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Hoverboard Suit Goes Up In Flames
July 16, 2018
Also contributed by William Schoof*
Should an e-commerce firm be held liable for the defects of every item it sells on its global internet marketplace? In Fox v. Amazon.com, Inc., No. 3:16-cv-03013, 2018 BL 191355 (M.D. Tenn. May 30, 2018), plaintiffs argued exactly that, and the district court answered with a resounding "no".
The popularity of self-balancing scooters, commonly known as hoverboards, exploded in late 2015, slowing only when the hoverboards, themselves, started exploding due to an alleged battery defect. Plaintiffs in Fox allegedly bought a hoverboard from a retailer on the Amazon.com marketplace and, after the hoverboard's battery caught fire, they obtained a default judgement against that retailer.
Perhaps looking for deeper pockets, plaintiffs sought to hold Amazon liable for the product's alleged defect, too. But Amazon did not design or manufacture the product. It did not produce or develop any information on the product. It did not set the price of the product, it did not ship the product, and it never held title to the product. Yet, because the purchase receipt was sent by "amazon.com" and the product was shipped in a box with the Amazon logo, plaintiffs argued Amazon could be considered a "seller" under the Tennessee Products Liability Act of 1978 ("the TPLA"). Tenn. Code Ann. SS 29-28-101 (2018). Amazon, per the plaintiffs' theory, "exercised complete control over the sale."
Per the TPLA, a "[s]eller includes a retailer, wholesaler, or distributor." Tenn. Code Ann. SS 29-28-102(7). When Amazon moved for summary judgment – contending it could not be a "seller" under the statute – the district court defined those terms under their plain meaning. It found a "seller" is "one that markets a commodity"; a "retailer" is a "person or entity engaged in the business of selling personal property to the public or to consumers"; and a "distributor" is a "wholesaler, jobber, or other manufacturer of supplier that sells chiefly to retailers and commercial users."
Granting Amazon's motion, the district court determined the company, as a matter of law, could not be considered a "seller," "retailer" or "distributor." In fact, the district court found "Amazon's role in the transaction was [simply] to provide a mechanism to facilitate the interchange between the entity seeking to sell the product and the individual who sought to buy it." Fox, 2018 BL 191355 at *8. The court noted its decision was consistent with others addressing Amazon's liability, including Oberdorf v. Amazon.com, Inc., 295 F.Supp.3d 496 (M.D. Pa. 2017) and McDonald v. LG Electronics USA, Inc., 219 F.Supp.3d 533 (D. Md. 2016).
The district court also rejected plaintiffs' other theories of liability. First, plaintiffs argued Amazon had a post-sale duty to warn its customers of the hoverboards' alleged dangers. Even though this theory of liability had never been adopted by Tennessee courts, plaintiffs claimed it was viable because the state Supreme Court probably would recognize such a claim, if given the chance. The district court swatted this away, pointing to numerous state intermediate appellate courts specifically declining to adopt the theory and highlighting the plaintiffs' inability to show why the highest court would hold otherwise.
Second, plaintiffs argued Amazon assumed a post-sale duty to warn when it sent an email cautioning customers of the hoverboard's alleged dangers. In other words, plaintiffs claimed that once Amazon chose to warn its customers, it needed to exercise reasonable care in doing so. The district court found plaintiffs were unable to point to relevant Tennessee case law supporting such a claim based on voluntarily assuming a duty to warn and granted Amazon summary judgement on this claim, too.
Overall, the court in Fox showed great understanding and restraint applying a products liability statute in the internet age. To hold otherwise would have the potential of stifling (and making more costly) online exchanges that connect buyers and sellers in a convenient electronic marketplace.
Editors' note: William Schoof is a summer associate at Weil.


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Elgin City 1-0 Albion Rovers
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Paul Millar scored the only goal of the game as Elgin beat 10-man Albion Rovers in the first-leg of their play-off semi-final.
Brian Cameron came close to giving the hosts an early lead but failed to beat Derek Gaston with a tame effort.
Both sides were restricted to speculative efforts as they struggled to find a breakthrough.
The visitors' hopes of a result were dealt a blow just before the half-hour mark when Michael O'Byrne saw red for his challenge on Millar.
And City made the advantage count in the 53rd minute when Millar rose highest to head home Daniel Moore's cross.
They went on the offensive after taking the lead but could not add to their tally as the Wee Rovers held firm to give themselves a chance in the return leg.
Elgin City: Clark, Niven, Duff, Nicolson, Durnan, Cameron, Leslie (O'Donoghue 80), Cooper, Moore (Macphee 80), Gunn, Millar (Crooks 72). Subs Not Used: Calder, Beveridge.
Booked: Nicolson. Goal: Millar 53.
Albion Rovers: Gaston, Reid, Ciaran Donnelly, O'Byrne, Russell, McStay, Ferry, Lumsden, Werndly (Marriott 30), Gemmell, Love (Pierce 69). Subs Not Used: Gilmartin, Acqua, Chaplain.
Sent Off: O'Byrne (29). Booked: Lumsden, Reid, Russell, Pierce.
Att: 1,248
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On 11 February 2019, the Competition Appeal Tribunal ("CAT") dismissed an appeal brought by Electro Rent against a £100,000 penalty imposed by the Competition and Markets Authority ("CMA") on 11 June 2018 for the company's failure to comply with an order requiring it to keep its operations separate from those of its target ("hold separate order") in the context of a merger investigation.
This fine was the first ever imposed by the CMA for failure to abide by the terms of a hold separate order and was followed later in 2018 by another penalty imposed on European Metal Recycling and its parent company Ausurus Group for similar breaches (£300,000). The day after the CAT's judgment, on 12 February 2019, Electro Rent was also hit by another fine from the CMA for having breached the hold separate order a second time (£200,000).
The CMA's hard-line stance is part of a broader trend among competition authorities globally to more aggressively enforce breaches of procedural rules.
The CMA imposes a hold separate order as a matter of course in all completed deals (in the UK, parties can complete their deals without CMA clearance). The CMA's hold separate order imposes obligations on parties to continue to operate the acquirer and target on an independent "business as usual" basis and includes strict obligations to ensure compliance and notify the CMA promptly of any breaches or suspected breaches of that order.
The CMA investigated the completed merger between Electro Rent and Microlease and referred it for an in-depth Phase II investigation. Hold separate obligations were in place throughout the CMA's review, which in particular provided that none of the assets of Electro Rent and Microlease could be disposed of, without the prior consent of the CMA, except in the "ordinary course of business".
During the CMA's Phase II investigation, Electro Rent served a break notice terminating the lease of its sole premises in the UK. This was despite the fact that Electro Rent had already attended a meeting with the CMA during which it was made clear that the proposed divestment package (to address the CMA's concerns about the impact of the merger on competition) was intended to include the transfer of Electro Rent's lease. Electro Rent did not seek the CMA's permission to terminate the lease in advance, but had contacted the Monitoring Trustee ("MT") appointed to clarify compliance with the CMA's hold separate order, who via a "quick chat" had given a favourable steer. Neither Electro Rent nor the MT informed the CMA or (it appears) Electro Rent's antitrust advisers.
The CMA's decision
The CMA concluded that Electro Rent's early termination of its lease amounted to the disposal of an asset, potentially impeded the company's ability to compete independently and risked prejudicing the effectiveness of the remedy. From the CMA's perspective, the fact that the lease was the subject of a potential remedy ought to have given rise to a suspicion that the hold separate order might have been breached, and that both the CMA and the MT should have been notified.
