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The Rosenhan experiment was a famous experiment into the validity of psychiatric diagnosis conducted by psychologist David Rosenhan in 1973. It was published in the journal Science under the title "On being sane in insane places." The study is considered an important and influential criticism of psychiatric diagnosis.
Rosenhan's study consisted of two parts. The first part involved the use of healthy associates or "pseudopatients" who briefly simulated auditory hallucinations in an attempt to gain admission to 12 different psychiatric hospitals in five different states in various locations in the United States. All were admitted and diagnosed with psychiatric disorders. After admission, the pseudopatients acted normally and told staff that they felt fine and had not experienced any more hallucinations. Hospital staff failed to detect a single pseudopatient, and instead believed that all of the pseudopatients exhibited symptoms of ongoing mental illness. Several were confined for months. All were forced to admit to having a mental illness and agree to take antipsychotic drugs as a condition of their release.
The second part involved asking staff at a psychiatric hospital to detect non-existent "fake" patients. The staff falsely identified large numbers of genuine patients as impostors.
The study concluded, "It is clear that we cannot distinguish the sane from the insane in psychiatric hospitals" and also illustrated the dangers of depersonalization and labeling in psychiatric institutions. It suggested that the use of community mental health facilities which concentrated on specific problems and behaviors rather than psychiatric labels might be a solution and recommended education to make psychiatric workers more aware of the social psychology of their facilities.
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From the BBC MindChangers Series:
Claudia Hammond revisits . . . David Rosenhan's Pseudo-Patient Study, gaining access to his unpublished personal papers to discover how it changed our understanding of the human mind, and its impact 40 years on.
After Rosenhan published On Being Sane in Insane Places in the journal Science in 1973, the psychiatric profession went on the defensive to protest its diagnostic competence. The study struck at the heart of their attempts to medicalise psychiatry and be accepted as proper doctors. Its impact was felt when the third edition of the profession's bible, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, came out in 1980: changes had been made which brought more rigour to the diagnostic process.
However, as Claudia discovers from Rosenhan's unpublished papers, for him the study was less an experiment of diagnostic efficacy than an anthropological survey of psychiatric wards. In a chapter of the book he never finished, she reads his poignant account of his own first admission, and his sense that "minimal attention was paid to my presence, as if I hardly existed."
Now suffering ill health and unable to speak, Rosenhan delegates his friends and colleagues professor of social psychology at Stanford University Lee Ross and clinical psychologist Florence Keller to speak to Claudia and show her the box containing previously unpublished material which throws new light on one of the most controversial and famous psychology experiments.
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From the New York Times, Ethan Watters (author of the forthcoming book, book "Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche") recently wrote a fascinating article, titled "The Americanization of Mental Illness." Here are some excerpts.
Americans, particularly if they are of a certain leftward-leaning, college-educated type, worry about our country's blunders into other cultures. In some circles, it is easy to make friends with a rousing rant about the McDonald's near Tiananmen Square, the Nike factory in Malaysia or the latest blowback from our political or military interventions abroad. For all our self-recrimination, however, we may have yet to face one of the most remarkable effects of American-led globalization. We have for many years been busily engaged in a grand project of Americanizing the world's understanding of mental health and illness. We may indeed be far along in homogenizing the way the world goes mad.
This unnerving possibility springs from recent research by a loose group of anthropologists and cross-cultural psychiatrists. Swimming against the biomedical currents of the time, they have argued that mental illnesses are not discrete entities like the polio virus with their own natural histories. These researchers have amassed an impressive body of evidence suggesting that mental illnesses have never been the same the world over (either in prevalence or in form) but are inevitably sparked and shaped by the ethos of particular times and places. In some Southeast Asian cultures, men have been known to experience what is called amok, an episode of murderous rage followed by amnesia; men in the region also suffer from koro, which is characterized by the debilitating certainty that their genitals are retracting into their bodies. Across the fertile crescent of the Middle East there is zar, a condition related to spirit-possession beliefs that brings forth dissociative episodes of laughing, shouting and singing.
The diversity that can be found across cultures can be seen across time as well. In his book "Mad Travelers," the philosopher Ian Hacking documents the fleeting appearance in the 1890s of a fugue state in which European men would walk in a trance for hundreds of miles with no knowledge of their identities. The hysterical-leg paralysis that afflicted thousands of middle-class women in the late 19th century not only gives us a visceral understanding of the restrictions set on women's social roles at the time but can also be seen from this distance as a social role itself — the troubled unconscious minds of a certain class of women speaking the idiom of distress of their time.
"We might think of the culture as possessing a 'symptom repertoire' — a range of physical symptoms available to the unconscious mind for the physical expression of psychological conflict," Edward Shorter, a medical historian at the University of Toronto, wrote in his book "Paralysis: The Rise and Fall of a 'Hysterical' Symptom." "In some epochs, convulsions, the sudden inability to speak or terrible leg pain may loom prominently in the repertoire. In other epochs patients may draw chiefly upon such symptoms as abdominal pain, false estimates of body weight and enervating weakness as metaphors for conveying psychic stress."
In any given era, those who minister to the mentally ill — doctors or shamans or priests — inadvertently help to select which symptoms will be recognized as legitimate. Because the troubled mind has been influenced by healers of diverse religious and scientific persuasions, the forms of madness from one place and time often look remarkably different from the forms of madness in another.
That is until recently.
For more than a generation now, we in the West have aggressively spread our modern knowledge of mental illness around the world. We have done this in the name of science, believing that our approaches reveal the biological basis of psychic suffering and dispel prescientific myths and harmful stigma. There is now good evidence to suggest that in the process of teaching the rest of the world to think like us, we've been exporting our Western "symptom repertoire" as well. That is, we've been changing not only the treatments but also the expression of mental illness in other cultures. Indeed, a handful of mental-health disorders — depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and anorexia among them — now appear to be spreading across cultures with the speed of contagious diseases. These symptom clusters are becoming the lingua franca of human suffering, replacing indigenous forms of mental illness.
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What is being missed, . . .[some doctors] have suggested, is a deep understanding of how the expectations and beliefs of the sufferer shape their suffering. "Culture shapes the way general psychopathology is going to be translated partially or completely into specific psychopathology. . . . When[, for example,] there is a cultural atmosphere in which professionals, the media, schools, doctors, psychologists all recognize and endorse and talk about and publicize eating disorders, then people can be triggered to consciously or unconsciously pick eating-disorder pathology as a way to express that conflict."
