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Crime | Police in Jackson, Mississippi, have recovered a comic-book collection valued at $19,000, and arrested two suspects in the burglary. [WJTV]
Legal | Gerry Giovinco questions why Marvel and DC Comics zealously defend their intellectual property rights, going so far as to sue a birthday party company that rented out lookalike costumes, but don’t even touch the many porn parodies of their comics that have sprung up in recent years. [CO2 Comics]
Comics | A Florida mother was upset to discover Chick tracts among her children’s trick-or-treat haul, saying the comics are racist and offensive. It’s the second time in as many weeks that the long-controversial evangelical comics have been publicly called out by a displeased parent. [KTNV]
Robot 6 reported Tuesday that comics creator Jazan Wild had sent cease-and-desist demands to book reviewers who posted excerpts of Carnival of Souls, a fantasy novel whose title is the basis of his recent trademark-infringement lawsuit against publisher HarperCollins. A spirited discussion followed in the comments, drawing in Wild (aka Jason Barnes) and his wife Susan Barnes.
Now Wild’s attorney Ted Shiells of Shiells Law Firm in Dallas has contacted Robot 6 with a statement to clarify Wild’s emails to reviewers — “Mr. Wild was not threatening to sue any of these persons. He only intended to make them aware of his trademark rights in CARNIVAL OF SOULS, to minimize the confusion he has already suffered,” Shiells said — and to address some of the questions and criticisms raised in the comments thread.
Wild, who gained attention in 2010 when he sued NBC and the producers of Heroes claiming they’d ripped off his idea for a “carnival of lost souls and outcasts,” accuses HarperCollins of intentionally using Carnival of Souls as the title of Melissa Marr’s new young-adult novel in an effort to create confusion between that book and his own 2005-2006 comic series and related works.
Shiells’ statement, which can be read below, explains the differences between trademark classifications, and underscores that while the title of a single book cannot be trademarked, the title of a series can be. However, there still appears to be some question whether HarperCollins ever planned Carnival of Souls to be the name of Marr’s forthcoming series. (Also in question: If Wild wasn’t threatening to sue bloggers, what exactly was the purpose of the cease-and-desist notices, which by their very nature are a threat of legal action; and what standing does he have to demand that websites remove excerpts of a book for which he holds no copyright. To Sheills’ credit, he apologized for any misunderstanding, but the whole situation is perplexing.)
Jazan Wild, the comics creator who gained attention in 2010 when he sued NBC and the producers of Heroes for $60 million, has begun sending cease-and-desist notices to reviewers who publish excerpts from Melissa Marr’s new young-adult fantasy novel Carnival of Souls, claiming the title violates his trademark.
Children’s literature website Bookalicious today posted an email from Wild, aka Jason Barnes, insisting that a recent excerpt of Marr’s book amounts to a “willful and malicious infringement” of his “Carnival of Souls” trademark and demanding its removal.
Wild’s objection follows a trademark-infringement lawsuit he filed in July against HarperCollins, accusing the publisher of intentionally using the title Carnival of Souls and the phrase “Enter the Carnival” in an effort to create confusion between Marr’s novel and his own 2005-2006 comic series and related works. He’s asking a federal court to prevent HarperCollins from using the title, and seeking the destruction of all of the allegedly infringing books and promotional materials, as well as unspecified damages. In court documents, Wild’s lawyer recounts his client’s repeated attempts to head off the release of Marr’s book as Carnival of Souls, which were ultimately dismissed with HarperCollins’ trademark counsel allegedly saying, “You’re not an attorney, are you?”
It’s worth noting that Wild’s legal dispute is with HarperCollins, so it’s unclear why his cease-and-desist notice is directed at book reviewers. More baffling, however, is how in Wild’s estimation an excerpt from Marr’s novel (whose copyright is held by Marr) infringes on his “Carnival of Souls” trademark; his objection is with the title, not the text.
DC Comics, Disney and Sanrio have sued a California birthday party entertainment company for copyright and trademark infringement, alleging that it’s using counterfeit costumes of such well-known characters as Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh, Superman, Wonder Woman and Hello Kitty.
Law 360 reports that the lawsuit, filed last week in federal court in Los Angeles, accuses Party Animals and owner Jason Lancaster of using and renting costumes resembling the companies’ characters and logos for birthday and corporate parties, in violation of copyright and trademark laws.
“[Party Animals] is actively selling, offering for sale, renting, distributing or manufacturing unlicensed and counterfeit costumes, which incorporate unauthorized likenesses of the animated or live action characters or other logos owned by plaintiffs,” the complaint said. “[The] defendants have never been authorized by the plaintiffs to distribute the plaintiffs’ copyrighted properties.”
In response to the lawsuit filed in February by Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc., Dynamite Entertainment has filed what amounts to a blanket denial to accusations of trademark and copyright infringement and unfair competition involving its Lord of the Jungle and Warlord of Mars comics.
ERB Inc., which holds the existing rights to the works of the author of Tarzan and John Carter of Mars novels, claims the comics Lord of the Jungle, Warlord of Mars, Warlord of Mars: Dejah Thoris and Warlord of Mars: Fall of Barsoom are likely to “deceive, mislead and confuse the public” about the source or sponsorship of the content, causing “irreparable injury” to the family-owned company. It also insists the titles were published without authorization after Dynamite Entertainment President Nick Barrucci was told that Dark Horse held the licenses for the Tarzan and John Carter of Mars books.
In its answer to the complaint, filed last week in federal court in New York City and first reported by The Beat, Dynamite points out that the Burroughs works on which the comics are based are no longer protected by U.S. copyright law. As to the trademarks, the publisher notes, “There are numerous examples of Burroughs’ novels, and other works inspired by Burroughs’ novels bearing such alleged marks or similar marks, which have been published by third parties without any reference to” ERB Inc.
“In addition, Burroughs’ public domain novel Tarzan of the Apes has been republished by numerous publishers without any attribution to plaintiff, and the basic story of a jungle-dwelling, Tarzan-like character has appeared in literature and film without any affiliation to plaintiff,” the document states.
Dynamite, of course, asks the court to dismiss the lawsuit, which will likely be watched closely by those concerned with what’s been characterized as an effort to use a trademark to, effectively, prolong the duration of copyright. Read the publisher’s full answer below.
Publishing | Three million-dollar Kickstarter drives, including Rich Burlew’s $1.2 million campaign for The Order of the Stick, make the fund-raising site look like a pot of gold to some folks, but it’s not that easy: Suw Charman-Anderson, who;s contemplating a Kickstarter drive herself, looks at the factors that make the big money-makers so successful. [Forbes]
Editorial cartoons | The New York Times has responded to Daryl Cagle’s criticism of its hiring policy and fees for editorial cartoonists, saying the newspaper will delay bringing political cartoons back to its Sunday review section until editors have had time to revisit their policies. [The Cagle Post]
Editorial cartoons | For those who want a look at the bigger picture, Columbia Journalism Review surveys the landscape of editorial cartooning and in particular, the economics of syndication. [Columbia Journalism Review]
Reacting to analysis of Marvel’s much-publicized dispute with Ghost Rider creator Gary Friedrich, Joe the Barbarian artist Sean Gordon Murphy has announced he’ll no longer sell convention sketches or commissions of characters he doesn’t own, and encourages other creators to do the same.
“Am I rolling over in fear of Marvel? Maybe, but [...] they’re in their legal right to come after me if there’s ever a dispute,” Murphy wrote this morning on deviantART. “I love to complain about the Big Two, but I can’t (in good conscience) get upset at them if I’m breaking the rules myself. Being DC exclusive, maybe I can get a waiver that allows me to sketch DC characters, so I’ll keep you updated.”
Friedrich sued Marvel, Sony Pictures and other companies in 2007, claiming the rights to Ghost Rider had reverted to him six years earlier because the publisher never registered the character’s first appearance in 1972′s Marvel Spotlight #5 with the U.S. Copyright Office. Marvel counter-sued in 2010, seeking damages from Friedrich who, through Gary Friedrich Enterprises LLC, had produced and sold unauthorized Ghost Rider posters, cards and T-shirts at conventions and online. The company also asserted that Friedrich had “aided and abetted third parties” in reproducing and selling “graphic and narrative elements” of Ghost Rider comics.
Neal Adams, the legendary comic artist and advocate for creator rights, has joined Steve Niles and others in issuing a call to help Gary Friedrich, the Ghost Rider creator who owes Marvel $17,000 in damages for selling unauthorized merchandise.
Writing this morning on his Facebook page, Adams asked fellow artists to donate artwork for sale or auction to benefit the ailing Friedrich, who’s in danger of losing his home.
