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Important updates to your Flickr account.

This is an important service email we're required to send to all Flickr members because the terms and conditions of your membership are changing.

This is about more than photos.

We recently announced some big changes (and big upgrades) to our free and Pro Flickr accounts. (No more Yahoo login for everyone and new partner discounts, unlimited photo storage, and 5K photo compatibility for Pros just to name a few.)

We made these changes with one goal in mind: supporting and investing in the future of the largest, most influential collection of photographers on the planet. This is our place to inspire and be inspired.

To celebrate this big step forward for the Flickr community, we're offering 15% off the first year of your Pro account until January 15, 2019. Go ahead, upload everything. We can't wait to see the view from behind your lens.

Get 15% off

Use offer code FLICKRPRO15 at checkout.
Offer expires January 15, 2019.

Updates.

Free accounts will soon be limited to 1,000 photos or videos. Flickr isn't Flickr without the contributions and participation of our free members, and we remain committed to a vibrant, free offering.

Flickr Pro is better than ever, and at less than half the cost of Apple, Amazon, or Google, it's the best deal in photography—hands down. In addition to the unmatched community you love, Pros get these perks:

Unlimited Storage. The only limit is your imagination. All Pros may now upload as many photos as you can take, always at full resolution.
Ad-Free Browsing. Focus on what matters with a fully ad-free Flickr experience for you and your visitors.
Advanced Stats. See which of your photos are trending now, and which have performed the best over the life of your Flickr Pro account.

Plus all these great, new Pro-only features:

Premier Product Support. Skip the line. Flickr Pros now receive priority assistance from our new world-class support team. Available now.
More Partner Discounts. Save on photography essentials. Discounts on Creative Cloud from Adobe, 50% off a custom portfolio site on SmugMug, gear from Peak Design, and more. Available Now.
Advanced Stats on Mobile. Stats in your pocket. All the photo stats you know and love, available in the app. Available Now.
Increased Exposure. All Pro members as of January 1, 2019, are eligible for priority exposure in the next iteration of Explore. Coming early 2019.
New 5K Photo Display Option. Look your best. Your images are beautifully optimized for any screen, from smartphone to jumbotron. Pro images display at resolutions up to 5K. Coming early 2019.
10 Minute Videos. More time to tell your story. Play back videos for up to 10 minutes, increased from 3. Coming early 2019.

If you are a free member with more than 1,000 photos or videos, you will have ample time to upgrade to Pro (for 15% off your first year) or download your photos and videos.*

*Free members with more than 1,000 photos or videos uploaded to Flickr have until Tuesday, January 8, 2019, to upgrade to Flickr Pro or download content over the limit. After January 8, 2019, members over the limit will no longer be able to upload new photos to Flickr. After February 5, 2019, free accounts that contain over 1,000 photos or videos will have content actively deleted—starting from oldest to newest date uploaded—to meet the new limit.

Changes.

We're making small changes to what remains the most photographer-centric Terms and Conditions of Use on the planet. These changes reflect more precise wording for clarity's sake. Flickr continues to stand by our promise to support photographers and their work because we believe photographs have the power to change the world.

In the interest of transparency to our community, we wanted to share the changes with you so you wouldn't have to dig them up yourself. You can find the entire Flickr Terms and Conditions of Use at https://www.flickr.com/help/terms.

In the “User Content” section, the following has been added:
“From time to time, SmugMug may limit the amount of User Content, including your photographs, stored via the Site. SmugMug has the right, at any time, to remove your User Content stored on the Site in excess of such limits. Furthermore, if SmugMug were to terminate an account on the Site for any reason, all User Content associated with such account would be removed. While SmugMug will use reasonable efforts to notify you of such removal, whether by notice in the account or by email to the email you have specified in your account, it is your responsibility to download any User Content which you wish to save and make backup copies of all User Content to prevent the loss thereof.”

In the “Your Account” section, most of the following is new:
“SmugMug reserves the right to terminate your account and/or refuse access to the Services to anyone at any time, with or without cause, at its sole discretion. If SmugMug terminates your account due to inactivity, SmugMug will use reasonable efforts to notify you of such termination in advance by posting such notice in your account and emailing such notice to the email address you have specified in your account.”

