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International Experts Find that Pending Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement Threatens Public Interests
American University Washington College of Law, Washington, DC
wcl.american.edu (June 23 2010)
This statement reflects the conclusions reached at a meeting of over ninety academics, practitioners and public interest organizations from six continents gathered at American University Washington College of Law, June 16 to 18 2010. The meeting, convened by American University's Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, was called to analyze the official text of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), released for the first time in April 2010. Negotiating parties released the text only after public criticism of the unusually closed process and widespread disquiet over the negotiations' presumed substance. See Wellington Declaration {1}, EU Resolution on Transparency and State of Play of the ACTA Negotiations {2}.
We find that the terms of the publicly released draft of ACTA threaten numerous public interests, including every concern specifically disclaimed {3} by negotiators.
* Negotiators claim ACTA will not interfere with citizens' fundamental rights and liberties; it will.
* They claim ACTA is consistent with the WTO Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS); it is not.
* They claim ACTA will not increase border searches or interfere with cross-border transit of legitimate generic medicines; it will.
* And they claim that ACTA does not require "graduated response" disconnections of people from the internet; however, the agreement strongly encourages such policies.
ACTA is the predictably deficient product of a deeply flawed process. What started as a relatively simple proposal to coordinate customs enforcement has transformed into a sweeping and complex new international intellectual property and internet regulation with grave consequences for the global economy and governments' ability to promote and protect the public interest.
Any agreement of this scope and consequence must be based on a broad and meaningful consultative process, in public, on the record and with open on-going access to proposed negotiating text and must reflect a full range of public interest concerns. As detailed below, this text fails to meet these standards.
Recognizing that the terms of the agreement are under further closed-door negotiation over a text we do not have access to, a fair reading of the April 2010 draft leads to our conclusion that ACTA is hostile to the public interest in at least seven critical areas of global public policy: fundamental rights and freedoms; internet governance; access to medicines; scope and nature of intellectual property law; international trade; international law and institutions; and democratic process.
The following specific comments are based on a review of the publicly released text which is highly bracketed and the conclusions are therefore tentative.
ACTA would authorize or encourage private and government enforcement measures that would curtail enjoyment of fundamental rights and liberties, including domestic and internationally protected human rights to health, privacy and the protection of personal data, free expression, education, cultural participation, and right to a fair legal process, including fair trial and presumptions of innocence.
ACTA would
* Encourage internet service providers to police the activities of internet users by holding internet providers responsible for the actions of subscribers, conditioning safe harbors on adopting policing policies, and by requiring parties to encourage cooperation between service providers and rights holders;
* Encourage this surveillance, and the potential for punitive disconnections by private actors, without adequate court oversight or due process;
* Globalize 'anti-circumvention' provisions which threaten innovation, competition, free (freedom-respecting) software, open access business models, interoperability, the enjoyment of user rights, and user choice;
ACTA would threaten global access to affordable medicines, including by:
* Authorizing customs authorities to seize goods in transit countries, even when they do not infringe any laws of the producing or importing countries;
* Implicating non-infringing active pharmaceutical ingredient suppliers whose materials may be used downstream in infringing products without their knowledge;
* Limiting key flexibilities on injunctions, including in patent cases, that are necessary for government use, for court-ordered royalties, and for innovation prizes and other policies that de-link cost of research and development from the price of products;
* Expanding its scope to patents in many areas of the agreement, which is an inappropriate subject of a counterfeiting policy.
ACTA would distort fundamental balances between the rights and interests of proprietors and users, including by
* introducing highly specific rights and remedies for rights holders without detailing correlative exceptions, limitations, and procedural safeguards for users;
* shifting enforcement burdens to public authorities and private intermediaries in ways that are likely to be more sensitive to proprietary concerns;
* requiring formula-driven assessment of damages, potentially unrelated to any proven harm or gain;
* omitting strong disincentives to abuse of enforcement processes by right holders;
* including rigid injunction, damages and heightened civil and criminal enforcement requirements that will restrict government flexibility, impede innovation and slow the development and diffusion of green technology;
* threaten the continuation or development of innovative public intererst exceptions, such as common law approaches to permitting copies of works by "authorization."
ACTA would raise barriers to the trade in knowledge imbedded goods, disproportionately harming developing countries dependent on imports and exports of essential goods. Specifically, ACTA will extend 'ex officio' and in transit border search and seizures to a broad range of "suspected" intellectual property infringements, even including alleged patent infringements involving complex questions of law and fact that are impossible to judge by custom authorities.