“Fellow creators, we can help Gary Friedrich without taking any kind of position in his case with Marvel,” he wrote. “Gary is sick, and he’s about to lose his house, and though he will tell you he is not destitute, he needs help. If I have to do it alone, I will see to it that he gets his mortgage paid, and gets some money in the bank. But I would like to ask you all to help.”
Gary is a victim of the deficiencies of two very bad copyright laws, and the history in the comic book industry of poor practices on everybody’s part. There will be battles in the future, and good will come of them. But this is simply just a bad situation. Gary is one of us. And while we can’t save him from Marvel, and his small place in history, we can help him have a place to live, ongoing. And I can only promise you this. If you find yourself in a bad situation, whether for heath or other reasons, I and others, will join to help you. Just as you have helped to support William Messner-Loebs, Dave Cockrum and others.
While I hope that Marvel would step up and help out too, I can understand that they find themselves in such an unfortunate position that they cannot do so. I would like to believe that they would if they could.
Artists wishing to donate work my send in to: Continuity Studios, 15 W. 39th St., ninth floor, New York, NY 10018.
Legal | A judge refused to dismiss DC Comics’ lawsuit against Gotham Garage, a manufacturer of custom-made Batmobiles, ruling that the design of Batman’s vehicle is indeed copyrightable. DC sued the California company in May for copyright and trademark infringement, claiming Gotham Garage is confusing the public into thinking the cars are authorized products. The manufacturer asked the judge to dismiss the lawsuit, arguing that the U.S. Copyright Act affords no protection to “useful articles.” The judge disagreed, ruling that Gotham Garage “ignores the exception to the ‘useful article’ rule, which grants copyright protection to nonfunctional, artistic elements of an automobile design that can be physically or conceptually separated from the automobile.” [The Hollywood Reporter]
Legal | Nancy Hass provides a broad overview of the legal battle at Archie Comics that pits Co-CEOs Jon Goldwater and Nancy Silberkleit against each other for control of the 73-year-old company. Silberkleit, who spoke briefly to Hass before a New York judge issued a temporary restraining order last month, called claims that she’s threatened and harassed the publisher’s employees and vendors “completely untrue.” [The Daily Beast]
Jeff Kinney, the author behind the $500 million Diary of a Wimpy Kid franchise, has sued Antarctic Press, accusing the comic publisher of violating trademark laws with its Diary of a Zombie Kid series.
TheWrap reports the lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Boston by Wimpy Kid Inc., accuses the San Antonio-based publisher of using a title and cover design “confusingly similar” to those of the Wimpy Kid books in an obvious attempt “to confuse the public into believing that defendant’s books are additions to such series.” Read the lawsuit here.
Created by Fred Perry and David Hutchison, the August-debuting Diary of a Zombie Kid follows Bill Dookes, a fifth-grader whose mother volunteers for medical research only to bring home a mysterious zombie virus that leaves her son with “skin problems and body chemistry changes that make puberty look like a walk in the park” — not to mention a growing appetite for brains. A sequel, Diary of a Zombie Kid: Rotten Rules — an apparent nod to Kinney’s second book Rodrick Rules — is set for release in January.
Kinney’s six-book Wimpy Kid series, presented as the journal of middle-school student Greg Heffley, has sold more than 52 million copies in North America alone since its 2007 debut and spawned two movies and numerous merchandising tie-ins, including clothes, toys and games.
The complaint accuses Antarctic of trademark infringement, copyright infringement, false designation of origin, trade dress infringement, trademark dilution and deceptive trade practices, and asks the court to permanently enjoin the publisher from further infringement. Wimpy Kid Inc. also seeks triple damages, in addition to attorney’s fees and Antarctic’s profits from Diary of a Zombie Kid.
Antarctic Press Publisher Joe Dunn declined comment to the Boston Herald, saying, “Obviously, I would love to talk about it and give my side of it. However I’ve been advised not to say anything.” His attorney said the publisher will be answering the complaint “promptly.”
While the big legal story is, of course, a federal judge’s ruling that the family of Jack Kirby has no claim to the copyrights for the characters he co-created for Marvel, the company also scored a courtroom victory this week in another, lower-profile case.
A judge declared on Tuesday that Ghost Rider co-creator Gary Friedrich will have to defend counterclaims by Marvel accusing him of violating its trademark by using the phrase “Ghost Rider” and the character’s image on posters, cards and T-shirts, Courthouse News Service reports.
The dispute stems from a 2007 lawsuit filed by Friedrich against Marvel, Columbia Pictures, Hasbro and other companies alleging the copyrights used in the Ghost Rider movie and related products reverted to him in 2001. He sought unspecified damages for copyright infringement, and violations of federal and Illinois state unfair competition laws, negligence, waste, false advertising and endorsement, and several other claims.
Friedrich claimed he created Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider in 1968 and, three years later, agreed to publish the character through Magazine Management, which eventually became Marvel Entertainment. Under the agreement, the publisher held the copyright to the character’s origin story in 1972′s Marvel Spotlight #5, and to subsequent Ghost Rider works. However, Friedrich alleged the company never registered the work with the U.S. Copyright Office and, pursuant to federal law, he regained the copyrights to Ghost Rider in 2001.
The case has taken a few turns, with a judge in May 2010 dismissing the claims made under state law after determining that the Copyright Act of 1976 is the relevant federal statute. That decision was followed in December by counterclaims by Marvel Characters, the subsidiary that actually holds the rights to the company’s characters, accusing Friedrich of the unauthorized sale of Ghost Rider posters, T-shirts and cards online and at comic conventions.
Friedrich, who amended his complaint in March 2011, attempted to have the counterclaims dismissed. However, on Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Barbara Jones rejected his motion. Courthouse News Service notes that Friedrich’s lawsuit is in discovery, with Marvel and the other defendants so far turning over 34,000 pages of documents.
Ghost Rider, the 2007 film based on the character Friedrich co-created, grossed $228 million worldwide. Columbia Pictures will release the sequel on Feb. 17, 2012.
Fusible reports that a panelist for the National Arbitration Forum agreed with DC’s argument that the domain name is identical to the company’s trademarks “Man of Steel,” registered in 1999, and “The Man of Steel,” registered in 1987. He also found that ManofSteel.com was registered and used in bad faith, and was “neither a bona fide offering of goods or services nor a legitimate noncommercial or fair use.”
Coni c/o LBR Enterprises, which was believed to have registered the domain in October 2001, failed to respond to DC’s June 22 complaint.
The Zack Snyder-directed Man of Steel, starring Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Diane Lane and Kevin Costner, is set to open in December 2012. Fusible notes that TheManofSteel.com, which isn’t owned by Warner Bros. or DC, is for sale by its current owner for $300.
DC Comics has sued a California manufacturer of replica vehicles, accusing him of infringing on the company’s copyrights and trademarks by selling custom-made Batmobiles.
Hollywood, Esq., reports that DC filed the lawsuit last week in federal court against Mark Towles, whose business Gotham Garage specializes in the creation and sale of television and movie replica vehicles, from the 1989 movie Batmobile to the 1966 TV Batmobile and Batboat to Speed Racer’s Mach 5. Presumably none of those replicas is licensed, as the indicia on Towles’ website states that “Neither Gotham Garage nor Mark Towle are directly affiliated with Warner Brothers Inc., DC Comics., 20th Century Fox Inc., Walt Disney Inc., nor The Munsters Official Organizations.”
The publisher accuses Towles of copyright and trademark infringement, trademark counterfeiting and unfair competition, and seeks a permanent injunction, the destruction of all infringing products and damages of no less than $750,000 for each infringement.
A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that the family of pioneering animator Max Fleischer doesn’t own the copyright or trademark to cartoon sex symbol turned comic strip and merchandising star Betty Boop, and can’t sue others for using the character’s image.
Courthouse News Service reports the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s decision that a half-dozen manufacturers of Betty Boop merchandise hadn’t infringed on Fleischer Studios’ copyright — because Fleischer Studios couldn’t demonstrate it has one.
Created in 1930 by Fleischer and animator Grim Natwick (probably among others), the cartoon flapper became the star of the studio’s Talkartoons series before being sold to Paramount Pictures in 1942. The Fleischer family contends that Paramount transferred its Betty Boop rights in 1955 to UM&M TV, which three years later sold them to the company that eventually became Republic Pictures. A decade later, Republic allegedly transferred the rights back to Fleischer Studios.
However, U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper ruled the Fleischer heirs failed to show proof of any of the transfers the plaintiffs alleged took place after Paramount purchased the rights in 1942. The appeals court agreed in a 2-1 decision, finding that Paramount retained the copyright in its 1955 agreement with UM&M TV, and actually sold Betty Boop to Harvey Films — the animation arm of Harvey Comics, now owned by Classic Media — some three years later. The panel also dismissed Fleischers’ trademark claims for lack of evidence.
