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Terms and conditions for the supply of technology marketing services
THE RUBICON AGENCY LIMITED, A COMPANY INCORPORATED AND REGISTERED IN ENGLAND WITH COMPANY NUMBER 9171666 WHOSE REGISTERED OFFICE IS AT: Sutherland House, 1759 London Road, LEIGH-ON-SEA, ESSEX, SS9 2SW.
1.1 Definitions. In these Conditions, the following definitions apply:
"Business Day" means a day (other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday) when banks in London are open for business
"Charges" means the charges payable by the Client for the supply of the Services in accordance with clause 5
"Commencement Date" has the meaning set out in clause 2.2
"Conditions" means these terms and conditions as amended from time to time in accordance with clause 13.1.
"Contract" means the contract between The Rubicon Agency and the Client for the supply of Services in accordance with these Conditions
"Client" means the person or firm who purchases Services from The Rubicon Agency.
"Deliverables" means the deliverables set out in the Order.
"Intellectual Property Rights" means all patents, rights to inventions, utility models, copyright and related rights, trade marks, service marks, trade, business and domain names, rights in trade dress or get-up, rights in goodwill or to sue for passing off, unfair competition rights, rights in designs, rights in computer software, database right, topography rights, moral rights, rights in confidential information (including know-how and trade secrets) and any other intellectual property rights, in each case whether registered or unregistered and including all applications for and renewals or extensions of such rights, and all similar or equivalent rights or forms of protection in any part of the world.
"Order" means the Client's order for Services as set out in the Quotation and Statement of Works document.
"Pre-Existing Materials" means all documents, information and materials provided by The Rubicon Agency relating to the Services which existed prior to the commencement of this agreement, including computer programs, data, reports and specifications and processes used in the provision of the Services.
"The Rubicon Agency" means The Rubicon Agency Limited office is at incorporated and registered in England & Wales with company number 9171666 and whose registered office is at: Sutherland House, 1759 London Road, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 2SW.
"Services" means the services, including the Deliverables, supplied by The Rubicon Agency to the Client as set out in the Quotation and Statement of Works.
"Statement of Works" means the description or specification of the Services provided in writing by The Rubicon Agency to the Client.
1.2 Construction. In these Conditions, the following rules apply:
1.2.1 a person includes a natural person, corporate or unincorporated body (whether or not having separate legal personality);
1.2.2 a reference to a party includes its successors or permitted assigns;
1.2.3 a reference to a statute or statutory provision is a reference to such statute or statutory provision as amended or re-enacted. A reference to a statute or statutory provision includes any subordinate legislation made under that statute or statutory provision, as amended or re-enacted;
1.2.4 any phrase introduced by the terms including, include, in particular or any similar expression, shall be construed as illustrative and shall not limit the sense of the words preceding those terms. A reference to writing or written includes faxes and e-mails.
2 BASIS OF CONTRACT
2.1 The Order constitutes an offer by the Client to purchase Services in accordance with these Conditions.
2.2 The Order shall only be deemed to be accepted when The Rubicon Agency issues written acceptance of the Order at which point and on which date the Contract shall come into existence ("Commencement Date").
2.3 The Contract constitutes the entire agreement between the parties. The Client acknowledges that it has not relied on any statement, promise or representation made or given by or on behalf of The Rubicon Agency which is not set out in the Contract.
2.4 Any samples, drawings, descriptive matter or advertising issued by The Rubicon Agency, and any descriptions or illustrations contained in The Rubicon Agency catalogues or brochures, are issued or published for the sole purpose of giving an approximate idea of the Services described in them. They shall not form part of the Contract or have any contractual force.
2.5 These Conditions apply to the Contract to the exclusion of any other terms that the Client seeks to impose or incorporate, or which are implied by trade, custom, practice or course of dealing.
2.6 Any Quotation given by The Rubicon Agency shall not constitute an offer, and is only valid for a period of 30 Business Days from its date of issue.
3 SUPPLY OF SERVICES AND DELIVERABLES
3.1 The Rubicon Agency shall supply the Services to the Client in accordance with the Statement of Works in all material respects.
3.2 The Rubicon Agency shall use all reasonable endeavours to meet any performance dates specified in the Order, but any such dates shall be estimates only and time shall not be of the essence for performance of the Services.
3.3 The Rubicon Agency shall have the right to make any changes to the Services which are necessary to comply with any applicable law or safety requirement, or which do not materially affect the nature or quality of the Services, and The Rubicon Agency shall notify the Client in any such event.
3.4 The Rubicon Agency warrants to the Client that the Services will be provided using reasonable care and skill.
3.5 After the Commencement Date, The Rubicon Agency will submit to the Client for approval:
3.5.1 Strategies, plans, copy layouts, artwork, creative concepts and/or scripts; and
3.5.2 Estimate of the cost of any items payable in addition to The Rubicon Agency's original quotation.
3.6 Written or oral approval by the Client of the items specified in clauses 3.5.1 and 3.5.2 will be taken by The Rubicon Agency as authorisation to proceed with the instruction of third party suppliers as specified in the Order (or which the parties have subsequently agreed upon) in reliance on the Client's authorisation and the Client shall at all times remain responsible for the costs of these third party suppliers.
3.7 Any claim regarding the quality or condition of the Deliverables must be notified to The Rubicon Agency within 48 hours of delivery of the Deliverables to the Client. If no such notice is received by The Rubicon Agency within the time period specified then the Client shall be deemed to have accepted the Deliverables. If the Client does notify The Rubicon Agency within the 48 hour timeframe then, provided The Rubicon Agency is given a reasonable opportunity to examine the affected Deliverables, The Rubicon Agency shall, at its option, correct, repair or replace the affected Deliverables. The Rubicon Agency shall not be obliged to correct, repair or replace the affected Deliverables where the defect arises because the Client has failed to follow The Rubicon Agency's oral or written instructions as to the storage, installation, commissioning, use or maintenance of the Deliverables or if the defect arises as a result of The Rubicon Agency following any drawing or design supplied by the Client or if the Client corrects, alters or repairs the Deliverables without The Rubicon Agency's prior written consent.
3.8 The risk in the Deliverables shall pass to the Client as soon as they are delivered to the Client. Title to the Deliverables shall not pass to the Client until The Rubicon Agency has received payment in full (in cash or cleared funds) for the Deliverables any other goods or services that The Rubicon Agency has supplied to the Client.
3.9 Until title to the Deliverables has passed to the Client, the Client shall hold the Deliverables on a fiduciary basis as The Rubicon Agency's bailee and keep the Deliverables separate from all other goods or materials held by the Client so that they remain readily identifiable as The Rubicon Agency's property and maintain the Deliverables in satisfactory condition and keep them insured against all risks for their full price from the date of delivery. If before title to the Deliverables passes to the Client the Client becomes subject to any of the events listed in clause 9.1.2 or The Rubicon Agency reasonably believes that any such event is about to happen and notifies the Client accordingly, then without limiting any other right or remedy The Rubicon Agency may have, The Rubicon Agency may at any time require the Client to deliver up the Deliverables. If the Client fails to do so promptly, The Rubicon Agency may enter any premises of the Client or of any third party where the Deliverables are stored in order to recover them.
4 CLIENT'S OBLIGATIONS
4.1 The Client shall:
4.1.1 ensure that the terms of the Order and any information it provides in the Specification are complete and accurate;
4.1.2 co-operate with The Rubicon Agency in all matters relating to the Services and promptly provide any information relating to the Services in sufficient time to enable The Rubicon Agency to perform its obligations;
4.1.3 provide The Rubicon Agency with such information and materials as The Rubicon Agency may reasonably require in order to supply the Services, and ensure that such information is accurate in all material respects;
4.2 If The Rubicon Agency's performance of any of its obligations under the Contract is prevented or delayed by any act or omission by the Client or failure by the Client to perform any relevant obligation ("Client Default"):
4.2.1 The Rubicon Agency shall without limiting its other rights or remedies have the right to suspend performance of the Services until the Client remedies the Client Default, and to rely on the Client Default to relieve it from the performance of any of its obligations to the extent the Client Default prevents or delays The Rubicon Agency's performance of any of its obligations;
4.2.2 The Rubicon Agency shall not be liable for any costs or losses sustained or incurred by the Client arising directly or indirectly from The Rubicon Agency's failure or delay to perform any of its obligations as set out in this clause 4.2; and
4.2.3 the Client shall reimburse The Rubicon Agency on written demand for any costs or losses sustained or incurred by The Rubicon Agency arising directly or indirectly from the Client Default.
5 CHARGES AND PAYMENT
5.1 Unless agreed otherwise in writing and subject to clause 5.2, the Charges are as set out in the Order.
5.2 The Rubicon Agency reserves the right, by giving notice to the Client at anytime, to increase the Charges at any time during the Term due to any event or factor beyond its control including but not limited to:
5.2.1 Any variation of duties or increase in the costs of materials, labour, digital media or printing;
5.2.2 Any charge in the Specification requested by the Client;
5.2.3 Any delay caused by the Client.
5.3 The Rubicon Agency will invoice the Client on either of the following instances 1) upon client raising the PO, 2) upon completion of the QuickPlan (depending on engagement) or 3) upon delivery and acceptance of Planning presentation (depending on engagement)
5.4 The Client shall pay each invoice submitted by The Rubicon Agency:
5.4.1 within 30 days of the date of the invoice; and
5.4.2 in full and in cleared funds to a bank account nominated in writing by The Rubicon Agency, and
5.4.3 time for payment shall be of the essence of the Contract.
5.5 All amounts payable by the Client under the Contract are exclusive of amounts in respect of value added tax chargeable for the time being ("VAT"). Where any taxable supply for VAT purposes is made under the Contract by The Rubicon Agency to the Client, the Client shall, on receipt of a valid VAT invoice from The Rubicon Agency, pay to The Rubicon Agency such additional amounts in respect of VAT as are chargeable on the supply of the Services at the same time as payment is due for the supply of the Services.
5.6 Without limiting any other right or remedy of The Rubicon Agency, if the Client fails to make any payment due to The Rubicon Agency under the Contract by the due date for payment ("Due Date"), The Rubicon Agency shall have the right to charge interest on the overdue amount under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest Act 1998 (as the same may be amended supplemented or re-enacted to reflect the Late Payment Directive 2011 (2011/7/EU)) and the client shall pay the interest immediately on demand. The Rubicon Agency shall also have the right to appropriate any payments made to The Rubicon Agency by the Client whether or not relating to the Services as The Rubicon Agency may think fit in order to pay off the outstanding amounts.
