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ARBITRATION NOTICE: Except for certain types of disputes described in the "Governing Law; Dispute Resolutions; and MANDATORY ARBITRATION" sections below, you agree that all disputes between you and AG with regard to this Agreement and your use of the Platforms will be resolved by binding, individual ARBITRATION, and you waive your right to participate in a class action lawsuit or class-wide arbitration.
THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT CONTAIN WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS AND OTHER PROVISIONS THAT LIMIT OUR POTENTIAL LIABILITY TO YOU. PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT IN ITS ENTIRETY. If you do not agree to the terms of this Agreement, please do not use any of the Platforms.
By using the Platforms, you warrant and represent that (a) you are 18 years of age or older or the age of majority in the jurisdiction where you reside; or (b) that your parent or legal guardian has reviewed this Agreement and agrees to its terms. If you (or your parent or legal guardian) do not agree to the terms of this Agreement, you must immediately discontinue use of the Platforms and uninstall any Apps that you have installed. You further warrant and represent that all information you provide to us when you use the Platforms is and will remain complete and accurate.
The Platforms include all materials that are included in or are otherwise a part of the Platforms (including past, present and future versions of the Platforms), including, without limitation: graphics; layout; text; instructions; images; trademarks; logos; service marks; audio; videos; designs; ringtones; wallpapers; games; contests and sweepstakes; voting; technology; applications; artwork; information; data; designs; compilation; advertising copy; domain names; any and all copyrightable material (including source and object code); the "look and feel" of the Platforms; the compilation, assembly and arrangement of the materials of the Platforms; and all other materials related to the Platforms (collectively, "Materials"). Subject to your strict compliance with this Agreement and any Additional Terms, AG hereby grants to you a limited, personal, revocable, noncommercial, nonexclusive, non-assignable, and nontransferable license to access and view the Materials (excluding source and object code, other than as made available to access and use via standard web browsers to enable display on your device); and, if you use one of our Apps on an App Platform, to use the App as permitted by the Usage Rules set forth in the App Platform's Terms of Service. No other use of the Platforms or Materials is authorized.
The products, technology, or processes described or used on the Platforms may be the subject of intellectual property rights owned or licensed by AG or other third-parties. Except for the limited license granted above, nothing contained in this Agreement or anywhere else on the Platforms confers to you in any manner, whether by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any license, title, or ownership of or to any intellectual property right of AG or any third-party. AG reserves all rights not expressly granted by this Agreement. When you use the Platforms, you must: (a) keep intact all copyright, trademark and other proprietary notices; (b) make no modifications to the Platforms or Materials; and (c) not copy or adapt any object code associated with the Platforms, reverse engineer, modify or attempt to discover any source code associated with the Platforms (nor allow or assist any third-party to do so).
You agree that you will not sell, resell, copy, transfer, reverse engineer, disassemble, decompile, create derivative works of, or allow third-party access to the Platforms, that you will not use, post, transmit, or introduce any device, software, or routine which interferes or attempts to interfere with the operation of the Platforms, and that you will not take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the infrastructure of the Platforms. You will use the Platforms solely for your own personal use and will not make the Platforms available to any third-party for any reason. You further agree that you will not, including by use of any robot, scraper, or other data mining technology or process, frame, mask, extract data or other materials from, copy or distribute any portion of the Platforms (except as may be a result of standard search engine or Internet browser usage).
AG grants you the limited, revocable permission, subject to the restrictions in this Agreement, to engage in the following personal uses of Materials that include the ability to share Materials with others ("Social Distribution"): (a) sending Materials to friends or acquaintances or posting and displaying a copy of Materials on a personal, non-commercial website, provided that you do not charge for access to the Materials or associate those Materials with advertising; or (b) posting and displaying a copy of the Materials on a third-party website that permits users to post content, so long as the posting is allowed pursuant to the third-party website's terms and conditions and policies, and provided that the third-party website does not charge for access to those materials or associate those materials with products, services or advertising. If you engage in Social Distribution, you agree that you will not post any performance claims about an AG product or service through your Social Distribution and that only AG may make claims, promises or statements on behalf of AG about its products and services. You also agree that you will not imply that you and AG or any AG brand are affiliated in any way or that AG approves of your Social Distribution. Except as otherwise permitted by this Agreement, you may not make any use of or license, distribute, reproduce, or otherwise exploit any part of the Materials. AG may, and reserves the right to, revoke AG's permission for Social Distribution at any time and for any reason, and you agree to immediately cease Social Distribution upon notice of revocation and to comply with any terms we post in connection with the Social Distribution of Materials.
You have obtained the consent of any and all individuals mentioned or pictured in the User Content; Uploading the User Content onto the Platforms will not infringe the privacy of any individual or violate any applicable law; and Uploading the User Content onto the Platforms and any subsequent publication of such User Content does not infringe the intellectual property rights of any third-party.
The Platforms may offer features and services that are available to you via your mobile phone or other mobile device. These features and services may include, without limitation, the ability to upload User Content to the Platforms, receive messages (e.g., SMS and MMS messages, in-App messages, and on-device notifications) from the Platforms, download applications to your mobile phone or device, or access Platforms features (collectively, the "Mobile Features"). We may charge you for Mobile Features. Also, standard messaging, data and other fees may be charged by your carrier. Fees and charges will appear on your mobile bill or be deducted from your pre-paid balance. Your carrier may prohibit or restrict certain Mobile Features and certain Mobile Features may be incompatible with your carrier or mobile device. Contact your carrier with questions regarding these issues. If you have registered for Mobile Features, you agree that we may send communications to your mobile device regarding AG, or other parties, and collect information related to your use of the Mobile Features. You agree to notify us of any changes to your mobile number and update your account(s) on the Platforms to reflect any such changes. If you receive SMS or MMS messages from AG or one of the Platforms, you may opt-out of such messages by texting "STOP" to the applicable short code for the mobile feature. You may also text "HELP" or contact us for support.
either your or the recipient's carrier does not support video messaging.
There may be other reasons for a delivery failure as well. AG does not provide refunds for electronic messages or cards that are not delivered due to technical issues for which AG is not responsible.
If you sign up to receive promotional or marketing text messages (including SMS and MMS messages) from us, you acknowledge and agree that we may send such messages using an autodialer to the number you provide. You acknowledge and agree that you are not required to receive our text messages, and that you are not required to agree to receive text messages as a condition of purchasing any property, goods, or services.
