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Friday, August 23rd, 2013
"Wir fahr'n fahr'n fahr'n auf der Autobahn", or, "I'm going to Germany, bye bye."
Emil SchultWhy yes, it is another deck-clearing, pre-vacation post. Bit of a Euro theme to this one because I am headed over to the Old World tonight, spending the next week and a bit in Berlin and Stockholm – so no, I won't be anywhere near the autobahn, but I may fly over them en route and anyways as part of my cultural preparation for the trip, I've discovered the wonder of Kraftwerk. Anyways, let's get to it – I still have to pack.
Video: Kraftwerk – "Autobahn" (live)
The Guardian are advance streaming the Belle & Sebastian b-sides compilation The Third Eye Centre ahead of its release next week, and to go along with the listening Under The Radar has a track-by-track commentary from the band.
Stream: Belle & Sebastian / The Third Eye Centre
Spin talks to Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand. Their new record Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action is out next week and they're at The Kool Haus on October 24.
Stereogum sets up a Turntable Interview with Empire Of The Sun. They play The Danforth Music Hall on September 9.
Drowned In Sound talks to Emiliana Torrini about her new record Tookah, due out September 10.
Gorilla Vs Bear is streaming a new track from London Grammar's debut album If You Wait. It's out September 10 and their October 4 show at BLK BOX has been moved upstairs to The Great Hall.
Stream: London Grammar – "Interlude"
Frightened Rabbit will release a different, North American version of their Late March, Death March EP on September 10 with a different track listing from the European version which came out back in June; Stereogum has a stream of one of the new songs and Paste an acoustic performance video of the same tune. Frightened Rabbit play The Kool Haus on October 17.
Stream: Frightened Rabbit – "Radio Silence"
Savages have announced their third local show in six months, coming back to town for a date at The Opera House on September 12 – tickets for that are $20.
Video: Savages – "Shut Up"
The Darcys list off five of the albums that influenced their studio time in making their new record Warring for CBC Music. It's out September 17.
The resuscitated The Dismemberment Plan are streaming another tune from their new record Uncanney Valley, due out October 15.
Stream: The Dismemberment Plan – "Invisible"
Emotive Irish newcomers Kodaline – one of the longlisted bands for the BBC's Sound of 2013 list way back in January – are staging a North American tour around a CMJ appearance and behind their debut album In A Perfect World; they'll be at The Garrison on October 20.
Video: Kodaline – "All I Want"
Los Angeles synth-rock trio Sir Sly have made a date at The Horseshoe for October 21.
MP3: Sir Sly – "Ghost"
The Dumbing Of America talks to Mark Van Hoen, one of Neil Halstead's collaborators in Black Hearted Brother. Their debut Stars Are Our Home is out October 22.
The National Post interviews Raphaelle Standell-Preston of Braids. They play The Great Hall on November 10.
Spin has got the latest video from English psych-rock newcomers Temples as well as confirmation that their debut album won't be out until 2014, not that that's stopping them from being here to play The Horseshoe on November 20.
Video: Temples – "Keep It In The Dark"
Under The Radar talks to former Ride frontman Mark Gardener about a new collaborative project he's working on with former Cocteau Twin guitarist Robin Guthrie. The swirly swirly fruits of that project could see the light of day before the year is out.
Tim Burgess of The Charlatans remembers their late drummer Jon Brookes in a blog post at NME.
Montreal's Valleys have released a new video from their debut Are You Going To Stand There And Talk Weird All Night?.
Video: Valleys – "Absolutely Everything All The Time"
Toronto's shoegazing Breeze, whose live show helped kick off this week, have a new video.
Video: Breeze – "Dolls"
Phoenix drop in on NPR to record a World Cafe session, while Pitchfork talks to both Thomas Mars and R. Kelly about their unlikely collaborations.
NPR has a World Cafe session with Shout Out Louds.
Billboard examines Annie's impact on Norwegian pop.
Okay, bye for now.


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Julia Child, the woman credited with singlehandedly teaching America how to cook, would have turned 100 years old on August 15 this year.
"She was a tall, exuberant woman who could make lobster bisque look as easy as toast," as The New York Times put it in her obituary back in 2004. She dazzled her audience with coq au vin at a time when American fine dining meant sprinkling French-fried onion rings over tuna casserole, but she was also rigorous in her recipe testing, which earned her the respect of chefs on both sides of the Atlantic.
And while many of the Child tributes springing up are already starting to blur together into one giant stew, this video posted by our friends over at WGBH stands out. It's a collection of her best television action clips (throwing a rolling pin to the floor, lining up a row of raw chickens on display) and some of her most beloved and goofy sayings that are now a part of pop culture ("I'm drying lettuce!" and "We're having four vegetarians for dinner! We're not going to eat them, of course...")
Best of all, it's set to a cheeky Guns 'N Roses song of particular relevance to our own youth, around the time we first discovered reruns of Child's " The French Chef" on PBS after school and thought we'd give roast pork a try.
Copyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.

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High-radiation spots found at Fukushima plant
TOKYO - The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant said on Thursday new spots of high radiation had been found near storage tanks holding highly contaminated water, raising fear of fresh leaks as the disaster goes from bad to worse.
The announcement comes after Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) said this week contaminated water with dangerously high levels of radiation was leaking from a storage tank.
A tsunami crashed into the Fukushima Daiichi power plant north of Tokyo on March 11, 2011, causing fuel-rod meltdowns at three reactors, radioactive contamination of air, sea and food and triggering the evacuation of 160,000 people.
It was the world's worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl in 1986 and no one seems to know how to bring the crisis to an end.
In an inspection carried out following the revelation of the leakage, high radiation readings - 100 millisieverts per hour and 70 millisieverts per hour - were recorded at the bottom of two tanks in a different part of the plant, Tepco said.
Although no puddles were found nearby and there were no noticeable changes in water levels in the tanks, the possibility of stored water having leaked out cannot be ruled out, a Tokyo Electric spokesman said.
The confirmed leakage prompted Japan's nuclear watchdog to say it feared the disaster was "in some respect" beyond Tepco's ability to cope.
The UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Wednesday it viewed the situation at Fukushima "seriously" and was ready to help if called upon.


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THESE GENERAL TERMS OF SERVICE (the "Terms") are a legal and binding agreement between Octeth, Inc., a US corporation ("Sendloop" or "We" or "Service Provider") and you, or if you represent an employer or client, than the employer or client ("You" or "Client"), governing your use of Sendloop's https://sendloop.com website, the emailing services and all other related services that Sendloop provides (collectively the "Services").
Sendloop reserves all rights to change or update these Terms at any moment and at its sole discretion, by posting on its Website or by providing any other notice, if possible at least 30 days before its entry into effect, and your rights under these Terms will be subject to the most current version posted on the Website at the time of use.
– Specific Terms (defined below in article 1), if any
– These Terms
– Anti-Spam Policy
– Service Level Agreement (SLA)
The Services are exclusively reserved for a professional use and are not available to minors under the age of 18.
Each capitalized term herein shall have the meaning given below unless otherwise expressly stated.
