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I had trouble loading these photos up last night as Microsoft Internet Explorer was behaving like a Trabant. I eventually got them up with Chrome. Anyway it was another busy race day on the waterfront with people enjoying the weather and views everywhere.
The fastest time in the 3rd 5k race for 2015 was Ben Twyman in a time of 16.37 with Bert Prendergast chasing hard to pick up 2nd in 16.39. This was an impressive PB for Bert and with only a 2s gap is it possible that Prendy might shut out Benny for line honours sometime in the future?Third quickest was masters stalwart Grant McLean in 16.53, followed 1s back by a fast finishing Jason Waite in 16.54. Grant suggested that this was revenge for last week when Jason had it over him.
Grant said that the human traffic on Oriental Bay was especially heavy particularly around the Port Nicholson Yacht Club and the beach areas. He reckons that on any given race day up to 100m extra can be covered avoiding people and obstacles.
|Jason Waite leads on the outward journey
|Ben Twyman back in business
|Grant McLean looking sharp and bright
|The waterfront
|Boat on the water
|Chardonnay anyone?
|Ben Tywman heading for home
|Bert Prendergast looking dangerous
|Grant McLean working ahead to stay ahead of Jason Waite
|Jason Waite trying not to let Grant run away
|Andrea Adams Camilla Browne & Michael Browne looking far too relaxed
|Dragon Boat training


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Waterfront Bar & Terrace at Harbour Grand Kowloon Debuts New Menu
Adding a dash of Mediterranean influence to the dishes, Waterfront Bar & Terrace at Harbour Grand Kowloon presents a brand new a la carte menu to awaken its discerning guests' palate.
New signature highlights to look forward to from Mr Marco Furlan, Chef de Cuisine include: A feast of Chef's Mediterranean antipasti selections as a wonderful start; Handmade Parma ham ravioli and Baked whole Italian sea bream to make every mouthful magical; Ending on a sweet note, the traditional Tiramisu and Classic Millefoglie and blueberry cheese cannolo would be good choices of dessert.
"We are thrilled to have a culinary expert like Chef Marco, who has in-depth knowledge of the cuisine that will add to the authenticity. The team is excited about the new menu, which includes an array of delectable dishes for our guests to explore." Mr Giovanni Di Russo, Director of Food and Beverage says.
This new menu is now available for lunch and dinner daily. For details, please click here.
For restaurant reservations, please call (852) 2996 8455, or email firstname.lastname@example.com.

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Ai Wei Wei on Alcatraz: Refraction
Created by: Capture It 3D Presented by: Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
Created by: Capture It 3D Presented by: Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
Get rare access to this sculpture, part of Ai Wei Wei's @Large exhibit, in the lower gun gallery of the New Industries Building on Alcatraz. The giant metal wing is composed of reflective panels from solar cookers in Tibet, contrasting imagery of flight with the piece's own captivity and bulk (it weighed more than five tons). Visitors could only peer at Refraction through cracked and rusted windows, but you can walk up and around the large wing. Continue through the building to find the secret tunnel access to the outside. Ai Wei Wei is a Chinese contemporary activist who works in sculpture, installation, photography, film, architecture, curation, and social criticism. The @Largeexhibit was open to the public from September 2014 through April 2015. Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary was in operation from 1934 until 1963, during which time it was famous for being virtually impossible to escape from. Today, Alcatraz is a public museum and part of Golden Gate National Recreation Area.


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Alain Silberstein iKrono Blue PVD
- Stock #: WP2016
- Brand: Alain Silberstein
- Series: iKrono
- Retail Price: $13,500.00
- Please Inquire
Condition: New
Gender: Men's
Dial Color: Black and Blue
Case: 47mm Titanium Black PVD
Strap: Black Rubber
Bezel: Titanium
Crystal: Antiglare Scratch Resistant Sapphire
Movement: Automatic
Water Resistant: 10 Bar
Box: Yes
Papers: Yes
Certificate of Authenticity: Yes
Warranty: Yes
Additional Information:
Brand new Alain Silberstein iKrono Gent's Watch,
Titanium Black PVD coded 47 mm case with rubber strap and titanium deploy buckle. Automatic movement, 7750 Valjoux. Hours, minutes and seconds. Day (smiley face), chronograph and tachymetre on the bezel.
This watch comes in titanium or titanium Black Coded PVD finish. And you can also chose from different color dials. See full collection before choosing your favorite.
Limited Edtion to 500 pieces.
Also known as:
Alan, Silverstein, Silberstien, Chrono, I Krono,
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Atomic Structure
Chemistry; 10th; atomic structure; chapter 5
|what is an atom?
|Smallest particle of an element
|who discovered electrons?
|J.J. Thomson
|who discovered protons & neutrons ?
|Eugene Goldstein
|what does daltons model look like?
|tiny, invisible particles with no internal structure
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|Negatively charged particles are distributed throughout a uniform positive charge.
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|small dense positively charged nucleus with the electrons moving around the nucleus
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A friend and I were discussing cooking for holidays. We were lamenting the amount of time we had to be in the kitchen when we would rather be relaxing and enjoying the day. Both of us ended up making a ham last Christmas. I told her I always cook mine in the slow-cooker. It makes a lovely moist meal with only a few minutes of prep time for me. Ham is so easy and I love having leftovers! It is great during the summer too because you don't have to heat the house up by using the oven. Continue reading
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The kids and I really liked this meal. Truth be told, my dear husband did not. However, as he does not enjoy ham or scalloped potatoes, I don't think is opinion of this recipe counts 🙂 This meal is a nice change from the typical chicken or beef recipes and is really easy to make. It only takes a total of 4 1/2 hours to bake in the slow cooker, so it is a nice option for those days you want a slow cooked meal, but didn't have time to get it in started in the morning. Continue reading


