French Connection (clothing)

On March 14, 2003, it was reported by the BBC that a Welsh judge expelled a potential juror from the courtroom for wearing one of the fcuk range of T-shirts, saying that the " 'mis-spelt Anglo Saxon word' was a distraction and did not dignify the court proceedings." [[4]].
. A trademark infringement case brought by French Connection against the political youth organisation Conservative Future, which had adopted the spoof abbrevation 'cfuk' (short for 'Conservative Future UK'), was thrown out by a judge on the grounds that French Connection's 'fcuk' was merely an offensive misspelling and so not worthy of genuine trademark status.^{[citation needed]}. This is gin." And it was gin.
. On a Tiffany card in a corner was the note: "This is not New York's precious water. In the United States, their fcuk brand has been extremely controversial: many stores, such as Neiman Marcus and Robinsons-May, refuse to carry the brand, while many parents argue that the shirt's messages could harm their children. During New York City's first drought emergency in modern times, Gene Moore, window designer for Tiffany's, created sparkling fountains hung with diamonds.

It predominately sells its clothing through its own stores, though many other shops stock its ranges. (Today it is enclosed behind glass.). French Connection has distributing stores worldwide. For the Barcelona exhibition of 1937 Alexander Calder created in remembrance the miners who were killed at the mercury mines at Almadén a memorial fountain, which uses mercury instead of water. Family-oriented locations like Walt Disney World Resort have policy against such clothing with the brand's abbreviated name and ask guests to change their clothing, or turn it inside out. If the water is unsafe, fences must be designed to keep people far enough away, so that they cannot touch the water, otherwise children get water on their hands, and put their fingers into their mouths, and end up getting sick, thus subjecting owners and operators to legal liability. The company recently announced that the 'fcuk' label is to be phased out. In the United States fountain operators and owners are legally liable for failure to either fence-in fountains, or to properly filter, chlorinate or otherwise treat the water, if the fountains are not fenced in.

French Connection fully exploited this and printed out t-shirts with messages such as 'fcuk this', 'hot as fcuk', 'mile high fcuk', 'fcuk me', 'too busy to fcuk', 'fcuk fear' and more. It was therefore necessary to put a fence around the fountain to keep people away. [3]. Children played in fountains and swallowed water, and spurted the water out of their mouths to mimic the way nozzles in the fountain spurted the water. Though they insisted it was an acronym for French Connection United Kingdom, its similarity to the word fuck caused controversy. In July 1997, an outbreak of Cryptosporidiosis was connected to an ornamental fountain at the Minnesota Zoo, which did not have proper filtration and water treatment. In April 1997, French Connection began branding their clothes 'fcuk' (usually written in lower case). (Pool and Spa News Online).

. In Disneyland, for example, people have been reported to change their babies' diapers and then wash their hands in the water fountain (thus adding unexpected bacteria and organics into the water). It was founded in 1969 and sells menswear, womenswear, childrenwear and accessories aimed at a youthful demographic. In reality, however, people will interact with ornamental water fountains in the most surprising ways. French Connection is a clothing company that originated in the United Kingdom, but is now available worldwide. In theory, a free-standing water feature shouldn't have a bather load, and subsequently, many builders would not choose to install filters or sanitation devices. Guidelines have been developed for control of legionella in ornamental fountains (Legionella Risk Management-Guidelines).

Therefore, minimum water quality standards are necessary, regardless of intended use. Additionally, fountain spray can contain legionella bacteria and has been linked to legionnaires' disease outbreaks. Regardless of the fact that some fountains are designed and built not as bathing fountains, but are rather used simply as architectural decor, people will often drink from, bathe or wash their hands in any fountain. There is a need for good water quality in contemporary fountains, regardless of their avowed intended use.

However, the fountain is central to the University community, and Fountain Day celebrates that centrality. As a response the University moved the event to a weekend, incresed security, and limited admittance to the fountain area itself to only UAlbany students. In 2004 Fountain Day was a media nightmare with drunk students and multiple injuries. Fountain day is a school sponsored event, initiated by the Human Awareness Program (HAP), in 1979, so students and faculty could break down the barriers that separate them.

This brings huge crowds celebrating together in the fountains, and creates something close in spirit to an urban beach. University of Albany has a "Fountain Day" every year which is a day in which the university can come together to celebrate the coming of spring, and the near-end of the semester. The pumps, filter, electrical switch box and plumbing controls are often housed in a "plant room". Lighting is often submerged and must be suitably designed.

Low voltage lighting, typically 12 volt Direct Current, is used to minimise electrical hazards. The water may need chlorination or anti-algal treatment; however, it may also utilise biological methods to filter and clean water. A water filter, typically a media filter, removes particles from the water -- this filter requires its own pump to force water through it and plumbing to remove the water from the pool to the filter and then back to the pool. "Static head" is useful to quantify this pressure, see Head_(hydraulic).

The pressure that causes water to move through the fountain may be produced instead by a motor-driven (often electric) pump. Allowance must also be made to handle overflow in the case of heavy rain. This closed, recirculating system must still be filled at the start from the local water supply system and also topped up through its life to offset the effects of evaporation. In many circumstances fountains obtain their water from an internally recycling system.

In modern fountains the traditional gravitational pressure from an unseen reservoir at a higher level is not always practical. Changerooms are located in level P1 of the public parking. The special texture on the slabs ensures that they are not slippery when wet. The entire surface of Dundas Square is made of special nonslip square granite slabs that match the size of the metal grilles.

