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Museum of Borderlands is an interactive sound installation that explores algorithmic decision-making in physical space.
produced by: Veera Jussila
The installation takes the form of an iterative museum that seeks to map our current fears. It invites us to explore what becomes labelled as a threat and what kind of new connections are born when images are increasingly grouped by their similar form in machine vision.
After experimenting with GANs and notebooks during my machine learning module, I wanted to explore a new direction with computer vision and interactive classifications for my final project. This was inspired by a book Sorting Things Out (Bowker and Star 1999) that investigates the hidden power classification systems hold in society. Furthermore, I was interested in the double role of monsters in artificial intelligence: AI is both seen as a monster and increasingly used to detect monsters, ie. to recognize deviant behaviour that doesn't fit into desired categories (Dove and Fayard 2020).
Drawing from Haraway's The Promises of Monsters (1992), I set out to explore monsters as something yet-to-be that challenges the categories of our worldview. Instead of vampires and werewolves, I was interested in invisible, abstract monsters (Weinstock 2017) as the real source of uneasiness today. Of the many possibilities I chose to focus on viruses and surveillance. My machine learning practice was strongly inspired by what McQuillan (2017) calls for as a counterculture in data science and what Brain (2017) refers to as eccentric engineering. By using a small, hand-picked dataset, exposing it and inviting audience to contribute, I strove to make the deep learning process transparent and more democratic. Small, subjective datasets are a direction that Anna Ridler (2020) and Hannah Davis (2020) have explored in their practice as well. Similarly, Sebastian Schmieg (2016) has invited the audience to classify the image collection on The Photographer's Gallery's website.
When it comes to computational installations, Goldsmiths alumni Laura Dekker (2017) has previously investigated real-time classifications where audience provides materials for the machine to see. However, whereas her piece emphasized machine as an autonomous agent, my project set out to explore collective knowledge-making and human-computer interaction.
Finally, I was studying a fair amount of archive theories, mainly from the sources listed by professor Shannon Mattern (2020) in her extensive teaching database for The New School. I was, for example, inspired by image classification initiatives by librarians Bernard Karpel and Romana Javitz that were based on affinities and images as documents (Kamin 2017). When I was later browsing virus images by Wellcome collection, I was intrigued to see that the recommendation system offered me "visually similar" images based on patterns and edges without a related context – a Karpelian machine vision model in full action. The consequences of this new kind of pixel-based groupings became one of my central questions.
I chose to have a museum as a framework for my installation. Organizing information into categories is an essential part of how museums work. Many of them strive to decolonize their old classification systems (Shoeberger 2020). Simultaneously, some museums strive for audience engagement via Instagram-friendly colors and contemporary designs. A pastel-colored, friendly and not-too-original design was something I was after in my prototyping.
My installation takes machine learning process to a physical space. The core of the museum setup is a bookshelf where a chaotic set of images waits to be classified. Exposed on the wall is the dataset, 200 images, that the classifier has now been trained on. This represents museum's current knowledge. By seeing this dataset, the audience is able to assess and predict the classification decisions and test the limits of the system. Furthermore, on the desk next to the bookshelf is a monitor that shows the museum's web app. The same web app drives the installation and provides background information for the visitors.
Dataset. I chose to build an image classifier from 200 open access images from Unsplash. With transfer learning, this amount was enough for building a well-functioning model. I chose to have two classes for abstract monsters and, thus, downloaded 50 images tagged with virus and 50 tagged with surveillance. I named these classes into danger and threat, to allow for more ambiguous audience classifications later. To make things more interesting, I downloaded 50 images tagged with security. These images of CCTVs and mobile phones were very similar to ones tagged with surveillance, creating a tension within my dataset. Finally, I chose 50 images with disposable gloves to represent class human. Apart from being a safety measure in Covid-19 circumstances, gloves became a part of the interaction – as machine learning model recognizes them every now and then, the user and the archive form an active, vibrant relationship that Bruno (2016) writes about. Like in digital-only machine learning, this archive has hundreds of test images that are not yet classified. Users interact by putting these images under the USB camera instrument on the bookshelf.
Classification model. The image classifier is built with a Python script retrain.py by Tensorflow authors. By using terminal commands, I trained a custom model on top of Mobilenet feature vectors. Only the top layers of the Mobilenet model are retrained, resulting in an accurate model for my custom classes. I tried many notebook alternatives for this command-line approach, ranging from building a Keras image classifier from scratch and training a transfer learning model in Keras. However, despite getting an accurate model in Python environment I struggled with making the same model perform well after converting it to Tensorflow.js and applying it to the webcam feed. Most of the online resources focus on ready-made Tensorflow.js models instead of custom ones. Finally the solution was to retrain the Mobilenet model in terminal with retrain.py, convert the result to Tensorflow.js with their command line tool and apply certain image preprocessing operations to webcam frames in my web app.
Web app. Museum's website is a local Node.js app using an Express server. For this installation, local app was a fitting choice as it allowed seamless OSC communication with MaxMSP and was aimed at people physically visiting the exhibition. Central to the web app are broadcast.js and watch.js, where I have followed Gabriel Tanners (no date) tutorial on peer-to-peer WebRTC broadcasting. Broadcast.js shows webcam feed from the USB camera. Under that feed, my Tensorflow.js model classifies the webcam frames. Using my custom function, broadcast.js runs the prediction loop every two seconds. When it recognizes a new class in the frame (danger changes to threat etc.), it sends a respective OSC message via server.js to MaxMSP.
Watch.js is a replicate of broadcast.js, except that it does not send OSC messages. Its webcam feed is streamed from broadcast.js. It is watch.js that is open for the audience to explore on the monitor at the installation. Broadcast.js runs on my hidden laptop and directs the installation. This means that the audience can freely explore the museum's website without disrupting the pixel readings. "About" section tells audience about the museum's mission and "Archive" section shows the dataset. This section will have a more meaningful role if developing the app into an online museum in the future.
I wanted the web app to have a minimal, yet slightly quirky design. Animated logo reflects the temporary nature of the museum by imitating the process of highlighting a text before editing it. Here I used CSS skills that I had learned in a workshop by Rebecca Aston (2020) during our In-grid residency.
MaxMSP. My MaxMSP patch receives OSC messages from the web server as integers between 1-4. Each integer corresponds to a playlist and triggers a random track from it. The track tells what the classification system sees in the webcam and reads a related narrative. (More about narratives in the next section). After the track is read, one of the two thank you messages is triggered. The museum asks the audience to re-classify the current system by putting the image in a labelled box that they find appropriate. This results in a new, collective dataset that gives the museum its iterative nature. There is also an additional delete box that excludes images from the future dataset - quite a powerful act in archiving that I wanted to test.
Scraping and RNN. The museum hints at the tradition of bestiaries by reading aloud contemporary monster stories. I decided that Reddit discussions would form a good corpus for these. Be it anxieties regarding Covid-19 or losing privacy, Reddit threads have become a platform where contemporary monsters are discussed in a vulnerable way. By using two Python scripts, I uploaded dozens of pages of Reddit comments from relevant threads and added some scraped Twitter content to the mix by searching with hashtags like #surveillance, #virus and so on. Using these corpuses of virus and surveillance discussions, I trained two RNN models that generated new monster discussions into text files. From this text mass I hand-picked short sections as my monster narratives. I wanted to emphasize the uncanny nature of these stories by converting them to audio with text-to-speech robots I found online. At this museum, even audio exists at the border, being almost human but revealing its robotic qualities every now and then. Similarly, when the system classifies something as security or human, it reads aloud related categories and thus implies that not all categories of the system are visible.
Next, I would like to incorpotate liveness in the project. I have already tested a Python script that makes a Google search with a selected query each time a certain classification is made in the web app. However, I decided to leave it for the next version as Google's server quite often gave an error about too many queries. Making the script search for, say, Covid-19 symptoms and printing the summary of the top results would suit the general concept where we turn to internet forums when dealing with our contemporary monsters.
As another development I could move all the interactions to a publicly available web app. This would detach the app from the physical installation, meaning that the USB webcam feed would be replaced with another type of input. Maybe users would upload test images from their computers or live drawings would be classified instead of photos. Updates to the classification system would also happen online, for example by letting people attach and edit labels to a selection of images and making a script that retrains the model regularly.
All in all, the nature of the project is iterative. During this exhibition weekend, 147 images were classified by the audience. Next I will train the model based on this dataset. I expect the model to be noisy, but it reflects the collective understanding of this particular user group. I see the installation as a platform where I can dive into different kind of machine learning experiments in the future. Maybe the images could present urban locations, and the resulting model would reflect the audience's relationship to their own living environment.
I'm happy with the project and my learning journey. Of course I'm already aware of some things that I would do differently next time. For example, besides having printed instructions in place, I could make the instuctions more readily available on my web app as well. Another thing worth considering is that, in the current version, the audio pipeline is reserved while one track is played. Classifications might change quickly, and I wanted the audience to hear the narratives as a whole. However, it would be useful to test how the piece works with classifications changing without a delay. All in all, the project meant a considerable learning curve in interactive machine learning and web app architecture. I was able to build a networked system that was very responsive.
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The first scientific study of cannabis hash sold on the streets of Madrid reveals that the vast majority contains traces of bacteria from human feces, and poses a serious health risk to those who smoke it.
"Overall, our results showed that most (88.3%) of the hashish samples were not suitable for consumption," concluded the study reported in the journal Forensic Science International. "Hence, illegal street vending of hashish constitutes a public health issue."
The forensic study of 90 samples of cannabis hash sourced from dealers on the street in different neighborhoods across Madrid, was conducted by a team at Complutense University.
Manuel Pérez Moreno, a pharmacist at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and co-author of the study, was the one tasked with sourcing the product for testing. He explained that when buying from dealers off the street, the drug typically came in two forms: acorns, which are small hash balls, and ingots, brick-like hash.
They found that 93% of the acorns were contaminated with E. coli compared with 29.4% of the ingots, in addition to other foreign microbiological contaminants found. Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria normally live in the intestines of healthy people and animals. Most varieties of E. coli are harmless or cause relatively short spell of diarrhea. But there are a few particularly nasty strains, such as E. coli O157:H7, can cause severe abdominal cramps, bloody diarrhea and vomiting.
The report stated the average amount of fecal bacteria in each gram of hash is 500 times higher than the maximum limit set by the U.S. legislation for cannabis or by European regulation for fruit or tea.
The study also found that 10% of samples contained aspergillus, a type of mold that is usually harmless but can trigger serious infections if those with weakened immune systems, underlying lung disease or asthma, inhale their spores.
Perez told El Pais that the contamination was due to the way in which the drug was smuggled into Spain: the hash is rolled into small balls (acorns), wrapped in cellophane and ingested.
"Once they arrive in Spain, they take laxatives to expel the acorns. And that's what goes on sale," said the pharmacist who added that 40% of the sample acorns actually smelled of feces.
"The problem comes not just with inhalation but preparing the drug in order to smoke it. Hashish is being manipulated in the hands constantly, " explained Perez. "The filters of the joints are hollow. Not only do you suck the smoke, you also suck particles."
Current laws in Spain limit consumption to private locations, like one of the many private cannabis clubs that have been opened during the last decade.
Just short of a third, 31%, of the Spanish population between ages 15 to 64 admit to using cannabis at some point in their lives, according to a recent report from the Ministry of Health. But a growing number of people are turning to the drug for medical reasons, and the findings of this latest study reveals the dangers that buying off the street poses for them.
"In recent years there has been an increase in the number of people with cancer who smoke cannabis with the intention of reducing the side effects of chemotherapy. These patients have weakened immune systems, so an infection caused by the consumption of contaminated or adulterated hashish could be fatal," the authors of the study warn.
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Q: Generic DTO converter Pattern I have many DTO objects. Every dto class have the methods

