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Final Touches Complete Crystal Symphony's Dramatic New Look
Courtesy of Crystal Cruises
What does a $25 million makeover get you? Swarovski Crystal chandeliers, cashmere throws, sunken Philippe Stark Duravit Jacuzzi bathtubs, chic new pool deck furniture, works by famed Venetian artists, service islands with top-of-the-line pizza ovens and woks, and dozens more upscale and behind-the-scenes embellishments. So encompasses the striking results of award-winning Crystal Symphony's extensive drydock in October. Following the makeover, the vessel boasts completely transformed Crystal Penthouses, Lido Café and pool areas, elegantly redesigned Penthouses and Prego Italian restaurant, and dozens of behind-the-scenes improvements.
"We strive to offer a luxury vacation experience that continues to impress and delight our guests," says Thomas Mazloum, Crystals Cruises' senior vice president of hotel operations. "Crystal Symphony's recent enhancements reinforce Crystal's commitment to delivering a product that consistently earns the industry's highest praises for its stylish spaces and activities, as well as our service."
New touches on Crystal Symphony include:
Crystal Penthouses – The 982-square-foot suites were remodeled top to bottom, with expanded living space, state-of-the-art audio-visual system, and floor-to-ceiling dining room windows. Ocean view bathrooms offer large Philippe Stark bathtubs, glass mosaic tiles and recessed televisions.
Penthouses – The butler-serviced suites were redesigned in two new color schemes, featuring new custom cabinetry, plush bedding, flat-screen televisions and lavish bathroom accoutrements.
Lido Café – The breakfast and lunch venue sports a refined yet modern motif, with abundant natural light, and colors and details inspired by the Hampton seashore. New food and drink service islands showcase fresh cuisine and add intimate seating and improve flow.
Seahorse and Neptune Pool Decks – The outdoor spots feature crisp white deck furniture accented with citrus-hued cushions and throw pillows for added al fresco dining and conversational seating. With its retractable roof and brand new teak decking, the mid-ship Neptune Pool was replaced with additional plush seating and extra-large Jacuzzi hot tub.
Prego – The Venetian-designed Italian restaurant, showcasing cuisine by Piero Selvaggio, has a vividly modern design, with rich color palettes (think chocolate suede walls and red wine-colored upholstery) and warm, dramatic lighting.
Staterooms – All staterooms were refreshed with smart leather sofas, replacing armchairs.
Broadcast Center – State-of-the-art overhaul improves programming quality and options.
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What's Happening in the Alzheimer's Research Field?
Diversity Matters: AD Looks Different Among Hispanic Patients
A new autopsy study out of the University of California San Diego School of Medicine found that Hispanics with mild-to-moderate AD in the study were significantly less impaired than similar non-Hispanic patients. This suggests there are multiple factors that influence the profile of cognitive deficits in AD, which going forward will help guide how Hispanic populations are diagnosed with and live with AD. The research also helps to highlight the critical need for increased minority participation in research.
Minority Participation in Research: A lack of will, or an absence of welcome?
This article addresses how low minority participation in research, in New York City and around the country, impacts the development of new medicines. The author provides a look at the value of research participation, while acknowledging the historical and structural barriers that limit participation from Blacks, Latinos and Asians. Critically, the article challenges that the problem is in the lack of welcoming from research institutions to these groups, rather than their lack of will to participate.
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Could Alzheimer's be born in our mouth?
New evidence suggests a bacterium commonly associated with gum disease could be driving AD pathology. While more research is needed, a team of international scientists, led by Cortexyne Inc. a clinical stage pharmaceutical company, found that in animal models an oral infection of Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg) led to brain colonization and an increase of amyloid beta, a component of amyloid plaque. The team also found Pg's toxic enzymes (called gingipains) in the neurons of human AD patients, which can cause inflammation and amyloid beta production. This has paved the way for pharmaceutical therapies targeting gingipains.
Stay tuned to our LinkedIn page for more updates on Cortexyme's next phase of research and other studies like it.
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Despite recent trial failures, optimism reigns
CEO and CMO of ProMIS Neurosciences express their optimism for a disease modifying treatment, in a recent interview. They predict that lessons learned from recent trial failures, including the most recent Roche trial of crenezumab, will produce one or two new therapies by 2025, along with a host of new AD biomarkers
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Bumble App - Screen replacement
Retouching of the screens for Bumbles three main areas of business. Bumble Date, Bumble BFF and Bumble Biz.
The Ask:
A couple of months ago I worked with the team over at Bumble to take some imagery they shot and get it ready for screen and print. The ask was to take 48 images that they have shot and retouch the backgrounds, phones and replace the screens to show their product inside. There are three main areas that they focused on now, Bumble Date, Bumble Biz and Bumble BFF. Each section had its own set of backgrounds and rules to follow while maintaining a consistent look and feel across them all.
Programs Used:
Adobe Photoshop
First off I deiced on working on the screens of the phones. My original idea was to find the same phone and overlay it but this found out to be too problematic and wasn't ideal.
PROBLEM - Reflections
One of the main issues with this was the face the phone details picked up the backgrounds, so these would have been taken care of with colour layers masked.
Problem - Multiple Angles
The other issue I came across was the fact the phones all have a slightly different perspective depending on the location of the phone to the camera so replacing would look off to the trained eye.
The solution was to go in and mask every screen, sometimes this allowed me to reuse masks but most of the time I re-masked every phone. this wasn't the fastest approach but one I found to work the best.
Different phones
The final reason what stopped me just replacing the phones was the fact they are all different. This was to help show Bumble was open to all devices and not just the latest ones.
Like I mentioned in the inro there are three main aspects of the company now, Bumble Date, Bumble Biz and Bumble BFF. Each section had its own background colour shot on cards as well as one that showcased multiple colours.
In the lay-flat one, I remade all the backgrounds. These were cards placed on top of each other and they interacted with the light and there is a slight texture I wanted to remove for consistency.
In Hands
Same with the version where the phones were in hands. The lighting caused the background to change colour and banding in areas.
Lastly, the shadows needed to be uniform across all these. There were differences between each shot due to how naturally they form. Fingers or thumbs cast a shadow over the screen and the light source moved slightly between these, so unifying them helped consistency,
Fingers & Thumbs
Every time a finger or a thumb comes in to contact with the phone I had to cut the finger out and add realistic shadows.
Two Shadow types
On the lay-flat ones, I created two shadow types. One that matches closely to the original photo and another that matched the finger and thumb shadow.


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With a stay at Hotel Andalucia Center in Granada (Zaidin), you'll be within a 15-minute drive of San Jeronimo Monastery and Granada Cathedral. Featured amenities include a business center, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Planning an event in Granada? This hotel has facilities measuring 10351 square feet (962 square meters), including conference space. Self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.
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Tonight I want to focus on the topic of dealing with opposition & criticism.
There will be times in our lives when we face opposition and criticism.
In fact Jesus promised those that follow him they'd face opposition.
"Remember what I told you: 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also." (John 15:20)
There is a right way and a wrong way to deal with opposition & criticism. So tonight I want us to explore how to handle opposition & criticism by looking at the example of Jesus.
