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Tunability and changes in achitectureThis report provides a detailed analysis on tunability, which is a new hot topic for radio front end modules. Indeed after years of development, antenna tuners have been accepted in 2011. Not only GaAs switches but also ferroelectric capacitors and MEMS variable capacitors have been successfully integrated into flagship products such as some Samsung Galaxy S2 smartphones. While there is no consensus yet on this topic, antenna tuners are now really providing a significant value proposition, we thus expect it to be the next very hot market in this space. New types of tuners and massive deployment of LTE within 2014 will be additional drivers for tunability. Leading the MEMS field, Wispry will be a key player to watch, while Sony and Peregrine also offer promising approaches based on alternative technologies. The acquisition of Paratek by RIM in March 2012 is also a sign that antenna tuners will be a strategic technology to be integrated in many cellphone platforms in the near future.
All those changes at the component level (PA, ASM, filters...) and the rise of tunability are having a dramatic impact in the global RF part architecture evolutions. Both technical and competitive challenges and opportunities are shaping the future front end modules. Similarly the trend for integration in various types of modules is driving changes at the individual component level. New packaging technologies now enable compact multi-chip packages: Rx modules, PA modules, multi-duplexers... All together, the front-end modules are already a $2.0B market in 2011 and grow at a 12.0% yearly rate, this will represent more than 3 times the value of the standalone PAs, filters/duplexers, tuners in 2016.Rapid evolution of technology and competitive landscapeWhile we start to see some level of consolidation, the competitive landscape in this RF market is changing quickly. Some companies are getting more vertically integrated, such as Murata after the acquisition of Renesas PA business, which may translate in a change in the business model of the company. As highlighted in the report, there are today a limited number of companies which dominate this RF space, but generally those players are involved in very specific market space, this means that significant evolutions can be expected in the near future. For instance Skyworks is leading the PA market and is big in switches but has no activity in filters, while Avago is a large PA vendor and dominates the BAW filter market, but is neither involved in SAW filters nor in antenna switches.
The evolution of architecture towards modules is one driver that pushes each company to be able to handle all types of components or to set up specific partnerships. Another driver for competitive change is the technical evolution which is very quick in this area: at the antenna switch level, players with early involvement in SOI switches (Skyworks, RFMD) are getting more market shares against players involved in GaAs (TriQuint...). This type of change should be observed with PA technology as well.


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The structure is shaping the content, McLuhan was right when he said "the medium is the message". Blame it on social media, SEO or analytics, the truth is that digital media is having a tremendous impact in how content is done and perceived these days.
SEO, SEM are changing content
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Crochet Hobbit Hat Pattern
Pattern Type: Crochet
Difficulty Level: Intermediate
Sizes Included: One Size Fits Most
Yarn Lines: Brava Bulky Yarn
Yardage: 136
Needles/Hooks Suggested: Size N (10mm): crochet hook
Fiber Type: Acrylic & Blends
Weight: Bulky
Hobbit Hat Pattern is a quick and easy project that can be completed in a few hours. The final product is a great anytime accessory to be worn for function, fashion I prefer both.
This finished hat is one size fits most; A standard women sized head, approximately 21-23 inches.
The pattern is written for and advanced beginner and gets it's shape from a series of back loop single crochets and and single crochet decreases.
The hat is crocheted with Brava bulky yarn, you will need crochet hook sizes N/15 (10 mm).
In this pattern I did not use abbreviations.
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American politics is more than red versus blue. Members of Congress jockey for federal dollars to be spent in their districts, the Supreme Court weighs the merits of reading the Constitution as a static or living document, and the president wrings his hands daily over how best to spend his political capital.
Politics is work.
Few knew this better than former Idaho Sen. Frank Church, whose legacy includes service on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and environmental advocacy.
Today at the Heatherwood Retirement Community at 5277 Kootenai St., Northwest Nazarene University Professor of Political Science Stephen K. Shaw will deliver an address on Church's advocacy of deliberative democracy in a politically and ideologically varied world.
The lecture begins at 3 p.m. and is free to the public.


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Putting Your Life Together You'll find information here about counselling, hypnotherapy and the kind of issues with which I can help, together with details of how you can put the pieces of your life together in a way that feels better for you.
Today life presents many different kind of challenges. Most people cope very well by simply getting on with their lives, but sometimes it feels like no-one wants to listen. The decision to see a counsellor is usually made as a result of a difficult time or trauma, either now or in the past. The "straw that broke the camel's back" is often what makes us consider the possibility of counselling. You might notice you are not coping as well as usual but not really know why.
Often people come to counselling and hypnotherapy to talk things through with someone who is independent but with a genuine desire to support you in a non-directive way. This "safe place" enables the client to focus on their own needs and feelings, without worrying about being judged or hurting someone's feelings. Many people worry about upsetting others or what others think of them – and end up not knowing how they feel themselves. Counselling really helps to connect you with your own emotions and put things together in a way that completes your own version of a fulfilled life.
I am a BACP accredited counsellor and hypnotherapist with over 10 years and thousands of hours of experience working full time with clients from all walks of life and with a wide range of problems. I am particularly interested in enabling clients to tune into their own inner resources to understand, empower and support themselves in difficult situations.
I see clients at Park Psychotherapy, 15 Newton Terr, Glasgow, G3 7PJ, at the Abbey Mill Business Centre in Paisley and in Lochwinnoch.
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Cable Modem -> Switch -> Hub -> My Computer
On our network is a local server where all of us share data on a common drive, including the database to web-based proprietary software.
While browsing the internet (for work, of course!), everything will be fine with reasonable speeds until it isn't. I'll get a message displaying in Firefox "Server Not Found". This message displays regardless of the site I'm using. The web-based proprietary software runs just fine when I can't browse the web. I also remain connected to the internet through Skype, LogMeIn, and Dropbox. The only thing I *can't* do is browse the web. This issue comes up with Firefox and Internet Explorer. The period of time where it works or where it doesn't is inconsistent. What's consistent though is that when I reboot my computer, everything works -- just not for long.
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Feed the Beast!!
