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"This ruling rightly recognises that the First Amendment protects free speech regardless of the venue, whether a sentiment is expressed in the physical world or online," Ben Wizner, director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Speech, Privacy & Technology Project, said. "The Constitution doesn't distinguish between 'liking' a candidate on Facebook and supporting him in a town meeting or public rally."

Mr Marks said French Connection is "extremely grateful for Roys dedication and hard work and wishes him well in his future".

The fundamental battery problem encountered by both the Green Goat and the NS 999 is a chemical process known as negative electrode sulfation. During discharge, a lead-acid battery's electrodes are partially dissolved and lead sulfate is created. During charging, the bulk of the lead sulfate gets dissociated and redeposited on the electrodes. In practice complete dissociation of lead sulfate never happens. Instead, a portion of the lead sulfate is deposited on the negative electrode in the form of hard crystals. As the number of cycles increases so does the level of crystallization. When the crystal build up is extreme, the battery fails. The following electron micrographs show how sulfation increases over time in a shallow-cycle partial state of charge environment.

The Carters admit that the success of the work is in part to do with its wide appeal, its popularity with children, and its ability to hold an audience in the way that few still life paintings can in our fast-paced world. "The average time someone looks at a painting in a museum is about six seconds. We want the viewer to slow down, and actually look at the painting and the almost photorealistic flowers. How often do you look at a vase of flowers or notice how they change over the course of time?" says Nicky "Nick" Carter.