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Artisan Puffery?
There once was a day when being an "artisan" meant something: "A person or company that makes a high-quality, distinctive product in small quantities, usually by hand using traditional methods: artisan foods." The key elements of an artisan's handiwork seem to be hand-crafted, distinctive products of high-quality that are produced in small numbers. Perhaps bread from the local bakery, craft beer from the corner brewpub, unique cheese from a small dairy farm, and for the less edible, one-of-a-kind jewelry items, custom furniture pieces, and hand-painted household knickknacks. But, nowadays, even a "major online service provider" in the field of intellectual property filings appears interested in suggesting or emulating the qualities of an artisan's handiwork: Artisan IP. Meanwhile, back to our discussion of "artisan" foods, I'm thinking it's safe to say that when Domino's Pizza adopts the term for its latest fast food pizza delivery offering, when Starbucks employs the term in naming its breakfast sandwich offering, and when Frito-Lay chooses Artisan Recipes as a trademark for its latest pre-packaged tortilla chip offering, true artisans must be in desperate search of a new title to reclaim their identity: Foodette Reviews also has noticed the incongruity of mass merchandise national chains adopting the term. I just don't think it makes one a "snob" to be bothered by the misdescriptive use. Yet, I suppose "artisan" still means something, we're just not sure what, at the moment, since it appears to be a moving target, as Nancy Friedman recently noted on her truly artisanal Fritinancy Blog (not to be confused with Artesians, of course). According to Grub Street New York (hat tip to Nancy on this find), what appears to be certain is that the marketing cachet of the word "artisan" began its rapid demise into "meaninglessness" about a decade ago when the co-opting by "giant companies" began, in order to "hawk fast-food burgers and delivery pizza." As a trademark type, given the larger-than-life bandwagon of those using the term "artisan" in connection with pizza (WeightWatchers, Wedge, Pitfire, Roundtable, Mario's, Max & Leo's, Mazzio's, and Freschetta, among others), I'm left wondering whether Artisan Pizza is the next Brick Oven Pizza — namely, a new category of pizza, rendering the term generic, and free for all to use, assuming of course, the use is not false or misleading to consumers. Last, but not least, for an excerpt from a 2003 Office Action from the USPTO refusing registration of ARTISAN as a trademark for "frozen pizza," based on deceptive misdescriptiveness, see below the jump. Mark is Deceptively Misdescriptive "The examining attorney also refused registration on the Principal Register because the mark is, potentially, deceptively misdescriptive of the goods. Trademark Act Section 2(e)(1), 15 U.S.C. §1052(e)(1); TMEP §1209.04. A mark is descriptive if it conveys an accurate or true idea of an ingredient, quality, characteristic, function or feature of the relevant goods. If the idea conveyed by the mark is false, and also plausible, then the term is deceptively misdescriptive and is unregistrable under Trademark Act Section 2(e)(1), 15 U.S.C. §1052(e)(1). In re Woodward & Lothrop Inc., 4 USPQ2d 1412 (TTAB 1987); In re Ox‑Yoke Originals, Inc., 222 USPQ 352 (TTAB 1983). TMEP §1209.04. The test for deceptive misdescriptiveness has two parts: (1) does the mark misdescribe the goods, and (2) are consumers likely to believe the misrepresentation? In re Quady Winery, Inc., 221 USPQ 1213, 1214 (TTAB 1984). TMEP §1209.04. If applicant's goods are not in fact "artisan pizzas", then applicant's mark would misdescribe its goods. From the previously-attached stories, it is reasonable to believe that consumers would likely believe that applicant's goods were artisan pizzas. Although the examining attorney has refused registration, the applicant may respond to the refusal to register by submitting evidence and arguments in support of registration." Do you think the applicant could have overcome the deceptively misdescriptive refusal? Almost ten years later, is the USPTO likely to begin refusing such marks on genericness grounds?.. To continue reading this legal news please click Read full information...
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Fred Wilson on the E-Parasites Bill
Fred Wilson, pictured above, is a NY VC at Union Square Ventures. He was a ground-floor investor in Twitter and Zynga. You all should be reading his blog AVC.COM. When I heard that Fred was heading to DC to discuss the E-Parasites bill, I asked him if I could re-post anything he wrote on E-Parasites. Here it is: Protecting The Safe Harbors Of The DMCA And Protecting Jobs My partner Brad and I spent Thursday in DC along with a bunch of entrepreneurs and VCs. We talked to dozens of our elected officials about an issue that is very concerning to us, protecting the safe harbors of the DMCA. The DMCA is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. It received unanimous support in the Senate and was signed into law by President Clinton in 1998. It is a complex piece of legislation but it contains four "safe harbors" for "network service providers. The four safe harbors are explained here. "Network service providers" is shorthand for web services. Companies like Google, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter are "network service providers." The DMCA took a long time to become law. There were many legislative stops and starts on the way to its passage. Ultimately, congress and the administration forced the content industry to negotiate with the technology industry. That negotiation produced the compromises that are contained in the DMCA and that is what allowed it to get unanimous support in the Senate. Fast forward to today. The content industry's lobbyists have forged two new bills, one in the Senate called Protect IP and one in the House called E-Parasites. These bills were written by the content industry without any input from the technology industry. And they are trying to fast track them through congress and into law without any negotiation with the technology industry. These bills are positioned as necessary actions to prevent "online piracy" particularly from rogue sites outside of the US. The technology industry is certainly concerned about online piracy. It has developed both protectitive technologies like DRM and alternative distribution services like premium streaming audio and video services such as Netflix, Spotify, and many others. These protective technologies and alternative distribution services have significantly cut the amount of online piracy in the past decade. An executive from Viacom testified recently in Congress that the vast majority of piracy is limited to "about twenty websites." So the technology industry has done a lot to help the content industry get a handle on online piracy in the past decade. If another negotiation is in order to amend the DMCA, then let's have it. The last negotiation produced an excellent compromise that has stood the test of time and allowed important new services like Google, Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter to be created and become large companies and massive job creators. It is this last point that is critical. The content indusrtry is not creating new jobs right now. The tech industry, led by startups, have created all the net new jobs in the past five years. Companies like Apple, Google, Facebook, and startups like Dropbox, Kickstarter, and Twilio are the leading exporters and job creators of this time. They are the golden goose of the economy and we cannot kill the golden goose to protect industries in decline. Big companies like Google and Apple can afford to defend themselves from litigious content companies. But three person startups cannot. And Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube were three person startups not so long ago. If they had not had the protection of the safe harbors of the DMCA, they could have been litigated out of business before they even had a chance to grow and develop into the powerhouses they have become. And venture capitalists will think more than twice about putting $3mm of early stage capital into startups if they know that the vast majority of the funds will go to pay lawyers to defend the companies instead of to hire engineers to create and build product. The bottom line is that DMCA works. Its safe harbors have allowed the Internet to become the US's most important new industry in a century and a critical job creator. If we need to amend the DMCA, let's do it with a negotiation between the interested parties, not with a bill written by the content industry's lobbyists and jammed through congress on a fast track. Now we are going to try an experiment using Disqus as an easy way to do something about this. If you want to write Congress on this issue, then simply write your letter in the comments below as if you were writing Congress directly and tag it with '@votizen' followed by your residence zipcode (see my test comment as an example). The Votizen guys will get a copy of your letter through Disqus, and will automatically deliver the message to your specific Congressional representative. Votizen will follow up with you in case you want to track the message and get a response, but that is optional. Mostly, this is just a test to see if more people get involved when we make it easier and transparent. If it works and you like it the Disqus and Votizen guys might invest a bit more time on seeing how blog commenting could be used as a new form of civic engagement. Comments on Fred's blog are here... To continue reading this legal news please click Read full information...