If AG provides functionality for you to send an eCard via text message (including through the use of SMS and MMS technologies) and you send such a text message, you represent and warrant that you have the consent of the recipient to send that text message. You further acknowledge and agree that, as between you and AG, you are the sender of such an eCard and AG acts merely as a delivery agent.
Illegal or fraudulent messages or User Content, or that which promotes illegal or fraudulent conduct.
Damage the Platforms or anyone's computer.
In addition, if you use one of our Apps on an App Platform, you acknowledge and agree that your use of the App is also subject to the App Platform's Usage Rules, and that you must also comply with any and all applicable third-party terms of agreement when using the App.
You are solely responsible for your actions and communications undertaken or transmitted using the Platforms and your account with AG.
All of the Materials available on the Platforms are subject to copyright or are used by us under license from the copyright holder. AG currently utilizes copyrighted materials from various individuals and entities. Copyright notices for such material are set forth wherever such licensed material appears on the Platforms.
You may not use the Platforms for any purpose or in any manner that infringes the rights of any third party. AG encourages you to report any content on the Platforms that you believe infringes your rights. Only the intellectual property rights owner or person authorized to act on behalf of the owner can report potentially infringing content. If you have a good faith belief that content on the Platforms infringes your copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property rights, please follow the procedures set forth below.
Pursuant to Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(2), notifications of claimed copyright infringement should be sent to AG's Designated Agent (identified below). THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED EXCLUSIVELY FOR NOTIFYING THE SERVICE PROVIDER REFERENCED BELOW THAT YOUR COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL MAY HAVE BEEN INFRINGED. ALL OTHER INQUIRIES (e.g., REQUESTS FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OR CUSTOMER SERVICE, REPORTS OF EMAIL ABUSE, AND PIRACY REPORTS), WILL NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
A statement by you made and signed under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.
We may, in appropriate circumstances and at our discretion, disable or terminate the accounts of users who may be repeat infringers.
Your name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address, a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal courts located in Ohio, and a statement that you will accept service of process from the person who provided notification of the alleged infringement.
If a counter-notice is received by the Designated Agent, AG may send a copy of the counter-notice to the original complaining party informing that person that AG may restore the removed User Content or cease disabling it in 10 business days. Unless the copyright owner files an action seeking a court order against the User Content provider, the removed User Content may be restored in 10 to 14 business days or more after receipt of the counter-notice, at AG's sole discretion.
Use of any AG trademarks as meta-tags for search engines, as keywords to trigger sponsored advertising, or in any other manner not expressly authorized by AG, is strictly prohibited. If you believe that any content on a AG Platform violates your exclusive rights other than copyrights, please provide AG at least the following information: (a) your physical or electronic signature; (b) identification of the material that you claim is infringing your exclusive rights and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material; (c) an explanation of the exclusive rights that you own/have and why the you believe the content infringes those rights that is sufficient for us to evaluate your complaint; and (d) your accurate contact information. Please submit your complaint to legal@americangreetings.com. In the event of any third-party claim that one of our Apps available on an App Platform or your possession of an App available on an App Platform infringes on a third-party's intellectual property rights, as between AG and the App Platform, AG will be responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement and discharge of any such intellectual property infringement claim.
You may not use the Platforms to send electronic messages, cards, or other content to mailing lists or to any person to which you do not have full rights or to send unsolicited bulk or commercial messages. In addition, the use of automated scripting-type programs that automate the process of sending or viewing any of the Materials is strictly prohibited. AG reserves the right to limit, in its sole discretion and without prior notice to you, the number of electronic messages or cards or the amount of other content that you may send using the Platforms or the number of recipients to whom you send such cards, messages, or other content. You are solely responsible for your actions and communications undertaken or transmitted using the Platforms and your account with AG. Neither we nor our affiliates exercise editorial control over your transmissions; however, we do reserve the right to review your uploaded User Content and transmissions in order to ensure compliance with this Agreement.
You may choose, at your sole and absolute discretion and risk, to use applications or other functionality that enable interactions between the Platforms and a third-party website or online service (each, an "Application"), such as linking your profile on any of the Platforms with a third-party website or enabling you to "like" a product or "share" content on other websites. Such Applications may interact with, connect to or gather and/or pull information from and to your profile on the Platforms. By using such Applications, you acknowledge and agree to the following: (i) if you use an Application to share information relating to your Platform accounts, you are consenting to the information about your account being shared; (ii) your use of an Application may cause personally identifying information to be publicly disclosed and/or associated with you, even if AG has not provided such information; and (iii) your use of an Application is at your own option and risk, and you will hold AG harmless for the sharing of information relating to your Platform accounts that results from your use of an Application. You must read all log-in boxes and other pop-up boxes closely for notices about sharing your account information with, through or by any other means identified on an Application.
AG may feature on the Platforms, in its newsletters, or in other communications to you, links to third-party websites, social media platforms, or other services. These may appear in the form of text links, advertisements, banners, buttons, integrated gift services, digital cash, digital gift certificates, or otherwise. Accordingly, you expressly acknowledge and agree that we are in no way affiliated with such third party sites or otherwise responsible or liable for your use of any such third-party sites or online features. Your use of such services is subject to the terms and conditions established by such third-parties. THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, AND PRODUCTS (INCLUDING GOODS AND SERVICES) AVAILABLE THROUGH ANY THIRD-PARTY LINKS (COLLECTIVELY, "THIRD-PARTY PRODUCTS") ARE OFFERED BY INDEPENDENT ENTITIES, WHICH ARE NOT AFFILIATED IN ANY WAY WITH AG. YOU EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT AG IS NOT RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE TO YOU IN ANY WAY FOR YOUR USE OF THIRD PARTY SITES OR YOUR PURCHASE OF THIRD-PARTY PRODUCTS. YOUR CORRESPONDENCE AND BUSINESS DEALINGS WITH THIRD-PARTIES FOUND THROUGH THE AG PLATFORMS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE PAYMENT AND DELIVERY OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, INCLUDING (IF APPLICABLE) IN-APP PURCHASES, GIFT CARDS AND ANY TERMS, CONDITIONS, WARRANTIES, AND REPRESENTATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH ANY SUCH DEALINGS, ARE SOLELY BETWEEN YOU AND THE THIRD-PARTY AND AG IS NOT IN ANY WAY RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR USE. AG WILL NOT REIMBURSE OR INDEMNIFY YOU FOR ANY LOSSES YOU MAY INCUR AS A RESULT OF TRANSACTIONS WITH ANY THIRD-PARTY. There may be circumstances where access to the Platforms is provided by a link located at another website. Neither AG nor its affiliates makes any representations or give any warranties with respect to any information contained in or at these other sites and neither AG nor its affiliates shall be liable for any damages or injury arising from the content of these other sites. Neither AG nor its affiliates endorses the individuals, companies, or other similar entities, or any products, services or materials associated with such individuals, companies, or other similar entities, that provide a link to the Platforms.