"Assistance Services" means any consulting services, development, configuration and settings assistance provided by Service Provider in order to allow Client to access and use the Service, including integration of an API into its own website or implementation of an "SMTP-IN" protocol for email transfers. Assistance Services include Consulting Services, On-boarding and training services, as well as all related services.
"Data" means Client's electronic data, whether or not personal data, which are collected, managed, processed and/or shared by Client and Service Provider, and which may be intended for third parties, through the Service access and use rights.
"Service" means the Sendloop externalized application solution that is hosted on the servers and/or cloud that Service Provider designates and that Client may execute remotely. The Service offers various features, including, but not limited to, management of emailing campaigns with real-time monitoring of sent email deliverability, newsletter creation and sending, sending and managing, transactional emails and SMS. Service Provider expressly reserves the right, at any time during the term of the Agreement, to adapt, arrange and/or modify any of the components granting access and use rights to the Service and the associated documentation, provided that the maintenance and support commitments are complied with for these operations. Similarly, Sendloop may, at any time, discontinue providing a platform deemed undesirable and/or obsolete and migrate services to a new infrastructure; in which case, Sendloop will endeavor to inform You as early as possible and invite You to migrate your account to the new infrastructure.
"Intellectual Property Right" means all industrial property and copyrights including patents, trademarks, designs and models, copyrights (audiovisual effects, graphic interfaces, preparatory design material, software and source code, specifications and ancillary documentation).
"Operating Policies" means the operational rules, guidelines and processes followed by Service Provider in the operation of the Service, and with which Customer's compliance is also required in some cases. These Operating Policies are comprised of the Privacy Policy, Service Level Agreement (SLA), and Sendloop Sending Policy, as updated from time to time, and are incorporated herein.
"Specific Terms" means all specific terms and conditions mutually agreed with the Client stating in particular the financial and technical elements specified in quotation.
"Website" means the web pages associated with the technological features of the Service described in the Service Documentation that can be accessed by and configured for and/or by Client, especially the "Admin" interface, in accordance with the Agreement.
2.1 We shall use reasonable efforts, in accordance with customary state of the art principles, to ensure that emails sent by You are properly routed to their recipients' electronic mailboxes. To this end, We shall provide You with an online automatic monitoring service, enabling You to update and modify your mailing lists and emailing campaigns in real time.
You may also subscribe to additional recommended services in order to improve the Service. Such additional services shall be invoiced separately and shall be provided only after your prior acceptance of a quotation and are as referenced in the Specific Terms.
2.2 Support and Service Levels
You shall be responsible for appointing an administrator (the "Administrator"), who shall be in charge of collecting information and assistance requests from your users and for trying to respond to them.
We shall provide second level support for the Service ("Support"), consisting of (i) responding to the Administrator's requests for information and support in connection with use of the Service, or (ii) resolving anomalies arising from use of the Service that the Administrator has not been able to fix despite its best first level support efforts.
The Administrator is to create a Support ticket by sending a request to: firstname.lastname@example.com, including as much detail as possible relating to the request for Support, it being agreed that only the Administrator may contact/access the Support service.
Support access conditions and service levels commitments are detailed in the Service Level Agreement (SLA), or SLA Premium where applicable.
3.1 Use of the Services
You shall comply with the terms and use restrictions, if any, set out in these present Terms, and in the Operating Policies. You shall be responsible for ensuring that your users also comply with said Terms and use restrictions.
You shall not interfere with or disrupt operation of the Service and shall comply with the Agreement for access to and use of this service.
When You use the Sendloop API, You shall be responsible for your usage of the Sendloop platform and shall limit your API calls to a reasonable volume. Sendloop reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to take any necessary action to address any improper use.
You subscribe to the Services in your name and on your behalf, and You are not entitled to send via our Services promotional emails for a third-party, nor to assign the use of all or part of the Services to your own customers, even for free; in this context, We draw Your attention on the fact that one single domain must not include more than two (2) master accounts.
As an indirect Sendloop subscriber, You subscribe to the Services in Your name but on behalf of your own clients with the objective of managing and/or reselling Sendloop to your clients. Specific Terms will be applicable to this usage, including that You must use sub-accounts to separate email traffic of your own clients using the Services and are responsible for the necessary support for the End Users.
3.2 Credentials
When You create your account, You undertake to share the information required to process your orders as requested on line, including, your surname, first name (or corporate name of your company), address, phone number and valid email. This Data shall be processed in accordance with our Privacy Policy, where we describe how We manage, process and store Your Data in the context of providing our services. You are responsible for the consequences of false or inaccurate information You have shared with us.
You shall keep confidential and secure all credentials, User IDs and passwords associated with your account (including the master account and any attached sub-accounts), and to immediately notify Us of any unauthorized use of your account, or of any theft or loss of credentials allowing access to the account. Each account is personal and can only be accessed and used by You or the users duly authorized by You. You recognize and acknowledge that You may be liable for any unlawful, wrongful or fraudulent use of the account, and You shall indemnify and hold Us harmless against any action or claim arising from such a use. We reserve the right to request proof of your identity or authority before granting access to your account.
3.3 Content
You shall be solely and wholly liable (i) for any Data, information or content, in particular the content of emails, SMS or newsletters sent by You through the Service, including if such content is provided by a third party, such as an SMTP relay or via the routing of an entire infrastructure (hereinafter collectively referred to as « Content »), and (ii) for the Content's compliance with the regulations in force in accordance with article 4 below.
You acknowledge and warrant that the Content, whether in whole or in part, shall in no event:
* infringe, misappropriate or violate any right, especially any Intellectual Property Right, of any third party whatsoever;
* contain any virus or program designed to cause damage, intercept or misappropriate any system or Data or personal data in a fraudulent manner;
* contain any unlawful, bullying, harassing, libelous, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene or otherwise objectionable material of any kind or nature or any material that encourages * conduct that could constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any applicable laws or regulations ;
* contain any sensitive personal data, including social security number, individually identifiable health or health insurance information, bank account information or credit card information;
* be false, misleading or inaccurate; or,
* be in breach with the Operating Policies.
You acknowledge that We have the right, but not the obligation, to monitor the Service and any Data submitted to the Service. To comply with legal obligations in this respect, We may take any actions (including removing Content or denying routing of certain Data and emails) We reasonably believe are necessary to prevent unlawful activity in connection with the Service.
You expressly acknowledge and agree that Sendloop shall not be liable for any loss or destruction of the Content, including the Data, and that You shall be responsible for ensuring that You have proper backups thereof.
3.4 Sending Policy
You undertake to comply with Our Sending Policy and, in particular, You acknowledge that You have been informed that in the event of breach of the provisions of this Policy, in particular if emails or SMS are sent to recipients who did not specifically ask to receive such emails or SMS, if SMS messages are sent for non transactional purposes, or if We receive an unusual number of complaints, We shall be entitled to terminate your subscription and/or close the master account or any associated sub-account, in which case You shall not be entitled to claim any refund or compensation.
