E-commerce in Vietnam is growing, however many individuals and businesses are taking advantage of online platforms to sell poor quality and fake goods, harming customers and causing lost tax revenues.
The Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin) anticipates a turnover of VND110 trillion (US$4.8 billion) this year, along with an average salary of VND9.1 million (US$404) per worker.
The country's tax revenues in the first five months of this year continued to grow despite reduction in tax collection from crude oil, according to the General Department of Taxation.
Although tax revenues from crude oil declined following plunging world prices, domestic tax collections rose in the first four months of 2015, the General Department of Taxation's report showed.
Mekong Delta localities will strive to record a GDP growth rate of 9-10 percent in 2014.


It's 4.30 on Friday afternoon and Nick Swifte is cracking open a beer with colleagues.
By his own admission, the 45-year-old advertising executive is a "drinker of some renown".
"I like getting drunk. I'm a big fan of it. Working as a media buyer there is booze everywhere. Any function you go to, every achievement, every win, every loss, it's all celebrated with booze. There's as much of it as you want and it's all free."
This weekly ritual, played out in workplaces and bars around the country, is not a new phenomenon.
But in recent times, Swifte has noticed a change at Friday night drinks.
"If the beer and chips come out at 4.30, by 5.30 all the kids under 30 are gone," he said.
"When we were starting out in our 20s if the office turned on booze you would literally sit around and drink until there was nothing left. Now the younger staff might have one beer or not drink at all.
"They just don't seem to have the same alcohol focus as the era when I grew up."
It's an observation that neatly encapsulates an emerging shift in Australia's drinking culture. An increasing number of young people are turning their back on alcohol. Yet, at the same time, older drinkers show no signs of slowing.
Experts warn the health burden for those in their 40s, 50s and 60s is starting to bite.
"This is almost an invisible group, partly because when people get older the pattern's been entrenched for a long time it's sort of seen as this is just what they do," said Professor Jon Currie, director of the National Centre for the Neurobiological Treatment of Addiction.
There is now concern that while attention has been focused on binge drinking among young people, their parents and grandparents have quietly been drinking themselves into oblivion.
"Binge drinking in older people can become more risky even than in younger people because of falls, confusion, cognitive impairment. Even the ability to tolerate moderate drinking becomes much less in the older population," Currie said.
"Their resilience is depleted and the damage that alcohol can do increases because there's less reserve in terms of brain capacity."
Generational changes in the way we drink can be seen in figures from the most recent Australian Institute of Health and Welfare's National Drug Strategy Household Survey – considered the most detailed snapshot of our nation's legal and illegal substance use.
Between 2004 and 2013 the number of 12 to 17 year olds abstaining from alcohol rose from 54 per cent to 72 per cent, while binge drinking among this age group dropped.
And, although 18 to 24 year olds are still the group most likely to binge drink, the trend is on a downwards curve.
In 2013, 57 per cent were drinking more than four drinks in one sitting at least once a month, compared to 47 per cent in 2004.
The proportion drinking at very high levels – 11 drinks or more – has dropped from 24 to 18 per cent.
Among 18 to 39 year olds, the number at risk of alcohol-related harm on a single occasion, or drinking in a way that puts them at long-term health risk, has continued to drop in the past five surveys, carried out every two to three years.
Conversely, over the past decade there has been little change in alcohol consumption in the over 40s and, in some older age groups, it is gradually increasing.
Among 40 to 49 year olds, 31 per cent are binge drinking once a month or more, compared with 29 per cent in 2004, and 27 per cent in 2001.
Those aged over 70 are the most likely to drink every day.
"Alcohol blunts all of life's little disappointments. As you get older there's more pain, there's arthritis, there's hips, there's aches, there's often depression, the finishing of careers, boredom and feeling of loss, impending mortality. All of these are immense drivers towards drinking," said Currie, former chairman of the committee that produced Australia's current alcohol guidelines.
Overall consumption dropping but risky drinking remains high
His concerns seem hard to reconcile with figures released in May by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, revealing alcohol consumption is at its lowest level in 50 years.
The alcohol industry trumpeted the 2013-14 data as proof Australia's binge drinking problem had been inflated by an over-zealous public health lobby.
But the picture is more nuanced than the figures suggest.
While overall we are drinking less than we have since the early 1960s, those in the prevention field say there is an emerging polarisation between those who are choosing not to drink at all and those who are consuming alcohol in acutely harmful ways.
A study published in the Medical Journal of Australia last week showed a major spike in alcohol-related ambulance call-outs in a decade in Victoria, with almost 13,000 in 2013-14 - an average of 45 a day – compared with 4000 in 2004-05.
One of its authors, Associate Professor Diana Egerton-Warburton, director of emergency medicine research at Monash Medical Centre, said that while young people remained over-represented in emergency departments, doctors were seeing casualties from all age groups.
"People often under-estimate how much they're drinking. So while there are a lot of people just making a bad decision on a night out and ending up with serious injuries and assaults as a result of alcohol harm, there are also terrible outcomes with chronic alcohol consumption."
Chris Raine, the 27-year-old chief executive of alcohol behaviour change program Hello Sunday Morning, said their research showed many fitness-conscious young people were giving up booze because it was more socially acceptable to embrace sobriety or moderate drinking.
While they are not the ones who make the headlines, many have heeded messages targeted towards them in a public health blitz that began in 2008 with then prime minister Kevin Rudd's national binge drinking strategy.
The shift is reflected in the changing demographics of those who sign up to the online program, which encourages users to take a break from drinking and chart their progress on social media and a smart-phone app.
In 2010 when the movement began, most were in their early 20s. Now the average age is 36.
Almost 70 per cent of Hello Sunday Morning's 50,000 users are aged between 40 and 64.
Most do not consider themselves alcoholics but are looking for help to change their relationship with alcohol after many decades of habitual and sometimes problematic drinking.
"The problem of changing 20, 30, 40 years of daily drinking for people in their 40s, 50s and beyond is much more nuanced and complicated than saying to young people to stop their binge drinking ways. Older people are often using alcohol to de-stress at the end of the day so they are afraid of how they'll cope without it," Raine said.
"The bulk of Australia's alcohol challenge is in your mum and dad's house behind closed doors but there's no sense of how you get policy or programs to help people make better choices in that age group."
John Rogerson, chief executive of the Australian Drug Foundation said government must invest in targeted programs for at-risk age groups, rather than taking a population approach to harm reduction.
Nick Swifte, who signed up to Hello Sunday Morning in January and gave up drinking for nearly a month, believes alcohol is part of Australia's cultural fabric.
"When I went to a few lunches and didn't drink people were like, 'Jesus, have you got cancer or something? Are you raising money?' It's just so much accepted that this is what we do.
