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Hanasaku Iroha ~Home Sweet Home~ is an OVA that takes place near the end of the original series' final episodes and expands on the background of The Kissuiso Inn (the main setting for the series). Note that if you have not viewed the original series you will want to steer clear of Home Sweet Home until after you have viewed the series that the OVA is based on.
That said, Hanasaku Iroha is without a doubt, one of my favorite anime (if not my actual favorite anime) and it follows the life of Matsumae Ohana as she is essentially abandoned by her flaky mother and forced to live at her grandmother's ryokan (traditional Japanese inn). In a world where we have heartfelt romance stories like Clannad or Angel Beats! And action-filled craziness as found in Fairy Tail or Gintama or the deep and rich worlds found in Ergo Proxy or Cowboy Bebop, "slice of life" anime are oft-overlooked, which is a shame as it is one of the best genres around. Hanasaku Iroha belongs to the slice of life genre and is just as powerful as its genre siblings like K-On!, Silver Spoon, and Usagi Drop (to name a few). Trust me when I say this, Hanasaku Iroha is a must-see series and I implore you all to head over to NISA's headset and purchase volumes 1 and 2 right now. Here's a link to expedite the process: http://www.nisamerica.com/iroha.
Now that that's out of the way, on to the good stuff; my review for Hanasaku Iroha ~Home Sweet Home~. As mentioned, this takes place near the end of the original series, specifically around Episodes 20 and 21 and fills in a bit on the back story about Matsumae Satsuki (Ohana's mother) as well as fleshing out a bit of the supporting casts' lives. Without getting into spoilery territory, the morals found during the fleshing out of some of the characters, specifically Oshimizu Nako's micro-arc, are heartfelt and quite powerful. While the movie center's on Ohana-chan learning more about her mother and discovering that the two of them have more in common than she thought, the supporting cast is just as loveable and entertaining as they were in the series.
The artwork for Hanasaku Iroha is spectacular, though that is to be expected given that it was done by P.A. Works. Some of their other works include the near-perfect heart-crushing Angel Beats! as well the spectacular Shirobako, the wonderful Nagi no Asukara (Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea), the crazy anime, Another, and the criminally-overlooked Tari Tari. Needless to say this storied studio is well known for its excellence and dedication and Hanasaku Iroha ~Home Sweet Home~ is no different. The animation quality is top notch, the focus on realistic design and a believable environment is surpassed only by the touching story. However, Home Sweet Home feels much less focused than the original series as about a third of the story is focused on other characters. In the original series there was a significant drive to tell Ohana-chan's story and Home Sweet Home continues that concept though with more outside influence.
The original seiyu return to reprise their roles in the OVA and bring with it the same fervor and sincerity that they had in the series. Ito Kanae voices Ohana-chan, whom you may recognize as Yui from Sword Art Online (a favorite of not only mine, but others here at Chalgyr's Game Room), as well as her role as Ebihara in Persona 4: The Animation. Other notables include Toyosaki Aki (Hirasawa Yui from K-On!) as Nako-chan, Tomatsu Haruka (Anjo Naruka from Anohana: The Flower that we saw that day) as Wakura Yuina, who is the heiress to a modern inn that is located not far from the Kissuiso. The interesting thing about both Home Sweet Home and the original series is that the main characters are voiced primarily by talent that has historically played supporting characters. I find this neat because the acting is superb and really allows the seiyu to shine in their own primary roles.
Outside of some stellar acting you have a wonderful soundtrack that accompanies some wonderful ambient environment audio. Playing Home Sweet Home in my PlayStation 4 with the PDP Kral 7.1 Surround Sound headset on sounded great, though I personally preferred the 2.1 audio as it sounded richer, deeper, and more clear. Regardless of whether you are hearing Hanasaku Iroha ~Home Sweet Home~ through a home theater, a stereo surround, or just the TV speakers, it will sound fantastic, though likely because the seiyu were allowed to shine and really brought life to the characters.
While at times I was a little confused with ~Home Sweet Home's~ direction, given its strong focus on Nako-chan, ultimately it provides a deeper understanding to the "why" of some of the behaviors of the cast in the original series. I initially watched the Blu Ray long after I had seen the series and it left me with more questions then answers, however I began re-watching the series and once I hit episode 20 I took a break from the show and watched the movie and after the movie was done, finished the show. Watching it in this fashion made me see the series, and movie, in a whole new light. ~Home Sweet Home~ is a rich experience best viewed in this fashion and it will absolutely drive home "the feels" and your viewing experience of this oft-overlooked and utterly fantastic series will drastically improve. Simply put, I loved it as it brought me back to one of the best series available today.


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Every year, at least one of Design Tech’s design lab classes goes to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) for one of their challenges. Generally, the first year design lab classes go to the airport as one of their first off-campus classes to “use design thinking in the real world”. Even though this trip has been done for three consecutive years, is it really the best use of the students time?
The most recent design lab trip to SFO was with the “Teach for d.tech” and “Bridging The Gap” classes, which combined first year and third year design lab classes, in an effort to redesign both the first year design lab experience and the fourth year design lab experience. Within this class there were four groups: one was the SFO Baggage Claim design challenge. According to freshman, Aya O’Malley, one of the students in the class, “[I] learned how we were able to see how people felt about the airport baggage claim, because some people liked it and others didn’t, so it was fun it iterate on it [our prototype]. O’Malley also said she felt more “empathetic” from the interviewing tasks.
