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Of the 905 documented loss events, 45 percent were meteorological events (storms), 36 percent were hydrological events (floods), and 12 percent were climatological events such as heat waves, cold waves, droughts, and wildfires.5 The remaining 7 percent were geophysical events—earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.6 This distribution deviates somewhat from long-term trends, as between 1980 and 2011 geophysical events accounted for 14 percent of all natural catastrophes.7
Some 37 percent of natural catastrophes occurred in Asia, 26 percent in the United States, 15 percent in Europe, 11 percent in Africa, and 6 percent in Australia/Oceania.8 This breakdown was approximately in line with the long-term average from 1980 to 2011.9 Yet the trends of weather-related catastrophes show considerable regional differences. The largest increases over the last 30 years occurred in North America (including Central America and the Caribbean), Asia, and Australia, while the smallest increases happened in Europe and South America.10
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I have to say it really reminds me of fall out very similar, but the game show like it could be different and maby even better. I mean every game has a chance to be great but that's very unlikely, so i would realy give this game for originality 2out of 5 stars.
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LOVE this game, been playing it since just after it opened..a few days after, and it just keeps getting better, the graphics even on low are good much better than some, and the landscape really does look bleak and drab..JUST LIKE ITS SUPPOSED TO LOOK in a postapocalyptic world..quests are fun and engaging, a storyline to each which i like, vaultspace..loads of crafting opportunities loads of stuff to kill/salvage and sell, the ability to make everything you need from pain killing drugs to cars and buggys and everything in between..i can see im going to be playing this game for quite some time
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The games not good at all, the controls are dumb (aiming), way buggy (I played beta just 3 weeks ago), combat is dumb, a lot of useless walking, quests make no sense. Bad game overall
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Senet (or Senat or Sen't) was a game played by the ancient Egyptians and is an ancestor of Backgammon. It is not known how the game was played exactly but they can be deduced to a certain extent and the following is a popular conjecture.
A Senet board consisted of three rows of ten squares set in a rectangle. In one corner, the square that is assumed to be the final square has a single stroke, the next one along in the row, two strokes, the next one three strokes, the next a diagonal cross and the fifth one along a symbol with a circle and cross. It is assumed that these were squares 26 to 30 of a 30 square track that started in the opposite corner, went along one row, travelled back down the middle row and finished along the row ending in these special squares. Square 15 also often contained a symbol and was called the House of Rebirth while square 26 with a cross and circle symbol is known as the House of Happiness and square 27 with the cross is known as the House of water.
Each person has five pieces of contrasting hue or contrasting pattern. The movements of the pieces are determined by the throw of four split twigs with a dark face on one side and a light face on the other (binary lots).
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The House of Happiness cannot be passed over. Every piece must land upon it before preceding onward. The House of water is to be avoided - when a piece lands on this square, the piece is returned to the House of Rebirth.
Pieces can only bear off the final three squares by throwing the number indicated on the square.
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In a deal expected to help revitalise North Sea oil operations, Talisman, Canada's No. 6 oil and gas exploration company, said in July it will form a joint venture with China's top refiner to operate the assets, which produced 63,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day in the first quarter of 2012.
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Earlier this month, Talisman said it would invest 1.6 billion pounds ($967 million) in one of its oldest oil platforms in Britain's North Sea, taking advantage of tax breaks aimed at boosting oil and gas output in the region.
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Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber were caught out on a movie date; what did they see?
Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez were recently spotted leaving a movie theater together. Come to find out Biebs was being chaperoned by his adult BFF to an r-rated movie. In a recent interview with Ryan Seacrest, Bieber told him that they saw "No Strings Attached" which stars Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman. How did a 16-year-old get into an R-Rated movie you might ask?
I guess the fact that Selena Gomez is 18-years-old worked to Justin Bieber's benefit as they went on their r-rated movie date. Before the movie date was brought up, Ryan Seacrest asked about the rumored relationship with Gomez. Bieber actually opened up and said that she was his BFF. You know, I bet that Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez went to see 'No Strings Attached' to take notes on how to be friends with benefits.
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Situated on a cliff in Granada, Spain, this architecturally-daring mansion comes complete with a full-sized swimming pool. Meant to resemble the skin of a dragon and the waves of the sea, this stunning cliffside house is not for the faint of heart. Although the home's most fantastic features are its jaw-dropping views and vertigo-inducing lucite balconies, the Spanish mansion also includes a gorgeous terraced living room, and an auditorium that can host up to 70 people at a time! Check out more photos of the incredible house on Elle Decor.
