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Faith-Based Travel
(12 days from Lisbon to Madrid)
Day 1: Arrive in Lisbon, Portugal
Welcome to Portugal! Check into your hotel, and tonight, meet your Tour Director and fellow travelers.
Day 2: Lisbon–Alcobaça–Fátima
Henry the Navigator made Lisbon the 15th-century "Mistress of the Seas." On your guided sightseeing tour you'll see the enormous monument to him, as well as the fortified 16th-century Belém Tower, the Moorish citadel, impressive Black Horse Square, and visit the Cathedral La Sé and Jerónimos Monastery, which dates back to the mid-1400s. Later, head north for a stop in Alcobaça to visit the 12th-century Church of Santa Maria Monastery, built for 999 Cistercian monks and one of the most important medieval monasteries in Portugal. In the late-afternoon, arrive in Fátima, site of one of the world's most famous Catholic shrines. This evening, why not join the rosary and candlelight procession at the Our Lady of Fátima Basilica? (B,D)
Day 3: Fátima
This morning, time to visit the Our Lady of Fátima Shrine with the tombs of the visionaries, and the Chapel of the Apparitions, made famous by the Virgin Mary's apparition to three shepherd children—Francisco, Jacinta, and Lucia—on May 13, 1917. This afternoon, join the optional excursion with a Local Guide to visit Tomar's Convent of Christ, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The land housing the magnificent 12th-century castle and convent was given by the Portuguese king to the Order of the Knights Templar in return for their support against the Moors. (B,D)
Day 4: Fátima–Braga–Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Journey north this morning and stop in Braga, one of the oldest Christian cities in the world and nicknamed the "Portuguese Rome." Enjoy a unique experience as you ride the water funicular, built in 1882, to reach the Bom Jesus do Monte (Good Jesus of the Mount) sanctuary. See the unique zigzag stairway that is dedicated to the five senses—sight, smell, hearing, touch, and taste—and the three theological virtues—faith, hope, and charity. Later, cross into Spain and head for Santiago de Compostela for an overnight. (B)
Day 5: Santiago de Compostela–Burgos
Santiago de Compostela has been known throughout history for the key 9th-century pilgrimage route, the Way of St. James, to its cathedral, which houses the Apostle James' remains beneath the high altar. After lunch, travel to Burgos, the historic capital of Old Castile. (B,D)
Day 6: Burgos–San Ignacio de Loyola–Lourdes, France
Your visit this morning takes you to the magnificent cathedral in Burgos, a masterpiece of gothic architecture and the burial place of Spanish national hero El Cid. Later, travel through the Basque region toward Lourdes. En route, visit the 17th-century Sanctuary of Loyola, built in honor of San Ignacio de Loyola, founder of the Jesuit religious order. See its spectacular dome and main altarpiece, built in marble and jasper. Cross the border into France, and overnight in Lourdes, home to another of the world's most famous places of pilgrimage. (B,D)
Day 7: Lourdes
Today's guided walking tour includes the grotto where the Virgin Mary appeared to St. Bernadette in 1858, Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine, Bernadette's birthplace, and her family home. The afternoon is at leisure to further explore this little market town that became a pilgrimage place of world renown during the 19th century. (B,D)
Day 8: Lourdes–Carcassonne–Barcelona, Spain
Leave France this morning and head for the French-Spanish border. En route, visit fortified Carcassonne, founded by the Visigoths in the 5th century and the most medieval-looking city in France. See the ramparts, castle walls, and drawbridges that are still well preserved from the Middle Ages. Overnight in Catalonia's lively and beautiful capital, Barcelona. (B)
Day 9: Barcelona
Guided sightseeing includes a drive around Montjuïc to see the Olympic Stadium and a great panoramic view of the port and city. Continue to the city center to Plaza Catalunya and Paseo de Gracia to admire the fascinating eccentricity of Gaudi's architectural masterpieces in Houses Battló and Mila and the Sagrada Familia (entrance fees not included). Join the optional excursion to Montserrat, situated 4,055 feet above sea level in a mountain range composed of strikingly pink conglomerate, a form of sedimentary rock, and site of the Benedictine abbey that hosts the Virgin of Montserrat Sanctuary, patron saint of Catalonia. (B)
Day 10: Barcelona–Madrid
Enjoy vistas of the Spanish countryside as you drive via Saragossa, situated on the banks of the River Ebro, toward Madrid, the capital of Spain. (B)
Day 11: Madrid
Situated 2,180 feet above sea level, the Spanish rightly say that Madrid is the nearest thing to Heaven. Guided sightseeing today includes a full panoramic drive by way of the Avenida Mayor, Puerta del Sol (Gate of the Sun), Parliament Square, and a picture stop outside the Royal Palace. Afternoon at leisure. Maybe join the optional excursion to Avila to visit St. Theresa's Convent. (B,D)
Day 12: Madrid
Your vacation ends with breakfast this morning. (B)


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A Berlin man accused of impersonating a police officer and sexually assaulting a female escort is being held on $500,000 bond and could be charged in other similar cases.
Frank Mete, 55, of Concord Road in Berlin, was arrested after allegedly posing as an undercover officer conducting a sting operation and sexually assaulting a woman on Thursday at the Residence Inn at 201 Hale Road in Manchester, according to Manchester police.
The victim, a 64-year-old escort who advertises on backpage.com, told police a man who identified himself as "Bruce" called her on Wednesday and arranged to meet her at the motel around 1 p.m. on Thursday.
When the two met up, Mete had a badge and a gun and handcuffs, police said. He gave the woman $200 and identified himself as the "head of Manchester Vice."
Police said Mete handcuffed the woman, took money from her wallet and asked "Is that all you got?"