The CMA rejected the various grounds put forward by Electro Rent as reasonable excuses for its failure to comply. In particular:
- Electro Rent argued that it had, on more than one occasion, raised its intention to terminate the lease with the MT, and received oral confirmation that it could proceed. Whilst accepting that the MT should have raised the issue with the CMA, the CMA countered that it had never told Electro Rent that its obligations under the order were affected by such discussions with the MT, and the MT had no delegated authority to give consent on behalf of the CMA to any action not in compliance with the order.
- The CMA considered that raising the proposed termination of the lease with the MT implied that the company had formed the view that this was a matter which might have roused the CMA's concern. The CMA pointed to the fact that Electro Rent had sought formal derogation consent directly from the CMA before engaging in other activities which were potentially in breach of the hold separate order as evidence that the company understood the requirement to seek prior consent.
In assessing the appropriate level of the penalty, the CMA took the view that Electro Rent's conduct had a potentially adverse effect on the merger investigation, including that the company had to enter into a new lease which was not on equivalent terms. The CMA said in its decision that Electro Rent's failure to comply had been a "significant" and "flagrant" breach, and merited a "material" penalty to ensure appropriate deterrence, concluding that a fine of £100,000 was appropriate in the circumstances. The CMA noted that this was "substantially below the statutory maximum of 5% of the parties' combined global turnover" (£11.7 million).
While not excusing the conduct, the CMA concluded that the fact that Electro Rent had discussed its plans regarding the lease with the MT (and received a favourable steer) was reflected in the level of the penalty, which would otherwise have been "very significantly higher".
The appeal to the CAT
Electro Rent brought an appeal to the CAT claiming that the CMA: (i) was wrong in finding that Electro Rent did not have a reasonable excuse for any breach; and (ii) had imposed an excessive penalty.
The CAT did not consider that Electro Rent had a reasonable excuse in the circumstances, on the basis that:
- A reasonable person would not have considered that issuing a break notice in relation to the business' only UK premises could fall within the ordinary course of the business against the backdrop of a merger inquiry, in particular where such premises formed part of the divestment package. Electro Rent therefore ought to have suspected that the termination of the lease would constitute a breach of the hold separate order.
- The alleged commercial reasons put forward by Electro Rent for terminating the lease were irrelevant. The CAT stated that the "whole point" of the hold separate order is to seek CMA consent before making significant changes to the business, and held that it was not for Electro Rent to unilaterally decide whether terminating the lease would make the divestment more attractive to potential purchasers.
- Following the procedures set out in the hold separate order by notifying the MT was not sufficient to constitute a reasonable excuse. Contacting the MT was not a substitute for seeking direct consent from the CMA or, at least, obtaining legal advice as to whether the CMA's consent was required. Although not determinative for the outcome, the CAT further noted that the MT had not been properly briefed during its "quick chat" with Electro Rent's CEO.
As to the amount of the penalty, the CAT emphasised that it is a matter of public importance that the merger control process is strictly observed, and therefore considered it appropriate for the CMA to have set the penalty at a deterrent level by impressing - both upon Electro Rent and other businesses more widely - the importance of complying with hold separate obligations and the seriousness of a failure to comply without a reasonable excuse.
To add insult to injury, the day after the CAT upheld the CMA's decision, Electro Rent was fined an additional £200,000 by the CMA for having appointed Electro Rent's CFO as director of Microlease UK without CMA consent. The CMA considered the appointment raised a material risk of potential integration / exchange of confidential information, without finding that it resulted in any actual adverse effect on competition.
Although the CMA's strict approach should be read in light of the specific factual circumstances of the breach of the hold separate order (including the lease being part of the CMA remedy package), this case highlights the CMA's increasingly strict approach to breaches of the procedural rules governing its review of mergers, and the importance of taking an extremely cautious approach to ensuring compliance with the very onerous conditions imposed on parties in completed UK mergers. Furthermore, it clarifies that the threshold for demonstrating a reasonable excuse for a breach of a hold separate order is high. Promptly seeking legal advice on these issues is key to not falling foul of the rules, as even apparently unintended breaches can lead to severe penalties.
As mentioned above, whilst these fines are some of the first ever imposed by the CMA for breach of a hold separate obligation, they follow the recent fine imposed by the CMA on Hungryhouse (£20,000) for failing to comply with an order to provide documents in relation to its takeover by Just Eat.
This forms part of a broader trend among competition authorities globally, and at EU level, the fines are even more significant – in April 2018, the European Commission imposed a record €124.5 million gun-jumping fine on Dutch cable and telco company Altice for implementing its acquisition of PT Portugal before merger control notification and approval (see here). Further developments in this area are expected very soon - we will keep you updated as to their implications for your business.


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Article Published: November 9, 2017
"Gratitude can transform common days into Thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings," – William Arthur Ward.
This Thanksgiving season we are grateful for dear partners and volunteers who help us impact lives in our community. Our Banking on Our Youth mentors and instructors help us make this possible.
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Use specific PHP file for build configuration Follow
I have added created a project in TeamCity from a repository URL, and added a test build to the project.
The project is a PHP website using a MySQL database, with the connection information for the database placed in a PHP file. The connection information can then be set to the specific database I want to use depending on the environment; production, development, testing etc.
How do I in TeamCity add a PHP file with this database connection information to a build configuration, so that I can have the PHP system connect to a test database when running unittests?
Or is it not the build configuration which I should be able to associate with this specific PHP file?
Hi Anders,
Do you have one PHP file with the settings for prod/dev with environment variable condition? If yes, then you can use build configuration parameter in TeamCity to specify needed environment variables.
No, we do not have both configurations for prod and dev in the project. When we deploy the system to a server, we are making a new config file with the specific database, username and password for the installation. And we do not want these settings for the prod installation present in the projects git repo.
You can store needed parameters as configuration parameters of type password in TeamCity. This will require creating the configuration file during the build step, based on these configuration parameters
Another option is to put this files to a separate VCS root.
Also you can use installing agent tools plugin to distribute settings file from the server to all the agents and take this file from <Agent Home Directory>/tools during the build.
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Have you ever wished you could stop spending so much at the store?? It's so frustrating when most of your money is spent on food and supplies. Several years ago, I started buying only foods that could be used for multiple purposes. Boxed foods and already-prepared mixes were eliminated. Ingredients that could be used for several different recipes were the ones I bought. Instead of buying boxed products, I began learning how to make the simple foods from scratch. This is so helpful when you don't have time to run to store - to get that one item - you will always have the ingredients you need to make it.
Here are 5 healthy foods that are so easy to make!!! They even taste a lot better than the store-bought ones so they are great substitutes.
If you need a fast lunch, this is the perfect recipe - Easy Ratatouille. Susannah Shmurack over at HealthyGreenSavvy has made this wonderful summer recipe that's so quick and easy!! I like to throw in a little ground beef or turkey and it works for anytime you need a quick, healthy meal from scratch.
Dehydrating fruits and veggies is another way to save money and still feed your kids healthy snacks. I love our dehydrator since I can use it for any extra food that I think might ruin. This takes care of it - not letting it waste. By the way, dehydrated veggies and fruits work great for traveling!! Again, Susannah Shmurack at HealthyGreen Savvy explains how to use the dehydrator. You can even use if for making fruit leather instead of tying up your oven for hours. This way your oven is free for cooking other foods.
