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|Publication number||US4855211 A|
|Application number||US 07/228,173|
|Publication date||8 Aug 1989|
|Filing date||4 Aug 1988|
|Priority date||11 Sep 1987|
|Also published as||DE3778363D1, EP0306564A1, EP0306564B1|
|Publication number||07228173, 228173, US 4855211 A, US 4855211A, US-A-4855211, US4855211 A, US4855211A|
|Inventors||Wilhelmus Janssens, Daniel M. Timmerman, Daniel A. Claeys|
|Original Assignee||Agfa-Gevaert, N.V.|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (3), Referenced by (6), Classifications (24), Legal Events (6)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
The present invention relates to a polymeric phosphonium mordanting agent and to an image-receptor element, suitable for carrying out a dye diffusion transfer imaging process, containing an image-receiving layer comprising said mordanting agent.
A dye diffusion transfer process is based on the imagewise transfer of diffusible dye molecules from an imagewise exposed light-sensitive element into a water-permeable image-receiving layer containing a mordant for the dye(s). The imagewise diffusion of the dye(s) is controlled by the development of one or more imagewise exposed light-sensitive layers, that for the production of a multicolor image are differently spectrally sensitized and contain respectively yellow, magenta and cyan dye or dye-providing molecules.
The dye(s) can be made to diffuse in imagewise distribution according to any known dye diffusion transfer imaging system. All dye diffusion transfer imaging systems are based on the same principle of modifying the solubility of the dyes as a function of the amount of photographic silver halide developed. In commonly known dye diffusion transfer imaging processes the dye-providing substances are either initially mobile in alkaline aqueous media and become imagewise immobilized during processing, or initially immobile and become imagewise mobilized during processing. A survey of such processes has been given by Van de Sande C. C. in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 22(3), 1983, pages 191 to 209. More details on such processes and on dye-providing substances can be found in the literature cited therein and in DE-A-1095115, 1930215, 1772929, 2242762, 2505248, 2543902, 2645656, and in EP-A-89069, 109701, 173361 and 219892 and in Research Disclosure item 15162 (November 1976).
The image-receiving layer can be coated on a support and form part of a light-insensitive image-receptor element that is to be brought in contact for development with a light-sensitive element comprising a support, at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and associated with said silver halide emulsion layer a dye-providing substance. Alternatively, such image-receiving layer can also be an integrating constituent of a monosheet material comprising a light-sensitive element and an image-receptor element.
The selection of the particular mordanting agent for mordanting or otherwise fixing the diffusing dye(s) is determined by the nature of the dye(s) to be mordanted. It is for instance known to mordant acid dyes with cationic phosphonium polymers. Unfortunately, the stability under the influence of light and ultraviolet radiation of dyes mordanted with these phosphonium polymers is insufficient.
It is an object of the present invention to provide novel mordanting phosphonium copolymers that are capable of efficiently preventing the resulting mordanted dyes from fading under the influence of light and UV-radiation.
It is another object of the present invention to provide an image-receptor element containing an image-receiving layer comprising said mordanting agent.
According to the present invention a phosphonium mordanting polymer is provided, that is capable of fixing acid dyes and that comprises randomly distributed recurring units corresponding to the general formula (I) ##STR2## wherein: A represents a unit that is derived from a copolymerizable monomer capable of quenching singlet oxygen e.g. N-vinylimidazole, 2-methyl-1-vinylimidazole, 2-vinylimidazoline, vinylpurine and derivatives thereof, vinylpyrimidine and derivatives thereof, 2-vinyl-3,4,5,6-tetrahydropyrimidinine, vinylamine, 1-methylvinylamine, 1-ethylvinylamine, aminoethyl acrylate, aminoethyl methacrylate, aminoethyl acrylamide, aminoethyl methacrylamide, vinylalkylamine, vinyldialkylamine, 1-methylvinylalkylamine, 1-methylvinyldialkylamine, 1-ethylvinylalkylamine, 1-ethylvinyldialkylamine, alkylaminoethyl acrylate, dialkylaminoethyl acrylate, alkylaminoethyl methacrylate or dialkylaminoethyl methacrylate with alkyl being a methyl or ethyl group;
B represents a unit that is derived from a copolymerizable monomer having a hydrophobic character e.g. styrene, vinyl toluene and homologues, 2- and 4-homologues of vinylpyridine, 2-methyl,5-vinylpyridine, alkyl methacrylate with alkyl being a C1 -C5 alkyl group, alkyl acrylates with alkyl being a C1 -C5 alkyl group, vinyl acetate, acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile, allylcyanide, crotononitrile, cyanoalkyl acrylate with alkyl being a C1 -C5 alkyl group, diacetone acrylamide or diacetone methacrylamide;
n represents an integer of from 1 to about 12;
each of R1, R2 and R3 (same or different) represents a C1 -C8 alkyl group e.g. n-butyl, a substituted C1 -C8 alkyl group e.g. a methylol group, a cyanoethyl group or an aralkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group e.g. phenyl, or a substituted aryl group;
X- represents an acid anion e.g. a halogen anion e.g. Cl-, Br- or I-, or an anion derived from an inorganic acid e.g. NO3 -, HSO4 -, SO4 --, H2 PO4 -, HPO4 -- or PO4 --- ;
X represents from about 5 mole % to about 80 mole %;
y represents from about 20 mole % to about 95 mole % and
z represents from 0 mole % to about 65 mole %.
Preferred units A are N-vinylimidazole and 2-methyl-1-vinylimidazole. Preferred units B are acrylonitrile and methacrylonitrile.
The following preparations illustrate the synthesis of some particularly useful mordanting polymers in accordance with the present invention.
A 3-liter reaction vessel was provided with a stirring device, a thermometer, a reflux condenser and a dropping funnel.
The following ingredients were introduced in this reaction vessel: 457.5 g (3.0 mole) of m,p-vinylbenzyl chloride (sold by Dow Chemical Co.), 1.2 g of methoxyphenol as polymerization inhibitor and 1000 ml of ethanol. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature to reach a homogeneous solution. This solution was placed on a water bath of 80° C.
The dropping funnel was filled with 669.8 g (3.15 mole) of 95% tributylphosphine. As soon as the solution temperature reached 38° C. one started to add the tributylphosphine at a rate of ca. 8 g/min.
The quaternization reaction proceeded exothermally and after 20 minutes the solution temperature had increased to 78° C. A gentle reflux was obtained and the heating was turned off.
After 1 h 20 min the total amount of tributylphosphine had been added and the solution temperature had dropped to 74° C. The reaction still proceeded slightly exothermally and the temperature remained constant without further heating.
After 2 h 50 min the heating was used again. The temperature in the alcohol solution increased to 78° C. whereupon it decreased slowly to 75° C. while continuously keeping the water-bath at 80° C.
After a total reaction time of 5 hours the water-bath was taken away and the solution was concentrated under reduced pressure to obtain 1234.4 g of concentrated solution.
The m,p-vinylbenzyl,tributylphosphinium chloride partially precipitated and 2100 ml of ethyl acetate was added. By heating on a water-bath of 75° C. a homogeneous solution was obtained which was filtered warm and then cooled.
The precipitated m,p-vinylbenzyl,tributylphosphonium chloride was filtered off and washed with 400 ml of ether. The filtrate was concentrated half under reduced pressure and poured out into a mixture of 1 l of hexane and 2 l of ether. A further amount of m,p-vinylbenzyl,tributylphosphonium chloride was filtered off after cooling.
Yield: 962.4 g.
By NMR analysis it was found that the obtained compound comprised at the most a few percentages of impurities. By titration it was found that the ionic chlorine content was 2.81 meq./g (99.6%) and the water content 0.42 meq./g (0.43%).