"But I think if we've got no health complaints, we're relatively fit and as long as you have one or two days a week alcohol free you're OK."
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Wellness grocery list (staples)
A grocery list dedicated to the staple items I keep on stock in my pantry/fridge to keep you feeling well year-round.
I am all about wellness, so it makes sense that I only eat foods that will do good things to my body.
You really are what you eat. What you consume this month creates the body you will have next month.
Start a food journal, save the food pics you take, see how you feel next month, and reflect on what you put into your body the month before.
After keeping track of this myself I have understood what my body likes and dislikes by listening and feeling how my body responds.
So if you feel like what you are eating is not making you feel your best, here are my wellness staples that keep you 'well' year-round. In this list you will also find the (benefits) of these stellar foods.
Wellness Grocery List (Staples):
Store in the fridge/freezer:
- Almond milk (moisturizes skin)
- Natural Organic Apple Cider Vinegar (aids in digestion)
- Bee Pollen (aids digestion & new skin cells)
- Buckwheat (helps against wrinkles)
- Chia seeds (strengthens skin cells)
- Chickpeas (promotes clear skin)
- Flaxseed (reduces inflammation)
- Goji berries (anti-aging, healthy skin, hair & nails)
- Hemp seeds (healthy skin & anti-inflammatory)
- Almonds & Brazil Nuts (reduces inflammation)
- Gluten-Free Oats (healthy hair & color)
- Tahini (supports clear skin)
- Hydrating water foods like Watermelon, Cucumber, Apple, Celery, Tomatoes
Store in Pantry:
- Coconut oil-can use heat (supports metabolism & fat burning)
- Olive oil-do not use heat (slims waist & defends against UV damage)
- Popcorn-add cinnamon or cayenne, coconut oil (aids in elimination)
- Quinoa (cell repair & growth)
- Lentils-store raw in jar (aids in cell repair)
- Millet (mood booster)
This is the list of foods I like to keep handy, so that I always have time and healthy things available to make good meal choices.
Comment if you are interested in seeing my weekly grocery.
What are your favorite grocery grabs?

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The effect of ozone laundry systems on linen degradation has to date been an unproven factor where those who favour ozone loudly proclaim the use of ozone increases linen life by 20%, whereas those who are against ozone say exactly the opposite!
At Ozone Technologies we decided to prove once and for all how the use of ozone washing compares to the use of hot water washing. We processed especially prepared linen swatches through a tried and tested method of detecting linen breaking strength at the Australian Wool Testing Association laboratory.
The results are startling to say the least!
Before you review the following figures it is important to realise that the OTEK ozone laundry system uses a very small amount of ozone trickled into the laundry machine over the length of the wash. Other ozone systems on the market utilise highly concentrated amounts of ozone forced into the washing machine at the beginning of every wash phase.
Therefore the results indicated below can only be applied to the OTEK ozone laundry system and cannot be used as a background for all ozone systems.
In summary the results from the AWTA, a NATA accredited laboratory, reveal that washing with ozone and chemicals in cold water has less than one third of the detrimental effect on linen than washing in hot water and chemicals.
In fact in this particular case the hot water wash did not pass AS4146-2000 standards, whereas the ozone wash came well within the required standard.
In practical terms this means that a 100 bed nursing home spending an average of 30c per bed per day ($10,950 per annum) on linen replacement may be able to reduce their linen replacement costs to around 10c per bed per day or $3,650 per annum, a saving of $7,300 every year.


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The firm has also provided us with a rough availability time frame: late March or early April. That ought to put Zotac at the front row of next-generation Ion adopters. Nvidia said at the launch that "more than 30" systems featuring the new GPU will be out by the summer.
As we already noted, the Zbox sticks its dual-core Atom CPU and Ion GPU in a diminutive enclosure that can be strapped to the back of an LCD monitor. The machine includes 512MB of dedicated graphics RAM, a DDR2 SO-DIMM slot for main memory, one 2.5" hard drive bay, 802.11n Wi-Fi, and connectivity that spans Gigabit Ethernet, external Serial ATA, and HDMI.
Hopefully, Zotac will throw in some RAM and a hard drive in the mix; otherwise, the system might end up costing a wee bit more than first-gen Ion nettops like Zotac's own MAG HD-NS01-U, which sells for $259.99 at Newegg.
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ANATOLE VÉLY (Ronsoy [Somme] 1838 – Paris 1882)
Le Puits Qui Parle (The Talking Well)
signed Vély and dated 1873 in the lower left
oil on canvas
69 ½ x 38 ½ inches (176.5 x 97.8 cm.)
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1873 until 1948, when consigned for sale to
M. Knoedler & Company, New York, who sold it to
Victor Spark, New York, October 1948
Pittsburgh Athletic Association, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, until 2019
Paris, Salon de 1873, no 1429
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1873 – 1948
Explication des Ouvrages de Peintre, Sculpture, Architecture, Gravure et Lithographie de Artistes Vivants Exposés au Palais des Champs-Élysées, Imprimerie Nationale, Paris, May 1873, p. 224, no. 1429
Georges Le Cocq, “Les Artistes du Vermandois au Salon de 1873” in Le Vermandois, Revue d’Histoire Locale, Beaux-Arts et Littérature, Triqueneaux-Devienne, Saint-Quentin, May 18, 1873, p. 341
“Salon de 1873” in L’Univers Illustré, p. 1, no. 960, August 16, 1873, cover illustration
“Salon (le) de 1873 – Reproductions photographiques des oeuvres les plus remarquables exposées au Palais des Champs-Élysées” in Bibliographie de la France, Journal Général del’imprimerie et de la libraire, August 30, 1873, no. 35, unpaginated no. 1362, (only 26 works listed)
Le Salon de 1873: Reproductions photographies des oeuvres les plus remarquables, volume II, Goupil, Paris, 1873, no. 89, reproduced
“Mlle Angèle Causse” in Explication des Ouvrages de Peintre, Sculpture, Architecture, Gravure et Lithographie des Artistes Vivants, Imprimerie Nationale, Paris, May 1, 1874, p. 294, no. 1978 (lists porcelain plaque executed and exhibited after Vély’s Le Puits qui Parle)
“Mlle Blanche Dupwich” in Explication des Ouvrages de Peintre, Sculpture, Architecture, Gravure et Lithographie des Artistes Vivants, Imprimerie Nationale, Paris, May 1, 1874, p. 314, no. 2110, (lists porcelain plaque executed and exhibited after Vély’s Le Puits qui Parle)
The Illustrated London News, volume 65, no. 1820, July 11, 1874, pp. 33, 48, illustrated
Jean Dolent, Petit Manuel d’art à l’usage des ignorants, La Peintre, La Sculpture, Alphonse Lemerre, Éditeur, Paris, 1874, unpaginated
Catalougue of the Paintings and Statuary of the Corcoran Gallery of Art: A Descriptive Catalogue is in Preparation for the Opening of the Entire Gallery, Gibson Bros., printers, Washington, D.C., 1874, p. 4, no. 40