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UK ASA: Computer Generated Sexual Content = Sexual Content
The UK's advertising regulator, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), banned a TV ad for Take Two's computer game Duke Nukem Forever from being aired in peak time. The ad, which had been cleared with a post-9pm timing restriction, featured animated scenes from the game including naked women dancing in a strip club, a full frontal view of a semi-naked woman with pixilation obscuring her nipples and bottom, and two school girls about to kiss. The ad also featured quickly edited action scenes such as an aircraft firing weapons over a blazing city, a man being punched and a robot marching through a street. The ASA received 34 complaints that the ad was offensive and irresponsible because it was sexist, violent, overly explicit and featured imagery which was likely to harm children and vulnerable people. Defending the ad, Take Two said that Duke Nukem Forever was a cartoonish, over-the-top, humorous take on the first shooter video-game and was deliberately presented in an exaggerated and non-realistic way, in an attempt to send up the muscle-bound, ultra-macho protagonist, Duke Nukem. Take Two pointed out that the imagery shown in the ad was computer generated and cartoonish in style (rather than photorealistic), and that the images in sequences of a sexually suggestive nature were pixilated or non-explicit; they believed the imagery was of a type commonly seen in TV, film or music videos and that it was not offensive. The ASA was content that the violent imagery was representative of the game's content and that it was not overly graphic, considering the post-9pm scheduling restriction. However, it found that the ad's strip club scenes, showing "the women's naked bodies and their very sexual movements and gyrations", were inappropriate even for a post-9pm advert; it also considered that the scene of the two schoolgirls about to kiss appeared to link teenage girls with sexually provocative behaviour. It concluded that the ad was in breach of rules on responsible advertising and harm and offence, and that it could not be shown before 11pm. The ad had shown actual scenes from the computer game, rated 18 in the UK. Whilst the ASA was not surprised by the scenes of violence shown, and it did not consider the ad overtly sexist, it considered that the sexual content was overly explicit for prime time broadcast. It did not matter that the women and girls featured were clearly fictional, computer generated characters; the titillating strip club sequences made the computer game advert a late night only affair. – Richard Dickinson.. To continue reading this legal news please click Read full information...
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What About Us? I-1183′s Impact On Washington's Fledgling Craft Distillers
Sound Spirits' Ebb & Flow Gin may find more consumers if I-1183 passes The liquor initiative is all I hear about. If you watch television ever, you are bound to see an ad supporting I-1183 followed immediately by an ad opposing I-1183. Costco has dumped more than $22 Million into its support for the initiative! Its pandemonium. Last year, I really got into the discussion, posting regularly here on the Brewery Law Blog. But last year, the craft brewer was heavily involved. The Washington Beer Commission came out strongly opposing I-1100 with concerns that complete deregulation would harm their ability to earn a reasonable margin. But this year, the WBC has been silent. Someone that has been lost in the shuffle of big corps trying to gain market share and public interest groups lobbying for safety: craft distillers. Yesterday, the Seattle Weekly ran an interview with Steven Stone. Steven is the owner of Seattle's first craft distiller, Sound Spirits, located on 15th Avenue. In addition to making an unbelievable craft gin (get the oak-rested one), Steven has always been willing to talk about his industry. Here, he talks about the burden set on craft distillers: "Most of the small guys, we've tended to stay out of it," says Steven Stone, founder of Sound Spirits in Interbay. "If we come out for it, we've pissed off the only retailers of our products. And if you come out against it, you might upset the public." Stone says that when he criticized an earlier liquor-privatization measure on hisFacebook page, he was called a communist. Check out the full article by following this link. I have always thought that the craft distilling industry might benefit from the brewery/winery model, that allows for direct sales to the public. Steven correctly points out that grocery store competition will be fierce, but with a wider market, I am sure that craft distillers will see sales pick up... To continue reading this legal news please click Read full information...
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Compliance Deadline Looms for New Transparency in Supply Chains Act
On January 1, 2012, the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act of 2010 will become effective. This legislation will require every large retailer and manufacturer doing business in California to publicly disclose whether it has taken specified actions to eliminate slavery and human trafficking from its product supply chain. The Act does not require a company to make any effort to eliminate slavery or human trafficking, but only to disclose the extent, if any, to which it has taken the actions listed in the Act. The impact of the Act ultimately will depend on whether consumers, investors and activists use the required disclosure to pressure companies to monitor and eliminate abuses in their supply chains. California Civil Code Section 1714.43(a). This article, by Peter Menard, was originally published in the Daily Journal. To read the full article please click here... To continue reading this legal news please click Read full information...
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Caylee Anthony Remains
June 9, 2011 by USA Post
Caylee Anthony Remains, Graphic photos shown Caylee Anthony remains in the morning at Casey Anthony's trial for the murder of her daughter 2 years old. Casey Anthony appeared to mourn as photographs of Caylee Anthony's skull is shown in the courtroom.
Judge Belvin Perry warned that the trial about the graphic images of Caylee Anthony is still urging anyone who may feel sick to leave the courtroom. Casey Anthony's parents, George and Cindy, left before the photos were brought to the screen.
Crime of the Orange County Sheriff Scene Investigator Jennifer Welch took the witness stand about being called to the location where Caylee Anthony remains were found and detailed how they photographed the crime scene. Assistant Orange County Sheriff Edward Turso said the meeting with the meter reader Roy Kronk, who initially reported finding the remains of Caylee, and taking his statement.
Defense attorney Jose Baez accused Roy Kronk in his opening address to place the remains of Caylee where they were found months before calling the authorities to claim reward money. Kronk reportedly called police to report finding a skull in the area several times in August 2008, but nothing was found there at that time.
Orange County Medical Examiner Dr. Jan Garavaglia said Caylee's remains gave no evidence of how the girl died; just do not suffer any trauma.
Casey Anthony has pleaded guilty to murder Caylee Anthony. Although claimed Caylee had disappeared after being left with a babysitter, now says Anthony Caylee accidentally drowned in the family pool.
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Red Hat Drives FPGAs, ARM Servers
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SANTA CLARA, Calif.—FPGA vendors and users will meet next month in an effort to define a standard software interface for accelerators. The meeting is being convened by Red Hat's chief ARM architect, who gave an update (Wednesday) on efforts to establish ARM servers.
