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Can Democrats ban online gambling & Wet cannabis cannabis Sativa

 Many people were hoping that if Democrats took control of Congress they would repeal the online gambling ban, but experts doubt that even if they do, they will succeed. Once the bill was passed and enacted by the president, it became much more difficult to overturn the law. Democrats had to pass the law and get a vote, then after the vote he had to go to the president to sign it. The problem with this is that the current president is the one who signed the bill in the first place. Another problem is that because the gambling ban was tied to another bill, it means the whole bill needs to be struck down, but the other part of the bill is about increasing port security, like that is to say any carrier that offers to cancel this. law, going so far as to attempt to reverse the increase in port security. For this reason, trying to overturn the law could hurt a communicator's chances of being re-elected to public office for the rest of his or her life. It is more likely that he will hav...

Business. Three devices to engage in digital in Nantes

 Following the Digital Change event on October 1, many companies are ready to embark on their digital transition, but where to start? Partner of the event, Nantes Métropole recalls that mechanisms exist to engage locally. The digital transition concerns companies in all sectors. The digital transition concerns companies in all sectors. | ISTOCK Show slideshow West France Ouest-France Communication for Digital Change Posted on 11/04/2021 11:12 AM  TO LISTEN  READ LATER  SHARE More than 8,000 people were hired in digital professions in Pays de la Loire in 2020. However, this is not enough to meet the needs of businesses in the region. “Digital technology is increasingly present in companies of all sizes with new professions that are appearing ”, affirms Safia D'Ziri, president of the ADN Ouest network, which brings together digital professionals in the Great West. Beyond specialized companies, all sectors are concerned and must ask themselves the question of their dig...

Action plan on industrial property

 In the context of the Action Plan on Industrial Property of the European Union (EU), a grant fund endowed with 20 million euros has been launched for SMEs, aimed at helping them to register their trademarks, drawings and models, as well as to facilitate access to advice on industrial property rights. It is therefore essential that applicant companies comply with the official definition of SMEs provided for in Article 2 of ANNEX I of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014: 'companies employing less than 250 people and whose annual turnover does not exceed EUR 50 million or whose annual balance sheet does not exceed EUR 43 million. ' The aid from which each SME can benefit amounts to a maximum and unique amount of 1,500 euros, and the subsidy scheme will remain open throughout 2021 or until the total amount available from the fund of 20 million euros is granted. Therefore, aware of the evolution of an increasingly competitive market as a result of the digitization process of th...

Influencers and cosmetics: misleading advertising for using filters on Instagram

 The Advertising Standards Authority (“ASA”), the UK equivalent of our SELF-CONTROL, has issued two resolutions in which it considers the publications of two influencers on Instagram about cosmetic products in which they used beauty filters to be misleading, on the understanding that the Consumers would receive a biased message about its actual effectiveness. Object of the dispute Although the identity of the claimant does not appear in the resolutions, the starting point in both cases is the same: the use of beauty filters on Instagram exaggerated the effectiveness of the promoted products and, therefore, the publications were misleading to the intended audience. Background and arguments of the parties Claimant c. Elly Norris and the owner of the product, Skinny Tan Ltd. (“ELLY Matter”) (decision of February 3, 2021, available here). The influencer twice posted on Instagram content related to Skinny Tan cosmetics, which accentuated the tan. In both cases she used a beauty filter ...

Does golf lessons really help? & Golf-specific fitness is limited

 For many years I used to go to Phoenix, Arizona, between Christmas and the New Year, to visit some friends and relatives. Every year my friend Ray and I play golf at least 3 times during my stay and every year there is a competition to see who wins the biggest games . Over the years, I think we were almost the same, we all had good games and bad games, but everywhere we won more games than Ray won. One year I won all three games of golf and realized that Ray was a little sad. On the last night of our stay, we met at Ray's house for dinner and Ray said if he couldn't hit me at golf, he would hit me in chess. Well, I hadn’t played chess in years, but for some reason, I won all the games and Ray was even quieter, but we were still friends. The next year, Ray called me at home just before I left for Phoenix. He told me it was our first game of golf at number one, early the next morning. After driving to Phoenix, knowing I needed to wake up early, I made sure everything was ready ...