The Seattle Seahawks started off their offseason moves with a bang, re-signing RB Marshawn Lynch. The deal is over 4 years and has a maximum tender of $31. $18 million is guaranteed to Lynch over the course of the contract.
According to Andy Bunker of the Mitch in the Morning show on 950 KJR, Lynch can take that $31 million and buy "44,927, 565 bags. Or 2.6 Billion Skittles! (2,605,798,654)"
There has been complete bedlam in the streets of Seattle with riots and flashes of Vancouver after the Stanley Cup. Ok, it isn't of that magnitude, but the people of Seattle are absolutely stoked!
Sure, there are some naysayers still questioning Lynch, but they have been drowned out by the sound of people talking about how awesome he is.
The re-signing of Lynch was smart on the part of the Seahawks.
Here are 5 reasons why.
5. Lights, Camera Action!
With this 4 year contract, Beast Mode is guaranteed to trample through highlight reels and continue making news with quirks like his sideline snacking. The guy is a walking comedy routine of pure awesome.
With him continuing to get press, the Seahawks get press through it all, too.
More exposure is always a good thing (unless you're Tony Romo) and could bring new fans who will buy tickets or merchandise.
4. Earning trust
The willingness of the Seahawks to go out and spend a decent chunk of money to bring back a fan favorite echoes throughout the fan base. It shows that they do care and that they are willing to do what it takes to make this team a perennial playoff contender.
It also is starting to fill some fans with hope who are looking for big ticket free agents to pour in.
Mario Williams, anyone?
3. Assurance that the running game is intact
The Seahawks did not have a running back for 5 years after Shaun Alexander got paid. Yes, they had people filling the position, but the team was not able to work their offense around any sort of continual productive running game. The running game was horrendous and everyone knew it.
Ever since Lynch burst on the scene, the offense has become resurgent with the team's offensive focus going from the pass first mentality to a rush first mentality.
2. Attention turns to Red Bryant
The re-signing of Lynch allows the Seahawks to move onto other pressing matters.
They can now turn their focus on other team needs.
In other words, they can re-sign Red Bryant and chase a pass rushing DE down to compliment Chris Clemons on passing downs. The Seahawks were second worst in the NFL in sacks and need that number to drastically improve if they truly want to be a vaunting defense that the NFL talks about.
They're off to a good start, but you can't be one dimensional in today's game. Only the elite get away with it.
1. It's Marshawn Freakin Lynch!
We get to see 4 more years of a goofy, hilarious, dread-locked, gold toothed, stiff-arming Marshawn Lynch in a Seahawks uniform.
He is BeastMode, the power running back the fans in Seattle have grown to love.
His love for fruity candy and colorful shoes has won over the hearts of Seahawks fans everywhere.
He's already caused an earthquake in his first season and a half…let's see what else he has up his sleeve over the next four.


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2015 will mark the 180th anniversary of the arrival of glass in the Geelong area, especially the Bellarine Peninsula.
|Signing 'Batman's Treaty' - artist's impression
Glass mirrors played a major role in John Batman's efforts to 'rent' 600,000 acres of Kulin nation land, covering today's Melbourne, Geelong and Bellarine Peninsula. On 6 June 1835, Batman signed a treaty with eight Kulin nation elders, in which Batman rented the Kulin nation's land for an annual rent or tribute of 'one hundred Pair of Blankets, One Hundred Knives, One Hundred Tomahawks, Fifty Suits of Clothing, Fifty looking Glasses, Fifty Pair scissors and Five Tons of flour'; plus an initial payment of 'Twenty Pairs of Blankets, Thirty Tomahawks, One Hundred Knives Fifty Pair of Scissorrs (sic), Thirty looking Glasses Two Hundred Handkerchiefs and One Hundred Pounds of Flour and six shirts'.
(The Kulin nation - an alliance of five Aboriginal nations, Wurundjeri, Bunurong, Wathaurong, Taungurong and Dja Dja Wurrung – were traditional owners of lands around the Yarra River.)
Batman's account of the signing mentioned only one document, but subsequently he produced two deeds. The Melbourne Deed (also known as the Dutigulla Treaty, Dutigulla Deed, Melbourne Deed or just 'Batman's Treaty') concerned 500,000 acres, including what is now Melbourne, the western arm of Port Phillip Bay and what is now the city of Geelong. The Geelong deed concerned a further 100,000 acres, including parts of the south coast of Victoria and the Bellarine Peninsula.
Batman had arrived from Launceston at what is now Indented Head in early May 1835, intent on purchasing from local aborigines a large tract of today's southern Victoria, on which to graze stock and establish a settlement. He represented the Port Philip Association, formed earlier that year by fifteen leading sheep graziers of Van Dieman's Land (today's Tasmania) to acquire new grazing lands.
Batman's treaty declared invalid
On 26 August 1835, NSW Governor Bourke declared Batman's treaty invalid. Not only had Batman negotiated directly with the Aboriginal people, despite the British authorities claiming Australia for the Crown and dismissing any Aboriginal claim to the land; but also, he had purchased the land for the Port Philip Association, and not for the Crown. Nonetheless, Batman maintained until his death in 1839 that the treaty was valid; and it remains historically significant because it was the first and only documented instance of Europeans negotiating their presence and occupation of Aboriginal lands.
Even if Batman's Treaty hadn't been declared illegal, it would have had a very dubious status in law. It is unlikely that the elders who allegedly signed the treaties on 6 June understood the treaty as a transfer of land or, if they had, would have agreed to it. Instead, they probably saw the signing as akin to their own Tanderrum ceremony, in which gifts were exchanged (the Kulin elders gave Batman two fur cloaks, some stone axes, woomeras boomerangs and baskets) and local foliage was presented to strangers, signifying their access to and usage (but not ownership) of the host's land as well as protection. The strangers were expected to reciprocate by sharing their resources which, it could be argued, was what Batman's party had done at the signing ceremony, but also on two occasions before and after it.