After removing the handcuffs, she said, the man told her she was beautiful, nice, and should continue working.
He said he'd come back later, demanded a hug and a kiss, then sexually assaulted her, according to court documents.
The woman called police to report the assault and responding officers put in a request for GPS coordinates and call records, which revealed several calls to escorts who advertised on backpage.com.
Mete was charged with multiple counts of first-degree sexual assault, unlawful restraint, first-degree robbery, impersonating a police officer and sixth-degree larceny.
Police said they're also looking into whether Mete is connected to several similar assaults that happened in nearby towns.
As police were investigating the Manchester assault on Thursday, GPS coordinates placed the attacker near Motel 6 in Enfield. When police searched the area, Enfield police received a report of a man posing as a police officer sexually assaulting an escort in their town.
Both escorts had received calls from the same phone number, police said.
Another person, who police referred to as an "unverified escort" in Hartford reported a man posing as a police officer trying to handcuff her.
He had difficulty with the handcuffs and got agitated when she questioned whether he was a police officer, according to court documents, then took her identification and Social Security number, warned her not to call police and left, police said.
The investigation led police to someone who helped police identify Mete as the suspect.
The man said Mete was likely spiraling out of control and he was "terrified of what [Mete] was capable of," according to police.
Court document show that Mete is scheduled to be sentenced in a federal case; however, representatives from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Connecticut say Mete will not be facing any federal charges.
Mete's prior record also includes a breach of peace conviction in 2007, for which he served 18 months in prison.
Police said they expect to file additional charges.

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Sharing the wealth: The treasure hidden in patient information
With the launch of a public consultation on the proposals for reforms to the NHS Constitution, we outline why suggested measures to help make patient information available to health researchers will be doing us all a favour.
Imagine a world where the link between smoking and lung cancer is just a myth. Where we notice that smoking 20 a day leads to a chesty cough and less endurance during a football match, but where there's no reason to conclude that a man stricken with lung cancer owes his ailment to a lifelong love of cigarettes.
This might sound like a strange scenario, given that the link between smoking and lung cancer is so well established today. Such a world existed in 1950, however, prior to the pioneering detective work of epidemiologists like Richard Doll, who drew on a wealth of information contained in patients' health records to demonstrate that lighting up really will vastly increase the risk of lung cancer. Without their research, the health prospects of a lot of people would be going up in smoke today.
Research based on data contained in health records provides an invaluable tool for identifying the causes of chronic diseases that are products of exposure to lifestyle factors over many decades, such as coronary heart disease, cancers and Alzheimer's disease. But it has many more uses too.
Health data about patients and the public allow experts to detect potential outbreaks of infectious diseases, in order to limit their impact. Similarly, individuals who are taking a newly introduced drug need to be monitored to ensure that they do not develop malign side-effects, and health records make it possible to follow up those who use these medications. Innovative new treatments for diseases cannot be tested in clinical trials until sufferers of specific diseases have been identified through records, then contacted and recruited. And the increasing use of electronic records which can be linked together allows ever more sophisticated studies to shed light on the causes of diseases by combining information from several sources on thousands or even millions of participants.
Treasure trove
Since the 1940s, the NHS has been recording information on patients' health from birth to death. As a result, the UK is sitting on the world's largest trove of data that could be used for research to improve the health and wellbeing of the public. However, perhaps typical of hidden treasure, realising the value of this stash to aid health research has been an arduous task to date.
The UK has a large framework of regulation in place that rightly protects the confidentiality of patients using the health service. Upholding patient confidentiality is an essential process, but the complex network of regulatory bodies and laws that address the accessing of patient information by researchers also puts the brakes on beneficial research that would help to save lives. Given that spending from the public purse has produced the vast amounts of data amassed in health records, the public deserves to reap as much benefit as possible from its investment in the health service.
Fortunately, change is afoot. As part of an overhaul of the NHS Constitution that is currently under consideration, suggested amendments will help to streamline the process by which health researchers can be approved for accessing patient data, while maintaining safeguards for patient confidentiality and an individual's right to decide whether or not their information is used for research purposes.
In a recent letter to The Times, the Wellcome Trust – in partnership with the Association of Medical Research Charities, the British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK and the Academy of Medical Sciences – stated their support for the suggested amendments and focused on how existing safeguards to maintain patient confidentiality would be upheld. But how do you feel about changes to the NHS Constitution that will facilitate the use of patient data in health research?
Last week, the Department of Health launched a public consultation to address its proposals for strengthening the NHS Constitution. The proposed amendments mean the NHS would make three pledges to patients with respect to the use of their information in research:
- To anonymise data collected on patients during the course of their treatment and use the data to support research and improve care for others.
- Where patients are identifiable from data necessary for the conduct of specific research projects (such as a date of birth), the NHS will provide patients with the chance to decide whether or not to allow their information to be used in the research.
- To inform patients of research studies in which they may be eligible to participate.
You can submit your views on the amended Constitution at any point until 28 January 2013.
So if you're thinking of quitting smoking, perhaps as a New Year's resolution, remember that we have researchers' access to patient data to thank for giving you a great reason to do so. But there's no need to wait until the New Year to contribute to the NHS Constitution discussion – we've teamed up with Mumsnet to provide a forum to explore the issues in more depth. It is now live, and we hope you'll come and join in the conversation.
Dylan Williams
Dylan is currently on secondment with the Trust's policy team from the Academy of Medical Sciences.
Image credits: Justine Desmond, Wellcome Images; Wellcome Library, Wellcome Images.
Updated 14 November 2012: The timing of the Mumsnet forum changed.
Updated 19 November 2012: The forum is now live.