By the way, I couldn't pass up letting you know about this awesome Garlic Pickle Recipe!!! Grace Ellen over at GoodMamaGracie shows us step-by-step how to make garlic pickles. Our kids eat pickles by the gallon - seriously - I really don't know where those pickles go but they totally disappear in no time. And it's so hard to find really, healthy pickles without all the additives. If I do find them, they are so expensive the kids can eat only several pickles each. That's no fun!!! So, this is a great way to save on your budget as well as make your kids happy and healthy!!!!
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Making these simple foods can save a lot on the budget!! Plus, homemade is so much tastier than store-bought. I really like making these because they are without additives and preservatives. I don't feel guilty feeding these foods to my family!! However, it can be a bit overwhelming to make everything from scratch. So, it's better to start off with just a few favorite meals and then work up to more difficult recipes.
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Other than the Motorola Q Global, AT&T officially announced the HTC Touch Pro PDA Phone as the HTC FUZE. AT&T's HTC FUZE is a 3G HSDPA smartphone running the Windows Mobile 6 OS.
The HTC FUZE features Qualcomm MSM 7201A 528MHz processor, 512MB Flash memory and 288MB RAM. It comes with a 2.8-inch touch display, a 3.2 Megapxiel camera, GPS, A-GPS, WiFi and Bluetooth. The FUZE supports Microsoft Direct Push, Good Mobile Messaging, and Blackberry Connect.
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Mission Statement: The Parish Conference of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, in keeping with the tradition of its founder Frederic Ozanam, through home visits, will provide temporary assistance on a strictly confidential basis in the form of food vouchers, bill payments, clothing, appliances and furniture to our parishioners and our neighbors in the surrounding communities who are encountering financial problems due to loss of employment, illness or other crisis situations.
The St. Vincent de Paul Society provides confidential assistance to persons in the parish and surrounding communities who are in need of food, clothing, furniture and financial support.
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Requests to St. Vincent de Paul may be made by phone (610-874-3418) through the Parish House or by email at email@example.com.
All inquiries and assistance are treated with total confidentiality.
Our primary mission is to respond to the requests received at the Parish House from individuals who are seeking financial assistance on a temporary basis primarily because of sickness or loss of employment.
Working as teams, we visit individuals in their homes, assess the need, and respond with assistance: typically, food vouchers; rent assistance; payment of utility bills; and other special payments for clothing, appliances, furniture and other needs. (The Society does not provide direct cash assistance.)
Our conference also conducts two Back to School Programs: one for families we have visited and one for Mother of Providence Regional Catholic School. We also submit families whom we have visited to the parish Adopt A Family program at Christmas.
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Members meet monthly in the Stevenson Center. These meetings are essential to the operation of the Conference. Team members submit reports on their visits, and we share our experiences.
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Scottish children still miss out on basic rights
28 February 2019
RCPCH's Officer for Scotland responds to new 'children in families with limited resources' data as one in five children in Scotland miss out on basic rights such as a warm winter coat and outdoor space
Scotland eBulletin - February 2019
27 February 2019
Steve Turner, Officer for Scotland, introduces this month's newsletter for our members in Scotland. Get caught up with the latest news...
Few multivitamins contain recommended dose of Vitamin D, reveals new study
25 February 2019
RCPCH responds to new study, published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood, which reveals of the multivitamins surveyed, doses ranged from 0 to 800 IU.
Little improvement on reducing avoidable child deaths, new data shows
22 February 2019
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has today published 2017 data on avoidable deaths.
Considering paediatrics at home and abroad
22 February 2019
Welcome to Russell's latest blog, reflecting on a busy month of travel, meetings and new faces at the College!
A movement for child health: where next?
11 February 2019
The latest instalment of our State of Child Health campaign – our "Two years on scorecards" – puts the need for progress on key child health issues front and centre of the political agenda across all nations in the UK. We want to make sure we keep up momentum and make children a political priority, ...
RCPCH responds to social media and screen time guidance from Chief Medical Officers
7 February 2019
The UK's Chief Medical Officers have issued guidance on children and young people's use of social media and screen time.
Time to Talk- Supporting children and young people with mental health
6 February 2019
There has been a lot in the media about mental health recently, with the government promising that mental health will be a key focus of the NHS Long Term Plan. But we know that lots of parents will still have niggling questions. Dr Lee Hudson, Mental Health Lead at the Royal College of Paediatrics a...
Toxic air harming children across 86% of UK
5 February 2019
Unicef has launched a campaign that aims to protect children and young people from the UK's toxic air.
RCPCH responds to impact of social media and screen-use report
31 January 2019
Today, the Science and Technology Committee releases its latest report, Impact of social media and screen-use on young people's health. Dr Max Davie, RCPCH Officer for Health Promotion, responds.


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Joss Whedon Teases Even More To-Be-Revealed Characters in 'Avengers: Age of Ultron'
Following the release of the latest TV spot for Avengers: Age of Ultron that re-introduced the superhero team, writer-director Joss Whedon has teased that they won't be the only superheroes showing up in the movie.
At the end of an interview with Marvel's Lorraine Cink, Whedon was asked whether fans can expect characters who haven't been teased for the movie to show up at any point. "Will we be seeing Marvel characters who aren't yet in the preview photos? Are we going to be seeing other Marvel characters that we've seen in other films or other parts of the universe?" asked Cink, to which Whedon answered simply: "Yes."
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This might simply refer to the presence of Anthony Mackie's Falcon and Hayley Atwell's Peggy Carter in the movie — their names appear on the poster released last month, although neither have been seen in any footage or images from the movie to date — although it could also be seen as adding to the speculation that Chadwick Boseman's Black Panther will make an early debut in the movie, ahead of his official first appearance in 2016's Captain America: Civil War.
(It's worth noting that we also know that Tom Hiddleston and Idris Elba are going to be showing up in the movie, as well. Yes, this apparently will be a very busy movie.)
Elsewhere in the same interview, Whedon talked about what newcomers Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver (Elizabeth Olsen and Aaron Taylor-Johnson, respectively) will bring to the second Avengers movie.
"It was really important for me to have people who would change the game, emotionally and stylistically," said Whedon. "Their powers are completely different [from the existing Avengers'] and, through them, we get to see things differently. When we're at speed with him, we're going fast, we're going slow; it's not like we're trying to do some enormous slow-guy set piece, it's just something we never had license to do in the first movie. I never want to get so stylistically arch that you're pulled out of what you're seeing, but at the same time, I wanted to shoot something that was some kind of poetic and strange."
Avengers: Age of Ultron will be released May 1. Watch the newly released interview from Marvel below.
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Girlstart is seeking multiple STEM CREW program leaders to lead our fun, hands-on, STEM-focused After School programs across Austin and surrounding areas. Girlstart After School programs meet once a week for an hour (programs vary from 1-1.5 hours) immediately after the school day.
This is a great opportunity to work directly with elementary school girls leading hands-on science, engineering, technology, and math activities. Improve your classroom management skills (including problem solving, critical thinking, & decision-making), teaching style (communication & presentation skills), leadership abilities, be part of a diverse team, and gain curriculum-writing experience. Join Girlstart's efforts to educate and empower girls! STEM CREW programs leaders serve as positive and fun role models for the girls!
