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Food and Health E-ssentials
Interpretation of the new Edition of the Cosmetic Supervision and Administration Regulation
INTERPRETATION BY TÜV SÜD TO THE NEW EDITION OF THE COSMETIC SUPERVISION AND ADMINISTRATION REGULATION
On 29 June 2020, the State Council of the People's Republic of China issued Order No.727, and the Cosmetics Supervision and Administration Regulation was officially promulgated, which will take effect on 1 January 2021.
The Cosmetics Supervision and Administration Regulation (hereinafter referred to as the New Regulation) can be regarded as the "fundamental law" of the cosmetics industry. It has been under revision for eight years. It was first included in the revision plan by the State Council in 2013, and the Cosmetics Supervision and Administration Regulation (Draft) was reviewed and approved by the 77th executive meeting of the State Council on 3 January 2020, and finally officially promulgated.
MEMORABILIA OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS CONCERNING COSMETICS
In 2013, the Cosmetics Supervision and Administration Regulation was first included in the revised plan by the State Council
On 8 November 2014, the former State Food and Drug Administration publicly solicited opinions on the Cosmetics Supervision and Administration Regulation (Draft for Comment)
On 20 July 20, 2015, the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council publicly solicited opinions on the Cosmetics Supervision and Administration Regulation (Draft for Review)
On 23 December 2015, the Technical Specifications for Cosmetic Safety (2015 Edition) was released and implemented from December 1, 2016
On 18 January 2017, China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA, now China Food and Drug Administration ) issued the "Announcement on the Working Procedures for the Filing and Management of Imported Non-Special Cosmetics in Pudong New Area, Shanghai (Provisional)"
On 12 March 2018, NMPA issued the "Announcement on Piloting the Implementation of the Registration Management of Imported Non-Special Purpose Cosmetics on a Larger Scale"
On 9 November 2018, NMPA issued the "Announcement on Nationwide Implementation of the Record Management of Imported Non-Special Purpose Cosmetics"
On 18 December 2018, the Ministry of Justice officially notified the WTO of the Cosmetics Supervision and Administration Regulation (draft)
On 10 September 2019, NMPA issued the "Specifications for the Registration and Filing Inspection of Cosmetics"
On 3 January 2020, the State Council executive meeting passed the Cosmetics Supervision and Administration Regulation (Draft)
On 29 June 2020, the Cosmetics Supervision and Administration Regulation was officially promulgated
The predecessor of the Cosmetics Supervision and Administration Regulation was the Regulations concerning the Hygiene Supervision over Cosmetics promulgated by the former Ministry of Health in 1989 (hereinafter referred to as the old regulation). The old regulation contains 35 articles in total and 3188 Chinese characters in total after revision. It has been in service for 30 years since 1 January 1990.
At present, the number of cosmetics production enterprises that have obtained cosmetics production licenses has increased from more than 70 in 1980 to more than 5,000 in 2020. The market has retail sales of about one trillion yuan. The average annual growth rate of the industry as a whole is kept in double digits, and the market has expanded by more than 900 times. At present, China has developed into the second largest consumer market among all countries in the world. With the rapid development of China's economy and cosmetics industry in recent years, the transformation of the cosmetics industry and the increasing demand of cosmetics consumption, all the cosmetics market, relevant persons engaged in cosmetics production, operation, supervision and management, and the vast number of consumer groups are in urgent need of policies and regulations that can adapt to the upgrading of cosmetics industry, standardise the market competition of cosmetics industry, and promote the improvement of cosmetics quality and safety.
Compared with the old regulation, the new one has been increased from the original 35 rules to 72 rules, with a total of 80 articles in 6 chapters and 12,911 Chinese characters. The requirements for reform of "devolution, management and service" have been implemented, and cosmetics products and raw materials have been registered and filed according to the risk level. The management has clarified the main responsibility of enterprises for the quality and safety of cosmetics, increased the intensity of illegal punishment, and standardised the cosmetics production and operation activities and their supervision and management from various aspects. Once the new regulation was issued, it aroused widespread concern in the whole cosmetics industry. Next, let's take a concrete look at the points of revision in the new regulation, which are worthy of attention and discussion.
New regulation
The new regulation redefines cosmetics in China thirty years later
Article 3: Cosmetics as mentioned in the Regulation refer to daily used chemical products applied on the surface of any part of the human body (such as skin, hair, nails and lips) by way of smearing, spraying or other similar methods for the purpose of cleaning, protecting, beautifying and make-up.
Compared with the old edition of REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE HYGIENE SUPERVISION OVER COSMETICS, the word "美容 (making up)" was changed to "美化 (beautifying)", and the purpose of " undesirable odor " was removed. These changes are closely related to the redefinition of cosmetics classification, which will be described later.
Filing and registration of new raw materials
Cosmetic raw materials are classified into new raw materials and established raw materials. The state implements registration management for new raw materials of cosmetic with high risk, and imposes filing control for other new cosmetic raw materials.
Article 11: The natural or artificial raw materials used in cosmetics for the first time in China are defined as new cosmetic raw materials. New cosmetic raw materials with anti-corrosion, sun protection, coloring, hair dyeing, freckle-removing and whitening functions can only be used after being registered by the supervisory and administrative department under the State Council; other new cosmetic raw materials shall be filed with the drug supervisory and administrative department under the State Council before use. The drug supervisory and administrative department under the State Council may, according to the development of scientific research, adjust the scope of new cosmetic raw materials subject to registration administration, and implement the new rules after approval by the State Council.
Article 14: Within 3 years after the new cosmetics raw materials that have been registered and filed are put into use, the registrants and filing persons of the new raw materials shall report the use and safety condition of the new raw materials to the drug supervisory and administrative department under the State Council every year. For new cosmetic raw materials with safety problems, the drug supervisory and administrative department under the State Council shall cancel the registration or cancel the record of filing. New cosmetic raw materials that have not experienced safety problems after the expiration of the 3 years shall be included in the catalogue of established cosmetic raw materials formulated by the drug supervisory and administrative department under the State Council.
The new regulation clearly stipulates the types of new raw materials that need to be filed and registered, as well as the specific process of filing and registration, materials to be submitted and cycle of review. The detailed and transparent registration and filing process of new raw materials actually reflects, to some extent, the state's support and encouragement for the use of new cosmetic raw materials.
Classification of cosmetics
Article 4: The State imposes classified management of cosmetics and cosmetic raw materials according to the degree of risk.Cosmetics are classified into special cosmetics and ordinary cosmetics. The state implements registration management for special cosmetics and filing control for ordinary cosmetics.Cosmetics used for dyeing hair, perming, removing spots and whitening skin, sun-screening and preventing hair loss, and cosmetics claiming new functions are special cosmetics. Cosmetics other than special cosmetics are ordinary cosmetics.
The drug supervisory and administrative department under the State Council shall formulate and publish the classification rules and catalogues of cosmetics according to the efficacy claims, effecting positions, product dosage forms, applicable users and other factors of cosmetics.
Article 17: Special cosmetics can be produced or imported only after being registered by the drug supervisory and administrative department under the State Council. Domestic ordinary cosmetics shall be filed with the drug supervision and administration department of the people's government of the province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government where the filing person is located before being put on the market. Imported ordinary cosmetics shall be filed with the drug supervisory and administrative department under the State Council before import.
The new regulation replaces the former classification of special-purpose cosmetics/non-special-purpose cosmetics with special cosmetics/ordinary cosmetics. Special cosmetics are defined as cosmetics used for dyeing hair, perming, removing spots and whitening, sun-screening and preventing hair loss; and the cosmetics of "hair growth, hair removal, breast enhancement, body building and deodorization" stipulated in the old regulations are removed. The registered cosmetics have a transition period of 5 years since the implementation of the Regulations, during which they can continue to be produced, imported and sold. After the transition period expires, they are not allowed to be produced, imported or sold.
In addition, Article 77 of the Regulation stipulates that toothpaste shall be subject to management with reference to the provisions of the Regulation on ordinary cosmetics. After evaluating the efficacy of toothpaste according to national and industrial standards, the filing person of toothpaste can claim that toothpaste has the efficacy of preventing caries, inhibiting dental plaque, resisting dentin sensitivity, relieving gum problems, etc. The specific measures for the management of toothpaste shall be drawn up by the drug supervision and administration department under the State Council, and submitted to the market supervision and administration department under the State Council for examination and release.