Claire permalink15 Nov, 2012 11:58 am
If only science and research operated in a political vacuum. If only people could trust governments and (ever-decreasing) regulatory bodies. If only goalposts weren't regularly moved. If only there wasn't monetary value in information. If only there weren't already cases of confidentiality being compromised. If only research virtue wasn't regularly trumped by ambition and politics and financial gain. If only one could be confident that all implications of consent and all information about research conduct would be fully explained and that all patients would be competent to understand. If only information purely went to those people who wanted to do good for the sake of all humanity. Of course all of the above are impossible ideals in the 'real world'. But it doesn't stop a cautious person from having reservations about where this constitutional amendment might take us. Good may well come of this, I agree. But we need to be very, very careful and we need to be convinced that current – and future – safeguards will bear the weight of the responsibility. And the right to opt out – and be informed of that right – must be sacrosanct.
Ann Brand permalink15 Nov, 2012 12:53 pm
What a fluffy article. Very little consideration to how "while maintaining safeguards for patient confidentiality" will be achieved. Simply taking a name off a record will not render it anonymous; doctors often include lots of identifiable information in the notes section, including the patient's name. "Given that spending from the public purse has produced the vast amounts of data amassed in health records…" Very personal information that people have given in confidence to help healthcare professionals provide care should not simply be regarded as "data amassed". This is dehumanizing. And whereas respected research charities are mentioned in this article, there's no mention of selling records to the pharmaceutical industry. Research charities already have access to health records under closely regulated ethical guidelines. The aim of the changes to the NHS constitution is to widen access to records to the pharmaceutical industry. The downside, which isn't mentioned in this article, is that if people know that their information will end up out there in the ether (e.g. on a marketing manager's hard drive), they simply won't share it with healthcare professionals. This is dangerous. Rather than "doing us all a favour" sharing medical records without consent (which in reality is what is going to happen) is contravening all of our rights to privacy. Then again, the standards of confidentiality and privacy in the NHS are poor anyway, and most people don't mind sharing records because they don't believe there's anything particularly personal on them. But don't be too sure of that. Healthcare professionals can write whatever they like and it's not always accurate. Once accurate or offensively inaccurate information is out there, it is no longer confidential.
16 Nov, 2012 4:08 pm
The debate about how the data may be used will rumble on. What is not in doubt is the potentially fascinating historical resource the records provide. Dr David Tyrrell, speaking at the Wellcome Witness seminar on 'Research In General Practice' in 1997, drew attention to the advantages afforded by these patient records, which come down to us from general practice. He points to the 1911 National Insurance Act, which necessitated patients being registered with a doctor. As a result of this, to quote Dr Tyrrell:
"We have a defined population, and if they change their doctor, their records should go with them. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, that general practice should have a gatekeeper role to the secondary services. The result of that is that the information collected by general practitioners can reflect not only what they observe themselves in their own practice, but the outcome of their patients' care in the secondary and tertiary care sectors of the health service. These characteristics, of course, persisted in the 1946 National Health Service Act … Without these conditions we would have had great difficulty in establishing a proper epidemiological basis for combining valid observations from many practices to produce aggregated data. You only have to look at those countries that haven't got these advantages to realize what an amazing difficulty they have in trying to evaluate information from the general practice base."
@The_Radiologist permalink19 Nov, 2012 2:27 pm
This is a debate which is long-since overdue. I would welcome secure, confidential access to patient data.
I think that it is important to think about all of the medical information that is generated for patients as they travel through various NHS services. Electronic records, paper notes and medial imaging data are all rich sources of information for researchers. Medical imaging in particular is a situation where the rules and laws governing information storage/transfer/usage are difficult to understand and open for interpretation. Simplification and clarity on the use of medical imaging in research would help patients, clinicians and researchers alike.
But perhaps we could go further and think big? i could imaging a situation where every digital medical image (X-ray/MRI/CT scan) is stored on a shared NHS cloud. An anonymous NHS-wide library of medical imaging would be the largest archive on the planet and would instantly become the most important source of data for research in radiology, should one ever be created.
We have an opportunity. Let's not squander it.


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Way back in October 2010, I entered a competition sponsored by Alternative Armies and featuring a group of 'Fencibles' or blister 54031. Full details have been posted here on this post and this post. While information about the miniatures can be found here.
Craig Andrews at Barking Irons Online has just posted this link giving more information on the conversions and the painting. The article was written by me in 2010, just after the competition results had been announced and gives some additional background to the Kyngs Own Royal (Home) Guard.
It has been such a long time since I wrote this piece that I had forgotten all about it. It is therefore even more satisfying to eventually see it in print. I hope that you enjoy it. Craig has hinted that this will be the first of a series of similar articles on painting Flintloque miniatures.
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Yankees 2014 Spring Training invitees
Yankees sign nine players to minor league contracts with invitations to Major League Spring Training; invite a total of 26 additional players to 2014 Spring Training
The New York Yankees today announced that they have signed nine players to minor league contracts with an invitation to Major League Spring Training: RHP Bruce Billings, INF Russ Canzler, RHP Robert Coello, RHP Brian Gordon, RHP Chris Leroux, OF Antoan Richardson, INF Scott Sizemore, INF Yangervis Solarte and INF Zelous Wheeler. The club has also invited 17 additional players to 2014 spring training, bringing the total number of invitees to 26 (13 pitchers, three catchers, six infielders and four outfielders). The number of players now scheduled to report is 66-18 fewer than 2013's total of 84.
Canzler , 27, has appeared in 29 Major League games-three with Tampa Bay in 2011 and 26 with Cleveland in 2012-combining to bat .271 (26-for-96) as a first baseman, outfielder and designated hitter. He was selected out of Hazleton Area High School (Pa.) by the Chicago Cubs in the 30th round of the 2004 First-Year Player Draft and spent seven seasons (2004-10) with the organization.