*

*convertDTO(Entity entity)

*convertDTOList(List<Entity> entity)
I want  to use a desing pattern for my dto object converter. Which desing pattern I can use and how?
Dozer framework is good. But I want to write a generic pattern.

A: If you use Java8, I'd suggest to use DTO to domain converter pattern as suggested here
Below an implementation example:
GenericConverter
public interface GenericConverter<I, O> extends Function<I, O> {

    default O convert(final I input) {
        O output = null;
        if (input != null) {
            output = this.apply(input);
        }
        return output;
    }

    default List<O> convert(final List<I> input) {
        List<O> output = new ArrayList<O>();
        if (input != null) {
            output = input.stream().map(this::apply).collect(toList());
        }
        return output;
    }
}

ConverterDTO
public class AccountCreateRequestConverter implements GenericConverter<AccountCreateRequest, AccountOutput> {

    @Override
    public AccountOutput apply(AccountCreateRequest input) {
        AccountOutput output = new AccountOutput();

        output.setEmail(input.getEmail());
        output.setName(input.getName());
        output.setLastName(input.getLastName());
        output.setPassword(input.getPassword());

        return output;
    }

}

Consumer
The consumer class:
class Consumer {

    @Inject
    AccountCreateRequestConverter accountCreateInputConverter;

    void doSomething() {

        service.registerAccount(accountCreateInputConverter.apply(input));

    }

}

The strength of this pattern come from the easiness to use, because you could pass either a single or a list of entities, in which there can be other nested DTO to convert using their dedicated converters inside the converter parent class.
Something like this:
nested collection DTO converter example
class ParentDTOConverter {

    @Inject
    ChildDTOConverter childDTOConverter;

    void doSomething() {

        @Override
        public ParentDTOOutput apply(ParentDTOInput input) {
            ParentDTOOutput output = new ParentDTOOutput();
            output.setChildList(childDTOConverter.convert(input.getChildList()));
        }

    }

}

A: There are many different solutions. You can find a discussion about it here
Object Conversion Pattern

A: I'm not quite sure what you're trying to do here, but based purely on what you wrote, I'd say make an interface that is implemented by all your DTOs, possibly with generic parameters.