Jesus faces opposition
As Jesus' ministry grew & developed, so did the opposition he faced. By the time we reach the beginning of chapter 3 of Mark's Gospel, the religious leaders were 'looking for a reason to accuse Jesus.' (Mark 3:2). So when Jesus heals a man in the Synagogue on the Sabbath, "the Pharisees went out and began to plot with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus." (Mark 3:6)
The Pharisees & the Herodians were not natural allies, it was an unlikely alliance. The Herodians were a Jewish political party that supported King Herod, who was the King put in place by the Roman Empire, to rule over Israel. The Herodians, by supporting King Herod, were supporting Roman rule of Israel, which brought them into conflict with the Pharisees who were opposed to Roman rule. This made it difficult for the Herodians and Pharisees to unite and agree on anything, but one thing did unite them—opposing Jesus. Because King Herod himself wanted Jesus dead (Luke 13:31), as did the Pharisees.
The reason Jesus faced so much opposition & hostility in his ministry, is because he challenged the authority of the ruling religious and political elite, and exposed their proud attitudes and dishonourable motives.
Why we face opposition
There are many reasons why we might face opposition & criticism. Jesus faced it for doing what was right, even when that meant making himself unpopular amongst certain sections of society.
If we're going to face opposition and criticism, let's make sure it's for doing the right thing, not the wrong thing.
Mark 3 – Family Conflict
In our reading tonight we see that Jesus faced opposition not only from the teachers of the law, but from his very own family.
'Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat. When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, "He is out of his mind."' (Mk 3:20-21)
Mark doesn't tell us where this event takes place, but it is likely to be Capernaum, and possibly Peter's house. Jesus gets falsely accused of being "out of his mind" by his own family, in other words they accuse him of being deluded, crazy, mentally unstable. Even Jesus' own family were slow to understand who he was and what he had come to do.
Criticism & opposition from family in my experience always hurts the most, because they are the ones we are closest to, the ones whose opinions usually matter the most, and therefore their criticism always cuts the deepest.
And one of the most difficult places to be a Christian witness, is amongst our family, because they know us the best, and because they know what areas of our lives fall short of Christ's ideal, and get to see us at our worst when our guard is down. And for those with husbands, wives or children who are not Christians, it is challenging, especially if they are actively hostile or opposed to your Christian faith. Family members require the most patience.
This is something Jesus had to face. In the Gospel of John, we read that at the start of Jesus' 'even his own brothers did not believe in him.' (John 7:5).
When faced by hostility or opposition from your family members towards your Christian faith, it's important to stay true to your faith, and don't respond negatively to the attacks that may come.
As Christians we are being changed to become more and more like Jesus every day. In Col 3 Paul talks about taking off the old sinful self and putting on the new godly self. This new godly self is characterised by patience, love, kindness and so on. So pray that they will see something of Christ in you, particularly as you become more like him. The hardest thing to argue against is a changed life!
Show them what it means to be a follower of Christ by the way you live, through the love and care you show them, in the way you treat others, and your attitude to work and recreation, and especially in the way you handle conflict within your family. Families do fall out from time to time, and have their disagreements. Learn to handle disagreement well. Take time to listen, Paul in Ephesians writes "In your anger do not sin" Ephesians 4:26. Seek to be a peace maker. Listen to your family, discuss things reasonably, try where possible to come to agreement, and above all demonstrate God's love and compassion, and when you get it wrong be prepared to say sorry and to seek forgiveness.
And when you do have an opportunity to speak about Christianity be gentle and gracious rather than confrontational. Ask God to give you the right words. It is far better for you talk about your own experiences and understanding of Christianity than to challenge them about their understanding of Christianity. Remember - you are not the one whose responsibility it is to convince them of the gospel - that's God's. Your responsibility is to present Christianity in the most compelling way you can.
Although Jesus faced problems with his family, they did eventually come to recognise him for who he truly was. In Acts 1:14 that the followers of Jesus joined together 'constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers', and James the brother of Jesus would go onto become one of the leaders in the church in Jerusalem. So if you face conflict or misunderstanding from your own family, don't despair & don't give up.
Religious Conflict
As well as difficulties with his family, Jesus was also accused by the teachers of the law of being possessed by Beelzebub. "By the prince of demons he is driving out demons" they claimed (Mark 3:22). They couldn't deny his miracles, they were evident for everyone to see, so they tried to attack him personally by discrediting.
How we respond to criticism
How do we respond when face opposition or criticism, or are accused of something we haven't done?
- Angry "How dare you say that…"
- Defensive "That's not true…"
- Go on the attack "That's rich coming from you…."
- Winston Churchill was attending a state dinner with Lady Astor, who was compelled to listen to Churchill talk on a great number of subjects, all of them at variance with her own strongly held views. Finally, no longer able to hold her tongue, she said, "Winston, if you were my husband, I would poison your coffee." To which Churchill immediately replied, "Madam, if I were your husband, I would drink it."
- Withdraw into self/get depressed – people who seem to accept criticism rather well on the surface while internally beating themselves to a pulp – putting yourself down & being overly hard on yourself.
- Quit "Why bother…?"
- Revenge – looking for an opportunity to get your own back on the person who has upset you
- Acceptance "That's fair…" – you might feel put down by the remarks, but you accept them, and may want to seek further clarification.
How does Jesus respond?
Learning how to handle criticism well is very important.
- Be open
- No one likes to be criticised, but sometimes we need to listen to what is being said.Even if it hurts, we need to ask ourselves is there any truth, or justification in what is being said about me or to me? Constructive criticism intended to help & encourage is important and necessary. It gives us the opportunity to learn something about ourselves and to grow. Imagine what would have happened if when learning to drive I never listened to the instruction that my driving instructor gave because I felt I didn't need to listen to him. I wouldn't have passed my test & would be a danger to myself & others on the road. I am grateful for those who have taken me to one side, and out of love (VERY IMPORTANT) have told me things that at the time might have been hard to listen to, but helped me to grow.
- Try to understand
- Sometimes we can be attacked or criticised for no apparent reason, or it comes out of nowhere – someone suddenly snaps at you, and when that happens it hurts. But it helps to try & understand the other person. For example I've come to realise that when I am tired or stressed, I get very irritable & impatient, and I tend to take this out on my family. When others criticize us, think about what they've gone or are going through right now, because they might be anxious or hurting. For example when Jesus' family accused him of being "out of his mind" – this might have been an expression of their concern for Jesus. Maybe they feared that as his fame and popularity grew it was bringing him into conflict with powerful and influential people and they were worried about the situation getting out of hand, so they wanted to try and protect him. Or maybe they were concerned that with the pressures ministry was placing on Jesus, he wasn't taking care of himself, not finding time to eat and this was affecting his mental stability. Sometimes the criticism we receive, says more about the person doing the criticising than the one being criticised. For example, it might be that the person criticising you is worried and anxious about something, they are fearful about loss or failure, or feel insecure, or feel threatened in some way.