ACTA would conflict with a large number of existing international laws and processes. Specifically, ACTA contains provisions that:
* Conflict with the World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) by allowing seizures based on the law "of the party providing the procedures" instead of "the country of importation" (TRIPS Article 52) and by failing to fully protect and incorporate key protections against abuse (for example Articles 41.1, 48.1, 48.2, 50.3, 53.1, 56), flexibilities to promote public interests (for example TRIPS Article 44.2), requirements for the proportionality of enforcement measures (for example Articles 46, 47), and provisions providing for balance between the interests of proprietors, consumers and the greater society (for example TRIPS Articles 1, 7, 8, 40, 41.2, 41.5, 54, 55, 58).
* Conflict with the WTO Doha Declaration on TRIPS and Public Health and World Health Assembly Resolution 61.21 by limiting the ability of countries to use the TRIPS flexibilities "to the full" to promote access to medicines;
* Undermine the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Development Agenda, particularly recommendation 45's commitment to "approach intellectual property enforcement in the context of broader societal interests and especially development-oriented concerns";
* Undermine the roles of WIPO and WTO by creating a new and redundant international administration.
ACTA alters traditional and constitutionally mandated law making processes by:
* Exporting and locking in controversial and problematic enforcement practices, foreclosing future legislative improvements in response to changes in technology or policy;
* Requiring substantive changes to laws of many countries without legislative process;
The process of ACTA's negotiation is fundamentally flawed. Specifically, the negotiations:
* Have not been conducted in public as are many multilateral negotiations;
* Have not been accompanied by evidence demonstrating the public policy problems sought to be addressed;
* Have proceeded under conditions that restrict public input to select stakeholders, held off-the-record and without access to the latest version of the rapidly changing text;
* Lack a balanced representation of stakeholders, especially from civil society.
{1} http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fpublicacta.org.nz%2Fwellington-declaration%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfubbC70zfhmFyirMRjPZ4kr2vUPQ
{2} http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.europarl.europa.eu%2Fsides%2FgetDoc.do%3FpubRef%3D-%2F%2FEP%2F%2FTEXT%2BTA%2BP7-TA-2010-0058%2B0%2BDOC%2BXML%2BV0%2F%2FEN&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEze0LJTmjtyUTkRz83RCgSGUKYea-g
{3} http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ustr.gov%2Fabout-us%2Fpress-office%2Fpress-releases%2F2010%2Fapril%2Foffice-us-trade-representative-releases-statement-ac&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfNswTHzwtNHUVVm9uNU4-oSK6NyQ
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Section by section analysis of the ACTA text
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EU Members of Parliament
Kader Arif
Socialists and Democrats (S&D)
Spokesperson, S&D Members of the International Trade Committee (INTA)
Jan Philipp Albrecht
Greens | European Free Alliance (EFA) Working Group on ACTA
Sandrine Belier
Greens | EFA Working Group on ACTA
Karima Delli
Greens | EFA Working Group on ACTA
Christian Engstrom
Greens | EFA Working Group on ACTA
Heidi Hautala
Greens | EFA Working Group on ACTA
Yannick Jadot
Greens | EFA Working Group on ACTA
Ska Keller
Greens | EFA Working Group on ACTA
Eva Lichtenberger
Greens / EFA Working Group on ACTA
Mariko Peters
Green Party, House of Representatives of the Netherlands
Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Defense, Europe, Media&Culture
Judith Sargentini
Greens / EFA Working Group on ACTA
Carl Schlyter
Greens | EFA Working Group on ACTA
Oriol Junqueras Vies
Greens | EFA Working Group on ACTA
Parliamentarians from Negotiating Countries
Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert
Member of Parliament
The Netherlands
Mariko Peters
Member of Parliament
The Netherlands
Martijn van Dam
Member of Parliament
The Netherlands
Academic Endorsements
Hal Abelson
Professor of Comp. Sci. and Engineering, MIT
Cambridge, MA
Antonio de la Piedra Abenojar
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Andrew A. Adams
Professor Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan
Jack Allnutt
University of Manchester
Manchester, UK
Russell G. Almond
Associate Professor
Florida State University, College of Education
Tallahassee, FL
Tatiana Andia
Universidad de los Andes – Cider
Bogota, Columbia
Ruben Dario Gomez Arais
Professor National School of Public Health. University of Antioquia
Medellin, Colombia
Laurent Audouin
Assistant Professor
Universite Paris 11
Paris, France
Brook K. Baker
Northeastern University Law School / Health Global Access Project (NYC, Phila., DC)*
Boston, MA
Shamnad Basheer
Ministry of HRD Professor in IP Law
National University of Juridical Sciences
Kolkata, India
Adam C. Bell
Professor and Dean
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Canada
Ivana Bentes
Researcher and Professor
Communication and Director of School of Communication
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Gregor v. Bochmann
University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Canada
Annemarie Bridy
Associate Professor
University of Idaho College of Law
Moscow, ID
Dr. Ferran Izquierdo Brichs
Lecturer in International Relations
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Altafulla, Spain
Abbe Brown
Lecturer in Information Technology Law
University of Edinburgh
Scotland, UK
Kenneth Rochel de Camargo
Associate Professor, Social Medicine Institute
Rio de Janeiro State University
Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
David Carlson
Dean, Library Affairs
Morris Library
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Carbondale, IL
Michael A. Carrier
Professor of Law - Rutgers Law School
Camden, NJ
Michael Carroll
Professor of Law, Director of Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property
American University Washington College of Law
Washington, DC
Brian W. Carver
Assistant Professor
School of Information
UC Berkeley, CA
Q-Jin Choi, M.D.