The Regulation is not applicable for soap, but applicable to those claiming to have special cosmetic effects.
There is so far no specific regulation on the product type of mouthwash.
The refinement of the identity related to product liability
Article 17 Special cosmetics can be produced or imported only after being registered by the drug supervisory and administrative department under the State Council. Domestic ordinary cosmetics shall be filed with the drug supervision and administration department of the people's government of the province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government where the filing person is located before being put on the market. Imported ordinary cosmetics shall be filed with the drug supervisory and administrative department under the State Council before import.
Article 18: The applicant for cosmetics registration and the filing person shall meet the following conditions:
It is an enterprise or other organisation established according to law
There is a quality management system that is suitable for the products that apply for registration and filing
Have the ability to monitor and evaluate the adverse effects of cosmetics
Article 32: Cosmetic registrants, filing persons, and entrusted production enterprises shall assign quality and safety supervisors to undertake the duties of quality and safety management and product release for the corresponding product.
The quality and safety supervisors shall have professional knowledge related to cosmetics quality and safety, and have more than 5 years experience in cosmetics production or quality and safety management.
The identities of product-related persons-in-charge, such as registrants, filing persons and quality and safety supervisors, are clearly defined and required in the new regulation. Further clarify the responsibilities and obligations of relevant personnel, and more accurately correspond to the specific provisions in Chapter V Legal Liability, so as to put the supervision of cosmetics safety into practice.
Efficacy declaration and safety evaluation of cosmetics
Article 22: There should be sufficient scientific basis for declaring the efficacy of cosmetics. Cosmetic registrants and filing persons shall publish the abstracts of documents, research data or product efficacy evaluation data, on which efficacy claims are based, on the special website prescribed by the drug regulatory department under the State Council, and accept supervision of the public.
Article 21: For new cosmetic raw materials and cosmetics before registration and filing, the registration applicant and filing person shall carry out safety assessment by themselves or entrust professional institutions to perform the assessment.Personnel engaged in safety assessment should have professional knowledge related to cosmetics quality and safety, and have more than 5 years of relevant professional experience.
In the past cosmetic supervision process, China's requirements for efficacy declaration were relatively loose - those who apply for hair-raising, body-building and chest beautifying products should submit scientific documents on efficacy ingredients and their use basis. However, in the new regulation, it is clearly stipulated that the research data and literature or efficacy evaluation data on which efficacy claims are based should be published and subject to supervision by the public. Compared with the previous data of functional ingredients, the new regulation puts forward requirements for the actual effect of functional ingredients in product formula, and puts forward higher expectations for the management of production enterprises and product R&D and innovation.
In addition, in Article 21, cosmetics safety assessment is mentioned at the height of the regulatory level for the first time.
Article 5: For legal liabilities, the rules concerning legal liabilities and punishment are refined
In the old regulation, the rules of punishment in Chapter V were made in 998 Chinese characters in total. In the new regulation, the chapter concerning legal liabilities was made in as many as 4,193 Chinese characters. From the production of raw materials and cosmetics to the sales and inspection of cosmetics, we should increase the intensity of punishment for illegal acts, drive serious offenders out of the market, and create a good market environment for law-abiding operators.
Matters related to imported cosmetics
Article 19: The following materials shall be submitted when applying for registration of special cosmetics or filing of ordinary cosmetics:
name, address and contact information of the registration applicant and the filing person
name, address and contact information of the producer;
product formula or all components of the product
standards implemented for the product
sample draft of product label
product inspection report
product safety assessment data
If a registration applicant applies for the registration of special cosmetics for the first time, or if the registrant files ordinary cosmetics for the first time, he shall submit the certification materials that meet the conditions stipulated in Article 18 of the Regulation. When applying for registration of imported special cosmetics or filing of imported ordinary cosmetics, the certification documents that the products have been put into market for sales in the producing countries (regions) and the certification materials that the overseas production enterprises meet the cosmetics production quality management standards shall be submitted at the same time; if the cosmetic products are designed for export to China, for which the certification documents that the products have been put into market for sales in the producing country (region) are not available, the applicant shall submit the relevant research and test data targeting at Chinese consumers. Article 35 The smallest salable unit of cosmetics shall be labelled. Labels shall comply with relevant laws, administrative regulations and mandatory national standards, and the contents shall be true, complete and accurate.
Imported cosmetics can be labelled in Chinese directly, or attached with Chinese label on the original label. For Chinese labels being attached, the contents of Chinese labels shall be consistent with the contents of the original labels.
Article 45: Entry-exit inspection and quarantine organizations shall inspect imported cosmetics in accordance with the provisions of the Import and Export Commodity Inspection Law of the People's Republic of China; the products failing to pass the inspection shall not be imported.
The importer shall examine whether the cosmetics to be imported have been registered or filed and whether they conform to these regulations and mandatory national standards and technical specifications; and the products unqualified in the examination shall not be imported. Importers shall truthfully record the information of imported cosmetics, and the retention period of the records shall comply with the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 31 of the Regulation.
In 2017 and 2018, NMPA issued the announcement on pilot filing of imported non-special cosmetics, and put the imported ordinary cosmetic products subject to pilot filing and approval into 11 pilot free trade zones. The new regulation stipulates that they should be filed with the drug supervisory and administrative department of the State Council. Can the subsequent imported ordinary cosmetics be filed in pilot free trade zones of Shanghai Pudong New Area, Tianjin, Liaoning, Zhejiang, Fujian, Henan, Hubei, Guangdong, Chongqing, Sichuan and Shaanxi?
Imported cosmetics labels can be attached to the original foreign language package by means of affixing, and the contents of the attached Chinese labels should correspond to those of the original labels.
After seven years, the Cosmetics Supervision and Administration Regulation, which was jointly formulated by the effort of the whole industry, will be officially implemented on 1 January 2021. It is believed that the new regulation will standardise the production and sales process of cosmetics, clarify the responsibilities and obligations of each identity, and improve the efficiency of supervision and management. At the same time, the more transparent and detailed registration process of raw materials and products encourages and supports the research and innovation of cosmetics, meets the needs of consumers, and protects the legitimate rights and interests of organisations and individuals in carrying out research and innovation of cosmetics. Such a policy will inject new vigour into the cosmetics market.
At the same time, the new regulation still brings us new questions. For example, the specific details of efficacy and safety assessment need more implementation rules to be issued by the state. The drug supervisory and administrative department under the State Council shall formulate and publish the classification rules and catalogues of cosmetics according to the efficacy claims, effecting positions, product dosage forms, applicable users and other factors of cosmetics. Can different companies repeatedly file/register the same new raw material of plant extract? It is not clearly stipulated in the Regulation whether the subject of registration and filing of new raw materials is the cosmetics production enterprise or the new raw material production enterprise.
For another example, in comparison, tailor-made cosmetics are sold in foreign countries, yet the cosmetics brands that customise products for consumers are rarely seen in China, probably because different laws and regulations in different countries affect the public's recognition of customised cosmetics. The Chinese market stipulates that all cosmetic products must have the inspection report of the designated organisation and be filed with the NMPA (now State Food and Drug Administration). Special cosmetics can only be produced after obtaining the special certificate. The preparatory process usually takes a long time, which limits the promotion of customised cosmetics in the Chinese market at the regulatory level. Article 38 of the new regulation stipulates that cosmetics dealers shall not prepare cosmetic products by themselves. It is not clear whether the customised cosmetics belong to the situation stipulated in the new regulation.
All in all, more discussions bring about the expectation of the whole industry for the new regulation, and we hope that the cosmetics industry will flourish under the guidance of the new regulation.
Refer to the original text of the Regulation here.