“Art at the National Capital” in The International Review, volume I, A.S. Barnes & Co., New York, 1874, p. 341
A Tribute to W.W. Corcoran of Washington City, Porter & Coates, Philadelphia, 1874, pp. 59-60
William Macleod, Catalogue of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Gibson Brothers, Washington, D.C., 1875, p. 43, no. 34, reprinted 1876, 1878, 1880, 1882, 1887, 1892, 1893, 1896, 1897, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1913, 1915, 1917, 1920, 1933
“Corcoran Gallery of Art” in An Illustrated Guide Book to Washington, The American and Foreign Publication Co., New York, 1875, p. 69, no. 40
“Mme Angéle de Lagarde” in Explication des Ouvrages de Peintre, Sculpture, Architecture, Gravure et Lithographie des Artistes Vivants, Imprimerie Nationale, Paris, May 1, 1877, p. 378, no. 2950, (lists porcelain plaque executed and exhibited after Vély’s Le Puits qui Parle)
Ernest Glaeser, “Anatole Vély” in Biographie Nationale des Contemporain, Glaeser et Cie, Paris, 1878, pp. 790-791 (incorrectly as bought by a New York museum)
Pierre Larousse, “Anatole Vély” in Grand Dictionnaire Universel du XIXe Siècle, Supplement, volume 16, Administration du Grand Dictionnaire Universel, Paris, 1878, p. 1295
Edward Strahan, The Art Treasures of America, being the choicest works of art in the public and private collections of North America, volume I, George Barrie Publisher, Philadelphia, 1880, p. 14
The Middle States, a Handbook for Travelers, James R. Osgood & Co., Boston, 1881, p. 441, no. 34
Eugène Montrosier, “A Vély” in Les Artistes Modernes, volume I, Libraire Artistique, Paris, 1881, p. 3 (as bought by America)
Emile Bellier de la Chavignerie, “Mlle Blanche Dupwich” in Dictionnaire Général des Artistes de L’École Française, volume I, Libraire Renouard, Paris, 1882, p. 490 (lists as exhibited Salon 1874 porcelain plaque after Vély’s Le Puits qui Parle)
Emile Bellier de la Chavignerie, “Mme Angéle de Lagarde” in Dictionnaire Général des Artistes de L’École Française, volume I, Libraire Renouard, Paris, 1882, p. 875 (lists porcelain plaque after Vély’s Le Puits qui Parle)
“Obituary” in The Artist and Journal of Home Culture, volume III, no. 25, London, February 1, 1882, p. 46
“Mlle Angèle Causse” in Catalogue Illusrté du Salon, Édition Autoriser F.G. Dumas, 1882, p. 257, no. 2949 (lists porcelain plaque after Vély’s Le Puits qui Parle)
“Mlle Angèle Causse” in Société des Artistes Français pour L’Exposition des Beaux-Arts de 1882, Salon de 1882, Charles de Mourges Frères, Paris, 1882, p. 295, no. 2949 (lists porcelain plaque after Vély’s Le Puits qui Parle)
“Anatole Vély” in Catalogue of Mr. H.L. Dousman’s Gallery of Valuable Paintings, The Leavitt Art Galleries, New York, 1882, unpaginated
George William Sheldon, Hours with Art and Artists, D. Appleton and Company, New York, circa 1882, p. 28
Louis Viardot, “Anatole Vély” in The Masterpieces of French Art, volume II, Gerbie & Co., Publishers, Philadelphia, 1883, p. 39
Emile Bellier de la Chavignerie & Louis Auvray, “Anatole Vély” in Dictionnaire Général des Artistes de L’Ecole Française, volume II, Renouard, 1885 (incorrectly as in New York museum)
Catalogue Général de la Maison Boussod, Valadon & Cie, Paris, November 1886, p. 71, no. 1224
Gesammt-Verlags-Katalog des Deutschen Buchandels, volume XV, Adolph Russell’s Verlag, Münster, 1886, p. 374, no. 22
“Chronique Judiciaire des Arts” in L’Art Moderne, Brussels, May 29, 1887, p. 182
Henri Beraldi, “Herman Eichens” in Les Graveurs du XIX siècle, volume VI, Libraire L. Conquet, Paris, 1887, p. 87 (print listed after Vély’s Le Puits qui Parle)
De B. Randolph Keim, Keim’s Illustrated Hand-Book, Washington and its Environs, Washington, D.C, 1887, reprinted 1888, p. 191
Albums D’Estampes Miniatures, Album no. 7, Publications Nouvelles de la Maison Goupil & Cie, Boussod, Valadon & Cie, October 1888, unpaginated, no. 122
“The Fine Arts, Art Notes” in The Critic, A Weekly Review of Literature and the Arts, volume X, The Critic Company, New York, September 29, 1888, p. 153
American Architect and Building News, volume 24, October 6, 1888, p.3, no. 76
“La Cour” in Annales de la Propriété Industrielle Artistique et Littéraire, volume 34, Paris, 1888, p. 55
Michael Bryan, “Anatole Vély” in Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, volume II, George Bell and Sons, 1889, p. 278
Salon de Printemps, Societe Lyonnaise des Beaux-Arts, 1893, p. 151
Clara Erskine Clement & Laurence Hutton, “Anatole Vély” in Artists of the Nineteenth Century and Their Works, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston & New York, 1894, pp. 314 – 315
John Denison Champlin, Jr. & Charles C. Perkins, eds. “Anatole Vély” in Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings, volume IV, Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1900, p. 336
“Anatole Vély” in The Saint Louis Museum of Fine Arts Catalogue, Saint Louis, M.O., 1901, p. 77
“Catalogue de l’oeuvre D’Anatole Vély” in Mémories de la Société Academique des Sciences, Arts, Belles-Lettres, Agriculture & Industrie de Saint-Quentin, volume XV, Guetteur, 1901 – 1904, pp. 89, 91 (incorrectly as in a New York museum)
Dr. Ulrich Thieme & Dr. Felix Becker, “Hermann Eichens” in Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler, volume X, Veb. E.A. Seeman Verlag, Leipzig, 1914, p. 405 (print listed after Vély’s Le Puits qui Parle)
Dr. Ulrich Thieme & Dr. Felix Becker, “Anatole Vély” in Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler, volume XXIV, Veb. E.A. Seeman Verlag, Leipzig, 1930, p. 288
E. Benezit, “Philipp-Herman Eichens” in Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, volume 4, Librairie Gründ, Paris, 1976, p. 127 (print listed after Vély’s Le Puits qui Parle)
E. Benezit, “Anatole Vély” in Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, volume 10, Librairie Gründ, Paris, 1976, p. 433
Pierre Sanchez, “Mademoiselle Angèle Causse” in Dictionnaire des ceramistes, peintres sur porcelaine, verre et émail, verriers et emailleurs, exposant dans les salons, expositions universelles, industrielles, d’art decoratif, et des manufactures nationales, 1700 – 1920, volume I, L’Echelle de Jacob, Dijon, c. 2005, p. 268 (exhibited porcelain plaque after Vély’s Le Puits qui Parle in Salons 1874, no. 1978 & 1882, no. 2949)
Pierre Sanchez, “Madame Angèle de Lagarde” in Dictionnaire des ceramistes, peintres sur porcelaine, verre et émail, verriers et emailleurs, exposant dans les salons, expositions universelles, industrielles, d’art decoratif, et des manufactures nationales, 1700 – 1920, volume II, L’Echelle de Jacob, Dijon, c. 2005, p.851 (exhibited porcelain plaque after Vély’s Le Puits qui Parle in Salon 1877, no. 2950)
Pierre Sanchez & Xavier Seydoux, “Salon de 1873” in Les Catalogues des Salons des Beaux-Arts, volume 10, L’Echelle de Jacob, Dijon, c. 1999 – 2014, p. 224, no. 1429
In a corner of medieval Paris, along La Rue du Puits qui Parle (The Street of the Speaking Well), a beautiful young girl is charmed by a troubadour whispering in her ear from atop a stone wall. Undoubtedly aware that this is not the well speaking, she is nonetheless enchanted. After Anatole Vély exhibited Le Puits qui Parle in 1873 at the Paris Salon, his career was forever changed.