Leading an After School Program is approximately a 3-hour commitment including prepping, practicing, driving to club, leading and wrap. In addition to the 3 hours, STEM CREW are encouraged to have 1-2 office hours to prep, pack, pick up their after school materials, and ask questions about the activity and/or classroom management.
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Many people buy and use antibacterial mouth-wash once a day sometimes two or three times per day. Antibacterial mouth-wash helps prevent gum disease, kills germs that lead to bad breath and in general keep your mouth clean and healthy. Using store bought mouth-wash several times a day can get expensive. In a tough economy or even if the economy is not so tough, there is a certain satisfaction to making something yourself and saving money in the process. Homemade mouth-wash allows you to know exactly what is in the wash you are swishing around your teeth and mouth and helps to save money on dental care. Homemade antibacterial mouth-wash is just as effective as the mouth-wash you buy in the store, only much less expensive.
You Will Need:
Lidded glass jar
Lemon essential oil
Bergamot essential oil
Distilled water
Add water to a pot on the stove and bring it to a boil. Shut the flame off from under the pot and place a 12 to 16 ounce glass jar into the water. Let it sit in the water for 10 to 15 minutes to sterilize the jar. Remove the jar from the hot water with tongs to avoid burning yourself. Set the jar on a clean towel to dry. Let the jar cool to room temperature.
Pour 4 ounces of vodka into the jar; brand name vodka is not necessary, buy whatever is the cheapest, off brands are fine and just as effective. Add 1/4 teaspoon of lemon essential oil, 1/8 teaspoon of bergamot essential oil and 8 ounces of distilled water.
Place the lid on the jar and shake it to mix the vodka, essential oils and distilled water. Always shake the ingredients to mix before each use because they will separate.
Before using: Measure 1/2 ounce, which is approximately 1 tablespoon of mouth-wash and add it to 2 ounces of water.
Swish the mouth-wash around your mouth and between your teeth just like store bought mouth-wash. keep the mouth-wash moving around your mouth for about a minute or so. Sing Happy Birthday or Twinkle Twinkle Little Star in your head, when you are finished singing the song, spit the mouth-wash out. Always spit the mouth-wash out into sink. Do not drink the mouth-wash or swallow it.
Place a label on the jar of concentrated antibacterial mouth-wash with all ingredients clearly listed.
Store the anti-bacterial mouth-wash out of a child's reach. Do not allow children to use this mouth-wash because of the alcohol content. If you are currently taking any prescribed or over the counter medications consult your healthcare professional or local pharmacist before using the mouth-wash to determine if it will interact with your medications.
Always shake before using to remix the ingredients.
Essential oils can be found online or in health food stores. Choose good quality essential oils for best results.
Brush you teeth at least twice daily or after each meal and snack. Use the antibacterial mouth-wash after each brushing.
A good oral hygiene routine will keep teeth and gums healthy.
Using antibacterial mouth-wash is not a replacement for regular dental cleanings and visits.
Good oral hygiene promotes good health. Those with gum disease, cavities and rotting teeth are more susceptible to heart disease, heart attacks and strokes.


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Robotic flexible endoscope kinder to doctor, patient and finances
This is a flexible endoscope which can be operated by one person, instead of by two or three, as is often the case with the current endoscopes. PhD candidate in Industrial Design, Jeroen Ruiter, University of Twente, designed this endoscope along with technology provider DEMCON. With the flexible robotic endoscope, doctors will eventually be able to perform complex surgeries through natural orifices, without external scars. The patient recovers faster and the hospitalization time is shorter, saving healthcare costs.
The standard endoscope, a flexible hose with a controllable camera, which is used today in hospitals, is a mechanical tool. In surgery, it is often operated by two or three persons. The new flexible robotic endoscope can be operated independently by a single doctor. When doing this, he has full control of the endoscope and he feels how the device interacts with the patient. Procedures will then be performed faster and be less stressful. An additional advantage is that doctors will be able to master the procedure much more quickly than is the case with the present endoscope. Moreover, specialist nurses could also be trained to perform diagnostic tasks independently. This year, the mass screening program for colorectal cancer is being introduced in the Netherlands. Jeroen Ruiter: "There is a great shortage of hands to carry out that screening. Possibly, a user-friendly and efficient steering system could relieve this pressure."
Surgical procedures
Surgical procedures that doctors now carry out via external incisions could be performed using the robotic flexible endoscope through natural orifices and without external scars. The procedure is less invasive for patients, both mentally and physically. This patient recovers faster and the hospitalization time is reduced, saving healthcare costs. Jeroen Ruiter: "One example is the removal of a large tumor on the intestinal wall. At this time, a patient is often referred to surgery for the removal of a part of the intestine. With our system, the tumor can be dissected from the inside, whereby the intestine recovers completely. This can be standard practice in five years." The guiding of the new endoscope is user friendly and intuitive. The physician experiences the working of it as the direct handling of instruments, just as in open surgery. Ruiter: "With our system, the physician is also able to make a suture. This is an action that is unthinkable with the current flexible instruments."
In the long run, the system can also be used to treat organs outside the digestive tract. To do this, however, the intestine must be perforated. Further medical and technical research is needed to ensure sterility in the surgical field. Another possibility for the future the introduction of smart software. This could, for example, during insertion of the tube, provide for automatic steering to the center of the intestine on the basis of the camera images. Or, the software could compensate for patient movement, such as the breathing, in precise surgical procedures.
Jeroen Ruiter will hold his doctoral defense on 6 September 2013. He carried out his doctoral research at the Department of Design, Production and Management of the Faculty of Engineering Technology at the University of Twente and at DEMCON. His supervisors are Prof. Fred van Houten and Prof. Ivo Broeders, his assistant supervisors are Dr. Mascha van der Voort and Dr. Maarten Bonnema.
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Lewis Black had it right: Candy corn is an abomination of candy and corn, a waxen, despicable excuse for a foodstuff trotted out each year to dupe undiscerning eaters. This video for the Nerdist YouTube channel with the lovable and bumbling Jim O'Heir as an organic candy corn farmer is a grotesque perversion of the inexplicable enduring popularity of this Halloween candy. It's a fake commercial for Nathan's Valley, a company that's either a salad dressing or an Arrested Development housing subdivision. But in using all the hallmarks of a pro-agriculture advertisement, the clip features all-natural farming techniques like tossing sugar on the ground and more than a few positively disgusting shots of folks chowing down on molten sugar wax. Damn it, Jerry! That is some nasty candy corn.
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From the Office of the Commonwealth's Attorney. Please see our Media Releases page at louisvilleprosecutor.com/media-releases for more details and archives.
30th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Weekly Media Release: February 13, 2017 – February 17, 2017
Attention: Assignment Editor
Director of Communications: Jeff Cooke
Office: (502) 595-2340 Ext. 3027
Cell / Text: (502) 262-5809
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
NOTE: These represent only a few of the many cases which the Office of Jefferson County Commonwealth's Attorney is handling. If you have any comments, or need further information concerning these or any other matters please do not hesitate to call. An indictment is only an accusation. A defendant is presumed innocent until or unless found guilty. The enclosed court actions are subject to change.