In a 500 ml reaction flask, provided with stirrer, reflux condenser, thermometer and nitrogen inlet tube 25.44 g of distilled N-vinylimidazole (0.87 mole), 42.54 g of m,p-vinylbenzyl,tributylphosphonium chloride (0.12 mole) and 0.34 g of azobisisobutyronitrile together with 203 ml of ethanol were dissolved at room temperature.
A gentle nitrogen stream was introduced into this solution and the heating was switched on.
After 1 hour the solution temperature reached 78° C. and was kept constant while stirring and introducing nitrogen.
After 19 hours the solution became slightly viscous and a further amount of azobisisobutyronitrile (0.34 g) was added.
After a reaction period of 27 hours again azobisisobutyronitrile (0.20 g) was added. Hereupon the reaction mixture was stirred at 77°-78° C. under nitrogen atmosphere for 16 hours.
The polymer solution was cooled and poured out in a stirred mixture of 2 l of hexane and 1 l of acetone. The copolymer precipitated as a viscous mass, which after washing with a mixture of 200 ml of hexane and 100 ml of acetone, was redissolved again in a mixture of 400 ml of ethanol and 200 ml of water.
From a little amount of this solution the solvent was evaporated and the obtained copolymer analyzed: phosphonium chloride content=1.659 meq./g, N-vinylimidazole content: 3.957 meq./g, water content=2.15 meq./g from which can be calculated that x=29.4 mole % or 61.1 wt %, y=70.6 mole % or 38.9 wt %.
From the remaining water-alcohol solution the ethanol was removed by distillation and the pH adjusted to 7.0 by adding acetic acid. The obtained copolymer solution was diluted with water to obtain 330 g (20 wt %).
In an anologous way as described in preparation 1, a N-vinylimidazole/m,p-vinylbenzyl,tributylphosphonium chloride copolymer was prepared starting with 33.0 g of distilled N-vinylimidazole, 31.1 g of m,p-vinylbenzyl,tributylphosphonium chloride, 200 ml of ethanol and 0.33 g of azobisisobutyronitrile. After 18 hours a further amount of azobisisobutyronitrile (0.32 g) was added and after a reaction time of 24 hours again 0.16 g azobisisobutyronitrile was added.
Yield: 65.7 g of copolymer.
Analysis of the copolymer: phosphonium chloride content=1.368 meq./g, N-vinylimidazole content=4.972 meq./g, water content=2.65 meq./g from which can be calculated that x=21.6 mole % or 50.9 wt %, y=78.4 mole % or 49.1 wt %.
In a 5-liter flask, provided with stirrer, reflux condenser, thermometer and nitrogen inlet tube, 148.4 g (40 mole %) of acrylonitrile, 263.2 g (40 mole %) of distilled N-vinylimidazole and 496.3 g (20 mole %) of m,p-vinylbenzyl,tributylphosphonium chloride together with 4.53 g of azobisisobutyronitrile were introduced and dissolved in 2270 ml of ethanol.
While stirring and introducing nitrogen this solution was gradually heated to obtain a gentle reflux.
At the start of the heating the solution was green colored. After 45 minutes, at a temperature of 64° C., it became deep-blue. After 1 h 30 min the temperature reached 78° C. and a gentle reflux was obtained. After 1 h 50 min the solution turned red.
After 20 hours the obtained red solution became slightly viscous and a further amount of azobisisobutyronitrile (4.53 g) was added. The color changed from red to pale-orange.
After 23 hours a relative viscous, orange-colored solution was obtained wherefrom part of the ethanol was distilled off. After 25 hours 1 l of ethanol was distilled off whereupon the viscous solution was poured out into 8 l of hexane while stirring. The precipitated copolymer was redissolved in ethanol.
Yield: 2301 g, 38.17 wt %.
Analysis of the copolymer: phosphonium chloride content=1.439 meq./g, N-vinylimidazole ccontent=2.858 meq./g, water content=1.23 meq./g from which can be calculated that x=17.9 mole % or 52.1 wt %, y=35.5 mole % or 27.5 wt %, z=46.6 mole % or 20.4 wt %.
For use of the copolymer in an image-receiving layer the ethanol was removed from this solution while simultaneously adding the same amount of water. Yield: 2486 g, 35 wt %, pH=7. Viscosity of a 20 wt % solution in water at 25° C.: 36.2 mPa s.
In an analogous way as described in preparation 3, an acrylonitrile/N-vinylimidazole/m,p-vinylbenzyl,tributylphosphonium chloride copolymer was prepared starting with 30 mole % acrylonitrile, 30 mole % vinylimidazole and 40 mole % m,p-vinylbenzyl,tributylphosphonium choride.
Yield: 905.6 g.
Analysis of the copolymer: phosphonium chloride content=2.073 meq./g, N-vinylimidazole content=1.544 meq./g, water content=2.22 meq./g from which can be calculated that x=40.45 mole % or 76.56 wt %, y=30.1 mole % or 15.11 wt%, z=29.45 mole % or 8.33 wt %.
Viscosity of a 20 wt % solution in water at 25° C.: 36.5 mPa s.
A wide variety of acid dyes can be mordanted with the mordanting polymers of the present invention. Such dyes comprise acid groups e.g. carboxylic, sulfonic, ionizable sulfonamide- and hydroxy-substituted aromatic or heterocyclic groups that lend negative charges to the dyes. Such anionic dyes can be readily immobilized by means of the cationic mordanting polymers of the present invention.
Dye images bound by the mordants of this invention exhibit high light stability due to the copolymerized singlet oxygen quenchers that substantially inhibit or retard the fading of the dyes.
In addition the dye-holding properties of the mordants according to the invention can be increased by incorporating hydrophobic monomer units in the phosphonium polymer leading to higher color densities and image sharpness.
A good balance between light-stability and dye-holding properties is obtained when x ranges from about 15 to about 50 mole %, y from about 25 to about 60 mole % and z from about 25 to about 60 mole %.
The present invention also provides an image-receptor element suitable for use in dye diffusion transfer imaging processes which comprises a support and an image-receiving layer incorporating a hydrophilic colloid and a phosphonium mordanting polymer comprising recurring units corresponding to the general formula (I) that is capable of fixing acid dyes transferred to said image-receiving layer by diffusion.
The hydrophilic colloid used as a binder may be any natural or synthetic hydrophilic colloid generally used in the field of photography, such as gelatin, albumin, polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinylpyrrolidone, etc.
The phosphonium mordants according to the present invention may be used in the image-receptor element as a solution of the copolymer mordant in water or as a water-dispersible copolymer latex mordant.
A mixing ratio of the mordanting polymer to the binder and the coverage of the mordanting polymer can easily be determined by those skilled in the art depending on the amount of dye(s) to be mordanted, on the nature of the specific mordanting polymer, on the image-forming process to be used, etc. In general, the ratio of the mordanting polymer to the binder ranges from 20 to about 80% by weight. The mordanting polymer is usually incorporated into the image-receiving layer in amounts varying from about 0.2 to about 15 per m2, preferably from about 0.5 to about 5 g per m2.
The image-receiving layer may also contain other conventional ingredients such as ultraviolet-absorbing substances to protect the mordanted dye images from fading e.g. substituted 2-hydroxyphenyl benzotriazoles and hydroxybenzophenones, brightening agents e.g. stilbenes, coumarins, triazines, oxazoles, or dye stabilizers e.g. butylated hydroxytoluene, substituted chromanols, alkylphenols, plasticizers, surface-active agents, hardeners, etc.
Good results are obtained e.g. when the image-receiving layer, which preferably is permeable to alkaline solution, has a thickness of approximately 2 to 10 um. Of course, the thickness can be modified depending upon the results aimed at.
Two or more kinds of the mordants of this invention may be used in one layer or in two or more layers of the same image-receptor element or mordants of this invention may be used together with other mordants.
The image-receiving layer can be covered with a protective layer, preferably a gelatin protective layer. Neutralizing layers and timing or inert spacer layers can also be employed in the practice of this invention.