The Platforms may contain or offer sweepstakes, contests, or other promotions, which may be governed by a separate set of official rules and have eligibility requirements, such as certain age or geographic area restrictions. It is your responsibility to read the applicable rules to determine whether your participation, registration or entry will be valid or restricted and to determine the sponsor's requirements of you in connection with the applicable sweepstakes, contest, or promotion.
Some of the features of the AG Platforms, including the purchase of electronic and paper cards, digital products, services, memberships and subscriptions (collectively, "Products and Services"), and the delivery thereof, will require you to pay a fee.
Some of the features of the Platforms, including the purchase of electronic and paper cards, digital products, services, memberships and subscriptions (collectively, "Products and Services"), and the delivery thereof, will require you to pay a fee. You agree to pay those amounts shown to you during the checkout or similar process. The delivery of any Products and Services to you does not transfer any commercial or promotional rights in the Products and Services. You may not resell, rent, lease or provide the Products or Services to any person and you shall not modify, publish, participate in the transfer or sale of, reproduce, or create new works from, any of the Products or Services in whole or in part. You are specifically prohibited from using any of the Products or Services to send commercial advertising or mass mailings of any kind. AG may also impose limits on certain features and services or restrict your access to parts or all of the Product and Services without notice or liability. Once you download a digital product from the Platform, it is your responsibility not to lose, destroy or damage it.
Title and risk of loss for any physical product purchases pass to you upon our delivery to our carrier. When you place an order, we will not charge you until we ship the items ordered. We reserve the right to ship partial orders (at no additional cost to you), and the portion of any order that is partially shipped may be charged at the time of shipment.
You understand that the Products, Services and content we provide on the Platforms is subject to change at any time, and that Products, Services and content may be added or removed at AG's discretion. Such changes may include, among other things: the addition or removal of content, Products and/or Services, the requirement that you pay to have access to certain content, Products and/or Services and content, Products and/or Services that you have previously paid for being made available at no charge. We make reasonable efforts to accurately display the attributes of our products, including the applicable colors; however, the actual color you see will depend on your computer system, and we cannot guarantee that your computer will accurately display such colors. The inclusion of any Products or Services on Platforms at a particular time does not imply or warrant that these Products or Services will be available at any time. If you choose to send content through the Platforms on a per send basis, you may send the content you have purchased for 30 days. Any subsequent sends, even of the same content, will require additional payment. There is no refund for per send content.
It is your responsibility to ascertain and obey all applicable local, state, federal and international laws (including minimum age requirements) in regard to the possession, use and sale of any item purchased through our site. By placing an order, you represent that the products ordered will be used only in a lawful manner. We reserve the right, with or without prior notice, to limit the available quantity of or discontinue any Product or Service; to honor, or impose conditions on the honoring of, any coupon, coupon code, promotional code or other similar promotions; to bar any user from making any or all purchase(s); and/or to refuse to provide any user with any Product or Service.
Gift cards ("Gift Cards"), are issued by a third-party and any unused balances are not redeemable for cash and cannot be returned for a cash refund (except as required by law), exchanged, resold, or used to purchase gift cards. Unused balances are not transferable. Gift cards may be redeemed through the Platform only in the United States, its territories and possessions. The Gift Card value is 1/10 of one cent. AG is not responsible if a Gift Card is lost, stolen, destroyed or used without your permission. Risk of loss and title for a Gift Card pass to the purchaser upon the electronic transmission to the purchaser, recipient or delivery to the carrier, whichever is applicable.
You are responsible for all usage or activity on your Personal Account, including the use of the account by any third-party authorized by you to use your password. Any fraudulent, abusive, or otherwise illegal activity may be grounds for termination of your Personal Account and any Subscription(s), in our sole discretion. AG reserves the right to disclose any personal information included in your Personal Account or related to your use of the Platforms, Products and Services, to third-parties in the course of investigating abuse of our Products and Services and to forward such information to appropriate law enforcement agencies. You must notify AG of any known or suspected unauthorized use of your Personal Account, or any known or suspected breach of security, including loss, theft, or unauthorized disclosure of your password or credit card information.
If you are under the age of 18, you may only purchase Products or Services with the permission of a parent or guardian. AG reserves the right to refuse service, terminate accounts or cancel orders in its sole discretion. AG reserves the right to terminate your Personal Account for violation of any of these rules.
You agree that you will pay all fees and charges that may be accrued by or in connection with your Personal Account at the rates in effect for the billing period in which such fees and charges are incurred. AG reserves the right in its sole discretion to bill fees and charges to any of the payment methods you have included in your Personal Account. All information that you provide to us or our third party payment processor must be accurate, current and complete. YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU HAVE THE LEGAL RIGHT TO USE ANY CREDIT CARD(S) OR OTHER PAYMENT MEANS USED TO INITIATE ANY TRANSACTION. Billing occurs at the time of purchase. Rates may change at any time. Verification of information applicable to a purchase may be required prior to our acceptance of any order. AG does not provide price protection or refunds if the price for particular Products or Services previously purchased by you is lowered or is part of a promotional offer. All Products or Services purchased on a non-Subscription basis (individual downloads, shipped products, paper cards, per send iPad content, etc.) or promotional offerings are final and non-refundable. For information about refunds on a Subscription, refer to the section titled, "Subscriptions".
All purchases include applicable sales taxes in effect at the time of purchase and will be based on the bill-to address provided in the Personal Account. No customers are eligible for tax exemptions for purchases made on this site.
If you purchase Products and Services, you must provide a method of payment to AG, such as a credit card account number or a checking account number. AG will charge or debit the then-current Subscription price to your method of payment. If you have purchased a Subscription, AG will automatically renew your Subscription and charge your method of payment at the end of the applicable term for the then-current Subscription fee in accordance with our auto-renewal program as stated in this Agreement. AG charges a separate service fee for payments made by a checking account (to offset the cost of this payment method). Any service fee charges are non-refundable. In no event will AG be liable for any NSF or other bank fees resulting directly or indirectly from any debits to your checking account.