Vély was born in Ronsoy, located in northern France, of humble parentage. At a young age he was fortunate enough to be apprenticed to a mechanical draftsman, M. Patrouillard of Saint-Quentin. From 1853—1857 he also received lessons from M. Q. de Latour of the École de Dessin in Saint-Quentin. Biographers would later note that his financial circumstances were so dire that “during his studies he suffered severe privations”. By twenty he was enrolled at the Academy of Valenciennes where his talent came to the attention of Alfred-Emilien Count de Nieuwerkerke, the Director General of French Museums, who arranged for a small pension to be awarded to Vély. The income allowed the artist to attend the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, where he studied with Emile Signol. Under Signol’s influence he painted classical as well as religious subjects; but also excelled at portraiture, particularly of beautiful women. He first exhibited at the Salon in 1866 with a Mort d’Abel. In 1868 his entry of the Mater Dolorosa was purchased by the State for the Church of Anzin. In 1869 his Temptation of St. Anthony was again acquired by the State for the Musée de Picardie, Amiens. In the 1870s, Vély’s historical and religious works were supplanted by romantic subjects often featuring medieval young maidens contemplating love. Le Puits qui Parle (The Talking Well), was the first major work of this type exhibited by Vély.
In all likelihood this change of direction was partially inspired by the growing influence and popularity of Pre-Raphaelitism in France from the mid-1860s onwards.  Vély further drew upon the tradition of Troubadour paintings which had flourished in France between 1802 – 1824, with periodic revivals and transformations until at least the 1860s. These works were characterized by settings displaying softly lit figures in relaxed poses, smoothly executed and beautifully rendered. A large number of these paintings featured women in subjects not previously painted concerning themes of chivalric romance, meant to engage the viewer’s emotions.  The combination of these two-aesthetics created something new and striking, and Le Puits qui Parle was the perfect embodiment of both trends. With a facile brush and keen sense of color, built on charming subject matter, Vély dazzled his audience.
The importance of exhibiting at the Paris Salons cannot be overstated. The Salon set the standards for the art market not only in France, but throughout the entire Western world, and from 1848 – 1898 it was at the peak of its power. Thousands of works were exhibited at each Salon, creating the largest exhibition of contemporary art in the world. Thousands poured into Paris to attend the Salon, with 500,000 visitors a year not unusual. The public regarded painters whose work had been accepted by the Salon as worthy of purchase, with the exact opposite being true for those whose paintings had been rejected.  Undoubtedly an artist’s submission to the Salon was agonized over, with only his best work sent, as each time the future success of his career was at stake.
Whereas most artists did not dare hope for more than inclusion in the Salon, to be singled out by the press from the 1,491 paintings on view in 1873 was an important achievement. For Le Puits qui Parle’s image to be reproduced on the cover of L’Univers Illustré in August 1873, must have been a dream come true for Vély. Just as important was the work’s recognition by the esteemed firm of Goupil & Cie, who published it in their two volume set reproducing the most remarkable works of the Salon that year (see: Le Salon de 1873: Reproductions photographies des oeuvres le plus remarquables, Goupil, Paris, 1873, volume II, no. 89). They had a highly successful business of not only selling original works of art, but also prints and photographs. Carefully choosing works that “sparked discussion” and “prompted reviews”, Goupil sold prints in various price brackets, so that almost anyone could afford to own a version of a famous Salon painting.  Reproductions after Le Puits qui Parle sold steadily for years and was even the subject of a court case in 1887. Boussod, Valadon et Cie, Goupil’s printers, sued one Charles Jean for counterfeiting, as he was selling unlicensed images of Vély’s painting embossed on perfume bottles and match boxes. These objects were confiscated, and fines levied.
Hermann Eichens was the engraver of Vély’s painting for Goupil, and in numerous biographical dictionaries, it is recorded as one of his principal works. Jan Veth’s engraving after Le Puits qui Parle (Da Pratende Put) is in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Jean Dolent wrote in his 1874 Petit manuel d’art à l’usage des ignorants Le Peintre, La Sculpture, “La peintre sur porcelain est la spécialité des femmes artistes… Les puits qui parle de M. Vély est en faveur” (“Painting on porcelain is a specialty of female artists… The Talking Well by Mr. Vély is a favorite”). Angele Causse and Blanche Dupwich exhibited porcelain plaques after Vély’s painting in the Salon of 1874, as did Angéle de Lagarde in 1877.
Such continued admiration in Europe is a bit surprising given that when the painting was sold in 1873 it was whisked off to America. William T. Walters, the chairman of the purchasing committee of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, was sent to Europe in preparation for the museum’s opening the following year.  In all likelihood he purchased Le Puits qui Parle at the Salon after viewing it.