- Focus on facts, not personalities
- Doen't denigrate those who attack him - Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Ephesians 4:2When Jesus was being accused of being "out of his mind" by his family, and when he was told they had come for him, his response is to redefine what it means to be part of his family. "Whoever does God's will is my brother and sister and mother." (Mk 3:34) Jesus is not excluding or rejecting his earthly family, or saying they are not important, but teaching that a relationship with him is open to all people. And that when we become followers of Jesus, we are given another family, a spiritual family, and the relationships are ultimately more important and longer lasting in this family than those formed in a physical family. And when Jesus is accused of being possessed by "Beelzebul" by the religious leaders – Jesus' doesn't get drawn into a personal slanging match, but focuses on the heart of the issue, exposing their faulty logic and the truth of his own source of power. "How can Satan drive out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. And if Satan opposes himself and is divided, he cannot stand; his end has come." (Mark 3:23-26)
- Keep to the issue, don't get side tracked.
- Think Before You React
- "My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry" (James 1:19-20)
- Doesn't get pulled into unnecessary arguments – sometimes the best response is no response. When Jesus was on trial before Pilate he made no reply (Mark 15)
- Respond Gently
- A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. (Prov. 15:1)
- Put your life and reputation in God's hands.
- It's easier to do this when life is going well and you have no problems, no worries, and everything is right in your world. It's a lot harder to put your life in God's hands when you feel the pressure of constant criticism. But that's when we most need God's help. "To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps. 'He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth.' When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly" (1 Peter 2:21-23).
- Jesus when unfairly accused:
- didn't hurl insults.
- didn't retaliate.
- didn't curse and swear.
- made no threats.
- What was his secret? The answer lies in the final phrase of verse 23-"He entrusted himself to him who judges justly."
- F. B. Meyer wrote: "We make a mistake in trying always to clear ourselves. We should be wiser to go straight on, humbly doing the next thing, and leaving God to vindicate us…. There may come hours in our lives when we shall be misunderstood, slandered, falsely accused. At such times it is very difficult not to act on the policy of the men around us in the world. They at once appeal to law and force and public opinion. But the believer takes his case into a higher court and lays it before his God."
- Forgive
- Think to a time when you have faced opposition, criticism or been falsely accused. How did it make you feel?
- Why do you think Jesus faced so much opposition to his ministry?
- How you normally respond to criticism & opposition?
- Ways that we can better respond to criticism & opposition:
- Be open
- Try to understand
- Focus on facts, not personalities
- Be completely humble and gentle;
- be patient, bearing with one another in love. Ephesians 4:2
- Think Before You React
- "My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry" (James 1:19-20)
- Don't get pulled into unnecessary arguments
- Respond Gently
- A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. (Prov. 15:1)Put your life and reputation in God's hands."To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps. 'He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth.' When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly." (1 Peter 2:21-23)
- Forgive


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A $20-million judgment against a website for pirating obituaries may turn out to be a symbolic victory for the families of the deceased, says Toronto business lawyer Bill Northcote.
This is an excerpt from an article that appeared on AdvocateDaily.com.
An American court has ruled there can't be any monkey business involved in the country's copyright laws, says Toronto business lawyer Bill Northcote.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit recently found that American copyright laws do not allow a monkey to hold copyrights, says Northcote, chair of Shibley Righton LLP's business law group.
"From a copyright perspective, the most important point in the case is that the monkey doesn't have statutory standing," Northcote says. In other words, copyright law only covers humans.
The two sides battling over the photos reached a settlement in September and asked the 9th Circuit to dismiss the case and throw out a lower court ruling in favour of the photographer whose camera was used to take the photographs, according to an Associated Press story.
"The decision really says they want the litigation to proceed," Northcote tells AdvocateDaily.com.
This is an excerpt from an article that appeared on AdvocateDaily.com.
Please click here to read the rest of the story.
A large chain of taco restaurants will have a tough time trying to keep others from using "Taco Tuesday," Toronto business lawyer Bill Northcote tells Metro News.
Claiming it has a trademark on the phrase, the fast-food giant recently told a Calgary taco restaurant to stop using it to advertise its weekly half-priced specials, says the publication.
Northcote, chair of Shibley Righton LLP's business law group, says the fast-food giant doesn't actually have a registered trademark on "Taco Tuesday" — just the Tuesday part.
"The word taco was disclaimed because it is descriptive of the services (selling tacos)," he says.
According to the report, the chain trademarked "Taco Tuesday" in 1997. The company sent a cease-and-desist letter to the Calgary restaurant last Friday, demanding they stop using the slogan. The company plans to comply, says the report.
Northcote and other trademark lawyers say there's a good chance the chain wouldn't win if a legal challenge were to be launched.
This is an excerpt from an article that appeared on AdvocateDaily.com.
Please click here to read the rest of the story.
The Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) "got it right" in resolving the issue of trademark confusion in a case involving a Canadian luggage company and a Swiss firm, Toronto business lawyer Bill Northcote tells The Lawyer's Daily.
As the article notes, the FCA ruled that several of the Canadian company's logos would be "likely to cause confusion" with the trademark of the Swiss company, which specializes in goods marked with a symbol resembling the cross on the Swiss flag.
"To me, there is a likelihood of confusion to the casual observer, which is, of course, the test," says Northcote, chair of Shibley Righton LLP's business law group.
"I can understand why [the Swiss company] pursued this, because [the Canadian company] was infringing on their mark and attempting to appropriate part of the goodwill associated with it."
In an earlier decision, a Federal Court trial judge ruled there was a lack of resemblance between the marks that was not likely to confuse consumers and thus no "passing off" of the Canadian company's bags as the Swiss company's product.
As The Lawyer's Daily reports, the decision was appealed, with the Swiss company arguing that the judge erred in concluding there was no likelihood of confusion and no passing off. The FCA agreed unanimously, saying the Canadian company's marks would likely cause confusion with the Swiss product in the "mind of a casual consumer in somewhat of a hurry … [and] does not pause to give the matter any detailed consideration or scrutiny."
This is an excerpt from an article that appeard on AdvocateDaily.com.
A Federal Court decision that backs a copyright collective in its battle to collect royalties from an Ontario university cannot be ignored by Canadian post-secondary institutions, says Toronto intellectual property lawyer Bill Northcote.
"It demonstrates that copyright holders of, presumably, mostly academic works are getting more aggressive in terms of enforcing their rights and getting proper compensation," says Northcote, a partner with Shibley Righton LLP.
Justice Michael Phelan ruled in favour of a collective that administers reproduction rights for Canadian literary works and ordered the university to pay damages for the millions of pages of materials that the university's staff copied for coursework.
The university argued that its copying of book excerpts, articles, videos and other materials fell within the "fair dealing" exceptions allowed for educational users under s. 29 of the Copyright Act, and that it had developed its own "Fair Dealing Guidelines."
But Phelan found that the university's use of the material did not fall under the law's fair dealing exceptions. Its own "Fair Dealing Guidelines" are "not fair in either their terms or their application," he wrote. The university made "no real effort" to review or enforce its guidelines, he added.
This is an excerpt from an interview with AdvocateDaily.com. Please click here for the complete transcript.
The fight over the ownership of a monkey selfie could soon be resolved as the parties pursue an out-of-court settlement, says Toronto business lawyer Bill Northcote.
"That could leave some of the legal issues unresolved, but to most copyright lawyers, even without litigation, this was a settled point," says Northcote, chair of Shibley Righton LLP's business law group.
"The trial court already decided that copyright cannot be owned by an animal," he tells AdvocateDaily.com. "That decision will be persuasive, although not binding, on another trial court hearing."