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Included in this plan are 4-5 runs each week. The weekly mileage starts at 27 and works up to a peak of 49. Wednesdays are used for recovery days and Saturday is your long run. Every Sunday is an optional crosstraining day.
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Looking out over the lifeless brown quilt of drought-stricken Midwest corn monoculture from the window of a Boeing 747, it was immediately apparent to me that permaculture farming practices would have prevented this ecological catastrophe. The hottest summer on record in the United States combined with aggressive commercial farming practices has created the potential for a biblical famine!
I had been to New York City to attend the nuptials of a very close friend and was heading to a lush, green parallel universe to do a permaculture design course in Karamea on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. Flying at 10,000 feet affords a perspective on life that is not possible at ground level. The bird's eye view clearly reveals the perils of commercial agriculture and the devastating impact of human influence on natural systems.
Vast tracts of flat, previously fertile farmland are devoted to the production of corn, which is now a staple food in the United States. Corn and its byproducts form the basis for most processed food products. The diverse natural landscape that must have once existed here is all gone… the diversity of flora and fauna has been replaced with a single crop.
The interior of the Unites States currently resembles the dry withered skin of an old elephant, with the occasional urban smogatropolis bursting through the leathery hide like a festering pustule. Surely this is not a healthy landscape? How long will it be before the great elephant succumbs to consumption?
As I look around the plane, I consider that I am possibly the only passenger pondering the subject of sustainability. I am one of the lucky 10% of the world's population who can actually afford to fly and I'm feeling very decadent indulging myself the environmentally expensive luxury of international flight, but am I decadent compared with the business people in first class who do this almost every day? Are they decadent compared with the owner of the airline who has mansions all over the world, his own island and is planning flights to the moon? Thinking about the poor sodbusters below watching their cornfields wither and die as they pray for rain puts my self-indulgence into sharp perspective.
Looking down on the state of the land in the U.S. Midwest, it is clear land-use changes need to be made as the current system of food through the exploitation of land resources is clearly not sustainable and appears headed for collapse.
In permaculture, it is often stated that, "the problem is the solution" and that the solution to any problem already exists in nature. Broad-scale monoculture farming is the problem here, the solution is to reintroduce crop diversity, water harvesting, replanting trees along waterways, assisting nature to remediate the damage done and collectively applying permaculture principles over the entire region.
Another huge part of this problem is that there are many mouths to feed in the United States — food production is essential to the sustenance of the populace. Midwest farmers no doubt feel the weight of responsibility to provide food.
The good news for U.S. farmers is that there is already a lot of permaculture activity in the United States and progressive farmers like Joel Salatin and his Polyface Farms in Virginia have working models of what is possible with a change of mindset from "we do it this way because that's how my grandfather did it," to it's time to take a new approach, let's learn about permaculture, and set about repairing our land for future generations. Doing what you've always done does not always produce what you've always got and cracks are appearing in the broad-scale commercial monoculture model. It's time to have a rethink on food production — in the Midwest and everywhere else.
With that in mind, Living in Peace Project founder Paul Murray decided to be part of the solution and study permaculture so that he could help find answers to the challenges of future food production and distribution and work towards rebuilding and replenishing the land so that it may produce an abundance of food and feed everyone forever. "We need to help others to learn about permaculture and how to grow food for themselves without relying on corporate agriculture food production and distribution systems," he said.
However, permaculture design course students often come from large cities somewhere in the world. They may not have had an opportunity to gain the hands-on practical experience necessary to apply the principles of permaculture in a practical situation.
Seeing the need to offer practical training for people who have completed a theoretical permaculture design course, to enable them to achieve the confidence and competence necessary to apply the permaculture theory they have learned in the classroom to their own permaculture ventures, Murray decided to offer his property, facilities and services to people seeking practical permaculture experience and set about creating a centre for excellence in permaculture.
Inspired after completing a Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) course with Bill Mollison and Geoff Lawton at Melbourne University in 2009, Murray, with a lot of help from people from all over the world, and with further inspiration from the Permaculture Master Plan, he began to establish a permaculture exhibition farm, education facility and centre for permaculture research, training and practice in the Karamea region at the top of the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand.