In addition to her countless animated appearances, including cameos in commercials and the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Betty Boop has starred in two comic strips, one in the 1930s and another, with Felix the Cat, in the 1980s.
Awards | Jeff Lemire’s acclaimed Essex County was the first finalist eliminated Monday in the Canada Reads literary debates to select the essential Canadian novel of the decade. Despite a defense by musician Sara Quin, the graphic novel was voted down by the five-person celebrity panel after the first hour, not because of content but because of format: Four of the judges just couldn’t get past Essex County‘s “lack of words.” This year marked the first time that a graphic novel had been a finalist for the prestigious Canada Reads program.
“Well, I was the first book voted off of the Canada Reads competition today, and I’ll admit that it stings a bit more than I thought it would,” Lemire wrote on his blog. “But, in the end I am really proud of the accomplishment of making it to the final 5. It’s a great sign for the future of graphic novels in this country, and their continued acceptance mainstream literary circles on a whole.” [Afterword, CBC News]

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Classic candy treats serve as our inspiration for these amazing homemade Halloween dessert recipes.
Photo: Jennifer Davick
Scare up a big crowd with these tasty cupcakes: all the flavor of an Almond Joy in an irresistible fresh-baked bite. We suggest swirling the ganache to look like spooky spiderwebs.
- Recipe: Chocolate-Coconut Cupcakes

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Twisted Throttle’s Recently Added Products – Aug ’20
Twisted Throttle is your trusted source for bolt-on motorcycle accessories. Motorcycle luggage, protection, lighting, device mounting solutions and tires are just a few of the needed accessories that avid motorcyclists need. Read on to learn more about some of the products recently added to TwistedThrottle.com!
The nature of motorcycle and off-road riding often allows one to travel to remote regions, one of the reasons for making this sport so attractive. Traveling to far flung places often comes with its caveats however, one of them being a lack of fuel. Another is the lack of space to carry fuel in a conventional “jerry “ type can. Jerry cans take up valuable space and, when empty, become a liability. Thankfully there is an alternative. Now you can easily extend your traveling range without having to fit an expensive long range touring tank. Available in 3L, 6L and 20L derivatives the Desert Fox fuel cells can easily be folded or rolled up when empty, saving weight and space.
Capacity: 3L, 6L, 20L
Weight: 0.3 kg (0.66lbs) to 0.9 kg (1.89lbs)
Daisy chains allow the cell to be strapped in almost any position.
Strong, light weight and easy to store when not required , leaving you with more space when it is needed most.
Supplied with a fuel spout that stores inside a dust-proof integrated pouch.
D rings and daisy chains are suitable for use with Rok Strapsor Bungee cords.
The Mitas Sport Force+ tire delivers inspiring performance for sport touring track days and everything in between. The latest advancements in design and materials are utilized to provide the optimum balance of grip control and longevity. OSCT (Optimum Steel Cord Technology) in the new Sport Force+ creates an ideal arrangement of steel cord breakers within the carcass to provide a consistent contact patch at high speeds while cruising and during extreme lean angles. With this special carcass design stable handling characteristics agile response and light steering feel is available throughout the life of the tire. Riding in the wet on the Sport Force+ is very predictable as 3-D Optimum Groove Technology utilizes the perfect tread depth and groove design which follows the shape of the tire so traction is never compromised even when worn. Unique cooling ribs are positioned inside each groove to minimize the build-up of heat and aid in longevity. Mitas uses a successful recipe of S-SBR elastomers (synthetic rubber compounds) and other rubber blends with their new carcass for remarkable levels of grip confidence inspiring agility and long-lasting performance. Maximize the capabilities of your motorcycle with the Sport Force+ tire from Mitas!
Designed for supersport/sport/naked/sport-touring motorcycles
The RAM® Tough-Charge™ with X-Grip® Technology is the world’s first patented universal waterproof wireless charging cradle for phones. Designed with spring-loaded RAM® X-Grip® Technology this cradle features an ‘X’ design that expands and contracts to secure nearly any phone while taking advantage of Qi wireless phone charging. All four arms feature rubber-coated caps that hold your phone firmly in place and the open design keeps buttons and switches accessible on the sides of phones. To insert your device simply squeeze the arms on one side of the cradle and place your phone inside before releasing the arms. This Qi wireless charging cradle ensures your compatible phone charges no matter what position it’s placed at. For added security and peace of mind a device tether is included that’s recommended for outdoor applications. In addition a support leg can be adjusted to the ideal position or removed altogether. This RAM® Tough-Charge™ with X-Grip® Technology wireless charging kit for vehicles includes a B size diamond base featuring a 1” rubber ball – perfect for attaching to your choice of B size RAM® double socket arm. The connected Type-A male pigtail connector features an in-line switch that allows you to turn off the wireless charging module when not in use. For in-vehicle charging attach the pigtail to the included 1.2m Type-A male to Type-A female extension cable.
Spring loaded holder expands and contracts for perfect fit of your device
Rubber coated tips will hold device firm and stable
Versatility of holder allows for attachment to many RAM-to-RAM ball mounts
Single socket technology allows for multiple adjustment angles and articulation of device
Waterproof Qi wireless phone charging cradle features spring-loaded RAM® X-Grip® technology and 10W maximum output
RAM® Mounts Compatible™ with B size double socket arms and ball bases for mounting in your preferred location
Made of powder-coated marine-grade aluminum stainless steel components and high-strength composite for durability and reliability in the most demanding environments
RAM® Mounts backed by lifetime warranty RAM® electronics backed by 1-year warranty with proof of purchase required
With cross-ply construction and a chevron tread pattern that grips both pavement and the roughest terrain the Mitas E-07 offers the long wear and durability needed for long cross country as well as backwoods adventures. The E-07 is a true 50% on-road and 50% off-road adventure tire. Over its long years of service it has continued to be one of the most desirable choices for adventure riders, as it combines road riding performance and wear with more adventurous off-road trips. Select sizes of E-07 and E-07+ are available in the “Dakar” version (marked with a yellow stripe) featuring a reinforced carcass, higher puncture resistance and harder compound. It is ideal for higher loads, longer adventure trips and extreme conditions. Both patterns remain fully interchangeable and compatible between front and rear (e.g. E-07 front, E-07+ rear), thereby offering a degree of personalization that only Mitas can offer to the market.
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Superior performance in all conditions
Smooth & quiet highway ride
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Since navigating certain aspects of family law can be difficult, clients often choose traditional legal representation where you would hire a lawyer on retainer, and they would tend to all your legal needs. For some, this can be an expensive process. Sea to Sky Law offers DIY (do-it-yourself) family law services where you only seek the assistance of a lawyer for specific tasks. Clients in British Columbia who have routine legal concerns can choose to not spend large sums of money on a retainer and do most of the work themselves and only consult us on issues where legal assistance is a must.
When opting for DIY legal services, you are solely responsible for how you manage your legal situation. Since you don’t have a lawyer to represent you, you will need to take care of all the tasks needed in your case. However, if you face any hurdles or need advice on matters that aren’t clear, you can use our DIY services. These legal services allow individuals to have more control over their legal concerns and offer a cost-effective way to tackle simpler legal matters. For instance, you might want to get the legal documents drafted by us before representing yourself in court. Give us a call for more information about DIY family law in Whistler, Nanaimo, Saanich, Sapperton and across BC.


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Newman LA (2006) Comparison of the effects of selective cholinergic or noradrenergic deafferentation in the medial, prefrontal cortex on sustained attention. Neuroscience 2006 Abstracts 369.21. Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta, GA.
Summary: Acetylcholine (ACH) and norepinephrine (NE) have been shown to be critically important in controlling the activity of cortical neurons during attention demanding tasks. ACH efflux increases during performance of a sustained attention task and the introduction of distracting stimuli augment this efflux (Himmelheber, Sarter and Bruno 2000). Electrophysiological recordings in NE cell bodies in the locus coeruleus show an increase in tonic firing when distracting stimuli are presented during an attentional task (Aston-Jones and Cohen 2005). The current study assesses the effects of neuroanatomically discrete depletions of these neurotransmitters in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) on a sustained attention task. Male, Long Evans rats received either sham (SHAM), cholinergic (ACH LX) or noradrenergic (NE LX) lesions of the medial wall of the PFC by injections of vehicle, 192 IgG saporin or dopamine beta-hydroxylase saporin respectively. Rats were trained to detect brief, temporally unpredictable, visual cues of varying duration (500, 100, 25 msec) and discriminate these events from non-signal trials. Several manipulations were run to vary the attentional load of the task. These manipulations include a tone with a predictable on-off pattern or a tone with an unpredictable on-off pattern. Preliminary results suggest that NE LX rats were more vulnerable than SHAM or ACH LX rats to the detrimental effects of the unpredictable but not predictable tone. These data suggest that NE is critical to filtering unpredictable distractor stimuli. Additionally we tested the effects of disrupting the temporal contiguity between correct responses and reinforcement as this has previously been shown to increase NE efflux in the frontal cortex. All animals were impaired by the introduction of a variable delay between a correct response and the delivery of a food reinforcer, however NE and ACH lesions of the PFC augmented this impairment. This suggests that both neuromodulators are critical in maintaining performance when reinforcer predictability changes. Manipulations of event rate, event asynchrony, signal probability and the dynamic stimulus range will also be discussed.