One of the main reasons this trip has been done multiple times, is because it is somewhat near the school. Somewhat, because although SFO is only about 1.5 miles away from d.tech as the crow flies, to get actually there, you must walk to the BART station, then take a train past the airport to San Bruno, then change trains at that station to take a train back to get to the airport. Once you are there, you are only in the parking garage. In order to get to the terminals, you must take the AirTrain. After you do your work at the airport you have to do the whole route again in reverse to get back to school. At the end of the day, it takes an hour and 6 trains to go to the airport and back. It also costs $8.80 round trip for each person that goes since BART cuts off the youth age limit at 12.
According to junior, Samantha Rhodes, who went to SFO with the space redesign challenge during her freshman year, “The only part I remember, is the walk to the BART station”. Is it really worth all of that work, if people forget about all of the work they do?
Junior, Lauren Smith, claims that, “I don’t think it is a useful challenge, because [the airport has] been set in its ways for so many years, it is hard to change anything”. Similarly, because of the lack of the ability to implement most prototypes, students such as freshman Chloe Duong, feel that they “don’t learning anything.” Since there is not a lasting impact from these challenges, students echo junior, Lauren Luk, when she says that they: “don’t remember anything from that challenge.” Clearly, for many, the challenge is forgettable, and should be changed for future years.
This was a really interesting article, as I never experienced this design lab and field trip. It was cool to get an insight into what it was and what other students thought of it.


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Herb and I realized while working together for another company, that we wanted more. Herb wanted ownership over his parts and I wanted to improve the processes and practices I supported. The only way we could do that is to start our own business. So on June 10th, 1984, C&H Enterprises opened its doors for the first time. We rented a space from a friend, borrowed $5000 from family, and moved in 1 mill and 1 lathe. Over the next 6 years, we outgrew our space twice and in 1996, we purchased our first building on Boggs Ave. We had 35 employees at the time and within a few years we reached 105. On December 13th, 2012, our building caught fire and was destroyed. In the C&H spirit, we were shipping parts out of our temporary facility less than a month later. It was important to us that we support our customers and our employees. In October of 2015, we moved into our permanent home at Bayside – over triple the size of the last, bringing a fresh start, progressive mindset and infinite possibilities. We realize that our devastation had become a blessing.
Our goals were simple when we started C&H. Make good quality parts, don’t get in over our heads, run a company with common sense, honesty, and humanism. Herb brings the drive to please our customers, the ideas on how to bring their visions to life while maintaining the highest quality. I bring the balance and voice of reason. We feel a lot of responsibility for our employees. We know each of them have people of their own depending on them. We believe this journey isn’t only for us but for everyone.
Today our goals are to grow and diversify. Our team thrives on new and interesting projects, so when a customer approaches us with an innovative idea, and we have a hand in making it, it brings us great pride. We’re experienced in Semi-Conductor, Aerospace, Medical and Defense and we’d love to bring our knowledge to the Automotive industry. We believe there are no limits and are excited to create long-term partnerships using the same philosophy we’ve used since the beginning. To do business with honesty, fairness, innovation, and quality.

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Area of Cardiovascular Pathophysiology, Centre for Applied Medical Research, University Clinic, School of Medicine, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARalpha) is a ligand-activated transcription factor belonging to the nuclear hormone receptor superfamily. It is expressed by cardiomyocytes and regulates gene expression of key proteins involved in myocardial lipid and energy metabolism. Accordingly, the activitity of PPARalpha is an important determinant of cardiomyocyte lipid homeostasis and ATP production.
Currently, animal and human data suggest that deactivation of PPARalpha may contribute substantially to phenotypic changes that accompany cardiac growth in conditions of pressure overload, and the hypothesis emerges that a compromised PPARalpha activity may participate in the transition from compensated left ventricular hypertrophy to heart failure in hypertensive heart disease.
The availability of PPARalpha activators (e.g. fibric acid derivates and statins) must stimulate investigation into the potential cardioprotective actions of these compounds beyond their hypolipidaemic effects and via restoration of PPARalpha activity in the hypertrophied and failing heart.

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text: Music can feed and heal the soul, and Maurice White, (now an ancestor) was a musical master. His contribution to the music industry and to the genre of message music through the band he co-founded Earth Wind & Fire, will never be forgotten. In this episode of Night Watch Expressions hosted by “The Witch Doctor,” we share some of our Maurice White favorites. Enjoy this special musical tribute and our special guests from In The Spirit Talent Competition, who called in from Dallas, Texas to tell us about their favorite Earth Wind & Fire grooves, and how you can share your talent on the big stage 2/26 & 2/27 at the Marietta Performing Arts Center.

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A common problem is the desire to have an action run at a scheduled interval, but only if it is needed. For example, instead of having every web request result in a new getCurrentTime call, we'd like to have a single worker thread run every second, updating an IORef. However, if the request frequency is less than once per second, this is a pessimization, and worse, kills idle GC.
This library allows you to define actions which will either be performed by a dedicated thread or, in times of low volume, will be executed by the calling thread.

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the night before Halloween. It is related to the "Mischief night" practiced in other parts of the United States and the world, but is chiefly associated with the serious vandalism and arson seen in Detroit, Michigan from the 70's to the 90's, finally prompting the "Angel's Night" community response.
Halloween is an annual holiday observed on October 31, primarily in the United States, Canada, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. It has roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian holiday All Saints' Day, but is today largely a secular celebration.
Common Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, wearing costumes and attending costume parties, carving jack-o'-lanterns, ghost tours, bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions, committing pranks, telling ghost stories or other frightening tales, and watching horror films.
the auspices of the Japanese Biscuit Association, and other parts of East Asia.