According to the Rules of Criminal Procedure (RCr 3.02, 3.05, and 8.01), the arraignment of individuals whose case has been submitted directly to the grand jury shall take place within a reasonable time after the return of an indictment. If you are interested in a case that has been submitted directly to the grand jury, then please contact the court division in which it has been assigned to obtain the time and date of the arraignment.
Joseph Smithson – 15CR2024
- On February 9, 2017, Mr. Smithson (DOB 02/17/75) pled guilty to Manslaughter in the Second Degree in Division 3 of Jefferson Circuit Court. His charges were the result of a single vehicle crash that killed Ms. Brenda Jackson. Mr. Smithson, the driver of the vehicle, was found to be under the influence of methamphetamine while operating the vehicle at a high rate of speed, causing it to crash. The defendant is classified as a Persistent Felony Offender in the Second Degree, enhancing his final sentence to 20 years in prison.
Quenton Se'ville Hall – 17CR0361 (Murder)
- Mr. Hall (DOB 02/19/82) is charged with the shooting death of Mr. Fernandez Bowman that occurred on December 2, 2016 in the area of 25th and Burwell streets. Mr. Hall's bond is currently set at $500,000 and is scheduled to be arraigned on Monday, February 13, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. in Division 2 of Jefferson Circuit Court. Milja Zgonjanin is the prosecutor.
Terrence Downs – 16CR3370 (Murder, Robbery in the First Degree, Possession of Handgun by Convicted Felon, Wanton Endangerment in the First Degree, Tampering with Physical Evidence)
- Mr. Downs (DOB 11/20/1992) has been indicted in relation to the shooting death of Ronnie Reed on December 10, 2016 in the 6000 block of Guardian Court. A pretrial conference is scheduled for Monday, February 13, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. in Division 10 of Jefferson Circuit Court. Kristi Gray is the prosecutor.
Robert Smith and Joseph Starling – 14CR1197 (Murder, Kidnapping, Criminal Syndication: Engaging In Organized Crime, Trafficking in a Controlled Substance I [3 counts](Smith), Possession of a Handgun by a Convicted Felon [2 counts](Smith), Tampering with Physical Evidence)
- Mr. Smith (DOB 02/04/65) and Mr. Starling (DOB 02/01/70) are charged with the October 24, 2013, kidnapping, beating, and shooting of Robert Holt. A pretrial conference is scheduled for February 15th at 9:15 in Division 11 of Jefferson Circuit Court. Frank Dahl and Ebert Haegele are the prosecutors.
Joshua S. Lee – 16CR1599 (Criminal Attempt Murder, Assault in the First Degree, Tampering with Physical Evidence)
- Lee (DOB 11/11/87) is charged in connection with an assault on April 21, 2016. Mr. Lee produced a knife and stabbed the victim repeatedly in the chest and face. The victim was taken to the hospital in critical condition with life threatening stab wounds. The victim and defendant were dating at the time of the incident. A pretrial conference is scheduled for Friday, February 17, 2017 at 8:45am in Division 9 of Jefferson Circuit Court. Courtney Straw is the prosecutor.
Michael Downey-15CR3360 (Sexual Abuse in the First Degree [3 Counts])
- Mr. Downey (DOB 02/21/76) is charged in relation to sexual abuse involving his fourteen year old step-son who is diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome. The Defendant would touch his step-son's penis, having his step-son touch his penis, and masturbate in front of his step-son. A plea hearing was held on December 6, 2016 at 9:30 A.M. in Division 6 of Jefferson Circuit Court in which the Defendant entered into a guilty plea on all counts. The Commonwealth is recommending a one year sentence on each count to run concurrently for a total of one year to serve. The Defendant will be required to be a registered sex offender for his lifetime, complete the sex offender treatment program, and be monitored on a five year Post-Incarceration Supervision. Final Sentencing is scheduled for February 13, 2017 at 9:15 A.M. in Division 6 of Jefferson Circuit Court. Nathan Ray Batey II is the prosecutor.
James Carl Renn Sr. – 15CR1318 (Rape of a Female Over Twelve, Rape of a Child Under Twelve [4 Counts], Indecent or Immoral Practices with a Child Less than 15 Years of Age [6 Counts], and Incest [5 Counts])
- Mr. Renn (DOB 09/28/33) has been charged for offenses which occurred against his two daughters in the late 1960s and early 1970s. A jury trial is set to occur on Tuesday, February 14, 2017, at 9:00 a.m. in Division 1 of Jefferson Circuit Court. Nathan Ray Batey II is the prosecutor.


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About The Company :
The International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation and was founded in 1911, with headquarters in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and markets computer hardware and software, and offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology. IBM India Private Limited is the Indian subsidiary of IBM.
Company Name : IBM India Pvt Ltd
Company Website : www.ibm.com
Job Location : Across India
Position : Associate System Engineer
Salary : Rs.340000/- to Rs.375000/-
Last Date to Apply : ASAP Before the job link expires
Eligibility Criteria :
- All branches of BE / B.Tech, ME / M.Tech, MCA are eligible, except Pharma and Fashion Technology.
- Year of pass out for the highest level of education has to be 2014 & 2015
- 70 % & above throughout education (PG, UG, X, XII) (may be 65% as per official site )
IBM Selection process:
- Online Aptitude Test
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Well Begun Is Half Done!
(Article reading time for an average adult = 5-6 minutes)
In my home country (Greece) and maybe in other countries, too, we say "Well begun is half done" or "The Beginning is the half of everything." The first quote actually comes from Aristotle. Well one might consider that this is a very nice phrase but unreasonable, the problem is how many hours I am using to achieve an outcome independently of the row of the activities in that period of time. Truth is that this used to be my own belief, too, until I started reading about productivity tips and understood that this mistaken belief was playing a significant role in me achieving the goals of the day. For example, I used to begin my day by reading the emails and the notifications in the social platforms.
Many life coaches and business mentors have talked about the importance of starting with a thoughtful and productive way that sets you up for success in your goals for the rest of the day. And in fact there exist specific tips that, if followed consistently, can quickly transform your levels of productivity. You may be skeptical about how helpful might be these habits that sometimes even look silly or too easy. However, that kind of formulas have helped many succesful people achieve what they have achieved. If you keep an open mind, practice these behaviors for approximately a month, you will see by yourselves how your world will transform in positive ways you cannot imagine!
- Wake up 2 hours before you need to leave home and give one hour, at least, to yourself and to your mind. If you exercise regularly, exercise. If you have a pet, go for a walk. If you usually meditate, practice meditation for 30-45. In fact, morning meditation is extremely useful. You intentionally put yourselves in a mindful state and you start with one of the safest armors to seize the day!
- Before reading anything from the news online or in the newspaper, leave half an hour to read, listen or watch something motivational. You will put in your brains healthy "food". You will prompt your emotions and feel the motivation to give your best selves. It can even wake you up, if your thoughts are still going around the bed. These days, every single morning, I am listening in an audio book the autobiography of Richard Branson "Losing My Virginity: The Autobiography" Branson narrates it himself and his mentality on confronting life (and not only business) is incredibly motivating. Actually it creates contradictory feelings to me. From the one hand I feel how human success is, contrary to popular belief. Branson was a dislectic guy that reached the level he is now step by step, without any fortune and without ever doing something superhuman. Only with a tremendous desire to succeed and a risk taking attitude and two parents that blindly trusted him in all of his choices…On the other hand sometimes I tend to feel sad because I see how huge our potential is and most of the times we throw it to the rubbish. This sets me up for the whole day!