Glass mirrors and beads had been among the items that Batman gave a group of Wadda Wurrung women and children as evidence of his good intentions when he met them on 31 May 1835 at what he called Gellibrand Bay, near today's Point Wilson. (The other items were blankets, handkerchiefs, sugar, apples and a tomahawk.) A final act of gift giving happened on 23 and 25 June at Indented Head, when James Gumm and William Todd - two members of a small group that Batman had left there on his departure for Launceston on June 8 - gave clothing, food and other items to a group of Wada Wurrung they had encountered.
SourcesAustralian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 1. 1966. Melbourne University Press.
Ian D. Clark (c1990) "Aboriginal Languages and Clans: an historical atlas of Western and Central Victoria 1800-1900." Melbourne: Monash Publications in Geography and Environmental Science: No. 37.
Rex Harcourt, 'The Batman treaties'. Victorian Historical Journal, vol. 62, nos. 3 & 4, Dec. 1991 - Mar. 1992, pp.85-97.


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Reporting to the Director of Protective Services, the Community Peace Officer 1 enhances public safety and quality of life through the enforcement Provincial Statutes and Town Bylaws. As part of the Protective and Emergency Services Team working with a total of two CPO's, this position maintains a close working partnership with the RCMP, Fire and EMS Services. As a CPO1 in High Level you will have a comprehensive and dynamic set of duties. This position involves conducting thorough investigations, preparing court packages, issuing tickets, summons or laying charges as required, effecting arrests and executing arrest warrants. This position is a full time permanent position, 40 hrs per week with shift work and weekends. A comprehensive benefits package is offered after 3 months.
Job Descriptions are available at the Town Office and on the website www.highlevel.ca .Please apply to:
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Main page International Cooperation
International Policy of Sumy National Agrarian University
The success of an agrarian higher educational institution is impossible without dynamic international cooperation and establishing ties with global educational and research centers. Therefore, development of bilateral and multilateral international relations,
educational and scientific projects belong to the main tasks of Sumy National Agrarian University. The Department of International Cooperation, established in 1995, coordinates a complex set of international relations.
In spite of a quite young age of the Institution (30 years), SNAU has become a well-known center of international education and scientific connections. Cooperation with foreign partners is implemented in different important directions using various organizational forms: starting with students and teaching staff academic mobility and participation in the international conferences, workshops, panel discussions up to implementation of common educational programmes and participation in different international scientific and educational organizations.
At the moment there are more than 60 agreements about different kinds and forms of cooperation signed with foreign partners from 15 countries. The activity of SNAU in international educational area is focused on the long-term programmes and projects which are aimed to improve the quality of educational and scientific activity according to the world standards.
The international partners of SNAU are: the Neurtingen-Geislingen University and the University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf (Germany), the Centre for Practical Preparation of Agroindustrial Complex Specialists DEULA-Nienburg, the Ecological Association "LOGO"– agriculture and ecological balance with Eastern Europe (Germany), the Association of the Farmers of Germany, the Union "Agrospecialist" and "Apolo" (Germany), University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (Austria), University of Molise (Italy), Agrarian University – Plovdiv (Bulgaria), Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW (Poland), the University of Technology and Life Sciences in Bydgoszcz (Poland), the University of Euroregional Economy in Uzefuw (Poland), the University of Warmina and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poznan University of Life Sciences (Poland), the Ohio State University (USA), the Minnesota State University (USA).
SNAU is the member of the following organizations: the International Professional Association of Agrarian Management and Rural Development, Visegrad University Association, the World Poultry science Association (WPSA), the World Veterinarian Association, the European Society of Agricultural Faculties (ESAF), the Association of Deans of Economical Specialization of the European Institutions (Ukrainian-Polish-Slovakian Forum).
Common education programmes are the priority. Implementation of such educational programmes is important for SNAU on its way to successful joining the Bologna Process, which is recognized by leading European universities as the system of certification, accreditation and assessment of students' knowledge. First of all, we should admit the International Master Programme, established within the framework of collaboration with Weihenstephan University of Applied Science. Since December 2001 Sumy National Agrarian University has become an official partner of DAAD "German Academic Exchange Service" and signed the agreements about cooperation with four Partner Universities: Weihenstephan University of Applied Science, Kyiv National Agrarian University, Novosibirsk State Agrarian University, Alma-Ata National Agrarian University. According to the agreement, mutual approval of educational credits is implemented and double diplomas are issued (Ukrainian and German state sample of diplomas).
SNAU has been cooperating with Polish higher educational institutions for a long time within the framework of academic mobility of students and professor staff. During 1-2 semesters students study at the Pprtner University and the credits obtained are recognized by both sides. The lecturers have an opportunity to get a scientific training in the field of their research as well. Together with Neurtingen University of Applied Science SNAU is also a participant of the project of DAAD "Leonhard Euler Scholar Programme", in the context of which young scientists make their researches both in Ukraine and in Germany.
In the area international cooperation we pay special attention to the delegations from the foreign universities and partner organizations, which visit our institution for conducting mutual workshops, conferences, lectures and practical courses. There is a strong tendency for intensifying this kind of exchanges: thus, more than 70 delegations visit our university annually.
Arranging internships abroad takes an important place in the system of SNAU international relations. Annually, there is a constantly increasing number of students, post-graduates and lecturers, who have an opportunity to obtain a specialized professional training at the agricultural enterprises of Germany, Austria, Poland, the USA and some other countries. Every year the number of participants is rising. During practical academic semester students and graduates of our university acquire professional skills and get knowledge in different spheres of agribusiness, learn modern technologies of production and improve their language skills.
Thus, the international activity of Sumy National Agrarian University is aimed at our university success within the global educational area, which promotes subsequent high-quality development of the university.


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Mouthpiece, 2011.
A wearable involving a photoresistor hooked into an old retainer, which activates a loud tone from a nearby speaker whenever a performer's mouth opens, rendering speech largely unintelligible. I designed this to perform an essay of personal recollections, which is a source of conflict for me in ways that probably apply to all kinds of expression: a desire to make people know and understand our own experiences conflicts with a refusal to own all of these experiences; we are frustrated with the knowledge that it's easier to say something comprehendible than it is to make someone else comprehend. I hope this project is to some extent humorous.