In 1869 William Wilson Corcoran founded America’s first art museum in Washington, D.C., which officially opened in 1874. When Edward Strahan published his 3-volume set of The Art Treasures of America, being the choicest works of art in the public and private collections of North America, he began the series with the best works in the Corcoran. Naturally, Vély’s painting was among those singled out for discussion. The reason behind these books was outlined in Strahan’s introduction. “This work presents, it will be seen, America’s case as an art collector. I believe its pages will surprise the best-informed expert by showing what a proportion of the highest genius finds a home on these shores. For the art of the old masters we have to go to the Vatican and the Louvre. But there is a great modern art, which is the development of this century… For this art, on which posterity will sit in equity, America will be the judgment-hall for its Vaticans and Louvres are here.” [9
Le Puits qui Parle hung in the main gallery of the Corcoran. The catalogue entry on Vély stated, “This charming picture is by one of the leading figure painters of France… The picture has been made familiar to the public by the excellent photograph published by the Corcoran Gallery of Art.”  Thus popularized, it was further lauded in contemporary travel guide books as a must-see when in Washington.
Sadly, on June 10, 1882, Vély suffered an attack of apoplexy at his studio in the Rue de Breteuill, Paris and died at the age of 41. It was a stunning loss in the midst of a brilliant career, and his passing was noted around the world.  This must have been the catalyst for Angéle Causse’s reshowing of her plaque after Le Puits qui Parle in the 1882 Paris Salon. But perhaps the greatest tribute to the painting came in 1888 from the Tiffany Glass Company, under the directorship of Louis Comfort Tiffany, in the form of a stained-glass window that replicated Vély’s painting. When on view in their Fifth Avenue galleries, it garnished favorable reviews with the critics, who in particular applauded its rich coloring.  The window’s current location has proven untraceable.
After World War II the Corcoran undertook a change of direction intended to draw new audiences. The gallery’s focus switched to boosting their American holdings, and mounted thematic shows such as the American Processional, 1492 – 1900; and The American Stage.  Vély’s work, along with quite a number of other important European nineteenth century paintings, had no place in this new push. One could argue that once the Corcoran lost sight of its mission as outlined by Edward Strahan in The Art Treasures of America (i.e. masterpieces of the Gilded Age) it was the beginning of the end. Finally, after years of mismanagement, the Corcoran closed its doors in 2014.
When the Corcoran deaccessioned the Vély in 1948, it was consigned for sale to M. Knoedler & Company, who handled numerous similar transactions for the museum. It was quickly sold to another New York dealer, Victor Spark, and lastly acquired by the Pittsburgh Athletic Association.
When the Pittsburgh Athletic Association opened in 1908 it offered a pool, basketball and squash courts, a bowling alley, spa services, fine dining and overnight accommodations to its members. Located in a building that replicated a sixteenth century Venetian palace, the Association would also play an important role in the cultural life of the city.  Through purchases and donations, they amassed a significant nineteenth century painting collection. Unfortunately, the club had been “in a downward spiral in recent years amid changing lifestyles, declining membership, dwindling revenue and the high costs of maintaining an aging facility.” In 2017 they were forced to file for bankruptcy protection, and subsequently sell off all their assets.
The Vély’s unexpected reemergence into the market presents a unique buying opportunity. Due to the artist’s untimely death, very few masterworks representing French Pre-Raphaelitism were executed. Three others by Vély were in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Saint Louis Museum of Fine Arts and the Metropolitan Museum, New York. The artist is also known to have painted small replicas of his major works. In 1996 the Baltimore Museum of Art was able to purchase a version of Le Puits qui Parle (10 ½ x 6 inches, 26.7 x 15.2 cm.) that Vély executed in 1876 (inventory no. 1996.45.272). Such works offered a visual gateway into a romanticized past. Painted in a period characterized by economic boom, increasing industrialization and an uncertain future, their appeal was irresistible. As we live in paralleling times, Le Puits qui Parle’s charm remains undiminished.
 Biographical information taken from “Obituary, Anatole Vély. French Painter” in The Evening Telegraph, New York, January 12, 1882, p. 4l; Louis Viardot, op.cit., p. 37; Abel Patoux, Mémories de la Société Académique, volume XV, Saint Quentin, Aisne, 1907, pp. 69, 70, 86, 89; and E. Bénézit, op.cit., p. 433.
 Susan P. Casteras, “Symbolist Debts to Pre-Raphaelitism” in Worldwide Pre-Raphaelitism; Critical Theory, Popular Culture, Audiovisual Media, State University of New York Press, Albany, 2005, p. 121.
 Marie-Claude Chaudonneret, “The Genre Anecdotique, or The Evocation of a Dream-Like Past” in Romance & Chivalry, exhibition catalog, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, June 23 – August 25, 1996, pp. 61, 65; and Nadia Tscherny, “Nostalgia and Nationalism: Subjects from French History and the Lives of Kings” in Romance & Chivalry, op.cit., pp. 80, 93.
 Gerald M. Ackerman, “The Glory and Decline of a Great Institution” in French Salon Paintings from Southern Collections, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, January 21 – March 3, 1893, pp. 8-9, 12.
 Mayken Jonkman, “Frederick Hendrik Kaemmerer, The Darling of the Art Market” in The Dutch in Paris 1789 – 1914, exhibition catalog, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, October 13, 2017 – January 7, 2018, p 140.
 “Chronique Judiciaire des Arts” in L’Art Moderne, Brussels, May 29, 1887, p. 182; and “La Cour” in Annales de La Propriété Industrielle Artistique et Littéraire, volume 34, Paris, 1888, pp. 55-56.
 William T. Walters was the father of Henry Walters, the founder of the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
 Catalogue of the Paintings and Statuary of the Corcoran Gallery of Art: a descriptive catalogue is in preparation for the opening of the entire gallery, op.cit; and Martin Gammon, Deacessioning and its Discontents: A Critical History, The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2018, p. 243.
 Edward Strahan, op.cit., p. VI.
 William Macleod, “Anatole Vély” in Catalogue of the Paintings, Statuary, Casts, Bronzes & c. of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Gibson Brothers, Washington, D.C., 1887, p. 48, no. 34.
 “Notes From Paris” in The Architect and Building News, volume 27, no. 680, January 21, 1882, p. 34; and “Obituary” in The Artist and Journal of Home Culture, op.cit., p. 46.
 “The Fine Arts, Art Notes” in The Critic, A Weekly Review of Literature and the Arts, op.cit., p. 153; and American Architect and Building News, op.cit., p. 3.
 A Guide to the Corcoran Archives, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 1985, pp. 3-4.
 Luke Mullins, “Crisis at the Corcoran” in Washingtonian, November 27, 2012.