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Carrowdore Castle
THE DE LA CHEROIS-CROMMELINS, OF CARROWDORE CASTLE, OWNED 1,082 ACRES OF LAND IN COUNTY DOWN
The CROMELLINS, though established in France and possessed of considerable property at Armancourt, Picardy, for more than a century before the revocation of the edict of Nantes, came originally from the Low Countries.
ARMAND CROMMELIN resided on his estate, near Kortrijk (Courtrai) in the reign of CHARLES V; but in consequence of the persecutions of the Protestants by the Duke of Alba, in the reign of PHILIP II, his family left, and his son, JEAN, settled at Saint-Quentin, and became Seigneur de Camas, through his marriage with Marie, daughter of Jacques de Semery,
"Ce marriage fut célèbre à Folembray Château Royal entre Chauny et Coucy, le 17 Déc. 1595, honoré de la présence de Madame Catherine de France sœur du roi HENRY IV, qui y tenoit sa cœur".
Of this marriage were three sons,
PIERRE;
JEAN, of whom presently;
Adrien.
Two of Jean de Camas's grandsons, named Jacques and Adrien, received patents of letters of nobility from LOUIS XIV; and others became Seigneurs de Mézières, Senancourt, Armancourt, and De Bersy.
A granddaughter of the latter married the Comte de Stolberg in Prussia in 1733.
The second son of Jean de Camas,
JEAN CROMMELIN (1603-59), wedded Rachel Jacuelet du Castlet, and died at Saint-Quentin, leaving several children, of whom the eldest,
LOUIS CROMMELIN, born at Saint-Quentin, 1625, espoused, in 1648, Marie Mettayer, and had issue, eight children.
At the Revocation, almost all this family fled to Holland; but the following eventually settled in Ulster:-
1. LOUIS (1653-1727), who established the linen trade in Ulster.
In 1698, Louis, with two brothers and three sisters, and several cousins and members of his family, "was induced" by WILLIAM III to go over to Ulster, where they settled at Lisburn, County Antrim, bringing with them a number of tradesmen and a capital of £20,000 (in excess of £4 million today) with which they established the linen manufacture, which was adopted by the inhabitants, and flourished thereafter.
In consideration of Louis having spent £10,000 on its establishment, His Majesty, who was greatly interested in its success, conferred a pension of £200 a year on his son, on whose early death it was discontinued.
Mr Crommelin wedded, in 1680, his cousin Anne, daughter of Samuel Crommelin; left France in 1685, and settling first at Amsterdam, came to Lisburn in 1698.
He had issue, one son and a daughter: Louis, died at Lisburn, 1711, unm, aged 28; and Magdaleine.
2. Samuel, twice married and left four sons, of whom all male issue became extinct.
3. William, wedded Miss Butler, of the Ormonde family, and had a son, Louis, who died unmarried, and a daughter.
4. Jeane, married Abraham Gillot.
5. Anne, espoused firstly, Isaac Cousin de Meaux; and secondly, Daniel de la Cherois, by whom she had an only daughter, Marie Angélique Madeleine (who died at Donaghadee, 1771), who wedded Thomas, 5th and last Earl of Mount Alexander, by whom, having no children, she was left all his property, and on her death she left it to be divided between her cousins, Samuel de la Cherois and Nicholas Crommelin.
6. MARIE, of whom we treat.
The youngest daughter,
MARIE CROMMELIN, wedded firstly, Isaac Testard de Blois; and secondly, Nicholas de la Cherois, Major, and afterwards Lieutenant-Colonel in the regiment of Comte de Marton, under WILLIAM III, and had issue,
SAMUEL, of whom presently;
Madeleine, m her cousin, Daniel Crommelin.
She died in 1706, and was succeeded by her son,
SAMUEL DE LA CHEROIS (1700-84), who married, in 1731, Mlle. Sarah Cormiére, and had issue,
Daniel;
Nicholas, 1737-1829;
Judith.
The third son,
SAMUEL DE LA CHEROIS (1744-1816), assumed, in compliance of the will of his cousin, Nicholas Crommelin, of Lisburn, the additional surname of CROMMELIN.
He espoused, in 1776, Maria, only daughter of the Rev Dr Thomas Dobbs, of Trinity College, Dublin (brother of Conway Dobbs, of Castle Dobbs, County Antrim), and had issue,
NICHOLAS, his heir;
Richard;
Mary; Sarah; Anne; Harriet Judith; Jane Suzanna.
Mr de la Cherois was succeeded by his eldest son,
NICHOLAS DE LA CHEROIS-CROMMELIN JP DL (1783-1863), of Carrowdore Castle, County Down, who wedded, in 1810, Elizabeth, second daughter of William, 2nd Baron Ventry, and had issue,
SAMUEL ARTHUR HILL, his heir;
Nicholas, father of NICHOLAS ANDREW;
William Thomas (Rev);
Anna Sarah; Maria Matilda; Clara Suzanne; Elizabeth Emily.
Mr de la Cherois-Crommelin was succeeded by his eldest son,
SAMUEL ARTHUR HILL DE LA CHEROIS-CROMMELIN JP DL (1817-85), of Carrowdore Castle, who married, in 1845, Anna Maria, only daughter of John Graves Thompson, of County Tyrone, and had issue,
Louis Nicholas (1846-69);
Arthur Claude (1856-69);
FREDERICK ARMAND, of whom hereafter;
Lucy Marguerite, died 1881;
MARIA HENRIETTA, of Carrowdore Castle;
CAROLINE ANNA, m R B Shaw; she dsp 1910;
Florence Frances, died 1895;
EVELYN ANGÉLIQUE, of Carrowdore Castle.
Mr de la Cherois-Crommelin was succeeded by his only surviving son,
FREDERICK ARMAND DE LA CHEROIS-CROMMELIN JP (1861-1902), of Carrowdore Castle, who espoused, in 1891, Nina, youngest daughter of the Rev Calvert Jones, of Heathfield, Swansea, though dsp 1902.
He was succeeded by his sisters,
MARIA HENRIETTA and EVELYN ANGÉLIQUE DE LA CHEROIS-CROMMELIN, of Carrowdore Castle (jointly with their sister, Mrs Shaw).
CARROWDORE CASTLE, near Donaghadee, County Down, was built in 1818-20 by Nicholas de La Cherois-Crommelin.
This three-storey rubble and brick Georgian-Gothic house was built in a rustic gothic style, with castellations, corner turrets and large projecting tower.
The interior is still largely intact, though some rooms to the rear of the house have been altered in recent times and a large, modern, glazed sun-room has also been added.
The three-storey tower to the south has a Jacobean-Gothic feel and appears to be intact; whilst the similar (but much smaller) three-storey gazebo to the east of the house is now in a ruinous condition.
There is some very graceful Gothic plasterwork fretting on the hall ceiling.
Prior to 1818 there had been a farmhouse on the site which Nicholas de la Cherois's father had used only occasionally, usually as a place to collect rents from his tenants and as a summer residence.
After its completion in 1820, Carrowdore Castle served as Nicholas's primary residence until 1847, when pressing financial concerns forced him to live at Cushendun, County Antrim, and rent the house to his son Samuel.
The de la Cherois-Crommelin male line came to an end with the death of Samuel's son, Frederick, in 1902.
The contents of the house were sold the same year and the building itself was leased to a number of tenants before being sold to a Mr McNeill in 1931.
The present owners acquired Carrowdore Castle in 1972 and renovated some of the rooms to the rear, as well as adding the large sun room extension.
About 1992, a new dwelling was constructed a short distance to the south-west.
Since that time Carrowdore Castle has remained largely vacant, save for two ground floor rooms to the south-east which are currently leased to Strangford College.
The outbuildings to the south have been renovated recently and now appear to be used as holiday homes.
Parkland surrounds the house and small blocks of woodland, with a shelter belt beyond.
There is a well planted and manicured ornamental garden to the east of the house, which slopes to a lake.
A stone gazebo terminates the castle battlements.
The layout of the parkland has changed remarkably little from the early 19th century, except for the presence of a modern mansion built south-west of the old house.
The main entrance gate lodge, a surviving one of two gate lodges, is contemporary with the old house and is notable for a castellated parapet and towers, with a pair of dwellings, which have now been largely demolished.
Carrowdore Castle is the home of Dr Francis Jennings DSc, brother of Shamus Jennings CBE.
First published in January, 2011.
Labels: County Down Landowners
An image of the nearby late-C20 house:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jules79/362569714
and from above:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.579445,-5.5457403,110m/data=!3m1!1e3
Before Jennings bought the castle in the early 70s it was owned by Mr James Kennedy whose family lived there for several years. Mr Jennings started in an electrical shop on Bloomfield Ave. Belfast before contracts led to success and creation of Rotary
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Autor: Kenneth Grahame
Sprecher: Michael Hordern
Serie: The Wind in the Willows, Titel 1
4.5 out of 5 stars 4,5 (2 Bewertungen)
Here is a timeless tale of waterside Britain that has been loved by generations of children and acclaimed as a classic. The story of Mole, Ratty, Badger, and Toad, and their escapades, whether messing about on the river or poop-pooping in Toad's shiny new car, cannot fail to enchant.
©2007 Kenneth Grahame (P)2014 Audible, Inc.
A.A. Milne's Pooh Classics, Volume 1
Autor: A. A. Milne
Sprecher: Peter Dennis
Come with us to an Enchanted Place, a forest where Winnie-the-Pooh lived with Piglet, Rabbit, Owl, Eeyore, Kanga, and Little Roo. The stories are about Christopher Robin and these good companions having wonderful times getting in and out of trouble. It is all very exciting and, really, quite thrilling no matter how young or old you may be. It is painful to try and imagine what the world would be like without them.
great for kids where engl. is 2nd lang.
Von Fergal Gavin Am hilfreichsten 04.04.2011
The Anne of Green Gables Collection
Anne Shirley Books 1-6 and Avonlea Short Stories
Autor: L. M. Montgomery
Sprecher: Susie Berneis, Tara Ward
Fans of L. M. Montgomery's Anne Shirley rejoice! Collected here are six of the original Anne Shirley books in the order they were published. This collection includes Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Anne's House of Dreams, Rainbow Valley, and Rilla of Ingleside. Published between 1908 and 1921, these heartwarming tales of hidden hopes and cherished dreams will enchant fans and new listeners alike.
A Bear Called Paddington
Autor: Michael Bond
Sprecher: Stephen Fry
"A bear on Paddington Station?" said Mrs Brown in amazement. "Don't be silly - there can't be." The Browns first met Paddington on a railway station - Paddington station, in fact. He had travelled all the way from Darkest Peru with only a jar of marmalade, a suitcase and his hat. The Browns soon found that Paddington was a very unusual bear.
The Complete Wizard of Oz Collection
Autor: L. Frank Baum
Sprecher: Pierre Moreau