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From our sleeping positions we began to prepare for day two, we filled our water checked all our equipment was present and then got a safety brief. Next we took out a menorah and as a tired yet pumped tzevet we lit candles for Chanukah. Standing as a tzevet together we sang the blessings and the songs one says when lighting the candles and I thought for a moment how lucky I am to be remembering the Macabees (Jewish warriors who rebelled against the Greeks and defeated them in the story of Hanukkah) in the uniform of the IDF with an Israeli rifle in my hand and in the first of five final exercises to enter one of the top units defending Israel and the Jewish people. I really felt there and then that if I looked behind me I would see a line behind me of past Jewish warriors going back to Mickey Marcus, to Moredichai Anielewicz, to Jaboptinski, to the Macabees, to King David himself. Hanukah is essentially a military holiday and I thought there is no better way to celebrate than as a soldier in the IDF weapon in hand ready to defend our land.
As for the final exercise I was released second as I was the second in my team to arrive the day before and quickly got on my way. The first leg of my navigation was to descend from the mountain we had slept on and to enter the Beit Tenoufah valley which is a several kilometer long and 2-3 kilometer wide valley flat as a pancake with Mt. Achim (where I had slept) to its north and Mt. Turan to its south. I descended Mt, Achim and reached the water canal on the northern edge of the valley, crossed over the bridge and started to walk along the gravel road which cuts across the valley towards the south west. I walk straight along the path for 3 kilometers and then walk around the Arab village there from the west and then cross the road before me. Before me is a small wadi with Mt. Turan to the east and another set of large hills to the west. I enter the wadi and head south towards a sharp bend and there I find the fence around a water spout which was point six.
From point 6 I head back to the Arab village and the road, I then follow parallel to the road and Mt. Turan as I head straight east. I leave the village before me and then continue on to the next village and pass it as well. I am now searching for the first path to lead south with 2 buildings, one on either side of the path, at its finish. I find the path and take it all the way to its end which is where Mt. Turan begins to rise upwards. Here I begin to sarch for a cave, my 7th point. The area is incredibly difficult to search though with dozens of barb wire fences as well as agriculture and cow pastures I cant find any cave in the area so where the cave is supposed to be I leave a large pile of rocks and a note and quickly move on. From here I continue east along the base of Mt. Turan and then when I get to a nice cleft in the mountain and began my ascent to the top of the mountain from there. I climb straight across boulders, rocks, and shrubbery till I get to the road about two thirds of the way up and from there begin to climb using roads. I quickly arrive at the top of the mountain, 548 meters. This was not a point for me, but a mandatory check in point. From here I begin to climb downwards now.
I start to descend by heading west and then south on the trail which encircles the mountain top. On the eastern side of the mountain top I head north east with the trail and here I continue till I get to an intersection of two trails. One straight north and the second mine continuing north east. Here for the first time I do not remember exactly where to head or even the way the terrain is supposed to look. I only remember there is an Arab village, a real problematic one too, and then after is the Jewish settlement which will lead me to my 9th point. I decided to continue with my trail north east and made my first navigational error of the exercise. The trail does lead me to the settlement but in a circuitous route and leads me down the mountain and I have to climb back up to get to the access road to the settlement. Once I get to the access road I take it till I get to a trail which leads north west and follow the trail towards a a local peak which contains my next point. I begin to get frustrated though as the trails are taking me around the peak but not towards it so I leave the trail and head into the brush in an upward climb. My point is a power lines pole so I am looking for the power lines as well. I slog my way through thick brush and as I close on the peak I see the lines in the sky so begin to walk beneath the lines towards the peak. I finally arrive at the pole and the peak and almost exploded with frustration when I see the pole is right next to a trail. So I take the point, my 8th, and head north east and descend the mountain.
I now head straight north in parallel to a road and arrive at a Christian Arab town, and from there head up a hill to its east and then north to the peak. From the peak I make my next navigation mistake. I once again do not remember the terrain I need only I need a path heading north and down from the hill and it will lead me to the Tzipor aquifer. There was a path a couple meters to me west but it seemed to lead back to the Arab town so I went east and further along the hill. The path led me towards a Jewish settlement and towards the general direction I needed, but there was no path down so I decided to just cut a straight line down as by now I could see the aquifer. Little did I know this slope was quite dangerous with thick brush and drop offs of several meters. I had several near misses till BAM! I walked on to what I thought was a large bush and fell straight through what was really a tree and a four meter drop off, the tree caught me and slowed my fall so I was not injured but I realized to continue was too dangerous so I decided to stop and wait the 45 minutes to day light. I practically instantly fell asleep when I sat down and 40 minutes later awoke to begin plodding on. I finished the descent with no further injuries and found the trail I needed quickly and began to book it to make up for lost time. My 9th point is a tree located in an open area after an olive grove. But when I arrive at the olive grove and cross it I see the area is not so open it is in fact covered in intense brush and undergrowth and dotted with trees to find this point borders on impossible. To pass the exercise I only need 6 points and I already have 8 so I decided to make up lost time and skip it.
I push along the trail towards the mandatory crossing point of a road which cuts across our area of operations. I follow my trail downwards and when I see the point I simply cut straight for it and arrive quickly. I find out there are only 2 people before me and one passed there not so long before me. So I quickly move out of there and start on the last 11 kilometers of the exercise. Here I enter a deep canyon containing the tzipor stream. The path radio antenna here is difficult to walk along with due to low trees and mud, with the trees being the more annoying as my radio antenna was constantly getting tangled up in their branches. But I push on and after a few kilometers the canyon widens out a bit and I see the trail leading up and out of the canyon to get to point 10 my last. I get to the path and climb it to the top of the canyon form there I walk 200 meters north and before me is the fish pond and I find its gate which it my last point. I take the point and continue along the lip of the canyon eastward with the stream below to guide me. After about a kilometer I finally can see the Kinneret and practicaly begin to cry from joy and the excruciating pain shooting through m legs and the soles of my feet. I push forward though and begin to descend into what is now more of a valley and towards the end point. I head along a road towards Kibbutz Ginosar and when I get to the road parallel to the Kinneret I head south towards the access road to Tamar beach. At the intersection with the access road I get permission and cross the road. From there I stumble the last kilometer to the beach of the Kinneret drop my rucksack and just collapse from exhaustion. 50 kilometers in a single night, and the pain in my feet was unreal I could not stand on them much less walk straight.