5.6 Without limiting any other right or remedy of The Rubicon Agency, if the Client fails to make any payment due to The Rubicon Agency under the Contract by the due date for payment ("Due Date"), The Rubicon Agency shall have the right to charge the following fees at 14 days after the Due Date should the client not provide adequate and agreeable plans for payment terms. Warning of late payment fees are advised on all estimates, invoices, QuickPlan agreements and Statements of Works.
Invoice value (excluding VAT)
Up to £/$ 1,000
£/$1,000 – £/$5,000
£/$5,001 – £/$10,000
£/$10,001 – £/$25,000
£/$50,001 – £/$100,000
£/$100,001 and beyond
Overdue payment fee
£/$50
£/$100
£/$1500
3% of value
5.7 The Client shall pay all amounts due under the Contract in full without any deduction or withholding except as required by law and the Client shall not be entitled to assert any credit, set-off or counterclaim against The Rubicon Agency in order to justify withholding payment of any such amount in whole or in part. The Rubicon Agency may, without limiting its other rights or remedies, set off any amount owing to it by the Client against any amount payable by the The Rubicon Agency to the Client.
6 DATA PROTECTION
6.1.1 Each party shall comply with Data Protection Legislation with regards to the processing of Client Personal Data under this Agreement.
6.1.2 The Client shall only provide the Agency with Client Personal Data to the extent that it is strictly necessary for the Agency's performance of the Services.
6.1.3 The Client shall ensure that it has all necessary appropriate consents and notices in place to enable lawful transfer of the Client Personal Data to the Agency for the duration and purposes of this agreement.
6.1.4 The Agency is a Data Processor in respect of the Client Personal Data processed under this Agreement. The Agency shall:
6.1.4.1 process the Client Personal Data only on and in accordance with lawful instructions from the Client which may be specific instructions or instructions of a general nature provided directly to the Agency, which may include any instructions from any end client of the Client with respect to that Client Personal Data;
6.1.4.2 process the Client Personal Data only to the extent, and in such manner as is necessary for the provision of services to the Client;
6.1.4.3 inform the Client of any legal requirement under any applicable law that would require the Agency to process the Client Personal Data otherwise than only on the processing instructions, or if any Client instruction infringes, Data Protection Legislation; and
6.1.4.4 not transfer Client Personal Data out of the European Economic Area without the Client's prior written consent.
6.1.5 The scope, purpose and duration of Personal Data and Processing (including the type of Personal Data, categories of Data Subjects and security details) covered by this Agreement is set out in the Schedule of this Agreement.
6.2.1 The Agency shall implement and maintain, at its cost and expense, appropriate technical and organisational measures in relation to its processing of Client Personal Data so as to ensure a level of security in respect of Client Personal Data processed by it is appropriate to the risks that are presented by the processing, in particular from accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure of, or access to Client Personal Data transmitted, stored or otherwise processed.
6.2.2 In respect of any Security Incident involving Client Personal Data, the Agency shall without undue delay notify by telephone to and provide the Client with details of the Security Incident.
6.3 Agency Staff and Other Processors
6.3.1 The Agency shall not engage another person to perform specific processing activities in respect of the Client Personal Data without the Client's prior written consent. The Agency shall remain fully liable to the Client for the Sub-Processor's performance, as well as for any acts or omissions of the Sub-Processor as regards its processing of Client Personal Data.
6.3.2 The Agency shall ensure that its personnel processing Client Personal Data have signed agreements requiring them to keep Personal Data confidential, and take all reasonable steps to ensure the reliability of the Agency personnel processing Client Personal Data and that personnel processing Client Personal Data receive adequate training on compliance with the data protection provisions of this Data Processing Schedule and the Data Protection Legislation.
6.4 Other Obligations
6.4.1 The Agency shall forward to the Client and otherwise co-operate with and assist the company with any requests received from data subjects of any Client Personal Data.
6.4.2 The Agency shall provide reasonable assistance, information and cooperation to the Client to ensure compliance with the Client's obligations under Data Protection Legislation in relation to the processing of Client Personal Data under this Agreement. This includes assistance with any data protection impact assessments and consultations with (or notifications to) relevant data protection regulators.
6.4.3 The Agency shall not transfer any Client Personal Data to any country outside the European Economic Area without the Client's prior written consent.
6.4.4 The Agency shall make available to the Client on request in a timely manner such information as is required by the Client to demonstrate the Agency's compliance with its obligations under Data Protection Legislation and this Data Processing Schedule.
6.4.5 The Agency shall permit audits conducted by the Client or another auditor mandated by the Client for the purpose of demonstrating the Agency's compliance with its obligations under Data Protection Legislation and this Data Protection Schedule. This shall be subject to the Client giving The Agency reasonable prior notice of such audit and/or inspection, and ensuring that any auditor is subject to binding obligations of confidentiality and that such audit or inspection is undertaken so as to cause minimal disruption to the Agency's business.
6.4.6 The Agency shall without delay, at the Client's request, either securely delete or return all the Client Personal Data to the Client at the end of this Agreement, or if earlier, as soon as processing by the Agency of any Personal Data is no longer required for the Agency's performance of its obligations under this Agreement, and securely delete existing copies (unless storage of any data is required by applicable law).
6.4.7 The Agency shall enter into the Controller-To-Processor EU Model Clauses in [Schedule 2] where Client Personal Data is processed outside the EU; or in countries which do not ensure adequate level of data. In the event of any inconsistency between this Data Processing Schedule and the Controller-To-Processor EU Model Clauses, the Controller-To-Processor EU Model Clauses shall override this Data Processing Schedule.
7 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
7.1 As between the Client and The Rubicon Agency, all Intellectual Property Rights in the Deliverables and the Pre-existing Materials shall be owned by The Rubicon Agency. At no point will the Intellectual Property Rights in the Pre-Existing Materials be transferred, assigned or licensed to the Client. Subject to clauses 3.8 and 3.9 (including for the avoidance of doubt the condition precedent of full payment of the Charges) the Intellectual Property Rights in the Deliverables but not the Pre-Existing Materials will be deemed to transfer to the Client.
7.2 The Rubicon Agency will use reasonable endeavours to ensure that any third party which is either engaged by it to produce (or which otherwise owns) any creative works or materials in respect of the Deliverables shall agree to assign to the Client any Intellectual Property Rights owned by them in relation to the Deliverables upon payment of their fees.
7.3 The Client acknowledges that, in respect of any third party Intellectual Property Rights, the Client's use of any such Intellectual Property Rights is conditional on The Rubicon Agency obtaining a written licence from the relevant licensor on such terms as will entitle The Rubicon Agency to license such rights to the Client.
7.4 Whilst respecting the terms of any Confidentiality Agreements in place to cover programmes undertaken by the Rubicon Agency, the client accepts the right for The Rubicon Agency to showcase projects undertaken for the client, whilst taking steps to ensure no commercially sensitive or confidential material is shared in the process. This includes, but is not restricted to, promotion on the agency website, social channels and customer presentations. The agency will take every reasonable step to respect sensitivity, and will not use identified customer testimonials without express permission.
8 CONFIDENTIALITY
8.1 A party ("Receiving Party") shall keep in strict confidence all technical or commercial know-how, specifications, inventions, processes or initiatives which are of a confidential nature and have been disclosed to the Receiving Party by the other party ("Disclosing Party"), its employees, agents or subcontractors, and any other confidential information concerning the Disclosing Party's business or its products or its services which the Receiving Party may obtain. The Receiving Party shall restrict disclosure of such confidential information to such of its employees, agents or subcontractors as need to know it for the purpose of discharging the Receiving Party's obligations under the Contract, and shall ensure that such employees, agents or subcontractors are subject to obligations of confidentiality corresponding to those which bind the Receiving Party. This clause 7 shall survive termination of the Contract.
9 LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY
9.1 The Client will indemnify and keep indemnified The Rubicon Agency from and against any and all proceedings, claims, damages, losses, expenses or liabilities which The Rubicon Agency may incur or sustain as a direct or indirect result of or in connection with the use of any information, representation, reports, data or materials supplied to it by the Client including but not limited to the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008.
9.2 The Rubicon Agency does not warrant or guarantee the success of any marketing exercise or program and the Client is responsible for checking the proposed Services and ensuring their accuracy and the veracity of the statements therein. The Rubicon Agency is not responsible for checking the accuracy of any information or data provided to it by the Client.
9.3 The Client warrants that it is not a consumer as defined under the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contract Regulations 1999.
9.4 Nothing in these Conditions shall limit or exclude The Rubicon Agency's liability for:
9.4.1 death or personal injury caused by its negligence, or the negligence of its employees, agents or subcontractors;
9.4.2 fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; or
9.4.3 breach of the terms implied by section 2 of the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 (title and quiet possession).
9.5.1 The Rubicon Agency shall under no circumstances whatever be liable to the Client, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, for any loss of profit, or any indirect or consequential loss arising under or in connection with the Contract; and
9.5.2 The Rubicon Agency total liability to the Client in respect of all other losses arising under or in connection with the Contract, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, shall in no circumstances exceed £1 million.
9.6 The terms implied by sections 3 to 5 of the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 are, to the fullest extent permitted by law, excluded from the Contract.
9.7 The Client acknowledges that the limitations and exclusions contained in these Conditions are reasonable and if they had not been included, the Charges would have been increased significantly.
9.8 This clause 8 shall survive termination of the Contract.
10 TERMINATION
10.1 Without limiting its other rights or remedies, each party may terminate the Contract with immediate effect by giving written notice to the other party if:
10.1.1 the other party commits a material breach of the Contract and (if such a breach is remediable) fails to remedy that breach within 14 days of that party being notified in writing of the breach;
10.1.2 an order is made or a resolution is passed for the dissolution or winding-up of the other party or an order is made for the appointment of an administrator to manage the affairs, business and property of the other party or such an administrator is appointed or documents are filed with the court for the appointment of an administrator or notice of intention to appoint an administrator is given by the other party or its trustees, officers, directors or by a qualifying floating charge holder (as defined in paragraph 14 of Schedule B1 to the Insolvency Act 1986), or a receiver and/or manager or administrative receiver is appointed in respect of all or any of the other party's assets or undertaking or circumstances arise which entitle the Court or a creditor to appoint a receiver and/or manager or administrative receiver to which entitle the Court to make a winding-up or bankruptcy order or the other party takes or suffers any similar or analogous action in consequence of debt.