"There's a trend towards high-level synthesis so an FPGA programmer can write in OpenCL up front but the little piece that's been ignored is how OpenCL talks to Linux," said Jon Masters, speaking at the Linley Data Center event here.
OS companies don't ship drivers for OpenCL, so software developers need to understand the intimate details of the FPGA as well as the Linux kernel to make the link. Often it also involves developing a custom direct-memory access engine and fine tuning Java libraries.
Masters did just that as part of a test board called Trilby that ran a simple search algorithm on an FPGA mounted on a PCI Express card. "Ninety percent of the effort is interface to the FPGA," he said.
To fix the problem, Masters has called a meeting of interested parties in March. It will be hosted by a neutral organization. He hopes to have "all the right players" involved, including major FPGA vendors.
If the meeting is successful, the group will hammer out "in the open" one or more interfaces for standard OS drivers so users can load and configure an FPGA bit stream. It's a significant hole, and not the only one on the road to taking FPGA accelerators into mainstream markets, according to Masters.
FPGAs also need to become full citizens in the software world of virtualized functions where telecos in particular are rallying around new standards for network functions virtualization. Separately, programmers are using high-level synthesis especially with OpenCL to write code for FPGAs, however, experts are still needed to map and optimize the results of synthesis to the underlying hardware, he said.
Graphics processors present their own challenges. "GPU [vendors] are not open to having an open interface so you can write a patent-free OS driver, so people have to develop their own interfaces," he said.
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It had occurred to George before that she was pretty, but seeing her made-up and smiling like this almost crushed him. It took a lot for him to ask Jana, 4 months of longing, 3 weeks of dreading, 5 days of planing, and 6.25 hours of doubting and sweating.
He loved the way she would only pour skimmed milk into her coffee and eat the salad for lunch, it made him guilty but at the same time happy, knowing that if he every married her, she would make him change his diet and all that stuff—he always wanted to live healthy. George got her at right after her trip to the bathroom after lunch and before she made it to her cubicle, he wanted her to feel satiated and clean.
"Ugh...back to work eh? Seems like lunch goes by way too fast..." George fell in beside her as they both walked from the hallway that housed the bathrooms and lead from the cafeteria to the offices.
"Yeah...that's true..." She said slightly, allowing the words to drift out unaffected.
"Oh um, my name is George." He stuck out his hand.
"Jana, nice to meet you" She turned to face him and allowed herself a little smile that she hoped wouldn't encourage him to much.
"Jana?" He said, veiling his intimate knowledge of her name, "Nice to meet you too. Have you...eh...been here long? I kinda like to think I know everyone here but--"
"Well I've been here since June, but I guess I haven't made the rounds much. I tend to keep to myself."
"Hmm, I know what you mean. I do that sometimes too." He felt stupid and worried as they both neared the end of the hall. Time was running out.
"Say, we should eat lunch together, us 'loners,' I mean you're not doing anything, I'm not, I tend to eat alone--" Jana silently groaned and broke in:
"The thing is lunch is kinda my down time. I use it to relax and think and stuff. Its what gets me through the day. So--"
"Right, I know what you mean." His voice dropped as a sudden wave of embarrassment overcame him. "That's alright maybe another time, or something. Well, this is my row, I've got that cubicle furthest away from any of the windows." Even as he finished complaining he regretted it. He gave her a faint wave and walked briskly down to his space. The next day, however, providence had pity on George and things got a bit better.
"George?" The voice startled him from his typing revelry, drawing him towards the open wall in his cubicle.
"Uh, hey, umm...did you..still want to have lunch?" George didn't bother to ask her about her sudden change of mind, but managing a weak affirmation he agreed to meet her for lunch. Unfortunately, a mandatory staff meeting kept the couple from the lunch date, so Jana broke down and agree to have dinner with him.
"So.....when did you want to order?"
"Soon...I mean now. If you're ready, or we could wait."
"Well I'm getting hungry and I know what I want so whenever you're ready--"
"Oh sure, I'm ready, lets see here...I'm just gonna have this chicken dish with the side of vegetables. Waiter!" George asked Jana what she would be having for dinner—a salad, which just about killed George—he ordered the chicken dish with the side of vegetables and they both had iced tea to drink.
The conversations that arose that night were unnaturally meaningful, both George and Jana found themselves fluidly digressing from one topic to another, exposing the expanses of their lives and thoughts in passionate effusion. They began with the simplest of things—favorite movies and music—and quickly shuffled through desires and beliefs, books and families, each of them set upon reaching the goal of disclosing past loves and the inevitable discussion that would follow on the nature of love and the struggles of relationships. Before they arrived at that pivotal talk, he excused himself and headed towards the bathroom. He could have been nervous, but he wasn't.
He used the urinal and washed his hands at the sink. They only had the wall-mounted machines that air-dry your hands which always annoyed George. Since no one else was in the bathroom he gave a little prayer while he washed his face and rubbed his neck which was sore-particularly the left side. As he rubbed he thought about going back out there, he already missed her. He kept trying to imagine her face in the mirror in front of him, but he couldn't. He wished there was some way to get a picture of her. Then he found the bump.
On the left side of his neck, half way down, a small, hard, round bump protruded out. At first he didn't know what to do, if he should touch it or not. But then he remembered that all the rubbing hadn't hurt him so it couldn't be sensitive. He began to wiggle it around and feel it. The last time he had been sick was 3 months ago, or so, and he couldn't think of anyone who had been coughing around him. No one he knew had been sick. A young boy walked in the bathroom, reminding George of the outside; he realized that he had been gone for a long time already.
"Hey, sorry 'bout that, where were we?"
"You were just telling me about high school, something about being bored I believe?"
"Oh yeah, thats right. Well it was mostly boring, just like it is for everyone else but--"
"So did you ever date in high school? That must have made it at least a little interesting!"
"...I saw one or two girls but it was all stupid, you know how it is at that age. I think you date in high school just to talk about dating in high school." She laughed and he gave a slight chuckle that—he thought—made him seem humble.
"I totally know what you mean. I must have had five relationships between my sophomore finals and my Junior midterms. And I hated them all!" Her laugh cut straight through George.
"That's high school. So what did you do after high school? Did you date a lot in college too?"
"No, not really. I stayed away from relationships for awhile so I could focus on studying, but I did go out once or twice I guess."
"Nothing serious?" George asked, worrying that he might have been too blunt. Jana took a drink of the iced tea.
"I did meet my husband there, Nathan...so yeah I guess there was that..." The air collapsed around George, quietly suffocating him.
"He's gone now. I lost him three years ago to cancer."
"Oh, oh I'm so sorry...I didn't know. I'm really sorry to hear that--"
"No, no don't worry about. It's been three years and we didn't have any kids or anything so I guess that was a blessing. It could have been worse I guess. I mean it wasn't that bad, just the first year was really tough, but God's helped me and I'm ok now. I am."
"Wow, that's amazing that you pulled through that and all." He knew he sounded awful, but she had stopped talking and so he had to say something. It suddenly occurred to him that he was sweating, and that he hadn't been eating much. He took a bite and watched her hoping that she wouldn't see the anxiety and discomfort in his face. She didn't.