 Gabriel P. Weisberg, Collecting in the Gilded Age: art patronage in Pittsburgh, University Press of New England, 1997, p. 212.
 Patricia Sabatini, “Pittsburgh Athletic Association Bankruptcy Documents Show Iconic Oakland Club Overwhelmed by Debts” in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 3, 2017.

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|Articles, History, Media Archive, Texas, United States on 2013-05-26 23:05Z by Steven|
Jesús F. de la Teja, Jerome H. and Catherine E. Supple Professor of Southwestern Studies and Regents’ Professor of History
Texas State University, San Marcos
From the initial encounters between the Old and New Worlds following Christopher Columbus’s voyages of exploration, African-descent people have been part of the story of the Americas. The African diaspora, although overwhelmingly a forced emigration carried out as part of the international slave trade, contributed to the creation of the complex multi-racial societies of Hispanic America. Hundreds of thousands of enslaved sub-Saharan Africans were sold into slavery in Spanish and Portuguese America between approximately 1550 and 1821. Hispanic legal and religious traditions allowed for considerable numbers of Africans to achieve manumission through gift or purchase, marry people of other ethnicities, produce free offspring, and in the Spanish world constitute one element of what came to be called the castas (racial/ethnic groupings). By the time of Spanish settlement in Texas in the early eighteenth century, the black Mexican population was composed overwhelming of free people of color, mostly identified as mulatto, combining European and American Indian elements…
…The complex characteristics of race and ethnicity in the broader Spanish empire were reflected in Texas’s Hispanic society. Miscegenation was widespread, and members of subordinate groups strove to “whiten” as they climbed the social ladder. In the socio-racial hierarchy of the Spanish colonial world, Spaniards stood at the top, followed by the various castas, with Indians and Africans at the bottom. Lighter skin brought with it the possibility of “passing” either for oneself or for one’s children. An analysis of extant sacramental records from San Antonio indicates that casta labels were often applied in an arbitrary and inconsistent manner. Additionally, military service tended to mask the actual phenotypical background of soldiers who were consistently listed as “Spaniard” during their active service, but whose casta might then devolve to that of a color quebrado (broken color) upon retirement. Consequently, census figures, which are available for the last decades of the colonial period, offer only an approximation of the size of the Afro-Mexican portion of the Texas population. In 1792 for instance, the civil (excluding military personnel) census summary for the province listed 415 mulattoes and 40 blacks in a reported casta population of 2,961. It also listed a total of 367 individuals in an “other” category, which reflects the ethnic ambiguity of many mixed-blood members of Hispanic Texas society. Similarly at Laredo, which was not a Texas jurisdiction until 1848, there were 155 mulattoes in a total town population of 718, making them the second largest casta group behind those categorized as Spaniards. The collapse of the mulatto population and substantial increase in the number of mestizos reported in census records from the late 1790s onward attests to greater possibilities for upward ethnic mobility on the Texas frontier….
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This Saturday, Aberavon (2nd – 39pts) welcome Swansea (8th – 19pts) to the Talbot Athletic Ground in the Indigo Group Premiership, kick-off at 2:30 pm.
The All-Whites have won four of their ten league games this season. They kicked off their campaign with back-to-back defeats as they went down to Llanelli (but picked up a try bonus point) and Aberavon. They then won their next two games with victories at Carmarthen Quins and a bonus point win at home over Pontypridd. A loss at Merthyr was then followed by a home win over Newport in the middle of October. They then lost three on the bounce at Ebbw Vale, home to RGC 1404 and away to Cardiff. In their last outing, at home on Boxing Day, they had a bonus point win over Llanelli.
Looking at the Premiership, in “attack”, Swansea have scored 21.2 points on average per game (ranked 9th) and 2.7 tries (ranked 9th). In “defence” they have conceded 30.9 points on average per game (ranked 9th) and 4.5 tries (ranked 10th). Aberavon have scored 30.1 points per game (ranked 2nd) and 4.3 tries (ranked 2nd), and conceded 23.2 points (ranked 7th) and 2.6 tries (ranked 5th).
Head-to-head, Aberavon and Swansea have met each other 38 times in the Welsh National League, with the Wizards narrowly leading the series 19 – 18 with 1 game drawn. At the Talbot Athletic Ground, the Wizards lead 14 – 5 with them winning the last three times the sides have met at the ground.
Looking at the fixture back in 2006-07, the Wizards won 33 – 12. The evening game saw the home side take a 13 – 5 lead at halftime as Jamie Davies scored a try, conversion and two penalties to a try by Ben Lewis. The Whites reduced the Wizards lead early in the second half thanks to a try by David Watts, converted by Nicky Thomas. However, a third successive penalty by Davies was followed by three Aberavon tries in the last quarter as Richard Carter, Simon Peters and Darren Ryan all touched down. Davies added a conversion for a personal match tally of 18 points.
The Wizards team that day was: Liam Gadd; Richard Carter, Paul Bamsey (rep Gareth Knox), Darren Ryan, Daran Griffiths (rep Richard Thomas); Jamie Davies, Dan Hawkins; Mike Harris (rep Neil White), Chris Wells, Anthony Edwards (rep James Jones), Andrew Fisher, Chris Gittins (capt) (rep Ian Moore), Darryl Thomas, Robbie Morgan, Simon Peters.
The referee for Saturday’s game is Tom Spurrier, aided by Elgan Williams and Carwyn Williams.


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BeiGene, Mirati in Immuno-Oncology Pact
BeiGene, a Beijing, China-headquartered clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on immuno-oncology, and Mirati Therapeutics, a San Diego, California-headquartered clinical-stage oncology company, have signed an agreement for the development, manufacturing, and commercialization of Mirati’s sitravatinib, an investigational lung cancer drug, in Asia (excluding Japan), Australia, and New Zealand. Mirati will retain exclusive rights for the development, manufacturing, and commercialization of sitravatinib for the rest of world.
Sitravatinib is an investigational tyrosine kinase inhibitor designed for inhibition of receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs), including RET, TAM family receptors (TYRO3, Axl, MER), and split family receptors (VEGFR2, KIT). The drug is being evaluated by Mirati as a single agent in a Phase Ib expansion trial in patients whose tumors harbor specific genetic alterations in non-small cell lung cancer and other tumors types.
Under the agreement, Mirati will receive an upfront cash payment of $10 million from BeiGene. Additionally, Mirati is eligible to receive up to $123 million of additional payments based upon the achievement of certain development, regulatory, and sales milestones as well as royalties on future sales of sitravatinib in the licensed territory.