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What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam, In full glory reflected now shines in the stream: 'Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh long may it wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
Francis Scott Key's epic 1914 words inspire patriotism. The silhouette of this tattered flag flies in the brisk wind as the sun sets into the Pacific Ocean.
Photograph was taken in San Francisco, California, USA.
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WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
CJSC "ROUST INC." v. Russian Standard
Case No. D2011-1104
1. The Parties
The Complainant is CJSC "ROUST INC." of Moscow, Russian Federation, represented by Russian Standard Corporation, Russian Federation.
The Respondent is Russian Standard of Alpharetta, Georgia, United States of America, represented by Thompson, Slagle & Hannan, LLC, United States of America.
2. The Domain Names and Registrar
The disputed domain names, <russian-standard.com>, <russian-standard.net>, <russianstandart.com> and <russianstandart.net> (the "Domain Names"), are registered with GoDaddy.com, Inc. (the "Registrar").
3. Procedural History
The Complaint was filed with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (the "Center") on June 30, 2011. On June 30, 2011, the Center transmitted by email to the Registrar a request for registrar verification in connection with the Domain Names. On July 4, 2011, the Registrar transmitted by email to the Center its verification response disclosing registrant and contact information for the Domain Names which differed from the named Respondent and contact information in the Complaint. The Center sent an email communication to the Complainant on July 5, 2011 providing the registrant and contact information disclosed by the Registrar and inviting the Complainant to submit an amendment to the Complaint. The Complainant filed an amended Complaint on July 8, 2011. The Center verified that the Complaint (as amended) satisfied the formal requirements of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "Policy" or "UDRP"), the Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "Rules"), and the WIPO Supplemental Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "Supplemental Rules").
In accordance with the Rules, paragraphs 2(a) and 4(a), the Center formally notified the Respondent of the Complaint, and the proceedings commenced on July 8, 2011. In accordance with the Rules, paragraph 5(a), the due date for Response was July 28, 2011. The Response was filed with the Center on July 25, 2011.
The Center appointed Tony Willoughby as the sole panelist in this matter on August 5, 2011. The Panel finds that it was properly constituted. The Panel has submitted the Statement of Acceptance and Declaration of Impartiality and Independence, as required by the Center to ensure compliance with the Rules, paragraph 7.
The Response concludes with a passage inviting the Panel to consider whether it has jurisdiction to hear this dispute. The passage reads as follows:
"Separate and apart from the foregoing, an additional ground exists for denial of Roust Inc.'s complaint. In Respondent's view, complainant's WIPO international trademark registration is not effective in the USA for failure to make the additional payment pursuant to Article 8(7)(a) of the Madrid Protocol. This is confirmed by the fact that the complainant felt compelled to register its trademark in the USA separately later. In light of the foregoing, respondent requests that the Panel review whether it possesses jurisdiction over this matter."
The Panel does not understand the point. However, the Panel has not felt it necessary to explore the matter further in light of the Panel's decision on the merits set out in section 7 below.
4. Factual Background
The Complainant is the proprietor of a number of trade mark registrations for marks comprising or including the word mark RUSSIAN STANDARD. The registrations cover a wide variety of goods and services including vodka. One of the earliest registrations is Russian Trade Mark registration no. 278280 RUSSIAN STANDARD (words) applied for on December 9, 2003 and registered on November 15, 2004.
The Complainant is also the proprietor of a number of trade mark registrations for marks comprising or including the word mark RUSSIAN STANDART. They are expressed to be defensive registrations providing a wider area of protection around the Complainant's principal brand. One of the registrations is Russian Trade Mark registration no. 278279 RUSSIAN STANDART (words) applied for on December 9, 2003 and registered on November 15, 2004.
A trade mark registration held in the name of a Bermudan entity, which appears to be an associated company of the Complainant, is United States Trade Mark registration no. 3,345,092 applied for on July 16, 2004 and registered on November 27, 2007 RUSSIAN STANDARD (words) in class 33 for "alcoholic beverages, namely, vodka". The registration certificate features a claim to first use dating back to September 19, 2006. The Complainant contends that this registration is owned by Russian Standard Intellectual Property Holding AG, another member of the Russian Standard Group, but nothing turns on the point as the Panel is prepared to treat all members of the Russian Standard Group as one for the purposes of this dispute.
The Domain Names were all registered on February 7, 2005. They are connected to a website, the home page of which features a "Russian Standard" logo and "Welcome to 'Sova' Magazine and Russian Standard, Inc.!". The page also features the legend "Click here to continue", a link to a page indicating that the Respondent is a publishing company and a document services agency catering for Russians living in the United States of America. The "About Us" page states that the Respondent commenced trading in 2005.
On March 28, 2011 the Complainant wrote a cease and desist letter to the Respondent drawing the latter's attention to its trade mark rights and threatening trade mark infringement proceedings if the Respondent did not immediately cease use of the <russian-standard.com> domain name.
On April 22, 2011 the Respondent's representative responded stating that it was investigating the position, but (a) its preliminary position was that its client's registration of the Domain Names preceded any United States-based rights of the Complainant and (b) its client was willing to consider any reasonable offer to purchase the Domain Names.
On May 13, 2011 the Complainant asked the Respondent's representative for an indication of what the Respondent regarded as a reasonable price. Following a chaser from the Complainant the Respondent's representative said that it was authorized to accept USD 50,000. Following a chaser from the Respondent's representative, the Complainant said that it would be willing to compensate the Respondent for its out-of-pocket expenses relating to the <russian-standard.com> domain name estimated at USD 5,000.
The email exchanges continued with the parties getting closer. On June 9, 2011 the Complainant offered USD 10,000 for all four Domain Names, but expressed the hope that the company might be prepared to go up to USD 15,000. The same day the Respondent's representative responded with a counter-offer of USD 20,000 plus four cases of vodka. The negotiations stopped there.
On June 30, 2011 the Complainant indicated that it would be filing a UDRP complaint.
5. Parties' Contentions
A. Complainant
The Complainant contends that the Domain Names are all either identical or confusingly similar to its RUSSIAN STANDARD and RUSSIAN STANDART registered trade marks, that the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the Domain Names and that the Domain Names were registered and are being used in bad faith within the meaning of paragraphs 4(b)(i) and 4(b)(iv) of the Policy.
B. Respondent
The Respondent does not dispute that the Domain Names are confusingly similar to the Complainant's trade marks, but contends that confusion was an inevitability, the Complainant having chosen as its trade mark a common expression applicable to a wide range of goods and services associated with Russia.
The Respondent contends that its commercial use of the Russian Standard name for between 6 and 7 years gives it the requisite rights and legitimate interests. It points out that registration of the Domain Names preceded the registration date of the Complainant's United States trade mark registration.
The Respondent denies that it registered the Domain Names in bad faith and contends that its use of the Domain Names over the last several years has been a good faith commercial use in the United States and pre-dating the Complainant's use and registration of its brand in the United States. Furthermore, the use has been in a totally different field from that of the Complainant.
The Respondent contends that the launching of this Complaint is itself an abuse of the Policy designed to expropriate without compensation domain names lawfully held and used by the Respondent.
6. Discussion and Findings
A. General
According to paragraph 4(a) of the Policy, for this Complaint to succeed in relation to the Domain Names, the Complainant must prove each of the following, namely that:
(i) The Domain Names are identical or confusingly similar to a trade mark or service mark in which the Complainant has rights; and
(ii) The Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the Domain Names; and
(iii) The Domain Names have been registered and are being used in bad faith.
If the Complaint fails, the Panel has to have regard to paragraph 15(e) of the Rules and in particular the following sentence, namely:
"If after considering the submissions the Panel finds that the Complaint was brought in bad faith, for example in an attempt at reverse domain name hijacking or was brought primarily to harass the domain name holder, the Panel shall declare in its Decision that the Complaint was brought in bad faith and constitutes an abuse of the administrative proceeding."
Reverse Domain Name Hijacking is defined in paragraph 1 of the Rules as "using the Policy in bad faith to attempt to deprive a registered domain name holder of a domain name".
B. Identical or Confusingly Similar
There is no dispute between the parties that the Domain Names are identical or confusingly similar to the Complainant's RUSSIAN STANDARD and RUSSIAN STANDART registered trade marks and the Panel so finds.
C. Rights or Legitimate Interests
The Complainant contends that the Respondent registered the Domain Names with knowledge of the Complainant's world famous brand and with intent to sell the Domain Names to the Complainant at a profit (paragraph 4(b)(i) of the Policy) and to exploit the Complainant's trade mark for commercial gain as described in paragraph 4(b)(iv) of the Policy. The Complainant contends that in such circumstances neither the Respondent's commercial use of the Domain Names, nor its adoption of its name Russian Standard Inc. can give rise to relevant rights or legitimate interests for the purposes of paragraph 4(a)(ii) of the Policy.
The Panel agrees that if the Complainant's contentions as to the Respondent's intentions behind registration of the Domain Names are well-placed, the Respondent cannot be said to have any relevant rights or legitimate interests.
However, for the reasons set out below, the Panel is not persuaded that the Respondent does not have rights or legitimate interests in respect of the Domain Names.
D. Registered and Used in Bad Faith
The Respondent contends that it selected the name "Russian Standard" for its corporate name and two of the Domain Names, because it has for decades been a commonly used Russian expression apt for use in relation to a wide variety of Russian-related goods and services including the AK-47, the space program and the Respondent's Sova monthly magazine. It would have been helpful if the Respondent had produced some evidence of other uses of the "Russian Standard" expression, but it did not do so and the Panel makes no finding in relation thereto. No explanation has been given for the selection of the "Russian Standart" Domain Names, but it may be an obvious alternative for Russian speakers.
The Complainant's contentions under this head are two-fold, first, that the Respondent registered the Domain Names with a view to selling them to the Complainant at a profit (paragraph 4(b)(i) of the Policy) and, secondly, that the Respondent registered the Domain Names for commercial gain with the intention of deceiving Internet users as described in paragraph 4(b)(iv) of the Policy.
Both contentions presuppose that the Respondent was aware of the Complainant's RUSSIAN STANDARD trade mark at date of registration of the Domain Names. The Complainant contends that the Respondent must have known of the brand given its worldwide fame. The Complainant contends that its use of the RUSSIAN STANDARD brand commenced over 10 years ago, but provides no evidence in support of that contention. The Panel is prepared nonetheless to accept the claim, but when did the brand achieve worldwide fame? Was it before or after registration of the Domain Names? No information is provided save for some spectacular sales information relating to 2010, which is 5 years too late. This is to be contrasted with 4 UDRP decisions cited by the Complainant in all of which the panels were able to make findings as to the fame and reputation of the complainants' trade marks as at the date of registration of the domain names in dispute.
The Response does not address the point directly. It does, however, contain an observation in relation to the date of registration of the Domain Names to the effect that it was well over 2 years "before anyone in the USA ever heard of this vodka". The nature of the Respondent's Russia-related services are such that the Panel would be surprised if the Respondent was not aware of the fame of the brand in Russia as at February 7, 2005 (date of registration of the Domain Names), if the brand had achieved a reasonable level of fame by that time. As indicated, there is nothing before the Panel to indicate the fame of the brand at that time.
Another possibility is that the Respondent became aware of the Complainant's first United States trade mark application filed on July 16, 2004, but no allegation to that effect is made, nor is there any evidence to support it.
The Complainant's contentions under paragraph 4(b)(i) of the Policy rely solely upon an exchange of emails with the Respondent's representative following the Complainant's cease and desist letter dated March 28, 2011. The nature of the exchange is outlined in section 4 above, but in essence it was the Complainant's cease and desist letter which provoked the suggestion that the Respondent might be prepared to sell the Domain Names to the Complainant if the price was right and the Respondent only proffered a price following the Complainant's request for one. In the course of the negotiations the Respondent's price came down from USD 50,000 to USD 20,000 plus 4 cases of vodka. The Complainant for its part was prepared to pay USD 10,000 with the expressed hope that it might be prepared to go up to USD 15,000.
There are two possibilities. One is that, as contended for by the Complainant, this was the Respondent's intention all along and the Respondent had patiently waited for 6 years for an appropriate opening initiated by the Complainant. The other possibility is that the Domain Names are of commercial value to the Respondent's bona fide business and this was the price that the Respondent was prepared to accept for transferring the Domain Names.
Is the Respondent's business a genuine, bona fide offering of goods and services? The Domain Names are connected to a website, the home page of which features a "Russian Standard" logo and "Welcome to 'Sova' Magazine and Russian Standard, Inc.!". The page also features the legend "Click here to continue", a link to a page indicating that the Respondent is a publishing company and a document services agency catering for Russians living in the United States. The "About Us" page states that the Respondent commenced trading in 2005.
The Response contains no information on the Respondent's business beyond what is apparent from the Respondent's website and it is possible that the website is all an elaborate sham, but there is nothing before the Panel to enable the Panel to come to that conclusion. The Complainant accepts that the Respondent is conducting business under and by reference to the Domain Names and there is nothing before the Panel to suggest that the Respondent's business is anything other than as described on the Respondent's website.
In support of its contention that paragraph 4(b)(i) is applicable to this case the Complainant cites Süd-Chemie AG v. Suedchemie.com, WIPO Case No. D2002-0970. True it is that that decision contains the following sentence:
"Respondent's offer for sale of the domain name for USD 1750 demonstrates that the Respondent registered the domain name primarily for the purpose of selling the domain name to Complainant for valuable consideration in excess of out-of-pocket costs."
However, selling domain names for profit is not of itself objectionable under the Policy. Much depends upon the nature of the domain name in issue and the surrounding circumstances. In the cited case, for example, there was no response, there was evidence that the respondent might have been engaged in a pattern of such conduct and there was also evidence that the respondent had supplied to the registrar a false address. This case is a very different case on the facts before the Panel.
The Complainant's Complaint under paragraph 4(b)(iv) of the Policy is that the Respondent's business is a genuine commercial operation, save for the fact that is promoted on the back of the fame of the Complainant's brand. The Complainant contends that Internet users are attracted to the Respondent's website by the fame of the Complainant's brand and are then exposed to the Respondent's commercial operation with its magazine and various document services including translation services and assistance with immigration documentation.
There is nothing about the goods and services offered on the Respondent's website which can be said to be offensive to the Complainant. There is no apparent overlap with the Complainant's goods and services. The sole question in relation to paragraph 4(b)(iv) of the Policy is whether the selection and use of the Domain Names was intended to promote the Respondent's business on the back of the fame of the Complainant's brand.
The Complainant cites four other cases in support of its contentions as to bad faith registration and use. They all appear to the Panel to be very different cases from the present case, albeit very similar to each other in various respects and not least that they all relate to beauty contests. The Panel deals with them as follows:
Certamen Miss España, S.L. v. P1ESOFT.COM, WIPO Case No. D2006-0679. In this case, the complainant's mark was well-known at date of registration of the domain name, the respondent was not making any use of the domain name in dispute and the respondent did not reply.
Norma Kristie Inc. v. Kevin Neaves, WIPO Case No. D2004-0196. In this case, the respondent knew of the complainant's rights in the trade mark at date of registration of the domain name, the respondent was using the complainant's design mark on his website and the respondent was in competition with the complainant.
Miss Universe L.P., LLLP v. Oliya Productions, WIPO Case No. D2002-0765. In this case there was no response, the complainant's mark was a famous mark at date of registration of the domain name and the domain name was not in active use.
Miss World Limited v. Mr Ashot Khachatryan, WIPO Case No. D2008-0178. In this case the Respondent knew of the complainant's trade mark, a famous trade mark, at date of registration of the domain name and the respondent was engaged in a similar line of business as the complainant (beauty pageants).
In summary, the possibilities are that as at February, 2005, the date of registration of the Domain Names:
(i) the Respondent was aware of the Complainant's brand in Russia and intended to exploit it commercially by adopting it as a corporate name for both its business in the United States and the Domain Names and/or with a view to selling the Domain Names to the Complainant;
(ii) the Respondent was aware of the Complainant's pending United States trade mark application or was otherwise aware of the impending launch of the Complainant's brand in the United States and intended to capitalize on the anticipated success of the brand (the registration, when it came through in November, 2007, contained a first use claim only dating back to September 2006);
(iii) the Respondent was unaware of the Complainant's brand and selected the name as being apt for its Russia-related magazine and documentary services;
(iv) the Respondent was aware of the Complainant's brand outside the United States, but concluded that use of the name for its business in the United States was a legitimate use of the name. Mere knowledge of a third party's brand name in use elsewhere and in relation to a totally different business is rarely likely to be objectionable under the Policy absent bad faith intent.
While there are aspects of the Respondent's position in this matter, which have given the Panel some cause for concern, it is for the Complainant to prove its case to the satisfaction of the Panel and the Panel is unable to conclude on the evidence before him that one or other of possibilities (iii) and (iv) above may not be applicable. However, and particularly in light of the Respondent's contention that this Complaint was launched in bad faith, it is appropriate that the Panel should mention the aspects of the Respondent's position, which have caused him concern. The Respondent failed to produce any evidence in support of its contention that "Russian Standard" is a common expression, which has allegedly been in use for decades in a wide variety of contexts (other than vodka). The Panel was not given any detail about the Respondent's
business, not even a certificate of incorporation showing the authenticity of the Respondent's claimed corporate name. Finally, while there was an explanation for the selection of the "russianstandard" names, there was no explanation for the selection of the "russianstandart" names and there did not appear to be any use of "Russian Standart" on the Respondent's website. It could be, of course, that the Respondent's reason was the same as that provided by the Complainant, namely as a protective device, or it could be an obvious alternative to "Russian Standard" for Russian speakers, but it raised a question in the Panel's mind, which was not answered in the papers before him.
For completeness, the Panel should mention that at date of filing of the original Complaint the Domain Names were held in the name of a privacy service. The Complainant does not make any specific allegation based on this, but the Panel observes that if the objective was, as the Complainant surmises, to conceal the Respondent's personal information, it was a flawed plan. As the Complainant immediately discovered, all the necessary information on the Respondent was to be found on the website to which the Domain Names were connected.
The Panel is not persuaded that the Respondent registered the Domain Names in bad faith and is using the Domain Names in bad faith.
E. Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
The Respondent contends that the launching of this Complaint is itself an abuse of the Policy designed to expropriate without compensation domain names lawfully held and used by the Respondent. The Respondent points to the fact that the Domain Names were registered before the date of the Complainant's launch of its brand in the United States and before the Complainant's first United States trade mark registration came through.
While the Panel has dismissed the Complaint, the Panel has no reason to suspect that the Complainant launched this Complaint in bad faith. As indicated above, there are gaps in the evidence before the Panel, which, if filled, might have led to a different conclusion.
The Panel finds that the Complaint, although unsuccessful, was lodged in good faith.
7. Decision
For all the foregoing reasons, the Complaint is denied.
Tony Willoughby
Sole Panelist
Dated: August 16, 2011