Coello (pronounced koo-WAY-oh), 29, has combined to make 28 Major League relief appearances with Boston (2010), Toronto (2012) and Los Angeles-AL (2013), going 2-3 with one save and a 5.90 ERA (29.0IP, 19ER, 39K). He allowed only one run in his first 11 outings (13.1IP) with the Angels last season, retiring 21 consecutive batters (12K) in six games from May 13-25. In his career, Coello has averaged 12.1 strikeouts per nine innings pitched and held right-handed hitters to a .209 (14-for-67) batting average. He was selected by the Cincinnati Reds as a catcher in the 20th round of the 2004 First-Year Player Draft, but was converted to a pitcher by the Angels organization prior to the 2007 season.
Leroux (lah-RUE), 29, has made 63 Major League relief appearances with Florida (2009-10) and Pittsburgh (2010-13), going 1-2 with a 5.56 ERA (69.2IP, 43ER, 63K, 3HR). He played for Canada in the 2009 and 2013 World Baseball Classics, combining to go 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA (4.2IP, 3H, 2BB, 5K). After being claimed off waivers by the Pirates on September 13, 2010, Leroux went 1-1 with a 2.88 ERA (25.0IP, 8ER, 24K, 7BB) in 23 games with the club in 2011. He made two appearances with the Pirates in 2013 before becoming a free agent on April 17. He then joined the Yakult Swallows of the Japan Central League, going 0-2 with a 9.00 ERA in five starts (22.0IP, 22ER). Leroux was selected by the Marlins in the seventh round of the 2005 First-Year Player Draft after playing baseball for three seasons at Winthrop University (S.C.).
Sizemore , 29, has appeared in 160 Major League games for Detroit (2010-11) and Oakland (2011, '13), combining to bat .238 (123-for-517) with 14 home runs while playing second base and third base. After being traded to Oakland on May 27, 2011, Sizemore started 88 of the A's final 102 games at third base and batted .249 (76-for-305), ranking second on the team in home runs (11) and tying for second in RBI (52) over the stretch. He played baseball at Virginia Commonwealth University for three seasons before being selected by the Tigers in the fifth round of the 2006 First-Year Player Draft.
RHP Matt Daley , INF Corban Joseph and RHP Jim Miller earned invitations after spending a portion of the 2013 season with the Yankees. Daley, 31, was selected to the Major League roster on September 6 and did not allow a run in his seven appearances with the club (6.0IP, 2H, 0BB, 8K), holding opponents hitless in his final five games (4.0IP). On September 26 vs. Tampa Bay, Daley struck out his only batter faced after replacing Mariano Rivera in his final career appearance. Joseph, 25, appeared in two games with the Yankees when he was called up as the club's 26th Man for the May 13 doubleheader at Cleveland, starting the opener at first base (0-for-2, 1BB) and starting the nightcap at second base (1-for-4, 1R). Miller, 31, made his only Major League appearance of the season on September 7 vs. Boston (1.1IP, 3H, 3ER, 1HR, 1BB).
Also earning an invitation is RHP David Herndon, who is 2-8 with a 3.85 ERA (117.0IP, 50ER) in 97 Major League relief appearances, all with Philadelphia (2010-12). After spending his first four professional seasons (2006-09) in the Angels' minor league system, he was selected by the Phillies in the Rule 5 Draft on December 10, 2009, making the club's Opening Day roster in three consecutive years (2010-12). He appeared in 92 games (109.1IP) in his first two Major League seasons, holding right-handed hitters to a .200 (26-for-130) batting average in 2011. Herndon was selected out of Gulf Coast Community College by Los Angeles-AL in the fifth round of the 2006 First-Year Player Draft.
RHP Yoshinori Tateyama earned an invitation after joining the Yankees organization during the 2013 season. He spent his first 12 professional seasons in Japan (1999-2010), going 35-43 with 27 saves and a 3.43 ERA (661.2IP, 252ER) in 438 appearances with the Nippon Ham Fighters. He signed with the Texas Rangers on November 30, 2010, and spent two full seasons and part of a third with the organization before being traded to the Yankees on June 21, 2013, for future considerations. Tateyama has made 53 Major League relief appearances-all with Texas-going 3-0 with one save and a 5.75 ERA (61.0IP, 39ER, 61K, 17BB) from 2011-12.
The list of invitees includes five of the Yankees' selections from the 2010 First-Year Player Draft: OF Mason Williams (fourth round),RHP Danny Burawa (12th), OF Tyler Austin (13th), RHP Chase Whitley (15 th) and LHP Fred Lewis (47th). Following the 2013 season, Williams was ranked by Baseball America as the third-best prospect in the organization, as well as the "Fastest Baserunner," "Best Athlete" and "Best Defensive Outfielder."
Also earning an invitation are recent Yankees draft picks RHP Mark Montgomery (2011, 11th round) and C Pete O'Brien (2012, second round). Montgomery was voted the Yankees' minor league "Pitcher of the Year" in 2012, and following the 2013 season his slider was ranked as the best in the organization by Baseball America. O'Brien led all Yankees minor leaguers in 2013 with 22 home runs and 96 RBI, batting .291 (130-for-447) with a .544 slugging percentage as a catcher, third baseman and designated hitter.
Rounding out the Yankees' invitees are C Francisco Arcia, OF Adonis Garcia, C Jose Gil, INF Jose Pirela and LHP Francisco Rondon.


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Broncos linebacker Mays will try to "slow" play Pat's Gronkowski
There can't be many more difficult matchups in the AFC than a linebacker trying to hang with Patriots tight end extraordinaire Rob Gronkowski.