We also reserve the right to temporarily limit your sending – which means that your daily and total emails or SMS sent will be limited in number and You will need to take the necessary measures to ensure that your practices comply with our Policy and requirements – before Sendloop can lift the temporary sending limit and allow You to send your desired volumes. A temporary sending limit subsequent to a breach of your contractual obligations means that You will remain liable for the payment of the amounts contractually due during the limitation period despite the limitation on your email sending options and no refund whatsoever will be made. You will also be liable for any fines imposed if sending non transactional SMS messages.
Some internet service providers ("ISP") may suspend the routing of emails from certain addresses if they detect or suspect any dishonest or illegal behavior ("blacklisting"). If Your account is blacklisted by an ISP, We shall use reasonable efforts to attempt to re-establish communication with such ISP, and You agree to pay for the additional Services We may be required to perform for this purpose.
You (i) shall comply with all laws and regulations in force that are applicable in any country from which You access the Website and/or use the Service, as well as in any country to which You send emails, and (ii) shall indemnify and hold Us harmless from any action brought against Us, judgment entered against Us or loss We may sustain due to Your non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
Furthermore, You agree to reimburse Us for any action or formality We may be required to carry out to comply with a legal demand or request from an administrative or judicial authority in relation to your use of the Service.
In the event You become aware of a violation by any third party of any provision of these Terms or of any laws or regulations and, in particular, if You become aware of a security breach by a third party or discover a security breach, You shall immediately notify Us by any means, including by sending an email to email@example.com
We offer various options to our Clients, including free and paid plans, with or without a fixed commitment period. You can find these options and the relevant pricing on our website at: https://sendloop.com/pricing. The pricing of these plans is available in United States Dollars, Euros, Turkish Lira and British Pounds.
5.1 Free plans
Free plans are non paid subscriptions subject to use restrictions (maximum limits to the number of daily and monthly emails and support ticket requests, restriction on API calls, etc.); these use restrictions are set forth on our Website.
You may at any time terminate your free plan or upgrade to a paid plan.
5.2 Paid plans (Basic)
Paid plans are without any fixed-term commitment and have lower use restriction limits than the self-service free subscriptions. Premium features can also be added to these plans, including dedicated IP address and reputation monitoring.
Your paid subscription shall be due and payable either on a monthly or yearly basis in advance from the date of your first paid subscription and will be automatically renewed thereafter on the same basis, subject to the full payment in advance of the fees due. You may not re-subscribe to the same paid monthly plan within twenty-one (21) days for the same account. SMS messaging packages shall be due and payable in advance for the desired volume, no automatic renewal will be processed.
You may at any time terminate Your paid self-service plan. We nevertheless draw your attention to the fact that Sendloop shall not reimburse You the unused fees paid for a started month or year, even on a prorata basis; it is then Your responsibility to anticipate the termination of Your plan to make it effective at the most convenient time.
Payment may be made by credit card, direct debit, or e-payment system (paypal, wirecard). You authorize Sendloop to charge the credit card or bank account You provide to Us for any and all costs and amounts that You owe Us for the Services.
5.3 Paid plans (Enterprise)
Enterprise paid plans have a fixed-term commitment (generally set to 12 months), even lower use restriction limits than our other paid plans and offer more custom solutions. Premium features can also be added as well as Assistance Services.
When You subscribe to an Enterprise paid plan, the financial conditions that are applicable to You (fees, schedule and payment terms) are set forth on the Specific Terms signed by You. Fees for the Service consist of a fixed fee ("Minimum Annual Fee") and a variable fee ("Variable Fee"), if any, depending on the volume of emails processed on behalf of Client. Unless otherwise stated, the Minimum Annual Fee is non-cancelable and non-refundable for any reason whatsoever.
Us or Yourself may terminate the plan at the end of each term (anniversary date), by giving prior a three (3) month notice. You will remain responsible to pay all amounts due to Us until the termination effective date. In the absence of such a termination, the plan shall be automatically renewed for the same fixed term, and You shall be invoiced according to the initial schedule payment not including any overage charges.
Service Provider or Yourself may also terminate the plan in advance in the event the other Party materially breaches the Agreement and fails to cure such material breach within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt of a notice of such breach, sent by certified mail, return receipt requested. Notwithstanding the foregoing, termination may be immediate in the event of the following circumstances: Client's non-compliance with the Anti-Spam Policy in accordance with provisions of Article 6.3 of these present Terms; in the event of a breach of any laws and regulations ; in the event of a breach or attempted breach of the security of the Website; or, in the event of fraud or attempted fraud in connection with use of the Website or the Service.
5.4 Common provisions for all paid plans
The plan fees do not include the cost of equipment, telecommunications and Internet access enabling use of the Service, the costs of which shall be borne by You.
Client Account Services fees, if any, are specified on the purchase order and/or the special terms. They do not cover, and You agree to separately reimburse Us for all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Us in connection with the Client Account Services including: (i) travel expenses, including airfare, car rental and travel time exceeding four hours per week; (ii) accommodation expenses, including the cost of hotels; (iii) meal expenses, including breakfast, lunch, and dinner; (iv) translation and/or interpretation services; and, (v) costs of materials. Client Account Services fees shall be invoiced when the purchase order is signed. They are non-cancelable and non-refundable.
Invoices are either expressed in Euros, US Dollars, CA Dollars, Turkish Lira or British pounds and are payable without discount and upon receipt (unless otherwise stated on the invoice), preferably by bank transfer to the account number provided on the invoices.
Any delay in payment (i) will allow us to recover and without notice late interest, any collections fees and other amounts as allowed by law and (ii) may immediately, after notice, temporarily suspend access to and use of the Service and/or terminate your subscription. All amounts payable are quoted excluding taxes. You shall pay any and all taxes imposed by any government on the amounts payable for the Services, or reimburse Us in the event We have paid such amounts, for which You are personally responsible.
Sendloop reserves the right to change the Services fees by notifying You by email with at least a thirty (30) day notice. If You do not accept the new fees as notified to You, You shall cease all use of the Services on or before the last day of the monthly period already paid at the date of the notification and terminate your plan. For fixed term plans, the fees applicable are the ones in force on the date of your order; the new fees will be applicable to You only on the renewal date of your plan.
You agree not to seek Sendloop's liability and not to dispute payment for the sending of Your emails, even in the event any of them are blocked by a third party and do not reach their recipient as You would have desired.
6.1 Right of withdrawal
The Services are reserved exclusively for a professional use and any regulations on consumer or retraction rights are not applicable to the Services.
6.2 Termination and/or deletion of an account upon Sendloop's initiative
Sendloop may terminate your Account and the performance of Services at its sole discretion under the following circumstances:
* at any time and for any legitimate reason for a free plan provided reasonable notice is given; or,
* after You have been notified by Sendloop following any breach of laws or regulations or these Terms, including but not limited to: if payment or partial payment of any sum due by You is not received by Sendloop; in the event of a payment incident; when using the Services to send emails that do not comply with the Sending Policy; in the event of a breach or attempted breach of the Website security; or, in the event of fraud or attempted fraud when using the Website.