This is the complete Wizard of Oz audio collection of the 14 original stories written by L. Frank Baum. The "Oz books" form a book series that begins with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) and relate the fictional history of the Land of Oz. Oz was created by author L. Frank Baum, who went on to write 14 full-length Oz books.
Autor: J. M. Barrie
Sprecher: Paul Albertson
J. M. Barrie's classic "Peter Pan" is about a mischievous boy who can fly and magically refuses to grow up. Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood adventuring on the small island of Neverland as the leader of his gang the Lost Boys, interacting with mermaids, Indians, fairies and pirates, and from time to time meeting ordinary children from the world outside.
Autor: E.B. White
Sprecher: E.B. White, George Plimpton
Since its publication in 1952, Charlotte's Web has become one of America's best-loved children's books. For fifty years, this timeless story of the pig named Wilbur and the wise spider named Charlotte who saved him has continued to warm the hearts of readers everywhere. This 1953 Newbery Honor Book comes to life in a delightful unabridged recording, read lovingly by the author himself.
Autor: Wilkie Collins
Sprecher: David Thorn
Claimed as the first detective story in the English language, Wilkie Collins weaves his classic mystery through a series of often "meandering" narratives by various characters in the book who had first hand knowledge surrounding the disappearance of a large valuable yellow diamond (the Moonstone) from the room of it's young owner, Rachel Verinder.
Sprecher: John Chatty
Since its publication in 1883, Treasure Island has remained one of the great tales of the sea. The story is told through the eyes of young Jim Hawkins, who first hears the tales of buried pirate treasure while working in his father's tavern. Once he actually meets some of those pirates, the action moves from the tavern, to the the high seas, and then to a secret island. A true adventure classic.
Der Wind in den Weiden
Sprecher: Harry Rowohlt
In England zählen die Tiergeschichten von Kenneth Grahame zu den meistgelesenen Kindergeschichten. Und auch hier erfreuen sich die Abenteuer des Maulwurfs, der Wasserratte, des Dachs und der Kröte einer immer größer werdenden Beliebtheit.
Meisterwerk, MEISTERWERK!!!
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Autor: Frances Hodgson Burnett
Sprecher: Pearl Hewitt
When Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle, everybody said she was the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen. But this lonely girl's life is transformed when she finds the key to the secret garden.
Autor: Madeleine L'Engle
Sprecher: Hope Davis, Ava DuVernay, Madeleine L'Engle, und andere
Meg Murry, her little brother Charles Wallace, and their mother are having a midnight snack on a dark and stormy night when an unearthly stranger appears at their door. He claims to have been blown off course and goes on to tell them that there is such a thing as a "tesseract", which, if you didn't know, is a wrinkle in time. Meg's father had been experimenting with time travel when he suddenly disappeared. Will Meg, Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin outwit the forces of evil as they search through space for their father?
Autor: Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett
Sprecher: Martin Jarvis
The world will end on Saturday. Next Saturday. Just before dinner, according to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, the world's only completely accurate book of prophecies, written in 1655. The armies of Good and Evil are amassing, and everything appears to be going according to Divine Plan. Except that a somewhat fussy angel and a fast-living demon are not actually looking forward to the coming Rapture. And someone seems to have misplaced the Antichrist.
great book, chapters are a bit inconvenient
Von Tobias Schemken Am hilfreichsten 29.04.2019
Three Men in a Boat
Autor: Jerome K. Jerome
Sprecher: Ian Carmichael
In this comedic masterpiece, three young men, increasingly given to thoughts of hypochondria, decide to embark on a journey along the river Thames. Confident that the fresh air and daily exercise will grant them immunity from a myriad of illnesses and diseases, they pack up their frying pans, toothbrushes, food and canine companion, Montmorency, and set off on an unexpected adventure.
A tourist trip in 1889
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Beatrix Potter: The Complete Tales
Autor: Beatrix Potter
Sprecher: Gary Bond, Michael Hordern, Rosemary Leach, und andere
The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter are now available as a downloadable, digital audiobook, complete and unabridged! The 23 tales in this set have never lost their popularity, and sell in their millions all over the world. Meet again the famous characters that children love and adore: Peter Rabbit, Squirrel Nutkin, The Flopsy Bunnies, Mrs Tiggy-Winkle, Tom Kitten, Jeremy Fisher, Jemima Puddle-Duck and many more. These stories are beautifully brought to life by a talented cast of readers.
Great Expectations (AmazonClassics Edition)
Autor: Charles Dickens
Sprecher: Michael Page
Raised in squalor in the marsh country of Kent, the orphan Pip is taken under the wing of the eccentric and reclusive Miss Havisham - only to blindly give his heart to the dowager's beautiful but ice-cold adopted daughter, Estella. Even as a mysterious benefactor helps to shape Pip's life into one of fortune, success, and self-discovery, the unspeakable secrets of his unrequited love continue to haunt him - and promise to change his life once again.
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Autor: Robert Galbraith
Sprecher: Robert Glenister
When a troubled model falls to her death from a snow-covered Mayfair balcony, it is assumed that she has committed suicide. However, her brother has his doubts, and calls in private investigator Cormoran Strike to look into the case.Strike is a war veteran - wounded both physically and psychologically - and his life is in disarray. The case gives him a financial lifeline, but it comes at a personal cost: the more he delves into the young model's complex world, the darker things get - and the closer he gets to terrible danger...
Eines der besten Hörbücher, die ich je gehört habe
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Autor: P. G. Wodehouse
Sprecher: Jonathan Cecil
The one thing that could be expected to disturb the peace of life at Blandings is the incursion of imposters. And Blandings has imposters like other houses have mice. On this occasion, there are two of them: both intent on a dangerous enterprise.
Autor: Charlotte Brontë
Sprecher: Emma Messenger
Jane Eyre follows the emotions and experiences of eponymous Jane Eyre, her growth to adulthood, and her love for Mr. Rochester, the byronic master of Thornfield Hall. The novel contains elements of social criticism, with a strong sense of morality at its core, but is nonetheless a novel many consider ahead of its time given the individualistic character of Jane and the novel's exploration of sexuality, religion, and proto-feminism.
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Available until Mar. 31, 2021: 2 nights at The Inn at Spanish Bay™ with golf at Pebble Beach Golf Links™ and The Links at Spanish Bay™ or Spyglass Hill™ - $1,587.50*
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Cypress Point Golf Course - Pebble Beach, California
# of Holes: 18
Yards: 6,536
Rating: 72.4
Grass Type: Greens: Poa Annua
Tees & Fairways: Blue Rye
Designer: Alister Mackenzie (1928)
Public Rates: N/A
"I do not expect anyone will ever have the opportunity of constructing another course like Cypress Point as I do not suppose anywhere in the world is there such a glorious combination of rocky coast, sand dunes pine woods and cypress trees."
- Alister Mackenzie (1932)
Amongst the world of golf, few courses are as revered as Cypress Point. Cypress Point Golf Course was created by the well renown designer Alister Mackenzie and opened in 1928. Extraordinary and timeless, Alister Mackenzie masterpiece is consistently rated as one of the top 3 golf courses ever created by all major publications. Cypress Point offers natural beauty that is unmatched anywhere. The clandestine approach to Mackenzie's achievement is the reality that he did not over power the natural terrain, allowing the course to take shape organically.
Meandering through the coastal dunes, this immaculate course journeys into the Del Monte forest during the front nine and reemerges to the rocky coastline for the best set of finishing holes of all time. The signature hole #16, which requires a 231-yard tee shot over the Pacific to a mid-sized green guarded by strategically placed bunkers, offers all the dynamics you could imagine on a majestic oceanfront par three. With the famous back-to-back par three's, #15 and #16, not to mention the spectacular par four 17th, set in the most exquisite natural location ever imagined for a course, the back-nine is truly the Holy Grail of golf.
Alister MacKenzie's 13 Golf Commandments (1920)
Photo courtesy of Julian P. Graham, Loon Hill Studios
Cypress Point Club was once a co-host for the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, formerly The Bing Crosby Tournament, last doing so in 1991. Cypress Point also hosted the only Walker Cup on California soil in 1981. Cypress Point is consistently ranked in the top 3 of Golf Magazine's list of "Top 100 Golf Courses in the World". Cypress Point will always have its place in the upper echelon of golf history.
Regarded as the most exclusive course in the world, it is virtually impossible to play a round unless you are invited by a member. The club decides the cost of yearly membership fees by equally dividing the total operating expenses among all members. Each member of the club is required to pay the same amount in dues, regardless of the amount of play or the number of visits to the club.
Interactive Course Map
Front Nine
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out
Mens 421 548 162 384 493 518 168 363 292 3349
Ladies 409 510 142 366 416 475 155 319 247 3039
Handicap 5 1 17 7 11 3 15 9 13
Par 4 5 3 4 5 5 3 4 4 37
Back Nine
Hole 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In
Handicap 16 4 2 14 8 18 6 10 12
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Pebble Beach, CA 93953-3605
5 miles from the center of Monterey.
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  set(POLLY_VS_8_2005_CMAKE_ 1)
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include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/utilities/polly_init.cmake")