- Sit down and write or have already written your 5-10 goals. But be specific. Instead of writing I want to lose weight, write by the end of the next month I will have lost 7 kilos. Then write down what are you willing to give in return for what you desire. Achievements don't come without efforts, so state what you are going to sacrifice. Then mention your specific plan on how to reach your goals. And read them loudly. At that time meditate on your writings, feel deep inside that you already are in that position. You can even use present tense, like I weight these kilos. Believe it or not, your brain needs consistency with the outside world, the more you tell it something, the closer it comes to believe it. To make it even more effective, Brian Tracy recommends to write and rewrite them again day by day when we wake up.
- Either have a list ready or make it in the morning, with what you want to do during this day. By having them written down they are clear to you and whenever you may get stuck, you can have a look at them and decide what to do later. Put them, also, in priorities. Ask yourselves, if there was a reason that you must do only one thing for the whole week, which one would it be.
- If you leave home, either you take a public transport or drive prefer to listen to an audio book instead of radio. The average person spends much time for transport. By introducing this habit you both use efficiently the time that otherwise would be wasted and you focus your brain on what matters to you.
- When you start working, start with your first priority and don't waste time in microactivities such as emails. In the beginning you are fresh to accomplish what is the most important activity for the day. Moreover, when you finish early an important task, you have feelings of high satisfaction. Your brain becomes full of endorphins and you are very motivated to continue to the rest. Also, when you finish your important tasks early, you have better chances to reach the state of flow. Flow is the ultimate experience, the time that you have full productivity and you are totally unaware of the sense of time. These microactivities such as emails, Tim Ferriss in The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich recommends to batch them all together the last hour before your break. This way you can decrease the consuming of time and mostly productive time.
- Set specific and strict time constraints to your tasks. Develop a sense of urgency so that you feel more confident and in control. Once again the 4hour workweek introduced me to the concept of Parkinson's Law. It's the reason why the majority of students start their assignments in the last-minute but only a small minority or maybe no one misses the deadline. We have a tendency to occupy the time space we are provided with. If we have one week to finish a task, most people use exactly one week. If for the same task they had 3 days, they could still manage it. When you have plenty of time you easily waste it researching everything that comes to your attention or procrastinating. When you don't have time, you focus only on the important. By pressurizing yourselves with strict deadlines, you accomplish your tasks quicker and either you can do much more, or you have more time to rest and spend with the people you love.
With this set of behaviors you are practically stimulating your brain towards the direction you want to go. I know that to many these might look silly or might say that there is no point doing all these things; "I am very aware of what I want and how to achieve it." I can assure you that these activities play a significant role in order to go many steps further. And there is a scientific basis behind these. Priming is an implicit effect in which exposure to a stimulus influences a response to a later stimulus. For example, if a person reads a list of words including the word table, and is later asked to complete a word starting with tab, the probability that he or she will answer table is greater than if they are not primed. So this works when you "eat" the healthy "brain foods" in the morning. Journaling has multiple times been proven that it clears our thoughts and we can see them as a third person, in a more objective manner.
Also, the brain needs consistency with the outside world. If you write your goals, read them and feel that you have achieved them, you are convincing your subconscious about the truth of the statements and you make it behave accordingly. The more accustomed you become with a situation, the more natural you behave in it. The brain has a tendency to create an image of any statement it comes across, we are naturally born fulls. And after that image, we maybe consciously understand that it's not true. This happens automatically and in centiseconds of course. If I mention to you a flying donkey, you will instinctively try to think of a donkey with wings.
It needs to be cleared that all the above are only valuable tools in our arsenal of personal development. By no means they are the panacea. Modern self-help books, unfortunately, provide people the magic pills about success. What in fact they are doing is exploiting that kind of life tips letting people believe that these behaviors are adequate enough to achieve their dreams. Certainly not, the above will change your attitude which naturally will affect your behavior (be more productive and efficient). But if you let them remain just morning habits and don't follow with action, you will only be an excellent theorist about how to apply.


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Hate crime: First arrest for attack on emo teenager
- Published
Two people have been arrested over an assault on an emo teenager - a week after police began recording attacks on subculture members as hate crimes.
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) is the first force in the UK to register such offences.
A 16-year-old boy describing himself as an emo was assaulted in Ashton town centre on Monday, officers said.
A 14-year-old boy and a 44-year-old man from Manchester have been arrested on suspicion of assault.
They have been released on police bail pending further inquiries.
'Hope victims encouraged'
The assault is the first to be investigated as an alternative subculture hate crime.
The emo subculture revolves around musical tastes and specific fashions.
Emos often wear dark clothing similar to goths, but the fashion for spiky, coloured hair and studded clothing shows punk influences.
GMP has worked with a charity set up following the murder of 20-year-old goth Sophie Lancaster in 2007 to change attitudes to subcultures.
Assistant Chief Constable Garry Shewan said: "It is unfortunate that this incident happened but the fact we were able to identify this as a hate crime is very positive.
"We hope this encourages victims to continue to come forward so we can take positive action against offenders.
"Officers will be reviewing CCTV and speaking to witnesses in order to investigate this attack thoroughly, as we do with all crimes."
Offences recorded as hate crimes can receive higher sentences but for that to happen legislation would also need to change.


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Top Secret Documents and a Creatures Project
Whatever could this be? It seems a very important document was intercepted by some rather nosy Norns. In actuality, I started to write down a plan for a project I've been meaning to work on. I started writing, and ended up with an entire page of notes and a general sense of the order of events. There is something much more personal about writing out plans, at least for me: I tend to stick with them better! The good news is that this top secret document actually exists, and means that I will be making some progress quite soon. The bad news is that it will likely stay hidden and secret for a decent amount of time as I finally put some work into it. This document only contains my thoughts and plans for the first step, which will certainly take a lot of time. Creatures projects aren't always easy! I think the recent CCSF 2014 Basic Survey got me thinking about finally achieving this elusive goal. Some others have posted about their CCSF ideas, too, and it's awesome to see that people are thinking about projects already! My own top secret project has no time table, simply because it all depends on how much time I will have to devote to it. If it was possible to push a button and get it all done in a day, it would be complete. Plus, I set a lofty goal. Time to work!
Those nosy Norns found this little scrap, with my very own handwriting! Oddly enough, taking a picture of pure white paper in slight darkness results in this neat, old paper feel. But I digress. There are still some ideas I need to write down and get my head wrapped around, yet I should be on a regular schedule with this project beginning this month. I really struggled to get motivated: I think many of us Creatures players lose interest in the game or our projects at times. There isn't a set "thing" that gets us back into it, but when that happens, it's pretty awesome! So keep an eye out for this secret project… Which may or may not be all that secret if you're a longtime reader of Discover Albia!


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Alex Frew McMillan is a Hong Kong-based writer who has focused on stories about real-estate, travel and alternative finance for the last 20 years. His work has appeared in The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, the Financial Times, Reuters, CNBC and CNN, as well as many magazines. He has also been on air to talk business trends and issues for CNN, the BBC, property documentaries and Hong Kong's state broadcaster RTHK.
After years of decline, the South Korean housing market appears to have turned around.
Several sizeable Chinese cities have in the last few days backtracked on the tough restrictions on property purchases that have been put in place across the country.