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Americans are derided in foreign cultures because so few of us speak a "foreign" language. We simply figure that in light of America's overwhelming economic, political and cultural power, we are entitled to demand that everyone around the world – particularly lawyers, business people and airline pilots — speak to us Americans in the way that is most convenient to us. "Be reasonable," we insist. "Say it our way." And we marginalize those who don't, consigning them to the realm of subtitles.
Yet a huge percentage of Americans do speak – actually are forced to speak — a second language, and the irony is that they are both compelled to speak it and yet are ridiculed for speaking it. Damned if they do and damned if they don't.
What's That You Say?
We speak, of course, of a language we might call Deferential English. Actually, because our national second language is so predominately expressed in the dialects and manners expected of the gentle sex, let us propose a more honest designation: Feminenglish.
This is the language imposed by men – with a wink, a steel fist (whether in a velvet glove or not) and feigned innocence – mostly on women, at least in the legal and business world. While it may sound a lot like "regular" English, Feminenglish has a distinct and distinctive vocabulary, grammar, syntax, volume, gestures, mannerisms, timbre, and intonation. It is the dialect spoken by the legal and business world's women. Often most notable in group meetings (The Washington Post's Alexandra Petri describes "Women in a Meeting" as a "language of its own"), Feminenglish is no less common, and no less damaging in one-on-one male-female interactions.
Feminenglish is mediated discourse, a dialect that requires women to worry about dodging a bullet even as they try to make a point. It is the language of self-defense, of frustrated communication, of lost and stolen ideas, of stymied career progression…of resentment. It is a language that both reflects and perpetuates a profound socio-cultural imbalance of power – both in the legal profession and elsewhere.
Tellin' It Like It Isn't
If business English – essentially masculine English — is the language of power and dominance, the language spoken at the table by those who have won a seat at the table, Feminenglish is the language of deference to power; it is the dialect of circumscribed authority, of the overwhelming importance of not giving offense, lest one be humiliated, criticized, marginalized, ostracized or simply ignored in the course of important communications.
Let's be clear: Feminenglish is a seriously compromised mode of communication. The effect of Feminenglish is to suck the energy out of communication content. To dilute the force of ideas in a fog of understatement and a veneer of apology. To compel oblique circumlocution and discourage a powerful thinker from claiming individual ownership of their intellectual currency. It's not hard to understand why, by and large, even Feminenglish's most adroit speakers don't like Feminenglish.
Feminenglish perpetuates unproductive gender stereotypes. It's also a huge waste: To the extent it encourages men to discount the contributions of women – to interrupt them, to appropriate their ideas, to demean them as weak, indecisive or passive – it reflects a huge disincentive for women of enormous talent to stand and deliver. Strong women who do not wish to be forced to speak Feminenglish have the option to vote with their feet. And they are, marching en masse out of law firms, out of legal departments, out of the legal profession altogether.
But They Do It
Other languages – German and French come to mind – also have multiple grammatical cases depending on who is speaking and who is spoken to, but they use variations in grammar, declension and conjugation to reinforce cultural norms of formality/informality and relative intimacy – irrespective of gender. To our knowledge, the only formally "gendered language" where men speak like men and women speak like women is Japanese – not surprising in a culture based on its canons of deference, as well as the subservient status it has historically imposed upon women.
Supposedly those qualified to practice law speak their own arcane second language: Legalspeak. This is a gender-neutral language based on competency, a language that communicates mastery of subject-matter expertise, breadth of knowledge and business savvy and astute legal judgment. Supposedly Legalspeak is what clients are paying law firms for, the tongue in-house lawyers are salaried to speak. In the real world of interpersonal communication, however, all too often Feminenglish trumps Legalspeak.
What Are You Talking About?
It's possible that you have read this far without a flash of recognition going off, particularly if you are of the male persuasion. If so, quickly convene a group of women – any size group – and ask, "How many of you have heard described as 'aggressive' in women the same behaviors that are described as 'assertive' in men? Raise your hands." We guarantee that the uplifted arms will block out the sun. For those of you in denial, this should serve as a practical demonstration that we are not whistling Dixie here.
Still can't imagine what Feminenglish sounds like? Here's a couple of examples, courtesy of Alexandra Petri's recent Washington Post article, "Famous quotes, the way a woman would have to say them in a meeting:"
"Give me liberty, or give me death!"
Woman in a meeting: "Dave, if I could, I could just – I really feel like if we had liberty it would be terrific, and the alternative would be just awful, you know? That's just how it strikes me. I don't know."
"I have a dream today!"
Woman in a meeting: "I'm sorry, I just had this idea – it's probably crazy, but – look, just as long as we're throwing things out here – I had sort of an idea or vision about maybe the future?"
We're Baaack
You may ask why a couple of bloggers best known for expertise in Legal Project Management (LPM) have chosen to wade into the murky swamp of intergender dynamics. Simple. LPM is a discipline with a dual purpose: better legal service delivery and improved law firm-client relationships. LPM promotes greater efficiency and effectiveness , but it is not just about methods and systems and budgets and metrics. LPM also is a communication engine, a set of practical protocols that drives better interactions. Anything that impedes clear and candid communication erodes efficiency and fosters discord is anathema to LPM, and that certainly includes Feminenglish.
In 2015, we published a series of posts about social science research demonstrating the damaging impact of Manterruption and Bropropriation, that is, the tendency of men to interrupt women in group communications and appropriate their ideas and insights as their own. Obviously, these communication habits foster Feminenglish and operate as performance disincentives. We quoted researcher Dr. Arin Reeves: "We cannot talk about women's retention, advancement and leadership in the workplace without exploring what happens when women are constantly interrupted. If women cannot even be heard, can they truly advance into leadership?" [emphasis added]
We took a lot of heat for those posts ("When did you become such whining feminists?"), but we also got an avalanche of thank you notes. And friends, we're at it again, because when it comes to Feminenglish, it is irresponsible – perhaps immoral – to let sleeping dogs lie. In our next several posts in this series, we're going to look first at how Feminenglish is spoken and then explore how to escape its debilitating grasp.
More important, we are asking for your help. We're trying to open up discourse on this subject. In future posts, we will share examples (anonymously, if preferred), in order to shine a light on the problem and support solutions to the current asymmetry in communications. Please share your experience with us. We're happy to provide airtime, and we are all ears.
Please tune in for subsequent posts in this series.
© 2016, Pam Woldow and Doug Richardson. All rights reserved. No part of this article may be copied or reproduced without prior written approval.