The Living in Peace Project seeks to holistically apply the principles of permaculture to the establishment, development and management of a business venture. The stated goal of the Living in Peace Project is to incorporate the elements of art, travel, permaculture and education into a sustainable business.
In June 2004, Murray purchased an old maternity hospital and converted it into a hostel to offer reasonably priced accommodation to young and budget travellers visiting the region. A year later, he purchased a small farm and motel complex to cater to travellers looking for self-contained accommodation and organic gardens to grow food for his family, colleagues and customers.
Murray has a degree in agricultural science with a major in horticulture. The degree was essentially a study in commerce and taught students how to maximise the profit derived from every square inch of land with no real consideration for maintaining the fertility of the farm or for responsible stewardship. Permaculture made a whole lot more sense and the Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) course with colourful, progressive-thinking characters like Mollison and Lawton, and 100 students from all over the world, convinced him of the way forward and his life changed as Lawton suggested it might.
The long-term objective for the Living in Peace Project is to gradually phase into permaculture and away from tourism, which Murray believes to be "an environmentally expensive form of entertainment" and into the provision of permaculture education, way of life and knowledge sharing with travellers. "Karamea is a stunning region, but it is also perhaps the most remote town on mainland New Zealand. People have to make a real effort to come here." "I want to cater to travellers who make that effort — people who take the time to learn from their travel experience — and we have a great opportunity to share our permaculture knowledge with people from all over the world and, hopefully, gain new ideas and innovations from the people who come and stay."
The hostel, Rongo Backpackers & Gallery, hosts travellers from over 50 countries each year and Murray hopes the experience of living and working on a permaculture farm will spark a quest for knowledge among his guests and that they will take some of the energy-saving, self-sufficiency initiatives and permaculture practices home with them.
Bananas and avocadoes can be grown in Karamea and the region enjoys an almost sub-tropical microclimate. The soil is deep, well-drained alluvial loam, which enables a broad range of food crops to be grown. The annual rainfall is around 80 inches and it is evenly spread across the year, alleviating the need for irrigation and water storage.
"In all my travels, I've never come across a place with greater potential for growing food. The Living in Peace Project farm is a blank canvas for permaculture designers. People have the opportunity to learn how to go from bare earth to Eden rather than just seeing an established permaculture farm, we offer a very interactive experience and the chance to learn how to do it rather than merely seeing it after it's done," he said.
The project has employed Dave Tailby as the Permaculture Farm Manager this year and he has taken charge of the property and its development.
After doing his Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) course and watching the Permaculture Master Plan video, Murray decided to devote his life to permaculture and saw his tourism accommodation facilities and farm performing a different function — spreading the word about permaculture, helping others to learn and offering an opportunity to urban permaculture people to learn practical farm skills so that they might be better able to establish their own permaculture projects.
"Having Dave on board is fantastic! He's a great people-person, a really hard worker and is as passionate about permaculture as anyone you'll meet. He's an asset to the project and a really great teacher," Murray said.
In the meantime, the Living in Peace Project still offers accommodation over the summer months to visitors coming to see the many regional attractions, but changes focus from May to December to host permaculture students as interns on the farm and will offer a permaculture design course from September 30 to October 14, 2012.
"We are very fortunate to have Tim Barker, formerly of the Permaculture Research Institute of Australia, coming over to lead the course. Tim is a great guy and an experienced permaculture practitioner with lots of practical skills to pass on to students on the course," Murray said. Barker was one of the farm managers at the PRI's Zaytuna Farm in New South Wales, Australia and describes himself as "Mr. Fix it."
Eventually, Murray hopes to phase tourism out altogether and focus entirely on permaculture programmes year-round. "I don't think international tourism is a good bet, but I do believe in international travel… it's the best form of self-education you can get," he said.
The Living in Peace Project will therefore cater to travellers and provide opportunities for people to affordably stay in Karamea for an extended period and learn about New Zealand customs, culture, traditions, lifestyle, food while they also learn about permaculture, sustainable living and self-sufficiency.
For more information on the Living in Peace Project, or to enroll in their upcoming Permaculture Design Course, please contact Paul Murray.
The Living in Peace Project in Karamea on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand will be offering a Permaculture Design Course (PDC) from September 30 to October 14, 2012.
Senior Lecturer: Tim Barker, formerly of the Permaculture Research Institute of Australia.