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Spring Protection X Adams Pet Care
Spring is here, which means we will be doing a lot of fun things with Ari including long walks in the park, weekend trips, hikes and outdoor picnics. Since winter had been pretty wet and warm this year in New York, there is likely to be a boom in the number of flea and ticks this spring. This means extra protection for the doggies against these aggressive pests. It only takes one bite for your dog to develop Lyme disease or other serious tick borne illnesses.
Our regular walks are usually in Central Park, which for most part is free of fleas and ticks. But, we make frequent road trips to upstate New York in spring/summer, where fleas and ticks can be found in abundance. In fact we have a road trip to Niagara Falls State Park coming up soon. I decided to incorporate Adams Pet Care products, available at Walmart, in Ari’s grooming regimen this season to ensure complete protection against fleas and ticks.
Our grooming regimen with Adams Pet Care includes two topical products - Adams™ Flea & Tick Cleansing Shampoo & Adams™ Flea & Tick Spray. I bathed Ari using the shampoo and waited for him to dry out completely before using the spray. Although bathing is recommended, you can use the flea and tick spray without bathing your pet first. However, ensure that you don’t bathe him for at least 24 hours after using the spray for it to work. Make sure you avoid eye areas and if at all the product comes in contact with the eyes, then rinse immediately. If your pet has come in contact with fleas and ticks, then these topical products are great for providing immediate relief. Not only do they provide quick relief from biting fleas, but also kill their eggs, breaking the flea cycle for up to two months. Please note that these products CANNOT be used on puppies under the age of 12 weeks.
Another great product that I would recommend for your dog is Adams™ Flea & Tick Collar for Dogs and Puppies. These collars are fully adjustable and water resistant. Each collar provides protection for up to six months by killing fleas and ticks and repelling mosquitoes. It also prevents new flea infestations by killing adult fleas before they lay eggs. These are perfect for daily walks if you are traveling to or live in an area that has a heavy infestation of fleas and ticks.
Lastly, I tried Adams™ Flea and Tick Home and Carpet Spray, which is designed to work on all fabrics. Its not only great to kill fleas and ticks but also other pests like bed bugs, spiders, ants, and cockroaches. Its easy to use and a good preventive product to ensure a complete flea and tick free environment for your pup.
Overall, I found Adams flea and tick products to be much more effective and convenient to use as compared to other brands. I will definitely continue using them throughout the season to ensure 100% protection for Ari against these aggressive pests.
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Are you in need of a new garbage disposal but find your budget is tight? Are you afraid you cannot afford a high-quality unit? Worry no more! The Waste King Legend Series L-111 1/3 HP is a lightweight, low price, high-quality disposal. The unit is among the very best disposal appliances on the market. The speedy mounting system adds to its appeal. However, so does the light, durable construction, powerful, quiet motor, and entry level pricing. Additional highlights include:
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Ray Palmer isn’t cool or suave but he looks pretty good as the DC’s Legends of Tomorrow The Atom Action Figure.
Based on former Superman Brandon Routh’s portrayal of the size-changing Atom on the CW’s Legends of Tomorrow, this approximately 6 3/4-inch action figure features Ray Palmer in his A.T.O.M. armor, complete with accessories that include interchangeable hands and energy blast effects.
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In an historical civic tradition that the City retains, Town Crier, Graham Keating, officially declared the new City of Sydney Council for the next four years; including Lord Mayor Clover Moore and nine Councillors, following the election on 8 September.
Declaration of the poll
The Town Crier rang his bell and bellowed:
“Good citizens of Sydney, the declaration of the poll! In a moment the people of this fair city will be advised of their new Lord Mayor and Councillors.
“Upon September 8th, 2012, voters chose a new council, consisting of a Lord Mayor and nine Councillors…the people have decided. And now before you are the results of that election. I hereby call upon the Returning Officer for the City of Sydney elections, who will announce the declaration of the poll!”
Lord Mayor Clover Moore with the newly elected Councillors in front of Sydney Town Hall. Left to right, back row: Edward Mandla (Liberal), Christine Forster (Liberal), Robert Kok (Clover Moore Independent Team), Robyn Kemmis (CMIT), Angela Vithoulkas (Living Sydney), Irene Doutney (Greens), John Mant (CMIT), Jenny Green (CMIT), Linda Scott (Labor). Front row: Lord Mayor Clover Moore.
In an historical civic tradition that the City retains, Town Crier, Graham Keating, officially declares the new City of Sydney Council for the next four years; including Lord Mayor Clover Moore and nine Councillors.
The oath of allegiance
“Now the declaration of the poll is an ancient and honorable tradition, dating back to the middle ages in England and even to the Magna Carta I think in 1215. An even more ancient and honourable tradition is the taking of an oath, swearing allegiance towards village, to town and today, city.” The Town Crier boomed.
The Town Crier accidently dropped the paper with the oath. “And what have I done? I have dropped the oath. That is a hanging offense. Please, I beg mercy.
“This is an honour bestowed upon me that I take very seriously. The people of the City of Sydney have elected a council to represent them over the next four years. Councillors would you please repeat after me the following oath of office?”
The Town Crier read out the oath line by line and the councilors repeated it after him.
“I swear to undertake
“The duties of councillor
“In the best interests of the people
“Of this remarkable city
“I will endeavour to respond
“To the needs and aspirations of the people
“With compassion and fairness
“And to plan its future
“With wisdom and farsightedness
“Thank you for entrusting me with such an important duty” he said at full volume.
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As web presence for magazines, news sources and digital publications becomes increasingly important, journalists and media professionals are now tasked with the near-impossible: create accompanying (or all new) online and mobile content designed to engage us attention span-lacking consumers. It’s definitely not as easy task, but this year, we’ve seen our Canadian content creators surpass expectations— and our judges seem to agree. Over the years, the digital design that blends and supplements news stories, websites, magazine and projects has continued to amaze, challenge and inspire.
The 2017 Best Digital Design Award will honour the digital publication with the most successful and original overall combination of visual and graphic design elements with functionality and user experience. This award is open to web publications, tablet publications, mobile apps, micro-sites and one-off projects.
This year’s best designs included two from the CBC; an interactive feature on Gord Downie of The Tragically Hip and a breakdown of US election results, as well as a pair of magazines, Toronto Life and FASHION, who have brought their impressive print designs to the screen.
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Turning an 1850’s farmhouse into a modern home often means a careful compromise between the old and the new. But the in seems nothing like a revamped farmhouse when you look at it from a distance.
Closely working with the owner of this once dissolute home the architects used locally sourced materials an open plan living and large sliding glass doors and windows to create an inviting and refreshing living environment. Right next to the living area kitchen and dining is the master bedroom on one side while on the other side sits a smaller second bedroom with bathroom.
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Apparently enough time has passed since the last episode of (attempted) copyright thuggery that someone feels it’s time to take their IP wheels out for a disastrous spin.