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6 channels, 8 servos (throttle, rudder,
elevator, 2 aileron, 2 flaps, retract)
Fiberglass fuse and balsa built -up wing. Wing Covering Material: Solartex Fabric Covered, painted, decals applied and clear coated. The aircraft has a beautiful flat finish. The covering goes on clear, and is then primed and painted, then clearcoated.
Hardware package and illustrated instruction manual included.
Optional:Generation V retracts: including alloy wheels, oleo struts and generation 5 retract air system. Incorporate all of the latest design improvements.
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Fund Overview
The Fund is a split share corporation which invests in common equity securities selected from the ten largest financial services companies by market capitalization in each of Canada, the United States and the Rest of the World. The Fund utilizes Strathbridge's proprietary SSO covered call writing strategy to enhance the income generated by the portfolio and to reduce volatility.
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This is probably the most popular loaf I make, at least with me. The onion releases moisture into the bread, so you can cook the loaf longer without it drying out. This results in a strong chewy crust, and the pieces of onion on the surface of the bread become very dark and crisp as they dry out. The flavour is exquisite. The cheese releases fat which keeps the bread soft for a couple of days – but we never have one of these loaves around for long enough to be bothered anyway.
Great with a bowl of soup, but just as nice buttered on its own. Robust enough for any cider, it also makes a great tear and share loaf to enjoy with friends – just break the dough into 7 or so balls instead of a single big ball, put one in the middle and the rest around the outside, and cook for slightly less time.
- 500 grams strong white flour
- 300 grams water – 200 grams from the tap, rest from a freshly boiled kettle
- A chunk of strong mature cheese – this is not a delicate flavoured loaf that you are aiming for! Grate it (not too finely – you are looking to taste it, not smell it)
- A good string onion, chopped to your liking – I like longer pieces that crisp better than small pieces which do not poke out far enough to dry out.
- 10 grams salt
- 10 grams fast action yeast
- A little vegetable oil
- Dissolve the salt in the water.
- Mix the flour and yeast in a large mixing bowl.
- Add most of the salt water to the flour and yeast.
- Stir the flour and water together until a rough dough starts to come together.
- Add the rest of the water, continuing to stir, until the dough has picked up all the flour.
- Rub the dough around the bowl until the bowl is clean
- Pour a tablespoonful of oil on a work surface, and spread it thinly
- Work the dough by holding the closest edge and pushing the rest away with the heel of your other hand.
- Fold the further edge back to the closest edge and rotate 90 degrees
- Repeat from step 8 until the dough becomes smooth and non-sticky
- Flatten the dough and spread the cheese and onion thinly over it
- Roll it up tight like a Swiss roll
- knead it a little longer – onion will poke out and the dough will tend to split
- Pour a teaspoon of oil in the mixing bowl
- Fold the dough into a ball, and place in the mixing bowl, turning the dough to cover with the oil
- Cover bowl with a lid or tea-towel and leave for an hour or until doubled in size
- Press the dough down with your fist and then shape into a ball, making sure that any edges that you bring together are sealed
- Place the dough, sealed edges down, on a sheet of baking parchment on a baking tray
- At this point it is good to brush it with a little melted butter, or milk, and scatter some grated cheese over the top; salt and pepper adds a little more flavour as well.
- Place the baking tray in a cold oven, with a small bowl of boiling water to keep the oven moist and warm. This stops the surface of the dough drying out, and allows it to expand.
- Once the dough has again risen, which will not take as long this time, take it out of the oven and keep in a draught-free place whilst you heat the oven to 200 degrees Centigrade (unless you have a separate oven, in which case you can put the loaf straight into the oven.
- When you have a hot oven, cut a cross in the top of the loaf with a sharp knife and put the loaf in to bake for forty or fifty minutes.
- After forty minutes, test the loaf by tapping it on the bottom, and it should sound hollow. Not as hollow as a plain loaf, but you will not achieve that with the damp ingredients you are using.
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As India continues to lose its rich butterfly diversity at an alarming rate, a handful of individuals work towards creating newer habitats
The butterfly effect
If you happen to see a swarm of butterflies flying above the terrace of your office in the crowded Bengaluru city, count yourself lucky. You are witness to the largest annual butterfly migration in southern India. Every year between October and December, swarms of Dark Blue Tiger and Double Branded Brown Crow fly through the Bengaluru-Mysore area to their summer homes in the evergreen forests of Sahyadri in the Western Ghats. There they crowd in dense congregation for weeks, court and breed.
The Western Ghats, along with the Himalayas, the country's north-east region and the Andaman Islands, are home to butterflies unique to India. With 1,800 known species and subspecies, the country boasts an impressive 10 per cent of the global biodiversity in butterfly.
Butterflies are crucial pollinators and their contribution to global agriculture is valued only next to honey bees. A fall in their population would also lead to a fall in their predator population like the wasps, spiders and birds.
A Harvard butterfly specialist
According to Krushnamegh Kunte, India's leading lepidopterist and a post-doctoral fellow at Harvard, habitat destruction and deterioration are the foremost threats to butterfly population. "In India, widespread and excessive use of pesticides and herbicides has exacerbated the problem," he says. Several intended or unintended human interferences, such as agriculture, fires and dams, alter forest structure and plant composition, or completely destroy butterfly habitats. This has had the most serious impacts in the eastern Himalayas and northeastern India, where butterfly habitats are vanishing at an alarming rate.
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Highly informative
Highly informative
I am a amateur lepidopterist
I am a amateur lepidopterist and have photogrphed many varieties. where can i share them
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Super story. I know nothing
Super story. I know nothing about butterflies but this writeup has got me started.
I have not heard of the
I have not heard of the Annual Butterfly Migration which happens in southern India and it is lucky to see that. I have heard about birds migrating from one place to another. Anyways it was very interesting to read the post. Thanks for sharing this.