The image-receiving layer can be coated directly onto the support or onto an adhesive layer or other layer previously applied to the support.
The support can be any of the transparent or opaque support materials customarily employed in the art. They include paper or paper coated on one or both sides with an Alpha-olefin polymer e.g. polyethylene, glass, and film materials such as e.g. cellulose acetate film, polyvinyl acetal film, polystyrene film, polyethylene terephthalate film, etc.
In one embodiment of this invention, a photosensitive element having one or plural silver halide emulsion layers on a support is, after imagewise exposure, superposed on an image-receptor element having at least one mordanting layer comprising the polymer mordant of this invention on a support in a face-to-face relationship and then processed by spreading an alkaline processing composition between both elements. In this case, the image-receptor element may be peeled off from the photosensitive element.
In another embodiment of this invention, the support, the image-receptor element and the photosensitive element are in an integrated form as is known in the art.
For photosensitive elements in this invention, silver halides and dye image-providing compounds associated with the silver halides are used. The dye image-providing compounds used in this case may be dye image-providing compounds which are initially mobile and become imagewise immobilized when the photosensitive element is processed by the alkaline processing composition, or initially immobile and become imagewise mobilized during processing.
The mordants used in accordance with the present invention can also be employed in hydrophilic colloid layers of a photographic silver halide element to mordant e.g. antihalation or filter dyes.
The present invention is illustrated by the following examples.
In a closed mixing vessel at room temperature a homogeneous solution was prepared consisting of 610.0 g (4.0 mole) of m,p-chloromethylstyrene, 3.05 g of azobisisobutyronitrile and 451 ml of butanon.
In a 2-liter reactor vessel provided with a nitrogen inlet, stirrer, reflux condenser and thermometer 500 ml of this solution was introduced. The solution was heated under nitrogen atmosphere to 80° C. while stirring. This temperature was reached after 45 minutes. The polymerization reaction proceeded exothermally and the heating was turned off. The temperature of the liquid droped to 75° C.
After 1 h 25 min the heating was turned on again and one started to pump over the rest of the monomer solution out off the mixing vessel at a rate of 8-9 ml/min. The heating was tuned to a temperature variation of 79°-80° C. After 2 h 10 min the monomer solution had been completely pomped into the reaction vessel.
After a reaction period of 7 hours 3.05 g of azobisisobutyronitrile was added and this was repeated after 23 hours.
After a total reaction time of 29 hours the polymer solution in the reaction vessel was cooled, diluted with 300 ml of ethanol and run with a fine jet into a mixture of 2.25 l of ethanol and 2.25 l of n-hexane while stirring efficiently.
The precipitated polymer was dried at 50° C. under vacuum (ca. 1 mm Hg) till constant weight.
Yield: 606 g.
Analysis of chlorine: 22.72%.
In a 3-liter rector vessel provided with stirrer, reflux condenser and thermometer, 604.7 g (3.965 mole) of the poly(m,p-chloromethylstyrene) of the previous step were dissolved in dimethylformamide to obtain a total volume of 2025 ml. This solution was gradually heated while stirring.
After 10 minutes the temperature had raised to 45° C. and 843.16 g (3.965 mole) of 95% tributylphosphine were added at a rate of 8.5-9 g/min.
After 30 minutes the temperature in the solution yielded 74° C. and the heating was slowed down because of the slightly exothermic reaction. After 50 minutes the solution in the reaction vessel was at 80° C. and during the further reaction periode the heating was tuned so as to keep the temperature between 79° C. and 81° C.
After a reaction period of 6 hours the reaction was stopped and the polymer solution was cooled to room temperature.
By slowly pouring out the solution in a mixture of 5 l of hexane and 5 l of ether while stirring, the phosphonium polymer was isolated as a viscous mass. After decantating the supernatant and washing in 8 l of ethylacetate the polymer was filtered off and finally dissolved in water from which the residual dissolved ethylacetate was removed by partial distillation.
Yield: 4000 g of solution, 33.76 wt %.
Analysis of ionic chlorine: 2.688 meq./g.
A polyethylene coated paper support that has a thickness of 170 um and has been subbed with a glelatin layer after corona treatment was coated with an image-receiving layer comprising per m2 : gelatin (2.4 g), the phosphonium homopolymer mordant as described above (2.0 g), formaldehyde (0.02 g). In this way comparitive image receptor element 1 for dye diffusion transfer was obtained.
A light-sensitive color diffusion transfer material as described in the example of U.S. Pat. No. 4,496,645 was exposed through a grey wedge having a constant of 0.1 and through a blue, green and red filter, respectively and then each of the three color separation images was developed while in contact with the image-receiving layer of the aliquot portion of the above image-receptor element in a COPYPROOF T 42 diffusion transfer reversal processing apparatus (COPYPROOF is a registered trademark of Agfa-Gevaert N. V., Belgium) containing an aqueous alkaline activating bath comprising per liter: sodium hydoxide (25 g), sodium orthophosphate (25 g), cyclohexane dimethanol (25 g), sodium thiosulfate (2 g), potassium iodide (2 g), 2,2-methylpropylpropane diol (25 g), N-ethylbenzenepyridinium chloride (0.5 g) and distilled water to make 1000 ml.
After a contact time of 2 minutes, the respective receptor elements 1 were separated from the respective light-sensitive materials and rinsed and dried in a COPYPROOF WD 37 rinsing and drying apparatus.
The above described procedure was repeated in exactly the same way with image-receptor elements 2 to 4 comprising instead of the phosphonium homopolymer the above described phosphonium mordanting agents of preparation 1 to 3 respectively (having an equivalent amount of quaternated phosphonium per m2 compared with the phosphonium homopolymer).
The maximum density of the mordanted yellow (Y), magenta (M) and cyan (C) dyes obtained on the different receptor elements was measured in reflection by means of a MACBETH QUANTOLOG color densitometer.
All image receptor elements were also placed in a XENOTEST (trade mark) type 150 apparatus of Hanau Quartzlampen Gmbh, Hanau, W. Germany and exposed therein for 8 hours with a Xenon lamp 150 (180 klux). The maximum density of each color separation image was measured again. The percent loss of density in each color separation image is a standard for the light stability of the mordanted dyes.
The results of the evaluations are listed in table 1.
TABLE 1______________________________________receptor mordant maximum density % loss of densityno prep.no. Y M C Y M C______________________________________1 homo 198 202 205 68 58 492 1 190 190 195 34 31 353 2 188 191 192 35 25 334 3 200 202 205 36 27 35______________________________________
These results show that the light stability of the mordanted dyes is strongly increased by incorporating N-vinylimidazole in the phosphonium polymer.
The bleeding (diffusing) tendency of the dyes mordanted with image receptor element 3 and 4 was checked visually. In image receptor element 4 the mordanted dyes were more firmly hold and did not migrate; sharper images than in image receptor element 3 were obtained.
These results show that by incorporating besides N-vinylimidazole acrylonitrile in the phosphonium polymer the dye-holding properties of the mordant are increased.
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After Alice moves in, she helps Pamela find her voice and supports her as those around her continually wrong her. Pamela begins to forge her own path- one that exacts revenge and will not let the men around her overpower her any longer.
What I loved: The story is really intriguing, and it deals with thought-provoking themes around harassment, problems with reporting, and abuse. The importance of support and damage of not believing the survivor are clear throughout the story. Pamela is a compelling character, torn between wanting to do the right thing and protect herself. I appreciated the presence of Alice, who can help provide an outside perspective and aid her as she questions those around her. Having someone to trust is truly important.
The art throughout is lovely, using earth-tones and details that really bring the atmosphere to life. The characters are quite emotive throughout, and I appreciated the use of color and details to really set the emotional stage. This is a book that is largely told through the images, and they were spot-on. As such, the story never gets bogged down by too many words, it is always clear who is speaking, and there are never any word-dumps. The book allows the images to speak for themselves when appropriate, making for a more immersive graphic novel.