The Celtic harvest and New Year festival Samhain was celebrated on 1st of November. Celts usually lived in Ireland, United Kingdom and northern areas of France. This festival marked the end of pleasant summers and the beginning of bitter cold. These people believed in evil spirits and witchcraft and thought that they get loose on earth and roam about on the night before the 1st November, in search of preys and victims. So, on the night of 31st October, they painted their faces and wore terrible costumes to frighten away these ghosts and witches, so that they would not harm them and their cattle and crops. The inexplicability of certain natural occurrences was what gave rise to most of their fears.
Traditionally, during the time of the Samhain festival, the Celtic peasants used to take stock of their supplies and slaughter livestock for winters. The ancient Celts held the belief that on the said night, which is now observed as Halloween, the boundary between the living and the dead was dissolved and the dead souls became dangerous for the living, by causing them sickness and damaging their crops. Hence, the Celts arranged for bonfires and slaughtered livestock, throwing their bones into the raging inferno, to do away with the evil spirits. In Scotland, the young impersonated the dead with masks, veiled or blackened faces and dressed in white.
Initially, Celts used to place a skeleton on their windows on the night before Samhain, to represent the departed soul. They also used the head of a vegetable to frighten off evil, as they believed head to be the most powerful part of the entire body, possessing the spirit as well as knowledge. By 43 AD, Romans took hold of the Celtic territory.
When brought together, the social interaction between the two societies and the cultural and traditional influence of the each society over the other resulted in the amalgamation of Samhain, the harvest festival mentioned above, and two Roman festivals - one to please Pomona, Goddess of fruits and trees and other Feralia, to commemorate the passing of the dead.
It is the festival associated with Pomona Goddess that gave rise to the custom of 'bobbing' apples on Halloween. Though, Christians tried to celebrate 1st November as the peaceful and serene All Saints' Day, but soon the festivities of Samhain caught favor among the Christian youths and Halloween became the day of big bonfires, grand parades, costumes, trick-or-treating, Jack-o'lanterns and carved pumpkin décor. The two main colors that have been traditionally associated with Halloween are orange and black, which continue to be used today as well. As for the Halloween costumes, they are usually those of monsters, ghosts, witches and devils, depicting traditional horror.

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The Kincaid Suite is a spacious 2-room suite. This is the perfect suite for guests looking for a little extra space or needing to accommodate additional guests.
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This fun room is on the second floor at the front of the house and is decorated with antique sporting goods.
This rustic room is perfect for those wanting a country feel in the heart of the city.
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Dog Walking to Wedding Pet Chaperone Service, Dog Treats to Poop Bags - We're here to help. That's Pawfect is a small, friendly local business with the key focus of providing flexible, professional and safe dog walking and services in and around the Trentham/Stoke on Trent/Staffordshire area. We also pride ourselves in selling high quality pet products, all of which have been sourced and designed in the UK.
The Dog Walking and pet care services we provide are flexible and available 7 days a week including Bank Holidays, Christmas, New Year and Easter. Each package can be tailored to suit you and your dogs needs.
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Venezuela won the opening match at the FIFA U-20 World Cup Korea Republic 2017 with a 2-0 victory over Germany at the Daejeon World Cup Stadium in Group B.
After a goalless first half where Venezuela's attack - featuring the exciting quartet of Adalberto Penaranda, Yeferson Soteldo, Sergio Cordova and Ronaldo Pena - looked particularly dangerous, Vinotinto found the breakthrough quickly after the interval. Two quick-fire goals by Pena and Cordova proved too much for the Germans.
Pena scored the first goal of the tournament with an industrious effort in which he won the ball in the attacking third before rounding Dominik Reimann and finishing with an open net at his mercy. Just three minutes later it was Cordova's turn, as he rounded off a move instigated by Penaranda.

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Micrologix & PanelView 300 Micro tags!
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The Austrian seller sued the Swiss buyer for the purchase price of fiber. In support of its suit, the seller argued that a sales contract had been concluded between the parties on the basis of an order sent by the Swiss buyer and a written confirmation sent by the seller.
The court found that the letters of confirmation sent by the seller and the subsequent omission of any reaction by the buyer reflected a usage as to the formation of contracts in the sense of Article 9(1) CISG; that the parties had impliedly made that usage applicable to their contract since they knew or ought to have known the binding nature of such confirmations under both Austrian and Swiss law; and that there was no evidence of any other particular rules or usages prevailing in the trade of fiber. Furthermore, the court found that the exchange of confirmations was consistent with the practice which the parties had established between themselves and which was binding pursuant to Article 9(2) CISG.
The court ordered the buyer to pay the purchase price with interest at the rate of 9%, i.e. the rate set out in the general terms of the letter of confirmation, which was found to be consistent with the applicable Austrian law, even though it was 3.5% higher than the Austrian discount rate.
Usages and practices/Intent/Conclusion of contract/Acceptance of offer/Commercial letters of confirmation. Three key provisions of the CISG can bear on the core issue of this case: Article 9; and Articles 8 and 18. The Article 18(1) rule is: silence or inactivity cannot generally be regarded as an acceptance. The rule that the court held to be in effect under the domestic laws of the countries of the parties to this case (Austria and Switzerland) was said to be: silence or inactivity can be regarded as an acceptance when there is no reply to a "commercial letter of confirmation". Treating this rule -- a rule that is not in effect under the domestic laws of most other jurisdictions -- as an implied usage "of which the parties knew or ought to have known and which in international trade is widely known to, and regularly observed by, parties to contracts of the type involved in the particular trade concerned" (Article 9(2)), the court regarded no response to a commercial letter of confirmation as an acceptance of the terms contained in it.