6.3 Consequences of the termination
Upon expiration or termination of your account for any reason whatsoever, all amounts still owed by You, shall become due and payable immediately. We will not refund any prepaid fees and will charge You the full amount that We would have been entitled to charge for the remaining term.
You are advised that as of the effective termination date of your account, You will cease to have access to your account and to the Data stored therein, subject to the provisions of the Privacy Policy and applicable laws.
7.1 Trademarks
The service name Sendloop and all trademarks referenced on the Website, without limitation, are among the registered trademarks of Service Provider. You are not allowed to use any such trademarks without Service Provider's express written agreement. All Website content, including graphics, logos, page headers, icons, and service names are the property of Service Provider and its affiliates. Other trademarks that appear on the Website are the property of their respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated with, connected to, or sponsored by Service Provider.
7.2 Copyrights
All elements on the site, such as graphic elements (including graphical interface), logos, headers, icons, service names, literary content, computer programs, etc. are protected by copyright laws, and remain the full property of their authors. You are not allowed to use the content or design of the site without Service Provider's express written agreement. You may not use, copy, modify, create or distribute a derivative work. Concerning the computer programs used, You also cannot reverse engineer, decompile or otherwise attempt to extract the source code of our platform. Any activity that infringes terms of the Agreement violates copyright law and will be prosecuted according to the current applicable laws.
7.3 Right of Access and Use
Subject to full payment of all fees when due for any paid plans, Sendloop authorises/grants You a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, personal and temporary right to access and use the Service. This grant of rights shall not be deemed an assignment of any intellectual property rights.
7.4 Exclusive rights
Sendloop has the exclusive right to intervene to adapt, arrange and/or modify any of the components of the Service and in particular, to correct any errors. Sendloop remains the owner of all intellectual property rights, protecting, where appropriate, the works and services performed by Us in connection with our Services, as well as all associated documentation, but also all copies of such works and services, their derivatives, modifications and enhancements.
Sendloop makes all reasonable efforts to deliver a functional Service and substantially compliant with its documentation and/or SLA, but does not guarantee an error or "bug" free service. If You notice a non-compliance issue, You must notify Sendloop as soon as possible and Sendloop undertakes to make every reasonable effort to remedy the non-compliance issue, as this is Your only recourse.
Sendloop also ensures that Support Services will be provided, where appropriate, according to the description given in the Specific Terms signed by You, where applicable, and proper codes of practice, as the Service Provider is only bound by an obligation of means in this instance.
You declare, warrant and agree, in Sendloop's favor, that: (1) You have the right and authority to subscribe and use the Services, and accept these Terms, and if You accept the Agreement on behalf of a corporation or other entity, to link that company or other entity hereunder; (2) You have the right and executing authority of your obligations under these Terms; and, (3) all Data, information or content that You provide to Sendloop in the context of your access to the Website and use of the Services is accurate and up-to-date.
Furthermore, You acknowledge that Sendloop does not control the transfer of Data via the internet, and cannot be held responsible for delays or delivery problems arising from internet or other outside connection issues.
9.1 We agree to (i) defend You, at our own expense, and (ii) pay all damages resulting from any claim initiated by a third party and asserted against You on the grounds that the Service, when used in accordance with the provisions of these Terms, infringes any EU, US, UK or Canadian patent, copyright, trade secret, or other proprietary right, provided that You: (a) promptly notify Us, in writing, and no later than within five (5) days following receipt of any claim; (b) allow Us to control and direct the investigation, preparation, and defense; and (c) fully collaborate in defense and resolution of the claim. We shall not be responsible for any settlement that We do not approve in writing in advance.
In the event a notice of an infringement claim is received from a third party, We may, in our sole discretion and at our option, (a) procure for You the right to continue to use the Service, or (b) replace or modify the Service to make it non-infringing. If We determine that it is not commercially reasonable to perform either of these alternatives, You shall cease to access and use the Service upon our written request. We shall then refund You any Fees paid in advance, on a prorata basis over the period during which the Service is not usable.
9.2 You shall defend and pay to Us all damages, including damages resulting from any claim initiated by a third party and asserted against Us on the grounds of the use of the Website or the Service or any breach of these Terms, provided that We (a) promptly notify You, in writing, of such claim; (b) allow You to control and direct the investigation, preparation, defense and settlement of the claim; and, (c) assist and fully cooperate in the defense thereof. You agree to pay any damages or other remedy awarded against Us (or agreed to in a settlement by You) resulting from the claim, including any costs and attorneys' fees awarded. You shall not be responsible for any settlement You do not approve in writing in advance.
The Service, as well as the Website may include links to other websites or other Internet sources. Insofar as We cannot control these sites and external sources, Sendloop cannot be held responsible for the availability of such external websites or sources, and may not be held liable in any way for the content, advertising, products, services or other materials on or available from such external websites or sources. Sendloop provides links only as a convenience, and such inclusion of any link does not imply that We endorse the linked websites or any part of their content. In addition, Sendloop cannot be held responsible for the behavior or actions of other users, nor for any proven or alleged damage or loss subsequent to or in connection with access to, use of or the fact of having relied upon the content, products or services available on such external sites or sources.
Sendloop will be freed from the performance of Services, following an event of Force Majeure, as defined in article 13.4 of these Terms.
Furthermore, for maintenance reasons, Sendloop may suspend temporarily access to the Services; in such cases, Sendloop will endeavor to notify You and to keep the length of the interruption to a minimum.
In any event, Sendloop (including its third party suppliers, employees or representatives) may not, under any circumstances, be liable for indirect or consequential damages of any kind, including and without limitation, loss of revenue, profits, chance, business interruption, or Data loss, even if the parties were informed of the possibility of such damages.
Moreover, as to any indirect Sendloop subscriber, in no event shall Sendloop be liable for any End User, in particular in the event of temporary or permanent suspension of the Services due to non respect of the Sendloop Sending Policy by Yourself or the End User.
In all cases, Sendloop's total liability is limited, all damage combined, to the amount paid by You to Sendloop, if any, for use of the Website and Services during the twelve (12) months preceding the date on which the damage occurred. This limitation does not apply to damage due to bodily injury (including death) or to willful misconduct or gross negligence.
You acknowledge that You have subscribed to the Services with knowledge of (i) the risks related to them, and (ii) the level of risk accepted by You. The prices applicable have been agreed upon in consideration of this article, which is integral to the economic balance of the Agreement.
Service Provider and You undertake to treat as confidential, and to not reproduce or disclose, other than for the sole purposes of performing the Agreement, the information and documents exchanged between them as well as any disclosures obtained during this Agreement.
Both Parties shall also oblige all contracting parties, subcontractors, client or any third party to maintain confidentiality with the same reasonable care standard as its own confidential information.
Both Parties acknowledge that any breach of its obligations with respect to confidential information may cause the other party irreparable injury for which there are inadequate remedies at law, and that the injured party shall be entitled to seek equitable relief in addition to all other remedies available to it. Client shall not disclose to a third party the results of any performance tests conducted on the Service, without the prior written consent of Service Provider.