"Yeah well, like I said, that's pretty much the past now. I mean, as much as it can be..." This time he jumped in before she stopped talking.
"Is that why you came to work for us?" He attempted to summon a deeply interested expression. He didn't.
She nodded as she chewed her salad, "I went back to school for a couple years and then almost got hired right away." He twisted in his seat for a second. "I really poured myself into school that first year, it gave me some direction and motivation. I guess if it hadn't been for that I would still be mourning."
"Will you excuse me for a moment? I'll be right back."
Inside the bathroom, George headed straight for a stall. He wasn't sure why, but the thought of being walked-in on frightened him, even though he wasn't doing anything. He felt the bump on his neck and walked the length of the stall---it was one of those large stalls.
Married, (he thought to himself) she was married. At least if she had divorced he would know that she didn't like her old husband. But a widow? Who can compete with a dead man?
He stopped in the corner of the stall, on the far side from the toilet, and prayed quickly and quietly. But his chest continued to pound in him and his thoughts continued to swim rapidly through his mind. I can't leave her out there, (he thought to himself) she'll get suspicious. He wasn't even sure why he felt so disgusted and frightened by this dead man and his wife--his widow. He had been through this before, only last time it was a woman with a job, before that a blond with a skirt, before that a heavy-set girl with a smile, before that there was no one.
"Are you sure you're alright?" She asked with such a tone of sincerity that George felt like dying himself.
"Yes, yeah I...I feel fine," sitting down, "my hands got sticky from the salad dressing and I just wanted to clean up before I started to stick to everything."
"George," it was the softest sound her voiced had made that night; she let his name drift off into infinity, "I want you to know that I really like this." As Jana spoke her eyes slowly crawled upwards, meeting with his in a moment of debilitating honesty-a moment he would forever romanticize beyond all hopes and possibilities. Unable to break the stare, George felt the bump on his neck with his left hand and spoke:
"I have to go."
George paid the check quickly and quietly, occasionally reaching up to his neck to feel if it had grown or shrunk. He wondered if he was imagining it. It was hard and lumpy, it felt unnatural. When he entered his car he was overcome with an incredible urge to get something that would cure him of whatever it was that he had. So, he drove to the nearest supermarket to peruse the drug aisle. During the drive, the thought struck him that he might be dying, maybe a tumor or something like that. All he could think of was dying, and that made him think of Jana's dead husband.
There were a few scattered cars in the parking lot when George pulled in. The lot was poorly lit by rows of lamp posts, some of which hardly seemed to penetrate the dark night. He knew where the medicine aisle was and so he wasted no time finding it. He grabbed a package of something that claimed to, "...ease soreness, swelling, and pain in the neck and back...." it hardly seemed to fit the bulge he felt, but he had to get something.
As he walked back to his car the vast loneliness of the parking lot hit him, the artificial lights which hardly worked anyway seemed to paint everything as weak and phony as the lights themselves. The thought occurred to him again that he might be sick, really sick, and he might die. This wasn't the first time this thought had come to him, but for whatever reason this was the first time that it felt real. After the thought settled in on him he couldn't ignore it, he felt his chest sink down into defeat. He wanted to tell himself that it was unlikely that he had anything deadly; but every time he was close to convincing himself, he realized that if it wasn't this lump, it would be something else. He was going to die and it might as well be now as later. He wanted to cry. He did.
When he got home, he immediately turned on his computer and spent the next several hours searching for symptoms, focusing on terminal things. It wasn't until his eyes could hardly stay open that he decided to go to bed, he reached some level of peace by planning on seeing the doctor first thing in the morning. Lying in bed, just as the creeping feeling of surrendering to unconsciousness swept over him, an image of Jana came to mind and the anxiety returned. The memory of how he had just walked out without any explanation woke him completely, and he soon was back to obsessing over his own death. He rolled over in his bed, unto his stomach so that his face was buried in a pillow and tried to relax, but he couldn't. Looking over at his clock on the nightstand he saw that it was nearing 3 am, he put his head back into the pillow and prayed.
God. I can't sleep. You know my thoughts but. I feel out of control. I don't want to die dear Lord. I don't want to die. save me. Let me sleep. Don't let Jana hate me.
Let me sleep.
Each word seemed incapable penetrating his skull and floating to the beyond. He wasn't even sure why he kept praying other than he knew he should. It felt both pointless and important to him and he couldn't tell which emotion was right. He had always believed, had faith, but the hollowness of his prayer made him question even what he had believed. When he finally fell asleep it was only after an hour of feeling infinitely and unfathomably far from God and everyone.
When George went to leave for his doctor's appointment the next morning, his nervousness reached such a feverish pitch that he felt quite numb, as if everything was unfolding in another world or on TV or in a book. This numbness followed him as he filled out various forms at the doctor's office and as he was moved to a examining room. He sat on the table in the middle of the room and looked forward towards a mirror, the sight of himself in the medical gown forcefully pulled him from the netherworld into the stark florescent light of the room and he felt like he was going to die and he couldn't stand it. He wanted to leave more than anything and never find out about the stupid bump. If he had to die, better to die ignorant, better to die outside of white walls and syringes and yellow gowns. Why waste away before helpless strangers in a foreign building, spending hours waiting in suffocating rooms and filling out eternal forms? He stood up and walked towards the door and would have made it had his phone not rang.
From his pants, which lay along with the rest of his clothes in a small pile on a chair behind him, George's cell phone rang. Turning away from the door, he quickly found the small phone and answered it:
"George, this is Jana..." Her voice was small and thin through the cell's speaker, but it still fell like a familiar melody on his ear.
"...hey...I...I'm sorry about last night I had to take care of something and I..." He wanted to tell her about the lump and about the tumor and about cancer and death and everything but he felt so melodramatic and fake he just couldn't make himself.
"You left because of him didn't you. George, I meant it last night when I said that I liked the dinner, it was good. I didn't think I was going to enjoy it at all to tell you the truth, but I did, and I want to do it again. I'm not saying that I love you, I don't know that. But I do want to have more nights like that, if you can." Her words seemed to cut straight through all his worries, he forgot death and he forgot the white walls and he forgot his gown and everything.
"I do too..."
"You can't just say that George, my husband's dead, and I miss him, and I will always love him, but if I ever marry again, I will love that man more and I can't see you if you are afraid of a dead man. I can only offer this once, if you want to get to know me, you can't let him stop you. But if you can't do that, let me know now, please." Her words came faster and faster, each one drenched with exhaustion and passion, and resoluteness.
"Are you still there George?"
"Yes, yeah, I'm here. I want to see you again. As soon as I can."
"Are you sure? You can't leave me like that again George, if you ever do that to me again I won't talk to you, it will be over."
"I know, I'm so sorry about that, I was stupid, I was just afraid, but I'm not anymore. I really want to see you. I just have to finish up something here and I'll call you up ok?"
"Ok. Thank you George."
He hung up the phone and walked back to the table. Pulling his knees up against his chest he buried his eyes in his arms and prayed and he knew he wasn't as far from God anymore and he didn't care about death anymore.