Both the architects and the designers have confirmed that these were intended for waterplay, and the facility operators have confirmed that the water is treated to pool water quality standards, and that the water quality is tested, by the health department, at least once a day. Twenty such grilles are arranged in two rows of 10, right in the middle of the main walkway through Dundas Square. Each group of 30 nozzles is located beneath a stainless steel grille. It consists of 600 ground nozzles arranged in groups of 30 (3 rows of 10 nozzles).

A recent example of a public splash fountain, intended for waterplay, is the one located in Toronto's Dundas Square. These splash pads are often located in public pools, public parks, or public playgrounds (known as spraygrounds). These have zero standing water, to eliminate possible drowning hazards, so that no lifeguards or supervision is required. More recently, splash fountains have begun to appear.

In other situations, fountains are designed to allow easy access, and feature nonslip surfaces, so that people can safely use them to cool off in on hot summer days. Some fountains are fenced in, or have raised edges as a barricade to keep people out. Although many fountains were not designed as bathing fountains, children of all ages often use them for that purpose. A splash fountain or bathing fountain is a fountain intended for people to cool off in.

Modern indoor drinking fountains may incorporate filters to remove impurities from the water and chillers to reduce its temperature. A water fountain is designed to provide drinking water and has a basin arrangement with either continuously running water or a tap. In Islam a fountain is the name of the place in the Mosque where worshippers can wash before Prayer. A musical fountain is a type of fountain that uses laser and harmonics principles to create three-dimensional images that look like holograms.

For example, the such fountains can spit up one ball of water which then explodes, showering people with a fine mist. Animated fountains often use laminar jets that provide water that moves like ping pong balls in animation, so that it breaks up, as the height varies, and the behaviour of each jet operates independently with up to 5Hz modulation frequency 1/5sec, so that the water packets collide with themselves. The practical Romans marked the delivery end of aqueducts with a public fountain, a practice that was revived in Rome in the 15th century, when the restored Aqua Felice once more delivered a symbolic presentation of its waters to Rome in the original Trevi Fountain, since replaced by the familiar Baroque fusion of water, architecture and sculpture. From the Fountain of Youth one can drink to gain immortality, or to regain ones youth.

An offshoot of the Fountain of Life was the legend of the Fountain of Youth, which Juan Ponce de León sought in Florida. The Fountain of Life appears in Christian illuminated manuscripts of Late Antiquity, and elaborate Gothic fountains formed centerpieces for exclosed gardens. Christian allegory made much use of the concept of the fountain, specifically the Fountain of Life, associated with the rebirth that was intended to be experienced at the Baptismal font.
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Early Modern English employed fountain to refer to a natural spring water or source, which the 16th century garden fountain might consciously imitate in a grotto. In the 16th century elaborate fountain displays were garden features of Mannerist gardens of Central Italy and the Mughal gardens of India. Other early fountains were geometrically regularized springs, developed in the classic Persian garden. Hellenistic hydraulic engineers employed great originality in designing fountains, where the water pressure might be employed to animate automata and water organs.

Early fountains depended on the natural gravity flow of water, from a spring or from an aqueduct supplied from a distant and higher source of water, which provided hydraulic head. . A famous example of such a modern fountain rises from the surface of Lake Geneva (below, left). One of the most common features of a fountain, if there is enough pressure, is a jet or multiple jets, where water is forced into the air under pressure to some height.

Many fountains are located in small, artificial ornamental ponds, basins and formal garden pools, and often they include sculpture. Basins may overflow from one into another, or the overflow may imitate a natural cascade. In fountains sheets of water may flow over varied surfaces of stone, concrete or metal. Fountains may be wall fountains or free-standing.

A traditional fountain is an arrangement where water issues from a source (Latin fons), fills a basin of some kind, and is drained away. The Fountain Of Wealth is the world's largest fountain found at Suntec City, Singapore. The fountain at Point State Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Tubes and nozzles radiating from a hollow sphere.

The El Alamein Memorial Fountain in Fitzroy Gardens, Kings Cross, Sydney, Australia. The waterfall cascade at Paley Park, New York City. Tyler Davidson Fountain at Fountain Square in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio. The world's tallest fountain, located in the town of Fountain Hills, Arizona.

Fountain of Wealth (largest fountain in the world since 1998) In Singapore. Vancouver's Harbour Green urban park with pavement waterworks fountains that kids can frolic in. Urban Oases. Centennial Olympic Park (computer animated frolicking fountain with 251 ground nozzles that shoot 12 to 35 feet in the air).

Dundas Square fountains designed by artist Dan Euser as both an architectural landmark as well as for frolicking (waterplay). Splash Fountains at Christian Science Plaza, Boston, MA. Fountains in front of Brooklyn Museum (frequent frolicking, no standing water; less chance of drowning). Along the far side there is zero-depth entry (no barrier, and the plane of the water matches the plane of the floor).

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Triton Fountain in Italy. Swann Memorial Fountain in Philadelphia. Various fountains, including the "Fountain of Lions" at the Alhambra, Granada, Spain. The Wallace fountains of Paris.

Fontana di Trevi in Rome. The "Fountains of Bellagio" at the Bellagio casino in Las Vegas. The staircase and Atlas fountains at Peterhoff, the summer palace of Peter the Great. Buckingham Fountain in Chicago.

The garden fountains of the Palace of Versailles near Paris. The Trafalgar Square fountains in London. The Jet d'Eau in Lake Geneva. My Time at Tiffany's.

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