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German police raid Daimler offices
German police have searched 11 offices of carmaker Daimler as part of their investigation into possible fraudulent emissions data by employees.
A total of 23 prosecutors and 230 police officers took part in the search in the states of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Berlin, Lower Saxony and Saxony,
Daimler, which owns Mercedes-Benz, said it was co-operating with authorities.
It added "known and unknown employees" were being sought over suspicion of fraud and misleading advertising.
Analysis: Theo Leggett, BBC Business Correspondent
This is worrying news for Daimler.
Earlier this year, it admitted that some of its employees were the target of a criminal investigation, suspected of fraud and false advertising linked to the manipulation of diesel exhaust emissions. Today's searches show that prosecutors are taking that inquiry very seriously indeed.
The company is also concerned about the US authorities. Earlier this year, they accused rival manufacturer FiatChrysler of fitting unauthorised emissions control software to its vehicles; they are reportedly planning to launch legal action against FCA within the next few days.
That could be bad news for Daimler, which is also coming under scrutiny in the US. In fact, it says the possibility that the authorities might decide its own vehicles are fitted with "impermissible" software cannot be ruled out.
Just to be clear: since the Volkswagen scandal broke 18 months ago, no other manufacturer has yet been found to have deliberately designed "defeat devices" with the sole purpose of deceiving emissions testers.
But Daimler, Renault, PSA Group and FiatChrysler are all under investigation in at least one country. Fumes are hanging in the air - the question is, just how toxic are they?
The case relates to the possible manipulation of diesel exhaust emissions in passenger cars.
It is possible that further civil and criminal investigations and enforcement actions will come into effect.
Earlier this year, fellow German carmaker Volkswagen pleaded guilty to three charges as part of an agreement with US regulators over its own diesel emissions case.
It has already had to set aside more than 22bn euros (£19bn, $24.7bn) for fines and compensation.


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2023 Labor Laws — What Should You Expect?
Last year, manufacturers and other industries with hourly and shift-based workforce operations saw the continued passage of various labor and employment laws — most notably surrounding COVID-19. With the Biden administration’s intent to end the national and public health emergency declarations this May, additional non-pandemic work-related trends and employment laws are emerging. In this article, we outline some new and ongoing trends and regulations that may impact industries heavily reliant on hourly workers.
Labor Law Compliance Poster Updates
This year employers can expect a multitude of updates to labor compliance policies. Up to 30 changes at the state and federal levels, and many at city/county levels as well. Most of the updates affect minimum wage rates due to annual CPI (consumer price index) increases. Notably, all 2023 posters will include the latest October EEOC update: Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal, which replaces the Equal Opportunity is the Law poster. Employers operating in regions affected by new labor laws are required to update to the latest labor law posters. Check here for updates specific to your state for labor poster compliance.
California/OSHA Industry Guidance on COVID-19
The State of California’s Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board enacted non-emergency COVID-19 prevention regulations on February 3, 2023. This is expected to remain in effect for two years. Some regulations include the same requirements found in the COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS), but also offer new guidelines for employers to more easily provide consistent protections to workers.
While COVID-19 restrictions were relaxed in 2022, the virus remains a top issue in the 2023 workplace. Since employee perceptions regarding health and safety measures vary widely, many employers may find themselves wondering how to best handle these situations. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration now offers advisory recommendations, which creates no new legal obligation. Healthcare employers can check OSHA’s coronavirus page and the Centers for Disease Control for interim guidance. Other hourly worker industries can visit their State Department of Public Health website for state-specific business guidelines.
Minimum Wage Increases Across the Nation
To remain competitive in a tight market, 23 states and Washington, D.C. have enacted higher minimum wages as of January 1 this year, while the federal rate will continue to hold steady at $7.50 per hour. The state increases, ranging from 23 cents to $1.50 per hour, will affect eight million workers. During 2023, minimum wages are set to further increase in over 26 states, according to research from labor and payroll experts at Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S.
For a full list of states that will see an increase — and how they compare to the federal levels — visit the DOL’s State Minimum Wage Law page.
Pay Transparency and Disclosure
Up to 30 states now have some form of pay transparency laws, however, these laws can cover a wide range of issues. For manufacturers, these laws can impact competitive strategies and the ability to leverage pay and benefits, especially in a tight labor market. According to Robinson and Cole’s 2023 Labor and Employment Outlook for Manufacturers, employers can expect further legislation regarding transparency in pay in 2023, as well as limiting the use of non-disclosure provisions following discrimination and harassment claims, and providing employees with greater rights to information.
Union membership has been on the decline due to decades of policy degradation weakening the right to organize. Recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the National Labor Relations Board shows that 10.1% of workers in the United States, more than 16 million people, were represented by a union in 2022. While this is a decrease of 200,000 workers compared to the previous year, their findings shared that an additional 11.6% of workers, tens of millions of people, would like to be a member of a union.
The Biden Administration continues to focus on expanding employee rights to engage in union-organizing activity, spurring highly publicized campaigns in hourly wage industries, including manufacturing. With the 2021 Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act expected to be reintroduce in the 118th Congress, shift workers expect to see labor organizing build momentum in 2023. In response, industries that rely upon hourly employees can continue to monitor the labor movement, train supervisors on labor laws, and seek guidance when necessary.
Legal Trends to Watch
In addition to pay transparency and union activity, Robinson and Cole’s manufacturing outlook also provides a glimpse of potential work-related trends and employment laws in 2023, including post-employment restrictions on noncompete agreements; “right-sizing” or rebalancing operations following recent economic forecasts; recreational marijuana’s impact in safety-sensitive workplaces; new Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (DEIB) laws that expand civil rights protections; and potential risks of artificial intelligence and algorithm-based technologies for recruiting and hiring.
Following recent economic forecasts and a challenging several years for US businesses overall, we expect these issues to become relevant for other hourly workforces, including energy and the public sector, as well.
Labor Law Compliance Doesn’t Have to Be Impossible
Staying compliant with ever-changing federal, state, and agency regulations is no easy task. Adapting your manual processes to rules around scheduling in union contract negotiations, for example, can be a burden for always-on businesses in manufacturing and energy. Yet, compliance failures can bring a host of legal complications and damage your employee satisfaction and retention rates. The good news: intelligent workforce scheduling technology can confidently protect your organization from non-compliance.
Recommended Additional Resources
2023 State of the Hourly Worker Report
Strategies for employee satisfaction and retention for hourly workforces in 2023
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The Conference of Speakers of the State Legislatures has sought for an amendment to impeachment procedures of Speakers’ of States House of Assembly
Speaking on behalf of his colleagues at the day-one of the national public hearing on the 1999 constitution review in Abuja, the Speaker, Niger State House of Assembly, Hon. Abdullahi Bawa Wuse, stressed the need to strengthen legislative procedures of removing a speaker.
Wuse also said the current standard on the issue of financial autonomy had brought untold hardship to people hence the proposed amendment to section 123(3) to reflect implementation of financial autonomy.
He said: “We have inserted the issue of the allocation committee for each state.
“We also provided how the accounts of the judiciary and state assemblies can be run.
“This, essentially, is what the amendment that is sought for in section 123(4) by the conference of speakers, it is essentially to strengthen that institution.
“In addition to that we have also called for amendment of part 2 of the third schedule of the constitution where you have state executive bodies.
“Because the state House of Assembly Service Commission could not be included in view of the need to have autonomy in the state assemblies.
“The state house of assembly service commission needs to be included in that schedule where you have state executive bodies.
“We have also proposed an amendment to chapter 1 part 2 section 5 of the Constitution calling for state police.
“We have called for a new sub-section (2C) to read that it shall be vested with power to read that there shall be vested with power to establish police and other security services under a law of the house of assembly.”
He also said the conference was also proposing devolution of power to states and local governments on issues relating to mineral resources, mining, geological survey, aviation among others.
According to him, the conference believes that there is a need to strengthen the local government administration.
This, he said, would enhance service delivery at the grassroots.