George met Jana latter that same day for the last time and then he died, but he wasn't afraid.
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
Afraid of Death
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- The Curmudgeon's Rant said...
Excellent story. Great dialogue and the tension kept me glued to the story. That was an interesting twist at the end. Didn't see that coming.
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That was a very emotional story. I really liked it! I'm glad the guy found peace, although it is pretty sad for Jana.
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Today on ABC4's Good Things Utah, I made a delicious Creamy Shrimp Spaghetti that's delicious and inexpensive. Angie was in the kitchen with me along with a viewer guest host. We had lots of fun in the kitchen. Just go to http://www.abc4.com/ and click on Good Things Utah for the recipe. It's comfort food that begs you to take seconds.
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lucy had a surprise halloween book waiting for her when she woke up
some o's, an orange & raisins jack-o-lantern and ghostly vanilla & blackberries yogurt
first time touching pumpkin guts... and sorting out the seeds
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The exciting new next-generation Ford Focus is gearing up for its sales launch early in 2011, with the core three-model line-up seen together for the first time at the 2010 Paris Motor Show.
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THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Bankruptcy Seen for Maxwell Companies
By STEVEN PROKESCH
Published: December 5, 1991
LONDON, Dec. 4— A top adviser to the Maxwell family's publishing empire said today that the family was preparing to put its collection of private companies into the British equivalent of bankruptcy.
The disclosure came in the wake of several developments that dealt what appeared to be a lethal blow to any last hope the Maxwells had of retaining control of much of their empire.
British regulators and law enforcement authorities announced today that they were beginning investigations into what appear to have been illegal loans or transfers of assets to the private companies from the pension funds of one and possibly both of the Maxwells' two flagship public companies, Mirror Group Newspapers P.L.C. and the Maxwell Communication Corporation.
The Maxwell family's holdings are clustered into three groups, two of which are publicly traded companies that the Maxwells control. The third group is a collection of private companies and trusts. A possible bankruptcy filing would likely include the private British company that controls The Daily News in New York, but it is unclear what immediate effect, if any, such an action would have on the newspaper.
The Maxwell family adviser, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said it was highly unlikely that Ian and Kevin Maxwell, the sons of the late Robert Maxwell, would be able to raise enough capital to satisfy the companies' lenders.
British newspapers reported today that the banks had given the brothers until Friday to raise new capital of $:300 million to $:400 million, or about $532 million to $709 million. The adviser confirmed the amount was of "that order of magnitude," but added, "It's increasingly looking improbable that will be forthcoming."
The Maxwell brothers, who took control of the family empire after their father's death on Nov. 5, are expected to move to put at least part of the privately held companies into bankruptcy before a crucial meeting of their lenders on Friday. "I doubt there will be a full bankers' meeting on Friday," the adviser said. This, of course, assumes that there is no last-minute change of heart by the brothers, and that they are not bluffing to scare the banks.
The lenders have been expected to decide on Friday whether to dismantle the Maxwell empire by ordering Kevin and Ian Maxwell to sell several large businesses in return for restructuring at least a portion of the Maxwell debt. As an alternative, banks could call in a receiver who would seize control of most of the empire and answer to the banks. Bankers said today that they were pessimistic that a receivership could be avoided, and that they, too, might act before the Friday meeting.
Kevin Maxwell said Tuesday that the private companies owed "in excess of $:900 million," or nearly $1.6 billion. But there are indications that it is considerably higher. Role of the Receiver
Under British law, lenders can call in a receiver to take control of the assets that were pledged as collateral for loans. The receiver could seek any other assets believed were needed to cover the loans. That would probably amount to most of the assets of the private companies, including The Daily News, and the Maxwell family's controlling stock holdings in Mirror Group and Maxwell Communication.
The receiver would then probably sell whatever assets were needed to pay off the loans. Receivership would undoubtedly leave the Maxwells with much less of their empire than would a voluntary sale of some businesses and a loan restructuring, which would probably include a moratorium of several months on loan repayments.
If the Maxwells file a bankruptcy petition before the Friday meeting, it is possible that the Maxwells and the banks would then argue in bankruptcy court over whether the companies should be put in the hands of an administrator or liquidator appointed the bankruptcy court, or whether the banks could appoint a receiver. That decision would be left to the judge.
But either way, the family would lose many big businesses that their public and private companies now control. Besides owning The Daily News, the Maxwell family controls 68 percent of the stock in Maxwell Communication, which owns the book publisher Macmillan Inc. and other properties, and 51 percent of Mirror Group, which publishes The Daily Mirror in London and several other newspapers, primarily in Britain. Fighting for Influence
If the Maxwells beat the banks to the punch by filing a petition for a liquidator or administrator, all creditors would have to fight for influence in court. The banks could conceivably still get the court to agree allow them to appoint a receiver.
The debts of the private companies that control the Maxwell empire have brought it to the verge of collapse. The empire's auditors, Coopers & Lybrand Deloitte , have discovered that the total debts may be as much as 75 percent higher than the $:800 million estimated early last week.
On Tuesday, Cooper & Lybrand Deloitte told the bankers that the private Maxwell companies -- apparently while Robert Maxwell was in charge -- had borrowed what is believed to be $:300 million, or about $532 million, from the two public companies to stay afloat. While the loans were not necessarily illegal, their propriety was questionable. It was also disclosed that the pension funds of Mirror Group and possibly Maxwell Communication had been tapped. Mirror Group said "a significant part" of its pension fund's assets had been transferred or loaned to the Maxwell family's private companies "apparently without due authority." Investigations Begin
The revelation about the pension funds caused the British Government's Serious Fraud Office and the Investment Management Regulatory Organization, the pension-managment industry's regulator, to begin investigations today. The industry regulator also banned two investment management firms controlled by the Maxwell family from soliciting or accepting new business.
When asked if the investigations had reduced the chances that Kevin and Ian Maxwell would be able to maintain control of the Maxwell empire, their adviser replied, "It doesn't help, does it?"
Moreover, The Financial Times of London reported today that Coopers & Lybrand Deloitte estimated that the private companies had borrowed an additional $:300 million, or about $532 million, from pension funds of the two public companies.
Two people with knowledge of the Coopers & Lybrand Deloitte report, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said it was roughly accurate. But a regulator cautioned that it was "unrealistic to speculate" on the total amount until the ongoing audit has been completed. 'Suffering Anxiety'
At a news conference here, Charles Wilson, the Mirror Group's editorial director, welcomed the Serious Fraud Office's investigation. "Innocent people are suffering anxiety, and will continue to, until we know the whole truth about the pension funds," he said.
Robert Cole, a spokesman for the Maxwell family, said tonight that he had been unable to contact Ian or Kevin Maxwell to verify what the Maxwell family adviser had said.
Currently, it looks as if the Maxwell family is trying to put the fate of the empire into the hands of a court-appointed administrator or a liquidator. An administrator or liquidator would be responsible for looking out for the interests of all creditors and not just the banks. Under this set-up, the Maxwell family might be able to wield more influence over the fate of their empire.