Dept. of History of Medicine & Medical Humanities
Seoul National University College of Medicine
Seoul, South Korea
Margaret Chon
Associate Dean for Research and Centers
Seattle University School of Law
Seattle, WA
Richard Clawson
Postdoctoral Fellow
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Thuwal, KSA
Fatima Conti
Universidade Federal do Para – ICB
Belem, Brazil
Ray Corrigan
Open University
Oxford, UK
Joanne Csete
Associate Professor
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
New York, NY
Marcos Dantas
Prof. Dr. Escola de Comunicação da UFRJ
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Dion Dennis
Associate Professor
Department of Criminal Justice
Bridgewater State College
Bridgewater, MA
Alexander S. Dent
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
George Washington University
Washington, DC
Miguel Dias
Algarve's University
Faro, Portugal
JS Diaz
Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Kevin Donovan
Student, School of Foreign Service
Georgetown University
Washington, DC
Peter Drahos
Director,Centre for the Governance of Knowledge and Development
Australian National University
Graham Dutfield
Professor of International Governance
University of Leeds School of Law
Leeds, UK
Nick Efford
University of Leeds
Leeds, UK
Guilhem Fabre
Professor, Universite Le Havre
Paris, France
Mark Federman,
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Alex Feerst
Center for Internet & Society, Stanford Law School
San Francisco, CA
Sean Flynn
Associate Director of Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property
American University Washington College of Law
Washington, DC
Michael Geist
Professor, University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Shubha Ghosh
Vilas Research Associate & Professor of Law
University of Wisconsin Law School
Madison, WI
Henning Grosse Ruse - Khan
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law
Munich, Germany
Eldar Haber
PhD Candidate
Zvi-Meitar center for advanced legal studies
Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Debora Halbert
Associate Professor of Political Science
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Manoa, Hawaii
Joseph Lorenzo Hall
ACCURATE Postdoctoral Research Associate, UC Berkeley School of Information
Berkeley, California
Bernard Hanson
Universite de Mons, Belgium
Sebastian Haunss
Political Scientist
University of Konstanz
Konstanz, Germany
Cynthia M. Ho
Vickrey Research Professor of Law
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Chicago, IL
Jeanette Hofmann
London School of Economics and Political Science
London, UK
Adam Holland
Boston University School of Law
Boston, MA
Monica Horten
PhD Candidate
Communications and Media Research Institute
University of Westminster, UK
Bernt Hugenholtz
Professor, University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dan Hunter
Professor of Law & Director, Institute for Information Law & Policy
New York Law School
New York, NY
Tamir Israel
Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic
University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Peter Jaszi
Professor, Faculty Director of the Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Clinic
American University Washington College of Law
Washington, DC
David R. Johnson
New York Law School
New York, NY
Eric E. Johnson
Assistant Professor of Law
University of North Dakota School of Law
Grand Forks, ND
Alexander Jones
Student, Georgia Tech
Atlanta, GA
Margot Kaminski
Yale Law School
New Haven, CN
Mark Kelly
Student, Carleton University
Ottawa, ON, Canada
Keechang Kim
Korea University Law School
Seoul, Korea
Bill Kirkpatrick
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication
Denison University, Granville, OH
Armando Kirwin
Student, University of Texas
Austin, TX
Martin Kretschmer
Professor of Information Jurisprudence
Bournemouth University, UK
Ross Lazarus
Associate Professor
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Nari Lee, LL.D (Kyushu)
Program Director
Munich Intellectual Property Law Center (MIPLC)
München, Germany
Hervé Le Crosnier
Researcher and Teacher
University of Caen, France
France Lert
Senior Researcher
Universite Versailles
Saint-Quentin, France
Lawrence Lessig
Harvard Law School
Cambridge, Massachusetts
David Levine
Assistant Professor
Stanford Law School
Stanford, CA
Harry R. Lewis
Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Jorge Machado
Professor of Public Policy Management
University of São Paulo, Brazil
Jonas Maebe, PhD
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Alana Maurushat
Lecturer, Faculty of Law, The University of New South Wales
Deputy Director, Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre
Mark A. McCutcheon
Centre for Language and Literature
Athabasca University
Athabasca, Alberta, Canada
Mark McKenna
Associate Professor
Notre Dame Law School
Notre Dame, IN
Lisa McLaughlin
Associate Professor
Miami University-Ohio
Oxford, Ohio
Scott McLaughlin, Dr.