Excluded from the obligation to maintain confidentiality is information that is generally available to the public or whose disclosure is required for legal reasons, or due to a judicial or administrative ruling.
12.1 Transfer of the Agreement – Change of Control
For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby reiterated that Client has a personal, temporary, non-transferable and non-exclusive right to access and use the Service.
Under these conditions, it is expressly agreed that Client shall not transfer the Agreement or any right derived from the access and use of the Service to a third party, whether by a contribution, assignment, concession, merger, demerger, loan or otherwise, including without consideration, or within the group to which Client belongs, without Service Provider's prior written agreement.
12.2 Subcontracting
Service Provider reserves the right to use subcontractor(s) of its choice to provide the services in connection with the Services, and shall remain liable to Client for the performance thereof in accordance with the present Terms and subject to the reservations stipulated in the Agreement.
12.3 Entire Agreement
These Terms, including the Operational Policies along with any purchase order and/or special conditions, constitute the entirety of the commitments between You and us. It establishes all of the Parties' rights and obligations and supersedes all prior oral or written commitments that directly or indirectly concern the subject matter of the agreement between us. This Agreement binding us may only be modified by a written amendment which is signed and designated as such by both Parties (You and us).
12.4 Severability
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With the purse being such an essential part for any woman's outfit (whatever the occasion is), sometimes they're just handier (and cuter).
In every woman's life there comes a moment of truth, when you're about to change the style of your hair (or even the color) and you've just got to make a pick out of all the varieties of popular (and not so much) hairdos. So, is there a way to narrow down the choice anyhow?
Well, the good news is that yeah, there is a way. And it is mainly all about understanding what the shape and type of your face are, what makeup are you usually wearing, the color of your skin… and dozens of other things among everything else.
Determining the Shape of Your Face
So basically, while there is no single universal, one-fits-them-all recipe or a guideline set for picking a hair, there are many nuances in your complexion which after a thorough analysis will help you in sorting out a perfect hairstyle which will look good on you. This doesn't mean that you cannot digress off it in order to still get that pixie hairdo, but those are the recommendations, anyway. So, first thing's first, you'll have to know what your face shape is.
What Exactly Should You Choose?
To get you started with that research, here are the most typical ones: round; square; oblong; oval; triangular; diamond; long; heart-shaped. So, here you go – just start by measuring your cheekbones, jawline, brows and the overall length from the forehead down to the chin. Essentially, this will let you determine which most common haircut styles will go the best with the type of your face.
Whenever you are trying to go for a brand new type of a hairdo, consider these few crucial tips…Matthew Spencer
Basically, this goes like this: the oval shape goes best with hairdos of mid-length; the heart-shaped faces are awesome with short cuts et cetera…
So, after you've determined which length will be the best for you, the next thing to decide on is the color.
Importance of a Nice Haircut
Here's a list of the most popular hairdo colors for women this season: chestnut brown; beige blonde; dusty rose; bronde; terra-cotta; champagne'y red; cinnamony; milk chocolate brown; bold brunette; deep brown with red accents; blackish brown… So, whether you're gonna be choosing either of these colors, or will settle for something less common, the main thing is to be always confident of your hairstyle, because it should empower you!
- Pixie
- Bob
- Long Bob
- Assymmetrical Undercut
- Flared Bob


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Lambeth love heart cake
Lambeth love heart cake
Our Lambeth cake is intricately hand-piped by our skilled team, creating a vintage design that is currently the talk of the cake world. Choose from a variety of cake flavours and customize the look to match your event, making it perfect for any occasion.
Add roses/cherries/glitter or sprinkles to customize it for your event!
Ordering your cake
Ordering your cake
To ensure the highest quality and attention to detail, we require a minimum of 72 hours notice for all online orders.
If you are unable to select your preferred date during the ordering process, it unfortunately indicates that our order capacity has been reached!
Mabels cake cutting guide
Mabels FAQ
How far in advance should I order my cake?
We require a minimum of 72 hours notice for all our cakes online, for a custom order we require 2 weeks notice. We currently take orders up to 3 months in advance. Please contact us at email@example.com
Do you offer delivery?
We currently do not offer delivery but are working on it and will be delivering soon!
How do I carry and store a cake?
When you collect your cake from our café please use two hands either side under the box. Hold it level and pop it somewhere flat in your car, preferably in the passenger front seat. If you are eating your cake on the day of collection you can leave it somewhere cool/shaded. If it is for the following day keep it refrigerated until a few (2-4) hours before your event
* If it is hot day please use A/C and keep in a shaded + cool space, it will melt in direct sunlight!
I need a gluten free cake?
Our carrot cake is always gluten free and we have a gluten free chocolate cake, just select the GF option.
*All cakes are made in a kitchen that contains and uses flour, there may be traces
Can you copy this design I found?
We can not copy or recreate other caker's work. Mood boards and inspiration images are welcome but we will adapt it to suit our Mabels style. We always do our best to deliver a cake that you love!
How big are your cakes?
We have a range of size options, the dimensions and servings are below
6 inch 3 layer – Serves 6-10 (15cm W x 7-8cm H)
6 inch 4 layer – serves 10-18 (15cm W x 12-14cm H)
9 inch 4 layer – serves 16-36 (23cm W x 10-12cm H)
9 inch 6 layer – serves 24-50 (23cm W x 14-16cm H)
6 inch 3 layer HEART – serves 6-10 (15cm W x 5-7cm H)
8 inch HEART – serves 20-38 (20cm W x 8-10cm H)
10 inch 4 layer HEART - serves 24-35 (25cm x 12-12cm H)
I would like to order a tiered cake?
We would love to create this for you, please send us an email and lets chat! firstname.lastname@example.com
I would like to order cupcakes
Amazing! You can find all of our cupcakes online.
We do offer an assorted 6/12 pack where flavours are dictated by what we are baking instore on that day. You are welcome to come instore and choose from the cabinet if you would like to have a specific selection.
How far in advance can I collect my order?
Ideally you will collect your cake on the day of your event. However our cakes and lemon loaf do keep for 3-4 days, our cupcakes are best at 1-2 days after collection.
When placing your order, you will have the option to choose
your desired collection date and time at our checkout page.
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Collecting your cake
When you are placing your order you will have the option to select your desired date and time for collection at our checkout page. We do not currently offer delivery but will very soon!
We understand that circumstances may change, and you may
need to adjust your pickup time or have questions about your order. Please
don't hesitate to contact us at 0423 355 081 or send an email to
Our cakes are intricately iced by our team of pastry chefs
at Mabels. We take pride in our high level of skill and attention to detail
when icing our cakes.
Disclaimer: Please note that due to the handcrafted nature of our cakes, there may be slight variations in design. Rest assured, our team always maintains the highest standards of quality and craftsmanship.
Our carrot cake is always gluten free and we have a gluten free chocolate cake, just select the GF option when choosing your style of cake. We also offer a delectable chocolate and raspberry vegan cake and cupcakes, which are sure to impress.
*Please note all cakes are made in a kitchen that produces goods made from gluten
Messages on cakes
We hand pipe all our messages in lower case on our cakes.