Some legal experts said it was possible that the brothers were merely threatening to put the private companies into bankruptcy proceedings in order to pressure the banks to be more flexible. But these experts also said that if the brothers really thought the companies were insolvent, they legally had no choice but to seek the form of bankruptcy that would be in the best interests of all creditors and not just the banks.


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MOVIE SYNOPSIS [ General Audiences ] Movie of Jeff Warley. Introduced in cinemas in 2014, with production teams of USA. You can watch Fuego! The Happy Land Tragedy online on TV cable or theaters with original audio in English at different dates. This film premiered in theaters in 2014.
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Runtime: 100 minutes
Alex Del Romero, Geneva Ortiz, Douglas Robbs, Anthony Rosas Jr. and Ruben Valladares.
100-minute film (full movie) directed by Jeff Warley.
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Screenplay written by Jeff Warley.
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You've found Mr. Right, you share a life, a bed or even a child, but every relationship has its ups and downs and even the wisest women can fail to see a breakup coming.
How can you tell if your guy is about to call the whole thing off? And how to prevent that?
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1. The Slow Fade Exit Strategy
Most guys don't like to be a "bad guy" and break up with you directly. They don't like the guilt that comes along with it, so they try to fade out gradually, hoping for a "mutual breakup".
Is your boyfriend slowly reducing contact? Is he not calling or texting as much as he used to? These are signs that he could be pulling away from you.
If your relationship is new, he is hoping that you'll understand the hint. If you are together longer, he hopes that you will get pissed at him. Both of these promote a "mutual breakup".
2. The "I'm Busy" Strategy
This is another version of the slow fade exit strategy. He starts giving you elaborate and complicated reasons for why he's going to be too busy to see you in the next week.
He'll have an excuse for every moment of his free time: a doctor's appointment, big meeting at work, helping his mom do the dishes.
If he tries to reschedule, it's a good sign that he is really busy, but if there's no alternate meeting in sight – he may be planning to bail.
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3. I have a Headache
When a guy starts refusing sex, or even stops initiating, it's a big red flag. If he says he's too tired, don't believe him. Most men are never that tired.
4. His Tooth Brush Disappears
If your guy's toothbrush – or other stuff that he used to leave at our house – disappears – he may be planning to disappear with it. Guys get very attached to their old underwear and don't want to take a chance on losing them in case of a breakup.
5. His Friends Act Weird around You
When a guy plans a big dump, he will usually let his friends know about it way before you do. It's cruel, but it's true. If his friends seem distant, act weird and seem uncomfortable around you, they may know something that you don't.
6. You Can't Seem to do Anything Right
In a miserable effort to avoid a direct breakup, guys will do anything to make you feel that you initiate the split.
Suddenly nothing you do is right, your hair is all wrong, the way you cook, the way you walk, the way you pronounce "hello" – are all reasons for a big fight. He hopes you'll get sick of it and pull the trigger yourself.
7. Wind of Change
When all of a sudden he starts talking about major life changes, and you are not included in them, he's probably about to bail. Is he planning a big career change? Moving to another country? Starting a Yoga Course in Thailand?
If he's not inviting you to come with him, the breakup is near.
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I'm not saying this will make sense to you, but a man can break up with you EVEN if he is still very much in love with you.
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(BLP) has strengthened its relationship with the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) after quietly completing the biggest letting deal this year in UK real estate: the re-letting of seven hotels previously leased by troubled Clifford Chance client Le Meridien.
While press attention has been on the restructuring of the Terra Firma-controlled £1.9bn international hotels business Le Meridien, The Lawyer can reveal that RBS has found new tenants for seven of the 11 hotels.
RBS bought 9 of the hotels from cash-strapped Nomura Principal Finance Group, now Terra Firma, in a £1.2bn sale-and-leaseback deal two years ago. The two biggest were owned by Terra Firma, but RBS lent money against them with a form of hybrid mortgage.
The deal helped Nomura fund its £1.9bn buyout of Le Meridien from Compass. However, this July Le Meridien breached its lease by defaulting on rental payments after talks with its senior creditors, led by CIBC World Markets and Merrill Lynch and junior debt holder Lehman Brothers.
RBS then had to put Grosvenor House and the Waldorf into administrative receivership and look for new tenants for all the UK hotels.
Two weeks ago it completed an auction for seven of the hotels. It is now at a preferred bidder stage for the other four. It has relet London's Grosvenor and the Shelbourne in Dublin to Marriott International and the Waldorf to the Hilton Group. Marriott and Hilton are being advised by Gibson Dunn & Crutcher and SJ Berwin respectively.
Meanwhile, Troy Management will separate Le Meridien Russell Hotel in London, Le Meridien Palace in Manchester, Le Meridien Metropole in Leeds and Le Meridien York. Troy Management, run by Tony Troy, the former UK and Ireland managing director of Le Meridien, was advised by McDermott Will & Emery's London corporate head William Charnley.
The BLP team was led by RBS relationship partner Simon Kildahl. Clifford Chance partners Nick Frome and Johnathan Hall are advising Le Meridien. Allen & Overy and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are advising the senior and junior creditors respectively.


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A dry and witty comedian who thinks fast and delivers brilliantly inventive gags. He is an extremely popular circuit comedian and has a West End residency, which is regularly sold out.
Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival Silver Comedian of the Year 2013 Winner.
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An Italian storyteller and stand-up comedienne, Giada Garofalo started doing comedy, for a bit of a laugh, in August 2008 and never stopped!
Giada is also a photographer and since September 2014 she has started to mess around with design and filming to combine comedy and photography!
'With her endearing accent and sing-song tones, Garofalo sounds like she could be the voice of some sweetly innocent CBeebies cartoon character. But that only gives her the element of surprise when it turns out that she wants to talk politics' (Steve Bennett, Chortle)
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I still don't buy this.
The Jets were supposedly turned off by Michael Floyd's off the field issues, and you're telling me they would've drafted a one dimensional passrusher with as many character issues as Bruce Irvin at #16, ahead of Coples and Ingram?
If so, think God for Seattle.


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Last Updated: 01/01/70 1:00am
The Saddlers' director of football has warned that he is not willing to be drawn into lengthy negotiation processes, saying: "I don't want to be messed around. It comes down to whether the players really want to play for Walsall or not. If not, then I will start looking in other directions."
Robert Ullathorne looks increasingly likely to be playing somewhere other than Bramall Lane next season after The Blades signed Shane Nicholson from Stockport County.
Sheffield United boss Neil Warnock confirmed: "We offered Ullathorne terms but following conversations with his representatives we are nowhere near a new deal. In the end I couldn't wait any longer to strengthen the squad."
Burnley have agreed a record-breaking shirt sponsorship deal with Lanway Corporate Business Systems which is thought to be worth a six-figure sum over the next two years, with chairman Barry Kilby saying that the club has "attracted one of the UK's leading names".
Marlon King has played down speculation linking him with a move away from the Priestfield Stadium.