University of Huddersfield
Huddersfield, UK
Heloisa Gomes Medieros
Lawyer and Masters Student
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Santa Catarina, Brasil
Juan M. Medina, PhD. Candidate
International Law, Instituto Ortega y Gasset
Hiram Meléndez-Juarbe
Associate Professor
University of Puerto Rico Law School
San Juan, PR
Axel Metzger
Professor of Law. University of Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Gabriel J. Michael
Doctoral Student
George Washington University
Washington, DC
Danny Mittleman
Associate Professor
College of Computing and Digital Media
DePaul University
Chicago, IL
Michael R. Morris
Ph.D. Candidate
University of Edinburgh
Heather Morrison, PhD Candidate
Simon Fraser University School of Communication
Vancouver, Canada
Milton Mueller
Syracuse University School of Information Studies
Syracuse, NY
Charles Nesson
Weld Professor of Law, Founder, Berkman Center for Internet and Society
Harvard Law School
Cambridge, MA
ES Nwauche
Centre for African Legal Studies Port Harcourt Nigeria
Dong Suk Oh
Ajou University Law School
Democratic Legal Studies Association
Suwon City
Republic of Korea
Ville Oksanen
Lecturer and Researcher
Aalto University, Finland
Kevin Outterson
Associate Professor of Law & Co-Director of the Health Law Program
Boston University School of Law
Boston, MA
Claudia Padovani
Department of Political and Historical Studies
Univerity of Padova, Italy
Pedro Paranagua
Duke University
Durham, NC
Francisco Carpena Perez
Profesor Educacion Secundaria
Colegio Concertado "La Inmaculada"
Yecla, Spain
Varun Piplani, PhD Candidate
Georgetown University
Washington, DC
Rufus Pollock
Mead Fellow in Economics
Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge
Cambridge, UK
James Popham, PhD Candidate
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Kenneth L. Port
Professor of Law and
Director, Intellectual Property Institute
William Mitchell College of Law
St. Paul, MN
Julien Rabier
Student, Université Paris II Panthéon Assas, Paris, France
Hafiz Aziz Rehman, PhD Candidate
Australian National University College of Law
Canberra, Australia
Witold Rakoczy
Senior Lecturer
AGH University of Science and Technology
Cracow, Poland
Paulo Rena
Law Scholar, Universidade de Brasilia
Brasilia, Brasil
Graham Reynolds
Professor, Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law
Halifax, Canada
Martine Courant Rife
Professor of Writing, Lansing Community College
Lansing, MI
Nagla Rizk
Associate Professor Economics Department
American University in Cairo
Cairo, Egypt
Natalia Romero
Delft University of Technology
Delft, Netherlands
Pam Samuelson
Professor of Law
UC Berkeley Law School
Berkeley, CA
Helene Scarna
Faculte de Pharmacie
Universite Claude Bernard Lyon
Lyon, France
Wendy Seltzer,
Senior Researcher
Berkman Center for Internet & Society
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA USA
Susan Sell
Professor of Political Science and Int'l Affairs, Director
George Washington University
Washington, DC
Xavier Seuba
Senior Lecturer in Public International Law
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Barcelona, Spain
Lea Bishop Shaver
Associate Research Scholar
Yale Law School
New Haven, CN
Aaron Shaw
Berkman Center for Internet and Society
arvard University
Cambridge, MA
Chen Shen
Student, Simon Fraser University
Vancouver, Canada
Jessica Silbey
Associate Professor of Law
Suffolk University Law School
Boston, MA
Alberto Cerda Silva
Professor in Law
University of Chile Law School
Santiago, Chile
Richard Smith
Professor, School of Communication
Simon Fraser University
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Andrew Snider
York University
Toronto, Canada
Christopher Jon Sprigman
Associate Professor of Law
University of Virginia School of Law
Charlottesville, Virginia
Elizabeth Stark
Yale University
New Haven, CN
Peter Suber
Berkman Fellow
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Samuel E. Trosow
Associate Professor
University of Western Ontario
Rebecca Tushnet
Georgetown Law
Washington, DC
Chris Tyler
Professor, Centre for Development of Open
Technology, School of Computer Studies, Seneca College
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
David Vaile, Executive Director
Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre, University of New South Wales
Sydney, Australia
Annie Vinokur
Emeritus Professor of Economics
Universite Paris Ouest La Defense
Paris, France
Eric Von Hippel
Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management
Cambridge, MA
Ben Wagner
European University Institute
Fiesole, Italia
Kimberlee Weatherall
Lecturer in Law
University of Queensland
Queensland, Australia
Liana Weber Pereira
Law Academic
Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil
Sarah K. Wiant
Washington and Lee University School of Law
Lexington, VA
Jeremy Wickins MA, LLB,
University of Sheffield,
Sheffield, UK
Jisuk Woo, Ph.D., J.D.