After a few minutes of just lying there I joined the other two guys there in a dip in the Kinneret and then we came back to help with the BBQ. After 85 kilometers and only 1000 calories in 2 days I could barely control myself from just tearing into the food like and animal. But oh boy did I eat, and eat, and eat. We would eat till our fill, lay down and sleep an hour, then go back for another round.


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Love is in the Air!!......again
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Wow! Deb's this is fab i love all the different stamps you've used on all the layers, the postage stamp, the corner from the new kit, it must have taken ages thinking about all this, the whole ensemlbe came together beautifully!ReplyDelete
very lovely^^ReplyDelete
WOW Debbie! She is just divine... so many beautiful little details adding up to one very gorgeous card :) LOVE IT!!ReplyDelete
Sharon x
Oh my goodness Debbie this is amazing!ReplyDelete
Such a beautiful creation!
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OH WOW WOW WOW Debbie!! I so {heart} this!! hahaha I love this cute little tilda - can't wait for her to arrive in my Letterbox!! I love all the hearts and the papers and well everything because you made it!!ReplyDelete
Lots of Hugs
Hi Stunning creation can see all the hard work love all the textures on your card and clock hands are such a cool idea. She is coloured so beautifully and she does look like a Matilda lol Best Wishes Kitty :)ReplyDelete
Whats even funnier to me, I was calling her Matilda for about 6 months to our local craft shop trying to get them to stock them.lol.No wonder they never have.ReplyDelete
Your card is beautiful. I love the colourings and your image colouring. Really beautiful.
Luv CHRISSYxx
Wowzer Debbie this is absolutely superb, the colours, design and image are truly wonderful.ReplyDelete
Lorraine x
Great with all kinds of embossing. Love it.ReplyDelete
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It's stunning! Just love your colouring!ReplyDelete
Fabulous card - so many details I could study it for hours.ReplyDelete
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wOw! Stunning card! So wonderful with all the details! And your colouringjob is outstanding! :D Hugs!ReplyDelete
woow wat a beautiful card!!ReplyDelete
i love your syle!!
greetings, Mandy
Debbie, your card is beautiful, I love the combo of images, collude & embellies. Have a great week, hugs Jodie from OzReplyDelete
This is so gorgeus!
Hugs Susy
So beautiful card Debbie,I love the image and the colours.ReplyDelete
So gorgeous papers and the details.
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Hi Debbie,ReplyDelete
You really ar a Fantastic artist!!!
Every card every detail is just Perfect in every way!
The lovely cards below.......wouwzers Love them al!
And (M)atilda mmm many because she reminds you of à granny
She dos to me haha
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Gorgoeus!! Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous! I love this cutie, she has to be my fav :) and your embossed hearts are stunning and so clever too :)ReplyDelete
Have a great week,
Wow...wonderful work! Love it!ReplyDelete
This is stunning hun!!! Gorgeous details as always and fabulous design! hugs, Jane xxxReplyDelete


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Het volk van TechnoYard brengt ons een review van Maxtor's DiamondMax Plus 45, een 45GB 7200rpm harddisk met 3 platters een 2meg buffer en een gemiddelde seektime van 8,7ms. De reviewer was erg te spreken over de kwaliteiten van de schijf, ook al gaat de IBM 75GXP serie meestal nog nét iets harder. Desalniettemin levert de DiamondMax Plus serie goede prestaties tegen een aardige prijs, aldus onderstaande conclusie:
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How does the DiamondMax Plus 45 drive fare when it comes to performance??? Looking at the test results you can come to the conclusion that the DM plus 45 isn't the fastest drive in town, yet it definitely is not the slowest either. Out of the tests I believe IBM's Deskstar 75GXP still holds its position as the best IDE drive around. However there's a significant cost advantage by opting for the DM plus 45. Besides the IBM drive doesn't lead the tests in great margin to the DM plus 45, so for the price it's offered at,I think the DiamondMax Plus 45 is certainly a good deal to go for. If you are looking for a drive with ultimate peak performance then the DM plus will not suite you. However if your requirements are less demanding, then the drive's performance is quite adequate. When deciding on one of these drives you might also want to consider Maxtor's warranty and other service features as well, since not many offer anything similar.
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I have a couple hunches. For one, I think these folk have bought heavily into a crude narrative of how our civilisation has made the scientific progress that is has. This story paints philosophy with negative moral tones and orients its adherents' very sense of what is noble and courageous away from it. The story is more familiar in its anti-religious form which goes something this like; "before, we, in our hubris, used to explain the world superstitiously by appealing to spirits, ghosts and all sorts of things that had anthropocentric concerns, but now we know that the world does not revolve around us and that we need to humble ourselves by carefully studying nature, letting our observations of her inform our ways." This story can get broadened to encompass philosophy too; "before, we, in our hubris, used to think that we could figure things out by sitting in our chairs and just thinking, but now we know that we need to actually get out into the world, observe it, and let nature teach us how things are." Philosophy, then, gets branded as prideful (for it assumes that the world is so much like us that by using our ordinary, intuitive concepts we can simply think our way to answers), and lazy (it is unwilling to step out into the world and wrestle with it). Science, on the other hand, is contrite and courageous. The scientist has learnt, perhaps the hard way, that the world is strange and cannot be properly explained using "common sense". She is thus humbled and thirsty to learn. She is brave too, willing to get messy through actually exploring and observing nature. Her humility carries over also into her openness to correction. Nature can show her theories wrong and the scientist must bow before the data.
For a person persuaded of this narrative, their entire sense of where we've come from (who we are, therefore), and even themselves individually as a part of this, is pitched with philosophy valenced as undignified and unworthy. Science is exalted as a higher way of being and the two are at odds; philosophy was part of the problem holding science back. It is interesting how the new atheists display such reverence for science (beyond, I think, typical respect for its achievements). It is possible, in having this sense of things, to feel deep admiration for science and awe at the world it's revealed and the technological feats it's delivered, while painting philosophy as stagnant, sad, old-world and crusty - archaic and even threatening when it continues to assert its relevance. The integrity and progress of science thus requires, according to the new atheists, the retreat of philosophy.