He told Gillingham's official website: "People are always going to comment if you're doing well but I just need to get my head down and keep working. I'm just looking forward to next season and doing even better than I did this season. I believe in my own ability and know I can do it again."
Barnsley's Lee Crooks will join the rest of Nigel Spackman's squad for pre-season training after surgery on his knee injury.
Club physio Jim Webb confirmed: "He should be fine to start full training in the first weeks of pre-season training."
Millwall are looking to appoint former St Mirren defender Joe McLaughlin as their new youth coach.


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The classic guide for students and young professionals, fully revised and updated.
This new edition of the classic text that has become a standard in architecture curricula gives students in-depth understanding and insight for improving architectural working drawings through the integration of traditional guidelines, standards, and fundamentals with today's CAD operations. Ralph Liebing uses detailed coverage to emphasize the importance of learning the basics first, while encouraging mastery and application of a broad array of techniques and procedures.
Architectural Working Drawings, Fourth Edition provides clear explanations of why these drawings are required, what they must contain to be relevant, the importance of understanding drawing intent and content, and how to combine individual drawings into meaningful and construction-ready sets. Using hundreds of real-world examples from a geographically diverse base, this book covers everything from site plans, floor plans, and interior and exterior elevations to wiring schematics, plumbing specifications, and miscellaneous details. Nearly 500 illustrations provide examples of the best and the worst in architectural working drawings.
This Fourth Edition contains a wealth of new and updated material, including:
* A new chapter of CAD case studies as well as substantially increased and integrated CAD coverage throughout the book
* New drawing coordination systems from the Construction Specifications Institute and AIA
* A new chapter on the coordination of working drawings and specifications
* More than 140 new illustrations reflecting the methods for improving CAD drawings
Architectural Working Drawings is the ideal guide for students and young professionals who seek a solid foundation and a broad knowledge of emerging technologies to prepare for the marvelous and unpredictable future in which their careers will unfold.


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MOVIE SYNOPSIS [ General Audiences ] Being a production of USA, this 2014 film was directed by Jordan Hackworth. You can watch The Tin Man Project online on TV cable or theaters with original audio in English at different dates. This film premiered in theaters in 2014.
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Runtime: 79 minutes
Barry Squillace.
Documental, Drama, Comedy.
79-minute film (full movie) directed by Jordan Hackworth.
The original audio of The Tin Man Project has dialogues in Dolby Digital, it was produced in USA.
It premiered in cinemas or television in 2014.
Screenplay written by Mari Walker.
David Lewis and Jordan Hackworth.
Without commercial breaks, the full movie The Tin Man Project has a duration of 79 minutes; the official trailer can be watched in streaming on the Internet. You can watch this full movie free in EnglishDolby Digital in movie TV channels, renting the DVD or with VoD services (Video On Demand player, Hulu) and PPV (Pay Per View, Netflix).
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Nov 16 (Reuters) - U.S. stock indexes opened slightly lower on Monday after recovering most of their weekend losses following Friday's attacks in Paris.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 20.38 points, or 0.12 percent, to 17,224.86, the S&P 500 lost 1.98 points, or 0.1 percent, to 2,021.06 and the Nasdaq Composite index dropped 12.21 points, or 0.25 percent, to 4,915.68. (Reporting by Sai Sachin R in Bengaluru; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)


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The initiatives within this action field will be discussed and decided by the working group with the name
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This working group is chaired by Mr. Palle Thomsen, the Executive Committee member responsible for Sport for all and Sport for elderly. The group is composed of representatives from member unions with active interest for co-operation within CSIT (At the moment: ASKOE/Austria, DAI/Denmark, FSGT/France and UISP/Italy).
The main task is to organize events for elderly gathering these following aspects:
- Practice and discovery of specific sports and physical activities
- Exchanges about training and knowledge
- Exchanges about culture, tourism and way of life of each country
Plans for the future:
- Formation course for instructors in Paris / France, 21-23 September 2016 (exchange of new activities and ideas)
- Enlarge the network for exchange of ideas
- Seniors to participate in events in the member unions
- Promoting exchanges between the member unions
- Attractive program for seniors at the 'CSIT World Sports Games 2017'
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The defence minister has called for a full investigation into the behaviour of a group of soldiers stationed in Benin.6 June 2008
BELGIUM - The Belgian Defence Minister Pieter De Crem has called for an investigation into the behaviour of a group of Belgian soldiers in the capital of Benin, Cotounou.
The events date from 8 May when a party for a group of around 100 Belgian troops got out of hand.
The party was being held on the eve of the troops' return to Belgium after having spent two weeks in the West African country on a training exercise.
Soldiers from the First Parachute Regiment, the Para Commando Training Centre and the 15th Wing from Melsbroek in Flemish Brabant are alleged to have been involved in the drunken revelry.
The soldiers are said to have held a food fight and one of them is alleged to have ran naked through the Ibis Hotel before jumping into a swimming pool.
Food had to be removed for walls and carpets at the hotel.
Those involved in the incident have reimbursed the hotel for the cost of cleaning up after the food fight.
However, the Federal Defence Minister Pieter De Crem has called for a full investigation. All those involved will be disciplined.
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A big win for Cleveland … or is it?
Cleveland's coach and superstar, on the same page throughout a 20-point win over the Celtics, were diametric opposites in their respective postgame press conferences.
When a question about the importance of beating the Celtics was asked, Mike Brown acted as if the Celtics were any other team.
"I wasn't even thinking about that," said Brown. "When we go on the road, I don't know the last time we won in any building. I hadn't thought about it until you brought it up."
Brown did say, however, that in some way it was probably important for his players. That sentiment was confirmed when the player, LeBron James, was asked about beating the Celtics in Boston.
"We haven't had much success here," said James. "We lost like the last nine times coming in here in this building. So we got the monkey off our back. Don't read too far into it, though."
Don't read to far into it, but James was right. The Cavs had lost nine consecutives games in Boston, not including the playoffs. It was a stat James knew off the top of his head.
That's more than we can say for his coach.
"This league is a lot about confidence," said James. "And when your confidence is taken away you can kind of start to second-guess yourself. Mo's confidence raised up again tonight because he was able to play so well in a big game, especially on the road. That's the Big Shot Mo that we know…he's very emotional on the court, in a good way."
Said Brown, "I thought it helped us create separation rather quickly when he started hitting the threes," said Brown. "Mo finally started hitting those threes and it helped the separation a lot quicker than if he was knocking down two's."


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Welfare Reform Has Renewed Interest In Orphanages
January 14, 1999
A provision of the 1996 federal welfare reform law allowing public funding of for-profit "residential centers" -- orphanages -- for children is spurring interest in the construction of private facilities, say experts.
Orphanages have traditionally not only served children with no living parents, but also those whose parents who could not support them, according to Timothy A. Hacsi, author of "Second Home: Orphan Asylums and Poor Families in America."
- From the 1830s to the 1930s, orphanages, most of which were privately funded and associated with religious sects, were the primary way dependent children received care.
- While some sought to isolate children from their families, they increasingly adopted an integrative approach involving the community and the children's parents.