Certain Products and Services can be purchased through Premium SMS Billing. These charges are processed by your mobile phone carrier, and third-parties designated by your carrier. The charges will appear on your mobile phone bill during the next billing cycle after your purchase. Purchases made by Premium SMS are final and non-refundable, even in the event of technical incompatibility or non-functionality of the content. Questions or problems relating to Premium SMS Billing should be addressed to your mobile phone carrier.
The Platforms may not be used as a media storage service. We will not store photos, videos or other media for longer than 13 months (and in our sole discretion and without liability, we may remove photos before thirteen months). We cannot guarantee the availability of media storage, or of the quality or resolution of any media saved on the Platforms. Additionally, we may reduce the size or resolution of any media you submit on the Platforms in order to make them compatible with our systems and processes. For more information about our practices with regard to media storage, see the FAQ section on our website.
The Platforms may provide certain content that you may choose to include on your personal web page, blog, page on a social networking site, or similar page ("Personal Page") by pasting into your Personal Page the HTML or other code provided by AG and labeled as embed code (or a similar identifying label) ("Widget"). AG grants you a limited, revocable license, subject to the restrictions in this Agreement, to include the Widget, as provided by AG (without editing) on your Personal Page only. You agree that you will not include or otherwise make available a Widget on a web page or website containing content that is distasteful, unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable (in AG's sole opinion). As described in the "Disclaimer of Warranties" section of this Agreement, AG makes no specific warranties about Widgets. AG may discontinue providing the services necessary for the Widgets to operate at any time for any reason without any liability to you. In addition, AG may disable Widgets that you include on any Personal Page if you violate this Agreement (as determined by AG in its sole discretion) or for any or no reason, without any liability to you. You agree that AG's license grant to you to use a Widget on your Personal Page does not provide you with any intellectual property rights, including copyrights, in the materials made available via any Widget. You agree to not sell, lease, hypothecate, transfer, license, distribute, reproduce, encumber or otherwise exploit the content made available in a Widget, in whole or in part, without the express written consent of AG. You agree to include, and not remove or alter, AG's trademark, copyright or other proprietary rights notices, as provided by AG on the Widget. You also agree to not use (or attempt to use) the Widget to display content other than the content provided or intended by AG to be displayed via a particular Widget. Except as expressly stated otherwise, the Widget and any and all content provided through the Widget are subject to this Agreement in their entirety.
THE AG PLATFORMS (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE MATERIALS, INFORMATION, LINKS, MESSAGES, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES PROVIDED ON THE AG PLATFORMS, WIDGETS, MOBILE FEATURES, SOCIAL DISTRIBUTION, AND WIDGETS) ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS," "AS AVAILABLE," AND "WITH ALL FAULTS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, TITLE, CUSTOM, TRADE, QUIET ENJOYMENT, SYSTEM INTEGRATION AND FREEDOM FROM COMPUTER VIRUS. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, AG AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATED COMPANIES, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, MANAGERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SUPPLIERS, VENDORS, CONTENT PROVIDERS, LICENSORS, LICENSEES, AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVES (EACH AN "AG PARTY" AND, COLLECTIVELY, THE "AG PARTIES") DO NOT WARRANT THAT YOUR USE OF THE AG PLATFORMS WILL BE ERROR-FREE, TIMELY, UNINTERRUPTED, OR SECURE; THAT DEFECTS OR ERRORS WILL BE CORRECTED; OR THAT THE AG PLATFORMS OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES THE AG PLATFORMS AVAILABLE IS FREE FROM ANY HARMFUL COMPONENTS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, VIRUSES. THE AG PARTIES DO NOT MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES THAT THE INFORMATION ON THE AG PLATFORMS IS ACCURATE, COMPLETE, OR USEFUL. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOUR USE OF THE AG PLATFORMS IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. YOU ASSUME TOTAL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK FOR YOUR USE OF THE AG PLATFORMS AND YOUR RELIANCE THEREON. NO OPINION, ADVICE, OR STATEMENT OF ANY AG PARTY, WHETHER MADE ON THE AG PLATFORMS, OR OTHERWISE, SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED HEREIN.
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT BY USING THE AG PLATFORMS YOU ACT AT YOUR OWN RISK, AND YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOUR ACTIVITIES ARE LAWFUL IN THE JURISDICTION(S) WHERE YOU ACCESS OR USE THE AG PLATFORMS. THE AG PARTIES NEITHER ENDORSE NOR ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OPINION, ADVICE, INFORMATION, STATEMENT, OR USER CONTENT MADE OR DISPLAYED ON THE AG PLATFORMS BY THIRD-PARTIES (INCLUDING ANY USER OF THE AG PLATFORMS) AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ANY RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY TO ANY PERSON OR ENTITY FOR ANY LOSS, DAMAGE (WHETHER ACTUAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR OTHERWISE), INJURY, CLAIM, LIABILITY OR OTHER CAUSE OF ANY KIND OR CHARACTER BASED UPON OR RESULTING FROM SUCH CONTENT OBTAINED ON OR THROUGH THE AG PLATFORMS. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO EVALUATE THE ACCURACY AND RELIABILITY OF ANY OPINION, ADVICE, INFORMATION OR STATEMENT AVAILABLE ON THE AG PLATFORMS. A POSSIBILITY EXISTS THAT THE AG PLATFORMS COULD INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR ERRORS. ADDITIONALLY, A POSSIBILITY EXISTS THAT UNAUTHORIZED ALTERATIONS COULD BE MADE TO THE AG PLATFORMS BY THIRD-PARTIES. ALTHOUGH WE ATTEMPT TO ENSURE THE INTEGRITY OF THE AG PLATFORMS, THE AG PARTIES MAKE NO GUARANTEES AS TO THE COMPLETENESS OR CORRECTNESS OF THE AG PLATFORMS. AG IS ALSO NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY FAILURE OF ELECTRONIC MESSAGES, CARDS, OR OTHER CONTENT REACHING THEIR INTENDED RECIPIENTS OR TO REACH SUCH RECIPIENTS ON THE DATE SPECIFIED BY THE SENDER. THE MATERIALS AVAILABLE ON THE AG PLATFORMS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.
AG AND YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE APP PLATFORM (IF YOU ARE USING ONE OF OUR APPS ON AN APP PLATFORM) HAS NO OBLIGATION TO FURNISH ANY MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT SERVICES WITH RESPECT TO THE APP.
IF YOU ARE USING ONE OF OUR APPS ON AN APP PLATFORM, THEN NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY IN THESE TERMS, AND SUBJECT TO THESE TERMS, AG AND YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AS BETWEEN THE APP PLATFORM AND AG, AG IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ADDRESSING ANY CLAIMS YOU MAY HAVE RELATING TO THE APP OR YOUR POSSESSION AND/OR USE OF THE APP, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: (I) PRODUCT LIABILITY CLAIMS; (II) ANY CLAIM THAT THE APP FAILS TO CONFORM TO ANY APPLICABLE LEGAL OR REGULATORY REQUIREMENT; AND (III) CLAIMS ARISING UNDER CONSUMER PROTECTION OR SIMILAR LEGISLATION.
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A range-restricted species (EOO 64 km²). Its habitat is well-protected and it is not in danger of extinction.
Seeps and streamsides in mountain fynbos, 130-800 m.
This species may have lost some habitat to urban expansion on the lower slopes of Table Mountain. An old specimen indicates that it formerly occurred in the Wynberg area. Most of its remaining habitat is protected in the Table Mountain National Park and it has no severe threats.
This species is often locally common in suitable habitat.