Secondly, it seems to me that the new atheists think that their position is blatantly, obviously true. Consider a contrast case. You can be an atheist but think that, actually, the question of whether God exists or not is a profoundly difficult one. You may have reached the conclusion of atheism, but it took you a lot of hard work and thought, and you can see how, somewhere down this difficult path, someone could veer off and go in a theistic direction. In other words, you think it's conceivable that other, equally intelligent and rational people can, without forfeiting that rationality and intelligence, disagree with you on God's existence. You may think they're wrong, "but hey", you think, "this is an important and difficult question where intelligent people disagree."
Well Dawkins are co and not that kind of atheist. To believe in God, in their eyes, just is to step into irrationality and delusion (watch Dawkins' current show on Sex, Death and the Meaning of Life, and see how often a "religious" view is contrasted with what he calls "the rational" view). But this sort of exasperation-come-disparagement flows most naturally when you are convinced of the plain-as-day, transparent, obviousness of your beliefs. If somebody, say, doubted that the sky is typically blue, you could only reason with them so much without them agreeing, before you start to write them off as irrational. That the sky is typically blue is just obviously true for anyone able to see it. To fail to believe it is to have something seriously wrong with you cognitively. From the language of the new atheists, it's clear that they feel similarly about the non-existence of God. God's non-existence is seen as so obvious (to a modern, scientifically educated person anyway), that to not accept it is to show that you're intellectually impaired.
It's no wonder, then, that these guys have a hard time with philosophers. With Socrates as the paradigm example, through history philosophers have been annoying people by pointing out that life is a lot more bloomin' difficult to figure out than you might think. Although I reject the view that "there are no answers in philosophy, only questions" philosophy does show you that reaching those answers can be hard, difficult work. A philosopher will slow you down and show you that, even if you're ultimately right, there's a lot more nuance and subtlety you have to consider before you can really say that you've successfully made your case. This is something you will have absolutely no appreciation for - indeed mostly frustration and incredulity with - if you think that your views are already blindingly obvious. You'll want to see people believe them and take action on them, not debate some (to you) irrelevant, besides-the-point, minor detail. You'll fear that people will miss or avoid the obvious bigger picture and you'll get angry when they appear to be doing so. If your views are clearly correct then it's just obfuscating, obscurantist sophistry to try and undermine them with some clever-sounding logic-chopping. Dawkins wants to steam-roll ahead with his cause, not be told that the central argument of his book confuses two senses of the word "simplicity". Here, then, is another source of new atheist contempt for philosophy.
1Richard Dawkins is actually directing this insult at philosopher Anthony Kenny but it's clear that he's using the fact that Kenny is a philosopher as the insult itself. At any rate, the full post is available here. Peter Atkins' comment comes from his debate last year with William Lane Craig in the Q&A (full debate here). Laurence Krauss gave that comment in an interview here.


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Step #5 Your Products
When placing your products in the gift basket, keep in mind a few things:
- How is your basket going to be viewed? Just from the front or all the way around? In our sample gift basket, we decided to make the basket viewed just from the front, which is why we put the lid at the back of the box. You then want to "layer" products smallest to largest, from front to back (this way, small items can lean against the tall items in the back)
- If your gift basket is to be viewed all around, you would put your lid under the box with the taller products in the center and the smaller items around the edge.
Step #6 - Your Basket Bag
Once you've placed all your products in the box, it's time to put the box into a clear cello basket bag. Though not all baskets or containers will fit into a preformed basket bag, if yours can then use one as they are much easier to use than the traditional cello wrap on a roll. Secure the top of the cello basket bag with a length of tinsel cord. We usually like to tie at the top of your tallest item in the gift basket. This helps keep everything secure inside and the cello wrap looking nice and crisp (not like someone sat on it!!)
Step #7 - Your Corners
You'll notice in the previous photo in Step #6 that the corners of the basket bag are sticking out on the
sides of the box. You MUST tape those under the box! It's the quickest way to make an average
looking basket look amazing! It also helps keep all those products in their place. The last thing you
want to do, after all this effort, is give a gift basket that looks like it's been rolling around in your car trunk!
Step # 8 - Your Bow
Ok now you're almost done, you just need a bow for that finishing touch! The bow is an important
part of the overall presentation of the gift basket so it needs to look good. Above, we've shown
an example of a black pull bow (top photo) which is easy to use especially if you're not good
with tying bows. In the bottom photo, we used a custom printed satin ribbon bow, which is hand tied.
This is a bit trickier to do but looks amazing, especially on corporate or special event gift baskets.
So, hopefully these easy to follow steps will inspire you to try making a beautifully wrapped gift basket soon!
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Welcome to the Chesil Beach Watch Fact Sheet.
You can link into our daily photographic updates at CHESIL BEACH WATCH and you can follow our regular monitoring of/interaction with environmental and wildlife issues at CHESIL COVE GUARDIANS. Please do get involved!
Who are we?
Chesil Beach Watch is a voluntary initiative launched by staff at Underwater Explorers to provide daily updates on conditions at Chesil Cove - both underwater and on the surface. It has taken the place of our Project Baseline venture and is based on our 15+ years experience on (and under) Chesil. We are trying to monitor and share changing conditions, sea life, wildlife as well as outside influences like pollution, daily litter, fishing waste etc. on a regular and daily basis.
Chesil Cove Guardians is an accumulation of these efforts and a somewhat ambitious "next phase" in attempting to create a genuine community to record, research, share & respond to environmental issues at Chesil Cove. Our ultimate target is to raise awareness of the environmental importance of Chesil Beach/Cove (and the threats it faces) while creating an infrastructure for timely response through cooperation. It is open to everyone, divers and non-divers alike. (Check our Happenings on Chesil Album)
What's so hot about Chesil?
Chesil Beach stretches 16 miles between Portland (Chesil Cove) to West Bay and is best known for its pebbles and post-card quality sunsets. A shallow area of saline water called the Fleet Lagoon separates it from the mainland at the south.