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Tras empezar a formarse como futbolista en el S. K. Hranice, finalmente en 2004 se marchó a la disciplina del F. C. Baník Ostrava. En 2010 ascendió al primer equipo. Debutó el 15 de mayo de 2010 en un partido contra el 1. F. K. Příbram. En 2015 firmó por el Slavia de Praga. Debutó con el club praguense el 22 de septiembre de 2015 en un encuentro contra el F. K. Ústí nad Labem en la Copa de la República Checa.

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protagonist the main character, or the one most central to the action of the story
antagonist the person, thing, or force that works against the protagonist, or main character, of a work
author's purpose reason for creating a work
style the way the author uses words, phrases, and sentences to express his ideas
mood the feeling that a literary work gives to readers
plot the action or sequence of events in a story-exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution
conflict the problem that triggers the action
point of view vantage point from which a story is told--first-person or third-person
setting time and place in which the action of a literary work occurs
theme the statement about life that the author wants to convey to the reader
character a person, animal, or imaginary creature that takes part in the action of a story
static character stays the same throughout the story
dynamic character changes from the beginning to the end of a story
characterization techniques an author uses to develop the personallity of a character in a literary work-appearance, personality, speech, behavior, thoughts, feelings, and interactions with other characters
dialogue words spoken by characters in a literary work
dialect a form or language that is spoken in a particular place or by a particular group of people
genre category of type of literature
symbol a person, place, thing, or event used to represent somethng else
first-person point of view told by a one of the characters
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Q: Simultaneous multiple perturbations in Markov chain Monte Carlo I'm coding a McMC algorithm for geophysical applications.
Using the Metropolis–Hastings scheme to accept/reject the proposed models is something that I thought I understood completely, but I don't. To be clear:
normally you have a current model $m$, you perturb one parameter (in my case velocity $v_i$), and in this way you get a trial model $m'$.
The acceptance probability for such a perturbation is:
$$\alpha(m'|m)=min\left[ 1, \frac{p(m')}{p(m)} \cdot \frac{p(d|m')}{p(d|m)} \cdot \frac{q(m|m')}{q(m|m)} \cdot |J|\right]$$
Where $p(m)$ are the priors, $p(d|m)$ are the likelihoods, $q(m|m')$ are the proposals, and $J$ the Jacobian.
So assuming that the priors are symmetric, and the Jacobian is 1, I remain with:
$$\alpha(m'|m)=min\left[ 1,\frac{p(d|m')}{p(d|m)} \cdot \frac{q(m|m')}{q(m|m)} \right]$$
The likelihood ratio is not a problem, so now I want to deal only with the proposal ratio:
Supposing that the way I make a perturbation is choosing one parameter, and perturb it with Gaussian probability, so that the new velocity value will be $$v'_i=v_i + u \cdot \sigma$$ ($u$ is normal distributed with mean = 0 and var. = 1)
This perturbation can be described by a proposal in the form:
$$q(v'|v)= \frac{1}{\sigma \sqrt{2 \pi}} \cdot \exp \left[- \frac{(v'-v)^2}{2 \sigma ^2} \right]$$
It's easy to see that for this kind of perturbation the proposals are symmetric, so the acceptance probability is just the ratio of the likelihoods.
Questions:

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*If instead of perturbing one parameter, I want to change 3 of them at the same time, what happens to my proposals, and so to my acceptance probability $\alpha$? How should I compute them? ($v_1, v_2, v_3$ are not correlated.)

*If I want to include some deterministic constraints because I know that the 3 parameters I want to change are correlated, i.e. if I increase $v_1$ of $v_p$, then I want to decrease $v_2$ and $v_3$ of $v_p / 3$ (a sort of compensation)...how am I supposed to come up with a representation of the proposal?

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Palmer Luckey is back and he's innovating… kind of.
We all love a good comeback story. The idea of a person who's made questionable decisions and slowly declined suddenly making positive changes to themselves and learning from their mistakes is appealing. To us, it means that any of us, at any age, can go from our lowest point and rise higher than ever with enough integrity and determination. And we had hoped that would be the case for Palmer Luckey, creator of the Oculus Rift.
Luckey made the news last year as part of his leave of Facebook wherein he resigned. Some say it was the $500 million dollar lawsuit from Id Software; some say it was the fact that he donated to Nimble America, whose entire existence went nuclear in September of last year. It's hard to tell. But it was reasonable to assume that Luckey would be back with some new technological startup, especially one considers his estimated worth of $730 million and the fact that he is a well-known tech startup success story. And sure enough, he's back, and he's trying to help the Trump Administration.
His current, as-of-yet-unnamed startup, is a company developing surveillance technology to be "deployed on borders between countries and military bases" according to sources at the New York Times. There he was quoted as saying "We are spending more than ever on defense technology, yet the pace of innovation has been slowing for decades. We need a new kind of defense company, one that will save taxpayer dollars while creating superior technology to keep our troops and citizens safer." These same sources list the use of lidar (most popularly seen in self-driving cars), infrared sensors and cameras as opposed to a physical wall and would be less intrusive.
Sources also say that Peter Thiel, investor and noted Trump supporter and tech advisor, planned to support Palmer Luckey's startup by running the investment fund, though that is yet to be concretely proven at this time.
The problem is, that's where the information breaks down. It is known that Luckey and Charles C. Johnson, owner of the website GotNews.com a site noted for its controversial fake news stories, met in the white house US Interior Department (DOI) head, Ryan Zinke according to Gizmodo. But beyond Gizmodo's single still image indicating that to be true we have no idea how this ties to his startup, if at all. It's reasonable to assume so, but Palmer Luckey is more likely to comment on his favorite anime then his new startup.
For now, Luckey's startup is currently self-funded, and it remains to be seen if the White House will take to this idea of innovating their borders digitally.
We'll see what he really comes up with here. The story does not touch on exactly what he has in mind and the fact that he operates a fake news site might have a lot to do with that, don't you think?
We have seen self-funded companies do just fine. As soon as they blow the windows out with their awesome idea, there will be tons of companies getting in line to fund the project.
The idea is not a bad one, as others have mentioned. I think with all of the tech interference these days, that could be an issue with such a system that is so wide spread. Of course, there are cell phone towers every other mile and that seems to help, so maybe this system to keep the borders safer is one that will work?
This is not a bad idea. I hope this guy does not run into people trying to tell him otherwise. It really sounds like it would work and the resources to monitor it would be cut for sure. A win-win.
So, instead of up putting up a wall, there will be sensors and cameras watching the entire stretch. This does not sound like a bad idea, but then what is done with all of the footage and other data recorded by the sensors and cameras?
Now, this is a great idea. Sensors and cameras that will do all of the work. What is wrong with that?
I do not see anything wrong with a virtual border wall. However, what is and what can be done with all of that information is what is going to be the problem.


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3/7/2022 - Kenwood Cove Aquatic Park Fee Changes
Kenwood Cove Aquatic Park Fee Changes
Salina, KS – The City of Salina brought Resolution No. 22-8030 to the City Commission on Monday February 28, 2022. The City Commission approved Resolution No. 22-8030 which allows the increase of certain recreation program and rental fees above the threshold allowed by the Parks and Recreation Revenue and Pricing Policy.
Effective April 1, 2022, The City of Salina is raising day pass fees and season memberships for Kenwood Cove Aquatic Park for the 2022 season. The fees are listed below.
Day Pass Rates
Infant/Toddler (age 0-2) $0.00
Youth (ages 3-17) $5.00
Adult (ages 18-62) $7.00
Senior (age 62+) $4.00
Youth (ages 3-17) $78.00
Adult (ages 18-62) $114.00
Senior (age 62+) $78.00
Group (up to 5 people) $234.00
Additional Youth on Group $42.00
Lifeguard Training Classes $150.00
The Kenwood Cove Aquatic Park is located at 701 Kenwood Park Drive, Salina, Kansas. The opening date for the 2022 season is Saturday, May 28, 2022.
For more information about Kenwood Cove Aquatic Park, visit kenwoodcove.com or call the Salina Parks and Recreation Office at (785) 309-5765.