"The potential use and misuse of trade usage was ... demonstrated in [this] Swiss court decision. The court used Articles 9(1) (inter-party usage) and 9(2) (international trade usage) to recognize the binding nature of a written confirmation. It creatively argued that the parties 'knew or ought to have known the binding nature of such confirmations under both Austrian and Swiss law.' The court asserted that due to that knowledge, and that there was no other practice prevailing in the particular trade, the binding nature of a confirmation was a usage under both Articles 9(1) and 9(2). Although, the court was correct in recognizing the binding nature of confirmations as a general trade usage, it is a dangerous precedent to use domestic law as a vehicle in establishing an international trade usage." Larry A. DiMatteo et al., 34 Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business (Winter 2004) 299-440 at 434.
Schlechtriem states: "Article 9(2) . . . applies to 'a usage of which the parties knew or ought to have known and which in international trade is widely known to, and regularly observed, by parties to contracts of the type involved in the particular trade concerned.' Under these very narrow requirements, a letter of confirmation may take effect as a usage. [In this] case . . . [t]he Swiss party sent a letter of confirmation and the Austrian party did not respond. Under Swiss usages on letters of confirmation, the silence amounted to acceptance. The Swiss court said that it was sufficient to establish that the usage was international under Article 9(2) if the same usage could be found in Austrian law. It then proceeded to find the usage in Austrian law. It was wrong on both points. About ten years earlier the Supreme Court in Austria had thrown out the existing rules on letters of confirmation. . . . Austria, in fact, no longer has the same rule as Switzerland and Germany. And the second mistake the Swiss court made, I think, is that it is not enough that there are parallel usages in both countries. The usages must [be ones 'of which the parties know or ought to have known and which in international trade [are] widely known to, and regularly observed by, parties to contracts of the type involved in the particular trade concerned.']." Peter Schlechtriem, in: 18 Journal of Law & Commerce (1999) 191 at 247.
Article 8(3) is a companion provision of the CISG that could be deemed relevant to the facts at issue: "In determining the intent of a party or the understanding a reasonable person would have had, due consideration is to be given to all relevant circumstances of the case including the negotiations, any practices which the parties have established between themselves [and] usages . . ." The Article 8(3) reference to "practices" parallels the reference to practices in Article 9(1). Also, as compared to the reference to "usages" in Article 9(2), the Article 8(3) reference to usages may more readily encompass usages that are only local, national or followed in particular business circles.
Interest, rate of. The final holding of the case is on interest. The CISG upholds the right of the seller to interest on the unpaid price (Article 78), but it does not specify the rate of interest. The rate of interest to which the parties had contractually agreed (the rate specified in the commercial letter of confirmation) was held to apply.
The plaintiff [seller] is a company with limited liability under Austrian law established in [�] Austria. The defendant is a joint stock company established in Basel.
1. 1.1. The defendant is established in Basel. As the parties have not concluded any agreement conferring jurisdiction, the jurisdiction of the local civil court is laid down under Article 112(1) of the Swiss Conflict of Laws Statute in connection with Paragraph 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
2. 2.1. Under Article 117(1) of the Swiss Conflict of Laws Statute, when no choice of law has been made, a contract is governed by the law of the State with which the contract is most closely connected. The closest connection will be assumed to be with that State in which the party which is to make the most characteristic performance has its usual place of residence or, if the contract was concluded on the basis of a professional or commercial activity, the State in which the party performing the professional or commercial party has its business establishment (Article 117(2) Swiss Conflict of Laws Statute). As the characteristic performance for sale contracts, the law stipulates the performance of the seller (Article 117(3)(a) Swiss Conflict of Laws Statute). For order and works contracts and similar service contracts, Article 117(3)(c) of this Statute identifies the requisite characteristic performance. In the case at hand, the [seller], established in Austria, had bound itself to undertake the production and supply of textiles. The Swiss Conflict of Laws Statute consequently indicates that the disputed contract is to be judged under Austrian Law.
Austria ratified the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods of 18 April 1980 (CISG; SR 0.221.211.1) on 29 December 1987. It came into force on 1 January 1989. Article 100(1) CISG provides that the Convention applies only to contracts concluded on or after the date when the Convention enters into force in respect of the Contracting State referred to in Article 1(1)(b). The business transactions leading to the contract, which are considered below, indisputably took place at a time when the Convention had already entered into force in Austria.
Under Article 1(1)(b) CISG, the Convention applies to contracts for the sale of goods between parties whose places of business are in different States when the rules of private international law lead to the application of the law of a Contracting State. The CISG is thus also applicable if only one of the contracting parties is established in a Contracting State (cf. v. Caemerrer/Schlechtriem, Commentary to the UN Uniform Sales Law, Münich, 1990, note 36 to Article 1). As discussed above, the Swiss Conflict of Laws Statute indicates that Austrian Law is applicable. As such the CISG is applicable, even if Switzerland had not acceded to the Convention at the time of the conclusion of the contract of sale considered here. The CISG not only defines pure contracts of sale as "contracts for the sale of goods", but also encompasses contracts for the supply of goods to be manufactured or produced (Article 3(1) CISG). It is undisputed that the [seller] in this case had undertaken to supply the finished textiles. Consequently, the provisions of this Convention are to be applied to the contract.