Both the beach and lagoon are part of the Jurassic Coast - a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Chesil Beach has also been designated as a Marine Conservation Zone since 2013. What doesn't get on the post cards is that despite its natural beauty, environmental importance and abundance of wildlife, this part of the Jurrassic Coast is under a constant threat of extreme pollution and we are here to do something about it.
The "Cove part" of the beach which is our main project zone (see underneath) is visited by thousands year-round including conservationists, bird watchers, anglers, divers and many others. Underwater, from rocks to kelp forests, natural reefs to sand banks, thousands of pieces of wreckage and gullies, the beach offers shelter to various kinds of diverse marine life. It's global attraction to anglers and divers alike reflects the abundance of fish life in its depths. And with that and the location of Portland & the Fleet, comes a diverse population of migrating birds. Which means we all have a vast responsibility in protecting and defending this precious jewel of the south coast.
What's the problem?
Chesil is in Trouble!... Despite its natural beauty and international recognition, the southernmost side of the beach also acts as a main catchment zone for pollution of all kinds especially after storms. The beach is often littered with plastic pollution and commercial fishing debris (even all the way from across the Atlantic!) after heavy winds and is regularly subject to what we dub "flash pollution" -- where floating islands of pollution (garbage patches) break up in the Channel or off the beach and rapidly get washed ashore and smother the whole beach.
The most immediate threat to wildlife on Chesil appears to be from Ghost Fishing gear: Disused, lost or abandoned (mainly commercial) fishing gear such as nets and lines which, if not recovered, will return to the sea and continue to entrap and kill wildlife in their unattended state. We have also had several serious episodes of waxy substance landings in various colours, formation and scent, from palm oil to tar and genuine wax.
During the winter it is not uncommon to find tens of stranded or dead birds (some covered in oil or entangled in plastic) and/or individual dead marine mammals washing in. Chesil has witnessed many wildlife and environmental crisis' in the recent years -- specifically after the record storms of 2014 (you can see photos of some of the recent ones in our Albums.)
Being divers with environmental awareness and concerns, we have always placed a great importance on Chesil Beach and Cove from the earliest days of our local experience when we organised cleanups for the-then "Scuba Centre". We have now evolved our monitoring of Chesil Beach into Chesil Beach Watch and subsequently a future community group under the name Chesil Cove Guardians - as a project to take action.
What are we doing?
As those who voluntarily run and contribute to Chesil Beach Watch, we are monitoring conditions at Chesil Cove every day and sharing it through public channels. We are also working together as a team and with other volunteers to create a stronger and more coordinated infrastructure to regularly monitor a larger part of the beach and initiate, promote or support a public response where necessary to environmental issues.
Our priority is to monitor, report and take action against signs of any immediate threat to wildlife which includes sightings of stranded or dead birds and mammals, ghost fishing gear, potentially toxic or harmful substances, smothering flash pollution and any plastic or other pollutants which could present an immediate danger to wildlife whether while on the beach or when washed back into the sea. While doing this, we are also monitoring against buildup of general pollution and/or pollutants with longer term effects on the environment which are lesser of the evil and often allow for organised community action.
Our current monitoring area is made up of 4 primary and one extended zone (see above or click for a larger version here). Zone 1 (Steps to Gabion Defences) and Zone 2 (Gabion Defences to end of Masonic Car Park) are "the Cove" and areas we monitor daily with easy visual access -- also visited by volunteers and guests who often note or report pollution and wildlife issues. These two zones are also a main catchment area for pollution and other environmental/wildlife hazards. Zone 3 is from the Masonic Car Park to the stretch of beach across from the Sailing Academy roundabout which we try to monitor regularly if not daily. Zone 4 is the stretch of beach from the steps at the end of the Cove promenade to (and inclusive of) Hallelulaj Bay which is subject to massive plastic pollution year-round but due to distance and conditions monitored only occasionally. Zone 5 from the Sailing Academy Roundabout to and through the Chesil Beach Centre is where we believe we could be able to render assistance if necessary.
If you want to help, let us know if you see anything of interest in any of these zones or have an activity of your own by emailing us at:
chesilbeachwatch(at)gmail.com -- replace (at) with @
or calling us at Underwater Explorers on 01305 824 555 (9 to 5 seven days a week) - where you can speak to either of us, Cheryl, Nina or Izzy.
You can start supporting and following us by LIKING our pages http://www.facebook.com/diveportland and http://www.facebook.com/chesilcoveguardians and if you want to give friends a quick link about us - don't forget we're registered as:
Zones 1 & 2 - Information for Divers
Part of what we are doing is to document any environmental changes, notable fauna and flora throughout the seasons (both on the surface and underwater - Zones 1 & 2). This effort naturally encompasses the monitoring of water or land based pollution. Our aim is to work closely together with non-diving locals, environmental campaigners and groups & cooperate with or instigate land-based activities (beach cleanups, recording and documenting litter, pollution etc.).
If you are a diver and considering coming to Chesil Beach/Cove for the first time, we have prepared a DIVE GUIDE ON CHESIL COVE for you with useful images, video and information. For divers and non-divers we have also prepared a series of visual information which you can find below:
• Photographic guide to Chesil Cove (parking & entry)
• Chesil Underwater Videos
• Chesil Photo Gallery
We are doing our very best to make your diving interest in Chesil a safe, enjoyable and rewarding one. If you are a diver like us and visiting Chesil Cove anytime of the year, please take a moment after your dive and drop in to tell us about your experience or let us know so we can also share with others.
Daily Monitoring on the "surface" - Regular monitoring underwater:
On Chesil Beach we are monitoring changing conditions and sea life - sharing this with you on a regular basis. The overall plan is to monitor Chesil Cove on a more structured regular basis while also documenting any changes, notable fauna and flora throughout the seasons. This also encompasses the monitoring of water or land based pollution in an interactive and responsive way. The Chesil Cove side of our project which has been continuing for several years to date involves cooperation with non-diving locals, environmental groups and land-based activities (beach cleanups, recording and documenting litter, pollution etc.)