The PDC will have an emphasis on practical application of permaculture theory and will include excursions to local permaculture projects.
More information about the PDC is available on our web site: www.livinginpeace.com/pdc
If you are interested in the PDC, have any questions, require more information, or wish to book a spot on the PDC, please contact:
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E-mail: rongo (at) actrix.co.nz
Ph: +64 (0)3 782 6767
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Finally. we are waking up to the truth of nature, Protection of the natural resources and planting our own food and medicine is becoming a beautiful and pleasing reality. I love the pacifiers of this earth the gardeners.
Paul Murray, you are so on the the right track!
and anybody doing the permaculture design course with Paul and the others has a great treat in front of the them; rarely do you find such altruism, forward thinking combined with such intelligence and wit. -
FYI…In 2004 I caught up with David Suzuki at the annual Bioneers conference and had just used this same quote as part of our Bay Area Convergence in San Francisco. He stated that he would never say that one group could be doing the most important work on the planet as there are SO many groups doing SO many important things, He asked me where I got the quote, as I had pulled it from the Permaculture Activist web-site. He asked if I not use it as it was a mis-quote..He did say he loved Permaculture, but it was very arogant of a statement that he would not say. I contacted Kieth Johnson of PA, and he removed it from the site….
Thus Curious where the author got it.LOVE LOVE what you are doing with the living in peace project. I am on the south west side outside of Queenstown working on the Aro-Ha project, be great to network across the island. Best of luck and a great article and video.
Thanks Benjamin. I'm glad to hear confirmation about that quote directly from David. I've seen it all over, and always wondered if it was genuine. I've removed the quote from Lewis' post.
Thanks Bob…you're a STAR and thanks Benjamin, I'll e-mail you later today…I look forward to hearing more about the Aro-Ha Project. Thanks also for the heads-up on he quote…and thanks for removing it Craig…it's not good to misquote…However, Suzuki is widely quoted as saying it at HopeDance 2009 and Lewis apparently found the quote here: http://sustainablecitiescollective.com/sharon-ferguson/52646/taking-permaculture-path-community-resilience and cross referenced it on several other publications.


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"And while the future's there for anyone to change, still you know it's seemsIt would be easier sometimes to change the past"
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Description: An extremely rare reddish brown glazed basin of Five Dynasty (907 960 AD); it is fired in up-side-down position on a 3-spur support, as revealed by the spur marks on the inner base; the unglazed spur marks and unglazed patches on the outer base show a very hard red clay body; these features distinguish this basin from San Cai pottery of Tang Dynasty; on the other hand, the thick reddish brown glaze that accumulates on the bottom resembles the brown glaze of Tang San Cai. Height 2 3/4 in., Width 5 1/2 in. Provenance: Dr. Robert I-San Lins Collection of Important Chinese Arts, brought to California in 1960s


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Today we'd like to acknowledge the Community Trust of the Community Foundation Serving Boulder County for their $3,000 grant to be directed to Boulder County Family Support Grants. This is the Community Trust's third grant to Imagine! in the past three years, and it is most appreciated.
Family Support Grants help pay for the extraordinary costs of caring for a family member who has a developmental disability. Funds may be used to help pay for respite care, professional services, medical and dental expenses, transportation, assistive technology, home modifications, and parent and sibling support.