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TULSA, Okla. – Three Cougar pitchers combined to hold Oral Roberts to a run on six hits Sunday and SIUE baseball won its first series of the year with a 2-1 win in the finale.
The Cougars are now 4-5. Oral Roberts dipped to 6-3.
"This is a great series win for us at this point," SIUE Head Coach Sean Lyons said. "I'm really happy with the way we played."
With the game tied 1-1 in the ninth inning, the Cougars took advantage of a Golden Eagle miscue. Jared McCunn reached on a fielding error to start the inning, and then advanced to second on a groundout. A Jackson Layton base hit scored McCunn to give SIUE the 2-1 lead.
ORU took a 1-0 lead in the fourth inning on an RBI-double by Spencer Henson.
Brock Weimer tied the game with an RBI-hit in the sixth inning. Bret Fehr scored on the play after reaching initially on a fielder's choice.
Kenny Serwa started the game for the Cougars and tossed 4.2 innings. He allowed the run on four hits. He walked here and struck out four.
"Kenny gave us another good start," Lyons said.
Collin Baumgartner came on in the fifth with two runners on and one out. He pitched out of the fifth inning and tossed 2.2 scoreless innings. He allowed two hits and struck out two.
"Collin came into a tough situation," Lyons said. "Every time we have given him the ball he has answered the bell."
Mason McReaken pitched the final two innings to pick up his second win of the year. He struck out three and walked one.
"Mason was really sharp for two innings," Lyons added.
Layton had two hits for the Cougars, who finished with seven hits.
"(Oral Roberts) pitched extremely well all weekend," Lyons said. "Our guys kept grinding and we got some hits at key times today."
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|Fallen heroes
It is a bad business when sport and trial by jury meet each other. The integrity of sport is central to many of our cultural values. And trial by jury is a central concept to the judicial systems throughout the British Isles and in many other countries too.
|Gilbert (left) and Sullivan
Trial by Jury contains the first of what was to become a trademark of the 14 shows that Gilbert and Sullivan wrote. In the patter song Gilbert was able to expose the pretensions or incompetence or imbecility of identifiable establishment figures. These have never been bettered and are works of art in themselves.
|Poster from 1879
Now landsmen all, whoever you may be,Test match quality.
If you want to rise to the top of the tree,
If your soul isn't fettered to an office stool,
Be careful to be guided by this golden rule
Stick close to your desks and never go to sea,
And you all may be rulers of the Queen's Navee
We do not know what WS Gilbert would have made of the modern world and cricket's place within it. Sadly cricket was never referenced in his works, other than in a passing reference in a satirical poem called An English Girl (the joke which is of its time is that the girl he describes is given to many male pursuits). A pity for WG Grace was in his prime and Gilbert must have been tempted to have a pop at such a celebrity. But he appears to have desisted.
But we can guess that Butt, Amir and Asif are wishing tonight that they'd stuck close to their desks and never gone to sea.


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The following press release was delivered to eastboston.com this morning from No Eastie Casino's Celeste Myers.
EAST BOSTON, MASS.— In living rooms and parks, community centers and church basements -- all across East Boston -- groups of neighbors are coming together around a single unifying idea: a casino at Suffolk Downs will permanently and negatively alter a community that has often been at the losing end of new developments and legislation – yet a community that over the last 20 years has been moving steadily toward "something better." They have seen the $1 billion casino proposal Suffolk Downs and Caesars Entertainment have put forth and see right through the big promises and the fancy artist's renderings.
Two events in the next few days will feature the collective voice of neighbors who believe we can do better than a casino at Suffolk Downs. On Saturday at 10 a.m, casino opponents will participate in their third East Boston stand-out/visibility, this time in Orient Heights -- "ground zero" for the effects of a casino. And a Community Casino Meeting on Monday, June 25, will be the broadest assembly of Boston casino opponents yet. Residents from any and all impacted areas will gather in solidarity against this Trojan horse in our community, eager to counter the multi-million dollar PR campaign Caesars and Suffolk Downs have begun to mislead those who will be most affected by a casino. The meeting, sponsored by No Eastie Casino, will feature brief presentations about the process and casino proposal and enlist neighbors as volunteer foot soldiers in the fight. It will take place at the East Boston Social Centers, 68 Central Square, in East Boston, from 6-8 p.m.
Though it is being presented as a help to our neighborhood, a casino will be a Trojan horse, profiting mainly the wealthy corporate executives and leaving the city and our neighbors with all the problems:
Fewer Jobs — Every new slot machine kills 1-2 jobs per year because each machine removes more than $100,000 annually from the consumer economy. The East Boston casino proposal calls for 4,000-5,000 slot machines. [1]
Local Businesses Suffer — 66 percent of independent restaurants closed in Atlantic City after the casinos opened there [2], and a third of the city's retail businesses have since closed [3]. Casino owner Donald Trump famously said: "People will spend a tremendous amount of money in casinos, money that they would normally spend on buying a refrigerator or a new car. Local businesses will suffer because they lose customer dollars to the casinos."[4]
Crime Increases: After a 5-7-year honeymoon period in which crime stays the same or decreases slightly, rates of assaults, larcenies, burglaries, robberies, murders, and auto theft increase go up from 22-114 percent. [5]
Addiction and Bankruptcies Increase: Gambling addiction rates double in communities surrounding casinos, increasing from around 1-2 percent to 3-5 percent. [6] If the populations of Boston, Revere, Chelsea, and Winthrop see just a 1percent increase in gambling addiction, the casino would create 7,200 new problem gamblers – double the number of jobs the complex promises to create. Personal bankruptcies increase by more than 18 percent in surrounding communities. [7]
Traffic Increases: 10,000-15,000 new vehicles will be on our roads every day, further congesting an already unequipped Route 1A. The $40 million in "improvements" do not come close to meeting the infrastructure improvements needed to support a casino -- which would cost around $500 million, according to a study conducted by Seagull Consulting, for Sen. Anthony Petruccelli. [8]
Other Effects: Home values decrease, car insurance rates increase, real estate taxes decrease, predatory lending increases, and air pollution is worsened.
Why would we willingly invite this unknown entity, this Trojan horse, into our community -- one which has seen unprecedented positive growth over the last 20 years?
It's time for the people to hear and share the truth Suffolk Downs and Caesars want to remain hidden. It's time for the concerns of residents of Boston and beyond to be heard and validated. This casino is not inevitable. The people have a say, and the people will not be silenced. In the end, truth will prevail.
1. J. Kindt, Senior Ed. (Ed.). 2009. Gambling with Crime, Destabilized Economies, and Financial Systems, 1-1,286. Buffalo, New York: William S. Hein and Company, Inc.
2. Evelyn Nieves, "Our Towns: Taste of Hope at Restaurants Casinos Hurt," New York Times, March 23, 1997, section 1, p. 39.
3. Robert Goodman, The Luck Business: The Devastating Consequences and Broken Promises of America's Gambling Explosion (New York: Free Press, 1995), p. 23.
4. Interview with Donald Trump. "The Jackpot State", The Miami Herald, March 27, 1994
5. Grinols and Mustard download, p.14 Figure 6: Percentage increases calculated by dividing year one figures by year seven figures as reported by Grinols and Mustard
6. Welte, J. W., Wieczorek, W. F., Barnes, G. M., Tidwell, M.-C. O., & Hoffman, J. H. (2004). The relationship of ecological and geographic factors to gambling behavior and pathology. Journal of Gambling Studies, 20, 405-423.
7. The Personal Bankruptcy Crisis, 1997: Demographics, Causes, Implications & Solutions," SMR Research Corporation, 1997, p. 117.
8. Lynds, John. "Petruccelli: Put casino legislation in the hands of voters." East Boston Times Free-Press. March 19, 2010.
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15 December (Part 1) - Foxton's blocked
There has been a small number of enquiries this week about the old Blockbuster store in
Sidcup High Street and who might be taking it over. I suspect it is linked to
what has been said on Streetlife.
I am afraid I know no more than was said at the Places Scrutiny meeting last Tuesday. "The landlords of the former Blockbuster unit are working with the [Deputy Director of Regeneration and Growth's] team to secure a suitable occupant". It doesn't sound as if any significant development is imminent.
It could have been occupied long ago but Bexley council has twice refused a planning application from Foxton's, approximately the 350th biggest FTSE listed company in the country. Their reason is that the application was contrary to Bexley council's policy.
Presumably sticking gymnasiums where supermarkets used to be is fully compliant with Bexley's planning policy.