10.2 Without limiting its other rights or remedies, The Rubicon Agency may terminate the Contract with immediate effect by giving written notice to the Client if the Client fails to pay any amount due under this Contract on the due date for payment.
10.3 Without limiting its other rights or remedies, if the Client becomes subject to any of the events listed in clause 9.1.2 or if The Rubicon Agency reasonably believes that the Client is about to become subject to any of them, or if the Client fails to pay any amount due under this Contract on the Due Date for payment then The Rubicon Agency shall have the right to suspend provision of the Services under the Contract or any other contract between the Client and The Rubicon Agency and may demand payment of the Charges in full which shall be payable forthwith.
11 CONSEQUENCES OF TERMINATION
11.1 On termination of the Contract for any reason:
11.1.1 the Client shall immediately pay to The Rubicon Agency all of The Rubicon Agency's outstanding unpaid invoices and interest and, in respect of Services supplied but for which no invoice has been submitted, The Rubicon Agency shall submit an invoice, which shall be payable by the Client immediately on receipt;
11.1.2 the Client shall return all of The Rubicon Agency Materials and any Deliverables which have not been fully paid for. If the Client fails to do so, then The Rubicon Agency may enter the Client's premises and take possession of them. Until they have been returned, the Client shall be solely responsible for their safe keeping and will not use them for any purpose not connected with this Contract;
11.1.3 the accrued rights, remedies, obligations and liabilities of the parties as at expiry or termination shall not be affected, including the right to claim damages in respect of any breach of the Contract which existed at or before the date of termination or expiry; and
11.1.4 clauses which expressly or by implication have effect after termination shall continue in full force and effect.
12.1 All communications between the parties about this Contract must be in writing and delivered: by hand; or sent by pre-paid first class post; or by email; or by facsimile transmission to its registered office or such changed address as shall be notified to the other party from time to time.
12.2 Communications shall be deemed to have been received:
12.2.1 if sent by pre-paid inland first class post, 2 days after posting (exclusive of the day of posting);
12.2.2 if delivered by hand, on the day of delivery;
12.2.3 if sent by facsimile transmission or email on a working day (in the UK) prior to 4.00pm at the time of transmission and otherwise on the next working day provided the sender can provide a fax delivery confirmation.
13.1 Neither party shall be in breach of this agreement nor liable for delay in performing, or failure to perform, any of its obligations under this agreement if such delay or failure results from events, circumstances or causes beyond its reasonable control. In such circumstances the affected party shall be entitled to a reasonable extension of the time for performing such obligations, provided that if the period of delay or non-performance continues for 3 months the party not affected may terminate this agreement by giving 14 days' written notice to the other party.
13.2 Any party that is subject to a force majeure event shall not be in breach of this agreement provided that it promptly notifies the other parties in writing of the nature and extent of the force majeure event causing its failure or delay in performance.
13.3 Under no circumstances shall the Client be entitled to delay payment because of a force majeure event.
14 GENERAL PROVISIONS
14.1 Any variation of the Contract must be in writing and signed on behalf of both parties. If a court decides that any part of the Contract cannot be enforced, that particular part of the Contract will not apply, but the rest of the Contract will. A waiver by a party of a breach of any provisions shall not be deemed a continuing waiver or a waiver of any subsequent breach of the same or any other provisions. Failure or delay in exercising any right under the Contract shall not prevent the exercise of that or any other right. The Client may not assign or transfer any benefit, interest or obligations under the Contract but The Rubicon Agency may assign or transfer any benefit, interest or obligation under this Contract without the consent of the Client. The provisions of the Contract (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 shall not apply to any person not a party to this Contract.
15 GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
15.1 This Contract and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales.
15.2 The parties remotely agree that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any disputes or claims that arise out of or in connection with this Contract or its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims).
APPENDIX 1 – MEDIA BUYING TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1 THE SERVICES
1.1 The Agency shall provide media and production buying services to the Client in accordance with the Agreement and good industry practice.
1.2 Unless set out otherwise in the Agreement and the Quotation and Statement of Works, the Agency shall not in any way be responsible for the preparation, content, production or supply of copy for any of the Client's advertising.
1.3 The Agency acts in all its contracts as a principal at law.
1.4 The Agency shall, after obtaining the Client's general written approval of its campaign plans, submit to the Client for its specific written approval:
1.5 media schedules, advertising artworks and marketing executions for time, space and other facilities, recognising that these are liable to change and evolution from campaign optimisation once the campaign is live; and
1.6 estimates or quotations of the cost of the various items of advertising and other services covered by this Agreement together with terms of payment.
1.7 The Client's written approval of media schedules and estimates will be the Agency's authority to make reservations and contracts for space, time and other facilities under the terms and conditions required by media or suppliers.
1.8 The Client acknowledges that the Agency shall not be obliged to make reservations and contracts, unless and to the extent that the Client has provided the Agency with a valid PO number.
1.9 The Agency will advise the Client promptly of any changes in the estimated cost of media or any significant changes in plans, schedules or work in progress previously approved in writing by the Client.
2 FEES AND PAYMENT
2.1 In consideration for the Agency's performance of the Services, the Client acknowledges that the Agency shall be entitled to retain the agency commission amount negotiated between the Agency and the relevant publisher or supplier ("Agency Commission"). In the event that (a) no Agency Commission is agreed between the Agency and the relevant publisher (e.g., in the case of Google Adservices); or (b) the agreed Agency Commission amount is below 15% of the gross equivalent media spend, the Agency shall be entitled to receive from the Client such amounts as shall ensure that the net receipt to the Agency of commission is 15% of the gross equivalent media spend. For the avoidance of doubt, the Client's obligation to pay any commission amount shall be in addition to its obligation to repay the Agency for the cost of all media time and space.
Alternatively, there may be separate arrangement reached and recognised on the Quotation and Statement of Works whereby the Client pays for the media services directly to the publisher or media owner (e.g. Google, Facebook, LinkedIn)
2.2 Any additional Fees for additional Services, including reporting, optimisation and campaign management, shall be as agreed in writing in the Quotation and Statement of Works between the parties.
2.3 Media charges will be based on the current published rates for Advertising in all media.
2.4 The cost to the Agency of media, materials or services purchased overseas for the advertising may be more or less than the cost anticipated at the date when the Agency ordered the relevant media, materials or services, (or obtained the Client's approval for such costs) as a result of fluctuations in the rate of currency exchange. If so, the Agency will charge the Client at its prevailing rate of currency exchange in operation on the date the Agency pays for the relevant media, materials or services.
2.5 The Agency will invoice the Client in respect of Agency in accordance with the billing schedule section of this Addendum and the Client will pay the invoice within 30 days of the date of invoice.
2.6 In the event that the Agency incurs any form of charges from its suppliers due to late payment by the Client, the Client shall immediately reimburse to the Agency the amount of such charge, together with any accrued interest charged by the supplier in respect of the overdue amount.
2.7 If late copy charges or late payment charges are levied by a media owner against the Agency the Client shall reimburse the amount of such late charges to the Agency.
3 CANCELLATION
3.1 In the event that the Client amends or cancels the scope of any media booking (as agreed between the parties in writing), (a) the Client shall reimburse the Agency for any charges or expenses to which the Agency is committed or that arise as a result of such cancellation or amendment, including but not limited to any cancellation charges imposed by a publisher; and (b) the Agency may at its discretion charge the Client a fee in lieu of any commission that would otherwise have been received by the Agency.
4 AGENCY'S RESPONSIBILITY
4.1 The Agency shall use reasonable care and skill in the selection and appointment of media supplier and the agreement of the terms and conditions of such appointment.
4.2 The Client confirms that it is expressly understood and agreed that in planning and buying the Client's media activity, the Agency shall use its reasonable endeavours to ensure the accuracy of all estimated and target figures relating to:
4.3 the number, proportion or type of people likely to be exposed to the advertising;
4.4 the number of exposures each person is likely to receive; and
4.5 the cost of achieving these exposures.
4.6 Since these are matters which are ultimately beyond the Agency's control, no warranties can be given by the Agency as to the accuracy of such estimates/targets or as to the figures actually occurring and no liability shall attach to the Agency in respect of any losses suffered by the Client or by any third party by reason of the Client's reliance on such estimates/targets.
4.7 For the avoidance of doubt the Agency is not responsible for copy content or late delivery of the advertising provided by the Client or a third party creative agency or for advising the Client about compliance issues.
5 COMPLIANCE
5.1 Both parties shall comply with applicable law and advertising regulation.
5.2 The Client shall inform the Agency without delay if the Client discovers that any advertising is false or misleading or in any way contrary to law or to any applicable code or advertising regulation.
5.3 In order to fund the UK self-regulatory system, a levy of 0.1% is payable:
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package com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.core.database;
import com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.core.interfaces.*;
import com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.core.*;
import com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.core.collections.*;
import com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.Abilities.interfaces.*;
import com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.Areas.interfaces.*;
import com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.Behaviors.interfaces.*;
import com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.CharClasses.interfaces.*;
import com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.Commands.interfaces.*;
import com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.Common.interfaces.*;
import com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.Exits.interfaces.*;
import com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.Items.interfaces.*;
import com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.Libraries.interfaces.*;
import com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.Locales.interfaces.*;
import com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.MOBS.interfaces.*;
import com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.Races.interfaces.*;