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Spilker v. Hankin case brief
Spilker v. Hankin case brief summary
188 F.2d 35 (1951)
Defendant client appealed the judgment of the Municipal Court of Appeals (District of Columbia), which reversed the judgment for defendant entered in the municipal court in a suit upon five of a series of notes given by her to plaintiff attorney.
Client executed the notes in question for legal services rendered by attorney in a divorce action. The appellate court held that the defenses in this case were substantially the same defenses as those raised in the first action, and not again available to the client under the doctrine of res judicata.
The court disagreed and concluded that the appellate court had failed to consider the fiduciary relationship of the attorney and his client.
The fee contract here was attended by a presumption of invalidity and over-reaching.
The fee arrangement was reduced to promissory notes shortly before the termination of the litigation and appeared to be required by the attorney as condition of his remaining in the case.
Next, the court held that the original suit was for a much smaller amount and some of the issues here were only directly involved in it.
Further, trial judge in the first case found that there was a genuine issue of material fact remaining for trial by refusing to grant the attorney's motion for summary judgment.
Thus, not all the issues here may have been determined in attorney's favor in the earlier action.
The judgment of the court of appeals was reversed and remanded. On remand, the appellate court could consider any remaining contentions of the parties not discussed in its opinion.


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Cuba and China sign agreements to promote economic cooperation
World Cuba and China
Trade authorities from Cuba and China signed two agreements to promote economic cooperation at the 14th session of the bilateral Business Committee.
The Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of Cuba (CCC) and the Chinese Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) penned the Mechanism's Action Plan for 2019.
The document, signed by CCC President Orlando Hernández and CCPIT Vice President Chen Zhou, establishes the strategies and actions to be developed next year to consolidate ties between the two countries' business communities.
A memorandum of understanding was also signed between Chen and the director of the Center for the Promotion of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment (ProCuba), Roberto Berrier, with a view to strengthening relations between both institutions.
During the 14th session of the Cuba-China Business Committee, the parties agreed on the need to strengthen ties in economic and commercial matters, at the level of the two nations' historic political ties.
Hernandez acknowledged the importance of relations between Beijing and Havana, and recalled that Chinese products are present in a wide range of areas of Cubans' life, such as health, education, technology and sports, among others. The official called to expand the presence of Chinese investments in Cuba and mentioned the opportunities offered by sectors like tourism, renewable energy, construction, agriculture, industry and pharmaceutical biotechnology.
He also highlighted the importance of the Strip and Road Initiative for Cuba and Latin America, due to their development prospects for each of the integrated countries.
According to Hernández, Cuba expects to get involved in this Chinese project in the most committed way possible and to contribute contribute to involving the Chinese business sector in the process to update Cuba's economic model.
He also announced Cuba's willingness to host a China-Latin America and Caribbean business fair in Havana.
For his part, Chen Zhou referred to the Chinese companies' interest in participating in the Mariel Special Development Zone (ZEDM).
He said that the CCPIT promotes negotiations to materialize joint ventures and open opportunities for Chinese companies in the Cuban market.
Chen added that in the future, the institution will focus on building an effective and multisectoral platform for the promotion of bilateral trade.
The forum consisted of an exhibition by the CCC on the possibilities of business and foreign investment that Cuba offers to the business community, as well as presentations on the potentialities of the Chinese provinces of Henan and Hainan.
China is Cuba's major trading partner in Asia and the second in the world. ■
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Whenever Cache data gets fill then, Kodi will show the errors while streaming and playback so, you have to clear for smooth streaming.
First, open Kodi and then go to the Settings.
You will see the File Manager under the settings so click on the File Manager.
After that, you need to the open add source.
After that tap on Done and give the name to the file.
Tap on the Home button on Kodi.
Now again under the setting tap on the setting.
And then tap on Add-ons.
Tap on the install from Zip file and locate the zip file.
Now tap on the maintenance folder and install the zip repository.rawmaintenance.zip.
Again under Add-ons click on Install from Repository.
Click & install the RAW Maintenace Kodi Add-on.
First, you need to tap on Settings Icon then open File Manager.
And Add source and enter the URL as above.
After that, go to home page then click on Add-On and click on box icon at the top.
You need to tap on install from zip file and locate the file under the maintenance folder then install the repository.rawmaintenance.zip.
Tap on Install from Repository and click on RAW Maintenace Kodi Add-on.
After that, open Program Add-ons and install the Raw maintenance.
Usually, database obsolete files may cause the issues so, better to delete these databases on your device.
First, go to settings of Kodi.
Then tap on the File Manager.
Tap on Profile directory by default.
You can look for an option named Addons.db under the DATABASE.
On Android look for on the Add-ons.db and delete the DB.
On PC Search for %Appdata windows then open the Kodi> User Data> DataBase and look for Addons.db file once you get it, Delete it right away.
By following the steps below, Kodi Settings will be compatible with device software and hardware.
After that, tap on Add source and enter the URL – http://repo.ares-projcet.com/magic/.
Go back to the home screen and click on Add-Ons then tap on the box icon on the top left.
So tap Install from the zip file, locate the file repository.aresproject.zip and click on it.
After that, tap on Install from Repository and click on Ares Project.
By now, you Open Program Add-ons and Install the Ares Wizard.
And Tap on Program Add-ons and open Ares Wizard.
Tap on Tweaks on AresWizard page.
Then tap on 'Next' option then click on Generate Settings and Apply the settings. A .xml file will be created.
Now reboot the Kodi App, and by now, you will notice a change in buffering of the Kodi streams.