- Beginning in the 1890s, however, "placing-out advocates" such as Charles Loring Brace and his Children's Aid Society criticized the regimentation of institutional care and advocated foster care as a better alternative, "since it permanently separated them from their parents," says Hacsi.
Since many experts -- for instance, participants in the 1909 White House Conference on Dependent Children convened by President Theodore Roosevelt -- agreed home settings were better, orphanages were largely replaced with foster care and government financial support to keep families together. In the 1930s, the federal Aid to Families with Dependent Children program was enacted with the aim of keeping impoverished families together.
By the 1980s, the commitment of child welfare proponents to family maintenance and reunification was seriously tested by the crack epidemic's creation of huge number of "parentless" children; in Chicago, for example, the number of children in foster care increased by more than fourfold in a decade.
While some experts and politicians are urging reconsideration of residential schools, one problem is that orphanages are more costly than foster care.
Source: Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn (Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars), "The Kindness of Strangers," New Republic, December 28, 1998.
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National agreement on how to deal with outlaw bikie gangs appears unlikely at today's meeting of state and federal attorneys-general. The Victorian Attorney-General, Rob Hulls, says bikie-specific legislation won't work.
TONY EASTLEY: Victoria has broken ranks with the other states over how to tackle outlaw bikie gangs.
New South Wales has embraced South Australia's tough measures to target bikies, and many of the other states and territories seem likely to follow suit. But Victoria's Attorney-General Rob Hulls says the new laws are symbolic and are not as broad or rigorous as the organised-crime legislation already in place in Victoria.
As Emma Griffiths reports, Victoria's stance puts at risk the Federal Government's desire for a nationally consistent approach.
EMMA GRIFFITHS: Last month's fatal brawl between rival bikie gangs at Sydney's airport has set off a chain reaction among the states and territories. South Australia already had specific laws to tackle bikie gangs. New South Wales says its new laws are even tougher. Queensland and the Northern Territory are ready to act. It's under consideration, too, in Western Australia. And the Commonwealth has offered to help with legislation relating to measures like telephone interception powers.
But Victoria's Attorney-General, Rob Hulls, says they've all got it wrong.
ROB HULLS: There's no evidence to suggest that legislation to criminalise motorcycle gangs, including the laws introduced in South Australia have actually been effective in addressing the organised criminal activities of these groups.
EMMA GRIFFITHS: Rob Hulls will have a chance to put the argument to his state and federal counterparts today, when the attorneys-general sit down for a meeting in Canberra. The Federal Government had hoped the discussion would bring about a consistent approach. But it now seems unlikely there will be uniform anti-bikie laws nationwide.
The New South Wales spokesman John Hatzistergos says it's irresponsible for any government to consider going it alone.
JOHN HATZISTERGOS: The effect of that would be that you would have a situation that one jurisdiction or another would effectively be an oasis for these criminal organisations to establish themselves.
EMMA GRIFFITHS: Victoria argues it's already got the most comprehensive measures to tackle organised crime in the country, and the other states are playing catch-up.
Rob Hulls again.
ROB HULLS: We think it's important to have a serious suite of legislation, rather than simply symbolic legislation.
EMMA GRIFFITHS: But it's not symbolic to Queensland's new Attorney-General, Cameron Dick. He says he's ready for a frank discussion, but nothing will sway him from pursuing anti-bikie laws to crack down on gangs with links to drug production and trafficking.
CAMERON DICK: Organised outlaw bikie gangs have become a problem of national significance that requires a national response. Our view is that we need consistent laws throughout Australia to crack down on these sorts of organisations.
ROB HULLS: They need to look at what we've done here in Victoria. We have very tough laws, and our laws make sure our justice system deals with the Mr Bigs of organised crime; they're about treating the cause, and not just the symptoms of organised crime, and they're fully supported by the Victoria police.
TONY EASTLEY: The Victorian Attorney-General Rob Hulls ending that report from Emma Griffiths and the Federal Attorney General, Robert McClelland was unwilling to discuss the issue on AM as the attorneys-general prepare to discuss the legislative road ahead.


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TCX Boots – New Range
Italian footwear brand, TCX, has expanded their extensive range even further by now offering a number of new colour options and even more new models…
Fuel Gore-Tex® and Fuel Waterproof
New for 2017, the Fuel Gore-Tex® and Waterproof models have joined the popular custom line.
The Fuel Gore-Tex® model features a highly breathable Gore-Tex® Performance Comfort Footwear membrane meaning that the boot can tackle the most adverse atmospheric conditions. The upper is made from full grain leather, giving the boot a stylish vintage look. The boot fastens using an internal zip fastening concealed by a Velcro band and two adjustable external buckles. There are toe and heel reinforcements and gear change protection. Available in sizes 36 – 48, the Fuel Gore-Tex® has an RRP of £219.99.
Also available for 2017 is the Fuel Waterproof in brown with an RRP of £199.99. The Fuel Waterproof features the same internal side zip fastening, anatomic and replaceable footbed, toe and heel reinforcements and gear change protection. Available in size 36 – 48.
Both boots are EC Certified according the new EN 13634:2015 regulations.
X-Helium Michelin®
The popular X-Helium Michelin® boot is now available in black/yellow fluo – a new colour for 2017 – as well as plain black and plain white.
The upper has a concise shape that fits the leg snugly, which fastens using four restyled, interchangeable and adjustable aluminum levers. It also features front and rear folds for comfort and has PU protection against heat. The lining is made from breathable Air Tech material with padding that uses a new expanded PU material that adapts to the foot shape of whoever wears the boot. The shin protection has been specially extended and is resistant to impact.
The X-Helium Michelin® is fitted with a Michelin® MX Hybrid sole which has been specifically designed to give maximum grip, traction and stability. The boot is CE Certified according to EN 13634:2010 regulations.
Available in sizes 38 – 49, the X-Helium Michelin® has an RRP of £219.99.
Comp Evo Michelin®
The flagship boot in the TCX Off-road range, the Comp Evo Michelin® is now available in dark grey/orange fluo and royal blue/yellow fluo – meaning riders can now choose from 10 colour schemes.
Key features on the Comp Evo Michelin® include the Double Flex Control system (DFC), which houses an independent PU ankle frame to improve front and rear flexibility of the leg and offer excellent protection against impact. The system integrates a fastening band that follows the mechanical flex of the ankle joint, allowing a precise ankle hold for better riding performance.
The upper features a PU bootleg, which is integrated into the DFC system, enveloping the calf and keeping out mud, dirt and gravel. The PU bootleg is equipped with a rubber heat–guard that offers a superior grip on the bike frame, while the shin plate is adjustable to ensure a good fit on the calf. The CE-certified boot fastens using four adjustable aluminum buckles with an ergonomic design for easier opening, even with gloves.
The Comp Evo Michelin® features the new, high-wear resistant Michelin® MX Hybrid sole, developed in conjunction with Michelin®.
The safety of this boot is CE Certified according to EN 13634:2010 regulations. Available in sizes 38-49, the Comp Evo Michelin® has an RRP of £379.99.
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