The [seller] alleges that in 1989 the defendant ordered 187,000 meters of material. The order was confirmed by a letter of 24 February 1989. Later the quantities were specified as 176,000 meters. Then invoices were made and credit notes were issued for a faulty partial delivery. The last invoice of 15 January 1990 for 433,755 Ffr [French francs] (Annex 6e to Statement of Claim) was not paid. Payment of this is claimed.
The defendant disputes its capacity to be made a defendant in this action. [Buyer] alleges that the contract on which the [seller] bases its claim was not between the [seller] and itself, but was concluded between the [seller] and a third company, firm [�], resident in France. In the development of the contract, the defendant claims that [buyer] merely had the function of an agent.
3. 3.1. In the case at hand, there is no written contract. Under Article 11 CISG, a contract of sale can be concluded informally, it need neither be concluded in writing nor evidenced in writing.
It is not contested that in February 1989 negotiations took place in [�] (France), in which [�] as representative of the [seller], as well as Mrs. [�] the CEO of firm [�] took part, [nor is it contested that] the contract upon which the [seller] bases its claim was the subject of the talks.
Only the telex drawn up by [�] of 14 February 1989 (Annex 1 to defendant's plea) confirms the position of the defendant that there was only one contract concluded with [�]. This telex is addressed to Mrs [�]. In this telex, reference is made to "OUR VISIT WITH [�], ON 10/02/89 AT [�]. PRODUCTION [�] AND [�]"
The telex contains, inter alia, the acknowledgement concerning the article [�] "3. Confirmation of your new order in Article [�]" for 252,000 meters, to be delivered from May to December 1989. The communication states further that the defendant had received a copy of the telex of 14 February 1989. This communication standing alone would allow the conclusion that the contract was verbally concluded between the [seller] and firm [�], and not between the [seller] and the defendant.
However, on 24 February 1989, the [seller] drew up a confirmation of order addressed to the defendant. It confirmed the order (Number [�]), in Article [�]) 187,000 meters to be manufactured.
- By a communication of 19 July 1989 the quantity to be delivered was changed to 176,000 meters (Annex 5 to Statement of Claim).
-	The [seller] invoiced the defendant for the delivered material on 5 September (No. 891804), 15 September (No. 892196), 11 October (892406) and 4 December 1989 (No. 892868) as well as 15 January 1990 (No. 905093) (Annex 6a to e to Statement of Claim).
- The [seller] reminded the [buyer] about, inter alia, the last-named invoice for 433,755 Ffr with a communication of 28 March 1990 (Annex 10 to Statement of Claim).
In addition, for "wrongly delivered goods" with article number [�], the defendant was given a credit note with the letter of 31 December 1989 for invoice No. 890352 for the amount of 17,188.92 Ffr (Annex 7 to defendant's plea). Another credit note to the defendant for the amount of 56,250.- Ffr was issued on 27 June 1990 (Annex 8 to defendant's plea). The defendant recognized that form of compensation. [Buyer] announced by telex: "We have given directions to our bank to transfer to the account (of the claimant) with [�] in [�] account [�] the amount of 354,421 Ffr: (According to the list contained in the telex the defendant deducted the credited sums mentioned above from the total sum of 427,850.10 Ffr. (see Annex 9 to defendant's plea).
3.2. The question arises now, whether the confirmation of order of 24 February 1989 and the subsequent communications, insofar as the recipient does not object, is to be considered binding in the sense of business relations.
With regard to the coming into existence of the contract, the CISG basically has regard only to the express consent that results from offer and acceptance.
According to the prevailing opinion, a confirmation of order only has contractual effect in the meaning of the CISG, if this form of contract formation can be qualified as commercial practice under Article 9 of the CISG (cf. v. Caemmerer/Schlechtriem, Commentary on the Uniform UN Sales Law, N 6 for Article 14-24; Huber/Czerwenka, International Sales Law, Commentary to the Sales Convention, N 18 for Article 14).
Article 9(1) CISG provides that the parties are bound by any usage to which they have agreed and by any practices which they have established between themselves. Under Article 9(2), the parties are considered, unless it has been otherwise agreed, to have impliedly made applicable to their contract or its formation a usage of which the parties knew or ought to have known and which in international trade is widely known to, and regularly observed by, parties to contracts of the type involved in the particular trade concerned.
At the outset, it is to be noted that in both Austria and Switzerland the contractual effect of commercial communications of confirmation (in domestic contractual relations) is not denied and thus that both parties recognized the legal effects of such a communication and also had to take into account that they might be held to those legal effects. For Swiss Law, the contractual effect of a letter of confirmation is based on Article 6 of the Code of Obligations. According to the prevailing opinion, a letter of confirmation constitutes an "indication for the formation and the content of the concluded contract". (Schönenberger/Jäggi, Berne Commentary, Note 84 to Article 6 Code of Obligations; BGE 114 II 250 ff.; cf. for Austrian Law Commentary to the General Civil Code, 1. Band, editor Prof. Dr. P. Rummel, Vienna 1990, N 13 to 861). As the legal systems of both States generally agree on this issue for domestic contractual relationships, it is not to be assumed that other rules are applicable to contracts for the supply of textiles in international relationships between contractual partners established in Switzerland and Austria.
A corresponding commercial usage, at least in the sense of Article 9(2) CISG, is thus confirmed.
Moreover, the [seller] had not only drawn up a confirmation letter in connection with the contested invoice for 433,755 Ffr (letter of confirmation of 24 February 1992, Annex 4 to Statement of Claim), but also another concerning an order for 6,500 meters of articles 26166 (Annex 3 to defendant's plea) on 24 February 1989.