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THE IDEA THAT our Western conception of mental health and illness might be shaping the expression of illnesses in other cultures is rarely discussed in the professional literature. Many modern mental-health practitioners and researchers believe that the scientific standing of our drugs, our illness categories and our theories of the mind have put the field beyond the influence of endlessly shifting cultural trends and beliefs. After all, we now have machines that can literally watch the mind at work. We can change the chemistry of the brain in a variety of interesting ways and we can examine DNA sequences for abnormalities. The assumption is that these remarkable scientific advances have allowed modern-day practitioners to avoid the blind spots and cultural biases of their predecessors.
Modern-day mental-health practitioners often look back at previous generations of psychiatrists and psychologists with a thinly veiled pity, wondering how they could have been so swept away by the cultural currents of their time. The confident pronouncements of Victorian-era doctors regarding the epidemic of hysterical women are now dismissed as cultural artifacts. Similarly, illnesses found only in other cultures are often treated like carnival sideshows. . . .
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Of course, we can become psychologically unhinged for many reasons that are common to all, like personal traumas, social upheavals or biochemical imbalances in our brains. Modern science has begun to reveal these causes. Whatever the trigger, however, the ill individual and those around him invariably rely on cultural beliefs and stories to understand what is happening. . . . It means that a mental illness is an illness of the mind and cannot be understood without understanding the ideas, habits and predispositions — the idiosyncratic cultural trappings — of the mind that is its host.
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CROSS-CULTURAL psychiatrists have pointed out that the mental-health ideas we export to the world are rarely unadulterated scientific facts and never culturally neutral. "Western mental-health discourse introduces core components of Western culture, including a theory of human nature, a definition of personhood, a sense of time and memory and a source of moral authority. None of this is universal," Derek Summerfield of the Institute of Psychiatry in London observes. He has also written: "The problem is the overall thrust that comes from being at the heart of the one globalizing culture. It is as if one version of human nature is being presented as definitive, and one set of ideas about pain and suffering. . . . There is no one definitive psychology."
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To read the entirety of Waters's fascinating article (including an illuminating discussion of how the "brain disease" concept of mental illness may have increased, not decreased, the stigma of mental illness and thus hurt the very people it was supposed to help), click here. (Thanks to Situationist friend, Andrew Perlman for suggesting this article to us.)
For a sample of related Situationist posts, see "The Interior Situation of Complex Human Feelings," "The Disturbing Mental Health Situation of Returning Soldiers," "Imagine You Could Change Your Brain. Oops, You Just Did!," and "Placebo and the Situation of Healing."


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MADISON - Wisconsin residents now have access to nearly 450 permanent electronics collection sites, and continue to recycle their old TVs, computers and other consumer electronics at an impressive rate, according to new data compiled by the Department of Natural Resources.
The DNR has released its annual report on Wisconsin's electronics recycling law, which in 2010 banned many devices from landfills and incinerators and created the electronics manufacturer-funded E-Cycle Wisconsin program to help households and schools properly recycle old electronics.
According to the report, during E-Cycle Wisconsin's fourth program year, there were nearly 450 permanent collection sites, along with approximately 250 special collection events in 67 of Wisconsin's 72 counties, covering 99 percent of the state's population. Wisconsin now has the highest number of collection sites per 100,000 people among states with electronics recycling laws.
The collection sites registered with E-Cycle Wisconsin offer free or low-cost recycling options for used electronics from households and K-12 schools.
"This is really exciting news," said Ann Coakley, DNR waste and materials management program director. "Wisconsin's electronics recycling law was designed to make collection sites more accessible to the public. E-Cycle Wisconsin is making this happen."
Together, the collection sites that have registered with the program over the past four years have sent 123 million pounds of electronics to recyclers, 95 percent of which operate in the upper Midwest. The recyclers safely dismantle the electronics and recycle the plastic, metal and glass so they can be used in new products.
"It's amazing to think that in four years, we have kept more than 100 million pounds of electronics from going into landfills and incinerators," Coakley said. "That's a lot of material now being put to good use, not to mention supporting job growth."
A recent DNR survey found that, despite the number of electronics collection points and Wisconsin's high rate of recycling, many people still don't know where to take their electronics for recycling.
"As people get new electronics this holiday season, we want to make sure they know where to take the old ones for proper recycling," Coakley said. "E-Cycle Wisconsin can help most state residents find a collection site near them."
Search for E-Cycle Wisconsin on the DNR website to view the program's annual report, along with a list of registered electronics collection sites by county.
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Republic Services Local Truck Driver CDL-B in Carnegie, Pennsylvania
Republic Services, Inc. is a leader in the U.S. environmental services industry. Through our subsidiaries, we provide superior customer experience while fostering a sustainable Blue Planet(r) for future generations to enjoy a cleaner, safer and healthier world. Due to the nature of our industry, we make safety our top priority every day. We're dedicated to the safety of our employees, customers and the communities we serve.
Why Work with Us
We are guided by five essential core values - to be Respectful, Responsible, Reliable, Resourceful and Relentless in all we do, every day. We are reminded of these principles every time we see the five R's joined together to form the Republic Star. It's what makes us who we are and sets us apart from the competition. We are dedicated to doing our part to preserve the environment by creating a cleaner, safer and healthier world where people thrive - not just for today, but for generations to come.
We hire the best people to make Republic Services a great place to work. We are focused on attracting talented individuals across professions who are as committed to serving customers and the planet as we are. We strive to create a workplace that's meaningful and rewarding to employees at all levels of the organization. Apply today and join our team!
POSITION SUMMARY: A Driver- CDL (B) is responsible for safely operating a collection truck, and providing prompt, courteous and complete waste removal services for customers. In addition, a Driver – CDL (B) is responsible for ensuring his or her vehicle is in compliance with the Company's safety standards prior to operating the vehicle, ensures that all Company, state and federal regulations are adhered to at all times while operating the vehicle, and completes vehicle condition reports ("VCRs") on a daily basis to ensure that any vehicle defects are repaired in a timely manner.
Perform complete pre- and post-operation inspection of the vehicle in accordance with Company policy to ensure tire pressure, fluid levels, safety equipment, gauges, and controls are in proper working order. Report any safety issues on standard reports.