You may have the option to select your preferred colour of writing with some of
our cakes. If it is not allowing you to select the message colour, then your
cake will come with a message colour chosen by our pastry chefs.
We use Swiss meringue buttercream on all our cakes
(excluding our vegan option) and add Colour Mills oil-based colouring for that
perfect pastel hue. Please note that due to lighting and other
factors, the actual colours may slightly differ from our product photos.
Birthday cake
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Birthday heart cake
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Lambeth cake
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Lambeth love heart cake
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Sweetheart cake
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Daisy cake
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Sweetheart love heart cake
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Blossom cake
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Rose love heart cake
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Sunday's New York Times had a couple of features of medical/surgical interest. The first was a very long article on the variations in cancer treatments at various centers in the US, focusing on a young woman with colon cancer. She was diagnosed at Stage IV, meaning it had spread to her liver; in her case, very extensively. It was evidently only by her own perseverance that she finally ended up with intense chemotherapy and radical liver surgery which, statistically speaking, has a low probability of long-term benefit but which, for now, has left her overtly disease-free. Orac posted extensively on the subject, making anything I'd say mostly overage. But it is a very significant issue, even if the article -- as one would expect regarding a very complex topic -- has certain shortcomings. That there are variations in approaches to many illnesses -- in this case cancer -- and in the skills and philosophies of the doctors rendering the care is a problem for which there will never be a perfect solution. But it speaks for the creation of (and agreement upon!) well thought-out protocols covering a wide range of possible expressions of the disease, and is an argument in favor of something about which I have mixed feelings. Namely, "centers-of-excellence." Suffice it, for now, to say that I agree that for certain complex problems a team approach is ideal, and finding ways in which to evaluate the outcomes of such teams is laudable; but what I've seen of it leaves a certain amount to be desired. For example, I know of a place designated a center of excellence not far from where I am, in a field with which I have professional familiarity, that seems anything but. If the idea is a good one, the execution is what it's all about. Nor did the article address the even more difficult question of cost-benefit. Tough stuff, all of it.
The other commentary decried the fee-for-service model of physician reimbursement, in the context of running up costs because doctors get paid to do things. In part, the article, by Alex Berenson, says:
"Americans generally do not seem to mind the fact that doctors are well paid. In public opinion surveys, doctors usually rank as the most trusted professionals. Congress has repeatedly blocked Medicare's efforts to reduce the amount it pays for each procedure doctors perform, even though overall Medicare payments to doctors are soaring and the cuts are legally required to keep the program's budget balanced. [Ahem. Sorry to interrupt, Alex: whereas it's true that in the past couple of years, some fees have been allowed to rise a couple of percentage points (hardly "soar"), that's only after having cut reimbursement by around two-thirds, steadily, over several previous years.] The way that doctors are paid may be an even more significant factor driving up costs and may lead to unnecessary care, said Dr. Peter B. Bach, a pulmonary physician at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and a former senior adviser to Medicare and Medicaid. In the United States, nearly all doctors are paid piecemeal, for each test or procedure they perform, rather than a flat salary. As a result, physicians have financial incentives to perform procedures that further drive up overall health care spending. Doctors are paid little for routine examinations and very little for "cognitive services," such as researching different treatment options or offering advice to help patients get better without treatment. "I don't have a view on whether doctors take home too much money or not enough money," Dr. Bach said. "The problem is the way they earn their money. They have to do stuff. They have to do procedures."
Primary care doctors and pediatricians, who rarely perform complex procedures, make less than specialists. They are attracting a declining percentage of medical students, and some states are facing a shortage of primary care doctors. Doctors are also paid whether the procedures they perform go well or badly, Dr. Bach said, and whether they are crucial to a patient's health or not... "Almost all expenditures pass through the pen of a doctor," he said. So a doctor may decide to perform a test that costs a total of $4,000 in order to make $800 for himself — when a cheaper test might work equally well. "This is a highly inefficient way to pay doctors," Dr. Bach said....
....Private insurers like H.M.O.'s are more aggressive than Medicare in second-guessing physicians' clinical decisions, and they will refuse to pay for imaging scans or other expensive new procedures. Now Medicare and private insurers are moving cautiously to change the current system. Recently, they have proposed pay-for-performance measures that would give doctors small bonuses if their care meets the standards set by national medical organizations such as the American Heart Association. But all those measures are a minor fix, said Dr. Alan Garber, a practicing internist and the director of the Center for Health Policy at Stanford University. Instead, he argues, the United States should move toward paying doctors fixed salaries, plus bonuses based on the health of the patients they care for..."
I get it. It's easy to think -- and it's not entirely false -- that some doctors make treatment decisions based in part on how much money they'll make. (Being as honest with myself as I can, I don't believe I ever did. I know I rejected operating on lots of folks who were all teed up for it by their referring docs. But if someone pulled all the data out my brain -- what's left of it -- and ran some sort of algorithm or other, maybe it could show some cases...) And it's probably true that if doctors were all on salary, overall health costs would go down. But the questions are 1) why, and 2) what would it look like?
I've mentioned before, and I should reiterate here: many doctors -- including, amazingly enough, some surgeons -- are (or sometimes act like) human beings. Incentives and rewards are as likely to be important to them as to actual people. Working hard for its own sake, striving for excellence without any tangible recognition will be seen in some -- but hardly most-- doctors if they go on a salary. Because, unsurprisingly (or maybe surprisingly, to pundits) that's not how it works in real life. I've been in the military, and I've worked at VA hospitals. Try getting a case on after three p.m. Try getting a lab test or Xray thenabouts. Work another patient into a crowded schedule? Stay through lunch, after hours, come in early? Sorry. That's what ERs are for. If Alex is ok with it, so am I. Sleep, I've discovered, can be a pleasant thing.
Breaking ranks with the majority of my peers, I've said a single-payor system makes sense to me. But salary doesn't. It will indeed lower costs, because people simply won't bust their asses any more. I did significantly more than twice the average number of operations per year than the typical general surgeon (and because I was in a large (enormous) clinic with very high overhead for specialists, I made less than the average surgeon in the country, by a depressing amount); I did it because people needed the care. But I'm pretty damn sure I'd have cut my hours back to what everyone else was putting in if I'd been on a salary. If we go there, wait times will go way up. There'll be waiting lists. In training, at the VA, there were people waiting for every sort of operation: as Chief Resident I could have simply made up schedules based on what I wanted to do, maybe never getting around to some. And let's be real: as I've also said before, if you take away reward for hard work and excellent product, you'll find a very different sort of person -- on average -- choosing to become physicians. If that's not seen as a problem, so be it.
To use the Rumsfeldian/Socratic method here: Is the system broken? Yes. Does it need major overhaul? Sure as hell. Is the solution to put doctors on salary? NFW. Not unless we are, as a nation, willing to accept longer waits for more mediocre care. That old human thing, once again.


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Finest Quality, hand made in Germany using a 172 step production process and with a keen attention to detail, this padded dark brown watch strap has a integrated metal clip at the watch end allows for quick changes and for it to be used with watches that have fixed pins (also known as rigid bars or fixed lugs). It is made from soft leather in a glossy alligator grain finish with matching stitching.