In the “Agreement to Arbitrate” section, the following has been added:
“Notwithstanding the foregoing, you and SmugMug are NOT required to arbitrate any dispute in which either party seeks equitable or other relief for (1) the alleged unlawful use of copyrights, trademarks, trade names, logos, trade secrets, or patents or (2) allegedly criminal conduct under laws of the United States or any state thereof, including, but not limited to, criminal laws addressing pornography, exploitation, obscenity, or hate speech.”

Thanks,
The Flickr Team

Your use of Flickr is subject to the Flickr Terms & Conditions of Use and Community Guidelines

Important updates to your Flickr account.

This is an important service email we're required to send to all Flickr members because the terms and conditions of your membership are changing.

Let's be candid. The strength of Flickr has always been you.

Flickr at its best is a place to connect, to discover, and to evolve as photographers and lovers of photography. This is the world's largest photographer-focused community. Together, this newly independent community can shape the future of photography itself.

Today we are announcing important updates to our Free and Pro account offerings to better align Flickr with its mission.

Learn more

Updates.

Learn more

Unlimited Storage. The only limit is your imagination. All Pros may now upload as many photos as you can take, always at full resolution.
Ad-Free Browsing. Focus on what matters with a fully ad-free Flickr experience for you and your visitors.
Advanced Stats. See which of your photos are trending now, and which have performed the best over the life of your Flickr Pro account.

Plus all these great new Pro-only features:

Premier Product Support. Skip the line. Flickr Pros now receive priority assistance from our new world-class support team. Available now.
More Partner Discounts. Save on photography essentials. Discounts on Creative Cloud from Adobe, 50% off a custom portfolio site on SmugMug, gear from Peak Design, and more. Coming November.
Advanced Stats on Mobile. Stats in your pocket. All the photo stats you know and love, available in the app. Coming November.
Increased Exposure. All Pro members as of January 1, 2019, are eligible for priority exposure in the next iteration of Explore. Coming early 2019.
New 5K Photo Display Option. Look your best. Your images are beautifully optimized for any screen, from smartphone to jumbotron. Pro images display at resolutions up to 5K. Coming early 2019.
10 Minute Videos. More time to tell your story. Play back videos for up to 10 minutes, increased from 3. Coming early 2019.

If you are a free member with more than 1,000 photos or videos, you will have ample time to upgrade to Pro (for 30% off your first year) or download your photos and videos.*

*Free members with more than 1,000 photos or videos uploaded to Flickr will no longer be able to upload new content after Tuesday, January 8, 2019 unless they upgrade to Pro. After February 5, 2019, free accounts that contain over 1,000 photos or videos will have content deleted -- starting from oldest to newest date uploaded -- to meet the new limit. Members may always choose to download content over the limit at any time prior to these dates.

New Simple Login! Coming in January, there will be no need for a Yahoo account to use Flickr.

From the start, Flickr has been an act of co-creation. Today marks a new beginning. Together, let's create the future of photography.

Learn more

Photo: Spangled cotinga (male) by Mathias Appel, CC 0

Your use of Flickr is subject to the Flickr Terms & Conditions of Use and Community Guidelines

Flickr agrees to be acquired by SmugMug - what this means for you.

We're excited to announce that Flickr has agreed to be acquired by SmugMug, the photography platform dedicated to visual storytellers.

SmugMug has a long history of empowering people who love photography and who want to improve their craft, making them a perfect fit for Flickr and our creative community. With SmugMug, we'll continue to focus on you, the Flickr members who inspire us all with your work.

Nothing will change immediately with regard to your Flickr account. You will still access Flickr with your current login credentials and you will have the same Flickr experience as you do now. We will continue to work to make your Flickr experience even better.

We think you are going to love Flickr under SmugMug ownership, but you can choose to not have your Flickr account and data transferred to SmugMug until May 25, 2018. If you want to keep your Flickr account and data from being transferred, you must go to your Flickr account to download the photos and videos you want to keep, then delete your account from your Account Settings by May 25, 2018.

If you do not delete your account by May 25, 2018, your Flickr account and data will transfer to SmugMug and will be governed by SmugMug's Terms and Privacy Policy.

Read more detailed FAQs about this transition on the Flickr Blog.

We're happy that Flickr is your home for photography and we look forward to the next chapter in our adventure together as we join the SmugMug family.

Thanks,
The Flickr Team

Your use of Flickr is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service and Privacy Policy and the Flickr Community Guidelines

double parking

double parking
Originally uploaded by lawmoment

Double parking madrid.