What left me wanting more: I wanted a bit more to the backstory to fully understand the steps leading to the present. We do get some flashbacks that fill in missing information a bit (around her mother and Brett), but I would have preferred to see these events first to really lead into the rest of the story.
Final verdict: An intriguing origin story, POISON IVY: THORNS is a compelling graphic novel about abuse, harassment, and claiming your own power.

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Johnny Depp Files $50 Million Defamation Lawsuit Against Amber Heard
Johnny Depp is seeking damages against Amber Heard for an op-ed she wrote claiming to be a domestic violence victim
Depp’s lawsuit calls Heard’s allegations of domestic violence against him a “hoax.”
Heard “purported to write from the perspective of ‘a public figure representing domestic abuse’ and claimed that she ‘felt the full force of our culture’s wrath for women who speak out’ when she ‘spoke up against sexual violence,’ ” Depp’s lawyers state in the lawsuit obtained by PEOPLE. “The op-ed depended on the central premise that Ms. Heard was a domestic abuse victim and that Mr. Depp perpetrated domestic violence against her.”
“Mr. Depp never abused Ms. Heard. Her allegations against him were false when they were made in 2016. They were part of an elaborate hoax to generate positive publicity for Ms. Heard and advance her career,” Depp’s lawyers say in the lawsuit.
Depp’s lawyers filed a $50 million defamation suit against Heard on Friday over her Dec. 18, 2018 op-ed in The Washington Post titled, “I spoke up against sexual violence — and faced our culture’s wrath. That has to change.”
In response, Heard’s rep said in a statement: “This frivolous action is just the latest of Johnny Depp’s repeated efforts to silence Amber Heard. She will not be silenced. Mr. Depp’s actions prove he is unable to accept the truth of his ongoing abusive behavior. But while he appears hell-bent on achieving self destruction, we will prevail in defeating this groundless lawsuit and ending the continued vile harassment of my client by Mr. Depp and his legal team.”
Depp’s lawyers go on to say that op-ed’s “implication that Mr. Depp is a domestic abuser is categorically and demonstrably false,” and that the allegations were refuted by police officers, a “litany” of neutral witnesses and 87 surveillance camera videos.
Depp, 55, and Heard, 32, met on the set of 2011’s The Rum Diary and were married from February 2015 to May 2016.
The actress filed for a domestic violence restraining order against Depp in May 2016 after she accused him of abusing her. Depp denied the claims, and the former couple settled their divorce out of court in August 2016 for $7 million, which she donated to charity. Both actors signed NDAs barring them from discussing their relationship publicly.
Depp’s lawyers also say that the op-ed negatively affected Depp’s career, claiming that it cost him the role of Jack Sparrow in the ongoing Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. They say it was written to boost Heard’s profile before the premiere of Aquaman three days later.
The lawsuit additionally claims that Heard began a relationship with Tesla founder Elon Musk “no later than one month after” her and Depp wed. Depp claims Heard received “late night” visits from Musk, with his lawyers saying they’ve deposed members from the building’s security team to testify.
He goes on to claim Musk was granted access to his home the same night “she presented her battered face to the public.”
A rep for Musk maintains that “Elon and Amber didn’t start seeing each other until May 2016, and even then it was infrequent. Their relationship didn’t become romantic until some time later.”
Heard and Musk were first publicly linked together in 2016. The two broke up in August 2017 due to their busy schedules but rekindled their romance in January 2018 only to split for a second time a month later.
Depp is suing for compensatory damages following the op-ed, as well as punitive damages for the “willfulness and maliciousness that Ms. Heard demonstrated when she knowingly published the op-ed with the false implication that Mr. Depp violently abused her.”

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Each year as the Bridport Prize deadline approaches I’m filled with a mixture of nostalgia, emotion and excitement. The nostalgia and emotion are tied to my own experience winning the Peggy Chapman-Andrews Award in 2015, and all it did to establish my career as a novelist. The excitement, however, is reserved for the writers who are about to embark on that same wild ride— from the anxieties of perfecting and submitting one’s work, to the elation of reaching each milestone, being asked to submit more words at both Long and Shortlist stages (deadlines that do wonders for a writer’s output, without which I’d likely still be tinkering away in my garret.)
I think back to where I was when I entered my novel-in-progress for Bridport’s PC-A Award five years ago. I had researched and plotted for a decade, and recently discovered the collective voice of the novel in the six month UEA/ Guardian Masterclass (three years before completing the book on UEA’s Prose Fiction MA). As I began to research next steps, I read an article about the Bridport Prize, which for me became the holy grail of prepublication validation, equally meaningful for its prestige and its blind submission process. I still consider it thrilling that Bridport’s judging process is neither aided nor hindered by an authors’ age, race, gender, sexuality, status or background— rather is based solely on the words on the page. Thus inspired, I perfected my submission until the 11th Hour— five minutes before the midnight deadline, to be precise— going over every line, every cadence, every syllable. I felt confident when I hit ‘send’ that I had used every moment I’d been given to submit my best effort. That submission, almost verbatim, is what would go on to become Chapter One of my debut novel, Swan Song.
Painstaking care for every aspect of the work
Waiting until the last week/ day/ hour to submit material could be mistaken by some as procrastination. Some may dismiss it as a Hail Mary gesture. Others may see it a symptom of obsessive perfectionism. While all might be true, I tend to favour the third of those assessments— but not in a negative sense. While there is an element of compulsion in honing a piece of material (often for years) ad nauseam, I consider it the most valiant of a writer’s efforts. It demonstrates painstaking care for every aspect of the work. Artistic endeavour is not a race; perhaps the diligent tortoise shall prevail over the breakneck hare when all is said and done.
I’d assumed that, over time, my own obsessive perfectionism would mellow with experience and that I’d be able to whip out drafts with increasing speed. Yet I’ve found that that very Perfectionism might be integral to my creative process. Through every stage of the three years preparing Swan Song for publication—through revisions, edits and typesets galore— my instinct remained what it had been when submitting that first extract for the Bridport Prize, taking advantage of every available moment to improve the work and see my vision to fruition.
Truman Capote— my protagonist in Swan Song— served as my muse and alter-ego over the decade completing my book. Capote himself was both driven and derailed by perfectionism when it came to his prose. I’ve tried to learn to strike a healthy balance between holding on to a piece of material and knowing when to let go. I take comfort that this struggle is something all writers face at one time or another— a rewarding burden that unites our efforts at all stages of the journey.
Pearls of Capote wisdom
It’s this journey that has inspired The Inaugural SWAN SONG BURSARIES, intended to celebrate the Perfectionists, the Obsessive Re-Drafters and those who might need that extra push to take the plunge and submit their novel in progress.
As deadlines approach and we all find ourselves striving to create in unprecedented pandemic times, I share five Pearls of Capote-Wisdom, and what I’ve taken from each:
- ‘Good writing is rewriting. I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.’ Write. Rewrite. Rewrite the rewrites. Be ruthless. Be prepared to kill your darlings.
- ‘Call it precious and go to hell, but I believe a story can be wrecked by a faulty rhythm in a sentence.’ Read your paragraphs aloud. Listen to the rhythms, the cadences. There’s music within.
- ‘It’s a very excruciating life facing that blank piece of paper every day and having to reach up somewhere into the clouds and bring something down out of them.’ All writers face the painful blank page each day. The joy comes in what we manage to pull down from those clouds.
- ‘Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard and shot it.’ Precisely why it’s so hard to let go… but eventually writers need readers, who will form their own relationships with your creative offspring.
- ‘All writing, all art, is an act of faith. Any work of art, provided it springs from a sincere motivation to further understanding between people, is an act of faith and therefore is an act of love.’ When entering your novel in progress for the 2020 Bridport Prize, think of taking that leap of faith. Especially now, our voices, our stories, our acts of love have never been more meaningful.
Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott was born and raised in Houston, Texas before coming to call London and Los Angeles her adoptive homes. As a screenwriter she was honoured by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as a Finalist for the Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting.
Her debut novel, Swan Song, was published by Penguin Random House/ Hutchinson in 2018. It was a Times Book of the Year, longlisted for the 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction, shortlisted for the Goldsboro Glass Bell Award and winner of the Society of Authors McKitterick Prize.


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I'm a Bulgarian-Canadian guy, and I currently live and work in Port Townsend WA with my partner Ken. My education is in software engineering but I'm also an aspiring chef, artisan bread baker, and avid vegetable gardener. I love to travel, and prefer to stay in B&Bs rather than chain hotels. I'm quiet, respectful, clean and tidy. I'm a early-morning person and do not stay up late. I like to talk about anything that has to do with food, wine, baking, gardening, mycology (mushrooms), melittology (bees), entomology (insects), and technology, spirituality, and philosophy. I prefer mountains to beaches, love to hike into and observe Nature, and adore forests, trees and all plant life in general - big and small. In lieu of regular TV, which I have not watched in over 7 years, I prefer to watch educational documentaries to learn something new. I'm a big classical music fan and used to play the piano really well, but have gotten rusty due to years of not playing.
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Selena Gomez is changing?
This afternoon has seen a moving truck in front of Selena's house in Encino district of Los Angeles. Most celebrities in Los Angeles live in so-called "gated communities" which are basically condos, but Selena is not one of them. So your house is constantly surrounded by paparazzi. And a few days ago Justin Bieber, her boyfriend, was photographed arguing with one in front of her house. Perhaps this is the reason for his change.
We can not confirm anything, after all we have is only a photo of the truck, which you can check like below


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3 position on the Christian contemporary hit radio charts.
The second song "Stay With Me" was released in early 2010.
About a year after the release of Love & War, Barlow Girl released Our Journey... It contains songs from all of their previous albums, plus a Fred Town Manilla remix of their greatest hit single to date "I Need You to Love Me." From August 27 to 29, 2012, Alyssa Barlow shared some behind-the-scenes photos of the studio recording of "Hope Will Lead Us On" on Instagram. Their style includes three-part harmony mixed with rock guitars. The ladies' lineup during their initial years featured Rebecca on guitar, Alyssa on bass and Lauren on drums. During the Love & War era, however, Alyssa identified solely as a singer and keyboardist.
This also occurred in some of Barlow Girl's older music as an example of breaking the power trio mould.
1 radio single, "You're Worthy of My Praise", from their 2005 album What I Was Made For. 1 position on the R&R Christian Hit Radio chart for 9 weeks, and the CRW Christian Hit Radio chart for a record 13 weeks.

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I WISH to reply to the letter (News Post Leader, August 4) referring to the presence of myself, Anita Romer, and Bobby Nixon on the Seaton Valley Parish/Community Council.
We are also Northumberland county councillors and obviously find ourselves from time to time defending the barrage of abuse aimed at the Liberal Democrat-run county by members on the Labour-run parish council.
Throughout Northumberland there has always been parish councils; the only area without was Blyth Valley and Wansbeck.
On unification this had to be addressed and the way to appoint parish and town councils was to make it a political election.
Obviously if more individuals had put their names forward as Liberal Democrat candidates there would have been no need for Bobby or myself to stand.
We were very fortunate that Liz Vuyk did take up the challenge and was duly elected together with Susan Dungworth and myself for Hartley Ward.
Many of the town and parish councillors in the south east are also county members. I will not apologise for the fact that this proves to be a problem with Labour supporters who frequent the Seaton Valley parish council meetings.
The point raised in the letter referred to the ‘cuts to the services forced onto parish councils by Northumberland County Council.
As a member of the executive of the county council it has been my privilege to go around other parishes and put the situation of reduction of services and redeployment of assets to them.
I have been greeted by great courtesy and a willingness to work together to do what is best for the local residents and their areas.
I wonder why there is so much negativity in Seaton Valley – the area I most care about?
Bus shelters: The floor will continue to be cleaned by the county, the frame and replacements would be parish responsibility.
Seat benches: These will become parish council assets but would be removed if too dangerous and could be replaced by donation from residents as a memorial.
War memorials: these have never been maintained by the county and there are grants for their upkeep.
Grass cutting: this will continue to be done by the county but any more cuts than the usual 13 a year will be the parish’s responsibility.
Public toilets: if used by visitors and tourists, such as in Seaton Sluice, these will continue to be cared for by the county.
Litter bins: will become parish council assets in April 2012, replacements, if necessary, will need to be paid for. However, dog waste can be put in ordinary bins negating the need for special ones.
Signage replacement: will become the parish council’s responsibility.
Flower beds: county is prepared to plant up all beds with perennials before April 2012, after that the planting of annual bedding plants will be the parish council’s responsibility. There is already a grant of £1,000 per village in Seaton Valley to prepare for Northumbria in Bloom.
Play parks and sports fields: will become the parish’s responsibility in two years’ time. Even these do not need to be a financial burden as local businesses could buy replacement play equipment and residents may want to buy a piece as a memorial. Rents could come from the hire of the sports fields.
Money will need to be found to pay for much of the services.
Yes, raising the parish precept will need to occur. However, the figures quoted are those erroneously released last winter and for which the county has apologised many times.
This is a scare mongering tactic to be taken with a ‘pint of salt’.
It is difficult to give accurate figures as money can be found from several organisations.
Ideas from residents would be most welcome. Individuals may like to take on the care of a particular bench seat, I do.
County councils throughout the UK all have to make cuts or find ways of being more efficient due to the millions of pounds no longer given out by central government.


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text: In May, the Assembly passed a package of rent laws to strengthen current regulations and protect tenants. Unfortunately, the Senate has failed to consider these sensible proposals, thus jeopardizing the safety and security of more than two million people. Sponsored by Housing Chair Keith Wright, the Assembly's legislation is supported by tenant advocates and New Yorkers who depend on these laws in order to afford their homes and remain in their communities. We have agreed on a short term extender bill with the Governor and the Senate which will allow for more time to come to a final agreement. But one thing is clear - the Assembly Majority will not compromise its principles and agree to a package that does not provide critical rent protections for the millions of New Yorkers who depend on these laws.


Idris Elba has pitched up on the The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to promote The Dark Tower — his latest movie which lands in theaters imminently.
The pair shared good chemistry, with Elba joining the host for a spot of hip-hop karaoke last year. This time, they tackle another clutch of bangers — but with a twist. As Fallon explains, the songs selected have been translated into another language and translated back into English again. The end result offers up some highly interesting lyrical content, to say the least.
Watch above, and then check out the trailer for The Dark Tower below. The movie releases August 4.


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So, my senior finals are already here! This means two things: one, that I’ll be drinking unbelievable amounts of coffee and two, that my reading time will be cut out of my schedule. I don’t know if the same happens to other students-bloggers, but after studying 8 hours a day the last thing I want is to read, mainly because my vision does not help me (right now, all this post looks veeeery blurred).
These are some random things 🙂
Now I’m reading Elegy for April, by Benjamin Black. The first thing that attracted me to the book is its setting, 1950’s Dublin, but I’ve encountered a far more complex setting than I expected. I love Ireland as much as you can love another country that is not your motherland and I always say that moving to Dublin would be my ultimate dream. When I was there in 2009 I fell in love with the city, her people and the wonderful accent that is now so familiar to me. In Elegy for April, Dublin is not my dream-city, but it is still a great city, the darker the better. Apparently this is an installment on the Dr. Quirke series, created by the author (whose real name is John Banville) and acclaimed by some seriously good writers such as Martin Amis. And I do see why! The setting really captures you and so do the main characters, a group of friends who do not really fit into the typical 1950-Dubliner. The part of me who does not feel like getting into bed to watch CSI: NY is dying to pick up the book again, but I’m afraid my poor sight does not help right now.