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Enjoy a stress-free end to your Corfu trip by prearranging a private transfer from your hotel to Corfu airport! Meet your professional, friendly driver at your hotel, board your modern, air-conditioned vehicle and head directly to Corfu airport.
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Important information: Once you proceed with your booking, you will be required to enter your pickup location and the precise flight departure time. Upon completion of your booking, we will email you the right pickup time that ensures that you will arrive at Corfu airport in good time time for your flight departure! You will also receive a travel voucher that you will need to present on your travel day!

industry_corpus2: Travel & Geography


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An art nouveau masterpiece created by Franz von Matsch in 1911, this mechanical clock was named after the Anker Insurance Co, which commissioned it. Over a 12-hour period, figures including Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius (who died in Vienna in AD 180), Joseph Haydn, Eugene of Savoy, Maria Theresia and others pass across the clock face, indicating the time against a static measure showing the minutes. At noon, all the figures trundle past in succession to the tune of organ music.
Once the centre of the Roman outpost, the Hoher Markt is Vienna’s oldest square.

industry_corpus2: Manufacturing


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Here are 6 books I read in 2017 which I recommend you do too: Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions. The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds. What books did you read in 2017 that you recommend I read?
I’m proud to announce the three winners of our Fall 2017 award. She created The Bayne Community Scholarship Foundation, which at its core, is a mentoring program to teach high school students to create a project that genuinely excites them and serves their communities in a meaningful way.
We want to celebrate innovators who have seen an idea through to completion and can prove the viability of that project. Don’t miss your chance to tell your innovation success story in the 2017 Innovation Management Awards.
collaboration Growth Innovation Leadership People & Skills Strategy failure Innovation Teams Project management successHistory skews our perception of possibility.
And what’s it worth to you to try something new to win in 2017? On the other hand, if you consider 2016 a “win”, are you positioned and ready to win even bigger in 2017? If you intend to play to win in 2017: Get clear on winning. Did you blink and another year went by? Me too.
After we have just jumped into 2018, full of new year resolutions and a huge agenda on challenges everyone wants to stand up to, we created an overview of our most successful blog posts of 2017, hopefully being able to support your upcoming projects with some insights and valuable advices. Best of 2017: What a year it has been!
Today we are excited to announce the speaker lineup for the Technology Scouting 2017 conference. The conference date is October 18 – 19, 2017 and will be held in Boston, MA. Christie Funk, Langley Project Manager for the Regional Economic Development Program.
Having the right project management tools and techniques are essential for successfully embracing open innovation. As traditional boundaries are crossed, established project management approaches simply don’t provide the kind of tools and techniques that are needed to maximize the multidisciplinary inputs.
By keeping everyone involved in making a go/no-go decision for an innovation project, through the fundamental principles of design thinking, the resistance can be broken and innovation can flourish. You can also find a list of hard trends that he has identified for 2017 here.
Running after perfection can hinder your project’s success, despite your best intentions and efforts. Generally speaking, your project scope must align with its time and budget - a rule that doesn’t play well with the pursuit of perfection from start to finish. In this article, we’ll look at why perfection shouldn’t be your ultimate goal - but how to still satisfy your inner perfectionist as a project manager.
How to align portfolios, projects and processes when all that you have in common is difference. In this outcome-focused white paper, we illustrate the steps required to align, harmonize and compare projects on equal terms within a merged (post-M&A) Project Portfolio. Project.
Tim Parsons (@rookzero) November 2, 2017. Wing Tang of IKEA sat for a fireside interview (the fire was projected) with IdeaScale CEO Rob Hoehn to talk about how the spirit of inclusion that drives their crowdsourcing efforts. — Whitney Bernstein (@whit_berns) November 2, 2017. To tide you over until next year, you can view presentations from Open Nation 2017 here. The post 3 Lessons Learned from Open Nation 2017 appeared first on IdeaScale.
Here are notes from the Back End of Innovation conference, 2015, in San Jose. These tips come from a workshop led by Tamara Carleton, Innovation Leadership Board, LLC. This session focuses on strategic foresight, which is the ability to build the future we envision.
Plus, they can utilize suitable B2B software solutions such as CRM, project management, collaboration software etc. In this article, we look at a few key business trends of 2017 in different sectors and how they are redefining technology and business strategy this year.
7 Forgotten Project Management Skills from an Escape Room Fail. Our fail suggested seven solid project management skills we neglected to use. We didn’t select a project leader. Our Project Management Skills Fail Cratered Us.
Dear readers, Best wishes for you in the new year 2017! The three blogs that were read most last year, were: 1) Knowledge sharing in project teams is important to go beyond your limitations. If I have to formulate a motto for 2017, it would be “working smarter and greener” Olaisen & Revang (2017) give a great insight how collaborative knowledge sharing can lead to more innovation and sustainability. 2017).
Book Reviews book review funding mind mapping project management techniquesWhether you are a startup, researcher or consultant, at some point you may find yourself in a situation where you need to write a proposal for funding. Preparing proposals is a detailed process that takes lots of precious time and if you’re not familiar with the best practices for writing them, I dare say you may be wasting your time.
The people within your project can make or break your success. The best team players can still ruin a project, however, if they lack the right skills to get the job done. These tools can also help evaluate gaps mid-project and prevent future problems. Before You Begin a Project.

industry_corpus2: Artificial Intelligence


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Tropical Storm Harvey finally moved into Louisiana on Wednesday after lingering for several days over the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Harvey weakened to a tropical depression after it moved inland. At the same time a new tropical storm named Irma strengthened quickly over the eastern Atlantic Ocean. At 11:00 p.m. EDT on Wednesday the center of Tropical Depression Harvey was located at latitude 31.7°N and longitude 92.3°W which put it about 30 miles (50 km) north-northeast of Alexandria, Louisiana. Harvey was moving toward the north-northeast at 9 m.p.h. (15 km/h). The maximum sustained wind speed was 35 m.p.h. (55 km/h) and there were wind gusts to 45 m.p.h. (75 km/h). The minimum surface pressure was 998 mb.
After dropping record rainfall and causing destructive floods of parts of southeastern Texas and western Louisiana, Tropical Depression Harvey finally started to move steadily toward the north-northeast on Wednesday. Harvey was still producing heavy rain over parts of western Louisiana, but the fact that it was moving should limit the total rainfall at any location. Bands of showers and thunderstorms on the far eastern periphery of Harvey’s circulation were also dropping heavy rain. Some of those thunderstorms were strong enough to approach severe criteria. Tropical Depression Harvey is forecast to move toward the Ohio River Valley during the next several days and it will bring windy, wet weather to the Middle Mississippi and Ohio River Valleys. Rain associated with the circulation of Tropical Depression Harvey could also reach the Mid-Atlantic States later this week.
At 11:00 p.m. EDT on Wednesday the center of Tropical Storm Irma was located at latitude 16.4°N and longitude 32.2°W which put it about 545 miles (875 km) west of the Cabo Verde Islands. Irma was moving toward the west at 12 m.p.h. (19 km/h). The maximum sustained wind speed was 65 m.p.h. (105 km/h) and there were wind gusts to 80 m.p.h. (130 km/h). The minimum surface pressure was 999 mb.
The circulation of Tropical Storm Irma organized quickly on Wednesday. Numerous bands of showers and thunderstorms formed and began to revolve around a well organized center of circulation. Thunderstorms in the core of Irma generated well developed upper level divergence which pumped away mass in all direction. There were occasional satellite images which hinted that an eye could be forming at the center of Tropical Storm Irma.
Tropical Storm Irma will be moving through an environment that will be favorable for intensification. Irma will move over water where the Sea Surface Temperature is near 28°C. The upper level winds are weak and there is little vertical wind shear. Irma is likely to become a hurricane on Thursday and it could intensify rapidly if an eye forms. Tropical Storm Irma is forecast to become a major hurricane and it could become one of the big classic Cape Verde hurricanes.
A strong subtropical high to the north of Irma is steering the tropical storm toward the west and a general westerly motion is forecast to continue for the next few days. There is more divergence in the model guidance after a few days and the future track of Irma when it nears the Lesser Antilles is more uncertain. Tropical Storm Irma has the potential to become a big dangerous hurricane and it will need to be watched carefully.
This entry was posted in Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico, Tropical Cyclones and tagged 09L, 11L, AL09, AL11, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Lesser Antilles, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Tropical Storm Harvey, Tropical Storm Irma on August 31, 2017 by jay_hobgood.
Tropical Depression Cindy Brings Stormy Weather to Southern U.S.
Tropical Depression Cindy brought stormy weather to parts of the southern U.S. on Thursday. At 11:00 p.m. EDT on Thursday the center of Tropical Depression Cindy was located at latitude 33.1°N and 93.5°W which put it about 70 miles (115 km) southwest of Little Rock, Arkansas. Cindy was moving toward the north-northeast at 12 m.p.h. (19 km/h). The maximum sustained wind speed was 20 m.p.h. (30 km/h) and there were wind gusts to 30 m.p.h. (50 km/h). The minimum surface pressure was 1000 mb.
Tropical Storm Cindy made landfall early on Thursday morning near the border between Texas and Louisiana. Cindy moved steadily northward during the day and it was centered over southwestern Arkansas by Thursday night. Broad counterclockwise rotation around Cindy transported warm and very humid air over the southern U.S. Bands of showers and thunderstorms dropped locally heavy rain in some places. Rivers and streams were above flood stage in several southern states. Flash Flood Warnings and Flash Flood Watches were issued for portions of the southern U.S. and Ohio River Valley. Several tornadoes formed in the bands of thunderstorms. A tornado in Alabama caused property damage. Southerly winds blowing toward the shore were still causing storm surges along the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
Tropical Depression Cindy is forecast to move northeast toward the Ohio River Valley on Friday. It will continue to produce locally heavy rain. A slow moving cold front will approach the region from the west. A band of stronger convergence could develop where the counterclockwise flow around Cindy interacts with the flow along the cold front. Higher rainfall totals may occur where this interaction happens. Wind shear created by the interacting weather systems could also create the potential for some tornadoes. Tropical Depression Cindy could merge with the cold front during Friday night or Saturday.
This entry was posted in Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico, Tropical Cyclones and tagged 03L, AL03, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Tropical Storm Cindy on June 23, 2017 by jay_hobgood.

industry_corpus2: Media & Journalism


text: Wang, T; (2009) Pottery to bronze: a cultural and technological transition in early China. Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society , 72 (2007-08) pp. 25-34.