A take away menu of global food issues

Climate Change and Biofules have a direct influence on world food supplies. This is the theme of the FAO World Food Day (16 October) but the problem is bigger than simply making food available to 862 million people. I try to show how big is the problem and give some reasons why it is big.

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References

- FAO

(http://www.fao.org/)

- World Food Day initiative (16th October)

(http://www.fao.org/getinvolved/worldfoodday/en/)

- Information Note

(PDF: http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Get_Involved/08WFDINFONOTE_EN.pdf)

- World Food Summit

(http://www.fao.org/WFS/homepage.htm)

- Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

(http://www.millenniumassessment.org/en/index.aspx )

- FAO Initiative on Soaring Food Prices

(http://www.fao.org/isfp/isfp-home/en/)

- THE STATE OF FOOD and AGRICULTURE 2008

(available at: http://www.fao.org/docrep/011/i0100e/i0100e00.htm)

- THE STATE OF FOOD and AGRICULTURE 2008

(pdf file: ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/011/i0100e/i0100e.pdf).

- Annual report weighs opportunities and risks of biofuels, 7 October 2008, Rome,

(http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2008/1000928/)

- Andrew Martin, One Country’s Table Scraps, Another Country’s Meal

(http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/weekinreview/18martin.html)

- The New York Times

(http://www.nytimes.com/)

- Environmental Protection Agency

(http://www.epa.gov/)

- Ton. (2008, October 11). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 20:34, October 13, 2008, from (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ton&oldid=244585524)

- BBC

(http://news.bbc.co.uk/)

- Food waste on 'staggering' scale

(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7389351.stm)

- The Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP)

(http://www.wrap.org.uk/)

- Tonne: Ton. (2008, October 11). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 20:34, October 13, 2008, from

(http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ton&oldid=244585524)

- wastedfood.com

(wastedfood.com)

- Google News

(http://news.google.com/nwshp?ned=)

- Google News Search:China Milk Melamine (14 October 2008)

(http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=mozclient&num=30&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&q=China+Milk+Melamine)

- World Health Organisation

(http://www.who.int)

- WHO: Melamine-contaminated powdered infant formula in China – update.

(http://www.who.int/csr/don/2008_09_22/en/)

- Medline Plus website

(http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/)

- Food Contamination and Poisoning:

(http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/foodcontaminationandpoisoning.html)

- Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) WHO webpage:

(http://www.euro.who.int/eprise/main/who/progs/fos/Otherissues/20020402_2)

- Influenza and avian influenza WHO:

(http://www.euro.who.int/flu).

- The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK,

(http://www.defra.gov.uk/)

- BSE > General Q&A > Section 9: Financial Issues:

(http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/bse/general/qa/section9.html)

- World Organisation for Animal Health, Number of cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) reported in the United Kingdom:

(http://www.oie.int/eng/info/en_esbru.htmb)

- World Organisation for Animal Health, Annual incidence rate of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in OIE Member Countries that have reported cases, excluding the United Kingdom

(http://www.oie.int/eng/info/en_esbincidence.htm).

- World Bank

(http://www.worldbank.org/)

- World Bank, Avian Flu: The Economic Costs:

(http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:20979352~pagePK:64257043~piPK:437376~theSitePK:4607,00.html)

European Jobs for Europeans at Job Days 2008

European Jobs for Europeans at Job Days 2008

A skilled labourer improving a pavement in the historical centre of Funchal, Madeira, Portugal.

European Jobs for Europeans at Job Days 2008

Job Days 2008 is a two-week annual event organised by the European Union throughout the community to help job seekers meet employers, get advice on how to apply for jobs and maybe even find a job. This is all part of the Mobility initiative to promote jobs within the EU.

Article Published in AgoraVox under the name Lawlang

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References

For more information and sources check:

Job Days 2008:

http://jobdays.eu

(http://jobdays.eu)

The European Job Mobility Portal EURES:

http://ec.europa.eu/eures/

(http://ec.europa.eu/eures/)

EURES event calendar:

http://europa.eu.int/eures/main.jsp?lang=en&acro=calendar&eventCalendar=init

(http://europa.eu.int/eures/main.jsp?lang=en&acro=calendar&eventCalendar=init)

Commissioner Špidla’s website:

(http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/spidla/index_en.cfm)