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This one's a bit out of order since it took me forever to get the pictures posted and whatnot. I'm not sure how the whole week escaped without my finding time to post. Apparently doing nothing takes up a lot of time.
A week after they took the furniture I was finally ready to leave Knoxville. I'd originally planned to head straight to Pawley's Island to visit a friend of a friend who added it as a destination. It's a friend of a friend and an email address was provided. I've never been to Pawley's and don't know the folks, so it seemed more adventurous than staying at friend's houses in Knoxville or parking where my house used to be.
I changed those plans, though, as there was a party in Bell Buckle, TN that I thought I needed to attend. It was a Bon Voyage Party, strangely, not for me (I thought it was all about me!), but the hosts are about to embark on a cruise with a bunch of people dressed as rodents.
Predictably, I got out of Knoxville later than I'd predicted, but gained an hour due to crossing into another time zone. My friend whom made it possible for me to get moved out and provided me with a nice place to stay for most of the week went with me. There is no good way to get to Bell Buckle. I'd heard that there was some advantage to going though McMinnville, so I told Google to take me there and once I got sort of close told it to get us to Bell Buckle. I don't know whether it was shorter, but it was a nice drive through east Tennessee's rolling hills. At one point we saw this bull with HUGE horns. How large were they? They were so large that we turned around and took some pictures.
I was tasked with representing Portugal for this party, so cook some sausage. I bought it in Alabama, but claimed that it was Portuguese. I pulled my sweet 4-burner stove from under the back seat and tried out the adapter that lets me fuel it with a small bottle of propane rather than the huge one that you might have under your grill. It leaked. I need to buy a wrench to tighten the thing up. I also have a hose that will let me fuel the stove from the camper's main propane tank, but I couldn't find it. Yes, I have three stoves in my camper. The built-in one, a small butane one, and this beauty.
See how tasty it looks? After this everyone wanted to go to Portugal. Later in the evening, I poured some Port which really was made in Portugal. It was quite tasty.
I gave tours of Walden during the party. Here a group is peering in as if I were a zoo animal. Such is life living in a van.
Here is a group of girls who were very entertained by a story I was telling. Oh, no, wait. They were looking at the belly dancer. At about this time I had Thor tethered to a table and ran off to look for a cable to connect the belly dancer's iPod to my PA. Thor pooped right there on the patio. Our host graciously cleaned up the poop while I tried unsuccessfully to get the iPod connected to my PA. I need to get a 1/8″ to 1/4″ stereo adapter. Sorry. I don't have a picture of the poop.
I also pulled out the amp (not pictured), mic stand, and the semi-burned Martin and played a few tunes. I drew a smaller crow than the belly dancer. Perhaps I should have bared my belly.
Here is a young child who was very intent on chasing Thor.
If you haven't been to Bell Buckle, you should check it out. It's a lovely little town. We were going to eat at the cafe pictured below, but there was an hour wait! We opted for pizza from the rippy mart and ate it on the ground under a tree.
I had intended to spend only one night in the Buckle, but my Knoxville friends didn't leave until something like 4PM so I opted for another night in Bell Buckle since I didn't want to set out to Atlanta so late (good thing since I had to stop to have a fuel filter installed).
Robert, my host, graciously included me in dinner that night. He made pasta sauce and upon finding that he had no spaghetti or other such pasta commonly served on places with sauce, cooked up some lasagna noodles. It was quite good. And the lasagna noodles were sort of fun.
They invited me to stay in an actual bed, in the house, but I opted to sleep out in the camper with Thor. We slept well.
Good time with good people. The vortex of BB can exert all kinds of delays in leaving. Next time you are thru ATL, I can provide guide services and a meal. The cat in the house says you would be welcome but Thor might have to stay outside….. I think the Allison / Anderson clan will vouch for me if you need references….