Graduate School of Public Administration
Seoul National University
Seoul, Korea
Jonathan Worth
Senior Lecturer Coventry University, UK
Peter K. Yu
Kern Family Chair in Intellectual Property Law & Director
Drake University Law School
Des Moines, IO
Marc Zune
Professor of Comp. Sci. and Engineering
University of Louvain
Research Group on Public Policies for Access to Information
Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil
School of Communication of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Study Group on Copyright and Information, Federal University of Santa Catarina
Santa Catarina, Brasil
Civil Society Endorsements
Acción Internacional para la Salud
Lima, Peru
African Commons Project
South Africa
Ageia Densi
Córdoba, Argentina
Montreal, Canada
American Medical Student Association
Reston, VA
Article 19
London, UK
Asociación Civil Nodo Tau
Asociación de Internautas
Association for Progressive Communications
Melville, South Africa
Associazione Partito Pirata Italiano
Berne Declaration
Lausanne, Switzerland
Boston, MA
Brazilian Institute for Consumer Defense (IDEC)
São Paulo, Brasil
Bytes for All Pakistan
Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
Toronto, ON, Canada
Paris, France
Center for Internet and Society
Bangalore, India
Center for Technology and Society (FGV Direito Rio)
Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
CIPPIC, the Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy & Public Interest Clinic
University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Colorado Local's Emporium of Alternative Farms (LEAF)
Comunica-CH (Swiss Platform on Information Society)
Wolf Ludwig
Neuchatel, Switzerland
New York, NY
Consumers International
Kuala Lumpur
Corporate Europe Observatory
Brussels, Belgium
Cultural Action
Seoul, South Korea
Electronic Frontier Finland
Electronic Frontier Foundation
San Fransisco, CA
Electronic Frontier
Electronic Frontiers Australia Inc
Esfera Hacks Políticos
São Paulo, Brazil
European AIDS Treatment Group
European Digital Rights
Brussels, European Union
Evolved Development
New Zealand
Barcelona, Spain
Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Federación Médica Colombiana – Observamed
Bogota, Columbia
Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure e.V.
Berlin, Germany
Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA)
Quezon City, Philippines
Freedom Against Censorship Thailand
Bangkok, Thailand
Free Knowledge Institute
Barcelona, Spain
Free Knowledge Foundation
Madrid, Spain
Freedom for IP
Seattle, WA
German Business Ethics Network (DNWE)
Munich, Germany
GPOPAI (Institute)
Sao Paulo, Brasil
Health Action International (Europe, Africa, Asia - Pacific, and Global)*
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Health GAP (Global Access Project)
New York, Philadelphia, Washington DC
House of Digital Culture
IFARMA Foundation
Bogota, Colombia
Information & Culture Society for the Disabled Korean
Seoul, South Korea
Instituto Overmundo
Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Intellectual Property Institute
William Mitchell College of Law
St. Paul, MN
Intellectual Property Left (IPLeft)
Seoul, South Korea
Interaction Law
Washington, DC
Interlink, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
International Association of IT Laywers
Internet Governance Project
Syracuse, NY
Internet Industry Association (Australia)
IP Justice
San Francisco, California
IT for Change
Bangalore, India
The Julia Group
Stockholm, Sweden
Knowledge Ecology International
Washington, DC
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Kenya ICT Action Network
Korean Pharmacists for a Democratic Society
Seoul, South Korea
Korean Medical Action Groups for Health Rights
Seoul, South Korea
Korean Progress Network Jinbonet
Seoul, South Korea
Labor, Health, and Human Rights Development Center
Agege, Lagos, Nigeria
La Quadrature du Net
Les Verts, France
LOKOJ Institute
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Movimento Mega Não! (Mega no! Moviment)
Movimento ScambioEtico
National Research Officer
South African Municipal Workers' Union
New America Foundation, Open Technology Initiative
Washington, DC
New Mexico Local's Emporium of Alternative Farms (LEAF)
ONG Derechos Digitales
Santiago, Chile
Open Culture Foundation
Sydney, Australia
Open Rights Group
ORDU - Romanian Organization for User Rights
Orchuulga Foundation
Seattle, WA
Oxfam America
Panoptykon Foundation
Warszawa, Poland
Pirate Parties International
Brussels, Belgium
Pirate Party Australia
Pirate Party Austria
Pirate Party Brazil
Pirate Party Canada
Pirate Party Chile
Pirate Party Germany
Pirate Party Ireland
Pirate Party Netherlands
Pirate Party of New Zealand
Portuguese Pirate Party Portugal
Pirate Party UK
Pirate Party (Massachusetts, USA)
James O'Keefe, Co-Organizer
Programa LaNeta S.C., México
Proyecto BiblioFyL, Capital Federal
Bueno Aires, Argentina
Public Citizen
Washington, DC