But if the appeal court had heard the case to completion, the decision would be binding on other American trial courts and would be persuasive in some other jurisdictions. Northcote suspects PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) was afraid it wouldn't win.
This is an excerpt from an article that appeared on AdvocateDaily.com. To read the complete story please click here.
It is not unusual for law firms to negotiate split-fee agreements that account for lawyers moving on after they have worked on contingency fee matters, Toronto business lawyer Bill Northcote tells Law Times.
"Some firms have got very elaborate compensation systems that reflect the division of an award," says Northcote, chair of Shibley Righton LLP's business law practice group.
"Usually, they're worked out internally without much public scrutiny."
However, as Law Times reports, one Toronto litigation and corporate law boutique is suing a former non-equity partner in the firm for $9 million after a dispute over a contingency fee client. The law firm alleges the lawyer breached his contract and fiduciary duty to the firm, claiming he "improperly solicited" some of its clients when he resigned in 2015, including a property development company.
The lawyer denies the claims and is demanding $1.1 million from the firm, alleging it owes him for work he did on the file, says Law Times.
Last year, the law firm also sued the property development company, seeking payment for its success at a 2014 trial. The lawyer won intervener status, asking the court to order any funds received by the firm to be paid into court for his benefit, says the article.
This article appeared on AdvocateDaily.com. Please click here for the complete story.
A Toronto litigation and corporate law boutique has sued a former partner in the firm for $9 million after a dispute over a contingency fee client.
BTZ alleges Nguyen breached his contract and fiduciary duty to the firm when he "improperly solicited" some of its clients to come with him when he resigned in early 2015, including Indcondo Building Corporation, a property development company with a $20-million claim against its one-time business partner.
But in a statement of defence and counterclaim also filed with the court, Nguyen denies the claims and demands $1.1 million from BTZ, alleging the firm still owes him for work he did on the Indcondo file, as well as a 25-per-cent cut of any fees the firm collects on the matter.
None of the allegations in either document have been proven in court.
Nguyen tells Law Times that "my lawyer has advised me not to comment while the litigation is pending;" a sentiment echoed by BTZ's co-managing partner Peter Brauti.
"As this matter is currently before the courts, it is our practice not to comment on the litigation," he said in a statement.
Indcondo retained Nguyen on a contingency fee basis in 2007 while he was still a Toronto-based sole practitioner to help it collect on an $8-million judgment it had achieved following a shareholder dispute with former business partner David Robin Sloan. Although the judgment was delivered back in 2001, Indcondo had run into trouble enforcing it thanks to Sloan's bankruptcy and subsequent discharge. But with interest accumulating at a rate of 15 per cent per year, by 2015, the value of the judgment had ballooned to more than $20 million.
This article appeared on LawTimesNews.com. To read the complete story please click here.
In certain matters, clients may benefit from a co-counsel setting where lawyers tackle different aspects of the case — but the success of these arrangements depends on mutual respect and compromise, Toronto lawyers Armand Conant, Bill Northcote and Joel Berkovitz tell Lawyers Weekly.
As an example, Conant, partner and head of the condominium law group at Shibley Righton LLP, points to a complicated condominium matter where it was clear that drawing in a small team of colleagues in a co-counsel setting to tackle different aspects of the job would be beneficial to the client.
"We needed their skill sets," Conant says of the decision to bring in Northcote, chair of Shibley Righton's business law practice group, and Berkovitz, an associate with the firm who practises business and condominium law.
This article appeared on AdvocateDaily.com. Please click here for the full story.
Co-counsel arrangements are common in many areas of practice, from criminal trials and litigation, where there's significant court work, to complicated paper-laden negotiations.
But can too many hands on deck sink the ship? Insiders who have worked collaboratively with other lawyers recommend respecting boundaries, working as a team and striving for harmony all while focusing on the needs of the client.
Armand Conant, a partner at Shibley Righton in Toronto, recalls a complicated condominium matter where it was clear that client interest would benefit from drawing in a small team of colleagues in a co-counsel setting to tackle different aspects of the job
This article appeared on LawyersWeekly.ca. Please click here for the full story.
As it can be daunting to take on the role of repairing a dysfunctional executive team, a new CEO should start by ensuring that those in the C-suite have clear roles and responsibilities, Toronto business lawyer Bill Northcote tells Succession Planning, a special supplement published by The Bottom Line and Lawyers Weekly.
"A lack of clarity can lead to conflict and competition. Infighting and politicking are signs of dysfunction," says Northcote, chair of Shibley Righton LLP's business law practice group.
"There will always be some competition," he says, "but the role of the CEO is to get strong people to perform and co-operate" and to identify stakeholder groups and their interests to get a full understanding of how the organization works.
This article appeared on AdvocateDaily.com. Please click here to read the full story.
As law firms grow to meet client needs, they often consider joining a firm network or expanding internationally, but Toronto business lawyer Bill Northcote poses an interesting question in Lawyers Weekly: are networks and global firms competitors, or do they serve separate markets and clientele?
As Northcote, chair of Shibley Righton LLP's business law practice group says in the article, the 18 largest law firm networks each include more than 7,000 lawyers and have members practising in 80 to 100 separate jurisdictions. The largest law firm is Dentons, which reportedly has some 7,000 lawyers in 52 jurisdictions.
While the two concepts often compete for the same business, Northcote says, there are distinct differences.
"Law firm networks are generally non-exclusive, informal, relatively inexpensive to participate in and have a modest number of staff and overhead. Within these networks there is considerable diversity in size, geographic scope, membership fees and non-legal resources available to members," writes Northcote.
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Since the first law firm network was created in 1989, over 150 law firm networks have been formed and are in active operation.
Some large law firms have become "national" and "international' by opening branches in other domestic and foreign jurisdictions and practising not just the law of their "home" jurisdiction but local law as well.
As law firms strive to fulfil client needs and compete they need to consider whether to become international or to become a member in a network. Are the networks and the international law firms competitors of each other or do they serve separate, distinct markets and clientele?
The 18 largest law firm networks generally each comprise more than 7,000 lawyers and have members practising in on average about 80 to 100 separate jurisdictions. In contrast, the largest law firm (by number of lawyers) is Dentons, which reportedly has about 7,000 lawyers in 52 jurisdictions.
Adam Cooke, the executive director of Multilaw, one of the largest networks, points out:
"Generally large international law firms seem to have extreme difficulty in expanding beyond about 50 jurisdictions. Law firm networks don't have that problem because they are more nimble and can recognize that some jurisdictions, particularly newly industrializing countries, are importers of legal works while some, particularly the United States and the EU, are exporters of legal requirements. In a network both functions are highly valued."
The rise of formal law firm networks mirrored the growth of international trade (and the resulting increase in international litigation) which first occurred in large business entities but which increasingly is an integral part of the businesses of small and medium sized enterprises.
These same forces have driven the diversification of large international law firms as they opened offices in new jurisdictions to meet client requirements.
Of course the two are quite different. Law firm networks are generally non-exclusive, informal, relatively inexpensive to participate in and have a modest number of staff and overhead. Within these networks there is considerable diversity in size, geographic scope, membership fees and non-legal resources available to members.