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The Mall and Victoria's Secret
True Story, Female exhibitionist, Wife, Written by women
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Gender: female Age: N/A Location: N/A
Posted Sat 26th of March 2011
I love to flash guys
We went to a mall and I was wearing only this light weight, white cotton dress that if you looked really close, you could see my nipples thru the dress and I had no panties on. It is fairly long and has buttons all the way up the front. I only had 5 buttons closed, so when I walked you got a good look at my legs and if I bent down, you could get a great shot of my tits. It was just before Valentines day last year and we went into Victoria's Secret and there were quite a few guys shopping for their girlfriends and wives. I selected a few pieces of lingerie and went into the dressing room and as I tried them on, I would come out of the dressing room to show my husband and after the second time I did this there were 4 guys all standing near by waiting for me to come out again. My husband was enjoying this so much he went and got me four more sexy outfits that were lacy and even see thru to try on including a really sheer long white see thru gown. As I tried the first 3 of these outfits on, I would come out of the dressing room to show my husband and the guys were all enjoying the show. When I went back in the dressing room and put the white gown on, I could not believe how sheer it was. It was as if I had almost nothing on and you could clearly see my tits and shaved pussy. I was so excited that before I went out to show my husband, I had to play with my clit and I pushed 2 fingers inside me and I was really wet and you could smell my sex. After a few strokes with my fingers I stopped and went out to show the gown to my husband and he was not there. But the 4 guys that were watching me were still there and their eyes were bulging out and their tongues were just about dragging on the floor. I acted surprised to not see my husband and asked them if they knew where he was and they all stuttered no, but I could see him looking on from behind a rack of clothes. So I then asked them if they liked the gown and all nodded yes as I turned around to show them the back. The one guy was right there next to me and as I was going back into the dressing room, I caressed his cheek and lips with the fingers that were still wet with my juices and his eyes popped out as he realized what the smell was. I gave him a kiss on the cheek and thanked him as I went back into the dressing room. I was so horny that I put my dress back on and when I came out my husband was there and I told him we had to leave because I needed him to fuck me. As we were leaving I waved goodby to the guys that were watching me and we left the store. On the way out, my husband saw a shoe store and there was a really good looking young guy working there and no one else in the store. He told me to go in the store and try on some shoes and really give the guy a good show. I really wanted to go back to the hotel, but as I said, I will do anything he asks me to so I went into the store and asked to try on 3 different shoes and told him what size. Before he came back with them for me to try on, I unbuttoned one more of the bottom buttons and one more of the top buttons on my dress. Now you were able to see my tits even without me bending over and the bottom of the dress was open almost to my pussy. When he sat on the stool in front of me to help me try them on and I lifted my foot, the look of surprise on his face was precious as he looked up at me and I just smiled back at him. I walked around with the shoes on a bit and then sat back down and leaned forward to help him take them off and he could clearly see my tits right in front of his face. As he was putting the second pair on, I made sure to keep my legs spread so he got a really good look at my shaved pussy and his hands lingered a bit long on my legs and feet. I again walked around with the shoes on and as I was sitting back down I complained to him that I ran 4 miles that morning and that my legs were really sore. Since there was no one in the store, he said that maybe he should give my legs a quick massage before I tried the next pair on and I said that would be nice. So I sat down with my legs apart and put my right leg up and he started to massage my calf. I told him that it was my thighs that really hurt and he worked his hands up my leg and was rubbing my thigh. I was so horny that I could feel my juices running down my leg and I could not hold back any longer, I spread my legs further apart and told him "higher". He got the hint and worked his hands up to my pussy lips and started to stroke them as I just sat there with my eyes closed and moaned and told him not to stop. He started to rub my clit and then stuck a finger inside me and started to push it in and out. I opened my eyes now and looked at him looking up at me and I was so horny and I did not care who saw me. I slid to the edge of the seat and then I unbuttoned the other buttons of my dress and started to play with my tits. He then pushed a second finger inside me and was still rubbing my clit with his other hand and I could not hold back any longer, I closed my eyes, leaned my head back and he made me cum right there on the chair in the middle of the shoe store. I sat there for a few minutes as he was still gently rubbing my clit and then looked down at him and said that it was great. I still had my dress completely unbuttoned and as I stood up, he also stood up and I put my arms around his neck and I kissed him and pushed my tongue past his lips as I rubbed my body against his and I could feel him rubbing his hard cock against me. When we stopped kissing, I said we need to take care of that and I started to rub his cock thru his pants as he reached up and started to massage my tits. We were still in the middle of the store and I pushed him back until we were behind the counter and I got down on my knees behind the counter and continued to play with his cock. He then reached down and started to unbutton his pants and I helped him pull down his zipper and reached in and pulled out his cock and started to stroke it when he told me that a guy was coming into the store. I sneaked a peak around the counter and saw that it was my husband and I told him it was ok and that he was my husband and he wants to watch. The guy was a bit nervous until I said hi to my husband. I then stood back up, while still stroking his cock and kissed him again as he started to play with my tits again as my husband looked on. He then told me that he was going to cum and I got back down on my knees in front of him and stroked his cock and then he shot his cum on my face and tits as I kept stroking his cock until he was finished. I stood back up, took my finger and scooped up some of his cum and licked my finger clean and then kissed him again with his cum still on my tongue. I then took 2 more scoops of his cum from my tits and licked it clean and then went to my husband and kissed him as he played with my tits. I finally buttoned only 2 buttons of the dress and as we walked out of the mall to our car, my husband told me that one of the guys from Victoria's Secret saw everything that happened in the shoe store. I looked over my shoulder when we got close to the car and he was behind us, so I unbuttoned the dress and took it off, turned around and blew him a kiss and we got in the car and drove away. We had some great sex that night. My husband told me that night that he wanted to watch me suck another guys cock and since then we have had quite a few experiences where I have.