The defendant likewise does not argue that the first mentioned confirmation letter had represented an innovation with relation to the business relations between the parties. This allows the conclusion that the letters of confirmation must have constituted a practice that the parties had established between themselves in the sense of Article 9(1) CISG.
The parties, in this case namely the defendant, are bound by the effects of this usage. Had the defendant, after receipt of the confirmation letter of 24 February 1989, wished to have been understood by the [seller] to be in fact not a contractual partner but rather an agent, [buyer] would have had to inform the [seller] of this at that moment.
A final indication for the formation of a contract between the parties is the purpose registered in the commercial register by the defendant, i.e., "Purchase, sale and supply of textiles of all kinds". The defendant had made no attempt to correct the inaccuracy of this entry. Thus it is to be held that the contested contract between the parties did come into existence. The communications raised by the defendant, which were sent by the [seller] to firm [�] in the course of the development of the deliveries have no bearing on this (cf. Communication from the defendant to the [seller] of 26 June 1990, Annex 7 to defendant's plea). The evidence of the defendant that [buyer] did not itself decide the negotiations of the payment of invoices is also irrelevant (cf. Communication of the defendant to the [seller] of 26 June 1990, Annex 10 to defendant's plea). Even if it was the case that firm [�] had the power of control over the defendant, this could not invalidate the contractual relationship between the parties in any way. On all these grounds, the answerability of the defendant as the proper party in the case at hand is to be confirmed.
4. 4.1. The defendant does not as such dispute the demand of the [seller] as to the submission of the invoice of 15 January 1990 for 433,755 Ffr (Annex 6e to Statement of Claim). [Buyer] also does not bring a counterclaim for settlement (see 4.2. below). Moreover, no comments are made with reference to the rate of exchange and the claimed sum.
4.2. In its plea, the defendant raises a contingent claim aiming to specify the time-limit for the raising of a damages claim by firm [�] against the defendant or the [seller], and alleges that the present trial should be suspended for the duration of any eventual proceedings resulting from that claim.
In so doing, the defendant raises an issue that is not provided for in the Basel Civil Code of Procedure or in general civil procedural law, and so is not to be admitted.
All submissions of the defendant regarding damages, whether caused by itself or by firm [�], were generally not sufficiently substantiated: if it is established that the defendant is the contractual partner of the [seller], [buyer] must in any case raise and quantify its own damages claim. The defendant states that in any event it is not in a position to prove the damages which were caused to firm [...].
Likewise, that is to be established if one wished to raise a case of possible third-party damages in the case at hand. Also, in this case the relevant third-party damages should be raised and quantified.
4.3. The sum raised with [seller's] claim is to be granted. Nothing, however, speaks against the granting of equal footing to the French sum, as demanded, and being included in the conclusions of the judgment.
5. 5.1. The [seller] demands 9% interest since 28 March 1990. Under Article 78 CISG, a claim for interest may be raised if a party fails to pay the sales price or another due sum. The [seller] maintains that it had put the defendant in default with the communication of 28 March 1990 (Annex 10 to Statement of Claim). The rate of interest is not provided for in the CISG. The CISG refers to the national law which the previously considered conflict of laws provisions refer to (cf. 2.). Under Para 352 of the Austrian Commercial Code, the rate of interest laid down amounts to 5%. However, this rate of interest only applies if no rate of interest was agreed between the parties (cf. Straube, Commentary to the Commercial Code, N 1 ff. to para. 352). The general terms and conditions of trade of the [seller] which are printed on the back of the carbon copies of the letters of confirmation of 24 February 1989 submitted by the [buyer] to the court (in English with a reference to the "German Translation" on the "preceding page") provide, in Number 4.6, for a rate of interest which exceeds the bank rate of the Austrian National Bank by at least 3.5% (Annex 4 to defendant's plea). According to the prevailing legal theory in Austria, the general terms and conditions of trade are also valid if reference is first made to these in a confirmation (cf. Code of Commercial Law, edited by Fritz Schoenherr and Gunter Nitsche, Vienna 1981, page 288, E. 1b). The defendant does not in general contend that the General Terms and Conditions of Trade of the [seller] had not become contractual content.
That the bank rate of the Austrian National Bank 1989 was 5.5% or more according to the General Terms and Conditions of Trade of the [seller] can, given the interest situation in Austria, be regarded as established. Therefore, it is to be established that the 9% interest claimed by the [seller] was agreed upon. Thus the interest claim of the [seller] can also be awarded in full.
5.2. Likewise the costs of the reminder of which payment is claimed amounting to [�] Ffr are also to be paid and the proposal no. [�] in the execution of the judgment is to be set aside.
* Associate, Institute of International Commercial Law, Pace University School of Law.

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The huge admiration for Chomsky evident in Prospect's poll is obviously not only, or even mainly, a response to intellectual achievement. Rather it goes to a brilliant thinker who is willing to step outside his study and devote himself to exposing the high crimes and misdemeanours of the most powerful country in the world and its complicity with venal and brutal rulers across four continents over half a century or more.
By contrast, Kamm is critical of Chomsky, citing instances of extreme and unreasonable positions that he has taken on a variety of issues.