In her presentation, a former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili,called for a single issue amendment to the constitution to allow for a referendum by Nigerians for a deliberation for a new constitution.
“We need to centre the citizens in our democracy, we need to call for a deep sense conversation,” she advised.
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I have a Taurus 605 and a 4" Taurus 66. The 605 has I believe powder fouled with both the max load of H110 and more mid-range load 8.9gr of Unique behind 125gr XTP bullets. The result is very hard extraction. The one load I have working OK is 11.9 or Major Pistol from Shooter's World. Just don't like to have to order powder as it is not available locally. Both problem loads are absolutely no problem in the 66 but the H110 left burn marks all the way up the side of one of the pieces of brass in the Snubby, and today with new Starline Nickel brass the Unique loads left fouling in all Chambers while the Major Pistol worked fine. I chose Unique and H110 for my new at the same time as the snubby, model 629 Smith & Wesson 4". What do you guys think? Suggestions?


It appears that Caitlyn Jenner is beginning to lose support in the Trans community over a couple of recent public incidences that ring of male privilege and perpetuating Trans stereotypes.
On the Sunday September 6, 2015 episode of I Am Cait, Jenner struggles with her name change and call upon the help of Drian Juarez from the Transgender Economic Empowerment Project to help fill out the paperwork. Determined to get her name and gender marker changed, Caitlyn, Drian and Ronda [Caitlyn’s assistant] begin the task of filling out the 18 pages of paperwork required by the state of California.
California is a state that does not require GCS as a requirement for name and gender change, only clinically appropriate treatment. “After hearing all the struggles that people go through because they don’t have the proper documentation, I realize that I should be a bit more aggressive in dealing with this issue of my identity. I think it’s time to get the process started.”
It’s a quick two minute segment but an important part of the show, Jenner is correct when she says that people in the transgender community struggle with the documentation changes for gender and name, but what’s not mentioned is that the number one barrier being cost. Averaging $350.00 to complete the full process, this price can be extremely prohibitive for a community that struggles with poverty as a result of high unemployment/underemployment.
The show moves forward in its typical manner when the conversation turns to Jenner filling out an application for a new golf course while her current course is under construction. At this point, Caitlyn declares that she will be signing up as Bruce when her assistant Ronda begins to question her motives and intentions.
Ronda: “I don’t understand why you are putting Bruce down as opposed to Caitlyn, I mean really?”
Jenner: “My membership is under Bruce and my little Sherwood is down for construction on the golf course and it will be down for a long time, and there is another golf course, part of Sherwood, a par 3 golf course actually, but you have to join that one, it’s like separate from the main club.”
Ronda: “Why can’t you go in fresh as Caitlyn?”
Jenner: “It’s just not going to work, I want to delay that.”
Ronda: “Can’t you just wear your hoodies and pretend?”
Jenner: “Yeah but once I get on the course I’ll take that off.”
Ronda: “Are you going to wear a skirt or shorts or are you going to be wearing [interrupted]…”
Jenner: “No no no no no not right now, so let’s just put Bruce down and its fine!”
Ronda: “Alright, I’m just saying it doesn’t make any sense to me because everyone is going to know that you are Caitlyn [interrupted]…”
Jenner: “I just don’t want to worry about locker rooms and all that crap right now, which I don’t want to worry about, I’ll worry about the locker rooms down the line.”
Ronda: “I understand but everyone is going to know that you are Caitlyn.”
Jenner: “I know I know I know.”
Ronda: “And then they’re going to be like we don’t want Caitlyn in our locker room.”
Jenner: “We’ll deal with all those issues down the line.”
It appears as though Caitlyn is trying to hold on to her male privilege to maintain her status with her Country Club, a move that the transgender community is accused of every single day just because of our perceived gender status. Most people within the community can tell you the day they lost their male privilege [June 30, 2015 for me] and once that disappears, going back to retrieve it is a level of privilege that in most cases is labeled as inner transphobia.
Caitlyn seems completely oblivious to the fact that in an earlier segment she was empathetic to the obstacles others face with legal identity changes while insisting on joining an exclusive club as Bruce.
Three days later, Caitlyn seems to be siding against the transgender community concerning the Spirit Halloween Costume debate stating to Matt Lauer, “I’m in on the joke. I don’t think its offensive at all.”
In a two part interview to air Wednesday September 9, 2015, with Today Show host Matt Lauer, Jenner states, “I know the community does and they’ve gotten a lot of criticism for doing it. I think it’s great.” According to the preview clip released this week, it seems that the only issue Caitlyn has with the costume are the quality of its material.
Laughing, she told Matt, “”They could have a better looking outfit for him, you know?” She continued to joke about it saying, “We could have done my own costume, I mean that was a serious bustier on the cover of Vanity Fair, you know?”
We do know, but the bustier on the cover of Vanity Fair isn’t the central focus of the costume debate; Addison Rose Vincent, who started a petition on change.org to get the Spirit Halloween Company to pull the item from their shelves stated to me on Facebook, “I also hope that ceasing production of the Call Me Caitlyn costume can be a first step in a greater change to stop promoting transphobia, racism, and cultural appropriation through their other various costumes. We need to remind Spirit and their wholesale, retail companies that Trans is not a costume, and neither are other marginalized communities and identities.”
Naturally, Spirit Halloween took advantage of the good news and began marketing the costume, now called the “Caitlyn Corset,” as aggressively as possible. Up to 50% of current Spirit Halloween ads are now populated with the “Caitlyn Corset.”
When asked for her response to Caitlyn’s approval of the costume, Addison told PlanetTransgender, ”
“I’m disappointed by Caitlyn’s response, but many of us weren’t surprised. She has been and continues to be very problematic and counterproductive to the community’s progress, and fails to recognize the level of her privilege. This costume portrays her but represents so much more than her. It’s marketed to cis-men as a joke costume under the guise of “celebrating a hero” with the purpose of eliciting transphobic and transmisogynistic humor, rhetoric, and responses. This costume will lead to yet another hostile night for our community, specifically Trans women and femmes of color, yet Caitlyn will remain safe behind her financial privilege among others.”
“To be honest,” Addison continued, “I’ll always support her and my other Trans siblings for being brave enough to be themselves in a world designed against us, but I can no longer look to her as a leader for our community. It’s time for me to move on from Caitlyn Jenner, and instead channel my energy, love, and time to those most stigmatized and marginalized within our community.”
In one-fell-swoop, all of the advocacy behind the costumes appropriation on Trans folk and other minorities will be eliminated and promoted by the one person the media has deemed the “spokesperson for the trans community.” Suddenly, appropriation and transface has been given the green light by Caitlyn Jenner.
In case you were wondering, although Cailtyn may have filled her country club application out with her male dead-name, she swings off from the women’s tee. Let’s just hope she can dig herself out of the sand trap she seems to be floundering in.


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Ella Rothacker, 19 Jan 1914 – 30 Nov 1925
Finally found more information about a collateral relative. Due to a cousin marriage in the Dick family, Ella Rothacker is both a 1st and 2nd cousin to my grandfather, Reinhold Dick.
Ella B. Rothacker was the daughter of Christian Rothacker and Suzanna Dick. This couple was married in Ukraine / Russia and came to the USA in 1912. They had four daughters, and this daughter died at age 11. She’s buried in a rural graveyard southeast of McClusky, ND.

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The potential economic slowdown is likely to trigger an increased incidence of fraud, according to a new survey.
Businesses hit by fraud are likely to suffer twice the amount of losses they did two years ago, the study by PricewaterhouseCoopers said.
Corruption and bribery are the fastest growing type of offences, said the 2007 Global Economic Crime Survey while the average cost of fraud has jumped from £800,000 in 2005 to £1.75 million in 2007.
Not only has fraud become more costly, but the UK experiences some of the highest incidence rates in the world.
The average firm was hit 15 times in the 24-month period - twice the global average and three times more than the average in Western Europe.
Despite this, UK plc appears to be in denial about the scale of the economic crime challenge.
Only 17 per cent of companies surveyed believe they will become a victim, while the reality is that half have been affected (48 per cent). This denial is partly a result of the fact that few frauds actually go to court and are therefore on the public record.
John Tracey, partner in forensic services, at PwC in Birmingham, said: "The fight against fraud is a constant struggle for Midlands businesses.
"There is much more than the monetary impact. It is very disruptive for companies, affecting their relationship with their suppliers and be disruptive for staff morale.
"We are now looking at what effect the downturn in the economic cycle is going to have. When there is a slowdown there tends to be more pressure for companies to cut corners to win an important and greater incentives for individuals to commit fraud."
The survey reveals the changing nature of fraud and that corruption and bribery has doubled in the UK since 2005, with one in 10 UK businesses saying they have lost a business opportunity to a competitor who has paid a bribe.