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A few weeks back we dropped a heavy looking teaser from the ‘In The Dutch Mountains Crew’. Not only did it feature some hammer riding from riders like Max De Vries, but the teaser was a cinematic masterpiece with slow-mo galore and even custom lighting to improve the shots filmed at the notoriously poorly lit snowdomes.
Well, we’ve been honoured with hosting the premier of the Dutch shred-flick in all its glory. This really is a well filmed edit with some of the best promising young riders coming out of the flatlands.
Make sure you watch this one all the way through. Perfect film for a gloomy Tuesday.

industry_corpus2: Film & Entertainment


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Many people are aware of how harmful outdoor air pollution like car emissions can be, but they don’t realize that the air inside the usual house might be more polluted—reliant on actual circumstances, it can be up to five times more. Things have become so bad, the EPA has indoor air pollution ranked as a top five environmental danger. Mold, pollen, pet dander, radon and even formaldehyde are commonly found inside. Since Americans spend around 90% of their time indoors, excellent indoor air quality is a necessity for great health, despite if it’s in our homes or our workplaces. To help contain this pollution and increase our indoor air quality, we can take several measures. But first, we need to absorb some lingo often used to discuss indoor air quality.
HEPA is a term most people have heard or seen, but did you know it stands for “high-efficiency particulate air” or “high-efficiency particulate arrestance”? HEPA filtration systems are engineered—and certified—to capture at least 99.97% of .3-micron particles (less than the diameter of a human hair) from the air that moves through the system. This significantly increases your home’s indoor air quality when dust, pollen, mites and other contaminants are captured.
Minimum efficiency reporting value or MERV describes the effectiveness of an air filter. With metrics ranging from 1–16, you should find a top rating that indicates the filter will destroy more contaminants and allergens from your air without confining the airflow of your home comfort system. Ask us which MERV-rated filter will work best for your home.
At Central Air Inc, we can help you understand the importance of indoor air quality and help you work on breathing the best air possible. After all, the normal adult takes in about 11,000 liters of air each day. Give us a call at 503-389-5307 if you have any questions or concerns about your home comfort system or if you want to schedule an appointment with us.

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Only former Israeli President Shimon Peres could pull off something like organizing a friendly football (soccer) match between Israeli and Palestinian children just a week after the latest Gaza war.
And only the Palestinian Authority could be so callous as to condemn such a demonstration of peaceful coexistence.
The game organized by Peres wasn’t between just any groups of Israeli and Palestinian kids. The Israelis came from the rocket-battered town of Sderot, and the Palestinians from Hebron, near to where earlier this summer Hamas terrorists abducted and executed three Jewish teens.
The game marked the start of the current year of the “School of Football and Peace,” a campaign by the Peres Center for Peace that brings together dozens of Israeli and Palestinian children for sports and other extracurricular learning activities.
Israel’s “peace partners” in the Palestinian Authority, however, didn’t seem to feel the same.
“Any activity of normalization in sports with the Zionist enemy is a crime against humanity,” insisted Jibril Rajoub, a senior member of the ruling Fatah faction and head of the Palestinian Supreme Council for Sports and Youth Affairs.
In a post to his Facebook page (which was translated by Palestinian Media Watch), Rajoub said it was official policy to oppose and prevent joint sporting events between Israeli and Palestinian children.
A local Fatah spokesman vowed that the party would “settle the account with these reckless people,” meaning the coach and other organizers who had dared to let Palestinian children commit the heinous crime of playing soccer with Israeli Jews.

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AS THE start of the Red Line Book Festival draws closer, local writers are encouraged to take part in the festival’s short story competition – which is being judged by one of Ireland’s leading literary scouts.
The festival will open a new chapter in its successful history this October 12 when the five-day celebration of the written word returns to South Dublin County – bringing local, national and international writers, poets, speakers and performers to a host of local venues.
Organised by South Dublin Libraries, the festival is currently calling out for local writers to submit work for its short story competition – which is being run in partnership with IT Tallaght and South Dublin County Council.
Open to anyone over the age of 16, entries must be between 1,500 and 2,000 words, in short story format, unpublished and original fiction.
Free to enter, all shortlisted entries will be published in an anthology. Prizes up for grabs include €500 for first, €250 for second and €150 for third.
The competition has already received entries from around the world, however IT Tallaght has put a call-out for local entries from writers living here in South Dublin County.
The deadline for entries to the competition – which is being judged by one of Ireland’s leading literary scouts and the founder of the Inkwell Group, Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin – is September 5.

industry_corpus2: Literature & Emotions


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Economy - overview: Landlocked Malawi ranks among the world's least developed countries. The economy is predominately agricultural, with about 90% of the population living in rural areas. Agriculture accounted for nearly 40% of GDP and 88% of export revenues in 2001. The economy depends on substantial inflows of economic assistance from the IMF, the World Bank, and individual donor nations. In late 2000, Malawi was approved for relief under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) program. In November 2002 the World Bank approved a $50 million drought recovery package, which is to be used for famine relief. The government faces strong challenges, e.g., to fully develop a market economy, to improve educational facilities, to face up to environmental problems, to deal with the rapidly growing problem of HIV/AIDS, and to satisfy foreign donors that fiscal discipline is being tightened. The performance of the tobacco sector is key to short-term growth as tobacco accounts for over 50% of exports.
NOTE: The information regarding Malawi on this page is re-published from the 2003 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Guinea Geography 2003 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Malawi Economy 2003 should be addressed to the CIA.

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Yahya Hospital Management Software provides e-concept to interact with department, specialties and for highly experienced doctors. Our Hospital Management is reliable, scalable and superior in delivering higher medical quality and offer both depth and width in the healthcare sector with different departments and different specialties in one platform. Yahya Hospital Management Software in Meha Khurd,Hospital Management Software Provider in Meha Khurd specially developed for Healthcare organizations, to provide the finest automation coordinate and integrate all the inherent activities involved in the healthcare facility. Our Hospital Management Software perform one click automated list to track highly experienced doctors for surgical procedures especially for critical surgeries on emergency in ICU and quick result of transform health condition reports on a process in Operation Theatre, etc. Yahya hospital management system software which is actually used for managing single or ple hospital, Hospital Management Software in Meha Khurd,Hospital Management Software Provider in Meha Khurd diagnostic center, clinic and nursing home. This Hospital management system is a online patient management, appointment and scheduler application software for getting hospital appointment and online doctor appointment very easily over internet.
Hospital Management Software in Meha Khurd, Hospital Management Software Provider in Meha Khurd Yahya is fully geared up to meet the demands of running a specialty Hospital or a Clinic.
Hospital Management Software in Meha Khurd, Hospital Management Software Provider in Meha Khurd Security: One of the major concerns of most hospitals is confidentiality of reports and records.