Safely operate his or her heavy truck along his or her designated route and to the disposal site; read route sheet, follow map and service each customer as identified on the route sheet or as assigned by the dispatcher and/or supervisor.
Operate manual and/or automatic controls in accordance with Company safety policies and procedures to lift and load refuse, operate compactor and dispose of collected material at the designated facility.
Courteously interact with all customers, dispatchers and others on a daily basis to ensure all customer routes are serviced in a timely and professional manner.
Identify unsatisfactory waste containers and tag containers in accordance with applicable departmental procedures.
Continuously monitor waste for evidence of unacceptable waste.Clean area around an accidental waste spill, ensuring adherence to all applicable safety standards and policies.
Continuously monitor the condition of the vehicle to ensure it is operationally ready at all times to minimize down time; clean waste from the packer blade and truck body (where appropriate) on each disposal trip.
Complete required route/productivity sheets, VCRs and other reports, as required.Maintain adherence to required productivity standards for the department to ensure all customers are serviced in a timely and efficient manner.
Follow all required safety policies and procedures.
Actively participate in the Company's ReSOP program.
Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
Good customer services skills to meet and exceed customer expectations; acts in a professional, courteous and cooperative manner toward customers and co-workers; works with a sense of honesty and trustworthiness.
Good time management skills to ensure assigned responsibilities are completed in an efficient and safe manner.
Good follow through ability; adheres to work schedule and follows through on challenges as they arise.
Ability to adhere to Company policies and rules set forth; promotes the Company's safety standards; does not take inappropriate risks.
Maintains a feeling of pride in work; strives to achieve all goals.
- Two years of prior experience driving commercial trucks preferred.
- Class B or higher Commercial Driver's license with air brakes endorsement.
Rewarding Compensation and Benefits
Eligible employees can elect to participate in:
• Comprehensive medical benefits coverage, dental plans and vision coverage.
• Health care and dependent care spending accounts.
• Short- and long-term disability.
• Life insurance and accidental death & dismemberment insurance.
• Employee and Family Assistance Program (EAP).
• Employee discount programs.
• 401(k) plan with a generous company match.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).
The statements used herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by an employee in this position, and are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties and skills required by an incumbent so classified. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the Company.
Republic Services is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, relationship or association with a protected veteran (spouses or other family members), genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.


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Kerry warns Syria: 'Threat of force is real'
JERUSALEM (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday sent a strong warning to Syria, saying 'the threat of force is real' if it does not carry out an internationally brokered agreement to hand over its chemical weapons.
Kerry issued the warning during a stop in Jerusalem, where he briefed jittery Israeli leaders on the new U.S.-Russian plan to rid neighboring Syria of its chemical weapons by the middle of next year. In comments aimed at his hosts, Kerry said the deal also served as a "marker" for the international community as it deals with Iran's suspect nuclear program.
"We cannot have hollow words in the conduct of international affairs," Kerry said.
The U.S. has been formulating its response to an alleged chemical attack carried out by Syrian forces that killed hundreds of civilians last month. "These are crimes against humanity and they cannot be tolerated," Kerry warned.
In a deal meant to avert a threatened U.S. military strike, U.S. and Russian officials reached an ambitious agreement over the weekend calling for an inventory of Syria's chemical weapons program within one week. All components of Syria's chemical weapons program are to be removed from the country or destroyed by mid-2014. The Syrian government has yet to issue an official statement on the agreement.
The deal was greeted with cautious optimism in Israel, where leaders expressed satisfaction that Syria, a bitter enemy, could be stripped of dangerous weapons but also pessimism about whether Syrian President Bashar Assad will comply.
Israel has repeatedly voiced concern that Assad, locked in a two-year-old civil war, may fire his chemical weapons at Israel in a bout of desperation or that the weapons could fall into the hands of Hezbollah or other hostile groups fighting in the Syrian civil war.
Perhaps more critically, the Israelis also fear that a tepid international response to Syria could encourage Iran to press forward with what is widely believed to be a nuclear weapons program. Iran denies its nuclear program has a military purpose and says it is pursuing peaceful applications like cancer treatment and power generation.
Standing alongside Kerry, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed the U.S.-Russia deal and stressed his belief that it would have deep repercussions on Iran, Syria's close ally.
"The world needs to ensure that radical regimes don't have weapons of mass destruction because as we have learned in Syria if rogue regimes have weapons of mass destruction they will use them," Netanyahu said.
"The determination the international community shows regarding Syria will have a direct impact on the Syrian regime's patron Iran. Iran must understand the consequences of its continued defiance of the international community by its pursuit toward nuclear weapons," he added.
He said the deal proved that "if diplomacy has any chance to work, it must be coupled with a credible military threat."
With a nod toward these Israeli concerns, Kerry stressed that the deal with Russia was merely a "framework," and much would depend on Syria.
"The threat of force is real and the Assad regime and all those taking part need to understand that President Obama and the United States are committed to achieve this goal," Kerry said.
He also said the agreement, if successful, "will have set a marker for the standard of behavior with respect to Iran and with respect North Korea and any rogue state, (or) group that tries to reach for these kind of weapons."
Ahead of Kerry's arrival, some Israeli politicians voiced skepticism, saying Assad cannot be trusted.
Intelligence Minister Yuval Steinitz said the plan was more "substantive" than earlier proposals, but warned the agreement's deadline was not speedy enough and Assad could try to hide weapons.
"We know Assad. All kinds of things could happen," he said, adding that an agreement on chemical weapons should not absolve Assad of punishment for the acts he has committed against the Syrian people.
Avigdor Lieberman, chair of parliament's foreign affairs and defense committee, told Army Radio that Israel would compare its own intelligence assessments of Syria's weapons to the inventory Syria submits, which the plan requires him to do in a week.
"After we see the list of what Assad has handed over in a week, we can know if his intentions are serious of if it is just deception," Lieberman said.
After their news conference, Kerry departed for Paris where he was to discuss the Syria plan with his French, British, Turkish and Saudi counterparts on Monday.


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Whelan seeks state cross country title on Saturday
John Whelan has his sights set on a state cross county title.
The senior from Etna is considered one of the top runners in the state and has already won a Northern Section title.
Last year, Whelan placed seventh in Division 5 of the State Cross Country Championships and is considered a favorite to win this year. The 2012 CIF State Cross Country Championships is set for Saturday at Woodward Park in Fresno.
"I'm excited," he said. "This what I've been working towards."