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    "Visual Studio 8 2005"
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Heat 150ml of the oil in a large non-reactive pan. Add the shallots and onions and cook until soft. Do not colour. Add the garlic after 5 minutes. Keep the ingredients in the pan moving as you add the rice, herbs, sultanas, pine kernels and lemon juice. Season. Add the water.
Cover the pan and simmer for 10-15 minutes or until the rice is cooked. Stir once or twice. Remove from the heat and cool.
Meanwhile, soften the vine leaves in boiling water (it will take 8-15 minutes), drain and refresh in cold water. Allow to cool.
Mix the mackerel or kipper with the rice. Place each leaf, shiny side down, on a board and add 2 teaspoons of the rice mix. Roll halfway up then turn the sides in and continue rolling to make a neat parcel. Dress the dolmades with the remaining 50ml oil, then refrigerate. They'll keep for up to a week. Return to room temperature before serving.
To make the sauce, whisk the egg whites in a heatproof bowl until stiff. Incorporate the warm vegetable stock, whisking all the time. Then, whisking, add the yolks, a little at a time, the lemon juice and dill. Put the bowl over a pan of boiling water and continue stirring until the sauce thickens (5-6 minutes). Season. Pour over the dolmades.


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Q: JLabel not updating so thanks for looking at my question,Well anyways im trying to make a cookie clicker clone (if you could call it that) where you click the button and the JPanel updates, unfortunately the JPanel doesn't update and I just cant find an answer anywhere else, Any help is valuable help, thank you! Here is my code:
    public int numCookies;