Corruption, bribery and money laundering have become far more prevalent as businesses increasingly operate in emerging markets with nearly half of UK fraud cases involving an over-seas party.
This coupled with the increased number of transitory workers - who feel less loyalty to their company and feel they can get away with committing offences against the firm - has increased the number of offences committed.
Mr Tracey said: "Organisations are being asked to make corrupt payments to secure business.
"That could be extremely serious and put them at risk of prosecution, either in the country they are working or in the US following the SarbanesOxley regulation."
Despite the dramatic increase in corruption and bribery, asset misappropriation remains the most common form of UK fraud.
Some 77 per cent of businesses who reported fraud were victims of this type of economic crime, while accounting fraud (40 per cent), intellectual property infringement (32 per cent), corruption and bribery (28 per cent) and money laundering (20 per cent) were also prevalent.
Mr Tracey said: "We do see cases where trusted employees have abused their position of trust to extract cash from companies. We are finding it tends to be less senior management responsible than in previous surveys."


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Tech leads April slide, oil sustains TSX
Traditionally a rally month, April ended with the Nasdaq sliding 13% (its worst month since October 2008), the S&P sliding 8.8% (worst since June 2020), though the rally in oil and natural resources cushioned the TSX’s losses to only 3% after posting an all-time high early in April. On Friday, the last trading day of April, the S&P closed -3.63%, the Nasdaq -4.19% and the Dow -2.77%. Wall Street erased the strong gains of Thursday and then some as ongoing fears over rising rates, hot inflation, slowing growth and the Russian war weighed on investors. A catalyst may have been Amazon’s weak quarterly report and forecast, even though Apple delivered top and bottom line beats and projected a positive 2022.
It was an ugly Friday with selling across the board. Despite a strong quarter, Apple slid 3.66%, Intel lost nearly 7% after a disappointing report, Amazon tanked 14.05%, Nvidia fell 6.24% and defensive name Colgate shed 5.13%. A rare gainer was Honeywell up 1.89%. The U.S. 10-year yield returned above 2.9% while Bitcoin slid 4% to below $38,500.
TSX closed -1.7% for the day. Industrials, tech and real estate were the worst performers. Major movers were Cenovus at -4.35%, Baytex -7.59%, TC Energy -5.19% and NFI Group -15% after a weak forecast. WTI and WCS crude declined around 0.75% to hover below $105 and $92 a barrel respectively. Focus will shift the American Fed meeting next Tuesday as a rate hike is widely expected.
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"We're a little surprised at how much this material is clumping together when we dig into it," said Doug Ming a Phoenix science team member from NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston.
The soil's physical properties are proving to be a challenge for getting a sample intended for one instrument to pass through a screen over a delivery opening.The instrument is the Thermal and Evolved-Gas Anaylzer, or TEGA, designed to bake and sniff samples to identify some key ingredients. The analyzer vibrated the screen for 20 minutes on Sunday but detected only a few particles getting through the screen, not enough to fill the tiny oven below.
"We are going to try vibrating it one more time, and if that doesn't work, it is likely we will use our new, revised delivery method on another thermal analyzer cell," said William Boynton of the University of Arizona, lead scientist for the instrument.The arm delivered the first sample to TEGA on Friday by turning the scoop over to release its contents. The revised delivery method, which Phoenix is testing for the first time today, will hold the scoop at an angle above the delivery target and sprinkle out a small amount of the sample by vibrating the scoop.
The vibration comes from running a motorized rasp on the bottom of the scoop.
Phoenix used the arm Sunday to collect a soil sample for the spacecraft's Optical Microscope. Today's plans include a practice of the sprinkle technique, using a small amount of soil from the sample collected Sunday. If that goes well, the Phoenix team assembled at the University of Arizona plans to sprinkle material from the same scoopful onto the microscope later this week.
The Phoenix mission is led by Peter Smith at the University of Arizona with project management at JPL and development partnership at Lockheed Martin, Denver. International contributions come from the Canadian Space Agency; the University of Neuchatel, Switzerland; the universities of Copenhagen and Aarhus, Denmark; Max Planck Institute, Germany; and the Finnish Meteorological Institute.
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For the first time ever, scientists have determined the cosmic origin of highest-energy neutrinos. A research group led by IceCube scientist Elisa Resconi, spokesperson of the Collaborative Research Center SFB1258 at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), provides an important piece of evidence that the particles detected by the IceCube neutrino telescope at the South Pole originate from a galaxy four billion light-years away from Earth.
To rule out other origins with certainty, the team led by neutrino physicist Elisa Resconi from the Technical University of Munich and multi-wavelength...
For the first time a team of researchers have discovered two different phases of magnetic skyrmions in a single material. Physicists of the Technical Universities of Munich and Dresden and the University of Cologne can now better study and understand the properties of these magnetic structures, which are important for both basic research and applications.
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This year, Latin America held its number one spot as the world’s fastest-growing e-commerce retail region. Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico each maintain a spot in this year’s top five fastest-growing retail e-commerce markets. Prior to the outbreak of the virus, e-commerce penetration was comparatively low across Latin America. However, with many stores forced to suspend physical operations, Covid-19 has helped drive significant growth in this area. According to data from Insider Intelligence and eMarketer, during the course of 2021, 3 Latin American countries have entered the ranking of the fastest-growing markets worldwide. Ranking within the first 5 places on the list, this is how Brazil (2nd place), Argentina (4th place), and Mexico (5th place) are part of this top 10, with the growth of 26.8%, 26%, and 21.1% respectively.
According to eBay, the number of Latin American eBay sellers has increased since the start of the pandemic. This reflects and verifies the growth trends. The company indicates that each country has different categories and articles that stand out. This paints a clear picture of the type of niche that people are more interested in. For example, they mentioned that Mexico, Chile, Brazil, and Bolivia are leaders in the sale of video games.
Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico stand as key markets to observe and invest in. However, interesting prospects are being noted in up-and-coming Chile, Colombia, and Peru. All have experienced some of the greatest e-commerce growth in the last months.
Many companies had to implement quick solutions. The COVID-19 crisis took those without an e-commerce presence by surprise. 2021 has required e-commerce companies to maintain an accelerated rate of full development in issues such as the digital component, setting up their e-commerce, and entering marketplaces. However, companies also had to increase consumer confidence and the consolidation of omnichannel strategies, seeking to face the growth that has been registered, which was not expected to be achieved for another 5 or 10 years.
The digital revolution has been rewiring retail for years. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated this transition as e-commerce became the default setting for many homebound consumers. The crisis-inspired surge in e-commerce is leading to a permanent shift in retail, creating both new challenges as well as new opportunities for retailers and consumer brands alike.
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In Crazytown, the Currency is Wool.
Brown Wool is the lowest level. As of 9/29/2015 at 6 pm, Red Wool is worth 5 Brown Wool.
Eltatero Woods Edit
Currently, Eltatero Woods uses the same currency as Crazytown.
However, potatoes will take effect as currency on 10/1/2015 at 6 pm. A potato is the base currency, with baked potatoes functioning as 3 potatoes, and poisonous potatoes being worth 50 potatoes.
New Civ "Funky Town" Edit
In New Civ, the currency is Eggs.
Yerdua36 and epicanna27 thought up a Gold Currency System, currently only supported by them. Eltatero, New Civ's founder, said no because he and koolkate28 were using gold for powered rails.
Universal currency Edit
Epicanna27 mentioned a currency used all throughout EpicCraft, to go along with the existing system of local currencies. She said she might cheat in 640 Sponge to circulate throughout the server and be used as currency anywhere. Stores that do not accept Sponge may be in trouble.
Exchange rates Edit
1 Brown Wool = 0.333333 Potato
1 Brown Wool = 0.1 Sponge
1 Brown Wool = 8 Eggs
Pushing to change currency Edit
Epicanna27 has mentioned a possibility of Rotten Flesh or Paper being currency instead.
Originally, Blue Wool was planned as being worth 10 Brown Wool, but epicanna27 changed her mind after the Mad Dyer incidents. Afterward, she mentioned Lapis Lazuli as 100 Brown Wool, but Rex101202303 said "Lapis should not be a hundred dollar bill because it is not very rare at all." Lapis is currently shelved as an idea for currency.
Some people say that bartering would just be easier and would like to cancel currency altogether (likely because of disagreements on what the currency should be.) The only known supporter of this is Rex101202303.

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Glasgow businesses have hit out at the council's plans to make large parts of the city centre 'car free' areas, saying there was 'no prior consultation' with business owners.