Whelan and his family arrived in Fresno earlier this week and celebrated Thanksgiving with relatives in the area. Whelan is using the time in Fresno to run at Woodward Park and get used to the course so he well be quite familiar with it by the time Saturday rolls around.
"The-5,000-meter course has hard packed dirt trails with some grass and asphalt," the CIF website said. "It features mild ups and downs over rolling hills with one steep short hill."
The Division 5 boys race is the first of the day and begins at 8:30 a.m.
The past few weeks, Whelan said while he has run pretty much everyday he has also eased his routine down a bit so his body "is rested and ready to go," at state.
Whelan will be back this spring for track and field, where he expected to have another outstanding season. Last year, in the 3,200 meters race he took second overall in the Northern Section Championships. Whelan has already caught the eyes of college coaches for both cross country and track and field and is currently looking at either Washington State or, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.
Whelan, who was born and raised in the Etna area said the support in Scott Valley has been "unbelievable."
"Everyone's been real supportive,"he said. "A lot of people have wished me good luck."
When asked if he wanted to add anything else, Whelan said he wanted to "wish good luck to all my friends in Yreka with their races," on Saturday.
Whelan has developed close bonds with members of the Miners cross country team and has trained with them. The Yreka boys team comes into Saturday as the defending Division 4 state champions. And both the boys and girls teams at Mount Shasta High School are also competing at State which proves Siskiyou County produces some excellent runners.


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One of Fox News Channel's leggy airheads falls for parody about Obama funding a Muslim Museum
Pat Cunningham
It seems to be a prerequisite at Fox News Channel that female anchors have nice legs, no matter their intelligence or lack thereof.
Such seems to have been the case with the hiring of Anna Kooiman (above), who dimwittedly fell victim the other day to a bit of satire from the National Report, a satirical website we mentioned HERE in another context just last week.
Kooiman's gullibility is described HERE:
Fox News host Anna Kooiman fell for a fake story that said President Obama is using his own money to keep a museum dedicated to Muslim culture open during ...


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"It's the law of the land."
This is rapidly becoming the preferred shorthand argument for why criticism of Obamacare is just so, so wrong. It also serves as the lead sentence of a larger claim that all attempts to overturn the Affordable Care Act are really symptoms of a kind of extremist right-wing lunacy.
For instance, here's Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who walked out of the painting "American Gothic" to deliver this homespun wisdom: "We're not going to bow to Tea Party anarchists who deny the mere fact that Obamacare is the law. We will not bow to Tea Party anarchists who refuse to accept that the Supreme Court ruled that Obamacare is constitutional."
Where to begin? For starters, I know a great many self-described members of the Tea Party, and I've yet to meet one who would not acknowledge -- admittedly with dismay -- that Obamacare is the law. Nor have I met one unwilling to concede that the Supreme Court ruled that Obamacare is constitutional. Though from my informal polling, I can report that most think the court's reasoning left much to be desired (logic, persuasiveness, consistency, etc.).
Lurking beneath such lazy rhetoric is a nasty psychological insinuation that there's something deranged not just about opposing Obamacare, but about being a conservative. This is an ancient smear, used to discredit conservatives in order to avoid debating them.
Reid is a dim and sallow man whose tin ear long ago started to rust. But it's worth pointing out that "anarchy" is not defined in any textbook or dictionary I can find as "the absence of Obamacare." While, yes, it's true, most "Mad Max," zombie and other post-apocalyptic films are set in worlds without Obamacare, that's really not the most salient factor.
More to the point, petitioning Congress to repeal a bad law through formal procedures is not the kind of behavior educated people normally associate with anarchism.
Indeed, the hypocrisy of liberals who find it somehow "extreme" for citizens to organize peacefully to overturn a law they consider bad and unjust is a marvel to behold. The Fugitive Slave Act was once the law of the land. So was the Defense of Marriage Act. Were those determined to overturn them anarchists?
On an almost daily basis, I get a fundraising e-mail from a Democrat or from liberal outfits begging for help to overturn Citizens United, which in case you hadn't heard is the law of the land. Why won't these anarchists and extremists accept that the Supreme Court has ruled? I cannot wait for the Supreme Court to overrule Roe v. Wade, just to hear liberals announce, "Well, the fight is over. The Court has spoken."
Nearly the whole story of American liberalism is a story of dedicated ideologues seeking to overturn what they consider to be bad laws and replace them with good ones. Sometimes those efforts were laudable, as when they fought to overturn the doctrine of "separate but equal" (despite fierce opposition from Democrats). And sometimes they were lamentable, as when they routinely labor to overturn or deny school choice laws, consigning underprivileged children to horrible schools just to placate teachers unions. But when conservatives try to do the exact same thing, they can't simply be wrong, according to liberals. They must be demented extremists, anarchists and -- another favorite epithet these days -- nihilists.
The hypocrisy goes deeper though. Yes, Obamacare is the law of the land. But it is President Obama -- who is legally and constitutionally required to faithfully execute the law -- and not Republicans who has openly defied it. He has unilaterally and often with no statutory authority opted to waive and delay the parts of the Affordable Care Act that are politically inconvenient to him (or that his administration has been too incompetent to implement).
Obama has declared that in states setting up their own exchanges, no one will have to prove their income in order to sign up for subsidies. He is so desperate to get the subsidies rolling -- and hence, he hopes, buy support for the unpopular law -- he's willing to let people skip the part in the law where it says they have to prove they qualify for the goodies. He delayed the requirement for large businesses to comply with the law, because the initial turmoil of having millions kicked off their insurance plans was more than he could bear politically.
While this is closer to anarchy than anything the tea partiers have pushed for, anarchy still isn't the right word for it. Because President Obama still believes people should obey the law of the land -- when it pleases him, that is.


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Q&A: John Legend on music, wedding, and more
John Legend has one more thing to do before launching his fall tour: get married.
The 34-year-old R&B singer is engaged to 27-year-old model Chrissy Teigen, the subject of most of the romantic songs that make up his new album, "Love in the Future," released last week. The wedding will be some time before he kicks off his tour Oct. 20 in Mashantucket, Conn., and marks a turning point for the piano-playing crooner, who since 2004's "Get Lifted" has been crafting songs about hook-ups, cheating and heartbreak as well as long-term commitment.