In contrast, large international law firms are exclusive and have significant overhead but can deliver a worldwide brand and a more closely integrated billing process. For many clients, particularly small and medium sized enterprises, law firm networks have more affordable legal fees and generally more ready access to senior lawyers. International law firms have the advantage of larger marketing budgets used to build brand awareness and pitch the largest of cross-border transactions.
While it is tempting to say that small and medium size enterprises gravitate to networks while large multinational corporations are serviced by international law firms, it is not so simple. Often the two compete for the same business.
Indeed, Dentons seems to have recognized the shortcomings of its business model when it announced in May the formation of Nextlaw Global Referral Network that it touts as a new form of network, one without membership fees or territorial exclusivity. Its stated goal is to recruit, vet and admit a large number of law firms as members in the next few months, clearly a very ambitious and costly goal, particularly when no application or membership fee is charged. The attraction to applicants is obvious — the possibility of referrals with no cost. Hope Krebs, Multilaw's chair, believes that: "…this is a way for Dentons to expand its relationships with law firms in other jurisdictions. It is implicitly an acknowledgement that their growth within a single law firm structure can be difficult and not sustainable. For example the conflicts of interest that arise in a single large law firm are frequently insurmountable."
Michael Siebold, the chair of Interlaw, another large law firm network, disputes Dentons' focus on the negative effects of territorial exclusivity: "Our member firms are sometimes part of other referral networks — my own firm being a case in point — firstly because they are completely independent, and secondly because Interlaw is so much more than a referral network… Finally, paying membership dues covering the cost of a very lean management appears to be normal procedure, and even fully integrated international firms need to make contributions for marketing, business development, etc., and I believe Dentons follows the same model."
The most recent trend in law firm networks is a focus on internal quality assurance programs, in part, in response to the brand equity enjoyed by the large multijurisdictional law firms.
In essence, law firm networks can flourish by providing international legal services in a cost-efficient manner to small and medium sized enterprises through reduced overhead and simpler structures, while international law firms can provide a more integrated offering (including invoices covering multiple jurisdictions) but at a greater cost due to higher hourly rates and more overhead which is less significant in only the largest international transactions and "bet the company" international litigation. Between these two extremes the two compete.
This article origionally appeared in the July 15, 2016 issue of The Lawyers Weekly published by LexisNexis CVanada Inc.
Even covers can be infringement, lawyer says, let alone staging three numbers from a smash-hit Broadway musical like a Scarborough, Ontario high school did.
Lawyer Bill Northcote has a message for the high school students and teachers in Scarborough, Ont. who staged three numbers from the hit Broadway musical Hamilton, only to have them removed from YouTube:
Be willing to wait for it.
The musical — a hip-hop retelling of the life of American founding father Alexander Hamilton — is not yet licensed for amateurs.
Reproducing it is infringement under the Copyright Act, said Northcote, chair of business law at Shibley Righton LLP in Toronto, and it doesn't matter that the play is American. The rules are essentially the same.
The singing, rapping and dancing chops of students from Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts earned accolades from around the Internet before the videos were taken down at the request of Hamilton's PR rep Thursday.
Although a takedown request or cease-and-desist letter usually does the trick in cases like this, the copyright owners could be within their rights to get a court order preventing the school from performing Hamilton any more and could seek damages (monetary compensation) for its unauthorized use, Northcote said.
That is, unless the Wexford kids could successfully argue they qualify for an exception.
One way would be through fair dealing: Copyrighted works may be used for research, private study, education, parody or satire.
Just how much copying is fair is defined case-by-case. Even a cover of a single song can be infringement, and "reproduction of the whole work is certainly not fair," in the case of a musical, Northcote said.
There's also a special exception for performances at schools.
But the show has to be primarily by students, for an audience of mainly students and teachers, on school property and not put on for profit. That's why lip-syncing to the Spice Girls at your school talent show is OK.
But Wexford students performed for the media and posted recordings to YouTube.
The more people see a grifted work, the higher the damages could be, Northcote explained.
Wexford's rendition of the song Right Hand Man had 21,000 views.
This was students' and teachers' "love letter" to Hamilton, the school's artistic director Ann Merriam told Torstar News Service. They wanted to catch the attention of its cast and creators.
But they hoped it would be in a positive way.
That's not the same as waiving intellectual property rights, Northcote explained, but could encourage "a false sense of comfort that he won't mind."
It's reasonable to hold off on allowing amateur productions, Northcote added, especially while Hamilton is still booming on Broadway. It's part of the creators' rights to cash in on the time and effort they put into making it.
U.S. and international tours of Hamilton are planned into 2018 and beyond. So it will likely be years before it's heard at high schools. Current secondary students — young, scrappy, hungry and Hamilton-crazy as they are — may not get their shot at it.
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For those building a successful business, it can be hard to also maintain good family relationships — the key is to draw a distinct line between the two, Toronto business lawyer Bill Northcote tells Succession Planning, a special supplement published by The Bottom Line and Lawyers Weekly.
"Every family dynamic is different and every family business is different, so there are many possible causes of friction. The trick is to try to divorce the family dynamic from the business dynamic, and some families are better at this than others," explains Northcote, chair of Shibley Righton LLP's business law practice group.
News that Canadian residents will no longer be able to apply to appear on Jeopardy! due to international privacy law concerns is likely just a way for the popular TV quiz show to avoid the burden of investigating and complying with Canadian law, Toronto business and entertainment lawyer Bill Northcote tells AdvocateDaily.com.
Global News reports the quiz show hosted by Canuck Alex Trebek has long accepted Canadian contestants but as of this year, Canadians are shut out from applying for the time being. In a statement, the show's producers stated:
A recent decision that ruled a reader had violated new provisions of the Copyright Act when he bypassed a publication's paywall to access an article raises questions about technological neutrality, as similar facts in the analog world would yield a different result, Toronto business lawyer Bill Northcote tells Law Times.
As the article reports, 13595804 Ontario Limited (Blacklock's Reporter) v. Canadian Vintners Association (CVA) centred around a subscription-only news publication focused on the workings of Parliament, which quoted the president and CEO of the CVA. Although the CEO was concerned about "inaccuracies" in the preview, he was unable to see the full story behind the paywall, and asked a subscriber friend to send him a copy.
When he contacted the publisher to discuss the story and disclosed how he managed to view the article, he soon received a letter alleging a breach of copyright, as well as an invoice for two subscriptions. After refusing to pay, Blacklock's took the case to Ottawa Small Claims Court, winning $11,5000 plus $2,000 in punitive damages, says the article.
Deputy Judge Lyon Gilbert ruled that the fair dealing exception to copyright infringement was not available to the winemakers' group "because it had violated the new technological protection measure provisions of the Copyright Act when bypassing the online publication's subscriber paywall to access a news article," Law Times reports.
As Northcote, chair of Shibley Righton LLP's business law practice group, says: "If I buy a newspaper, and you ask to see an article about you in it, there is no copyright infringement there in the traditional analysis."
Northcote also tells Law Times that he was troubled by the suggestion in the judgment that something must come of research or private study in order for that fair dealing purpose to be considered genuine.
"There are all kinds of good tactical reasons why you may decide to do nothing with your research, rather than getting into an argument with a publisher," he says.