But at times that will be the challenge facing Broncos linebacker Joe Mays on Sunday at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. The 6-foot-6, 240-pound Gronkowski is just a second-year player from the University of Arizona but already ranks among the best. His 71 receptions ranks third among NFL tight ends, behind New Orleans' Jimmy Graham (80) and Atlanta's Tony Gonzalez (73).
"You just try to get your hands on him as soon as you can," Mays said of Gronkowski. "(You try to) jam him on the line, slow him down, slow his momentum down, just make Tom Brady look somewhere else. That's what we're going to try to do this week, and hopefully it works for us. We're definitely going to try to work hard to get that done."


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Request for a preliminary ruling from the Trgovački sud u Zagreb (Croatia) made on 1 March 2019 — INA-INDUSTRIJA NAFTE d.d. and Others v LUBJANSKA BANKA d.d.
(Case C-200/19)
Language of the case: Croatian
Referring court
Trgovački sud u Zagreb
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicants: INA-INDUSTRIJA NAFTE d.d., CROATIA osiguranje d.d., REPUBLIKA HRVATSKA, Croatia Airlines d.d., GRAD ZAGREB, HRVATSKA ELEKTROPRIVREDA d.d., HRVATSKE ŠUME d.o.o., KAPITAL d.o.o. u stečaju, PETROKEMIJA d.d., Đuro Đaković Holding d.d., ENERGOINVEST d.d., TELENERG d.o.o., ENERGOCONTROL d.o.o., UDRUGA POSLODAVACA U ZDRAVSTVU, HRVATSKI ZAVOD ZA MIROVINSKO OSIGURANJE, ZAGREBPČANKA-POSLOVNI OBJEKTI d.d., BRODOGRADILIŠTE VIKTOR LENAC d.d., INOVINE d.d., MARAT INŽENJERING d.o.o., GOYA — COMPANY d.o.o., METROPOLIS PLAN d.o.o., Dalekovod d.d., INFRATERRA d.o.o., Citat d.o.o., STAROSTA d.o.o., METALKA METALCOM d.o.o., I.Š, B.C., Z.N., D.G., M.R., A.T.
Defendant: LUBJANSKA BANKA d.d.
Questions referred
Bearing in mind that the defendant neither participated in the conclusion of the agreements with the other co-owners nor consented to that which was agreed, must Article 7(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 be interpreted as meaning that the defendant's obligation — which is established by law but which, as regards the amount, final date for payment and other details, is determined by common agreement by the owners who represent more than half of the shares in the joint ownership of the building — must be regarded as a contractual obligation?
Must Article 7(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 be interpreted as meaning that the failure to perform an obligation established by law with regard to the other co-owners of the building, who may seek performance of that obligation by judicial means, should be regarded as a tort, delict or quasi-delict, particularly having regard to the fact that the defendant's failure to perform a legal obligation can give rise to additional harm (aside from the financial loss from the reserve fund) both for the other co-owners and for third parties?
Taking into consideration that, in the present case, the obligation in question arises from the fact that the defendant is the owner of commercial premises in which it carries out activities, namely, premises in which a branch is situated, must Article 7(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 be interpreted as meaning that this is a dispute relating to the operation of branches, agencies or any other establishment?


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Spark a Reaction Film Festival
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(PG) A boy's best friend is his robot in this animated adventure from Brad Bird, best known for his TV work on such series as The Simpsons, King of the Hill, and The Critic. Set in 1957, The Iron Giant focuses on Hogarth (voice of Eli Marienthal), an imaginative nine-year-old boy who daydreams of alien invasions and doing battle with Communist agents. One day, Hogarth hears a local fisherman talk about something that surpasses anything he could dream up: a fifty-foot robot that fell from the sky into a nearby lake. Needless to say, Hogarth's mom, Annie (voice of Jennifer Aniston) finds this a little hard to swallow, but when Hogarth finds the robot (voice of Vin Diesel) and fishes him out of the water, his pal Dean (voice of Harry Connick Jr.), a beatnik sculptor who also runs a junkyard, offers to help by hiding the robot with his salvage. A government agent named Kent Mansley (voice of Christopher McDonald) soon gets wind that there's a mechanical invader of unknown origins in the neighborhood and wants to wipe out the potential threat. However, the robot (which loves to eat metal and is learning to talk) turns out to be friendly, and the boy in turn tries to teach his new pal the ways of humans. The Iron Giant is loosely based on the book The Iron Man by late British poet Ted Hughes, previously adapted for the stage by rock musician Pete Townshend, who executive produced the film. Author: Mark Deming


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Monetary and Financial Statistics Manual
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- VI. Money, Credit, and Debt
- VII. The Framework for Monetary Statistics
- VIII. Financial Statistics
- Appendix 1. Accounts with the IMF
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While hundreds of words start with letter O, no word has been as special as Orgasm. Everyone has been curious enough and wants to know more about it, especially men. Here are some interesting facts about male orgasms.
While hundreds of words start with letter O, no word has been as special as Orgasm. Everyone has been curious enough and wants to know more about it, especially men. Here are some interesting facts about male orgasms.
Do men have a G-spot like women? Many doctors will give you a quick yes for this question. However it has not been proved, look for a small chestnut sized mound about two inches inside the anus if you have decided to find it in your man.
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In 1868, hotel owner Robert Woodward opens his home and gardens at Mission and 14th Streets, alongside the tracks of his horse car line, as a pleasure park, with a 25-cent admission fee to enter the gates.
Woodward's Gardens
"Woodward's Gardens are...a grand union of park, garden, conservatory, museum, gymnasium, zoological grounds and art gallery, no Eastern city offers the equal of Woodward's Gardens."
-- BANCROFT's PACIFIC GUIDE.