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This strap will fit any watch were the distance between the lugs is 12mm, 14mm, 16mm, 18mm, 20mm or 22mm(depending on the size you buy). Like all of our products, it is brand new and in stock in the UK, ready for our super fast shipping.
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Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley joined more than 1,500 associates at Honda Manufacturing of Alabama (HMA) today to celebrate the start of mass production of the all-new 2014 Acura MDX luxury sport utility vehicle.
HMA is now the exclusive global production source of the Acura MDX, along with key Honda light truck models, including the Odyssey minivan, the Pilot sport utility vehicle and the Ridgeline pickup. HMA also builds the V-6 engines that power each model. The 2014 Acura MDX features an all-new Earth Dreams Technology direct injection V-6 engine going into production in North America for the first time.
"Today, we celebrate a new Alabama-made vehicle, fueled by the pride of Honda associates who are committed to exceeding the expectations of our Acura customers," said Tom Shoupe, HMA president.
Designed, engineered and developed in the U.S., the seven-passenger Acura MDX has long been a benchmark vehicle in its segment and Acura's top-selling vehicle for the past year. Built on a completely new platform, the redesigned 2014 MDX offers improved ride comfort, a more versatile and luxurious cabin, class-leading fuel economy and enhanced dynamic performance.
"What a beautiful vehicle we have created together," said Jim Keller, chief engineer for the 2014 Acura MDX at Honda RD in Raymond, Ohio. "Today we celebrate not a finish line, but a starting line. Our race is just beginning, and to win this race takes a constant and committed focus on quality and on the customer."
The 2014 MDX, which will go on sale at Acura dealers nationwide in the coming weeks, is also designed to achieve the highest available safety ratings, and will be offered for the first time in a more affordable and even more fuel-efficient two-wheel-drive configuration. Pricing information will be announced closer to the on-sale date.
About Honda Manufacturing of Alabama
Honda Manufacturing of Alabama began production in 2001 with the Honda Odyssey minivan and now produces four vehicles and V-6 engines at its $2 billion facility in Lincoln. Using domestic and globally sourced parts, cumulative production in Alabama is now nearing three million vehicles and engines. HMA has invested almost $400 million during the past 24 months and has hired an additional 400 associates in both process and professional positions. HMA has also increased its production capacity by 40,000 units to a total of 340,000 vehicles and V-6 engines each year and now employs more than 4,000 associates.
About Honda Operations in North America
Honda now operates 14 major manufacturing facilities in North America, producing a wide range of Honda and Acura automobiles, automobile engines and transmissions, Honda all-terrain vehicles, and power equipment products such as lawn mowers, mini-tillers and general purpose engines, using domestic and globally sourced parts.
Seven Honda auto plants in the North American region, including four in the U.S., have the capacity to produce 1.63 million automobiles each year. In 2012, 90 percent of the Honda and Acura automobiles sold in the U.S. were produced in North America. This will increase to 1.92 million vehicles per year in 2014, when the sales percentage of locally produced automobiles is expected to rise to more than 95 percent.
Acura offers a full line of technologically advanced performance luxury vehicles through a network of 272 dealers within the United States. The Acura lineup features seven distinctive models including the all-new RLX luxury flagship sedan, the TL performance luxury sedan, the TSX Sport Wagon and sedan, the ILX compact luxury sedan, the RDX luxury crossover SUV, the MDX luxury sport utility vehicle and the ZDX four-door sports coupe.
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``Where the Bishop is, there let the multitude of believers be; even as where Jesus is, there is the Catholic Church'' Ignatius of Antioch, 1st c. A.D
The Bull of the Lord Pope Honorius III on the Rule of the Friars Minor November 29, 1223 A. D.
Honorius Bishop, Servant of the servants of God, to our beloved sons, Friar Francis and the other friars of the Order of the Friars Minor, greetings and apostolic Benediction: The Apostolic See is accustomed to deign to grant Her benevolent favor according to the pious wishes and the upright desires of those petitioning to share in it. On which account, beloved sons in the Lord, having yielded to your pious entreaties, We confirm by Our apostolic authority the Rule of your Order, approved by Our precedessor, Pope Innocent, of good memory, quoted herein, and We thoroughly fortify with the partronage of this present writing that, which is as follows:
The Rule and life of the Friars Minor is this, namely, to observe the Holy Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ, by living in obedience, without anything of one's own, and in chastity. Friar Francis promises obedience and reverence to the Lord Pope Honorius and his canonically elected successors, and to the Roman Church; and the other friars are bound to obey Friar Francis and his successors.
If any would desire to adopt this life and would come to our brothers, let them send them to their Ministers provincial, to whom alone, and not to others, is the permission to receive friars conceded. Let the ministers indeed examine them diligently concerning the Catholic Faith and the sacraments of the Church. And if they believe these things and want to observe them faithfully and firmly unto the end, and they have no wives or, if they do, their wives have already entered a monastery, or having taken a vow of continence, permission [to enter one] has been granted to them by authority of the bishop of the diocese, and the wives are of such an age that suspicion cannot arise concerning them, let them say unto these the word of the Holy Gospel (Matthew 19:21), that they should go and sell all that is their own and strive to give it to the poor. But if they cannot do this, a good will suffices for them. And let the friars and their ministers beware, lest they be sollicitous concering their temporal things, so that they may freely do with their own things, whatever the Lord will have inspired them. If however counsel is required, let the ministers have permission to send them to other God fearing men, by whose counsel their goods may be spent [erogentur] on the poor. Afterwards let them grant them the clothes of probation, that is, two tunics without a capuche, a cord [cingulum] , breeches, and a caparone [extending] to the cord, unless it seems to the same ministers [that it should be] otherwise according to God. Having truly finished the year of probation, let them be received to obedience, promising to observe always this life and Rule. And in no manner will it be licit for them to go forth from this religious institute [de ista religione exire], according to the command of the Lord Pope, because according to the Holy Gospel "No one putting hand to the plow and turning back is fit for the Kingdom of God." (Luke 9:62) And let those who have already promised obedience have a tunic with a capuche, and if they wish to have it, another without a capuche. And let those who are driven by necessity be able to wear footwear. And let all the friars wear cheap clothing and be able to patch these with sack-cloth and other pieces with the blessing of God. I warn and exhort them, not to despise nor judge men, whom they see clothed with soft and colored clothes, using dainty food and drink, but rather let each one judge and despise his very self.