Northcote says the CEO's call to Blacklock's publisher to discuss the story could be regarded as the sort of action the judge found lacking, adding that the punitive damages award "seems excessive."
This story also appeard on advocatedaily.com and lawtimesnews.com
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court Monday cleared the way for a trial in a copyright lawsuit over a YouTube video showing a baby dancing to the Prince song "Let's Go Crazy.''
The lawsuit was filed by the baby's mother, Stephanie Lenz, after Universal Music sent a notice to YouTube demanding the video be taken down for violating the song's copyright.
Toronto intellectual property and entertainment lawyer Bill Northcote tells AdvocateDaily.com this case is not surprising given U.S. law, and adds that the Canadian Copyright Act includes parody and satire within the definition of fair use.
Transitioning out of professional practice through a two-step arrangement can help ensure a level of continuity, but there is no guarantee clients will want to move over to the incoming firm, says Toronto business lawyer Bill Northcote.
"Ultimately the clients have got complete autonomy. If the client says 'you're moving to X law firm, but I don't want to go there,' there's nothing you can do about that," Bill Northcote,, chair of Shibley Righton LLP's business law practice group, says in Succession Planning, a special supplement published by The Bottom Line and Lawyers Weekly.
The provincial government should be going further than simply trying to keep pace with corporate legislation in other jurisdictions, Shibley Righton's business lawyer Bill Northcote tells Law Times.
Bill makes his comments in an article about the recently released report, "Business Law Agenda: Priority Findings & Recommendations Report."
Bill Northcote, Chair of Shibley Righton LLP's business law practice group, enjoys an eclectic variety of interests outside practising law - such as blues and roots music, travel (about 56 "countries" and counting) and a serious pursuit of still photography. Bill brings that same dedication and thoroughness to his practice of business law with particular emphasis on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and financing. He understands that the practice of law is essentially about serving the needs and expectations of clients and he recognizes that his relationship with his clients is essentially a personal relationship.
Bill believes that to meet the needs and expectations of clients he has to understand his client's business and its business environment. He has served on the boards of a number of clients, both public and closely-held, that carry on diverse types of businesses (including life reinsurance consulting, trade and direct investment consulting in the East Asia, postage meter and equipment distribution, software development and licensing, marketing and distribution of consumer products). Bill uses his skills to find legal solutions that are effective and economical. Client's often ask for Bill's business advice in addition to his legal expertise knowing that they can benefit from his over thirty-five years of experience. For many clients Bill fills the role of trusted advisor.
Bill's 35 years of legal experience complement a strong academic background. Bill received an LL.M. (International Business Law) from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1992, an LL.B. (cum laude) from the University of Ottawa and a Bachelor of Arts (Economics and History) from the University of Toronto. While in law school, Bill served as member of the Board of Editors of the Ottawa Law Review. Bill is also the author of the Canada Chapter in Media, Advertising and Entertainment Law Throughout the World published and updated annually by Thomson Reuters, and a number of published articles on legal topics such as Merger and Acquisitions representations, Cultural Industries under the FTA, International Commercial Arbitration and Equipment Leasing. Bill has taught at York University in Toronto and in Nankai University, Tianjin, in China on business law issues and was an instructor in the Law Society of Ontario's Bar Admission Course for over ten years.
Bill has served for over 10 years as a director of Multilaw, one of the law firm networks in which Shibley Righton is an active member. He also currently serves as its Vice-Chairman Americas Region (North America) and as the chair of its Rules and Governance Committee.
Osgoode Hall Law School, LL.M. (International Business Law), 1992
University of Ottawa, LL.B. (cum laude), 1980
University of Toronto, B.A. (Economics and History), 1977


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May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had…
I've written a number of posts over the years about attitude. I believe attitude is so very important – possibly essential in our Christian walk. One of my favorite sayings has to do with attitude and Christianity. It goes like this – Christianity boils down to attitude – the condition and position of one's heart. But how do we improve our attitude toward someone – especially someone who has hurt us or who is unlikeable?
Our love for one another and our love for God – has a lot to do with our attitude. The Bible says that if we don't have love then we have nothing – and we are nothing. 1 Corinthians 13:2 – If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. Having and expressing love – Christ-like love – is at the core of our faith.
We are called to imitate Christ and the love He showed us. Ephesians 5:1-2 – 1 Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children 2 and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. It is from this passage and others where the once popular phrase WWJD (what would Jesus do) was developed. What would Jesus do in a given situation and copy that response – which most often was a response from His love.
Jesus sums up the commandments with a heavy dose of love when He was asked about the greatest commandment. Mark 12:30-31 – 30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.' 31 The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these."
Today – and throughout the rest of our lives – we should be working on being more loving toward others – allowing the fruit of love to invade our very being. For some – that may be easier because it is your very nature to be loving. For some – this will be a tougher task – but it will help us produce a better attitude and will help us be a better witness for Christ. Whether easier or harder – expressing Christ-like love is essential for a good attitude.
It is hard to have a bad attitude toward someone we love. If we're having a hard time with someone – having a hard time having a good attitude toward someone – we should pray for them and I believe our attitude toward them will change. Express Christ-like love toward that person – in our thoughts or in person – and see if it doesn't change our attitude toward them.
Love one another – even as Christ loved us – and our attitudes will be better. I needed to write/read this today! How about you?
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These items are always needed in our residential homes. Please take a moment to see if there is a need you can fill.
School Supplies
- Backpacks (Boys & Girls)
- TI 83 Calculators
- Graphing Calculators
- Flash Drives
- 2″ Three Ring Binders
- Compasses
- Protractors
- Rulers
- Composition Note Books
- Subject Dividers
- Foam Board
- Poster Board
- Box of Tissues
- Non-Liquid White Out
- Hand Sanitizer
- Pocket Folders
- Erasers
- Expo Markers
- Graphing Paper
- College Rule Paper
- AAA Batteries
- Ear Buds
- Glue Sticks
- Highlighters
Cottage Needs
- Snow Sleds
- Snow boots 6 to 12 boys and girls
- Snow pants small to large
- Cookie sheets
- Nice knife set
- Magnets to store knives in pantry
- 15 Big Joe/oversized Bean bags
- Printer with scanner
- Corn hole
- Outdoor rocking chairs
- Patio umbrella
- Porch swing
- Storage container for leftovers
- 3-4 Large cereal containers
- Plastic drinking glasses 12 ounce
- Gift cards for a meal out
- Large frying pans (Teflon)
- 8×8 and 9×13 bakeware
- Xbox One
- Freestanding basketball goals
- Hair products
- Surge protectors
- USB Flash Drives
- Copy paper
- Dry-Erase Boards/Markers/Erasers
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- Haircuts
- Restaurant gift cards
- Patio furniture for cottages
- AED Machines for Emergency Situations Needing Cardiac Care
Hat Creek Camp
- Canoes (2) ($900-1,200 each)
- Kayaks (2) ($300-$500 each)
- Genesis Bows (12) (199 each)
- Improvements to Cabins ($2,500)
- Stand Alone Swings ($3,000)
- Watermat ($1,200)
- Cordless Hammer Drill ($200)
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Jeff Breault is very passionate about different types of cars and automotive racing. He is the Vice President of the Carey, Thomas, Hoover and Breault brokerage firm in Wichita in the USA. Jeffrey Breault is fond of listening to country music and loves listening to his favorite songs in his spare time. In the field of professional car racing, he says safety checks should always be done by drivers before the start the race.