Woodward's Gardens, 1874
Woodward's Gardens, art gallery
Woodward's Gardens, between 1866 and 1892
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peter0991 wrote:So the past two days have been very successful. Got her through the mot on Friday, and made my way over to Dartmouth to get dyno'ed and mapped.
I dont know who had her mapped before me, but the Steve from FC Tuning was not impressed with the map.
Straightaway he solved the injector problem i have had since February and towards the end of the session she was pushing around 264bhp at the flywheel @0.5bar. Il put the dyno sheets up later so you can see a comparison between a good map and a bad map.
So at last she is driveable and all is left is a timing belt change and she will be ready for some track time.
It is a completely different car now, i must admit i was even a little scared when i got in after the dyno run. The engine response and power delivery was unbelievable...what was i driving before?!?
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Ginger-Honey Pumpkin Pie (via epicurious.com)
1 15-ounce can pure pumpkin
1/2 cup (packed) golden brown sugar
1/3 cup honey
3 large eggs
1 1/4 cups whipping cream
1 tablespoon finely grated peeled fresh ginger
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
Honey-sweetened whipped cream
Roll out dough on lightly floured surface to 13-inch round. Transfer to 9-inch deep-dish glass pie dish. Trim overhang to 1/2 inch. Fold overhang under; crimp edges decoratively. Refrigerate 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 375°F. Line crust with foil. Fill with dried beans. Bake until edges begin to brown, about 17 minutes. Remove foil and beans. Bake until golden brown, pressing with back of fork if crust bubbles, about 5 minutes longer. Transfer to rack. Maintain oven temperature.
Whisk pumpkin, sugar, and honey in large bowl. Whisk in eggs 1 at a time. Whisk in 1 1/4 cups cream, ginger, cinnamon, and salt. Pour into crust. Bake pie until set, covering edges with foil collar if browning too fast, about 60 minutes. Cool. (Can be made 6 hours ahead.) Serve at room temperature with whipped cream.
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Day twenty: How'd you get your hair like that?
On day twenty of "How'd you get your hair like that?" I visited Old Major in the Highlands, and finally found it: a sock bun.
This particular sock bun had been in a bun all of the work day, and it looked like it had stayed in tact pretty well. A good, practical look for the working girl on the go, and this girl happens to be Jay Jay, a special events coordinator at a nonprofit here in Denver.
Jay Jay gives the how-to on how to create her bun, and shows me how it looks from all angles – the front, the top, the side. And in fact, this sock bun isn't a a sock at all. It's a sponge. A hair scrunchy sponge. Very sponge-worthy.
I have the most tiny ponytail the world has ever seen – the bun my hair gets twirled into could never achieve sock (or sponge) status. But alas. There will always be buns like the one Jay Jay has got, for me to admire.
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The lady who allegedly humped Hulk Hogan on tape also allegedly humped several athletes on tape. Deion Sanders, Tony Stewart, and Warren Sapp are among the rumored names. So is Aubrey Huff. Yes, Aubrey Huff. Tampa's weird.
After we posted a brief clip of Hulk Hogan's sex tape last month, TMZ reported that there were three other tapes made. We actually heard there were more than that. Soon after the initial Hulk Hogan not-so-sex-filled "sex tape" was published on Gawker, a man who called himself "Jim Janerro" wrote to us. He claimed he had more footage of Bubba's wife getting it on in the same bedroom with numerous other partners, including other scenes with her and Hogan. He said there were "lots of black guys" involved, too. "Jim" claimed he found the tapes in a box of promotional DVDs he purchased at the annual Bubba Army Garage Sale last year.


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Dickey struggles as Blue Jays fall to Tribe
Knuckleballer surrenders four runs in first Opening Night start
TORONTO -- R.A. Dickey is at his best when the knuckleball is dancing all over the place, but on Opening Night versus the Indians, his go-to pitch moved almost too much.
Toronto's No. 1 starter had some difficulty finding the strike zone during the early stages of his debut in a Blue Jays uniform while catcher J.P. Arencibia also had issues keeping the ball in front of him.
Dickey walked four batters and surrendered a total of four runs as the new-look Blue Jays came out on the wrong end of a 4-1 score in front of 48,857 fans at Rogers Centre on Tuesday night.
"I didn't feel like I gave up many hard-hit balls," Dickey said after the first Opening Day start of his career. "That's a sign of a lot of movement. Early on in particular, it was moving pretty violently right at the plate and you saw that manifest in J.P. struggling with it a little bit. That's part of it ... but it was moving pretty good."
Dickey is expected to use the controlled climate at Rogers Centre to his advantage this season. The knuckleball can become lethal when it doesn't have to deal with gusting winds, and during the summer months a lack of humidity also could work in Dickey's favor when the roof is closed.
When the knuckleball is sheltered from the dangers of Mother Nature, it has the ability to float and sink on its own. That causes nightmares for opposing hitters, but it can also become an issue for the catcher behind the plate.
Arencibia experienced that first hand as he was charged with three passed balls in the first two innings before settling into a groove with Dickey. Two of the errors helped contribute to a pair of runs in the second inning as runners advanced and then came around to score on an RBI grounder by Lonnie Chisenhall and an RBI single by Drew Stubbs.
"I had more movement tonight than I had all of Spring Training," Dickey said. "It's just the nature of some adrenaline, velocities were back up and the dome's nice to throw in.
"The release point was a struggle for me tonight a little bit, because it was moving so much early, but I felt like I had a pretty good handle on it for most of the night. I think I walked four guys all of Spring Training, so that was an anomaly for me. But you have to have a workmanlike mentality in this game and we'll get it right."
Dickey got through the third and fourth innings unscathed, but the big blow for Cleveland came in the fifth. With a man on, Asdrubal Cabrera lifted a high fly ball to right field. Jose Bautista attempted to track the ball, but it kept sailing and landed just over the wall for Cabrera's first homer of the season.