import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.sql.*;

public class DBConnection
{
	/** Connection object being used*/
	private Connection myConnection=null;

	/** (new) resultset being used currently */
	private ResultSet myResultSet=null;

	/** (new) statement object being used currently */
	private Statement myStatement=null;

	/** (new) statement object being used currently */
	private PreparedStatement myPreparedStatement=null;

	/** Whether this dbconnection is being used */
	protected boolean inUse;

	/** if any SQL errors occur, they are here.**/
	protected String lastError=null;

	/** last time the connection was queried/executed.**/
	private long lastQueryTime=System.currentTimeMillis();

	/** when this connection was put into use**/
	private long lastPutInUseTime=System.currentTimeMillis();

	/** number of failures in a row */
	protected int failuresInARow=0;

	protected boolean sqlserver=false;

	protected boolean isReusable=false;

	/** parent container of this connection **/
	private DBConnections myParent=null;

	/** for tracking the last sql statement made */
	protected String lastSQL = "";

	/** for remembering whether this is a fakeDB connection */
	private Boolean isFakeDB = null;

	public static enum FetchType {EMPTY,STATEMENT,PREPAREDSTATEMENT}

	/**
	 * construction
	 *
	 * Usage: DBConnection("","","");
	 * @param parent 	the parent connections object
	 * @param DBClass    JDBC Class
	 * @param DBService    ODBC SERVICE
	 * @param DBUser	ODBC LOGIN USERNAME
	 * @param DBPass	ODBC LOGIN PASSWORD
	 * @param DBReuse   Whether the connection can be reused.
	 * @throws SQLException a sql error
	 */
	public DBConnection(DBConnections parent,
						String DBClass,
						String DBService,
						String DBUser,
						String DBPass,
						boolean DBReuse)
		throws SQLException
	{
		myParent=parent;
		if((DBClass==null)||(DBClass.length()==0))
			DBClass="sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver";
		try
		{
			Class.forName(DBClass);
		}
		catch(final ClassNotFoundException ce)
		{
			ce.printStackTrace();
		}
		sqlserver=true;
		isReusable=DBReuse;
		final java.util.Properties p = new java.util.Properties();
		if((DBUser!=null)&&(DBUser.length()>0))
		{
			p.put("user",DBUser);
			p.put("password",DBPass);
		}
		p.put("SetBigStringTryClob", "true");
		myConnection=DriverManager.getConnection(DBService,p);
		if(CMSecurity.isDebugging(CMSecurity.DbgFlag.SQLERRORS))
			Log.debugOut("New connection made to :"+DBService+" using "+DBClass);
		sqlserver=false;
		inUse=false;
	}

	public String catalog()
	{
		try
		{
			return myConnection.getCatalog();
		}
		catch (final Exception e)
		{
			if(CMSecurity.isDebugging(CMSecurity.DbgFlag.SQLERRORS))
			{
				Log.errOut("DBConnection",e);
			}
		}
		return "";
	}

	public boolean isFakeDB()
	{
		if(isFakeDB==null)
		{
			final String catalog = catalog();
			if(catalog==null)
				isFakeDB=Boolean.FALSE;
			else
				isFakeDB = Boolean.valueOf(catalog.equalsIgnoreCase("FAKEDB"));
		}
		return isFakeDB.booleanValue();
	}

	/**
	 * shut down this connection totally
	 *
	 * Usage: close()
	 */
	public void close()
	{
		try
		{
			if(myStatement!=null)
				myStatement.close();
		}
		catch (final SQLException e)
		{
			if(CMSecurity.isDebugging(CMSecurity.DbgFlag.SQLERRORS))
				Log.errOut("DBConnection",e);
		}
		try
		{
			if(myPreparedStatement!=null)
				myPreparedStatement.close();
		}
		catch (final SQLException e)
		{
			if(CMSecurity.isDebugging(CMSecurity.DbgFlag.SQLERRORS))
				Log.errOut("DBConnection",e);
		}
		try
		{
			if(myConnection!=null)
				myConnection.close();
		}
		catch (final SQLException e)
		{
			if(CMSecurity.isDebugging(CMSecurity.DbgFlag.SQLERRORS))
				Log.errOut("DBConnection",e);
		}
		myConnection=null;
		myStatement=null;
		myPreparedStatement=null;
		myParent=null;
	}