Through the above we hope to be able to produce record of logs and images that will raise public awareness in environmental issues while providing first-hand feedback for a range of other projects and studies. The divers involved in the Chesil Beach monitoring are the ears and eyes of the public as well as citizen scientists doing what they can in an (underwater) environment not accessible to everyone.
Details of this 'prime' site:
You can find detailed information on Diving Chesil Here. Chesil Cove is the most southerly point of Chesil Beach and part of the Jurassic Coast. The shingle beach is 18 miles long, some 200 metres wide and 15 metres high. The beach on this side provides shelter from prevailing winds and waves for the village of Chiswell (Portland underhill) and the nearby town of Weymouth. Although Chesil is open only into the English Channel, it is heavily under the 'Atlantic influence' when it comes to weather, wind and waves. A continuous long-shore drift and the regular storms have shaped Chesil in such a way that it's said fishermen landing on shore on a pitch black night would roughly know where they are from the size of the pebbles. Very small and sandy grain to the West end of the beach pebbles grow in size towards the South/East until Chesil gets it's new nickname around the Cove: Pebble beach. Waves and currents have also shaped most of the beach line - creating the steep and sharply shelving profile of Chesil. The Cove itself is not uniform underwater and consists of sand beds, kelp forests, rocks and boulders and gullies with pieces of wreckage to be found almost everywhere.
Chesil Beach can be regarded a medium risk dive with all risks associated to shore diving applicable. Special care is required to dive with a surface marker against any boat traffic (though it is not an area of heavy traffic it is subject to smaller fishing boats and the occasional anchoring yachts) and to carry a cutting tool in case of entanglement on the hundreds of fishing lines lost and left behind by shore anglers. The most genuine risk on Chesil Beach though are conditions encountered by divers during entry and exit. The steep and sharply shelving structure of the beach is bad enough without millions of loose, wet and sometimes slippery pebbles moving under the feet. This can make the downward entry dangerous and the upward exit extremely difficult where there is swell. Chesil's "rule of thumb" is not to dive if there is a 2'+ swell or an undertow due to long shore drift can be observed. If a dive has already commenced and such conditions are encountered, a tug-rope extended by surface cover on the beach can be used. Alternatively, divers prefer to 'crawl' up the first shelf on their knees where they de-kit before the haul up to the road.
Please remember we're involved in a series of ongoing projects related to Chesil Beach & Cove and our pages are being constantly updated. We will soon have information here regarding dive site details for Chesil, entry and exit methods together with information on local facilities and access points. In the meantime we are always here to help you and give advice if you are coming to Portland or diving Chesil Beach. You can also get updates on underwater conditions for your upcoming trip to make it more enjoyable at Chesil Beach Watch.
For more information you can also look at the following online articles from Diver Magazine's Divernet:
- Chesil in the Bleek Midwinter by John Liddiard
- Pleasure Beach - Get Over the Pebbles by Gavin Parson
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Why a Global Recession May Happen Again
The International Monetary Fund warned that the global economy risks skidding toward another recession.; Cosmetic surgery is increasingly popular among South Korean men.
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Video games are almost unique among copyrightable materials because they can be simultaneously protected under copyright law in multiple ways: the source code in which they are written is protected by literary copyright, and the look and feel are a protected audiovisual work. But there's another interesting issue about video games, which is that they simultaneously have creative and functional content: the art and music vs. the rules that make the game work. This matters: creative content can be copyrighted, but functional content can't.
At least that used to be the case.
Using Tetris as the example may make this clearer. The blocks and their shapes may be creative artistic expression. But the way they fall, what happens then they fit together and rows get cleared out, that's the rules of the game which are functional. On the old interpretation therefore the rules of the game would have been unprotectible.
It's that old distinction upon which Xio had relied. Xio created at Tetris clone. They admitted it readily. Their defense was that once you decide to create a block-falling game there are only so many ways you can do that (a legal doctrine I'll describe in a future post called "scenes à faire"), and the rules of a block-falling game can't be protected, so therefore they were legally permitted to rip off Tetris.
In a judgment issued May 30, 2012, the court disagreed. Although it did hold that the rules of the game were unprotectible, it nonetheless found that the way the rules were given life in Tetris was protected under copyright. The court therefore found the following things to be protected under copyright and held that, because Xio copied these elements of Tetris, the Xio game was infringing:
- A 20x10 game field
- "Garbage" lines that fill a row with randomly-generated blocks for you to need to clear out
- Ghost pieces along the bottom that track where a piece would fit if it dropped right now
- A preview of the next piece to come along
- Changing the piece from light to dark when it is fitted and no longer falling
- The game contains a 6x6 grid in which players place objects.
- When 3 identical objects connect, they disappear and are replaced by an object one level up in the game's hierarchy: grass --> bushes --> trees --> huts etc.
- There are also bears that wander around the map and block you from putting things in certain squares, but if you can trap the bear it becomes a gravestone.
- There is also a super-object that can destroy any other object, called an Imperial Bot.
- The game contains a 6x6 grid in which players place objects.
- When 3 identical objects connect, they disappear and are replaced by an object one level up in the game's hierarchy: saplings --> trees --> tents --> cabins etc.
- There are also yetis that wander around the map and block you from putting things in certain squares, but if you can trap the yeti it becomes a ice cube.
- There is also a super-object that can destroy any other object, called an campfire.
This is a big deal. Unlike Xio's game which had a very similar art style to Tetris, there is no art in common between Triple Town and Yeti Town: bots aren't campfires, tents aren't huts, etc. But even though the court held that the 6x6 game field wasn't protected, it also held that Spry Fox has taken the rules of its game and "expressed [them] with its own characters, its own setting, and more". And this expression is covered by copyright.
So when looking at Yeti Town, the court found that some of its elements may be infringing, including:
- The object hierarchy: grass --> bush --> tree --> hut is very similar to sapling --> tree --> tent --> cabin.
- The setting of the game is similar: a snowfield is similar to a meadow, bears and yetis are both animals, etc.
Sunstein law article on Spry Fox, also containing screenshots:
Spry Fox v. LOLapps (6Waves is also a defendant but the case is reported like this):
Tetris v. Xio: