card. EVERY magazine for kids I could think of including back issues right here, for free! I know the reviews are bad on this one and it might be the ugliest UI on the planet but it is free. If you want pretty and are ok with paying try Texture
Hawking: To be fair I'm more obsessed than my daughter but wow gorgeous fun science app.
Minecraft: Not sure if my husband or my daughter are more addicted. He often builds things in Minecraft as a surprise for her. It's really cute how excited she gets.
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Trump: This Thanksgiving, Give Thanks for Me, Me, ME!
Trump has a unique way of celebrating Thanksgiving
Even with the polarized nature of American politics, the holidays have consistently been a time where everyone comes together to celebrate the bigger picture of unity. OK, so maybe it's not uncommon to argue over politics at the table on Thanksgiving, but at least everyone comes to the table. At the end of the day, everyone is equal and human, and we need to embrace that feeling whenever the opportunity arises.
That is unless you are Donald J. Trump. Widely recognized as an extreme narcissist even before he became President, Trump's actions both on the campaign trail and in the White House have been designed to maximize his personal image whilst shutting down the contributions of others. We thought we saw this at its worst when he accepted a veteran's Purple Heart, despite being a draft dodger, but, like with most things, Trump has managed to lower the bar each month.
Related: Trump Foundation Being Shut Down for Illegal Practices as Investigation Continues
Cue his first ever Thanksgiving as President of the United States. Despite having a bully pulpit to spread some degree of connectivity and togetherness for the American people, Trump has decided to take a different route of promoting his own self-image. As readers may recall, there was an incident recently where three basketball players from UCLA were arrested for shoplifting. They were detained in the country and reportedly faced considerable jail time till the US federal government stepped in and got them released.
Trump took a lot of credit for this, as is his right to claim as the chief diplomat of the US, in spite of the numerous other individuals that no doubt helped with the bureaucratic nature of the process. All three players also issued a public thanks to him. However the father of one of the players, LaVar Ball, was evidently much more cynical about the whole ordeal, stating that he believed Trump was making a bigger deal out of it than it was. Rather than leave the issue well enough alone, Trump insisted on responding that he should have just left the athletes to wither away in a Chinese jail.
Got that? The President of the United States said he should have let American citizens languish in a foreign prison because one of their relatives was reluctant to praise him.
Related: 'RACIST, BIGOT, ANTI-SEMITE': Hannity Just Had Insane Public Meltdown over Boycott Campaign
Apparently Trump was after more than brown nosing, however. He's not satisfied to take his own measure of credit, he wants ALL the credit. And in yet another of his infamous Twitter storms, even went so far as to undermine the hard working public servants who he's supposed to be leading, to kick off the holiday season:
It wasn't the White House, it wasn't the State Department, it wasn't father LaVar's so-called people on the ground in China that got his son out of a long term prison sentence – IT WAS ME. Too bad! LaVar is just a poor man's version of Don King, but without the hair. Just think..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 22, 2017
…LaVar, you could have spent the next 5 to 10 years during Thanksgiving with your son in China, but no NBA contract to support you. But remember LaVar, shoplifting is NOT a little thing. It's a really big deal, especially in China. Ungrateful fool!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 22, 2017
That is right folks: ignore the role of the State Department, ignore the other officials in the White House, and remember the holidays as you praise Trump's ego in getting the players out of China. Because apparently that is what Thanksgiving is all about – the turkey in the White House.
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BEEsmART - Main Gallery
BEEsmART is a pollinator themed exhibit on view in the main gallery from July 23 - August 31. The exhibit is intended to celebrate Greenwood's Bee City USA designation and to support the city's continued efforts to engage the community in promoting pollinator-friendliness. The exhibit features 54 creative works by local and regional artists which highlight the beauty and significance of native flora, plants, pollinators and gardens.
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Adrian Rhodes, Alice Ballard, Alice Lewis, Alisha Watson, Amy Gross, Anne Craig, Anne Lemanski, Bill Hutson, Brandi Tupper, Catherine Byrd, Carla Doolittle, Chris Clamp, Dana Gonzalez, Debbie Foster, Debbie Hamlet, Don Huston, Elaine Quave, Hal Taylor, Helen Hutson, Jennifer Sexton, John Johnson, Judy McGraw, Karen Johnson, Larry Conner, Lydia Baca, Mike Szotkiewicz, Nancy Hofsomer, Pat Coleman, Richard Greene, Rick Goohs, Rufus Baca, Sandy McCord, Sandy Singletary, Sheila Crowder, Shelley Grund, Stephen Wilson, Tom Simpson and Virginia Pulver
Thanks to everyone at the Arts Center of Greenwood for a beautiful show and exceptional reception! Special thanks to Jennifer Smith, director of the gallery, for a superb job of installing my work. It was the first time I have turned the installation totally over to someone else and I am thrilled with the results! I know she put creativity, time and effort into the installation so it would reflect my wishes....I know many other folks assisted her to make this happen and I thank each of you as well.
Special friends Chris Clamp and Elaine Quaive are among the invited artists so it is lovely to see our work together. The work featured was carefully chosen and displayed. As a teacher I was thrilled to also see the lively, colorful work in the junior gallery!
Thank you to all of you who attended the opening and thanks to those of you who plan to see the show and sent their well wishes. Colleagues and friends, Marilyn Mullinax and Sarah Teal drove from Greenville to help me celebrate and celebrate we did.! I love these women...
NOW - AUGUST 31, 2018, the Greenwood Arts Center, Greenwood, SC