Appropriately, the nine-time Grammy winner's latest takes an overall more optimistic perspective on affairs of the heart, so much so that he says he's already considering how married life will affect his writing: "My fans probably don't want to listen to everything being awesome all the time."
Legend reconnected with longtime collaborator Kanye West for his fourth solo album, which includes hip-hop drum patterns and moments of humor the singer credits to West. "I finally got to take the night off, so we can make some little tax write-offs," he sings in "Caught Up."
Legend recently sat down with The Associated Press to talk about fame, stability, wedding plans and international policy.
AP: Your fiancee is very witty on Twitter, and you slide some jokes into many of your songs. How important is humor to you?
Legend: Chrissy is hilarious and I'm a big comedy fan. We go to comedy clubs ... I wish I was funnier myself ... I surround myself with people who are different from me. Obviously, people always ask me, 'How are you and Chrissy together?" And then people also ask me, 'How are you and Kanye working together for so many years because you're so different?' But I think I gravitate toward people that are a little more outrageous than I am. And we complement each other well.
AP: Do you want Kanye-level fame?
Legend: I want Kanye-level success. I don't think I'm craving any more fame. But success and being recognized for making great work all around the world, I think it's a great thing. And I'm already not far from there. But Kanye has been a really singular artist that's made a unique contribution to pop culture, and I respect that and I wouldn't mind being known for that as well.
AP: What's your vision for your wedding? What do you want from it?
Legend: I'm excited to get married, but I look at it as just a fun party where I want my friends to have a great time. ... I guess we should look good, too, so the pictures come out nice. But other than that, I feel like it's no pressure.
AP: Are you going to sing?
Legend: We've got a DJ and most of the night, it'll be a DJ. But we do have a piano set up at dinner. So I'll probably sing a song or two. And who knows who else will jump on the piano?
AP: Some songwriters make their best music when they're not in a stable relationship. It can also go the other way. Is that something you've thought about?
Legend: I've written some of my better songs about the ups and downs of relationships. ... I've thought about, you know, what am I going to do two years from now? ... But I imagine that we'll have some ups and downs too, so I'll tell those stories, too.
AP: You're a supporter of President Barack Obama, but covered several anti-war songs from the 1960s and 1970s on the 2010 album you created with The Roots called "Wake Up!" Are you worried about U.S. military intervention in Syria?
Legend: I am not anti-war in general. I am just anti-wars that I think are not a good idea. I didn't think the Iraq war was a good idea. ... I do understand the impulse to want to punish countries for using chemical weapons. I do understand the humanitarian impulse when you see 100,000 people getting slaughtered ... but we have to be very cautious about getting into another long conflict in the Middle East. ... We know that al-Qaida's infiltrated the rebel forces in Syria. We know that either way, no matter who wins, there are significant groups within each side that might not be pro-America. So I think it's a very difficult decision to involve ourselves militarily in Syria.
AP: After doing "Wake Up," do you wish there was more political pop music today?
Legend: Looking at the radio right now, you just hear nothing that's the least bit socially conscious or aware, and I think artists are doing that because they don't feel like the fans want to hear it. So what we have to ask ourselves (is), 'Why don't the fans want to hear it?' ... It's not like there's nothing going on. We had the war in Iraq, which you could parallel to the war in Vietnam. Perhaps the biggest difference is there's no draft — because when there was a draft, everyone felt the war.


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Credit: By DOMENIC POLI / Reformer Staff | Brattleboro Reformer | January 26, 2013 | www.reformer.com ~~
GRAFTON – The Selectboard chose not to include in the Town Warrant the article a group of concerned citizens submitted Thursday, citing it as being "written incorrectly."
The Friends of Grafton's Heritage, led by resident Liisa Kissel, spent two days collecting signatures from townspeople and got the petition to the town hall just in time Thursday. The group's petition was aimed at keeping the town free of commercial wind test towers and turbines by banning the structures. Though not formed solely to prohibit wind installations, the group has established a mission to prevent any from being built.
The deadline for petitions was 4 p.m., as all must be submitted with 40 days of Town Meeting, which is scheduled for Tuesday, March 5. Petitions can be submitted once the signatures of 5 percent of the town's registered voters have been gathered. Kissel said Grafton has about 483 voters.
Grafton Town Clerk Kim Record confirmed that Kissel submitted the petition. Record said she reviewed the 40 signatures and made sure they were all registered voters and then officially stamped the petition.
The petition went before the Selectboard at its meeting Thursday and members decided to reject it instead of making it a binding or non-binding article.
In a statement e-mailed to the Reformer, Grafton Selectboard Chairman Al Sands said the board was informed by the town attorney and legal counsel for the Vermont League of Cities and Towns that the article as written, if approved, would ask the town to do something it does not have jurisdiction to do.
"The jurisdiction is under the Public Service Board as spelled out in Vermont (Statute)," the statement read. "With that information in hand from two legal sources the Selectmen chose to not include the article that was written incorrectly."
According to Kissel, the submitted text read, "Shall the town prohibit large-scale industrial wind installations in Grafton?"
According to Sands, Kissel at a previous Selectboard meeting told its members she planned to enter an article for vote. Sands said Kissel was asked if she had an attorney and said she did. The chairman said Kissel was instructed to make sure her lawyer read the statute and she was told which title and sections were relevant.
Kissel was informed of the rejection by the Reformer on Friday and expressed disbelief with the board's decision.
"At this point, I'm just stunned and very, very surprised," she said. "I don't understand this at all."
Later in the evening, she released a statement on behalf of the group.
"I alerted the Selectboard on Monday that we would be submitting the petition on Thursday. Needless to say, we are disappointed with the course the Selectboard has chosen to take," the statement read. "We are also surprised and disappointed to hear this from a third party. We are taking the matter under advisement, evaluating our options and looking into the legal aspects of the situation."
Iberdrola Renewables, operating as Atlantic Wind LLC, formally asked for the state's permission to erect three meteorological testing towers – two in Windham and one in Grafton – on land owned by New Hampshire-based Meadowsend Timberlands Limited. The company recently received permits to construct the towers, which could be a precursor to Windham County's first commercial wind turbines, Kissel said Atlantic Wind plans to start building as soon as possible.
Iberdrola spokesman Paul Copleman had no comment on the petition or the article's rejection.
Kissel said the group attempted to submit the warrant article because it was unclear what the town's Selectboard would do about the situation. She said some of the people who signed the people either not members of the Friends of Grafton's Heritage or are vocal supporters of the wind turbines but feel it is important for the democratic process to bring the issue before the people.