Public Interest Advocacy Centre
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Public Knowledge
Washington, DC
Mag. Georg Markus Kainz, Chairman
Vienna, Austria
Red Mexicana de Accion frente al Libre Comercio (RMALC)
SaferNet Brazil
Salvador, Sao Paulo, Brasilia, Brazil
Sol Ut Press
Chicago, IL
Stopp ACTA
Vallorbe, Switzerland
Strawberrynet Foundation
Students for Free Culture
Tech Liberty NZ
New Zealand
Telecomix Netactivist Clusters
Transparência Hacker Community
São Paulo, Brazil
Treehouse Institute, United Kingdom
Union des Consommateurs, Montréal, Québec
Universities Allied for Essential Medicines
United States Pirate Party
Scottsdale, AZ
Vancouver Fair Copyright Coalition
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Vrijschrift / ScriptumLibre
Workum, Netherlands
Young Pirates Party
Justin G. Abram, Lansing, MI
William Adams, Northampton, MA
Mark Akrigg, Founder, Project Gutenberg Canada, Toronto, Canada
Georges Aleth, Paris, France
Derek Allison, Denver, CO
Patrik Alzen, Söderköping, Sweden
Jonathan Amesquita
Jeff Arnason
Pedro Augusto, Center for Techology and Society - Getulio Vargas Foundation
Davis M.J. Aurini, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Renata Avila, Creative Commons-Guatemala, Guatemala
Stephane Bakhos
Nicholas Baldwin, Rome, NY
Elizabeth Ball, Sidney, BC, Canada
Andrew Ball, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Daniel Ballard, Sequoia Counsel PC, Sacramento, CA
Paul Baracos, ICx - 360 Surveillance, Victoria BC, Canada
JéfteFernando de Amorim Barbosa, Barbosa, Faculdade Maurício de Nassau, Pernambuco, Brasil
Scott Barker
Arthur Barstad
Catherine Bell, Instructor, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
Odile Benassy, Universite de Paris, France
Katrine Bennett, Tunbridge Wells, UK
Kelly Berger, Seattle, WA
Jens Best, Berlin, Germany
Michael Biggs, Waterloo, Ontario, CA
Max Bigras, San Luis Obispo, CA
Mats Björkenfeldt, Stockholm, Sweden
Fancois Blanchard
Jeremiah Blatz, New York, NY
David L. Blevins, Reston, VA
RD Bobbitt, North Carolina
Christopher Bodenlos, Easton
Jeroen Boer
Daniel Boulet, Loa Corporation, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Jamie Bowman
Jim Bracher
Chris Brand, New Westminster, BC, Canada
Patrick Brashers, Clay County Electric Cooperative Corp., Corning, AK
S.R. Braun, Dallas, TX
Jon Bremnes, OC & C Strategy Consultants, London, UK
Nick Briz
Beatrice Brociner, Marseille, France
Chantal Brodeur, Hamilton ON, Canada
Colin Broughton, Eleven Engineering, Inc. , Edmonton, AB, Canada
Toni Brown
Hugh Brown, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Terry Browning, UK
Steve Brudenell
Jan Buchmann, Zurich, Switzerland
Andreas Bummel, Committee for a Democratic United Nations, Germany
Thomas Burke, Ireland
Rebecca Burn-Callander, London, UK
Lee Burt, Sacramento, CA
Randy Bush, Bainbridge Island, WA
Roberto Bustamante Vento, Centro peruano de estudios sociales
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Robert Cailliau, Prevessin-Moens, France
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Jay Chang, Philadelphia, PA
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Alvin Y H Cheung, Hong Kong
Prudence Cho, American University Washington College of Law, Washington, DC
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Kyle Clements, Canada
Jason Clemons, Raleigh, NC
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Jocelyne Fournier, Dunkerque, France
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Hamish Gibson, Pirate Party UK, Dalmally, Scotland
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Lori Goldbach
Alex Goldman, AG Internet Knowledge, LLC
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Bas Grasmayer, The Netherlands
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Aetzel Griffioen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Elatia Grimshaw
Robin Gross, IP Justice, San Francisco, California
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Pat Gunn, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
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Matthew Hogan, Ithaca, NY
Patrick Hogan, Nashville, IL
Michael Holloway, Toronto, ON, Canada
Aaron Holmes, Airdrie, Alberta, Canada
Sebastian Holzer, Antwerp, Belgium
Robert Hoover, Stowe, VT
Wes Hopkins, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Emanuel Hoogeveen, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Ben Howden, Howden Acupressure, Montreal, QC
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Sean Hunt
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Eric Koenig, AMEC Earth & Environmental, Inc., Albuquerque, NM
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Jimmy Koo, American University Washington College of Law, Washington, DC
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Issac Kotlicky, Social Security, Baltimore, MD
Matt Kraai, Upland, USA