Interestingly, Blackburn doesn't refer to one of the most acutely problematic and revealing of Chomsky's political escapades. In 1979, together with Edward Hermann, Chomsky published After the Cataclysm: Postwar Indochina and the Reconstruction of Imperial Ideology (Spokesman Press, London). In this book he discusses events in Cambodia under the Pol Pot regime and the subsequent Vietnamese invasion of the country. The main argument that he is concerned to develop is that, while the Pol Pot regime may have committed an occasional atrocity, the Western press demonized the Khmer Rouge and failed to produce convincing evidence of a systematic government campaign of mass murder directed at the Cambodian population. Chomsky and Hermann accuse the West in general, and the United States in particular, of orchestrating a campaign against the Khmer Rouge in order to justify the Vietnamese invasion and occupation, which they regard as an act of aggression.
We speculated in the preface that the Vietnamese invasion would prove disastrous for Cambodia. Any assessment of the resulting conditions should be carefully compared with what visitors observed just prior to the invasion - specifically, with their general assessment that food supplies appeared adequate and that there were certain constructive developments, whatever one may think of the regime. If there is a deterioration in the conditions of Cambodia, this is very likely a consequence of the invasion itself; and here again the Western contribution cannot be ignored, including the special role played by the propaganda hysteria and climate of opinion of 1975-78, discussed at length above [p. 294].
In that period, perhaps the most compelling example of (III) [trying to mitigate the catastrophe - SL] is the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia in December 1978, terminating Pol Pot's atrocities, which were then peaking. Vietnam pleaded the right of self-defense against armed attack, one of the few post-Charter examples when the plea is plausible: the Khmer Rouge regime (Democratic Kampuchea, DK) was carrying out murderous attacks against Vietnam in border areas. The US reaction is instructive. The press condemned the "Prussians" of Asia for their outrageous violation of international law. They were harshly punished for the crime of having terminated Pol Pot's slaughters, first by a (US-backed) Chinese invasion, then by US imposition of extremely harsh sanctions. The US recognized the expelled DK as the official government of Cambodia, because of its "continuity" with the Pol Pot regime, the State Department explained. Not too subtly, the US supported the Khmer Rouge in its continuing attacks in Cambodia.
Here Chomsky has completely reversed the account of the Pol Pot regime that he offered in his 1979 book. To the best of my knowledge, at no time in the period between the publication of this book and the appearance of his article in 1999 on the Nato bombing of Kosovo did Chomsky ever publicly acknowledge that he had made a serious error of judgement in portraying the Khmer Rouge as innocent victims of Western-inspired Vietnamese aggression, although he may have modified his account of the events. The nature of the catastrophe in Cambodia changes from one version to the other. In the first, it is the Vietnamese invasion, while in the second it is Pol Pot's campaign of mass murder that this invasion halted. It is important to note that common to both descriptions is the conclusion that the United States is the real culprit responsible for the disaster, whichever set of events one takes the disaster to consist in.
This exercise in adaptability illustrates many qualities, but it is hard to recognize political courage or intellectual integrity as among them. It is perfectly reasonable to change one's views in light of new evidence or a reconsideration of the relevant facts. By contrast, substituting one shrill opinion for its opposite for the purpose of promoting an unchanging Manichean agenda is a mark neither of insight nor of serious judgement.

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February 24, 2012  The British musical private-eye drama, which first aired in 1986, starred Michael Gambon as a novelist hospitalized with a horrible skin condition who tries to write a Hollywood screenplay in his mind. David Bianculli explains why the miniseries is "TV's most polished, audacious masterpiece."
February 24, 2012  You might not believe it, but the incredibly retro, totally nerdy The Price Is Right still makes for solid entertainment.
February 24, 2012  While African Americans constitute only 13 percent of the population, they account for more than 40 percent of missing persons. Find Our Missing on black cable network TV One wants to be the catalyst for tips that might solve a disappearance.
February 24, 2012  Critic Eric Deggans says in modern TV comedies, there are fewer stereotyped roles for African-Americans — but two CBS shows suggest that's not the case for Asians and Latinos.
February 22, 2012  The long-gone TV show The Superstars aired on ABC in the 70s and 80s, and was a kind of made-for-TV decathlon. it featured all kinds of athletes competing against each other. Olympians often fared well in the competition.
February 22, 2012  The country's largest cable company Comcast announced it's going to carry four new channels geared toward African American and Latino audiences. Owners include Magic Johnson, Sean "Diddy" Combs and movie director Robert Rodriguez. Comcast promised Congress nearly two years ago that it would carry more minority-owned and operated networks in its bid to acquire NBC-Universal.
February 20, 2012  Host Audie Cornish talks with writer and director Barak Goodman about his latest project, Clinton, part of the American Experience: Presidents series. The first of two installments airs Monday night on PBS.
February 19, 2012  Dining was a very, very, big deal in Edwardian England. And the food was pretty sophisticated. So why was British food derided as boring, tasteless fare for much of the 20th century? Here's the story.
February 17, 2012  The TV show The Simpsons is airing its 500th episode on Sunday. In its run, the show has aired more than 170 prime-time hours and had 23 seasons with hundreds of guest stars. Melissa Block and Robert Siegel offer a look back on the long-running animated series with insight from a few of the people who know it best: the writers.
February 17, 2012  Every Sunday, Mo Rocca's grandmother made homemade ravioli for the family dinner. He says he deeply regrets not learning her recipes before she passed away. In My Grandmother's Ravioli, Rocca asks other people's grandparents to teach him how to cook.


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The silver label version of Gravitar was originally only available to Atari Club members. It was later sold in stores in limited quantities. Atari later released it in the red box and label style in large quantities. The silver label is very desirable to collectors for its rarity and association with the Atari Club.