Stuart Patrick, the Chief Executive of Glasgow's Chamber of Commerce, has said the scheme is at risk of becoming a 'gimmick policy' and that 'more than ever, we need to be encouraging people to come into Glasgow City Centre, not drive them away.'
City Council Leader Susan Aitken made the announcement at the launch of Glasgow’s Thriving Cities Initiative that a car free area will be created over the next five years from George Square to Hope Street across Argyle Street and up to Cathedral Street.
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Councillor Aitken said £30 billion would be spent over the next ten years to achieve the “net zero target” by 2030 by giving public spaces back to the people.
The scheme is part of a long term strategy to improve public health and wellbeing. Ms Aitken also told how plans were in place to reduce health inequality, poverty and how the council was going to get people back into “sustainable” jobs.
Mr Patrick slammed Glasgow City Council, saying that not only was there no prior consultation with business owners but that it was not discussed at the City Centre Taskforce or Connectivity Commission.
He said: “We are extremely disappointed that there was no prior consultation with business and the wider community before this announcement which, if implemented, will ban private cars from large swathes of the city centre.
“This proposal has not been discussed at the City Centre Taskforce nor was it part of the Council’s own Connectivity Commission which was endorsed by the Chamber and presented a clear transport plan for Glasgow city centre."
“Many of the infrastructure proposals set out by the Connectivity Commission, which was led by data and evidence and designed to improve pedestrian experience, have yet to be delivered – for example, the full completion of the Avenues programme.
“Before the city embarks on large scale traffic bans, we need to see the data and evidence that supports this proposal, otherwise this risks becoming a gimmick policy.
“As people and businesses are only too aware, Glasgow city centre is still struggling to recover from the pandemic, and this could be a further blow to the overall economic health of the city centre and the need to support jobs and investment.
“Business is acutely conscious of a just transition to net-zero, but we need policies that that support climate change, not simply blocking access to the hard-pressed city centre and sending customers elsewhere.
“More than ever, we need to be encouraging people to come into Glasgow City Centre, not drive them away. There needs to be a constructive dialogue with business and full consultation before any large-scale traffic bans are carried forward.”
A Glasgow City Council spokesman said: “The proposals that are currently being developed bring together a number of existing projects – several of which were explicitly recommended by the independent Connectivity Commission Mr Patrick was a member of and which the Chamber of Commerce endorsed.
“These include repurposing city centre streets to prioritise pedestrians, active travel and public transport; the extension of the Avenues programme, and improved infrastructure to support cycling in the city centre.
“Clearly, consultation over the next five years will be important – but, equally, most people will understand it is necessary for the council to get the input of its members through its committee process before setting out on that course.”

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A visual journey through four decades of Thierry Mugler’s unmistakable style and inexhaustible creativity.
The designs of the iconic French couturier Thierry Mugler convey a powerful and seductive image of womanhood. His architectural, ultra-stylized silhouettes, his exploration of new materials, his passion for staging and spectacle, and his futuristic fantasies have left an indelible impression on the world of fashion.
Divided into five key themes that embody Mugler’s aestheticfantasy, anatomy, metamorphosis, heroines, and starsthis colorful anthology features examples of all his classic work, from outrageous catwalk shows to extravagant accessories. Celebrities, supermodels, and muses appear in original sketches and photographs by Mugler himself, along with images from some of the great names of fashion photography, including Helmut Newton, Guy Bourdin, and Jean-Paul Goude.
The book moves from the founding of the house in the 1970s, through the cutting-edge couture of the 1980s and 1990s, to today’s best-selling fragrances and the styling of spectacular shows and concerts for Beyoncé and Cirque du Soleil.
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About the Author
Danièle Bott is a journalist specializing in fashion and beauty, who has written for Vogue and many other magazines. She is the author of Chanel: Collections and Creations.


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The boys finished their season second in the Columbus 1 District of Division III after losing to Grandview Heights, 43-40, at Ohio Dominican College March 4. The game was close with the opposing team down by one with 13.7 seconds left but the boys couldn’t hold on to it. The team finished the season with a winning record, 20-5.
Head Coach Andy Cauley said the team had the right game plan but had too many turnovers, but he was still proud of how they played.
“We needed to value each possession a little better,” Cauley said. “That being said, I am proud of our guys’ fight. When you have over 24 turnovers, you are lucky to be in the game. Not only were we still in the game, but we had a chance to win, and that was because of our guys’ fight.”
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Rachel Kicklighter enjoys spending her Sunday afternoons in Savannah's Forsyth Park.
With 10 million gallons of fresh and salt water, the Georgia Aquarium is the largest aquarium in the world, according to the facility's website.
NEW YORK - Phone companies are losing the high-speed Internet game. In the second quarter, the landline phone industry lost broadband subscribers for the first time, as cable companies continued to pile on new household and small business customers, thanks to the higher speeds they offer in most areas.
Members of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will join the Geechee Gullah Ring Shouters to perform "Songs of the Georgia Sea Islands" at 7 p.m. Aug. 18 in the Archie B. Myers Sr. Fine Arts Center at the McIntosh Academy in Darien.
Richmond Hill resident Gene Brogden and his brother, Bill Brogden, smile from the Great Wall of China during a recent trip.
POINT PLEASANT BEACH, N.J. - The Point Pleasant Beach Council unanimously voted against a request to tape the "Jersey Shore" spinoff featuring Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi and Jennifer "JWoww" Farley.
The Pembroke Garden Club recently honored Christy Burton and her husband, Don, with the Beauty Spot award. Meanwhile, the club gave Annie Kennerly and her husband, Tracy, the Yard of the Month honor.
The Richmond Hill Lions Club met July 26 at the Wetland Center and was visited by 10-year-old Sara Rash.
What we homeowners have in common are maintenance and solving problems around the home. When most of us step out the door, we see something that needs our attention. If not, it certainly will make itself apparent later.
The Art of War may have ancient Chinese roots, but a new Hinesville Area Arts Council exhibit shows that some today see war strategy and depictions as a craft.
While much of Pembroke Recreation Department's "Summer in the City" program has ended, there are still plenty of activities going on in town to keep residents on the move.
We have some great British friends who live in Atlanta. They bought a lovely older home and were telling us about their plans for updating and remodeling it.
Katherine Stigall and Garrett Stigall, Richmond Hill residents and student at G.W. Carver Elementary, smile for the camera with a copy of the Bryan County News at the Columbia Ice Fields of Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada.
By day, he dons his judge's robe and pounds his gavel when need be as a superior court judge in the Atlantic judicial circuit.
Last week, I talked about the first two rules you should follow when looking for a tree service company. Here are the other four:
Allergy sufferers in the Southeast could be in for a groggy fall, as warm and wet months ahead will promote mold spore growth and prolong ragweed season, AccuWeather reports.
Going to an estate-sale is more than just looking for antiques and other items to buy. To me, it marks the end of the owner's active life.
The Richmond Hill Garden Club has selected the home of Richard Ralls at 120 Harvey Drive as the yard of the month for September. Ralls' yard has hidden gingers with white-and-lavender blooms below the leaves. It also features cast iron plants, elephant ears, nandina, ivy and salvia, all situated under sprawling oaks. A Japanese maple provides a focal point, and confederate jasmine adorns the mailbox.
The Richmond Hill City Center recently announced Festive Fridays, a new initiative from 5-7 p.m. each second and third Friday beginning this month.
Unity in the Community founders Craig and Sharon Butts met with Richmond Hill City Councilman Johnny Murphy to discuss plans for the city.
DECATUR - AARP Foundation Tax-Aide - the nation's largest free, volunteer-run tax preparation and assistance service - is seeking volunteers across Georgia to help taxpayers seeking assistance preparing and filing their 2014 tax returns.
My husband loves Mexican food and took me out for a Mexican meal recently. It struck me that, even when it comes to exotic cuisine, palates differ greatly between the two nations I love: Britain and the good ol' USA.
At last week's Rotary Club meeting at the City Center, Danielle Webb gave a presentation about childhood cancer and her family's battle against this disease, which their 4-year-old son, William, lost earlier this year. She talked about the nonprofit organization set up in his honor, Warriors for William, and also asked for support of the second annual Warriors For William 5k at 8.30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, at J.F. Gregory Park in Richmond Hill.
American Legion Post 164 will host a Legion Youth Group Poker Run on Nov. 1 to help support local kids who use the Legion Post for events.
The Rotary Club of Richmond Hill has launched a program to help support approximately 70 hungry children who attend our schools and rely on the Backpacks of Love program that they do not go hungry over the weekends and during school vacations.
The Living Well Coastal Workshop is a free, six-week program on self-managing of health conditions.
STATESBORO - In 2012, the PBS show Time Team America tracked the adventures of a Georgia Southern University archaeologist and students at Camp Lawton, a Civil War POW camp in Millen, as they uncovered buried secrets using the latest technology and decades of expertise.