Have I told you I love Gwyneth Paltrow? I’m sure I did here. But, anyways, let me say it again: she is adorable! Apart from Emma, which I started watching but fell asleep, not because it was boring but because it was 2 in the morning and I refused to go to sleep; I’ve watched Shakespeare in Love again. I didn’t remember how much I like it and how much it influenced me on a crucial moment: when I did not know what to study in college. Just a few days before the application deadline I hadn’t decided and was so on the verge of going mad that I almost enrolled on Economics! But when I watched the movie it was clear: apparently, I loved Shakespeare. Obviously I was aware of the historical mistakes, but the whole feeling of the movie caught me: literature (and drama) were something very special to me and I thought devoting my whole life to it was not a bad choice. So, I enrolled, got accepted and I’ve been at my happiest since then! I can only say good things about this movie that, by the way, also reminds me another favourite of mine: Romeo + Juliet (infinite sighs at Leonardo and Claire). Had I told you I’m in the mood for romantic movies?
And that’s all for now. I’m sure I’ll keep coming back during the following weeks, since I expect to read something and watch some movies to chill out. Meanwhile any tips from my lovely readers are welcomed!

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Looking at Flickr the other day, I realized that one of my most popular photos posted there is one I never posted about here.
I took this during the weekend of the first Live at Squamish music festival[miss604.com], when Howe Sound Brewing hosted us at their inn, which just happens to be above their restaurant, pub, and entire brewing operation.
Since then, I’ve come to love all things Howe Sound, and that’s not just their beer. Squamish is a great area, and Rebecca and I often try to find a reason to make a visit. While it’s “The Outdoor Recreational Capital of North America,” the small, yet growing city doesn’t have the “scene” many party seekers might be looking for. It’s just a slightly slower pace, but with mountains to climb, water to wind surf, and bears to be on the watch for.
There’s more to the story than just the beer in this photo, too. While there is no better way to try all the brews they make, each one of these samples were paired with food they offer in either their pub or wonderful restaurant across the way. Sustainability is so much a part of what they do that the beer you wash your meal down with probably has some form of spent grain in it. Whatever they can use that’s leftover from the brewing process, they do.
Ever had eggs and spent grain toast for breakfast? Amazing.
And while I took this photo to help remember this experience, many people liked the shot, and one person liked it so much that he wanted to feature it in his book, which was about, of course, beer.
The Brewer’s Apprentice: An Insider’s Guide to the Art and Craft of Beer Brewing, Taught by the Masters
In The Brewer’s Apprentice, you get incomparable behind-the-scenes access to the craft brewing world, along with tutorials on everything from mastering the perfect pour to designing a world-class IPA. This illustrated handbook escorts you through the steps of the brewing process and offers a unique curriculum that supports and enhances your knowledge of brewing basics. [amazon.com]
It almost seems fitting that the place that really exposed me to the art of craft brewing beer is where I got my first photo published in a book, albeit just a small part. You can see a snapshot from Amazon.com below of where my photo was used, but at least it’s out there in the world, helping other people understand the process of craft brewing.
And for the photo nerds, I shot this with my Nikkor 50mm f/1.8d in natural light. I had to almost get up on my tiptoes just to fit all the glasses in the frame.
And then, we drank them.


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Martino's Roma Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
Purchased (Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds)
Start indoors 6-10 weeks before last frost. heat mat helps to warm soil and speed germination. Sprouts in 7-14 days. Ideal temp 75-95F. Seed depth 1/8". Plant spacing 24" apart. 8-12 hours of full sun.
carefully selecting and saving seeds from their best plants, season after season. You can define ‘best’ to be whatever characteristic you’re after. Choose tomatoes in their prime. Since you’re just saving the seeds, you’ll get to eat most of the tomato anyhow, so this isn’t a real sacrifice. To maintain good genetic diversity, it’s best to save seeds from multiple tomatoes, and preferably from more than one plant of the same variety.
Cut the tomato in half and scoop or squeeze out the seeds and gel into a small container. Set the rest of the tomato aside for eating. Add 1/4 to 1/2 cup of water. Set the container aside, out of the sun, for 3 to 5 days. A moldy film will probably form on top.
To separate the seeds: First carefully remove the film. Then add some more water and stir. Good seeds will sink, so carefully pour off the water and the floating bits of pulp. Repeat until all the pulp is gone and you have clean seeds. Drain them as well as you can, then spread them in a single layer on a screen or a paper plate to dry.
Once the seeds are thoroughly dry, place in an airtight container for storage. Tomato seeds remain viable for years, even stored at room temperature
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With both Caribbean and Pacific ports, Mexico is also a popular destination for cruises . The Cruise Lines International Association, which represents the major cruise companies in the industry, issued a statement, noting that ships “have the.
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After an unforgiving start to the hurricane season, some idyllic Caribbean destinations are in the midst of a slow and arduous recovery that may take months, even years, while others are ready — or nearly ready — for the all-important holiday travel.
If you've ever dreamed of escaping the daily grind, giving it all up for nature, and going off the grid, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has a job for you. As Inside Hook reported, the department is seeking applicants to live inside its “historic.
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“Visiting recovering Caribbean islands like Puerto Rico is really about opportunities to help the people rebuild since much of the island is still without electricity, running on generators.” If you're looking to have a holiday in the region, consider.
A similar effort is underway in the U.S. Virgin Islands, another U.S. territory in the Caribbean whose three islands — St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix — sustained modest to crippling losses from the one-two punch of Hurricanes Maria and Irma.

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Affected by the increase in global infectious diseases and the society aging in advanced countries, the medical care industry has flourished in recent years, and is developing towards the combination of the Internet of Things and AI applications. Through the artificial intelligence, medical equipment can quickly analyze each patient's image and data to assist medical professionals in performing faster and more accurate diagnosis and decision-making. In order to achieve this goal, products must have rigorous performance, reliability, and longer service life.
Medical equipment is closely related to life safety. It emphasizes on precision, stability, and reliability. Team Group Inc.'s storage solutions have an automatic error correction mechanism (ECC), by which the controller can monitor the number of error bits in the reading process and correct potential errors at the same time. In addition, in keeping with the wear leveling technology and faulty block management, it can effectively reduce the probability of memory reading and writing errors and improve product life.
Team Group Inc.'s industrial-grade solutions are applied in the medical field, such as mobile nursing stations, heartbeat belts, etc. The equipment must shuttle between different environments, and must have the function of recording and saving patient information for future medical analysis. The design of Team Group Inc.’s storage products fully complies with the testing and certification against military shock resistance standards (MIL-STD-202G, MIL-STD-883K) and military shock resistance standard (MIL-STD-810G); besides the underfill technology is extensively applied to make the products resistant against shock and can still function normally without influence of vibration.


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Ministry of Foreign Affairs service officer, Patrick Guma Muganda has told the Commercial Court that Imperial Royale Hotel was not ready by the time Uganda hosted the Commonwealth Heads of State and Government (CHOGM).
Guma was on Thursday testifying before Justice, Henry Peter Adonyo in a case in which the Attorney General is seeking for orders requiring Imperial Royale Hotel Limited to refund to the Government coffers US$1.4m (sh36.680b)as part of a total of US$ 2.5m which the Government paid the hotel in advance.
Led by Senior State Attorney, Elisha Bafiirawala, Guma told the court that during the CHOGM period in 2007 he was appointed venue manager at Imperial Royale Hotel Limited. He was charged with the responsibility of ensuring that the hotel was ready for the accommodation of journalists that were expected from South Africa.
“However, by the CHOGM time the hotel was still under construction as there were several activities that were still on-going; such as paintings and gardening. The whole place smelt painting and raw concrete.
The plumbers and the technicians were still fixing pipes and wires and the swimming pool had a leakage that flooded the whole parking lot in front of the hotel and in the basement.