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The Tradition 30 Dual Door Wall Mounted External Notice Board has a 30mm deep aluminium frame with double doors opening from the centre. The doors are glazed with 4mm shatterproof plexishock and have a double key lock. The elastomer seal and anti condensation vents mean minimal amount of condensation. Inside the board is a zinc electroplated steel backboard allowing you to attach your notices and posters with magnets. The central locking bar allows one door to be opened at a time and stops doors swinging open in high winds.
The rapid swap door system which allows you to replace the door easily should it become damaged without the use of tools or removing the poster display.
Please note that this product is not suitable for use with whiteboard marker pens.
The Tradition 30 dual door has an aluminium profile EN AW 6060 - BS EN 573-3. The door is glazed with plexishock glazing which is a transparent organic UV blocking material with good shock resistance ISO 7032-2. Aluminium posts EN AW 6106, EN AW 6060 and EN AW 6063 - EN 755-2 providing high mechanical strength.
Headers are available in three different shapes dome, wave and straight. Normally the header panel is powder coated to match the frame, but you do have the option of a different colour header. The price includes text of your choice and logo if required. Please enter text as you would like it to appear in the box provided. The text can be in upper and lower case or all in capitals.
If you require a logo, please send a high resolution copy of your logo in a vectored epc file to sales@noticeboardcompany.com. Also advise the position the logo in relation to the text.
Please note the reverse of the backboard is supplied in silver regardless of the frame colour selected. If you require the reverse of the board to be powder coated to match the frame, please call sales for a quotation on 02476 010076.
The Tradition 30 dual door outdoor notice board is available wall, post and rail mounted and have the option of an externally mounted shaped header with a message of your choice. Please visit the relative page on the web site.
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GIF of the Day: Game of Thrones Hairstyle Foreshadowing?
I’ll try to write this up with the least amount of spoilers possible.
The internet is abuzz with speculation that a detail caught by some eagle-eyed Game of Thrones viewers might allude to a dark plot twist in the future. Of course, fans backed up their theories in GIF form [h/t Buzzfeed]. And knowing GOT‘s obsessive production values and attention to detail, it’s hard to not think of something as simple as a hairstyle holding some kind of significant meaning.
Foreshadowing? This is likely more than an instance of a wig stylist being lazy and recycling looks. Part of what makes GOT so fun to watch as an art critic is seeing the joy with which fans pour over every frame as an art historian might an Hieronymus Bosch composition. It looks like Sansa might just follow in her mother-in-law’s footsteps and try her hand at being a ruthless, revenge-obsessed queen?
At heart, we’re all lovesick bears and emo rabbits.
The press release for GIF It! calls it “the first living GIF exhibition,” which really just means that GIFs have been turned into lenticulars. As GIF It! tells it, GIFs’ legitimacy is earned only once they become “alive” objects, thus suggesting by omission that on the screen GIFs are dead.
It’s not magic—it’s a combination of forces, like frame rates, software, history, memes, and, lest we not forget, the brain of an artist. “Magic” just reduces these GIFs to nothing more than a cool, fly-by-night gimmick—like a magic eye poster.
3. GIFs are for boys.
Unsurprisingly, none of the eight exhibiting artists are women.
4. GIFs are not art.
Until you put them inside a physical frame. Again, from the press release: “GIF IT! pulls Gifs out of screens and raise them as works of art.” This has never been a serious argument—it’s like saying video art is not art until you put it inside a frame, or that a poodle is not a poodle until you shave off its fur into dainty poofs.
5. GIFs use too much energy.
If all that makes you want to rush out to the opening, there’s an added bonus. When you donate $6 or more to the exhibition’s online fundraiser, you will receive one free drink at the opening, held at a hybrid coffee shop/wine bar/clothing store.
Whatever a celebrity cat can do, AFC can do better.
For those GIFs we could not find, which were deleted long ago, we bid you farewell. We did not know you well, and likely never will.
Admittedly, the search results for dogs in snow is not as satisfying as those for cats in snow. This is surprising because dogs are cuter and better than cats. Also, dog google searches far outsize cat searches. Is this a conspiracy? Here are some of the better GIFs I’ve found.
People like GIFs. People don’t want Ebola.
Left to my own devices, I’d probably always seek out the most ornate complicated GIFs I could find. It’s my taste. But after having spent most of the day writing up a soul crushing shopping guide for the rich, (I may never be rid of my anti-corporate teenage angst) Tom Moody’s modest set of GIFs serves as a well-needed palette cleanser. The mini-band above has all of zero relationship to art market, and can be evaluated for what they are; short animated loops of squirrels playing music. One plays an electric guitar, the other a banjo, with what appears to be the back of a player piano and a sheet holder in between the two. Banjo squirrel not withstanding, the movement of each GIF has been sped up or exaggerated in some, creating a bizarre caricature of the action. It’s cute, and perhaps a little naive, in exactly the right way.