Kissel said her group is also working on how to amend language in the town plan regarding test towers and wind turbines.
"We feel it is inappropriate for our town," she told the Reformer. "It provides very little effective energy and it is very expensive – both in terms of the money and the environmental destruction."
The Friends of Grafton's Heritage sponsored a public meeting in late November to express its opposition to the whole project. The group invited Ben Luce, a professor of physics and sustainability studies at Lyndon State College, to speak to residents. More than 100 people crammed into The White Chapel him describe his research and work that has convinced him the installation of such structures are not appropriate for Vermont.
There were also two Iberdrola representatives at the meeting, but they did not participate in the discussion. The following the meeting, Copleman told the Reformer it is was unfortunate the meeting was put on by individuals with a predisposed opinion.
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In a story that seems to be getting bigger play overseas than here in the U.S., the last set of Lyndon Johnson's White House tapes, covering 1968, have just been released. The tapes include conversations LBJ had with Chicago Mayor Richard Daley during the chaotic Democratic convention, in which Johnson considered landing Marine One on the roof of the Hilton and making a surprise bid for the nomination for a second term.
It also confirms something long rumored: that Richard Nixon interfered in the Paris peace talks, getting the South Vietnamese to sabotage an October agreement that was about to be sealed with the North Vietnamese. Here's how the BBC describes it:
"n the summer of 1968. Nixon feared a breakthrough at the Paris Peace talks designed to find a negotiated settlement to the Vietnam war, and he knew this would derail his campaign.
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"He was also told why. The FBI had bugged the ambassador's phone and a transcripts of Anna Chennault's calls were sent to the White House. In one conversation she tells the ambassador to "just hang on through election"."
Without using direct quotes, the BBC article says Johnson told Clark Clifford, Everett Dirkson and Richard Russell Nixon's actions were illegal and amounted to treason. But after fuming in private, LBJ chose not to go public, because he would have had to reveal that the U.S. had bugged the South Vietnamese.
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- stream services to enable you to preview and/or listen to and/or watch music and videos online; and/or.
- subject to any separate specific terms and conditions, offer such services to you on a subscription basis.
If we decide to offer any additional products in the Webstore, such future products will also be covered by these Terms.
You may need to register with the Webstore before using the Services.
By placing an order through our Webstore, you warrant that you are legally capable of entering into binding contracts; and you are at least 18 years old.
If you are under the age of 18 years and/or are not capable of entering into binding contracts but wish to use this Webstore, a parent or guardian should accept these Terms on your behalf.
Making an Order
Follow the onscreen instructions on the Webstore to make an order.
Items which you select for purchase/download/streaming (as applicable) will automatically be placed in your "shopping basket". To remove an item from your shopping basket, simply click on the "remove" (or similar) button next to the item as it appears in your basket.
Once you have pressed the "checkout" or similar button you will be asked to provide certain information to allow us or a service provider engaged by us to process your order (including your selected payment method and card details).
You will receive an order summary confirmation on screen and/or by email (provided that you have provided us with a valid email address) acknowledging that we have received your order — this doesn't mean that your order has been accepted. Your order represents an offer to us to purchase a particular item which is accepted by us only when we send you an email ("Dispatch Confirmation") confirming:
- in the case of physical products: that that particular product has been dispatched physical products), or (if appropriate);
- in the case of digital content: instructions for accessing your digital content.
We may reject your order for any reason prior to acceptance. If we reject your order after payment has already been taken, we will provide you with a refund in accordance with our Refund Policy set out in Sections 43-47. Where your order was for products of a "hybrid" nature (e.g. a physical and digital product) we will refund the relevant element of the order in accordance with our cancellation policy (set out in Sections 35 and 40 as applicable) for that particular product.
We can accept only Visa, Visa Debit, Visa Delta, Visa Electron, Visa Connect, Mastercard, JCB, Maestro, American Express, Switch and Solo cards for payment and PayPal payments. Prices appear on the Webstore and are inclusive of VAT unless otherwise stated. We may change the prices for products at any time by posting new prices in the Webstore.
By paying using your credit or debit card you confirm that the card is yours and that there are sufficient funds or credit available to cover the charges.
Prices may exclude delivery charges, which may be added to the total amount and will be calculated and displayed on screen prior to your payment details being taken. There are no delivery charges for digital content. The purchase will appear on your credit card or bank statement as 'Digital Stores'.
It is always possible that, despite our best efforts, some of the items listed on our Webstore may be incorrectly priced. We will usually verify prices as part of our dispatch procedure so that, where a product's correct price is less than our stated price, we will charge the lower amount when dispatching the product to you. If a product's correct price is higher than the price stated on our Webstore, we will usually, at our discretion, either contact you for instructions before dispatching the product, or reject your order and notify you of such rejection. We are under no obligation to provide the product to you at an incorrect (lower) price, even after we have sent you a Dispatch Confirmation, if the pricing error is obvious and could have reasonably been recognised by you.
Billing to your credit or debit card will take place prior to or at the time of dispatch in respect of physical products or at the time of your purchase or soon afterwards in respect of digital content.
UMDL may use a third party service provider to process payments, but will ensure that any payment processor engaged by UMDL will use security to encrypt credit or debit card data.
Cancellation, Delivery and Usage Rules
Digital Content
If you order digital content to download or stream, you will have a cancellation period of 14 days in which to cancel your order for any reason. However, if you decide to download or stream your product before the end of these 14 days then you will lose this cancellation right. When we deliver you the link to download or stream your content we will make it clear that by clicking on that link you are giving up these cancellation rights. If you are ordering digital content that is provided on a physical CD or DVD, the usual cancellation terms apply as set out in paragraph 40 below.
Each download item made available or purchased can be accessed via the relevant area of the Webstore using your log in details and/or following the onscreen instructions. If any streaming items are made available, all such streaming items made available or purchased can be accessed immediately after payment is authorised by following the instructions provided on screen or via email.
Usage Rules
You may purchase downloads or stream digital content (as applicable) for your personal and non-commercial use only. In the event you experience any problems in downloading the relevant download item we will allow you to subsequently attempt to download the relevant download item. In the event you experience any problems when downloading, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com. Please note that we may withdraw products from the Webstore at any time. You may make such copies of a product as specified by any specific usage rules to that product, or such copies as are reasonably necessary for your personal, non-commercial use as applicable. You will not be entitled to burn audio-visual products. DRM software may be used from time to time to prevent any unlawful use.