Clerics are to perform [faciant] the divine office according to the Ordo of the Holy Roman Church, except for the psalter, for which they can have beviaries. Let the laymen indeed say twenty-four "Our Fathers" for matins; for lauds five ; for prime, terce, sext and none, for each of these seven, for vespers, however, twelve; for compline seven; and let them pray for the dead. And let them fast from the Feast of All saints until Christmas. Indeed may those who voluntaritly fast the holy lent, which begins at Ephiphany and for the forty days that follow, which the Lord consecrated with His own holy fast, be blessed by the Lord, and let those who do not wish [to do so] not be constrained. But let them fast the other [Lent] until the [day of the] Resurrection of the Lord. At other times however they are not bound to fast, except on fridays. Indeed in time of manifest necessity the friars are not bound to the corporal fast. Indeed, I counsel, warn and exhort my friars in the Lord Jesus Christ, that when they go about through the world, they are not to quarrel nor contend in words (2 Timothy 2:14), nor are they to judge others, but they are to be meek, peacible and modest, meek and humble, speaking uprightly to all, as is fitting. And they should not ride horseback, unless they are driven [to do so] by manifest necessity or infirmity. Into whatever house they may enter, first let them say: "Peace to this house." (Luke 10:5) And according to the Holy Gospel it is lawful to eat of any of the foods, which are placed before them. (Luke 10:8)
I firmly command all the friars, that in no manner are they to receive coins or money through themselves or through an interposed person. However for the necessities of the infirm and for the clothing of the other friars, only the ministers and the custodes are to conduct a sollicitous care, by means of spiritual friends, according to places and seasons and cold regions, as they see expedites necessity; with this always preserved, that, as has been said, they do not receive coins nor money.
Let those friars, to whom the Lord gives the grace to work, work faithfully and devotedly, in such a way that, having excluded idleness, the enemy of the soul, they do not extinguish the spirit of holy prayer and devotion, which all other temporal things should serve zealously [deservire]. Indeed concerning the wages of labor, let them receive for themselves and for their friars what is for the necessity of the body, except coins or money, and this [they should do] humbly, as befits the servants of God and the followers of most holy poverty.
Let the Friars appropriate nothing for themselves, neither house nor place, nor any thing. And as pilgrims and exiles (1 Peter 2:11) in this age let them go about for alms confidently, as ones serving the Lord in poverty and humility, nor is it proper that they be ashamed [to do so], since the Lord made Himself poor in this world (2 Corinthians 8:9) for us. This is that loftiness of most high poverty, which has established you, my most dear Friars, as heirs and kings of the Kingdom of Heaven, making you poor in things, it has raised you high in virtues (James 2:5). Let this be your "portion", which leads you "into the land of the living" (Psalm 141:6). Cleaving totally to this, most beloved Friars, may you want to have nothing other under heaven in perpetuity, for the [sake of] the Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ. And, wherever the friars are and find themselves, let them mutually show themselves to be among their family members. And let them without fear manifest to one another their own need, since, if a mother nourishes and loves her own son (1 Thessalonians 2:7) according to the flesh, how much more diligently should he love and nourish his own spiritual brother? And, if any of them should fall into infirmity, the other friars should care for him, as they would want to be cared for themselves.
If any of the friars, at the instigation of the enemy, should sin mortally, for those sins, concerning which it has be ordained among the friars, that one have recourse to the Ministers provincial alone, the aforesaid friars are bound to have recourse to them as soon as they can, without delay. Indeed let the Ministers themselves, if they are priests, with mercy enjoin upon them a penance; if indeed they are not priests, let them have it enjoined by other priests of the order, as it will seem to them to better expedite [the matter] according to God. And they should beware, not to grow angry and be distressed on account of the sin of another, since anger and distress impede charity in themselves and in others.
All the friars are bound to have always one of the friars of this very same religion as Minister general and servant of the whole fraternity and they are bound firmly to obey him. When he dies, let an election of a successor be made by the Ministers provincials and the custodes in the Pentecost Chapter, in which the ministers provincial are bound to convene at once [or at the same time], wherever it will have been determined by the minister general; and this once every three years or at another interval greater or less, as it will have been ordained by the aforesaid minister. And if at any time it may appear to all the Ministers provincial and to the custodes, that the aforesaid minister is not sufficient for the service and common utility of the friars, the aforesaid friars, to whom the electing has been given, are bound in the Name of the Lord to choose another another as their guard [in custodem]. Indeed, after the Pentecost Chapter, let the ministers and custodes each be able, if they want and if it will seem to be expedient for them, once in the same year to call their friars together in chapter in their own custodies.
Le the friars not preach in the diocese of any bishop, when he has spoken against their [preaching]. And let no friar at all [penitus] dare preach to the people, unless he will have been examined by the minister general of this fraternity and approved, and there be conceded to him by the same the office of preaching. I also warn and exhort these same friars, that in preaching, that they do, their expressions be considered and chaste (Psalms 11:7; 17:21), for [sake of] the utility and edification of the people, by announcing to them vices and virtues, punishment and glory with brevity of speech; since a brief word did the Lord speak upon the earth. (Romans 9:28)
Let the friars, who are ministers and servants of the other friars, visit and warn their friars and humbly and charitably correct them, not commanding them anything which is contrary to their soul and our Rule. Indeed let the friars, who are subjects, remember, that for the sake of God they have renounced their own wills. Whence I firmly command them, to obey thier ministers in all things which they have promised the Lord to observe and which are not contrary to their soul or to our Rule. And wherever the friars are, who know and understand, that they themselves are not able to observe the rule spiritually, they should and can have recourse to their ministers. Indeed let the ministers receive them charitably and kindly and be so familiar with them, that they can speak to them and act as lords with their servants; for so it should be, because the ministers are the servants of all the friars. Indeed I warn and exhort the friars in the Lord Jesus Christ, that they beware of all pride, vain glory, envy, avarice (Luke 12:15), care and sollicitude for this age, detraction and murmuring, and that those who are ignorant of letters not care to learn letters; but let them strive, so that above all things they should desire to have the Spirit of the Lord and His holy operation, to pray always to Him with a pure heart and to have humility, [and] patience in persecution and in infirmity, and to love those who persecute and correct and accuse us, because the Lord says, "Love your enemies, pray for those who persecute and calumniate you" (Matthew 5:44). "Blessed are those who suffer persecution for justice's sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 5:10). "He who has persevered until the end, however, will be saved" (Matthew 10:22).
I frimly command all the brothers not to have suspicious company or conversation with women, and not to enter the monasteries of nuns, except those [friars] to whom special permission has been conceded by the Apostolic See; neither are they to be godfathers of men or women [so that] scandal may not arise on this account among the friars nor concerning them.
Let whoever of the friars who by divine inspiration wants to go among the saracens and other infidels seek permission for that reason from their minister provincial. Indeed the ministers are to grant permission to go to none, except those whom seems to be fit to be sent. For which sake I enjoin the ministers by obedience, to seek from the Lord Pope one of the cardinals of the Roman Church, who is to be the govenor, protector, and corrector of this fraternity, so that always subject and prostrate at the feet of this same Holy Church, stable in the Catholic Faith (Colossians 1:23) we may observe, what we have firmly promised: the poverty and humility and the Holy Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Let it not be in any way licit to anyone among men to infringe this page of our confirmation, or to contravene it with rash daring. If anyone however would presume to attempt this, let him know himself to have incurred the indignation of the Omnipotent God and of Blessed Peter and Paul, His Apostles. Given at the Lateran, on the third day of the Kalens of December, in the eight year of Our Pontificate.
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