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Unmissable: Scotland in Autumn
There are countless adventures to be had in Scotland this autumn. WildBounds contributor Fiona Outdoors takes us through five of her top picks.
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28th September 2016 | Words by Fiona Russell
The lochs, rivers and sea frequently appear more dramatic beneath darker and brooding autumnal skies, especially when a sharp slice of sun is glimpsed through a parting in the clouds.
Scotland's stunningly diverse landscapes are breath-taking at any time of the year, but in autumn the views are arguably the most spell-binding. A riot of reds, crimsons, oranges and yellows magically transform vast forests and woodlands. Where evergreens intersperse deciduous plantations, the added contrast of bright hues and deep greens is all the more dramatic.
In glens and on moorlands, a tapestry of richer hues add depth to the scenery – and give cover to the red deer stags as they begin their annual rutting ritual. The eerie roar of these great beasts is a transfixing sound.
Kilchurn Castle, Loch Awe, Argyll
The lochs, rivers and sea frequently appear more dramatic beneath darker and brooding autumnal skies, especially when a sharp slice of sun is glimpsed through a parting in the clouds. Bright blue skies and calm weather are not uncommon during a Scottish autumn – it is these blue bird days when many people choose to enjoy time outdoors.
With a little planning and the right mode of transport, whether on foot, bike or on the water, there are countless highlight locations to discover. Here are five of my favourites.
1. Stand-up paddleboarding on Loch Faskally
After the general hubbub of preparation and launching, it's the silence of stand-up paddleboarding that is so remarkable. On a calm day, when the water lies still, there can be heard hardly a whisper or a breeze around you.
If the light is right, too, you'll paddle "over" the surrounding landscape, as well as amid it. Like a super-sized mirror, the loch's surface reflects the hills, mountains and trees in mesmerising clarity, giving the sense that you are floating on top of them.
Loch Faskally is a sheltered stretch of water, located between steeply wooded hills in Perthshire. Around three kilometres in length, the waterway was built as reservoir in the late 1940s to stabilise river flows below a dam near the town of Pitlochry. Faskally is fed by two rivers, the River Tummel and the River Garry, which offer further SUPing exploration for the more adventurous.
2. Strolling through The Hermitage
With more than 200,000 acres of woodlands, Perthshire is better known as Big Tree Country. The choice of picturesque locations, especially in autumn, can be bewildering but if I am to choose one for an afternoon stroll, it's The Hermitage, near the town of Dunkeld.
A well placed bench for walkers to sit and admire the views at The Hermitage
Follow in the footsteps of notable past visitors, including Wordsworth, Queen Victoria, Mendelssohn and Turner, on an easy-going walk, which is peppered with places to sit a while and admire the views.
Paths head through woodland, home to high-rise Douglas firs, including one of the tallest trees in the country, and to the quaint folly, Ossian's Hall, overlooking the Black Linn waterfall on the River Braan.
Hermitage bridge on the River Braan at Black Linn Falls, the Hermitage, Perthshire
The hall was refurbished in 2007 with sliding panels and mirrored artwork to recreate the illusions of surprise and amazement, which were the aims of its original design. It's possible to extend the walk along the river to the famous Rumbling Bridge, which sits high above the wooded glen, before retracing your steps.
3. Hiking to the bizarre Quiraing, Isle of Skye
A couple of hours of walking on the rugged but accessible island of Skye are easily rewarded with spectacular views, especially in the far north at the strangely named Quiraing.
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The Quiraing is part of the Trotternish mountain ridge and was created by a series of huge landslips. Adding drama to the other-worldly landscape of pillars, cliffs and tables is the fact that the Quiraing is still moving, albeit very slowly. The road at the base near Flodigarry is repaired annually.
From a roadside car park, near the villages of Staffin and Uig, a rough path leads you towards the dramatic geological formations on a circuit that offers highlights including a 37 m pinnacle, The Needle, and the Prison, a pyramidal rocky peak that looks like a medieval keep. The circuit walk of around 6.5 km takes in a high point at 540 m.
The name Quiraing comes from Old Norse "Kvi Rand", meaning "Round Fold". Within the fold is The Table, an elevated plateau hidden among the pillars. It is said that the fold was used to conceal cattle from Viking raiders.
4. Cycling the shores of Loch Katrine
Just a dotted line on the map, yet surprisingly well-laid, the traffic-free tarmacked road that hugs the shores of Loch Katrine in Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park is a joy for cyclists.
View of Loch Katrine and Ben Venue
The 21 km stretch of road is open only to vehicles for access to homes (there are very few), cyclists and walkers between Trossachs Pier at the southern tip of the loch and the wonderfully named Stronachlachar on the north-west bank. Bikes are available for hire.
It's an undulating ride that gives mostly easy pedalling and occasionally a short, steep hill. Getting off to push is no problem as it allows even more time to soak up the wide-sweeping views.
The loch is nestled amid a gorgeous landscape of hills, loch and forestry. In autumn, when fewer people are on their bikes, it's sublime. Start the ride at the pier, on the A821 north of Aberfoyle, Stirlingshire. The return ride is 42 kilometres.
5. Mountain biking the West Highland Way through Glencoe
Situated at the gateway to Glencoe, the striking mountain ridge of Buachaille Etive Mor is one of the most photographed in Scotland. Rising to two summits, the pyramid-shaped Stob Dearg at 1022 m and Stob na Doire at 956 m, it provides a challenging hike for even fit walkers.
Arguably it is better to stay in the Glencoe valley for views of this mighty landmark, and other lofty peaks, which is why you will see plenty of cars and coaches perched in laybys on the side of the A82 with passengers gazing at the mountainscape.
Yet just a little way off the road is the West Highland Way, a waymarked long-distance route from Glasgow to Fort William. On a mountain bike you can experience the wilderness surroundings without a great deal of exertion and travel from just a few, to dozens of kilometres, depending on your energy levels. In autumn, the hues of orange, ochre and brown of the glen's lower flanks rise to mountain tops brushed with new snow. It is a sight to behold.
Fiona Russell, better known as Fiona Outdoors, is a Scotland-based outdoors journalist and blogger.
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Home Sport Murray Haunted By 2016 Roland Garros Final Loss To Djokovic
Murray Haunted By 2016 Roland Garros Final Loss To Djokovic
"I still felt like we both played very well, I felt the quality of the match was pretty good, you were just better in the decisive moments of the sets.
Andy Murray admits that his Roland Garros final defeat in 2016 to lifetime rival Novak Djokovic remains one of his most shattering losses. Djokovic triumphed in Paris, 3–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–4 to capture his first and only French Open title.
On Friday, Murray and Djokovic shared an Instagram Live chat where they discussed a rivalry that began in childhood and is still going strong in their early 30s.
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"If I could change one result, I obviously would have loved to win the Australian Open or the French Open, but as a challenge for me, because the clay was such a tough surface for me throughout my career," Murray told the world number one during the link-up.
"Just in the terms of the way I played on clay it was the hardest one for me to adapt to.
"That would have been my biggest achievement for me if I would have won the French.
"Australia has been pretty painful for me thanks to you over the years. If I could change the one I would take the French Open off you."
Djokovic has long had the upper hand on Murray. He leads their head-to-head 25-11 and has 17 Grand Slam titles to the Briton's three.
However, Murray does possess two Olympic gold medals from London in 2012 and Rio in 2016. He defeated Djokovic in the semi-finals in London on his way to the title.
"I felt like a played well overall, but you beat me in the London Olympics in the semis, 7-5, 7-5," Djokovic said.
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"I still felt like we both played very well, I felt the quality of the match was pretty good, you were just better in the decisive moments of the sets.
"Of course I was devastated when I lost because it was the Olympic Games, but I was happy with the way I played."
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Skaszewo Włościańskie (prononciation : ) est un village polonais de la gmina de Gzy dans le powiat de Pułtusk de la voïvodie de Mazovie dans le centre-est de la Pologne.

Histoire
De 1975 à 1998, le village appartenait administrativement à la voïvodie de Ciechanów.

Désormais le village appartient administrativement à l'Etat Polonais.