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Kettle Bells with Titans Conditioning Coach
Hollywood Physique Expert Eric The Trainer and MMA Legend Big John McCarthy catch up with Tennessee Titans Strength & Conditioning Coach Steve Watterson. An awesome glimpse into what it takes to make it on the Titans, not to mention a great kettle bell drill. Filmed at the Titans Headquarters in Nashville. Knowledge is power, in and out of the gym! #season4 #teamcsweat


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The 10 Best CSR Related Posts from 2012
We are continuing our "Best of 2012" series with this third entry of the 10 Best CSR Related Posts from 2012. We have previously featured the 10 best Nonprofit fundraising posts and the 10 best Social Media for Nonprofit Fundraising posts. Today's collection of posts is based on total views but we are expanding the meaning of the "C" from CSR beyond corporate to also include countries and cities. The country/city lists included in this post made the ranking as a result of their attention to CSR related values so that is why they have made our CSR list this year.
- 10 Best Countries to Live In. Citizen satisfaction formed the basis for this list of the best countries to live in conducted by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Better Life Index. The OECD used 11 variables to ascertain a comprehensive look at citizen satisfaction including housing, income, jobs, community, education, civic engagement, health, life satisfaction, safety, and work-life balance and the top 10 are contained in this post.
- 10 Smartest Countries in the World and Canada Takes Top Spot. I'll re-iterate the waiver stated at the beginning of this post and say that intelligence is subjective and not defined by educational achievements. Having said that, the OECD still managed to release a comprehensive report on the state of global education. The last twenty years the number of people pursuing a post-secondary education has risen some 200% and this top ten list is mainly based on countries that have the highest percentage of university and college educated citizens.
- 10 Top Cities to Live in Canada 2012. This list was compiled by a study conducted by moneysense.ca and it might be surprising to some as some of the obvious contenders did not make the list. Municipal Data and information from Statistic Canada were used to rank 190 cities based on 22 separate categories including affordable housing, household income, discretionary income, new cars, population growth, low crime, doctors per 1,000, weather, jobless rate and culture. Toronto came in 47th this year so it did not make the top 10 contained in this list.
- TD's CSR Business Programs Includes Successful Employee Giving Campaign with United Way. Many large corporations align with causes and their CSR business programs tend to include and benefit these same charities. Creating this link allows customers to have a better understanding of the brand's corporate culture and the values of the company. This post focuses on the TD bank group getting this concept right with its continued support of The United Way and the local communities through its various CSR programs.
- Hugh Jackman's CSR Business Values at Forefront of Laughing Man. The concept for Laughing Man started two years ago when Hollywood and Broadway star Hugh Jackman went to Ethiopia as a World Vision ambassador in 2009. It was there that Jackman befriended a local coffee farmer named Dukale with an environmentally sustainable practice that supported his growing family. Dukale's work ethic made his farm a success and he was able to hire locals to aid him in his work. By witnessing how one little farm could impact a community Jackman made a promise to "do his bit" and that intention fueled the creation of the coffee, tea, chocolate and accessory online shop called Laughing Man featured in this post.
- 10 Best Countries for Entrepreneurs in the World. The OECD has ranked the ten best countries for entrepreneurs with the purpose to identify and celebrate the countries that are encouraging to entrepreneurs. One way to aid economic recovery is to help the middle class thrive and rebuilding small business will help drive this growth. Basically, the lower the country's barrier to entrepreneurship index score in the list contained in this post, the better it is for entrepreneurs and business.
- Canada Ranks 5th in World Happiness Report. The World Happiness Report was commissioned for the April 2nd 2012 United Nations Conference on Happiness and one of the goals of the study was to inspire governments to incorporate citizens' happiness into policy-making decisions. When looking at individual happiness, the key points may differ slightly but they generally include: physical and mental well-being, job security and having a stable family. There are other critical issues that come into play when assessing the happiness of a country and that is explained in more depth in this post along with the ranking of the top 10.
- 10 Most Peaceful Countries in the World. This list is based on the sixth edition of the Global Peace Index (GPI) developed by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP). The GPI ranks Independent countries by their 'absence of violence' as that is the generally accepted indicator of peace. The methodology to compile this ranking of over 158 countries used 23 qualitative and quantitative indicators from highly respected sources which measured three broad themes: the level of safety and security in society; the extent of domestic or international conflict; and the degree of militarisation. The top 10 are included in this post.
- 10 Most Reputable Countries and Canada Takes Top Spot. This list is based on the 2012 Country RepTrak study, which was published by the Reputation Institute. Eligible countries were determined by the largest economies, the largest populations and the country of interest due to recent economic, political, or natural events. They also measured the perceptions of the selected countries across the world's G8 and the degree to which people trust, admire, respect and have a good feeling for a place or their emotional bond to the country.
- 100 Top Employers in Canada. The 2013 edition of this list celebrates the 14th year of this ranking that is based on the same eight criteria used to evaluate companies since the inception of the list: Physical Workplace; Work Atmosphere & Social; Health, Financial & Family Benefits; Vacation & Time Off; Employee Communications; Performance Management; Training & Skills Development; and Community Involvement. Those eligible for the list must also have their head office or principal place of business in Canada and the top 10 are included in this post.
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Supervision and review within local authorities operates by legal mandate
and constitutes an important level of a proper democratic system. The
responsibilities of the Municipality Comptroller are set out in the
Municipalities Ordinance. It has been determined that the Comptroller shall
examine the workings of the Municipality, whether
they were done lawfully while maintaining integrity and principles of
efficiency and economy.
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Praying for our children is one of the most important things a parent can do for their child. We must love our children as The Creator of All loves us. Love is a great motivational tool and that is why we'll pray for our children. Prayer gives direction. The Creator of All rescues us.
More than material items or sympathy, our children need our prayers. we can never pray for our children too much! The Creator of All entrusted them to your care, and for the wonders that he is working in their lives. I know that praying for our child and speaking positive words about them is so important. Why? Because I care for them beyond measure, just like The Creator of All cares for us.