A student-focused political action group is the recipient of a bogus cease-and-desist demand from a local non-profit. BugPAC was formed from the ashes of members’ respect for local politicians and school administrators, as detailed in the origin story at its website.
At the May 4, 2015, meeting, student leaders went to the Borough Council and requested additional street lights in downtown alleyways heavily traveled by students. The proposal was dismissed virtually out of hand. In response to the request, Councilwoman Theresa Lafer implied that if the lights were installed, students would gather around those lights like bugs and cause property damage.
And thus, the BugPAC was born.
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The BugPAC Campaign to reclaim State College released a video on its Facebook page early May 1 explaining the strengths of its endorsed candidates — Michael Black for State College Mayor and Marina Cotarelo, Evan Myers, and Dan Murphy for Borough Council.
The video also highlights anti-student sentiments from current Borough Council members and current State College Mayor Elizabeth Goreham using C-NET footage from Borough Council meetings, which is all available for free on the C-Net website.
C-NET, however, apparently doesn’t feel the footage of public meetings belongs to the public in any way, shape, or form. Four days after BugPAC posted its video, it received a threat-o-gram from C-NET. C-NET claims all the video it hosts is “solely” its property, even if it’s only engaged in documenting meetings open to the public.
Even if we grant C-NET this part of its IP assertions, there’s still a little thing called fair use, and that’s very definitely what BugPAC’s use of C-NET clips is. However, C-NET clearly doesn’t think so. It claims in its letter that it “reviewed” the video and proactively determined BugPAC’s use of the clips wasn’t “fair use.” This is a hilarious conclusion to reach as a complainant. C-NET is not just wrong about fair use in the expected way. It’s wrong about fair use in a very novel way — one that involves making very ill-informed decisions on behalf of the accused.
Kevin Horne of BugPAC has not only refused to take down the group’s video, but has fired back with a lengthy explanation of fair use and how the disputed video’s use of C-NET clips is clearly that. If C-NET’s legal representation takes the time to read the entire letter, it may be the first time its lawyers have actually perused the legalities of the right C-NET tried to preemptively deny BugPAC.
Horne’s letter also goes on to attack C-NET’s attempt to limit the public’s use of public meeting recordings.
“BugPAC has reviewed your bald allegation that you “reviewed the Video and determined that [BugPAC’s] use of C-Net material does not qualify as ‘fair use’ under the Copyright Act” and believes, as set forth above, that such a claim lacks merit,” he wrote. “Beyond the legal analysis is the question of morality and proper use of public resources to promote the public welfare and transparency in government. The public has the right not only to access C-Net material, but to make commentary on it. In C-Net’s case, it plays a crucial function in the democratic process by recording and archiving public meetings of great consequence. These are elected officials in a public forum. It is not for C-Net to deny our right to present that information to voters or for the voters to consider it. C-Net’s current policy works against a reasonable definition of the common good.”
This should be enough to shut C-NET up about its unviolated copyright. Then again, it might not. There are other issues possibly at play here. BugPAC endorsed Michael Black for State College Mayor in its video. As BugPAC notes in its post, C-NET’s executive director is married to a competing mayoral candidate. This may be why C-NET was right on top of the alleged infringement within four days of the video’s posting. If so, this attempt to fight unliked speech by threatening the free speech of others (rather than using the less popular “MORE speech” option), C-NET and its apparent favored mayoral candidate could be in for more unscheduled public appearances.


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The Province has reported 1,266 confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 as of April 6th 2020 at 2pm. This includes:
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- 304 active cases in communities around BC
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Industry figures warn the quixotic British prime minister might choose Glasgow talks to make a grand gesture on the UKCS’ future
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Feb 28, 2011, 12:05 AM EST
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Jim Riggleman has presided over a Nats camp lacking in the usual drama.
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The Central Connecticut football team fell to 1-2 overall on the season after dropping a 31-22 decision on the road at Marist College (2-1) Saturday night in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Sophomore quarterback Tim Sheard threw for 176 yards and rushed for 49 more while accounting for a pair of touchdowns in the loss.
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The Blue Devils will play again next Saturday at home vs. Albany beginning at 1:00 p.m. (the game time was changed from 5:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.) The game will be televised live on Fox Sports New York and Cox Sports Television.


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Usually, the father or mother approaches the other family to suggest a meeting. If the young couple and their families agree, the couple meets in a chaperoned group environment.
There are 6, verses, surahs and about , letters in the Quran. Saeed ibn al-Aas, who was renowned for the beauty of his handwriting, wrote them down on gazelle skin.
The writing used was the Arabic script of the time, which was already old and used commonly at that time in Hejaz. The companions reached a consensus that this writing, which was used by Prophet Ismail in Hejaz, is the writing of Muslims. The copy of the Quran was recited to the companions at a general meeting.
There was no objection. So, a book called "mushaf" emerged, which means written verses. A total of 33, companions agreed that every letter of the Quran was in the right place.
Then this mushaf was sent to Umar ibn al-Khattab. After his death, this book passed on to Hazrat Hafsah, the daughter of Umar and a wife of Prophet Muhammad. Dialect of Quraysh A difference was observed in the recitation of the Quran in the Armenia battles between Muslims from Damascus and Iraq during the period of the third caliph, Uthman.
Hudhaifah, one of the companions, went before the caliph on his way back from an expedition and asked him to prevent this. On the 25th year of the hijra , Uthman gathered a delegation attended by Abdullah ibn al-Zubair, Saeed ibn al-Aas and Abd al-Rahman ibn Harith under the leadership of Zaid ibn Thabit.
All of them, except for Zaid, were from Quraysh. Uthman said that the dialect of Quraysh should be preferred if they were to fall into conflict with Zaid regarding the dialect, since Muhammad was from the Quraysh tribe.
The Quran had been revealed in seven dialects of the Arabic language of the time. The first Muslims who were literate could easily read the writing of their own language, but somewhat differently, since at the time the Arabic script did not have diacritical marks to differentiate letters or vowel symbols.
For example, those from the Tameem tribe pronounced the letter "sin" as "te" and read the word "nas" as "nat.The full text of the Qur'an provides memorization feature with two levels The 1st for Ayahat verses and 2nd for words with hearing the Ayahat verses to know the correct pronunciation of the Koran.
Al-Lail Chapter Al-Hadid Chapter Al-Falaq Chapter The verses written on rocks and stones in the seventh century in Arabia have also survived to the present day. This "sisterhood" or "brotherhood" that develops when Muslims are young continues throughout their lives and serves as a network, a way to become familiar with other families.
Usually, the father or mother approaches the other family to suggest a meeting.
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