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Gaelle Krikorian, Paris, France
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Daniel Lahey, Seattle, WA
Julien Lamarche, MediaMiser, Ottawa (Ontario, Canada)
John Larson, Denver, CO
David Latimer
JesseLatimer, LEAPNOW: Transforming Education, Calistoga, CA
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Eric Legrand, D2T, Yvelines, France
Yann Leho, Plemet, France
Adam Leighton, Washington, DC
Ronaldo Lemos, Center for Technology and Society (FGV Direito Rio) , Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
S. Leone, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI, United States
Andrew Lewman, The Tor Project, Boston, MA
Rena Lewis, Ojai, CA
Jacob Lickers, Tecmo Koei Canada Ltd., Toronto, ON, Canada
Daniel Lieberman, Shelburne Falls, MA
Caroline Liptak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Jeno Liptak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Michael Lockhart, Kelowna, BC, Canada
Maria Paz Canales Loebel, Santiago, Chile
Chris Logan
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Antti Luoma, Helsinki, Finland
Matthew Lynch, Madison, WI, USA
Georgia Lyon, Adelaide, Australia
Alexander Macfie, London, UK
Marília Maciel, Center for Technology and Society of the Getulio Vargas Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Rebecca MacKinnon, New America Foundation
Patrick Maigron, Institut Telecom, Evry, France
Diego Makarausky de Oliveira, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Julia Makay, Fair Copyright for Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Mario A. Mariani, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Renan Albuquerque Marks, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
Stephen C. Marney, Kensingtoin, MD
Michael Masnick, Floor64 Inc., Sunnyvale, CA
Francoise Massit-Follea, Project Vox Internet II, Paris, France
Robert Massung
Matt Mastracci, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Nicholas Matear, KPK Goldsmith, Inc., BC, Canada
Evan Mathis
Eric Matthies
Neal May, Ames, IO
Peter Maybarduk, Public Citizen, Washington, DC
Will McCollum, McMonkee Projects
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Jay McDaniel, Fredericksburg, VA
Jim McDonnell, Brussels, Belgium
Todd McKinney, Hyper9, Inc., Austin, TX USA
Lee McKnight, Internet Governance Project, Syracuse, NY
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Russell McOrmond, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Jon McRae
Tomislav Medak, Multimedia Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
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Christian Mihr, Berlin, Germany
Dushan Milic, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Mark Miller, President, Modern Arts, Charlotte, NC
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Brendan Moore, Toronto, Canada
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William Lloyd "Bill" Welden is a linguist and member of the Elvish Linguistic Fellowship. In the early days of the Fellowship, his house was the meeting place for the "ELFConners". The first true language convention, Colloquium on the Languages of Middle-earth, was also held at his house, and he served as an organizer of all Omientielva meetings. Welden has contributed to Vinyar Tengwar, Quettar and Parma Eldalamberon, and worked as a translator on The Lord of the Rings (film series).
Bibliography, selected
- 1983: Parma Eldalamberon, issue 6
- "The Role of Telerin in the Development of Sindarin"
- 2001: Vinyar Tengwar, issue 42

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WASHINGTON (November 2, 2010) — David Suley, director of the Catholic Home Missions Appeal at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has been awarded the "Father George Mader Award" for his support of mission work. The Catholic Volunteer Network presented him with the award October 29, at the 2010 Mission Congress in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
David Suley holds a doctorate in ministry (with a focus on spirituality and justice) from an ecumenical program at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, and a master of theology degree and a master of divinity degree from St. Patrick's Seminary, Menlo Park, California. He has served as a lay missionary in Malawi, Central Africa, and is a member of the U.S. Catholic Mission Association. He was recently elected to their board of directors.
From 1982 to 1987, Suley served as the executive director for the International Liaison of Lay Volunteers in Mission (now Catholic Volunteer Network). From 1987-2000, he was director of the Church Relations department at Bread for the World. For the past decade, Suley has worked at the USCCB, seven years in the Secretariat for Home Missions and for the last three years he has been associate director in the Office of National Collections and director of the Catholic Home Missions Appeal.