	/**
	 * set up this connection for use
	 *
	 * Usage: use("begin transaction")
	 * @param openerSQL    Any SQL string you'd like to send
	 * @return boolean    The connection being used
	 */
	public synchronized boolean use(String openerSQL)
	{
		if((!inUse)&&(ready())&&(!isProbablyDead()))
		{
			lastError=null;
			try
			{
				myPreparedStatement=null;
				sqlserver=true;
				myStatement=myConnection.createStatement(ResultSet.TYPE_SCROLL_INSENSITIVE,ResultSet.CONCUR_READ_ONLY);
			}
			catch(final SQLException e)
			{
				if(CMSecurity.isDebugging(CMSecurity.DbgFlag.SQLERRORS))
					Log.errOut("DBConnection",e);
				myConnection=null;
				failuresInARow++;
				sqlserver=false;
				return false;
			}

			sqlserver=false;
			try
			{
				if(!openerSQL.equals(""))
				{
					lastSQL=openerSQL;
					lastQueryTime=System.currentTimeMillis();
					myStatement.executeUpdate(openerSQL);
				}
			}
			catch(final SQLException e)
			{
				if(CMSecurity.isDebugging(CMSecurity.DbgFlag.SQLERRORS))
				{
					Log.errOut("DBConnection","Error use: "+openerSQL);
					Log.errOut("DBConnection",e);
				}
				return false;
				// not a real error?!
			}

			lastPutInUseTime=System.currentTimeMillis();
			inUse=true;
			return true;
		}
		return false;
	}

	/**
	 * set up this connection for use
	 *
	 * Usage: useEmpty()
	 * @return boolean    The connection being used
	 */
	public synchronized boolean useEmpty()
	{
		if((!inUse)&&(ready())&&(!isProbablyDead()))
		{
			lastError=null;
			myPreparedStatement=null;
			sqlserver=true;
			myStatement=null;
			sqlserver=false;
			lastPutInUseTime=System.currentTimeMillis();
			inUse=true;
			return true;
		}
		return false;
	}

	/**
	 * set up this connection for use as a prepared statement
	 *
	 * Usage: usePrepared("SQL String")
	 * @param SQL    Any SQL string you'd like to use
	 * @return boolean    The connection being used
	 */
	public synchronized boolean usePrepared(String SQL)
	{
		if((!inUse)&&(ready()))
		{

			lastError=null;

			try
			{
				myStatement=null;
				sqlserver=true;
				lastSQL=SQL;
				myPreparedStatement=myConnection.prepareStatement(SQL);
				sqlserver=false;
			}
			catch(final SQLException e)
			{
				if(CMSecurity.isDebugging(CMSecurity.DbgFlag.SQLERRORS))
				{
					Log.errOut("DBConnection","Error prepare: "+SQL);
					Log.errOut("DBConnection",e);
				}
				sqlserver=false;
				myConnection=null;
				failuresInARow++;
				return false;
			}

			sqlserver=false;
			lastPutInUseTime=System.currentTimeMillis();
			failuresInARow=0;
			inUse=true;
			return true;
		}
		return false;
	}

	/**
	 * set up this connection for use as a prepared statement
	 * Requires an already in use connection.
	 *
	 * Usage: rePrepare("SQL String")
	 * @param SQL    Any SQL string you'd like to use
	 * @return boolean    The connection being used
	 */
	public synchronized boolean rePrepare(String SQL)
	{
		if(inUse)
		{
			closeStatements("");
			lastError=null;
			try
			{
				myStatement=null;
				sqlserver=true;
				lastSQL=SQL;
				myPreparedStatement=myConnection.prepareStatement(SQL);
				sqlserver=false;
			}
			catch(final SQLException e)
			{
				if(CMSecurity.isDebugging(CMSecurity.DbgFlag.SQLERRORS))
				{
					Log.errOut("DBConnection","Error reprepare: "+SQL);
					Log.errOut("DBConnection",e);
				}
				else
				if((""+e).equals("null"))
					Log.errOut("DBConnection","Re-prepare error: null");
				else
					Log.errOut("DBConnection","Re-prepare error: "+e.getMessage());
				sqlserver=false;
				myConnection=null;
				failuresInARow++;
				return false;
			}

			sqlserver=false;
			lastPutInUseTime=System.currentTimeMillis();
			failuresInARow=0;
			inUse=true;
			return true;
		}
		return false;
	}

	protected void closeStatements(String Closer)
	{
		try
		{
			if(!Closer.equals(""))
				if(myStatement!=null)
				{
					lastSQL=Closer;
					lastQueryTime=System.currentTimeMillis();
					myStatement.executeUpdate(Closer);
				}
			if(myResultSet!=null)
			{
				myResultSet.close();
				myResultSet=null;
			}
			if(myPreparedStatement!=null)
			{
				myPreparedStatement.close();
				myPreparedStatement=null;
			}
			if(myStatement!=null)
			{
				myStatement.close();
				myStatement=null;
			}
			if(myConnection!=null)
				myConnection.commit();
		}
		catch(final SQLException e)
		{
			if(CMSecurity.isDebugging(CMSecurity.DbgFlag.SQLERRORS))
			{
				Log.errOut("DBConnection",e);
			}
			// not a real error?
		}
	}

	/**
	 * report this connection as being free
	 *
	 * Usage: doneUsing("roll back");
	 * @param Closer	Any SQL string you'd like to send
	 */
	protected void doneUsing(String Closer)
	{
		closeStatements(Closer);
		if(!isReusable)
			close();
		inUse=false;
	}

	/**
	 * Return the time, in millis, when this connection
	 * was last returned.
	 * @return the last time a query was made on this conn
	 */
	public long getLastQueryTime()
	{
		return lastQueryTime;
	}

	/**
	 * execute a query, returning the resultset
	 *
	 * Usage: R=query("SELECT STATEMENT");
	 * @param queryString    SQL query-style string
	 * @return ResultSet	The results of the query
	 * @throws SQLException a sql error
	 */
	public ResultSet query(String queryString)
		throws SQLException
	{
		lastSQL=queryString;
		ResultSet R=null;
		if((inUse)&&(ready()))
		{
			try
			{
				sqlserver=true;
				lastQueryTime=System.currentTimeMillis();
				if(myStatement!=null)
					R=myStatement.executeQuery(queryString);
				else
					lastError="DBConnection Statement not open.";
				sqlserver=false;
			}
			catch(final SQLException sqle)
			{
				if(CMSecurity.isDebugging(CMSecurity.DbgFlag.SQLERRORS))
				{
					Log.errOut("DBConnection","Error query: "+queryString);
					Log.errOut("DBConnection",""+sqle);
				}
				else
				if((""+sqle).equals("null"))
					Log.errOut("DBConnection","Query error: null");
				else
					Log.errOut("DBConnection","Query error: "+sqle.getMessage());
				sqlserver=false;
				failuresInARow++;
				lastError=""+sqle;
				if(isProbablyDead())
				{
					if(myParent!=null)
						myParent.resetConnections();

				}
				throw sqle;
			}
			sqlserver=false;
		}
		else
		{
			lastError="DBConnection not ready.";
		}
		sqlserver=false;
		failuresInARow=0;
		lastPutInUseTime=System.currentTimeMillis();
		if(myParent!=null)
			myParent.clearErrors();
		myResultSet=R;
		return R;
	}

	/**
	 * Sets all the clobs in the prepared statement to the given strings
	 * @param vals the strings, in order
	 * @throws SQLException a sql error
	 */
	public void setPreparedClobs(String[] vals) throws SQLException
	{
		if(getPreparedStatement()==null)
		{
			return;
		}
		for(int t=0;t<vals.length;t++)
			if(vals[t]==null)
				getPreparedStatement().setNull(t+1, java.sql.Types.CLOB);
			else
				getPreparedStatement().setString(t+1, vals[t]);
	}