public main(){

    //JButton
    JButton click = new JButton("Click");
    click.setLayout(null);
    click.setLocation(50, 50);
    click.setSize(80, 50);
    click.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0){
            numCookies = numCookies + 1;
        }
    });

//JLabel
JLabel cookies = new JLabel();
cookies.setLayout(null);
cookies.setText("Cookies:" + numCookies);
cookies.setLocation(480/2,10);
cookies.setSize(200, 50);

    //JPanel
JPanel panel = new JPanel();
    panel.setLayout(null);
    panel.setLocation(10, 0);
    panel.setSize(260, 30);
    panel.add(click);
    panel.add(cookies);

    //JFrame
    JFrame frame = new JFrame("Cookie clicker!");
    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    frame.setSize(600, 480);
    frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
    pack();
    frame.setVisible(true);
    frame.add(panel);

}

public static void main(String args[]){

    new main();

}

A: Three things...
One...
Use of null layouts.  Don't be surprised when things go wrong.  When using JLabel or JButton, unless you intend to actually add something to them, you don't need to touch there layout managers.
Make use of approriate layout managers
Two...
Calling setVisible on your frame before you've finished filling it out...
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Cookie clicker!");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setSize(600, 480);
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
// No idea what you expect this to be doing...
pack();
//frame.setVisible(true);
frame.add(panel);
// This belongs here...and you shouldn't pack a window until
// it's ready to be made visible...
frame.setVisible(true);

Three...
You seem to expect that the lable will magically now that the value numCookies has changed...
click.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0){
        numCookies = numCookies + 1;
        // ??????
    }

You need to reassign the value to the label in order for the label to be updated...
For example...
public main(){
    //JLabel
    // Make the lable final...so we can access from witin
    // the listener...
    final JLabel cookies = new JLabel();
    cookies.setText("Cookies:" + numCookies);

    //JButton
    JButton click = new JButton("Click");
    click.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0){
            numCookies = numCookies + 1;
            cookies.setText("Cookies:" + numCookies);
        }
    });

Bonus
Make sure you read through and understand Initial Threads
...And just because null layouts annoy me so much...
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.GridBagConstraints;
import java.awt.GridBagLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;

public class Main {

    public int numCookies;

    public Main() {

        final JLabel cookies = new JLabel();
        cookies.setText("Cookies:" + numCookies);

        JButton click = new JButton("Click");
        click.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0) {
                cookies.setText("Cookies:" + (++numCookies));
            }
        });

        //JFrame
        JFrame frame = new JFrame("Cookie clicker!");
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        frame.setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
        GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
        gbc.gridwidth = GridBagConstraints.REMAINDER;
        frame.add(cookies, gbc);
        frame.add(click, gbc);
        frame.pack();
        frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
        frame.setVisible(true);

    }

    public static void main(String args[]) {
        EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                try {
                    UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
                } catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
                }
                new Main();
            }
        });
    }
}

A: Set the text of the JLabel in the actionPerformed method like this:
click.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0){
        numCookies = numCookies + 1;
        cookies.setText("Cookies:" + numCookies);
    }
});


Why does my energy-saving light bulb sporadically shine after it's been switched off?
Dodgy low-energy light bulbs, sounds a bit seasonal!
I looked into this wondering if low-energy light bulbs somehow store charge and then release it sporadically after being turned off. But I found no evidence for that.
Or maybe they pick up power by induction from nearby electrical equipment. But short of a particle accelerator, I can't think of anything with enough energy to do that. I reckon it must just be dodgy wiring.
How do recycled plastic building bricks work?
How long do digital photographs last?


The Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE) at Stanford, in collaboration with Facebook, 1440 Foundation, HopeLab, and The Dalai Lama Foundation will be hosting an inaugural one-day Compassion and Technology Conference. Surely an incredible opportunity for those interested in how technology might support wellbeing, and in particular factors and practices related to empathy, compassion and altruism.
The conference will also incorporate a contest in which "inventors, engineers and designers (who applied and were invited to participate as finalists) will present their technological designs for compassion-inspired applications and compete for best design idea".