A rising number of China-focused, often Hong Kong-based investors have been selling large property developments in the mainland, as the market shows increasing signs of stress.
These are heady days for Japanese real estate, particularly in the country's two largest cities, Tokyo and Osaka.
Real estate investment trusts are misunderstood in Asia, real-estate executives believe, and may need a regulatory overhaul.
This week, a SWAT police team at least 20 strong descended on the sales office of a property developer in Zhejiang Province.
Malaysia has led the way in terms of salary growth for property professionals in the last year.
The collapse of a Chinese developer has sparked a selloff in the bonds and stocks of mainland property companies as a whole.
Asian buyers, who dominate the market for new and off-plan homes in London, are increasingly worried about anti-foreigner sentiment.
The level of housing-sale transactions in China has slowed dramatically.
Developers and operators of warehouse space in Asia have been boosted by a multi-billion dollar influx of capital.
Hong Kong's country parks, its last pristine spaces, are under attack. With three advisers to the Hong Kong government having advocated the idea of carving into the territory's wild, natural spaces for construction.
Glorious Property Holdings has been rocked by the resignations of its chief executive officer and chief financial officer, after a failed attempt by its leading shareholder to take the company public.
Despite challenges stemming from China's slowing growth and crackdown on corruption, Marco Polo Hotels has established an aggressive expansion plan in China. The company will unveil a new hotel brand that will move the chain into the five-star category.
At a time that many property investors say they see a newly open window of opportunity to invest in Japan, real estate finance company Forum Partners is instead selling there and repositioning itself to jump into investments in China.
The Hong Kong government is determined to pump even-greater supply of property into the world's most-expensive residential market.
A convoluted argument over an arcane tax law may actually point to one of the greatest threats to Chinese property developers, the largest of which are typically listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange, suggesting last year's share losses may steepen.
Several cities that would be regarded by many as underdogs look set to excel in terms of home-price growth over the rest of this decade. Tokyo has the best prospects for residential returns in the next five years.
Hong Kong property stocks face a tough year ahead, thanks to the challenging conditions for the office, retail and residential markets. Developers are likely to find more positive market conditions in Tokyo and the major mainland Chinese cities.
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It's important that professional learning leaders continue to find ways to document success and tie it to teacher excellence and student achievement.
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|They told us not to wish in the first place, not to aspire, not to try; to be quiet, to play nice, to shoot low and aspire not at all. They are always wrong. Follow your dreams. Make your wishes. Create the future. And above all, believe in yourself.


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At the ripe old age of 30, Microsoft Flight Simulator is one of longest-running PC game series of all time. The last revision of the game, Flight Simulator X was released in 2006. Unfortunately in 2009 during Microsoft's cost cutting rampage, the development team behind Microsoft Flight Simulator was shut down and the project essentially crashed and burned.
Fast forward to 2012 however and we find that Microsoft have brought back the flight simulator franchise with "Microsoft Flight" and not only have they revived it, it's now free-to-play. Like many other free to play games, we see the introduction of a DLC (downloadable content) model which provides the option to purchase and download extra content, aircrafts, scenery and game packs.
After passing through the tutorial, you can access the free flight mode which allows you to roam pretty much wherever you like. Maps are limited with the free version but having specific maps as DLC content is a great idea and we assume if maps are not available right now, they will be at some point in the future.
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The United States and Foreign Competition in Latin America
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This paper analyzes the evolution of the U.S. trade relations with Latin America, investigating the possible path that these relations will take in the future. The data analyzed show that during the last 15 years or so there has been no significant loss in the U.S. aggregate competitive position in Latin America. However, there has been a significant change in the composition of U.S. exports to the Latin American nations. The paper also deals with issues related to direct foreign investment in Latin America, comparing the importance of the U.S. and other nations. Finally, the role of international trade in the solution of the current Latin American debt crisis, and in the reassumption of sustained growth in the region is discussed.
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Review: Superman #8
T. Kyle King is a lawyer, a former sports blogger, a panelist on the "Twin Peaks"-centric "Wrapped in Podcast", and a Superman guy.
Superman #8 began the latest story arc for the pre-Flashpoint Man of Steel and his son, the new Superboy. In the opening chapter of Escape from Dinosaur Island, co-authors Peter J. Tomasi and Patrick Gleason teamed up with penciller Doug Mahnke for an adventure inspired by Darwyn Cooke, who passed away earlier this year. ComiConverse's Superman reviewer, T. Kyle King, brings you his thoughts on the newest issue.
Review: Superman #8
Following a relaxed family outing to the county fair in the previous issue, Superman #8 dials the action back up to eleven. How big does this issue get? Would you believe World War II ordnance, Krypto the Superdog, and dinosaurs?
Superman #8 Synopsis:
In spite of Krypto's best efforts to distract them, Clark and Jonathan Smith are busily working on the youngster's school science experiment at the Fortress of Solitude. Jonathan's flying saucer springs to life, assimilating some of the Kryptonian crystals before transporting Superman, Superboy, and Superdog to Dinosaur Island.
There, the Kryptonian trio encounters oversized fish, pterosaurs, wrecked World War II tanks and planes with the remains of soldiers and airmen nearby, and an endless cloud bank cutting them off from the outside world. Inside a heavily fortified cave, the Man of Tomorrow finds the inscription left there by Johnny Cloud in 1945.
Superman #8 Analysis:
As with any issue featuring Mahnke's pencils, Jaime Mendoza's inks, and Wil Quintana's colors, it is virtually impossible to comment on Escape from Dinosaur Island and not start with the art. Stylistically, Mahnke's visuals owe more to the exaggerated photorealism of the Neal Adams school than to the Jack Kirby-inspired graphics of squared figures bursting with kinetic energy that typified Cooke's work, but the homage to the late creator's DC: The New Frontier is more felt than seen, and the closing image of Superman #8 elegantly captures the spirit of that series' opening image.
Although Mahnke's more detailed delineations of facial features and Mendoza's more deeply darkened inks do not mirror the clean simplicity and bright openness in Cooke's original story, there is a nice symmetry to Superman's and Superboy's efforts to reconstruct the scene after the fact being imbued with greater heft than the source material necessarily possessed. Cooke's work celebrated Cloud's life; Superman #8 follows both the creator's and the character's deaths, so it is suitable that the artwork conveys solemnity through solidity â and that Quintana's streaks of sunlight spilling onto Cloud's remains poignantly provide genuine rays of hope.
Body language and facial expressions do much to establish the mood of Escape from Dinosaur Island, and Rob Leigh's lettering makes the action almost audible as it unfolds on the printed page. Tomasi's and Gleason's story economically sets the stage before immediately setting the plot into motion, methodically reconstructing the Losers' final mission while interspersing it with outsized superhero action, reasonable individual reaction, and some fine lines of dialogue from both father to son ("We're not in the Arctic Circle anymore") and boy to dog ("What is it with you and getting eaten all the time?").
The neatest aspect of Superman #8 is the way it operates on multiple levels. On the surface, it's a straightforward superhero adventure in which the Man of Tomorrow and the Boy of Steel are whisked away to a mysterious and dangerous place through a pseudo-scientific deus ex machina. In the background, Escape from Dinosaur Island revisits the scene of Cooke's magnum opus to pay respect to the beloved writer and illustrator. If this issue accomplished only these two objectives, it would have achieved more than enough for one comic book.