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That was an experience
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2011-10-25 02:46:51
Had my girl friend give a peak to a guy with pimples all over his face. He was just about to close and I was watching. He moved a mirror under her dress when she bent over to take them off. I loved it.
anonymous reader
2011-08-12 08:47:10
use paragraphs I stopped reading a great story and voted no because of your non-paragraphs
anonymous reader
2011-03-27 03:37:23
Break it up.... and it's kinda weird that you're cheating on him while he's standing and watching you do it.
anonymous reader
2011-03-27 03:25:52
Good story, it would help if you broke it up into paragraphs.
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Google, King.com, Apple, YouTube: Intellectual Property
Victoria Slind-FlorFeb. 27 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Supreme Court considered making it easier for companies that defeat patent-infringement lawsuits to collect legal fees from the losers in a case with ramifications for Apple Inc. and Google Inc.
Hearing arguments in Washington Feb. 25, the justices debated how best to deter meritless suits as they weighed for the first time the rules that govern fee awards in patent litigation. Apple and Google are among the companies urging the court to lower the bar for fee awards.
The cases are Octane Fitness v. Icon Health & Fitness, 12-1184, and Highmark v. Allcare Health Management Systems, 12-1163.
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King.com Backs Down, Abandons Application for 'Candy' Trademark
King.com Ltd., the London-based social-games developer, abandoned its application to register "Candy" as a U.S. trademark, according to a Feb. 24 filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
The creator of the "Candy Crush" game played on Facebook Inc.'s social-media site was the target of criticism from individual game developers and Mount Royal, New Jersey's International Game Developers Association, which said King.com was "overreaching" in seeking the trademark.
In January, King.com said on its website that its application wasn't unusual, and that others had sought to register such common words as "Money," "Apple" and "Time."
Gallo Sues to Halt Distillery's Use of 'Dark Horse' Mark
E&J Gallo Winery, the 81-year-old California wine producer, sued a Kansas distillery for infringing its "Dark Horse" trademark.
Gallo, in its suit against Dark Horse Distillery LLP of Lenexa, Kansas, claims to be what U.S. law defines as the "senior user" of the mark.
Wine has been sold under the Dark Horse label since 2004, according to the complaint filed Feb. 25 in federal court in New York. Gallo said it acquired the mark in 2011 and began using it for distilled spirits in October of that year.
The public will probably be confused if Dark Horse Distillery is permitted to use the mark, Gallo said. The company asked the court to bar the Kansas distillery from using the mark and requested money damages, including profits related to the alleged infringement. Gallo also seeks awards of attorney fees and litigation costs.
Dark Horse Distillery didn't respond immediately to an e-mailed request for comment.
The case is E&J Gallo Winery v. Dark Horse Distillery, 14-cv-01231, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan).
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Apple Argues Ignorance in E-Books Price-Fixing Ruling Appeal
Apple Inc. said a ruling it violated antitrust laws should be thrown out because it didn't know publishers were engaged in a conspiracy to fix e-book prices.
The July decision by a federal judge was based on a flawed theory of liability, Apple said in a Feb. 25 filing with the U.S. Court of Appeals in New York. The case is based on a Justice Department lawsuit that has spurred $840 million in state and consumer claims.
"Apple had no knowledge that the publishers were engaged in a conspiracy in December 2009 or at any other point," the Cupertino, California-based company said in the filing.
The appeals case is U.S. v. Apple Inc., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (Manhattan). The district court case is U.S. v. Apple Inc., 12-cv-02826, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan).
'Innocence of Muslims' Actress Wins Takedown Order for Trailer
An actress who performed in the film known through the "Innocence of Muslims" trailer uploaded to Google Inc.'s YouTube video-sharing service persuaded a federal appeals court to order its removal.
In a Feb. 26 ruling, the appeals court said the actress Cindy Lee Garcia had become the target of a fatwa because the film, which suggested the prophet Mohammed was a child molester, was so offensive to Muslims.