That gave the Indians a comfortable 4-1 lead they would not relinquish. Dickey allowed all four runs -- three earned -- while striking out four over six innings of work.
It wasn't the way Dickey wanted to start his tenure in Toronto, but the final pitching line also looks worse than the outing actually was. Dickey managed to weather the storm early and had some of the Indians shaking their heads throughout the game.
"He has really good stuff, I'll say I got lucky there," Cabrera said of his homer. "I hit it good, but I thought it was too high."
Cabrera delivered a blow to the Blue Jays with his bat, but he also delivered one with his glove. Toronto had the bases loaded with nobody out in the third inning when designated hitter Adam Lind hit a scorching one-hopper to shortstop.
The 27-year-old Cabrera not only was able to pick the ball of the turf, but after falling onto his backside, he flipped the ball to second baseman Jason Kipnis for the start of a double play. One run came around to score, but the Blue Jays' rally was essentially put to rest and helped keep right-hander Justin Masterson in control on the mound.
While Dickey and Arencibia received most of the attention Tuesday night, it was the lack of execution with runners in scoring position that ultimately led to the Blue Jays' downfall in Game 1. With Masterson on the mound, Toronto went 0-for-4 with runners in scoring position while stranding a total of five runners.
Masterson allowed just the one run on three hits while walking four and striking out five over six innings. Including the Lind at-bat, Masterson retired the final 11 batters he faced to help secure his first win of the season.
"I think the real big pitch was the bases loaded," said Arencibia, who went 1-for-4 with a double. "Lindy hits that ball square on the screws and it turned into a double play and I think he settled in after that.
"You have to tip your hat to him, he threw some turbo sinkers. He has a really good sinker, he was able to throw the four-seamer for strikes, flip in the slider to try and get people off the fastball. But he's a good pitcher for a reason and he did a good job."


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Jamal Hinton was confused by the Thanksgiving dinner invitation he got from an unknown number, but the misplaced missive has led to a heartwarming cross-generational meet-up, NBC News reports.
The high school senior from Phoenix was included on a group text Tuesday indicating that Thanksgiving dinner would be served at 3 p.m. this year.
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"I thought it was either a wrong number or my grandma learned how to use a phone correctly," Hinton told NBC News.
But when he asked for a photo, the woman who wrote back was a stranger to him. But she's a grandma, and when he jokingly asked if he could still get a plate, Wanda Delch replied that she'd be happy to.


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I have heard of the Undead, but is there any such thing as the Unbrave? The Unbrave sure showed up when the Spouse Mafia at work decided that we needed a team-building activity. How about the trapeze?
I thought at first this was a bar -- some kind of circus-themed bar with fruity drinks named after famous elephants and bartenders dressed as clowns. Not so much. This was an actual trapeze rig set up by Trapeze School New York at Nationals Park in downtown D.C.
I signed right up. I did, after all, love the monkey bars as a child. The fact that I was born without any upper body strength whatsoever and I have not done anything to change that condition conveniently slipped my mind. That's my kind of brave.
So I was first up the ladder. My heart pounded in my throat. I told myself to handle it the way I handle all new and scary things -- concentrate on one step up the ladder at a time.
Do not think about the way the ladder bends and shakes. Do not pay attention to how easy it would be to fall off. Do not wonder why you are wearing a safety apparatus for ladder use.
The instructor on the platform gave me step-by-step instructions about what to do next. Soon I was poised out over the net with the instructor grasping me by the safety harness and handing me the trapeze. It was heavy. A lot heavier than I thought.
Down below, the Spouse Mafia called encouragement. I bent my knees to leap into the atmosphere. And I could not jump. My knees would bend. They just forgot how to jump. I'm sure I looked like an idiot bending my knees up and down, up and down with my feet clinging like claws to the platform.
Finally, I sort of … well … fell off the platform and clung to the bar. I could not wait for the instructor to tell me to let go.
Then I was in the net. I was fine. I watched my workmates climb the ladder in their turn. I thought, OK, we have done this and now we can go home.
Yet when each of my teammates came down from the trapeze, I saw that their faces were rapturous. They were having the time of their lives.
I was terrified. I was fighting back tears. They were practically pushing each other out of the way to do it again.
When my Army son called after my third turn, I took it as a fantastic reason to pick up my stuff and wave merrily goodbye to the group. I got to the car and sobbed.
"Why are you so scared, Mom?" my son asked. "Weren't you safe? Weren't you wearing a harness?"
"I'm not brave. I thought I was brave," I wailed.
"I thought you told us that bravery was doing what you were afraid to do," he said. "So you did it three times. That's brave enough."
"But I wanted to do it fantastically. I wanted to do it with style!"
"Maybe you should just be glad it is over," he said. "You did it and it is over. You are allowed to be unbrave."
I thought about being unbrave all the way home. While zombies might be dead and then undead, maybe I could be brave and then unbrave -- not only when it comes to the trapeze, but in every part of my life.
I'd like to be brave like our servicemembers and brave like other spouses I know. They are unflappable. They are practical. They are brave with grace.
Me, I walk with the Unbrave. I can try the trapeze and hate it. I can drag through deployments as if my wrists actually belong next to my ankles. I can flop my way through the scary stuff I have to face as long as I do it.
Being unbrave isn't quite as cool as being brave. But maybe unbrave is brave enough.


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What makes a real programmer1. Well, apart from the ability to write a blackjack program that always wins, I think it is probably someone who actually programs for fun outside of work (novel concept, I know), not necessarily someone who is good at it. I'm not a real programmer, but I do play one occasionally on various blogs.