The Niger flag is a vertical triband with in the center an enblem. The used colors in the flag are green, white, orange. The proportion of the Niger flag is 6:7. The Flag of Niger was adopted in 1959.
Countryflags.com offers a large collection of images of the Niger flag. Our collection consists of vector files (EPS, AI, PDF, and SVG), images (JPG, PNG), wallpapers (all common formats for display, mobile and tablet) and an extensive collection of icons of the Flag of Niger. The images are of high quality and can be used for non-commercial and commercial use without any costs.
The Niger flag is the flag of the country named Niger. Niger is located in continental Africa. Niger has 7 neighbouring countries. The total length of land borders of Niger is 3 540 mi/ 5 697 km. Niger border neighbours and border lengths are: Algeria: 956 km, Benin: 266 km, Burkina Faso: 628 km, Chad: 1 175 km, Libya: 354 km, Mali: 821 km, Nigeria: 1 497 km.
20 715 000 people are living in Niger, a country stretching over 489 191 sq mi/ 1 267 000 km² (0.02% water). The population density in Niger is of 42 per sq mi/ 16 people per km². The official language of Niger is French. The capital city of Niger is Niamey. Niger is a Unitary semi-presidential republic.
The currency in Niger is the West African CFA franc Fr (XOF). UTC (standard time) in Niger is UTC+01:00 and UTC+01:00 in summer. Niger has the unique two-letter country code, NE (also Internet top-level domain), its three-letter country code is NER, and its three-digit country code is 562. The calling code for Niger is +227.