	/**
	 * execute an sql update, returning the status
	 *
	 * Usage: update("UPDATE STATEMENT");
	 * @param updateString    SQL update-style string
	 * @param retryNum    a retry number
	 * @return int    The status of the update
	 * @throws SQLException a sql error
	 */
	public int update(String updateString, int retryNum)
		throws SQLException
	{
		lastSQL=updateString;
		int responseCode=-1;
		if((inUse)&&(ready()))
		{
			try
			{
				sqlserver=true;
				lastQueryTime=System.currentTimeMillis();
				if(myStatement!=null)
					responseCode=myStatement.executeUpdate(updateString);
				else
				if(myPreparedStatement!=null)
					responseCode=myPreparedStatement.executeUpdate();
				else
				{
					myStatement=myConnection.createStatement(ResultSet.TYPE_SCROLL_INSENSITIVE,ResultSet.CONCUR_READ_ONLY);
					responseCode=myStatement.executeUpdate(updateString);
				}
				sqlserver=false;
			}
			catch(final SQLException sqle)
			{
				sqlserver=false;
				if((sqle.getMessage()==null)
				||(sqle.getMessage().toUpperCase().indexOf("PRIMARY KEY")<0))
					failuresInARow++;
				lastError=""+sqle;
				if(CMSecurity.isDebugging(CMSecurity.DbgFlag.SQLERRORS))
				{
					Log.errOut("DBConnection","Error update: "+updateString);
					Log.errOut("DBConnection",sqle);
				}
				else
					Log.errOut("DBConnection",updateString+": "+sqle);
				if((myParent!=null) && (myStatement != null))
					myParent.enQueueError(updateString,""+sqle,""+(retryNum+1));
				if(isProbablyDead())
					if(myParent!=null)
						myParent.resetConnections();
				throw sqle;
			}
		}

		sqlserver=false;
		lastPutInUseTime=System.currentTimeMillis();
		failuresInARow=0;
		if(myParent!=null)
			myParent.clearErrors();
		return responseCode;
	}

	/**
	 * returns whether this connection is ready for use
	 *
	 * Usage: ready();
	 * @return boolean    Whether this connection is ready
	 */
	public boolean ready()
	{
		return (myConnection!=null);
	}

	/**
	 * returns whether this connection is in use
	 *
	 * Usage: inUse();
	 * @return boolean    Whether this connection is in use
	 */
	public boolean inUse()
	{
		return inUse;
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the number of records in the given result set.
	 * @param R the result set
	 * @return the number of records
	 */
	public int getRecordCount(ResultSet R)
	{
		int recordCount=0;
		try
		{
			R.last();
			recordCount=R.getRow();
			R.beforeFirst();
		}
		catch(final Exception e)
		{
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
		return recordCount;
	}

	/**
	 * known errors should not be a reason to report a dead state
	 *
	 * Usage: clearFailures();
	 */
	public void clearFailures()
	{
		failuresInARow=0;
	}

	public boolean inSQLServerCommunication()
	{
		return sqlserver;
	}

	/**
	 * returns whether this connection is *probably* dead
	 *
	 * Usage: isProbablyDead();
	 * @return boolean    Whether this connection is probably dead
	 */
	public boolean isProbablyDead()
	{
		try
		{
			if((myConnection==null)||(myConnection.isClosed())||(failuresInARow>2))
				return true;
			return false;
		}
		catch(final SQLException e)
		{
			return true;
		}
	}

	/**
	 * returns whether this connection is *probably* locked up
	 *
	 * Usage: isProbablyLockedUp();
	 * @return boolean    Whether this connection is locked up
	 */
	public boolean isProbablyLockedUp()
	{
		final long twominsAgo=System.currentTimeMillis()-(2*60*1000);
		if((lastPutInUseTime<twominsAgo)&&inUse)
			return true;
		return false;
	}

	/**
	 * returns an error if there was one
	 *
	 * Usage: getLastError();
	 * @return String    The last error SQL string, if any
	 */
	public String getLastError()
	{
		if(lastError==null)
			return "";
		return lastError;
	}

	/**
	 * returns the prepared statement, if creates
	 *
	 * Usage: getPreparedStatement();
	 * @return PreparedStatement	the prepared statement
	 */
	public PreparedStatement getPreparedStatement()
	{
		return myPreparedStatement;
	}
}

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Marvel Comics Seeks to Punish Unlicensed Use of "Punisher" Skull Logo
Marvel Comics ("Marvel"), known internationally for some of pop-culture's most beloved characters, including Spider-Man, Iron Man, Wolverine, Thor and the Punisher, has filed lawsuits against several companies attempting to trademark a skull image that looks similar to Marvel's "Punisher" skull logo.
In 2015, Marvel opposed Molon Labe LLC's (Molon Labe) attempt to trademark a skull image (below right) similar to Marvel's Punisher skull logo (below left). Molon Labe, a gun enthusiast group, sought to use the logo on arms-related products, including "pistols and parts thereof; rifles and parts thereof; shotguns and parts thereof".
In 2017, Marvel took legal action against Loyalty Bound LLC for using a similar skull logo (below left) on merchandise such as insulating sleeve holders for beverage cans. Most recently, Marvel challenged the unlicensed use of its Punisher skull logo by Three Percent Nation LLC (below right), an American Militia group, for "online retail store services featuring a wide variety of consumer goods of others".
Molon Labe defaulted on its claim and Loyalty Bound abandoned its application. It will be interesting to see whether Three Percent Nation will be permitted to proceed with its application to trademark a skull logo that looks similar to the Punisher skull.
For trademark infringement claims in the US, a claimant must prove that: (i) it owns a valid mark, (ii) it is has priority in the mark and (iii) the alleged infringer's mark is likely to cause confusion in the minds of consumers about the source or sponsorship of the goods or services offered.
Authors: Pearl Lee and Amanda Bertucci

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Botox could treat cancer
By Tim Sandle Sep 1, 2014 in Science
New York - Botox, used in millions of face-smoothing procedures by the rich and vain, might also be a new weapon in the fight against cancer, according to a new study.
New research, using mice, indicates that, while nerves encourage the growth of stomach cancers, toxins used to destroy these nerves can stop this growth process and heighten the positive effects of chemotherapy. Specifically, as WebMD points out, the research is an exploration to see what part the vagus nerve plays in stomach cancer development.
The vagus nerve stretches from the brain right down to the digestive system and, when it is cut, tumour growth levels slow down. The research has discovered that Botox use has the same effect. This follows on from the observation that human and mouse cancers contain a lot of nerves in and around the tumour cells.
On this basis, the researchers wished to understand more about the role of nerves in the initiation and growth of cancer, by focusing on stomach cancer. Initial data suggests that by blocking the nerve signals, this makes the cancer cells more vulnerable and this also removes one of the key factors that regulate their growth.
According to the Daily Mail, the research remains at an early stage and it is not yet been shown that Botox injections can represent life-saving intervention. One of the scientists involved in the project, Dr Timothy Wang, told the BBC: "If you just cut nerves is it going to cure cancer? Probably not. At least in early phase, if you [disrupt the nerve] the tumour becomes much more responsive to chemotherapy, so we don't see this as a single cure, but making current and future treatments more effective."
Botox is a trade name for botulinum toxin. This is a protein and neurotoxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. Botox is more commonly used by plastic surgeons for carrying out cosmetic injections. Moreover, Botulism is a rare and often fatal paralytic illness. Clostridium botulinum bacteria, which can appear in rotted, uncooked foods and in soil. Listed as a Tier 1 agent by the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, the botulinum toxin is also a potential biological weapon.
The study is the result of a transatlantic collaboration involving representatives from New York's Columbia University Medical Centre and Trondheim's Norwegian University of Science and Technology. The findings have been published in the journal Science Translational Medicine. The paper is titled "Denervation suppresses gastric tumorigenesis".
More about Botox, Cancer, Mice, Therapy
Botox Cancer Mice Therapy