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February 23, 2015
52 comments:
Super cute outfit! I love the pattern on that skirt, and you heels are killer. Love it!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Julie! Glad to hear you like it :)Delete
Love the chunky knit scarf with the leather jacket and the skirt adds a fun pop of color! So cute!ReplyDelete
I love this skirt - it's one of those pieces that I forgot about for a while & then was so excited to find againDelete
Gorgeous look! Love your scarf and your heels :DReplyDelete
Thank you! These boots are one of my favorite pairs!Delete
I absolutely love this skirt! What a great find! Smart way to dress it up for the winter months- hope to see you style it for spring/summer!ReplyDelete
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Of course - looking forward to pairing it with some lighter colors :)Delete
- AnonymousFebruary 23, 2015
Love your skirt! The print and colors are fabulousReplyDelete
Thank you! I adore the unique printDelete
Fabulous post dear. :)ReplyDelete
FOLLOW BEAUTYEDITER.COM ON BLOGLOVINReplies
Thanks so much!Delete
Very cute Michelle! As always xoxoReplyDelete
Thank you Ashley :)Delete
Loving it all head to toe!ReplyDelete
xo Jaime
Thanks Jaime :)Delete
This outfit is so cute! I love the leather jacket with this printed skirt. Such a fun look!ReplyDelete
Thanks girl - my leather jacket is my go-to!Delete
Awesome booties!ReplyDelete
Can you believe they were under $60?!Delete
Lovely skirt. Love the detail on it.ReplyDelete
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Thanks - the abstract pattern is pretty coolDelete
Wow I love the skirt! You are so gorgeous :)ReplyDelete
Thank you - you are too sweet :)Delete
Your skirt is beautiful + love it with the motto jacket!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks - can't go wrong with a leather jacket!Delete
Too cute! Loving the all black with the fun skirt! The perfect mix of edgy and feminine!ReplyDelete
<3 Shannon
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Thanks - That's exactly the type of look I was going for :)Delete
that skirt is beautiful on you! What a fun print, and it looks really nice worn with all of the black :)ReplyDelete
Away From The BlueReplies
Had to let a piece like this stand out :)Delete
LOVE this look! The booties and leather add such a great edge to that awesome skirt. so bummed I missed those boots!ReplyDelete
Amy Ann
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I know! I can't believe I found a pair in stores! They sold out so super quick online!Delete
A leather jacket just makes the world go 'round, am I right? Love it worn over this look- so cool!ReplyDelete
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preach it. you are so right!Delete
That skirt is so pretty! Perfect with the leather!ReplyDelete
xo Kylie
Thanks Kylie :)Delete
This is a great look! Love the jacket and booties! ~CynthiaReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Cynthia! This is such an easy look to put together because of the black basics!Delete
That skirt is so cute Michele. You look lovely. =) Thanks for co-hosting!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks so much for stopping by!Delete
really love this look girl. the sun shining through the trees looks gorgeousReplyDelete
It was such a perfect morning for photos -still a bit too cold for my liking though!Delete
I really like your skirt, it looks stunning on you and what's more- it has amazing print :) !ReplyDelete
I can't quite figure out what the print actually is, but its definitely super coolDelete
I love the print of your skirt! It looks amazing against the black!ReplyDelete
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I love the all black with the chic patterned skirt, such a great look on you!ReplyDelete
I'm happy to hear you like it :)Delete
Great booties and I love the pattern of the skirt!ReplyDelete
Thanks Whitney!Delete
love how you styled this skirt! so chic!ReplyDelete
thank you again for cohosting the link up! <3
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Thomley is a support and activity centre in Buckinghamshire. It is a place for people of all abilities and disabilities, bringing disabled people, their families, carers and friends together with experienced and nurturing staff that understand their needs. The Foundation awarded Thomley with a grant of £8,330 to replace and update its sensory room which used by young people with disabilities.
Thomley shares how the grant has benefitted the users of its sensory room:
Thomley was lucky enough to receive a grant of £8,330 from DM Thomas Foundation for Young People in September 2016 to revamp our sensory room equipment. The funds were spent on the purchase and installation of an interactive borealis tube and a sensory floor.
The sensory room first opened in 2004 and remains one of the most popular facilities here. It is utilised at its full capacity throughout the year and is so much in demand that we are actually fundraising for a second sensory room! The current one was in real need of a revamp and this grant has certainly done that. The grant has extended the life of this popular resource.
Visitors to Thomley have a wide range of learning and physical impairments, behavioural challenges and complex medical conditions.
Our visitors use the sensory room to:
• Retreat to a quiet restful place when they find the activities and noise of the setting stressful
• Engage in sensory stimulation through touch, light and music that they don't have opportunities for in the wider community
• Take part in quiet games and activities where they find large group work threatening
Long-term benefits of using the sensory room include:
• Greater resilience to stressful and threatening situations
• Extending opportunities for visitors to extend their sensory experience and use this to make better sense of their surroundings.
• Helps to build body awareness
• Develop eye hand co-ordination
• Creates opportunities to explore cause and effect
All users of the sensory room report an improvement in areas of managing negative behaviours, engaging in stimulating activities, learning to control their environment through the use of the equipment we were able to install with this grant.
The sensory room is popular with all of our visitors, regardless of age and impairment.


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My topic is the sircas i luvd it.
Monthly Archives: November 2015
new topic
This term are topic is the circus. I enjoyed makeing the tents it was hard work.
The circus is coming to town
We have been making circus tents and we have made clown face.
the circus.
we made a circus face. I made circus tent .i enjoyed making a my circus face .
The circus is coming to town
We have been making clown faces and mine turned out really well because I put quite a lot of colours on it.
One upon a time there there lived a little girl called Hattie.HATTIE
By may
Skruffy ,light, dark eyes like the midnight sky.
Fury,spiky, long ears like a sharp knife.
Little ,wet, fat nose like a round ball.
Bendy, big tail like a ponytail.
Messy, cuddly fur like a cuddly teddy.
Nice oval ears like pink ovals on a quilt, Pointy tale like a fluffy tooth, Straight legs like branches, Black eyes like dark dark blackberrys, Sparkling eyes like marbles, Spotty fur like nice autumn leafs that had fallen off the tree.
by Mya
Pointy soft fury ears like a pilow.
Long cyoot bright tale like a silky hair
Black brown pounty nose like a party hat
Long strate legs like neadls.
by Hattie
Programming with Scratch
This afternoon we have been developing our programming and coding skills in our computing lesson with Mr Rockey. Using Scratch – a free online programming site – we were given some cards to copy simple algorithms which we then changed to make our own, debugging them to make sure that they worked. We are hoping that we can put some of them on our blog when they are finished! Here we are working very hard and having fun!


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H.R.550 - Merchant Mariners of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019116th Congress (2019-2020) |
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|Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3] (Introduced 01/15/2019)
|House - Financial Services | Senate - Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
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|Senate - 09/23/2019 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (All Actions)
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Merchant Mariners of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019
This bill provides for a Congressional Gold Medal to be awarded to the U.S. Merchant Mariners of World War II, in recognition of their service during World War II.
Following the award of the medal, it shall be given to the American Merchant Marine Museum, where it shall be available for display and research.