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The Ambos Mundos Restaurant Trademark in the Philippines...So the Public May Finally Know
Registrant: Maria Teresa S. Gaudinez
Date of Registration: October 24, 2005
Date Filed: May 29,1997
Certificate of Registration: 4-1997-121056
Trademark: Ambos Mundos Restaurant
All businesses will have to be known by some name for identity and recognition. What most owners forget is another very important function of a name which is protection. A business name can represent the efforts and hard work of its owners towards establishing it.
Business Name Registration
Anyone who wishes to establish a business in the Philippines typically start the documentary process by registering the chosen business name with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). There are several requirements pertaining to the eligibility of a person making the application and the documents that need to be presented. An important aspect that has to be considered is whether a proposed business name is registrable or not.
DTI, in its latest provided rules and regulations have taken exception to the following and are thus not considered registrable.
Those which are or whose natures of business are illegal, offensive, scandalous, or contrary to propriety (e.g Popoy's Jueteng Betting Place, Boobs Massage and Spa)
Names that are the same, nearly the same as or confusingly the same with an existing registered business, company, partnership, corporation, cooperative name; nor it infringes on any trademark, service mark or tradename (e.g Anne Dok's Lechon, Jolibee, Starbax Café)
Names composed purely of generic or geographic words (e.g The Laundry Shop, Bacolod)
Names which by law or regulation cannot be appropriated (e.g OTOP, Intelligence, State College, CALBARZON)
Names used to designate or distinguish, or suggestive of quality of any class of goods, articles, merchandise or service (e.g Best Taho Factory, A-1 Auto Repair Shop)
Names or abbreviation of a name used by the government in its governmental functions (e.g NBI Private Investigation Services, DTI Trading)
Names or abbreviation of a name of any nation, intergovernmental or international organization (e.g Philippine Manpower Pooling Agency, UNESCO Marketing)
Names that are deceptive, misleading or which misrepresent the nature of the business (e.g "ABC Construction Services" where nature of business is recruitment, a business name carrying another person's name)
Source: DTI
Business owners are expected to be given protection as provided for by the agency in relation to the use of their legally registered business names. Also, they are assured of remedies if and when a threat to such name that has been painstakingly built presents itself. It should be noted that application forms for business names have long included the "undertaking". Signing this undertaking signifies an applicant's willingness to voluntarily change the business name if it is found out that another person has prior right to such name. Partnerships and corporations are also required to register their business names with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Business owners who seek further protection of their business name can choose to register their trademark with the Intellectual Property Office. Trademark registration provides the owners exclusive right to use the mark while preventing others from using a mark that is similar or identical. It is granted to the first one who files a trademark application with IPO Philippines.
For its part, IPO considers the following unregistrable.
DESCRIPTIVE These are marks that describe the characteristics of the goods or services. Examples are "DURABLE" for shoes (describes the quality), "A LITER" for cooking oil (quantity), and so is "KITCHEN" for cooking utensils (intended purpose).
MISLEADING Marks that are likely to deceive or have the tendency to misinform the consumers about the actual characteristics of the goods or services like "BOLPENS" for pencils, "COLA" for alcoholic beverages, "BULAKAN" for sweets not originating from or produced in Bulacan.
GENERIC and customary to trade Generic marks are names of products they seek to identify. For instance, "KAP KEYK" for cupcakes, "CAFFE" for coffee and "MAKINAH" for machines. Marks and indications that have become common in everyday language or usage can not be registered. They no longer distinguish the goods and services because they are used so often to refer to the goods and services. Example of this is "VCO" for virgin coconut oil, "DIAMOND PEEL" for services involving cosmetic procedure.
Contrary to Public Order or Morality
Marks that are against the common standard of morality. An example is "PRO-TERRORISM" for clothing.
CONSISTS OF NAMES, PORTRAITS OF PERSONS, MAPS, FLAGS AND OTHER POLITICAL SYMBOLS Marks that contain names or portraits of living individuals may be rejected unless the individual gives written consent. For instance, no one can use the picture of Manny Pacquiao as a trademark unless he is Mr. Pacquiao himself or he was duly authorized by Mr. Pacquiao.
SHAPE AND COLOR Shapes must be distinctive from the usual shape of goods or containers of the goods, in order to be considered a trademark. One classic example is the COKE BOTTLE.
Color alone is not accepted unless it is defined by a given form.
MARKS THAT MAY CAUSE CONFUSION Your mark cannot be registered if it is identical with or similar to a registered mark or a mark with earlier filing date for goods and services that are exactly the same or for goods and services that are related. Consumers should not confuse your mark with the marks of others.
Identical with, or confusingly similar to WELL-KNOWN MARKS Marks that are identical with or similar to marks that are known internationally and in the Philippines will be refused registration.
Source: IPO
A trademark is considered a very important tool in product or service recognition by the public. It is also considered as one of the primary assets of a business. The registrant can choose to license its use by others at his or her discretion depending on the growth path created for the business.
The Ambos Mundos Restaurant Trademark
The Ambos Mundos Restaurant Trademark has been registered with IPO since the year 2005. It should be noted however that it has been used by the registrant and her family for decades prior to such registration. The trademark registration was specifically sought by the registrant for protection against persons and/or entities that continue to employ all possible means to wrestle ownership and rights to the use of the business name.
In the light of recent developments, there is a need to again emphasize the fact that: There is no legitimate Ambos Mundos Restaurant main outlet or branch existing as of this time. There are persons/entities appropriating the name for their unauthorized use causing much confusion and disinformation in the minds of the public. The business names they are using consisting of Los Ambos Mundos Restaurant and Ambos Mundos Restaurant Inc., clearly infringe on the existing trademark for being confusingly similar. To add insult to injury, they have been seeking to void the trademark registration so they can permanently deprive legitimate owners of its use and thereby claim ownership of a business name, the building of which they had absolutely no part of.
The Intellectual Property Office continues to uphold the validity of the Ambos Mundos Restaurant trademark as registered to Maria Teresa S. Gaudinez. Sadly, legal maneuverings have successfully prevented the rightful owner from using the trade name up to this time. It is our fervent hope that the Philippine legal system will protect this right all throughout. and allow us to use it without any further threat to its rightful ownership.
This information is being provided so the public may know.
Since the beginning, I have been "winning" this case in all the venues it was brought to including the DTI Office of Legal Affairs, SEC, Intellectual Property Office, Office of the President, and the Court of Appeals. Sadly, the false claimants to the name of Ambos Mundos Restaurant continue to enjoy the benefits of their illegal act while I can only continue to hope that justice will be served in due time. They have been taking their sweet time making appeals right after each unfavorable decision they get and it seems to be working for them.
It seems that while the case is under appeal, I can only watch them by the sidelines as they promote it as their own on TV and in the Internet in spite of orders from the SEC to change their business name. I even emailed one TV station which featured their lopsided and erroneous version of the Ambos Mundos story to request them to stop further airing of such episodes that can confuse the public, given the ongoing case. That TV station answered to the effect that they had no intention of affecting the case in any way and merely relied on the person they are interviewing for the contents. So when this same TV station aired another Ambos Mundos story through another show of theirs, I suppose they had no same intention, and I say this with much sarcasm.
The media seems to be quite enamored with the idea that Ambos Mundos Restaurant is one of the oldest existing restaurant in the Philippines which is actually a good thing except that these specific episodes are being used by the false claimants to further propagate a lie. This is quite a problem since what is seen on TV is usually taken as the truth so it would be a great service to the public interest if topics presented are researched more thoroughly instead of accepting the interviewees' statements hook, line and sinker.
My opponents in this case are moneyed people. The Ambos Mundos Restaurant page in this blog is but a small voice that seeks to present a side which has long been denied its chance.
That said, I wait for the day that Ambos Mundos Restaurant can finally come home to our family.
Tags: AMBOS MUNDOS RESTAURANT, Ambos Mundos Restaurant trademark, Intellectual Property Office, Maria Teresa Gaudinez, trademark
Tetcha Figuerres October 14, 2012 at 6:56 AM
Your post will really come in handy for those people planning to start their own business. Thanks for sharing!
Franc Ramon November 17, 2012 at 7:22 PM
It's nice to have trademark register as some people can steal all those ideas you've conceptualized in years by copying your business name.
Sumi Go November 17, 2012 at 10:25 PM
I haven't been to Ambos Mundos yet, but is this the one in Sta. Cruz, Manila? Anyway, this is definitely very informative. Every business owner should make it a priority to have their business name trademarked especially if it's crucial to their operations.
Teresa Martinez November 17, 2012 at 10:51 PM
@Sumi Go: I would have liked to have the opportunity to say to you now that you must visit Ambos Mundos Restaurant since you are a food blogger, However, I need to emphasize the fact that the restaurant in Sta. Cruz, Manila using our trade name is not authorized to use it and is in fact a defendant in our complaints with regards to violation of laws pertaining to use of business names. I cannot therefore assure you that the taste and flavor of food which they offer is true to the Ambos Mundos standard.
We expect to open an authentic Ambos Mundos Restaurant as soon as possible.
Pepper Tan November 18, 2012 at 12:53 AM
Thanks for sharing this. I do have plans of putting up my own business someday. It's always fun to think of names for the business :)
Simplymarrimye November 18, 2012 at 2:30 AM
So, based on this post Ambos Mundos Restaurant was just registered in your name for years but still, there's no authentic one yet open for business. Well, the one existing was able to operate despite these legal issues. Hmmmm... How did that happen?
Ron Leyba November 18, 2012 at 9:46 AM
Thanks for sharing the information about it. Nice to know resto like Ambos Mundos is sharing this kind of thing in public.
Pinoy Teacher's Stories November 18, 2012 at 2:47 PM
I hope you win this case soon! So we can taste the authentic Ambos Mundos standard soon!
Bless November 18, 2012 at 3:45 PM
This is a very helpful information to those who wanted to open up a business in the Philippines.
amiableamy November 18, 2012 at 3:56 PM
OMG! This is really alarming :-( I hope justice will be on your side. The public should really know. Good luck to your business Teresa (y)
Teresa Martinez November 18, 2012 at 4:44 PM
@mari: How did that happen? I believe it is a combination or greed, fraud, and negligence on the faithful performance of duties of some people who are given the responsibility to protect the public.
@gemma and amiableamy: Thanks for the supportive words even if we don't know each other personally. It is quite a lonely fight which I need to do so that these name-grabbers will not win. I have done everything that is humanly possible, the rest I leave to God's hands.
ralph November 19, 2012 at 1:24 AM
if given the chance, love to visit your place... people would really tend to copy the names that would give them the advantage... seen a lot of them. Yahweh bless.
Teresa Martinez November 19, 2012 at 1:34 AM
@ralph: In God's time, I am fervently hoping that will happen
che November 19, 2012 at 4:01 PM
Yeah. I also hope you win this case and finally have the peace of mind I know you've been wanting.
Thank you for this information, this would be really helpful for those who wants to start their business.
@che: Thanks for the show of support.
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Real name: Götz-Christian Morgenstern
Effective period / Period of releases: 1997 - 2016
Christian Morgenstern was born on the 10th of November 1975 in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Being interested in technical issues since he was a child, he bought his first Commodore Amiga when he was 15 and started interesting in graphics. Together with a classmate he founded a graphic-duo and pixelled the artwork for early computer-animated movies.
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Where as Christian used to produce his first releases only using an Amiga, a sampler, a mixing desk and an effects unit, he turned into a true gearhead, mainly using vintage equipment and tube amplifiers from the 70's and early 80's. He developed his own, unique style and with the release of "Death Before Disko" in 1999, he proved once again, that he was one of the most versatile Techno musicians. Along with "Death Before Disko" Christian produced his first experimental short movie entitled "M.I.L.K." as part of his pre-exams. Followed by this is the super-moody album "The Lydia EP", released end of 1999, which is played by Djs throughout the world. After a little production break, Christian released his highly acclaimed Electro-Pop album "Hawaii Blue" in early 2001. This production is highly influenced by his undeniable affection for 80's Pop and Rock music and can be seen as a further step in his development from a Techno artist to a musician. As already suggested in previous works, with "Hawaii Blue", he nearly totally refused to accept the club-compatibility dogma, and mixes Pop tunes with listening tracks and retro-ballads.
End of 2001 Christian cancels his studies to concentrate on Forte Records and making music.
Christian Morgenstern died on June 19th 2003 in his apartment in Cologne at the age of just 27. After skating with friends he went home because he felt pain in his chest. No one could reach him for a few days and finally a friend found him dead in his apartment. Christian was working night and day on his new album at the time.
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