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Technology just continues to amaze us. Professors in Virgina have came up with a tick-killing robot that actually works! Ticks are attracted to carbon dioxide and movement, so they take some tube and lay it on the ground where ticks like to live, leave it there for about 15 minutes and it emits a small amount of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Then the robot follows the tube, and behind the robot is a piece of cloth with a pesticide that kills ticks on it.
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The first human West Nile virus case of 2013 in Minnesota was recently recorded. A man from Murray County became ill with the virus in early July and is currently recovering. This is a sign that we are now entering high risk West Nile virus season, and when spending time outdoors people need to start being careful. A way to help prevent this virus is to wear bug repellant, especially with DEET or permethrin added to it.
As you can see, this can potentially be a very dangerous disease if not treated right away. At Mosquito Squad, we want to protect you in any way we can, and we can eliminate 85-90% of mosquitoes in your yard. This would be especially helpful now that we are entering into high risk West Nile virus season, so you can enjoy your time outside without worrying about mosquitoes and the diseases they carry. Give us a call today, so you can be protected for the rest of summer!
John Langley was living a normal life just outside of Dallas, Texas last year, until disaster struck. He began to not feel well, then suddenly one morning his temperature soared and his body began to cramp up. His wife rushed him to the hospital and they found out what was wrong: Langley had been infected with the West Nile virus. After being in a medically induced coma for a month, Langley finally woke up and found that he was paralyzed from his neck down and needed a respirator to help him breathe. Today, he can breathe on his own again, but he's working on getting his other muscles back in gear since the disease made his muscles so weak. He used to be able to do handy work around the house, but now he has troubles just flexing his fingers every day, and this is all because of one tiny little insect: The mosquito.
As you can see, one little mosquito can cause a lot of damage, and we are starting to approach the prime season for mosquitoes and West Nile. This is why we want to help you. At Mosquito Squad, we can eliminate mosquitoes for you in your backyard, so you don't have to worry about those nasty insects and be outdoors worry free. Give us a call today at 877-239-BITE (2483) today so we can start protecting you and your family for the rest of summer!
This year it seems that ticks are out in abundance. Researchers are saying this is because of the late spring we had this year. Usually wood ticks are out first in May, then the deer tick follows later in summer. But since we had a late spring, the ticks are both out at the same time and this is why it seems there are more ticks than normal. Deer ticks are the ones people have to worry about, they are the ones who carry Lyme disease. Since 2000, the disease has risen greatly and this could be due to weather changes. Since ticks usually infect and cling to rodents at first, the weather is causing rodents to venture out further to find food and taking the ticks with them. Usually people just have to worry about ticks in wooded areas, but this is no longer the case now that rodents are on the move. People should be careful when they go outside and make sure to really look themselves over when they get inside for any ticks.
At Mosquito Squad, we can help fight those ticks and keep you, your family, and pets safe this summer. We provide barrier spray treatments that work to eliminate adult ticks, and we also provide tick tubes, which work to kill nymph stage ticks. Give us a call today to learn more about both of these options and so you don't have to worry about those little ticks anymore!!
The mosquito population has tripled this year, according to researchers and this is due to the winter that seemed to last forever. Usually mosquitoes hatch in increments starting in the spring, but this year they all seemed to hatch at once and this is why the mosquitoes seem so bad this year. We didn't really have a spring, so when it warmed up, the mosquitoes thought it was time to hatch and attack humans so they can't enjoy their yards.
Mosquito Squad can help keep you safe this August!! We can eliminate those pesky and dangerous -mosquitoes from your yard, so you don't have to worry and can enjoy your time outside. Give us a call today at 877-239-BITE (2483) to protect you and your family for the rest of summer!
Of course, mosquitoes are pesty insects that bite humans and leave itchy marks for days. But not many people know that the mosquito is the most deadly animal on the planet. It carries many different diseases that can affect people in different ways.
Malaria: This disease is no longer present in the United States, but around the world this is a very dangerous and fatal disease. It is a treatable disease, but a lot of countries where this occurs do not have the resources to help everyone who contracts this disease.
West Nile: Of course we have talked about this one before. 2012 was one of the worst years in the United States for the virus, and it may be hard to diagnose this virus without going to the doctor since the symptoms resemble typical sicknesses that could happen any day.
Dengue: This typically occurs in tropic areas, but there have been rare cases found in the United States. Usually starting with a high fever, this disease then causes severe muscle pain, headache, eye pain, and rashes.
Yellow Fever: This also is most common in tropic areas where mosquitoes are more likely to be found, and starts with simple symptoms, such as fever, pain, and vomiting. If it progresses to the second stage, this is much more dangerous and causes a higher fever, yellowing skin, and liver damage. This disease is pretty rare in the United States, but worldwide this disease causes 30,000 deaths a year.
As you can see, mosquitoes can cause a lot more harm then just some minor itching and red bumps. It can put any one in danger, so give Mosquito Squad a call today so we can start protecting you and your family from dangerous diseases this summer!
Could Mosquitoes Be Causing Childhood Obesity?
Many people know that children today are more obese than they have ever been before, and this is due to overeating and not getting enough physical activity. Of course, summer is a big time to play outside and get physical activity, but could mosquitoes be causing children to not be able to play outside? A recent study done by scientists at Rutgers university looked at if day-biting mosquitoes may be causing more children to stay inside, and thus causing more obesity.
The study took two similar communities and used mosquito control in one of the communities and no mosquito control in the other community for one year, and then two years later, the communities switched roles, meaning the one who had no mosquito control the first year now received mosquito control and the community who had mosquito control the first year did not receive mosquito control. The study found that when the community used mosquito control, children were more likely to spend time outside. They also suggested ways to help control mosquitoes in a person's yard by eliminating standing water, and know that mosquito control treatments will not take care of every single mosquito in your yard.
If you and your children are unable to spend time outside due to the infestation of mosquitoes in your yard, give Mosquito Squad a call! We can treat your yard and eliminate 85-90% of those nasty mosquitoes, so you can enjoy your time outside without getting bit up or running the risk of catching a mosquito-borne disease. We want to help you and your family in any way we can, so give us a call today!
The mosquitoes are awful this year, and some of you may be experiencing more mosquito bites than others. The Smithsonian has come up with a list of what attracts mosquitoes to more people.
1. Beer: Mosquitoes are attracted to ethanol and body heat, and even if you drink one beer, mosquitoes will be coming after you more than if you don't have any beer.
2. Exercise: Ethanol will also be released from your body when exercising due to the build up of lactic acid, and also because your body heat is likely to rise when exercising.
3. Pregnant Women: They also have a higher body heat and release 21% more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, another thing mosquitoes are attracted to.
4. Blood Type: People who have Type O blood type are the most likely to get bit, followed by Type B, and people who have Type A blood type are the least likely to get bit.
As always, it's important to use a good bug repellant, but the most important thing to protect yourself is to give Mosquito Squad a call. We know exactly where mosquitoes like to hide and how to get rid of them so if you have any of these attractive factors, we can eliminate the mosquitoes from your yard so you don't have to worry anymore. Give us a call today at 877-239-BITE (2483) today to start becoming unattractive to those nasty mosquitoes!!
What the researchers recommend to keep you and your family safe is an active way to stop mosquitoes. First is to empty all standing water in your yard, or change it frequently if it is something like a bird bath or dog water. Second is to get the professionals to come out and help. That's where Mosquito Squad comes in! We want to help keep your family safe from West Nile by eliminating as many mosquitoes as we can. Since we live in a region where West Nile Virus may be in higher numbers, start to prevent it already by calling us and we can come out to your yard and spray for mosquitoes. Our barrier spray eliminates 85-90% of mosquitoes with a 100% satisfaction guarantee, so give us a call today at 877-239-BITE (2483)!
Summer is the perfect time to just sit outside when you get home from work and just enjoy a cold one. But did you know drinking beer may cause mosquitoes to be more attracted to you? Researchers have recently done a study on if mosquitoes really are more attracted to people who are drinking beer than those who are not drinking beer. There have been some articles posted that say there might be a link to drinking beer and mosquito attraction, but here is a study that proves beer drinkers may have to be more careful when they are outside.
This study shows that those people who drink more beer should be cautious of the mosquitoes around them, as they may be more prone to get bit by mosquitoes infected with diseases. If you still want to enjoy a beer outside on the deck, then give us a call! Our barrier spray treatments eliminate up to 85-90% of mosquitoes, and this means that you can enjoy your beer worry free on your deck all summer long! Give us a call today to start enjoying your yard and beer again!
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Welcome to the new Web site for The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston ("university") Handbook of Operating Procedures or HOOP. The HOOP contains the official policies for the university.
The Office of Legal Affairs coordinates the editing, review, issuance and archiving of all official university policies contained in the HOOP.
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The university's policies connect the university's mission to the everyday actions of its community, clarify the university's expectations of its individual members, mitigate institutional risk, enhance efficiency and support the university's compliance with laws and regulations.
If you were redirected here from a HOOP policy with a decimal point, the HOOP was recently reorganized and now reflects new policy numbers. Please refer to the Disposition Table for the new policy number. If you do not recall the old policy number, please refer to the Subject Index and/or the Alphabetical Listing.
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What is the strategy behind President Donald Trump's proposed military budget? Politics professor Dan Wirls analyzes the administration's proposed plan in an op-ed in the Conversation.
"President Trump is arguing for a military buildup before producing a strategic vision or laying out priorities to guide the new spending," Wirls problematizes. "Instead he has justified it, so far, on two misleading premises: that President Barack Obama slashed the defense budget and that as a result the military is depleted and needs to be rebuilt."
Wirls compares Trump's military budget with the previous ten years of military spending during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. He also looks at how the money is spent in the military.
"President Trump has so far leaned heavily on the slippery concept of “peace through strength,” even though all these years of unrivaled U.S. power – and our repeated use of it – have not produced peace. The president seems to see military strength almost as an end in itself, or “performative,” as military analyst Erin Simpson put it, a kind of show or performance, regardless of whether the capabilities are matched to the threats we face."
Wirls research spans American political history, from the debates at the Constitutional Convention to the latest developments in military policy. His most recent book is The Federalist Papers and Institutional Power in American Political Development (Palgrave MacMillan, 2015). He is also author of Irrational Security: The Politics of Defense from Reagan to Obama (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010).

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text: Lively Language Arts 2 builds on last year's study of phonics and introduces more complex word structures through a study of word blends, contractions, vowel sounds, long and short vowels, dipthongs, silent letters, apostrophes, prefixes and suffixes, and synonyms and antonyms. Homeschoolers will begin recognizing more advanced words and will begin developing a more extensive vocabulary. This course will prepare students for third grade English, in which they will learn how words work together to form sentences.