 The Silver Label version of Gravitar (2600) is much harder to find than the Red Label version.


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The PEDIGREE® Brand and BANFIELD® Pet Hospital to Sponsor Gilliland and Busch.
MOORESVILLE, N.C. – (May 19, 2017) Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) announced today the PEDIGREE® Brand will sponsor Todd Gilliland for six races and BANFIELD® Pet Hospital will sponsor owner-driver Kyle Busch for two races in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) this season. KBM will field a fourth entry for two of Gilliland’s races and two of Busch’s.
Gilliland, the 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West champion, will drive the No. 46 PEDIGREE® Tundra at Dover (Del.) International Speedway, June 2 and Martinsville (Va.) Speedway, Oct. 28. The PEDIGREE® brand will also sponsor the teenager’s previously announced four-race schedule in the No. 51 Tundra. The third-generation driver’s first race in the No. 51 will come at Gateway Motorsports Park in Madison, Ill., June 17 and will also include Canadian Tire Motorsports Park in Bowmanville, Ont., Sept. 3, New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon Sept. 23 and Phoenix (Ariz.) International Raceway Nov. 10.
In addition to the four races remaining on his five-race schedule in the No. 51 Tundra, Busch will add Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, July 6 and Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway on Aug.16 in the No. 46 BANFIELD® Pet Hospital Tundra.


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At first glance, the ochre blotches on the waxy green leaves of a coffee tree appear more like a mild-mannered sunspot than a fungus that has ravaged Central America’s acclaimed coffee industry. Leaf rust, or “la roya” in Spanish, has been making waves since January, when Costa Rica and several other countries declared national coffee emergencies because of the fungus.
Nearly 50 percent of coffee plantations have been infected with the fungus in the region, where nearly 2 million mostly small farmers make their living from coffee, according to a report from the International Coffee Organization. The same report estimates that upwards of 64 percent of Costa Rica’s coffee-growing regions are suffering from leaf rust damage.
While conventional coffee growers struggle with the devastating fungus, organic farmers face a unique challenge. Organic farmers in Costa Rica are working to find sustainable solutions to coexisting with leaf rust, Hemileia vastatrix, but there are few organic options to treat roya when it strikes beyond copper sulfate fungicide and a prayer.
“There are no silver bullets when it comes to leaf rust and organic farmers have even fewer options,” said Pam Kahl, a representative from Sustainable Harvest, a U.S. coffee importer based in Portland, Oregon, who runs the Roya Recovery Project.
The fungus spreads through direct contact. Once infected, the plant’s leaves dry out and its coffee cherries fail to mature properly. Farmers must prune back all the infected parts of the plant to attempt to save the rest of the tree and prevent the fungus’ progression. Large monoculture coffee plantations are especially vulnerable to roya.
So far, MAG has been providing organic coffee farmers with an approved copper sulfate fungicide but several sources interviews for this story agreed that it is not a long-term solution, according to Luis Zamora, national coffee manager for Costa Rica’s Agriculture and Livestock Ministry (MAG). He noted that any fungicide or pesticide, regardless of its organic seal of approval, should be used sparingly and with great care so as not to contaminate nearby water sources.
Chacón opined that organic farming practices and the relatively high altitude at which their coffee is grown serves as a strong deterrent to leaf rust.
Organic farms like Las Lajas, which climbs as high as 4,900 feet above sea level, plant their coffee under a canopy of banana and other trees. This strategy nurtures a diverse growing environment that makes it difficult for roya to spread quickly from plant to plant. There is a trade-off, however: sun-drenched fields produce more coffee, enticing many farmers to abandon shade-grown coffee.
Zamora pointed out that every farm is different, however, and that organic practices alone are not a sure-fire guarantee against the virulent fungus. Dry, hot but humid created an ideal environment for the fungus this year, reaching heights where it was never seen before. Some scientists suggest that climate change may also be responsible for roya’s wide reach.
Christian Mora Rojas, general manager for the Organic Families’ Association of the Caraigres Mountains, or AFAORCA, told The Tico Times that they are experimenting with several organic alternatives to copper-based fungicides. Echoing Chacón’s belief in prevention, Mora agreed that stronger, healthier plants are more likely to successfully fend off roya.
Oddly enough, one of the best organic alternatives to fighting leaf rust could be another fungus. Mora said that AFAORCA is experimenting with Lecanicidium, Trichoderma and other parasitic fungi that attack leaf rust and other pests. The parasitic fungi eat leaf rust spores, limiting the fungus’ ability to spread to other plants and farms.
While these fungi offer attractive organic alternatives to conventional fungicides, AFAORCA’s experiments remain small-scale, wary about the unknown impact of widespread application of these fungi. The group has also seen promising developments from plants treated with a fish-based fertilizer that comes from the Pacific province of Puntarenas.
Mora admitted that these findings, while encouraging, were not immediate solutions to an organic farm in the midst of a roya rash.
“There’s no time to experiment, there is a crisis going on,” said Zamora, encouraging farmers to treat their fields when they find evidence of leaf rust.
MAG estimates that there will be a 20 percent drop in production next year that could knock tens of thousands of small farmers out of the coffee business for two to three years. The specialty coffee-producing country recently approved debate on a $40 million bill to aid to small farmers affected by the leaf rust outbreak.
The current wave of leaf rust in Central America is the worst since it was first found in the isthmus in 1976. PROMECAFE, a coffee research organization based in Guatemala, estimates that roya could cost the isthmus $500 million.