There were no secretarial services in place all of which prevented delegates from booking and taking up the hotel accommodation and; as a result the visitors had to look for alternative accommodation elsewhere,” Guma told the court.
Ambassador James Mugume, who is the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, also told the court that as Uganda prepared to host the 2007 CHOGM, the Government paid Imperial Royale Hotel Ltd US$2.5m (approx. sh646,845,948) in advance inclusive of taxes.
Mugume, who was on further re-examination by Elisha Bafiirawala, further told the court that after receiving that money, the hotel management was supposed to collect that amount money from the delegates and pass it on to the Government that had advanced them the money but; it was never done, because the hotel was not ready to receive the delegate.
However, Imperial Royale Hotel Ltd that is owned by city tycoon, Karim Hirji denied the allegations and stated in its defence that it was ready by the time CHOGM was held here.
It is also stated that Kampala City Council, as it was then, issued a certificate confirming that it was ready by October 26, 2007.
Through its managing director, Karim Hirji, Imperial Royale Hotel Limited sent a message by e-mail to the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador James Mugume, informing him that the hotel was ready by October 26, 2007.
However, no delegates were sent by the Government to occupy it as had agreed.
Represented by Timothy Masembe-Kanyererezi, Karim Hirji stated that the government officials, who were supposed to inspect his hotel, Imperial Royale Hotel, did not report at the hotel until November 18, 2007.
That was why the contentious period was between October 26, to November18, 2007.
It is argued that the Government should, therefore, not have built its case on the information by its officials who were not on the ground during the contentious period.
If the Government failed to bring its delegates to occupy the hotel was a risk on its part, because the hotel was not to be on the lookout for guests or delegates to occupy its rooms.
Justice Adonyo adjourned the case until October 1, 2014 after Bafiirawala had informed the court that he would produce three more witnesses to strengthen the case for the state.
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After Marcelo Brozovic doubled his team up in the first half of their 2-1 victory over newly promoted Benevento at the Stadio Ciro Vigorito, Inter is still unblemished heading into their upcoming international break.
The Nerazzurri made a football breakthrough in the 19th minute after Inter took an early lead in the match.
The Croatian increased the score and the team’s advantage three minutes later with an outstanding free-kick into the top right corner.
Before the half, the Stregoni launched a counterattack and scored their first goal at home since being promoted to Serie A.
Inter continued their perfect start to the season by winning all three points despite a longer second half.
Benevento is still aiming for the lead
Benevento lost once more and is still in last place in Serie A.
Their injury problems and captain Fabio Lucioni’s positive anti-doping test result have made their season’s start quite challenging.
D’Alessandro’s talent and speed caused issues for Inter, and his strong performance led to Benevent’s first home goal of the year.
According to the Stregoni, who have a lot of work to do before facing Hellas Verona in the upcoming weeks, the international football break comes at the perfect time.
In the spotlight: Brozovic
Mauro Icardi or Ivan Perisic have been the only starters thus far this season, but Brozovic was essential in this game.
Spalletti has been switching Joao Mario and Brozovic in this position, but following this outstanding performance, the 24-year-old appears to be the superior choice.
In addition to his two goals, he also produced chances in the first half by outmuscling captain Icardi, but the Argentine was offside.
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SMEC to partner with Hope2Day Charity ride and Ride2Work day
SMEC and the Cycling Development Foundation today announced a partnership that reflects a joint commitment to supporting community development endeavours and healthy lifestyles through cycling.
The partnership reflects support of the Charity ride Hope2Day and support of the November Ride2Work day. Both of these events encourage the community to exercise through cycling, with the charity ride aiming to fund an outreach program in the Laverton community for local youths.
SMEC, part of the Surbana Jurong group, provide global consultancy expertise in urban, infrastructure and management advisory alongside their vision ‘To deliver outstanding infrastructure services for our clients and communities’.
SMEC Regional Manager Barry Wilson said, “SMEC where excited to partner with the CDF across various community offerings. SMEC is committed to supporting the community and has recently established the SMEC Foundation; the foundation will undertake projects committed to social enhancement, development and improvement of living standards in various communities; the Hope2Day’s Project ReCycle provides an excellent opportunity to engage with young people and for SMEC staff to be actively involved with the program. The Charity Ride and Ride2Work day provides a platform for SMEC to support a healthy lifestyle, raise money for community initiatives and have some fun.”
More information around the Charity Ride and Ride2Word day is outlined below:
Ride to Work Events – held on the First Friday of each month at Narrows Bridge on Mounts Bay Road. This ‘pop up’ cafe and bike mechanic workshop offers complimentary coffee from The Handsome Stranger and bike check-ups from a leading industry service provider, Vault Cycle Services. Hundreds of commuting cyclists are able to stop for a coffee and service and chat to members of the Cycling Development Foundation (CDF). This event is hosted and projected managed by our female and junior cyclist members as part of developing leadership beyond sport.
Charity Ride Hope2Day
The Cycling Development Foundation (CDF), alongside the Veris Racing team are pleased to host its inaugural charity ride.
It is our intention to raise $20,000 to fund a community outreach program, Project ReCycle by charity Hope2Day, which will be staffed and delivered by athlete recipients of the CDF via the nationally registered cycle racing team Veris Racing. For detailed information about this ride, please click here.
What is Hope2Day’s Project ReCycle?
The purpose of this event is to raise funds for Hope2Day in an effort to host a ‘Project ReCycle’ event in Laverton, Western Australia.
“Project ReCycle is an 8-10 session program where young people – with the support of a mentor – learn the skills required to rebuild a bike in small groups. It’s more than learning skills; it’s about making strong foundations for life. Stripping down and rebuilding a bike teaches mechanical proficiency, and enables young people to work through challenges. By working in small groups, students have opportunities to build connections and positive relations with mentors that will have an effect on other aspects of their lives. Participants also rebuild a bike for a child or young person in another remote or neighbouring community – therefore having a direct impact on that child’s and family’s wellbeing. This aspect is again performed in partners or small groups within the program. Two key indicators are around Social Impact and Engagement.”
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“Why in the world should I read a blog post on three ways to kill my marriage?” So you can assess whether you’re unconsciously doing anything that qualifies in those categories and make sure you don’t do it anymore! While there are many things that will snuff out the love, these three are guaranteed to cause trouble.
Emphasizing things that won’t last over people
I remember a young woman I used to work with. We were both due to deliver our first baby within a month of each other. Bob and I had decided that once we had children, I would stay home with them. Bob was in school and we were below “poor,” but that was a choice we were making. My friend desperately wanted to stay home with her little boy and if she and her husband had watched their dollars, she could have. She was willing. Her husband wanted a new motorcycle—a big fancy one. I remember the look on her face and the tone of her voice as she was telling me. I thought, “This marriage isn’t going to last long.”
Not everyone wants a big motorcycle. Sometimes the wrong emphasis involves working many hours to procure a higher-paying position, a bigger house, more spending money. In the process, your spouse and kids get less of your time. If the position/house/money aren’t as important to you as they are to your spouse, how do you feel about playing second fiddle to them? When you give things preference over people, your marriage loses.
Not revealing your true self
What happens when you cover certain details up because you are embarrassed or fearful your mate won’t accept you as you really are? Past mistakes. Current sins. You hang a little curtain to shield your spouse from seeing them. If you are fearful enough, you might even wall off that part of your life to make sure no one ever finds it. Walls are never good for a marriage.
The Pharisees were famous for trying to make themselves look better than they were. Jesus called them on it: “You nit-pick when it comes to tithing spices but you’re unconcerned about justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You look good on the outside, but on the inside, you’re greedy and self-indulgent.” (Matthew 5:23, 25 Roxann’s Colloquial Version) The Pharisees were all about looking good to impress others, but they were covering up what was wrong on the inside.