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Ex-Teenage Rebel
The Furious Scribblings of Chris Pramas
About Chris Pramas
Freeport Kickstarter: Why $50,000, Why a Deluxe Book?
Posted on March 27, 2013 by Chris
We've got five days left in the Freeport Kickstarter and we are still over $16,000 short of our goal. Throughout these last weeks, I've been reading your feedback and adding to or changing the campaign in response. People said they wanted more new content, so I added the Return to Freeport adventure series. I've also done things like offer a book-only reward level, and a way for Canadian backers to get more affordable shipping. The most common reason given for not backing the Kickstarter, however, is that the physical book is too expensive. I'd like to take some time to explain why I chose this format for the project and why our initial goal was $50,000.
Freeport is important to me because Death in Freeport is what put Green Ronin on the RPG map back in 2000. It sold like crazy and won an Origins Award and the very first ENnie Award (given to me by Gary Gygax, no less). I had originally conceived of GR as a fun side project and I didn't expect it to be my full time job, but due to the success of Freeport and other d20 lines it became just that in March of 2002. Freeport was also the first commercial setting I created that was always fully under my control. No business wonk or brand manager could tell me what to do with it. You can understand, I hope, why Freeport means a lot to me.
During Freeport's fallow period, it was always my intention to go back to it. The questions were when and how? Once Kickstarter began to change the face of RPG publishing, I of course thought of the City of Adventure. The way we used to publish, I would not have tried to do a 512-page full color hardback. It would be too risky and if it failed, could really hurt Green Ronin. That sort of calculus went into how we did the original Freeport hardback and its successor, The Pirate's Guide to Freeport. The former was 160 pages with a black and white interior. The latter was nearly 100 pages longer but only 16 of its 256 pages were in color. Kickstarter thus seemed like a way to do the Freeport book I always wanted to do: big, sexy, and full color throughout.
I considered doing the new book without any game specific info, as we did with The Pirate's Guide to Freeport, but sales data suggested that wasn't the best approach. From what we could tell, the biggest segment of our d20 fanbase was now playing Pathfinder so using those rules seemed to make the most sense. We had previously published a Pathfinder Freeport Companion of 160 pages. Combine that with The Pirate's Guide and our starting point was 416 pages. We certainly did not want to just slap them together and call it a day though; there had to be new material. That's how the book ended up at 512 pages in our pitch. We wanted at least 100 pages of new material (and at this point it's looking like at least 150 pages). We also wanted to revise and expand the material in the Pathfinder Companion to make sure the rules material was as up-to-date as possible.
When picking the goal for the Kickstarter then, I had to bear in mind the following costs:
Art Budget: a conservative estimate for quality interior art and a new cover is $15,000.
Print Budget: we are looking at least $25,000 here, since full color hardbacks are expensive to print.
Content Budget: writing, revising, developing, and editing a book of this size—even starting with previously written material—is going to cost us upwards of $10,000.
So that's $50,000 right there and that leaves us no profit at all. That just makes the book. Our plan is to do larger print run than the Kickstarter requires and then sell the rest of it through distributors, retailers, and our online store. That's where our profit would actually come from if we only reach $50,000 with the Kickstarter.
I've been asked how much the book will cost at stores after the Kickstarter. Our estimate right now is $75. That makes the Scurvytown Special, in which you get the finished PDF and the book shipped to you, a pretty good deal at $80. At $100, of course, you get a whole lot more (like the Return to Freeport adventure series and the serpentman promo miniature).
Some people have suggested that we should have started smaller and built it up with stretch goals. Maybe so. Frankly though, I didn't want to play that game. I wanted to clearly lay out my dream Freeport book and try to make a reality, and Kickstarter makes that possible. It tells you how much interest there really is in your project before you spend a lot of money on it. If this campaign fails, it will still have served a purpose. I will know this was not the right project at the right time. I will also have tried to give the Freeport fans something new, which they've been patiently waiting for these past few years.
But we aren't done yet. We have five days to get Freeport: The City of Adventure funded and I think we can do it. We've already gotten some great promotion from our friends at Paizo and Steve Jackson Games, as well as game sites, podcasts, and fans the world over. Thanks to each and every one of you. We just need a final push to get the word out, to find old Freeport fans and make new ones. So tell your friends, tell the internet, and tell your old gaming pals that Freeport is looking for a new generation of buccaneers! Let's hoist the skull and bones, spread the word, and find this booty for Freeport!
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Scapegoating the Private School Boy
Kasumi Borczyk
26 Nov 2021 6 min read
The Private School Boy is an object of endless horror and fascination. Every few years, the media outrage cycle will crest towards another scandal—a leaked video of a sexist chant, allegations of sexual misconduct or orgiastic excess—and the discourse machine will dissect the sexual mores of elite teenagers with a libidinal investment that speaks to its own lost youth. A prurient moral panic is fomented by the likes of the Sydney Morning Herald, which reports in graphic detail how "young women are raped while comatose at parties; they wake up naked, sometimes with penises in their mouths, or with their underpants soaked in blood, after having been groped, penetrated then discarded like a used condom." Private schools have a toxic masculinity problem, we are reminded over rolling footage of gangly, pixelated boys in uniform, sickeningly unaware of their class privilege.
Sex, schoolkids and where it all goes wrong
Privilege. Porn. Parent-free parties. An alcohol-fuelled climate in which being nice to girls is considered uncool. A wave of sexual assault allegations involving students from some of our top private schools underlines the need to foster a healthier brand of manhood. WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT.
The Sydney Morning HeraldDavid Leser, Natassia Chrysanthos
In 2016, police investigated an Instagram page created by students of Brighton Grammar called "young sluts." In 2019, St Kevin's College in Toorak made international headlines after a viral video emerged of students chanting that they "wished that all the ladies were holes in the road." A few weeks ago, James Robinson photographed his burning blazer in the middle of St Kevin's School oval in protest against the "bubble where privileged men can rehearse oppression without consequences…"
St Kevin's ex-student says burning blazer protest symbolised 'regeneration'
James Robinson said the protest on his former school's grounds represented his hope "a new kind of St Kevin's can rise from the ashes".
ABC RadioRafael Epstein
What appears at first to be edgy and transgressive has all the trappings of a politically correct viral news-item—to be applauded, shared, and retweeted in the age of meme warfare. In response to Robinson's work, many private school alumni came forward with their own stories of trauma and victimisation. This is a telling indication of the internal expectations of the Professional Managerial Class—be both hypercritical of the privilege from which you came, and offer stories of triumph over the social inequalities you conquered as a means of legitimising your successes and failures. This is a function of what Blake Smith calls the new "woke meritocracy" and its inner contradictions.
I am a private school graduate whose migrant parents worked in hazardous waste removal and on automobile assembly lines to afford the exorbitant school fees. I harboured a great deal of animosity towards the Private School Boy for his bravado and self-assurance. Those of us who did not come from dynastic wealth felt as though we were observing Australia's liberal elites in order to carefully study and appropriate their cadence and intonations. From that perspective, the Private School Boy seemed to represent a kind of narcissism par excellence. As a teenager, I wanted to be him, go out with him, and possess the capacity to publicly reject and humiliate him. But, with maddening nonchalance, the Private School Boy appeared to already have everything he could possibly need—his desire functioned only in service to himself, like a hermetically sealed, circular self-obsession. I felt psychically impoverished by my own lack of cultural capital in contrast to an archetype I had created from a composite image of real and imagined characteristics in my head. I'm therefore sympathetic to James Robinson's protest and confess that part of me felt a revenge-of-the-nerds-style vindication when I first saw his photographs. But then it occurred to me that those images—and the responses they elicited—were also a kind of competitive narcissism and psychic projection.
René Girard's theory of conflictual mimesis proposes that our desires arise from the desires of others—"I'll have what he's having." Mimetic rivalry stems from an ever-expanding locus of interpersonal conflict before reaching a fever-pitch of chaotic self-expression that threatens to destroy everything in its wake. It is at this point that the violence of all-against-all within a community is transformed into the violence of all-against-one in the form of a "surrogate victim" who can be blamed for the community's misfortune and ritualistically purged to restore social cohesion and harmony. The history of humanity, according to Girard, can be explained by the "scapegoat mechanism" and its ritualised re-enactment in all forms of religion. Similarly, according to Peter Turchin, an overproduction of elites graduating from private schools and universities into a diminishing job market causes social unrest that threatens to destabilise the entire community. And, because we are unable to satisfactorily blame the complex mechanisms of neoliberalism, the Private School Boy is our porn-addled, homophobic, misogynistic instantiation of the Patriarchy and a convenient receptacle for our inchoate rage and frustration.
Freud observed his grandson playing a game in which he would repeatedly throw a cotton reel out of his cot. He theorised that the baby, with his limited agency, enjoyed this game because it gave him a sense of mastery over his own situation and allowed him to play-exact a kind of revenge over his own powerlessness. The powerlessness we feel in the face of private-school educated elites who run the country, who own property portfolios from which we rent, and who continue to consolidate their generational wealth can be ritualistically purged from time to time through mass outrage generated by the misbehaviour of the Private School Boy. Because he represents a miniaturised version of the shadowy cabal he will someday join, he is neutered of any actual power and authority. So, he can safely be sacrificed now and then as a representative of "Capitalism" or the "Patriarchy" without rocking the boat or upsetting the prevailing order of things.
This is neither an attempt to dismiss the real pain and suffering experienced within the private system, nor is it an apologia for Private School Boys, because this is not about the Private School Boy. It is about the stories we tell ourselves when attempting to legitimate our own power. The reason Robinson's photographs and the yearly investigative news reports fall short is because they pantomime protest and the pursuit of Truth and Justice while really just rehashing what has already been established as the status quo. The mainstream media has lambasted the behaviour of the mythical Private School Boy for the past decade or so—either about a particular individual or about the "culture" of toxic masculinity in general. And each time a scandal erupts, it provides those within the private school orbit with an opportunity to portray themselves as exemplary symbols of perseverance and humanity while the principals and co-ordinators of these institutions grovel and promise to do better.
The moral panic surrounding Private School Boys is a symptom of cultural impoverishment and our inability to think through what education is for and who it should serve. The private school in turn has continually found ways to justify its own existence. And if the current attitudes of the ruling elites are any indication, the tide is turning towards nebulous forms of power that are difficult to detect let alone critique because they are hidden behind the noblesse oblige of traditional land acknowledgments and anti-racist sensitivity training. It's no secret that a private school education offers little more than an opportunity to develop the affectations of the rich. So, when the media class performs its annual horror show about the debauched activities of their sons and daughters, they are really just helping to manufacture cosmetic reforms that will bring these institutions into line with the Overton window of liberal tolerance and progressivism. The goal of course is that the Private School Boy may continue to pursue a path of unbridled ambition—albeit as a newly re-educated feminist ally.
With each new PR crisis comes a variation on the theme of how these boys are being institutionally groomed to believe that they will be tomorrow's leader, that they shall inherit the Earth, and that the women they accost are merely the spoils of a victory won by virtue of their birth. They are alpha-males-in-waiting and rampant misogyny and heteronormativity are baked into the system's crust. This, we are told, is a conspiracy that requires urgent redress despite the fact that it is largely a reflection of their immediate, material reality.
I respectfully counter that the opposite may also be true. That the Private School attempts to instil in its students a sense of outward-facing tolerance and integrity—not because they are virtues to be upheld in and of themselves—but because they effectively couch our mercenary class interests behind a thin veneer of likability. Seen in this context, the violent outbursts, the sexual aggravations, and the lewd comportment of the Private School Boy is not a function of his design. It is simply the cognitive dissonance of a child who is told with a wink that yes, he will inherit the Earth but it's best not to act like it.
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Kasumi Borczyk has been published in the Independent, the Spectator, Rolling Stone, and Meanjin, among others. She writes from Australia.
As US Schools Prioritize Diversity Over Merit, China Is Becoming the World's STEM Leader
All three of us are mathematicians who came to the United States as young immigrants, having been attracted by the unmatched quality and openness of American universities. We came, as many others before and after, with nothing more than a good education and a strong desire to succeed. As David
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19 Aug 2021 12 min read
Rallying to Protect Admissions Standards at America's Best Public High School
This week, a group of about 200 students, parents, alumni, and concerned local residents flooded the sidewalk in front of America's number-one-ranked public high school—Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia. This was no back-to-school event. It was a rally to save the soul
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Hello Foodies! Looking for a great place to celebrate your special day? Here is one of the best places in Penang where they offer a nice ambience and you can get your Arab cuisine cravings fixed as well! If you have thought Arabic Cuisine is all about kebab and shawarma, this place will totally change your perspective!
Debuted in Kuala Lumpur, this Halal Restaurant never fails to catch a spotlight since day one in Penang. They have become the tittle-tattle among Penangites that truly love their top-notch service and food! Serving modern middle-east cuisine, Halab Penang is one of the Arabic Restaurants in Penang that you should try out at least once in a lifetime.
If you ever wonder what is the meaning of Halab, Halab is the ancient name of Aleppo in northern Syria. Syrian cuisine, especially Aleppine has a very wide selection of dishes. The city has a vast selection of different types of dishes, such as kebab, kibbeh, dolma, hummus, ful halabi, za'atar halabi and more!
Located at Chulia Street, this double-storey bungalow with Halab's signboard will surely catch your eyes when you pass by the road. We know the fact that all driver hate to find a parking spot, but fret not! They have their own parking space at the back of the building. Another great news for you, the parking is free!
Once you step into Halab Penang, you will be greeted by amazing exclusive looks decoration and ambience. Red brick walls and welcoming waiters will really make you feel like you had flown all the way to middle-east for your lunch or dinner!
There's an array of menu selection that is available daily at Halab Penang. If you're confused about what you should get, here are our suggestions!
Lamb Mandi is one of the favourite main course at Halab Penang. It's a traditional dish that consists mainly of meat and rice with a special blend of Baharat. Baharat is a mixture of spices that is cooked with the rice! Baharat makes the rice tastier and good enough to eat on its own!
There are two types of Mixed Appetizers that available at Halab Penang which is Mixed Appetizers A and Mixed Appetizers B. For Mixed Appetizers A, it's consist of Muhammarah, Hummus, Baba Ghanoush, Motabal and grape leaves. And for Mixed Appetizers B, the combo comes with Muhammarah, Tabbouleh, Baba Ghanoush, Arabic salad and grape leaves.
When east meets west! Shawarma Halab is complete with slices with mozzarella cheese and mushroom tucked inside flatbread and served with french fries and garlic sauce. The garlic sauce plays a huge role in this dish as the tasty aroma of the garlic will make your tummy growling as soon as they serve it.
Need something sweet and cool on a sunny day? Fruit Cocktail at Halab is the right choice to bring down the heat! Not just tasty, this Instagrammable drink also will make your Instagram feed lit as well! A perfect combination of kiwi, mango, apple, banana, strawberry, cream of pistachios, and chocolate surely will make you go for another sip!
Complete your dine-in experience at Halab Penang by trying their tasty desserts! Although you are full by the generous amount of food there, we believe that there's always room for dessert! A banana is wrapped in a thin crepe and drenched with Nutella sauce that will make you drool!
Halab Penang always treat their customers just like their own family members! If you plan to celebrate your loved one's birthday there, simply let them know and we promise you, the birthday celebration will be lit! All staff will gather around and sing happy birthday song special for the birthday person! How exciting it is? This welcoming ambience is the reason why everyone keeps coming over and over again!
Whether you're looking to celebrate a special day, or simply craving for Arabic Cuisine, Halab Penang is probably one of the places where you can take someone for an amazing dining experience. Don't wait any longer! Head to Halab Penang soon 'cause you don't wanna miss this great dining spot at Penang!
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Svenson bzw. Svensøn ist der Familienname folgender Personen:

 Bo Svenson (* 1941), US-amerikanischer Filmschauspieler, Regisseur und Drehbuchautor
 Henry Knute Svenson (1897–1986), US-amerikanischer Botaniker
 Ove Svenson (1880–1976), schwedisch-dänischer Maler und Lithograph
 Sven Svensøn (um 1050–1097), dänischer Prinz und Teilnehmer des Ersten Kreuzzugs

Künstlername:
 Sven Kühbauch (* 1976), deutscher Gitarrist und Komponist

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 Swensen
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16Bit&Beyond returns this Friday, December 19th with our first annual "Dirty Nightmare Before Christmas" Party. We are most excited about what we have to share this time around. Joining us all the way from the city of brotherly love is Justin Paul who will be helping us host the Playloop Record Release Party. Justin will be with us sharing new music from his label. Also joining us will be special performance from the Wandering Marionettes and a very, very special and secret live vocal performance during Braden's set. Puzz:e Piece will create the visual landscape and Shiho will be kindly greeting each and everyone one of you at the door.
An evening of naughty and nice.
We'll see you all Friday night.
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In the world of electronic music, you know you're on to something good when legendary Philly DJ/producer King Britt says your label "is putting Philadelphia back on the map." The label King Britt was referring to is Playloop Records; founded in 2006 by DJ/producer Justin Paul.
Lee Mayjahs? has been on a long journey as a DJ and party promoter. His career started in Maryland in 1985 when he and his then DJ partner David Fitzgerald created "Mirage DJ's". Lee's early influences on the turntables ranged from the Minneapolis Sound, New Wave, Hip Hop and Punk Rock. After Moving to Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1989 for College, Lee Mayjahs? became involved in the Reggae, Indie and burgeoning Club scene there. In late 1991 Lee returned to the East Coast and starting working at the legendary "Bank" nightclub in Philly where DJ greats King Britt, Josh Wink and Dozia got their start. In 1995 Lee moved to California and lived in San Diego, San Francisco and Los Angeles until returning to Philly in 1999. Mayjahs? resumed Djing in Philly with DJ Train (Ari Saxe) and Rob Paine at Filo's with Solomonic Sound. During the summer of 1999 Lee also began traveling to the Nevada Desert and became deeply involved with the Burning Man scene and culture. As one of the original founders of the theme camp "The Philadelphia Experiment" Lee has helped incubate the Philadelphia Burning Man community and spins at various Burning Man related events around the Nation. Through his diverse musical influences Lee is able to blend unusual genres that appeal to wide audiences on the dance floor. Currently working with Playloop Record's Justin Paul, Lee has begun producing his own tracks and plans to have a full-length release out by Fall of 2008.