How should professional car racing drivers conduct safety checks before events?
Every car racing driver should check the mechanics and parts of the vehicle he will drive in the race. There should be no room for flaws. Experienced car racing drivers know their cars well, and they conduct thorough checks of the car before the race, If you are a newcomer and not sure about the detailed mechanics of a car, you can always hire a specialized professional to do the task for you. Talk to them and ask them to check the brakes, the accelerator, the levels of oil, the steering functions and more.
Conduct test runs of the vehicle you will drive before the final tournament
There are race tracks that allow you to conduct test runs of the vehicle you will drive on the final day. Take your car to these tracks and check its performance so that you later do not face problems on the final day.
You should also visit the track you will be racing on the final day and understand the circuit well. Draw a picture of the track and make a note of the strategic points you should be careful of. When you are racing on the final day, having a mental picture of the track improves your vision. You will be informed of the turns and corners better. This knowledge improves your performance on the track to a large extent.
Attend workshops and driver education programs if you are a newcomer
If you are a newcomer to the field of car racing and want to improve your skills before the tournament, attend workshops for learning techniques from skilled and experienced car racing professionals. They also give you valuable insights into cars that you should know when you are entering into professional car racing tournaments. You should ask them questions and clarify all doubts so that you can focus on the race and use the correct techniques safely.
Jeff Breault says newcomers should also practice on their vision and techniques so that they excel in them on track. They should learn from their mistakes and ask experienced coaches to help them rectify them. Car racing does not focus on speed; it entails smooth movements of the car so that the driver can navigate the car on track effectively. The movements should be slow in the first few laps and speed should be picked up gradually. This avoids the driver to lose control of the car and overturns of the vehicle on track. Preparing for a race takes time and patience. Good preparation increases your chances of winning the race with success safely!


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Sharon starts to sell bread and milk to hit at Nita. Roy and Hayley prepare the new cafe on Victoria Street for opening. A Social Services official inspects Weatherfield Vale, to Martin's surprise. Gerald Lickley blames Martin, calls him a troublemaker and sacks him. Les tries to get an extension lead running from Curly's observatory to No.5 but Jackie catches him and refuses to let him nick her electric. Janice asks the Tilsleys to lend her money but Nick refuses, knowing it'll just end up in Les's pocket. Ken and Deirdre chat about their disastrous pasts and acknowledge how good they were for each other. Sharon warns Nita that Rita is a popular resident and people might start boycotting the shop. Ian gets annoyed when she insists on keeping The Kabin open into the evening. He complains that he never sees her. Steve gives Vik his accounts to go through. Hayley pulls out a nail sticking from the cafe's skirting board. The nail was holding in a leak in the water pipe and water starts to pour out.
Regular castEdit
- Janice Battersby - Vicky Entwistle
- Les Battersby - Bruce Jones
- Ken Barlow - William Roache
- Sharon Gaskell - Tracie Bennett
- Leanne Tilsley - Jane Danson
- Roy Cropper - David Neilson
- Hayley Patterson - Julie Hesmondhalgh
- Toyah Battersby - Georgia Taylor
- Deirdre Rachid - Anne Kirkbride
- Martin Platt - Sean Wilson
- Nita Desai - Rebecca Sarker
- Vikram Desai - Chris Bisson
- Maxine Heavey - Tracy Shaw
- Nick Tilsley - Adam Rickitt
- Jackie Dobbs - Margi Clarke
- Natalie Barnes - Denise Welch
- Betty Williams - Betty Driver
- Sally Webster - Sally Whittaker
- David Platt - Thomas Ormson
- Sarah Louise Platt - Lynsay King
- Rosie Webster - Emma Collinge
- Sophie Webster - Emma Woodward
- Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
Guest castEdit
- Mark Stranks - Ralf Little
- Gerald Lickley - Neil Boorman
- Inspector Todd - James Masters
- Ian Bentley - Jonathan Guy Lewis
- Coronation Street - Yards
- Rovers Return Inn - Public
- 4 Coronation Street - Downstairs rooms
- 5 Coronation Street - Downstairs rooms
- 6 Coronation Street - Downstairs rooms
- 7 Coronation Street - Yard
- Corner Shop
- The Kabin
- Roy's Rolls
- Weatherfield Vale - Residents' lounge, office and foyer
- Due to Maggie Jones falling ill, a scene in which Blanche Hunt returns and is pleased to hear from her spy, Betty Williams, that Ken and Deirdre have been in each other's company a lot had to be cut from the script.
- TV Times synopsis: Martin gets a shock at the nursing home, and Les attempts to restore the electricity supply at the Battersby's.
- Viewing Figures: UK broadcast - 17,140,000 viewers (6th place - combined figure including repeat).
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"The life I never let anyone know."
Category: Bullying
Emma Roberts Might Be A Bully on Scream Queens, But In Real Life She's Anything But
In her new show Scream Queens, Emma Roberts plays a bully, but in real life, she's joined with Stomp Out Bullying to promote Blue Shirt Day on October 5th.
Standing up for those who are Bullied is as Easy as . . .
What if instead of confronting bullies, we began to befriend the bullied?
America's First and Worst Cyber Bullying Victim: Find Out What Saved Her from Humiliation.
"You know what shocked me, although it shouldn't have, was other research last year that determined humiliation was a more intensely felt emotion than either happiness or even anger."
Are Students as Cruel to Someone's Face as They are Online?
Students were given cards with insulting phrases on them and told to hand them out to people throughout the course of the school day. Will they do it?
THIS is the Message That You'll Want to Have Stuck In Your Head All Week Long
"Love Yourself" is an anti-bullying song that I wrote for my daughter, Nia, after she was bullied at school."
Could an App Prevent Cyberbullying? This 14 year old invented one.
As great as this invention is, I can't help but wonder, will the people who really NEED to ReThink their bullying message actually install it?
Instead of Listening to Bullies who Told Her to Kill Herself, She Shared Her #BeBrave Message and Her Music With the World
At We Day Chicago, which was featured on ABC, Ally Del Monte talks about overcoming bullies through music and her #BeBrave campaign.
Bullying From Siblings Can Be the Worst Kind
If siblings tease relentlessly and hurtfully, they might actually be bullies.
Why Hating Bullies Might Turn You Into One
"There is no excuse for a culture of hate and that includes hating bullies. Don't become them."
Bullies Get Schooled By Asperger's Teen They Beat Up
Instead of pressing charges against the bullies who beat him up, Gavin Stone came up with an amazing way to teach them a lesson.
When Your Friend is the Bully
This video reveals a powerful response to a friend who is bullying! And it's actually NOT by standing up TO HIM, but by doing something EVEN more difficult.
These 5th Graders Just Did Some Pretty Awesome Reverse-Bullying
After a group of 5th grade boys noticed a classmate with a learning disability getting teased, they banded together and made him a part of their gang.
Struggle with Self-Esteem, Bullying, Identity Issues? This Was Tailor Made for You Today
A video that was created to promote strength and to protest against bullying as well as self-esteem issues.
Remember, the Words You Say Can Make or Break Someone Else's Heart
Megan and Liz perform a song reminding everyone that every word leaves an impression on someone.