Here’s the problem: If you’re busy trying to make yourself look better than you are, you can’t ever have a real, authentic relationship with your spouse. Hypocrisy may not stab your marriage in the heart, but it certainly smothers the oxygen necessary to make your marriage flourish. Do you want to know if your spouse loves you just the way you are? You’ll never know if you insist on being a hypocrite.
God has a system when it comes to marriage, and His system works well. Get married. Then enjoy each other’s bodies—unashamed. Then remain faithful to each other—body, mind, eyes—the works. God set it up that way because He is kind and loving. We’ve gotten this out of order in our society, and we get ourselves in trouble when we get it out of order. Everyone else is taking things out of order so we think it’s okay—but it’s not.
When we save the physical relationship until marriage, we get to know the person we’re thinking of marrying—what they’re like, how they think, what they struggle with. When we put the physical first, we don’t do a thorough job of getting to know the emotional and spiritual parts of the person. The physical is just too tantalizing.
And there’s another problem that develops. I’ve heard it repeatedly. Lack of trust. Women (They’re the ones who talk to me.) tell me they don’t trust their husband’s relationships with other women or their husband won’t let them out of his sight. And then they casually mention that they lived together or slept together before they were married. If these are the consequences of putting the cart before the horse before marriage, multiply the consequences many times for unfaithfulness in marriage. I’m not pointing a finger at one sin as being worse than the rest, but this one is a real relationship blocker. Taking things out of order lays the foundation for mistrust. Agreeing with God that we were wrong brings restoration. I’ve seen it.
Thankfully, we serve a merciful God who is willing to give us a second chance. Christian marriages are never doomed. We have the opportunity to confess our sins and ask God’s forgiveness whenever we realize we have strayed from God’s ways—which all of us have. We must understand we have caused our own pain by doing things our way instead of His and purpose to change.
Take a moment and ask God if you are guilty of poisoning your marriage by placing a wrong emphasis on things, by being afraid to reveal who you really are, or by being unfaithful to your spouse.
Never fear, next week we’ll talk about how you can breathe life into your marriage!
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I typically don’t like to upload JUST a winner announcement…I like to shove something else in there to ensure the post is entertaining and informative as well.
OK, so that’s neither entertaining nor informative. But it is hilarious.
What do you think he was saying at that moment? (Guess in the comments.)
Personally, I think he was scatting.
Or casting a groovy employment spell upon the graduating masses.
Or perhaps asking for a sammich.
Performing “The Eensy-Weensy Spider”? (Deb Lund’s guess.)
Now that we’ve had a little fun, let’s get onto the winnahs.
The winnah of OWL BOY by Brian Schatell is:
The THREE winnahs of framed BE A FRIEND art from the incomparable Salina Yoon are:
Whooppeee-do-dooo-beeee! (Hmm, this may be what McConaughey was saying.)
Congratulations to the winners and please be on the lookout for an email from me!
Releasing on January 5, 2016 is Salina Yoon’s 158th book, BE A FRIEND. (Yes, it really is her 158th book. Salina is the most prolific author-illustrator on the planet!)
The delightful cover is being revealed by Bloomsbury exclusively here today!
Isn’t it sweet?
Salina, I know with my books the cover has come at the end of the book-making process…but I recently spoke with Matthew Cordell and his latest book’s cover idea came to him early on. When did you create this cover and what about the story did you want to convey through the images?
The cover was the first thing I designed and illustrated when I conceived of the idea to prepare it for submission. But since then, the cover’s changed a few times, even its title, and only recently was everything finalized. The book itself was completed much earlier.
Conveying the story with just one image and one title is so challenging with any book. In BE A FRIEND, it was important to show the two main characters having a deep connection to one another. It’s a unique kind of friendship because one child is silent, and he lives in a world of his own imagination. But here, we see the girl looking straight into his eyes, accepting the gift he dreamed up in his mind. She accepts him, just the way he is, and that’s a strong theme in the book. Like a mother who blows a kiss across a room and the child snatching it up, even gifts of the imagination are felt if the heart is in them.
Could you tell us a little more about the book?
BE A FRIEND is about a boy named Dennis who expresses himself through the silent art of mime, which alienates him from the other kids. No one seems to notice him, except one girl. Her name is Joy. Even without words, they can laugh and play. And most importantly, they can be friends. Joy shows Dennis that he can still be himself while including others—that his world needn’t be solitary.
This book is for any child (or adult) who has ever felt different that made them feel alone, and the importance of reaching out and making connections.
BE A FRIEND is a heartwarming celebration of individuality, imagination, and the power of friendship. (Bloomsbury/January 2016)
Salina is giving away three signed, framed art prints from BE A FRIEND just for visiting her cover reveal today.
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Launching the Congress’s Bihar Assembly election campaign at Champaran, vice-president Rahul Gandhi made barely any mention of the party’s Grand Alliance, and no mention at all of its partners Nitish Kumar and Lalu Yadav, both of whom stayed away from the rally.
Instead, Rahul kept his focus on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his “suit-boot ki sarkar” during his entire 23-minute speech.
Champaran was chosen for its links to Mahatma Gandhi’s Satyagraha, while the banners at the rally highlighted the fact that 2015 marked the 125th birth anniversary of B R Ambedkar.
Rahul drew on both in his speech. “On one extreme, there was Gandhi, who first shed his coat and pant, then shirt, and took to dhoti.
Modiji talks of his chaiwallah background but talks only with those wearing suit and boot. If the BJP comes to power in Bihar, people in suit and boot will come from Delhi and Gujarat and ask for your land,” he said, adding that the Congress had managed to stall the BJP’s amendments on the land acquisition Act.
While the rally was well-attended, much of the enthusiasm and at least some of the numbers appeared to have dissipated by the time Rahul got up to address the rally after the long speeches of Congress leaders Meira Kumar and Ghulam Nabi Azad.
Rahul cautioned people against “attempt to cause communal tension” during elections. “Beware of any attempt by the RSS and BJP to pit one religion against another, as it had attempted in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar during the last Lok Sabha polls,” he said.
In his brief mention of the Grand Alliance, comprising the Congress, JD(U) and RJD, Rahul said it would give a Rs 4 lakh credit facility to students.
Tejashwi Yadav, who represented the RJD at the rally, said it was Rahul and he who were the real youth leaders — the “yuvaon ke yuva”. “How can Modiji talk of being yuva at his age?… Beware of the thugs and the sweet-talkers.”
Talking about Lalu, Tejashwi, who is set to get a ticket this time, said, “My father was instrumental in getting the poor social justice and a voice. We will talk of economic justice with social justice this time.”
JD(U) Rajya Sabha MP K C Tyagi, who stood in for Nitish, attacked BJP West Champaran MP and Union minister Radha Mohan Singh of attributing farmers’ suicides to “love affairs and impotence”, in reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha. “Your MP cannot see farmers are burdened with loan. Bihar CM Nitish Kumar started an over Rs 1,000-crore scheme for Dalit empowerment.”
Modifying an old joke about a conversation between a boatman and a “suited-booted man”, Rahul said the Modi government had not been discussing employment with youths and farmers’ issue with farmers. “Modiji claims to have started as a tea-seller, he went on to don kurta-pyjama and also wore a Rs 15 lakh suit. What about two crore job generation every year and what about Rs 15 lakh in accounts?”
He added, “I met many farmers, but not one approved their land acquisition Bill. Your land is worth gold and be assured we will not allow anyone to take away your land.”
Rahul targeted BJP-ruled states on the same line, saying the Rajasthan government had gone in for privatisation of hospitals, “leaving the poor stranded”. “Chhattisgarh has a PDS scam and Rs 1,000 crore was swindled. Madhya Pradesh has the Vyapam scam. The Modi government is defending Vasundhara Raje and Sushma Swaraj over Lalit Modi.”
He raised the fact that Modi had promised to get sugar mills to the region during the 2014 Lok Sabha campaign. “Now he is PM but did any sugar mill come here?”


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