Références

Village dans la voïvodie de Mazovie
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Gender shapes who we are, as individuals and as social institutions. Majoring in women's and gender studies means exploring the intersections of gender, race, class, and sexuality—present day and throughout history. Your classes will span the disciplines: history, biology, sociology, psychology, art, modern languages, and more. Take deep dives into topics like masculinity in modern art, sexuality in film noir, feminist fiction, families in transition, queer theory, or women in the U.S. economy. Our majors and minors are motivated to create positive change; you'll find them using class projects, research, and internships to advocate, educate, fundraise, and volunteer.
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100% of Women and Gender Studies majors from the past five years have found employment or attended graduate school within six months of graduation *
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2020, Political Science, Women's and Gender Studies
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My internship with Planned Parenthood Maine Action Fund engaged my passion for both grassroots political movements and reproductive rights. It especially taught me to channel these passions toward real political change.
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Q: Site Map and other site metadata updates won't show up due to caching issue Due to the fact that I am using the OWIN authentication, I had to put the cms on a different website. The cms is at cms.domain.com and in my VS project for domain.com I simply pointed the "piranha" connection string to the right database. So far everything was working perfectly, I only had to change the MediaProvider do deal with the domain name issues for the 2 retrieve methods of IMediaProvider.
Now I'm trying to integrate the menu using the @UI.Menu helper, however it looks like the helpers are not using the database of the Web.Config file (I have no problem to retrieve posts from C#). I only see the Start page listed. To confirm it I have also tried to change the site description from cms.domain.com/manager and to display it with the helper @Site.Description but it still shows default site description so it really looks like there is another database around..
Where does data used by the HTML helpers come from? And How can I fix that?
UPDATE : It seems that it is actually a caching issue, it has nothing to do with the connection string.

A: Piranha CMS caches a lot of meta-data for performance and to minimize the round-trips to the database. The site information, as well as the sitemap is two of these things as these will most likely be used in every page-rendering.
The default cache implementation uses the IIS cache, which is per application pool. The cache is invalidated when data is modified in the manager interface, but if you for example would run the manager interface in another application pool (site/application) this will make the caching fail, causing the kind of errors you describe.
Not being sure how your application is set up, this is my primary guess. If you are in fact running the client web & the manager in different application pools, and you need to continue doing this you should try one of the following approaches.

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*Implement a distributed cache provider

*Set the system param CACHE_SERVER_EXPIRES to 1

Setting the param to 1 invalidates all server cache after one minute. This is of course not to recommend if you are expecting a lot of traffic to your site as it will more or less disable the caching mechanism.
I hope this helps you.
Best regards
Håkan

A: All of sudden it's now working. The only thing I remember to have done is delete duplicate entries in the dbo.page table. It's all working now, however it doesn't explain why the Site Description wasn't retrieve properly too. But never mind, I hope this will help someone else. I hope custom authentication will be built-in in the next release of Pirhana CMS !


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Dan brings more than 30 years of public and private sector experience, working on a wide variety of community planning and design projects. For every project he is a part of, Dan provides an in-depth understanding of progressive land use, policy, and implementation strategies to effectively enhance the feasibility, livability, and sustainability of projects and communities. His award-winning experience incudes managing, preparing and implementing General Plans, Specific Plans, Downtown Plans, Master Plans, design guidelines, zoning and development standards, entitlement coordination, housing studies, public jurisdiction staff assistance, Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) entitlements, public involvement programs, and other planning services and tools.
Dan holds a Bachelor of Science in city and regional planning from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He is a member of the American Planning Association and the Urban Land Institute.


In September, 1993, I visit the only place on earth I consider to be a religious shrine: Seaside, Florida (a new urbanist Andres Duany creation). Seaside is a bit overdone with the architectural flair, bright colors, and other Disney-like factors, but it is still infinitely more pleasant than all of the horridly-designed communities around it (some of which are now haplessly trying to emulate it). It features narrow, gridded streets, pleasant vistas, front porches, picket fences, and backyard sidewalks.
In other words, it contains the pedestrian-oriented features that were traditionally in our towns before the emergence of our car-happy culture after World War II. Houses there sell for several times the amount of comparables in the area, demonstrating the strong market desire for a village with a sense of community, a feature we have largely lost in our never-ending quest to make cars happy.
Seaside also features deep blue ocean water with sugar-white sand beaches and crystal clear water.
To get to Seaside, take I-10 on the Florida panhandle (west of Tallahassee) to DeFuniak Springs and U.S. 331 south. Take this road 25 miles south to U.S. 98. Take this route east to County Road 395. Take this route south about 3 miles to County Road 30A. Seaside is along the coast on this Route. Look for signs.


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Spray and wax finishes for bare wood picture frames.
Contact us to discuss your requirements, or for custom sized mounts use the online price calculator for an instant quote.
Choosing from a broad palette of waxes, stains, pastes and lacquers, and applying them in varying combinations either by hand or with a spray-gun, we can create a multitude of different effects.
Trying to choose an appropriate finish to bring out the best in an artwork can be tricky. To make the choice a bit easier we keep dozens of samples in our workshop that can be viewed next to your art. If what you are looking for is not among them, we can make up new samples just for you, to meet your specifications.
If it's a solid colour that you're looking for, you can choose from any colour with a Ral number and we'll get it mixed to order.
We use a range of acrylic lacquers in different grades of sheen, from matt to high gloss.
A sprayed finish leaves no brush marks, and the durability of the lacquers we use makes them ideal for frames that travel from gallery to gallery. Dust and finger marks can be easily removed with a soft cloth dampened with a weak solution of detergent.
The finish pictured (left) was produced for a client who asked for a "warm" black.
The wood is tulipwood. Base coat is a deep red water-stain applied by hand. Next came two sprayed coats of ebony spirit-stain. Finally, two light top coats of sprayed acrylic lacquer.
The result is a full grained finish, with the light colour of the tulipwood helping to project the red base tones through the slightly translucent black layer.


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Authro Greg Bear was hospitalized and underwent emergency cardiac surgery on September 23. Bear's aorta was repaired and a mechanical aortic valve. According to his wife, Astrid, Bear is feeling better and beginning the recuperation process.