These Woman Are About to Get Brutally Honest About the Impact of Bullying
These women send messages to their childhood bullies.
This Bullying Comes Full-Circle with a Twist That's Full of Good Feels and Forgiveness #Boom
Defy the status quo by letting faith be a springboard to forgiveness.
These Guys All Got Bullied–And They're About to Fight Back with 100% Inspiration
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The why's and where fore's of travel insurance
Don't short change yourself on travel insurance and later regret it
Everyone should purchase an appropriate level of travel insurance before or at the time of booking a holiday because travel insurance provide personal belongings, medical and cancellation cover.
There are many travel insurance policies on the market at varying premiums, correlating to the level of cover provided, exclusions and geographical limits. It is a very competitive market and it can be misleading.
Here is a check list to help you choose the appropriate level of cover
- Do you need single trip or annual travel insurance?
- What is the maximum number of days cover you need?
- Check if there is an age restriction
- Check that the maximum amount covered in the event you need to cancel covers the cost of the holiday
- Does your holiday involve any specialist activities i.e. hiking, safari, pony trekking, hot air ballooning etc If it does you need to ensure the policy includes these activities
- If you going to be at altitude (probably over 3000m) then you need to check what is the maximum height covered by the policy
- Do you need worldwide cover including the US?
- Do you want end supplier failure insurance cover?
- Do you want missed departure insurance cover?
- Do you want enforced stay provision?
- Do you want pet care insurance provision?
- Do you want natural disaster and strike cover?
Why you need sufficient cancellation cover
- Deposits are normally non-refundable
- Cancellation within 8 weeks of travel normally has tiered penalties
So if you need to cancel a trip after paying a deposit or the full amount and the reason for cancellation is covered by your insurance policy then you will get your deposit back or the balance not refunded by the travel company.
Why you need medical travel insurance
- If you have an accident or are taken ill on holiday you will need any treatment received abroad to be paid for
- If you are seriously ill and unable to travel home as planned you may need special assistance and an air ambulance
- If you have an accident in a remote location you may need search and rescue cover
- If you die whilst on holiday you need to be repatriated to the UK
Check the policy covers the country you are travelling to for medical purposes.
Check if your cover includes repatriation and 24 hour medical emergency cover.
Check if you need search and rescue cover.
Travel Insurance Section
The travel insurance part of the policy normally relates to stolen belongings, loss of passport, personal money, muggings, hijack, natural disasters, strikes etc.
Stolen belongings – you must complete a police report form the same day and in the local destination.
Lost luggage, delayed and cancelled flights are the responsibility of the flight carrier – you must complete a form with the ground staff before exiting the airport.
Personal Liability, death and legal costs
Travel and cancellation insurance normally provides cover for personal liability, death and legal expenses. Amounts vary from policy to policy.
Compare policies, premiums and exclusions
Currently the Post Office, Tesco, Saga and Trailfinders offer good travel and cancellation insurance. Most policies offer options for higher cancellation amounts, single trip or annual policies and add-ons for sport and specialist activities. Specialists for high altitude cover include BMC and Snowcard. If you want a tailor-made policy then contact Hiscox or contact a broker.
Finally and very important
- As a traveller it is your responsibility to ensure you have adequate travel insurance
- Don't rely on your bank or credit card company for the 'free' insurance they provide unless it covers everything you need
- You must take out the travel insurance before or at the time of booking your holiday to be fully covered.
- You must take out insurance in your country of residence for legal and repatriation reasons
- You must declare any on-going health issues and medical treatment received in the last two years as these will not normally be covered
- Check the exclusions
- Speak to the insurers directly if you need specialist cover and request they ask the underwriters if supplementary cover can be provided and at what cost
- Always travel with a copy of the policy, your certificate number and emergency contact details of the policy provider
ATOL Licenced Travel Companies
If purchasing a holiday, special event or trip that includes flights and other arrangements then make sure the organiser has a full ATOL licence (air travel organisers licence). This is issued annually by the CAA – Civil Aviation Authority, which means the Company is financially sound and approved to organise holidays and events, and provides you with full financial security. This should not be confused with ABTA, which is a trade association for high street travel agents in the UK and provides no financial security.
Spencer Scott Travel Services ATOL License is no 3471.


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Syn.: Peritoma lutea (Hook.) Raf.
Family Capparaceae Juss.
Distribution: A species of the western part of North America – it occurs from eastern California, Oregon and southeastern Washington to Montana, western Colorado, northwestern New Mexico, and the Mexican state of Baja California Norte.
Ecology: Grows on dry and sandy flats, in desert scrub, in elevations from 1100 to 2400 m. Flowers from May to August.
Description: Annual herb, 25–130 cm tall. Stem branched from upper nodes, glabrous, leaves alternate, petiolate, 1-palmate, leaflets generally (3–)5, 1.5–6 cm long, linear to elliptic. The inflorescence is a terminal raceme, 1–4 cm in flower, generally 5–40 cm in fruit, sepals persistent, 1.6–2.6 mm, lanceolate, minutely dentate, yellow; petals 5–8 mm, oblong to ovate, yellow; stamens 10–20 mm, yellow, anthers 1.9–2.6 mm. The fruit is a pod-like capsule, 15–40 mm long and 2–5 mm wide.
These images were taken in USA, Utah, Canyonlands National Park (by Alexandra Klaudisová, June 2009).


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When Quintin Mikell first visited Indiana State as a prospective student in 1979, he had never flown in an airplane and had never seen snow. The New Orleans teen landed at Indianapolis airport in a major snowstorm.
"The weather was so bad that I had to spend the night at an athlete's home in Indianapolis. I couldn't make it to Terre Haute," Mikell recalled.
Despite his wintry welcome, Mikell, '84, decided to attend Indiana State on an athletic scholarship and has never regretted it.
"I had a great experience at ISU," he said. "I had come from an inner-city high school in New Orleans. The students and faculty at Indiana State are very diverse, and they made me feel welcome."
A key person who was "very instrumental in all facets of my life" was head football coach Dennis Raetz, along with technology professor Dr. Clarence Fauber. As is his nature, Mikell is very modest about his days as a Sycamore.
Not only was he on the football team his entire college career, but also he was team captain for multiple years as well an All-American honorable mention and assistant football coach while he was pursuing his master's degree. Mikell still holds two all-time records in football at his alma mater.
But what he is most proud of is his wife Donna (whom he met at Indiana State) and his three sons — Quintin Mikell Jr., who played in the NFL for 11 years; Darrian Mikell, a graduate of Indiana Wesleyan and national champion long jumper; and Devyn Mikell, a Dean's List sophomore at Indiana State and a horizontal jumper and sprinter on the track-and-field team.
With a degree in manufacturing technology and graduate studies in management, Mikell is vice president of operations at Zee Medical Inc. in Indianapolis and a dedicated community volunteer. He is also a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., whose foundation is based on scholarship, fellowship, good character and the uplifting of humanity.
That's right, the young man who arrived without a stitch of winter clothing decided to make Indiana his home.
"It's an awesome place to live," he said. "I'm a member of the Sycamore Athletic Fund Advisory Board, because I want to give back to the university that gave so much to me."


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