Here's what the stars hold for you this week:
A fleet of model planes took to the skies last weekend at Savannah's Staff Sgt. Anthony Davis Memorial RC Model Airfield to raise money for the Wounded Warrior Project.
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The Karatepe inscriptions contain an intriguing image of a woman walking fearlessly with spindles. This image builds on the symbolism of the spindle in the ancient Near East as an emblem of femininity and highlights the gendered language of the passage in which it occurs. In the context, the figure of the woman with spindles is contraposed with the image of the fearful man. The contrast between them portrays the magnitude of the positive changes accomplished by Azitawada, the ruler who commissioned the inscriptions.
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Shimano's new ST-R8150 brake levers bring enhanced modulation and control to every ride by employing Shimano's SLR-EV dual symmetric pivot brake caliper actuating tech and Dual Control Levers.
A new Shimano E-Tube Project App (version 4.0.0) offers intuitive operations for personalizing the Ultegra R8100 drivetrain. Offering a suite of customizable, riders can choose between different shift speeds, customize shift button mapping (what buttons perform which functions), program different automatic shift modes like Synchro and Semi-Synchro shifts, fine-tune shifting, and connect with third party bike computers.
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NYC’s first-ever First Time Fest began for me the second day of the long weekend on Saturday. I hit the “Rock To Score,” ASCAP panel featuring Will Bates, Danny Bensi, Jim Black and Sondre Lerche. This was an intimate discussion in the luscious Players Club drawing room about scoring movies (the festival’s two main sites were The Players Club on Gramercy Park S. and The AMC Loews Village VII just south east on 3rd Ave). I liked this hour-long panel not only for the candid confessions of these men working in the industry, but also because by the time the Q&A was up the guys had pretty much discussed everything we’d ever want to think of asking.
Then it was up to the Lowes for the Can’t Stand Losing You Andy Summers/Police documentary. This was only the 3rd time the film was being shown. I really liked this 90 min or so trip between The Police’s 07-08 reunion tour and a look back on the band’s trials and tribulations through the eyes of their guitarist (the movie is based on Summer’s book One Train Later). These two items were just pieces of what First Time Fest was offering from Friday to Monday.
Let me give you a little run down of the program, it really was something and quite a surprise when you consider this was the first time for this film festival.
There were screenings like the Police documentary, as well as showings of movies like Jack Goes Boating, The Maltese Falcon and Pi of (π) to name but a few (Martin Scorsese presented the FTF John Houston Award for Outstanding Achievement In Cinema to Darren Aronofksky, director of Pi, so you see how Pi and The Maltese Falcon connect here.) There was a FTF first time showing competition (the winner receiving a theatrical release from Cinema Libre Studio); in this category, films like Horizon Sky, Blumenthal, Submerge and Summertime were receiving premiers. There were talks with such notables as Michael Shannon and Harry Belafonte. And then there were showings of films like The Story of a Three-Day Pass with Melvin Van Peebles being on hand, as well as The Virgin Suicides, where Sofia Coppola was present.


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An Alabama couple arrested last year after police said they were intoxicated when they took their infant daughter to an Indiana bar while in town for a work conference were found not guilty of all crimes charged, according to their attorney.
Michael Trosclair and Shari Tremba were taken into custody June 16, 2017 at the Wild Beaver Saloon in Indianapolis. The couple is from Mobile, and Trosclair is a financial planner and former senior pastor at a Theodore church.
Trosclair and Tremba were charged with neglect of a dependent in a situation that endangers the dependent, and also with public intoxication. Their attorney in Indianapolis, Marc Lopez, said Trosclair and Tremba were acquitted after a jury deliberated for less than 20 minutes.
Trosclair and Tremba released this statement following the acquittals: "After 263 days of silence and public shame, we are grateful for the verdict of 'Not Guilty.' This verdict contributes to our continued healing from the loss and emotional pain caused by this incident. We now look forward to expressing the true story of who we are and what happened."
A three-page probable cause affidavit, obtained by AL.com last year, chronicled the events that led to their arrests. Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers were dispatched to the saloon at 12:38 a.m. that Friday on a report of a woman soliciting customers for beer and breast feeding an infant while drinking. Sgt. Ty Van Wagner said he arrived to find Tremba standing outside of a roped-off area at the bar, holding a cup and standing near a stroller.
The officer said he asked Tremba who the baby belonged to, and she said the baby was hers. Her answer was followed by a swig of beer, the officer wrote. Police went on to say that Tremba's "breath and person" smelled of an alcoholic beverage, and that she had to be asked several times who she was and where she was from. Officers told Tremba they were going to have the baby checked out by medics, and also called Child Protective Services and a child abuse investigator to the scene.
While talking with Tremba, police noted, Trosclair approached them. "His gait was what I would consider an intoxicated walk that I have seen many times during my 25 years as a police officer,'' Van Wagner wrote.
Trosclair, police said, became angry and said he would take everyone home by Uber. Police told him they were going to have to have the baby examined. "Mr. Trosclair became belligerent and started demanding to talk to a lawyer and telling us we weren't going to do anything,'' wrote Det. Nicolle Flynn. "It was at this time, due to Mr. Trosclair's behavior, I put him in cuffs for fear he may fight us with the baby right there."
Trosclair, police wrote, still didn't understand why there was a problem. "This goes to show Mr. Trosclair was too intoxicated to understand the situation his own child was in when the mother, Ms. Tremba, starts to breastfeed the child,'' Flynn wrote. "It also shows a lack of care for the child and its welfare while in his and Ms. Tremba's care. Partying was more important than their child."
Lopez, in a press release sent to AL.com, said his clients were in Indianapolis for a financial industry convention. They were accompanied by two caretakers charged with the care of their 7-month-old daughter when the couple was networking with other convention attendees.
On the night of their arrests, Lopez said, the group had dinner, participated in convention activities, and took a walking tour of Indianapolis. While walking past a downtown bar, Trosclair learned that a business partner was inside and went inside to say hello. The 7-month-old child was outside the bar with Tremba and the two other adult caretakers.
"While Shari was waiting outside with the baby, a patron of the bar called 911 stating he had seen Shari being neglectful of the child,'' Lopez wrote. "At trial, witness testimony contradicted the contents of the 911 call; the only thing that any person saw Shari do was consume one 10-ounce beer. The person who gave her this 10-ounce beer testified that he did so about 10 minutes before the police arrived and at that time Shari Tremba was not intoxicated."
Once police arrived, Tremba was instructed to contact Trosclair to return to her location. "It is undisputed that Shari became upset once officers told her the baby would be separated from her and taken to the hospital to be checked out,'' Lopez wrote. "Once Michael arrived, he too became upset about what had transpired in the short time he had been gone."
Both were subsequently arrested. The Marion County Prosecutor's Office filed felony neglect of a dependent charges against both parents. Lopez said a level 6 felony is punishable by up to two and a half years in jail. An additional charge of B Misdemeanor Public Intoxication, punishable by up to 180 days in jail, was also charged. After a two-day Jury trial, the couple was completely cleared of any wrongdoing.
"I am so happy at the verdict in this case. And I want to thank Michael Trosclair for putting his faith into me and my law firm in representing him,'' Lopez said. "When Michael hired me he told me he was going to fight this the entire way. And we did."


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On the occasion of E3 2017, Microsoft announced the launch of Xbox One X, the successor of the Xbox One of which will use the same APU of AMD conformed by 8 cores Jaguar cooled via Liquid cooling, comparable to an Intel CPU of 65 euros, whereas the most important change is in the graphs concretely an AMD Radeon GPU with 2560 Stream Processors @ 1172 MHz that would be slightly superior to the Radeon RX 480 (2304 SP) throwing a bandwidth of 326 GB / s with the backing of 12 GB of RAM GDDR5, of which 9 GB reserved for games.
Microsoft Finally Announced Xbox One X At E3 2017
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In comparison with other consoles available in the market, Xbox One X will ship with 6 teraflops of graphical power, more than its main competitor, the PS4 Pro, with 4.2 teraflops. Microsoft is using a custom GPU engine on Xbox One X that runs at 1172MHz, a big increase over the Xbox One’s 853MHz and even Sony’s 911MHz found on the PS4 Pro.
Next to the design of the console, according to Microsoft Xbox One X is the smallest Xbox ever with impressive specification in such compact design. We still don’t know the price of Xbox One X but according to rumors it would go on sale for 499 dollars. Obviously, backward compatibility is assured, they share the same architecture and the same operating system Windows 10, so it will come as no surprise.
The Xbox One X will be released Nov. 7 worldwide, Xbox head Phil Spencer announced.


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