Technical Problems and Faulty Products (digital products)
If digital content that you download is defective or faulty, please let us know as soon as possible (by contacting us at firstname.lastname@example.com. If we find that the digital content is indeed defective, we will first attempt to repair or replace the relevant product at our cost within a reasonable timeframe if it is reasonably possible to do so. If a repair or replacement is not possible we will refund you for either the full or partial cost of the product as appropriate. If we agree to a refund, we will refund the sum agreed within 14 days of confirming to you that you are entitled to a refund.
Damage caused to devices or other digital content
You have various rights under the Consumer Rights Act 2015 if the digital content we supply to you causes damage to your device or to other digital content you own e.g. if it carries a virus onto your computer. If this happens because of a lack of reasonable skill and care on our part, we will offer a suitable remedy which may be repair of the damaged item or payment of suitable compensation i.e. the cost of removing the virus.
Physical Products
You may cancel your purchase of physical products at any time within 14 days for any reason, beginning on the day after you receive the product(s). In this case, you will receive a full refund of the price paid for the product(s) in accordance with our refunds policy set out in Sections 43-47 below. For clarity, where your order was for products of a "hybrid" nature (e.g. a physical and digital product) and we have begun the process of delivering your digital product order, we will refund the relevant physical element of the order in accordance with our cancellation policy as set out in this Section 38 Where you order multiple items that are delivered in separate batches, your 14 day cancellation period does not begin until the day after the last item has been received by you.
To cancel, you must inform us clearly. We recommend the best way to do this is by emailing email@example.com. Please return the product to us immediately in the same condition you received it (at your own cost and risk). You have a legal obligation to take care of the product while it is in your possession. If you fail to do so, we may have a claim against you for compensation.
Further details of this 14 day cooling-off period, and an explanation of how to exercise your right to cancel, are provided in the Dispatch Confirmation for physical goods. Details of our Refunds Policy can also be found at Section 43 – 47.
This right to cancel does not apply:
- where CDs and/or DVDs (or other such audio or audio-visual products) have been unsealed;
- where the product has been made to your specification;
- to digital content (see Sections 35 above); or
- where the product, by reason of its nature, cannot be returned.
Your statutory rights are unaffected by Section 40.d above.
Your order will be fulfilled by the delivery date set out in the Dispatch Confirmation or, if no date is specified, then within 30 days of the Dispatch Confirmation, unless there are exceptional circumstances.
Risk and Title
Products purchased will be at your risk from the time of delivery. Ownership of the products will only pass to you when we receive full payment of all sums due in respect of the products, including delivery charges.
Refunds Policy
If you cancel your purchase of products within the 14-day cooling-off period detailed in 35 or 40 above, we will process the refund due to you as soon as possible and, in any event, within 14 days of the day we receive the returned product or, if earlier, within 14 days of you providing evidence of having sent back the product. In this case, we will refund the price of the product in full, including the cost of delivering the item to you via standard delivery, provided that you have taken reasonable care of it. If audio, video or software products provided to you in a separate sealed packet are opened, you may not be entitled to a refund. You will be responsible for the cost of returning the item to us.
For clarity, where your order was for products of a "hybrid" nature (e.g. a physical and digital product) and we have begun the process of delivering the digital part of your product order, we will refund the relevant element of the order in accordance with our cancellation policy (as set out in Sections 35 and 40 as applicable) for that particular product.
If you seek to cancel your purchase because you claim that the product is defective or that there has been damage or error on our part, we will examine the returned product and will notify you of your refund or otherwise via email within a reasonable period of time.
In the event that we have to cancel your order after payment has been taken, we will notify you of our need to cancel your order and supply you with a refund as soon as possible.
Products returned by you because of a defect will be refunded in full, including a refund of the delivery charges for sending the item to you and the cost incurred by you in returning the item to us.
We will always make any refund using the same method originally used by you to pay for your purchase unless you expressly agree otherwise.
Technical Problems
Occasionally, technical problems may delay or prevent delivery of a purchased product. In those circumstances, your sole remedy will be either a replacement product or a refund, as determined by UMDL or the relevant third party supplier as appropriate. Your statutory rights are not affected.
We will not be liable to you for failures, defects or delays in delivery caused by:
- your provision of incorrect information;
- your computer failing to meet the minimum technical requirements for the Services;
- your failure to comply with instructions for use of the Services; or
- an event which is outside of our reasonable control.
Import duty
Products ordered from our Webstore for delivery outside the UK may be subject to import duties and taxes which are levied when the delivery reaches the specified destination. You will be responsible for payment of any such import duties and taxes. We have no control over these charges and cannot predict their amount. Please contact your local customs office for further information before placing your order.
You must make sure that you comply with all applicable laws and regulations of the country for which the products are destined. We will not be liable for any breach by you of any such laws.
We may from time to time provide access via the Webstore to games, applications, and other such features (the "Games") that may be accessed by you subject, in addition to the Terms, to the following specific provisions:
Unless otherwise specified, all content, text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, digital downloads, data compilations, and software accessible via the Webstore (collectively the "Materials") are the property of UMDL, or its suppliers, and are protected by UK and international copyright, trade mark and other relevant intellectual property and proprietary rights laws.
You may access and use the Games and the Materials only for your personal and non-commercial use and, if applicable, in accordance with the terms of the end user licence agreement that accompanies or is included with the Games and which is incorporated into these Terms by reference.
Except as expressly authorised by us in writing, you may not modify, download, reproduce, copy, sell, post, transmit, create derivative works from, publicly perform, publicly display, distribute or otherwise use the Games or the Materials for any other purpose.
You may not link to or frame the Games or use framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo, or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or form) of UMDL without first obtaining our express written consent.
You may not use any meta tags or any other "hidden text" using our name or trademarks without our express written consent. Any unauthorised use terminates immediately the permission or licence granted by us.
You agree that UMDL in its sole discretion may terminate, modify, delete or suspend your access to the Games, or any part thereof, with or without notice to you. In the event of termination for any breach of these Terms, all unused credit if applicable, and/or other aspects of your Games account will be forfeited.
Your use of the Games is subject to other UMDL policies and rules posted on the Webstore, including our Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to make changes to the Games, the policies, the rules, and these terms at any time.