There is much more to it than that, though.
Dinosaur Island, after all, has a history in DC Comics that stretches back farther than Cooke's Eisner Award-winning 2004 limited series: Clark Kent found himself endangered there six decades ago, in the 1956 story The Secret of Dinosaur Island by Otto Binder and Curt Swan, which appeared in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #12. The ginger journalist's solo series came to epitomize the Silver Age, an era that certainly seemed to be celebrated in Superman #8. In addition to Dinosaur Island, this issue included Superboy, Krypto, a plot set into motion by a science experiment gone awry, and Superman cracking bad jokes ("We had a heart-to-heart conversation") with an arched eyebrow. That's about as Silver Age as you can get without anyone turning into a giant green turtle man.
Even deeper lies the express purpose of Rebirth to undo what Watchmen wrought. Since the pseudo-reboot that consigned the New 52 to the ash heap of history, long-established streams of continuity have begun bleeding back into the currently canonical DC Universe. In Trinity #1, the pre-Flashpoint Clark Kent recalled Rainbow Batman from Detective Comics #241 â only he shouldn't have, because that 1957 tale antedated Crisis on Infinite Earths, from which the resurrected pre-New 52 Superman emerged anew in 1986.
Evoking Rainbow Batman could be excused as an elaborate inside joke, but the extensive and undeniable integration of Darwyn Cooke's epoch-spanning epic into Superman #8 cannot so easily be dismissed. It unmistakably is the case that DC: The New Frontier and Escape from Dinosaur Island currently occupy the same continuity.
Think about what that means.
DC: The New Frontier, which scrupulously followed the history of the DC Universe and has been described as the antithesis of Watchmen, is now a part of the post-Rebirth continuity.
Rebirth, which repudiates the cynical nihilistic deconstructionism of Watchmen both in conception and in execution, explicitly has absorbed into its reconstructed canon the handiwork of Darwyn Cooke, who contributed to Before Watchmen with considerable trepidation and later proclaimed that "the bravest and smartest thing one of these companies could do would be to scrap everything they're doing and bring in creative people who would have the talent and were willing to put in the effort it takes to write an all-ages universe that an adult or a child could enjoy."
Cooke's brash statement sure sounds similar to the sentiment Geoff Johns was attempting to express when he announced Rebirth with the declaration: "The compass of hope and optimism is in DC Comics' DNA, and it's important to get those [back] out there."
Superman #8 wasn't perfect, of course: Clark and Jonathan working on the youngster's science project in costume at the Fortress of Solitude with Krypto, rather than at the family farm in plaid flannel and eyeglasses with Lois Smith (née Lane), was an extravagant contrivance that unfortunately sidelined one-third of the series' strong central cast. After the way the first lady of superhero comics has taken it on the chin â not always figuratively â for the last 20 years, from Kingdom Come to Superwoman, it is important for Lois to remain important in the main Superman title, so her absence from this issue is conspicuous.
Hopefully, though, Lois will not stay off-stage for long â and, as hopeful notes go, Superman #8 powerfully sounds most of the right ones in the subtle subtext of the expressly metatextual Escape from Dinosaur Island. After this issue, the handwriting is on the wall (literally) that the legacy of the DC Universe â the one that existed long before the grim and gritty modern history of which Superman serves as an absolute repudiation â has been restored⦠or, perhaps, I should say: reborn.
What was your reaction to Superman #8? We welcome you to ComiConverse with us in the comments below!
T. Kyle King is a Contributor to ComiConverse. Follow him on Twitter: @TKyleKing.
Source: DC Comics
Despite the omission of Lois Lane, this well-crafted homage to Darwyn Cooke is exciting on the surface and encouraging in its larger implications.


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Please look through our selection of ducks, geese, French Pearl Guineas and Cornish Cross chicks. We encourage you to book your order now. We know the demand for day old poultry in Southern California is high. If you wait too long, the birds you want may not be available when you want them.
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It is easy for you to enjoy the thrill of raising a baby duckling or gosling into adulthood. Our minimum order quantity is two ducklings or goslings so you do not have to raise more birds than you want. We also hatch ducks year round. Whereas most hatcheries stop hatching in June or July, we hatch Pekin and Mallard year round and our other breeds of ducks from February through early December. The season for the geese, guineas, and pheasants is in the spring and early summer. Our chickens are hatched year round for those of you wanting to grow chickens commercially for your local restaurants or farmers' markets.
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Hello Lovelies!
Last week, I shared with you my new philosophy, Honest Decorating. As I have been contemplating all of the different facets of what I consider Honest Decorating to be, I started thinking about the ways I honor our home. Honor our home. What does that mean, exactly?
Well, I believe - as I've mentioned numerous times - that the home should be a haven and an escape from the world. Because it plays such an important role in our lives, we should treat our homes with respect. One of the ways that I do that, is by "waking up my house" each morning.
Read more after the break...
Many years ago, I started reading a website called FlyLady. Anybody heard of it? The FlyLady shares ways that people can get organized. The thing I really love about her philosophy is that she refers to housekeeping as "blessing your house". What a wonderful way to think about taking care of our houses! And, by extension, taking care of our families and ourselves. That concept goes right along with what I am talking about today.
"Waking up my house" is my morning habit of getting the house ready for the day. Of "blessing it" for the coming day as the FlyLady might say. I work full-time outside the home as an interior designer, so I make my morning routine simple and quick. But, everyone benefits because our house starts the day in a relatively clean and organized way.
The first thing I do when I wake (assuming it's light outside) is open all of the blinds in the house. I love to let the morning light wash through the house.
Then I make sure that my bed is made. The kids are in charge of their own beds, and although, sometimes I'm tempted to remake their beds in my own way...I refrain. It's important for them to learn to "wake up" their own spaces.
After breakfast, we all make sure that our dishes are in the sink. (The kids each have a dish day...and often, during the school year, the clean dishes don't get put away until the kids get home from school. This is something I'm okay with, as long as all of the dishes they use in the morning get rinsed and put in the sink to be loaded into the dishwasher that afternoon.)
The kitchen counters and the table get wiped down, and the appliances get a quick wipe down as well. This is not a thorough cleaning, just a chance to make sure there are no spills or crumbs.
After I'm done getting ready, I make sure that my bathroom counters and sinks get a quick wipe down as well.
Then before we leave for school and work, I take a quick peek in the bedrooms to make sure that the beds are made and the floors have been picked up. And right before we walk out the door, I make sure that the living room is straight.
This might sound like a lot...but it actually only takes a grand total of about 15 minutes.
Even on weekends and holidays, I like to follow this routine because it allows the house to start out each day in a relatively clean state. We all know that it doesn't stay that way for long though, right? Ha!
Later this week, I'm going to share how I "put my house to sleep" every evening. These two routines are my ways of honoring my house and the people who live in it by taking care of it. What about you? Do you have any routines that make housekeeping a bit easier? I'd love to hear!
3 comments:
- Bettye said...
I remember The Fly Lady! We were to discard 17 things every day and clean the kitchen sink each night. I like your tips for honoring your house. And it's nice to come home to a clean and orderly home.
- apple said...
Honoring your home is very much like honoring yourself. You deserve to have a clean, uncluttered home. Taking the few extra minutes each day to straighten up shows that you are important enough to require that of yourself.
- Beck'sInTheKitchen said...
My morning and evening routines are the same as yours:)
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