Garcia successfully argued that she wasn't an employee of the filmmaker in the traditional sense and owned the copyright to her performance.
The case is Garcia v. Google Inc., 12-57302, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (San Francisco). The lower court case is Garcia v. Google Inc., 12-cv-08315, U.S. District Court, Central District of California (Los Angeles).
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Bartender Sean Kenyon has a few words of advice for his peers: shield the armpits!
It shouldn't be about what you wear, right? According to Sean Kenyon, the barman behind the Squeaky Bean and Williams & Graham, it absolutely should be about that, especially if you're one of those tenders who takes to wearing a "hipster" tank top when you're slinging drinks behind the stick.
Late last night, presumably after leaving an offending watering hole, Kenyon tweeted that he's not interested in focusing his gaze on your armpits, and judging from the responses to said tweet, which you can read below, he's not alone.
And that got us thinking...about fashion statements. When is it okay -- and not okay -- to expose your sweaty (and in some cases, frighteningly hairy) pits to the people you serve? What about nose rings? Tongue studs? Bare (or beer) bellies illustrated with tattoos? Glitter eye shadow shimmering below eyebrow piercings? Blue hair? Botox lips?
In other words, when you walk into a bar -- or a restaurant -- how much does the appearance of the staff matter to you? Or, unless they're picking their nose, or picking their teeth, should it matter at all?
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I don't think that will happen. Too many people here have already seemed pretty restrained and have made some thoughtful posts about it. Can you imagine the heads splodin' over there if it had gone the other way?
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I don't see what he said a condesending preaching. I see it as a warning that we may become that which we abhor.
On a side note, I'm just going to trust that God, as usual, knows what is going on and everything his happening exactly the way He intends it to. Reading the story of Joesph gives me comfort. I would hope that I could have just an iota of the trust he had for the actions of our creator.
Even an empire in decline needs its centurions. Assuming that Obama doesn't decide to purge the armed forces of those of us who aren't ideologically simpatico, and sequestration doesn't put us all out in the streets, I'll survive to the end of his term, and by then, the food and gas riots should keep me well-employed in homeland security missions.
I can only refer you to a recruiter. And that's if Obama doesn't cut our end strength.
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Evening run, RPE felt high vs HR so I went by HR after 2.5 miles, once I warmed up all the way. Had to work today and went out after I got home. Should have used the roller first, as my calf's were tight and I can feel my hips post run.
Dropped the car off at the dealership and ran to the office. Tough run into the wind for the 1st 2.1 miles, was hard to get warmed up at 60F. Coolest AM run so far. After that I ran on the canal and with a cross wind and finally felt good enough to pickup the pace and get the HR into Z2 range.
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Monday, October 10, 2011
Messed Up Sleep Schedule Or No, This Great Retro Lamp Was Waiting For Me At The Wentzville Flea Market. Status: Got.
Yup, even though I'm trying to get back to my normal (a word I'm using loosely since I usually get up about 11am) sleep schedule after working third shift last week, I still got up at the crack of dawn to hit Wentzville! It was a little bit of a disappointment as I didn't find anything AMAZING...well, except this neato lamp.
Urgh...sleep deprivation. It's worth it to spend a perfect morning (sunny and 60 - 70 degrees)
strolling around the flea market with your best girl. That and the finding of super duper treasures
don't hurt none either.
I found some other worthy goodies besides this lamp but was too bushed (took a long nap this
afternoon) to even get them out of the car. And this lamp was just the base at the flea market.
It didn't have the amazing multi tiered shade. That was procured quite some time ago during
a trip to Chicago.
Used to be, I would find all these great lamp bases at the thrift stores. They were everywhere.
St. Louis seemed lousy with them. (::shakes head::) Then...THEN...I made the big mistake. I
was in New Orleans spouting off to a shop owner (who buys, paints, puts New shades on and
sells these at her shop) about how I see these Everywhere in StL. and that I could bring down
a bunch of them next time. Guess what. Haven't hardly seen another one at a thrift store since.
Anyway, before I noticed that I wasn't finding any new lamps I found a number of great lamp
shade at an antique mall on the way to Chicago and snatched them all up as they were priced
really good. Little did I realize that it was a great deal on a pile of shades that would sit and
mock me for months to come! Wellllll.....it finally paid off! I mean, what a great lamp combination,
Antique mall,
Flea Mkt.,
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