When you access the Games you are communicating with us electronically. You hereby consent to receive such electronic communications.
The Games are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. UMDL makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, as to the operation of the Games or the information, content, materials or products included on or accessed /downloadable from the Webstore. You expressly agree that your use of the Games is at your sole risk and that you will be solely responsible for any damage to your computer system or loss of data that results from the downloading of any such information, content, material or products. UMDL does not warrant that the Games, its servers, or any electronic communications sent to you are free of viruses or other harmful components.
We may, in our sole discretion, terminate your password, account (or any part thereof, if any) or use of this Webstore without notice if you are in breach of these Terms or if we believe in our absolute discretion that your use of the Services or the Content or the Software is unsuitable.
Termination, suspension or cancellation of your access rights shall not affect any other right or relief to which we may be entitled, at law or in equity.
Upon termination, all rights granted to you under these Terms will automatically terminate and immediately revert to us and our licensors (save for any continuing rights which you may have in connection with products which you have purchased from this Webstore).
We warrant to you that any goods purchased from us through our Webstore are of satisfactory quality and reasonably fit for all the purposes for which products of the kind are commonly supplied.
In relation to our supply of products via this Webstore (including both digital and physical products) our liability for losses which you suffer is strictly limited to the purchase price paid by you, if any, and any losses which are a foreseeable consequence of us breaching these Terms. Losses are foreseeable if they are contemplated by you and us at the time your order is accepted by us. We are not responsible for indirect losses which are not foreseeable by you and us (such as loss of income or revenue, loss of business, loss of profits or contracts, loss of anticipated savings, loss of data, waste of management or office time) however arising and whether caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract or otherwise.
UMDL shall not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from the use of the products, including but not limited to direct, indirect, incidental, and consequential loss, including lost profits, goodwill, or any other intangible loss, even if UMDL has been advised of the possibility of such loss. If you are an individual consumer, this may not apply to you and instead UMDL will be liable to you only for the direct and actual loss suffered by you and will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, and consequential loss, even if UMDL has been advised of the possibility of such loss.
You agree to indemnify UMDL, its affiliates, subsidiaries, service providers, distributors, licensors, officers, directors and employees from any claim or demand made by any third party due to, or arising out of or related to your breach of these Terms, misuse of the products, or your violation of any applicable law, rule, regulation or third party right.
This Section does not in any way limit or exclude our liability:
- for death or personal injury caused by our negligence;
- under section 2(3) of the Consumer Protection Act 1987;
- for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; or
- for any other matter for which it would be illegal for us to exclude, or attempt to exclude, our liability.
Transfer of Rights and Obligations
The contract between you and us created by these Terms (the "Contract") is binding on you and us and on our respective successors and assigns.
You may not transfer or assign, charge or otherwise dispose of the Contract, or any of your rights or obligations arising under it, without our prior written consent.
We may transfer, assign, charge or sub-contract the Contract, or any of our rights or obligations arising under it, at any time during the term of the Contract provided that we remain primarily liable for our obligations under the Contract where applicable.
Events Outside Our Control
- We will not be liable or responsible for any failure to perform, or delay in performance of, any of our obligations that is caused by events outside our reasonable control. Our performance under these Terms is deemed to be suspended for the period that any such event continues, and we will have an extension of time for performance for the duration of that period. We will use our reasonable endeavors to find a solution by means of which our obligations may be performed despite such event.
Resolving Disputes Between Us
- We hope we are able to help you with any queries or complaints you have with the services and goods we provide. Email us on firstname.lastname@example.com with any issues. However, if you are not satisfied with how we handle your complaint or query then you may wish to bring a dispute through the European "ODR" Platform. The European Commission has put in place a platform which aims to provide a simple, fast and efficient way to settle cross-border disputes in the EU between online shops and customers. The European Online Dispute Resolution ("ODR") Platform can be accessed from 15 February 2016 onwards via the European Commission's Directorate General for Justice and Consumers website. The ODR is an interactive and multilingual platform developed and operated by the European Commission, especially designed for assisting customers who have a complaint about goods or services bought online.
These Terms, together with any documents or links to other terms referred to in them, constitute the whole agreement between you and us and supersede and extinguish any prior understandings, agreements or terms between you and us.
The rights and remedies provided in these Terms are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights and remedies provided by law or otherwise.
No breach by either you or us of any provision of these Terms shall be waived or discharged except with the express written consent of the other.
No failure or delay by either you or us in exercising any right, power or privilege under these Terms shall operate as a waiver of that right, power or privilege and no single or partial exercise by either you or us of any right, power or privilege shall preclude any further exercise of that right, power or privilege or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.
These Terms shall be binding on and endure for the benefit of each party's successors in title.
Governing Law and Jurisdiction
These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and you and we hereby irrevocably submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts as regards any claim or matter arising in relation to these Terms.
If you order products from our Webstore for delivery outside the UK they may be subject to import duties and taxes that are levied when the delivery reaches the specified destination. You will be responsible for the payment of any such import duties and taxes. Please note that we have no control over these charges and cannot predict their amount. Please contact your local customs office for further information before placing your order.
Please also note that you must comply with all applicable laws and regulations of the country for which the products are destined. We will not be liable for any breach by you of any such laws.
Applicable laws require that some of the information or communications we send to you should be in writing. When using our Webstore, you accept that communication with us will be mainly electronic. We will contact you by email or provide you with information by posting notices on our Webstore. You agree to this electronic means of communication and you acknowledge that all contracts, notices, information and other communications that we provide to you electronically comply with any legal requirement that such communications be in writing. For the avoidance of doubt, all communications, including the conclusion of the contract, will be in English. This does not affect your statutory rights.
All notices given by you to us must be given to us at the address set out below or email address email@example.com. We may give notice to you at the email or postal address you provide to us when placing an order or registering with the Webstore, or by posting the notice on the Webstore. Notice will be deemed received immediately when posted on our Webstore, 24 hours after an email is sent, or 3 days after the date of posting of any letter. In proving the service of any notice, it will be sufficient to prove, in the case of a letter, that such letter was properly addressed, stamped and placed in the post and, in the case of an email that the email was sent to the specified email address of the addressee.
If you have any queries about these Terms, this Webstore or any of our Services please contact: email@example.com
Our registered address is:
Universal Music Direct Limited
4 Pancras Square,
London, N1C 4AG,
Our registered company number is 03840597