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Tre Seals' Vocal Type transforms people's voices to letterforms
graphic designer specializing in the areas of branding, print design, and typography Seals was born in the 90s. On a constant adventure to find inspiration wherever he can, Seals spent the first decade of his life drawing. Eventually his hobby became a skill and his passion a profession.
Having been born in the nation's capital, raised on a farm in Maryland, and traveled between there and Louisiana to visit family, he drew most of his inspiration from these contrasting environments and experiences evolving his style that is equal parts vintage and contemporary. Yet, what makes Seals' work interesting is the symbolism infused in his portfolio.
"Every major revolution, no matter the cause, those changes happened by economic and social shifts brought about by the people's voices, and those things weren't voted for. Those voices are what inspire Vocal" he says of his new project aka Vocal Type, a type foundry which specializes in the recreation and adaption of typography made for cause and advocacy marketing efforts throughout world history in hopes of creating a global aesthetic.
Vocal Type beliefs are straight-forward and human-centered. "People Matter. Design Matters. You Matter" is VT's motto. Therefore the type foundry's fonts are a tribute to historic movements and people that disrupted the system.
Martin is a font based on the protest signs carried by the followers of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the memphis sanitation strike of 1968. "Memphis sanitation workers, the majority of them African American, went out on strike on February 12, 1968, demanding recognition for their union, better wages, and safer working conditions after two trash handlers were killed by a malfunctioning garbage truck. As it dragged on through March, with the Memphis mayor refusing to negotiate, the strike gained national attention. As they marched, striking workers carried copies of a poster declaring "I AM A MAN," a statement that recalled a question abolitionists posed more than 100 years earlier, "Am I not a man and a brother?" Martin Luther King Jr. joined the cause, speaking to a crowd of 6,000 in late March and returning on April 3rd to deliver one of his most famous speeches, "I've Been to the Mountaintop." King placed the strike in a larger context, declaring, "The masses of people are rising up."
King was assassinated at Memphis's Lorraine Motel the next night, just one day before a massive rally was planned. On April 8, four days after King's assassination, his widow, Coretta Scott King, led some 20,000 marchers through the streets of Memphis, holding copies of another poster that read, "HONOR KING: END RACISM!" The strike ended on April 16, with the city agreeing to union recognition and raises.
Washington is a unique sans-serif font, inspired by the hand painted advertisements created for the momentous March on Washington in 1963 by civil rights leaders to protest racial discrimination and to show support for major civil rights legislation that was pending in Congress. Mom's Stencil is a display typeface inspired by the demonstrations that resulted in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, Draft is a resistant sans serif typeface based on a banner carried by a group of students marching against conscription (1972), Evita is based on banners carried during a women's demonstration in Buenos Aires in front of the National Congress by law for universal suffrage in 1947 and Rúben—a font inspired by the journalist and crusader for Latino rights, Rúben Salizar.
Check Seals inspiring project here


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If you've ever had a psychic reading, you probably expected the psychic to predict exactly how your future would unfold. Of course, psychic readings can be accurate, but the reality is that psychic predictions are complex and multifaceted and the future is not written in stone. If you've ever received a psychic reading that wasn't accurate or was only partially accurate – perhaps, for example, she got the event right but not the timing – it doesn't necessarily mean the psychic was a fraud. Many factors contribute to psychic predictions and how your future unfolds – including your own free will, the free will of others, and how the psychic interprets the information she's seeing and feeling. Here are 6 things you should know about psychic predictions before you talk to a psychic:
1. A Psychic Prediction is Based on the Current Moment In Time
A good analogy about psychic predictions is to think of the psychic as looking through the windshield of the car that you're in. The car is heading in a certain direction and that is what the psychic is able to see when she's giving you a reading. In other words, when a psychic predicts your future, she's predicting it based on the path you're on now, at this exact moment in time. However, your own actions and thoughts and opinions may change and therefore your path may change. It may even change as a result of the reading or something the psychic said. The psychic's prediction is based on what may happen if you stay on the current path you're on. However, just like any driver can change the direction he takes on the road, you can change the direction you're taking in life (and so can the other people around you).
2. Psychics Are Not Gods
It's easy to perceive psychics as mystical beings – after all, they're able to see and sense things many of us cannot. However, it's important to realize they're just people. Psychics have their own flaws, their own experiences and their own perceptions. When one has a premonition, it's up to her to communicate her prediction to you – and this is where the humanness comes into play. A good psychic should try to stay as objective as possible and should refrain from trying hard to interpret the signals, energies, or visions she's having. Instead, she should try to communicate the information in the rawest form possible – exactly as it's given to her. For example, she may see the word "Cranberry." This word can mean many things – of course, most commonly, it refers to a fruit. However, it could also mean many other things to the person in question – for example, it could be the name of a street, the name of a pet, or anything else. It may be tempting for the psychic to assume that "cranberry" refers to the fruit and that the person in question loves cranberries. The psychic should resist the temptation to make this assumption, and instead simply say something like, "I'm seeing the word 'cranberry.'" This way, the person receiving the reading can determine what the significance is, rather than the psychic. Naturally though, because psychics are human, it doesn't always play out this way and the psychic may make her own interpretations. When you're receiving a psychic reading, just be aware that the person on the other end is a flawed human, just like you, and that it's ultimately up to you to make the interpretations on your life.
3. Psychics Should be Used As A Second Opinion
Think of a psychic as someone who can give you a second opinion. Often, when you go to a psychic, you have an issue or a problem and your gut is telling you what to do. A psychic can tell you what they're getting from the universal energy. In this way, they can confirm your intuition, or tell you if they're getting a different message from the universe. Of course, however, be sure to take the psychic's opinion as just that – an opinion – and not an absolute decree on what you must do with your life.
4. A Good Psychic Will Not Tell You What to Do And Won't Diagnose Medical Issues
Psychic predictions can be scary and confusing. A psychic may see something in your future that's not necessarily positive. For example, perhaps the psychic sees that breast cancer may be in your future. The psychic should always refrain from diagnosing the client. For one, the psychic is likely not a medical doctor and is probably not qualified to give a medical exam. But additionally, information like this can be scary to receive. Again, this comes down to the psychic giving you the information in the rawest form possible and refraining from interpreting the vision. When negative psychic predictions are given, they can be paralyzing – to the point where you're afraid to act simply out of fear. In instances like these, instead of telling the client she may have breast cancer, the psychic should say something like, "I see something energetically happening around your breast, and you may want to get it checked out." The psychic here is stopping short of diagnosing, and is gently recommending an action rather than telling you you must do something.
5. Do Not Feed the Psychic Information
To get the most out of your psychic reading, you should keep as quiet as possible. What I mean by this is that you shouldn't offer up any information to the psychic. There are two reasons for this. The first is that, by doing so, you'll ensure that the psychic you're working with is not a fraud because you're not volunteering any information – all the information is coming from the psychic herself. The second reason relates to the first. The psychic reading will be much more meaningful if you allow yourself to be quiet and allow the psychic to relay information to you. For example, if you had a relative who was a police officer who died during 9/11, the psychic may relay some of this information by saying, "I'm seeing a police officer." You might be tempted to say mention that you had an uncle who was a police officer with the NYPD who died on 9/11 – but resist mentioning that. It will feel much more powerful and validating if you let that information come from the psychic rather than giving that information up. Additionally, you don't want to say anything that may influence the psychic – let the psychic come to conclusions on her own.
6. Don't Force Messages to Fit
Sometimes a psychic may give you a message that doesn't quite fit. For example, perhaps the psychic is telling you that she sees a large black dog – but you don't have a dog – you have a tabby cat. These are not the same thing. You may be inclined to help the psychic out by mentioning your cat – but don't. If a psychic is telling you things that don't fit, simply tell her. There could be many reasons for this – and it doesn't mean that the psychic is a fraud. For example, it could be that she's seeing a message for someone else – perhaps someone else in your house or a message for one of her clients who's coming later in the day. Either way, in this situation it's best to politely tell the psychic that the messages aren't fitting. This way, you won't waste your time or the psychic's, and you won't confuse yourself into trying to fit a message that wasn't meant for you.
At the end of the day, remember that a psychic reading is what you take from it. You are responsible for interpreting the information the psychic gives you. However, remember that the psychic is a person just like you – and be sure to consider that fact when you receive a reading. Some psychics are better than others at relaying information – and some may be likely to steer you in a certain direction while others will be better at giving you the information as it comes to them, without trying to interpret it. Always make sure to trust your own intuition – and remember that you are the one in charge of making the decisions in your own life.


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Local Information: Howth, Co. Dublin
The Howth Express is a unique and fun way to see the historic and breath taking place that Howth is and to learn about its rich local history and culture (from Norman battles to modern Fishy tales), while meandering along the coastal roads of the beautiful Howth peninsula.
The Howth Express will take you along the harbour front, where the live commentary on board will inform you and your family of some of the local lore and legend, including those of legendary pirate queen, Grace O'Malley & of Erskine Childers and the Howth gun running from the original Asgard.
The land train (O'Malley), then takes you to Howth Castle & Demesne, after which there is an optional stop at the National Transport Museum. The huge array of vehicles on display is affectionately thought to be like a "metallic zoo."
The tour then returns to the harbour, going down the middle pier with the fishing harbour (including Ireland's most famous seals) to one side and Howth Yacht Clubs marina on the other.
What better way to acquaint yourself with all that Howth has to offer, the spectacular cliff paths running from Balscadden to Sutton, the old Howth Tram Lines, Historic Howth Castle & Demesne, the golf courses, angling, sailing, not to mention the many fine restaurants and pubs.
The Howth Express Tours will start and finish 300 meters from the DART station at the old Courthouse on Harbour Road, each tour will take just half an hour. The tours begin at 11.00 and run until 17.00 on Thursdays through Sundays.
We hope to see you on board!
Last updated 2014-05-08
Note: Map is an approximate indication ONLY. Please contact The Howth Express for directions and precise location prior to your visit.