One of the places I look for fun problems to solve is Project Euler. Actually that isn't true. I've only solved two problems there which gives me a smartness rating of 1%. But what is Project Euler? Fortunately, that is one of the FAQs.
Project Euler is a series of challenging mathematical/computer programming problems that will require more than just mathematical insights to solve. Although mathematics will help you arrive at elegant and efficient methods, the use of a computer and programming skills will be required to solve most problems.
I think problem 26 looks pretty interesting.
Problem 26: Find the value of d < 1000 for which 1/d contains the longest recurring cycle.
How would you solve this problem?
(/ 1.0 7) ;; 0.14285714285714285 (length (format "%s" (/ 1.0 7))) ;; 19
It looks like standard floating point can do around 19 sig figs. That probably isn't going to be enough, but fortunately emacs has an arbitrary precision calculator built in called calc.
(progn (calc-create-buffer) (calc-precision 30) (calc-eval (format "1/7"))) ;; "0.142857142857142857142857142857"
Now all I need to do is find a way to measure how long the recurring cycle is. Having solved it prior to writing the article, I can say a couple of things which I discovered by experimentation at the REPL.
- There is no 1/d for d < 1000 where the cycle is longer than d – 1.
- The long cycles are all where d is prime number
The second of these means that I only need to process the prime numbers which will save a lot of calculation effort. The first, leads to a strategy to calculate the cycle.
If I set the precision to, say, 1050, there will always be a cycle. Therefore, all I have to do is take digits 1020 to 1040 or so and figure out where they occurred previously.
(let* ((where (- l 30))
(pos (string-match (substring r where (+ where 20)) r))
(diff (- where pos)))
If r contains a string representation of the floating-point ratio, then diff will contain the length of the cycle. This assumes the cycle only occurs once in the string which isn't necessarily the case. I therefore add a check that an arbitrary 20 digit sequence in the middle of the string occurs at that point for the first time2.
(when (and (> (length r) 600)
(> (string-match (substring r 501 520) r) 400))
Putting it all together along with a method to get a list of prime numbers gets me this entirely adequate solution. And d is therefore… actually, no I'm not going to tell you. You'll just have to run the code for yourself.
(require 'calc) (require 'calc-comb) (defun primes (from to) (let ((p (calcFunc-nextprime (1- from)))) (if (> p to) '() (cons p (primes (1+ p) to))))) (defun find-ratios () (calc-create-buffer) (calc-select-buffer) (toggle-read-only 0) (toggle-truncate-lines 0) (erase-buffer) (calc-precision 1050) (insert "\n\n") (dolist (i (primes 900 1000)) (let* ((r (calc-eval (format "1/%s" i))) (l (length r))) (when (and (> (length r) 600) (> (string-match (substring r 501 520) r) 400)) (let* ((where (- l 30)) (pos (string-match (substring r where (+ where 20)) r))) (insert (format "%3d : %s (%s)\n\n" i r (- where pos))))))))
1. Actually, for me, a real programmer is someone real (as opposed to Bugs Bunny for example) who writes programs but it's always fun to redefine terms isn't it?
2. Yes, I know that first of all, that is not exactly what the code is doing and second of all it isn't precise in the least, but hey, I'm an engineer, not a mathematician.


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Why The ICC Is Wrong In Kenya And The Sudan
If the future welfare of these two large and important African nations were truly a matter of benevolent concern it would be clear that at such a critical transitional period both nations need a breathing space from constant hostile western press attacks and the ICC spotlight that are shifting daily the ground under the leaders' feet.
[Global: Africa]
Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor who has little if any real knowledge of Africa and its mass of mini-nations, seemingly has the one ambition of bringing the Sudan to disaster as the result of his personal quest for
President Omar Hassan al-Bashir.
He is not thinking of the consequences that would occur during this period when the Sudan is organizing itself into a new destiny of nationhood. Here we have a person brought up in South America where crime, disaster, corruption and lack of democracy are endemic.
He seems unaware that Africa has had, and is doing its best to shake off, the yoke of colonialism and the White man's
re-drawing of borders that have left mini-nations divided in two or three different colonial countries which now makes it extremely hard toil for elected leaders to create "one nation, one people."
This is especially so when foreigners, with complete indifference to the needs of Africans, swoop in and corrupt different ethnic groups to gain the wealth of oil and minerals and in doing so bring ethnic violence that is then supplied with imported modern weaponry.
The Sudan is one such case but Kenya, right on the Sudan's border, now is also under the "iron fist" of Moreno-Ocampo.
Certainly we have seen atrocities committed during Kenya's elections and certainly the super powers were saying and aware there would be killings, rape and human atrocities at such a time.
Yet this Western version of democracy is what the USA demanded. They shrugged their shoulders at more seasoned advice to let Africa find its own destiny and not let those like Moreno-Ocampo crack the whip upon young African nations where even basic schooling has not reached the hungry masses.
So now in Kenya we have President Mwai Kibaki and his Prime Minister Raila Odinga bashing heads together and thoroughly
alarmed by the release of Moreno-Ocampo's list of the Kenyans he wishes to put on public trial in a European court; especially as those named are key personalities of the mini-nations making up the newly formed coalition government.
Moreno-Ocampo and with equal measure, Washington, unquestionably are causing a political fallout that can split the cabinets of both, within Sudan and Kenya, at the very time day-to-day management is required by the African Union to keep the peace.
If the future welfare of these two large and important African nations were truly a matter of benevolent concern it would be clear that at such a critical transitional period both nations need a breathing space from constant hostile western press attacks and the ICC spotlight that are shifting daily the ground under the leaders' feet.
Bob Astles lived for many years in Africa and was an advisor to Ugandan dictator Idi Amin.
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