Through this annual appeal, the USCCB Subcommittee on Catholic Home Missions (www.usccb.org/hm/) helps Catholic dioceses in the U.S. and its territories that cannot provide basic pastoral services to their people without outside help. This assistance is essential to scattered and isolated churches in the Appalachian Mountains, along the Mexican border, in the Deep South, in the Rocky Mountain States, and on islands in the Caribbean and the Pacific. Donations to the Catholic Home Missions Appeal support a wide range of pastoral activities, with special emphasis on evangelization; religious education; ministry training for priests, deacons, religious sisters and lay people; and support of poor parishes.
Bishop Michael Warfel of Great Falls-Billings, Montana, and chairman of the Subcommittee on Home Missions, congratulated Suley on receiving this recognition.
"I have had the great pleasure of working with Dr. David Suley for the past five years. It truly has been a joy to work with him," Bishop Warfel said. "His enthusiasm for supporting the missionary efforts of the Church both within the U.S. and abroad is impressive. Dr. Suley is a man who has a passion for the Catholic faith and a desire to help others share that faith."
"Dr. Suley truly exemplifies what Father Mader and his sister started 47 years ago," said Jim Lindsay, Catholic Volunteer Network executive director. "He has stayed true to his missionary roots both in his professional and personal life and for that we honor him."
Reflecting on the award, Suley said, "I truly am honored. From my years as a lay missionary in Malawi, Central, Africa, I have been blessed to serve those in need in our world family." And he continued, "I have centered my personal and professional life in the Church's mission. In visiting poor, isolated mission parishes throughout the United States, I have been enriched by people's deep faith and beautiful cultural traditions. I could not have done all this without the support of my wife, Arceli, and our two adult children, Pauline and John. I am the luckiest person in the world."
The Father George Mader Award was created in 1988 to honor organizations and individuals that foster faith-based service in the United States and abroad. The award is named after Father George Mader, a priest the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey, who in 1963, together with his sister, Patricia Mader Stalker, founded the Catholic Volunteer Network.
For more information on the Catholic Home Missions go to http://www.usccb.org/hm.
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(2) If the General Counsel determines to challenge the order, or that further legal review is necessary, the employee or former employee should not comply with the order. Where necessary, the employee should appear at the time and place set forth in the subpoena. If legal counsel cannot appear on behalf of the employee, the employee should produce a copy of this part and respectfully inform the legal tribunal that he/she has been advised by counsel not to provide the requested testimony and/or produce documents. If the legal tribunal rules that the subpoena must be complied with, the employee shall respectfully decline to comply, citing this section and United States ex rel. Touhy v. Ragen, 340 U.S. 462 (1951).


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Brisbane Airport has conceded its new pick-up area for arrivals is too far from the terminal and it is working on a "compromise" to change it after a backlash from passengers.
The new pick-up area opened last month as part of the $350 million upgrade of the domestic terminal but has been the subject of a slew of complaints, mostly about the 400 metre walk from the arrivals terminal to the pick-up area.
Head of Corporate Relations at Brisbane Airport Rachel Crowley said the airport would be making an announcement in the next few days about changes to the pick-up area and brain storming meetings were held yesterday.
"With the best intentions in the world it seems we didn't get it quite right this time," she told 612 ABC Brisbane.
"... We beg everyone's patience in the mean time, we know it's been a difficult adjustment, we accept that and we want to try to get a good solution."
Converting the ground floor of the long-term car park into a free pick-up area was a "major" part of the discussions on the changes that could be made.
Ms Crowley said the managers of the airport had inherited a flawed design because it was "almost like a cul-de-sac" and constrained traffic flow.
About 32,000 vehicles a day drive to the domestic terminal and 10 per cent of those were picking up passengers so the motorists dropping off people about to catch a flight were the airport's priority.
Ms Crowley said it was "obvious" the airport wanted to give passengers picking up passengers a free option.
"When we first initiated all of these changes our main priority was to try and get the drop-off system to work more smoothly," she said.
"If people had been dropping off over recent years about the peak times they would have confronted quite serious traffic issues and that's the most time constrained, the people catching a flight.
"And we knew that was probably our biggest issues and if we could somehow address the traffic problems and make drop-off more smooth we would be solving our biggest traffic problem at the airport.
"So we wanted to separate pick-up and drop-off to make that happen."
Ms Crowley said the main complaint from passengers had been the length and complexity of the walk from the domestic terminal to the pick-up area.
Passengers have to walk up an escalator, cross an overpass and catch a lift or take stairs down one level before walking along a long-term car park to the pick-up area.
She said the airport had not anticipated the demand for the pick-up area and there were a lot more cars using it than the airport had forecast which was causing traffic jams at the entrance and exits.
"We recognise people are not happy with the solution that we came up with," she said.
"We are now trying to find a compromise and a compromise that will work for pick-up but won't take us all the way back to where we were with drop-off."


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MAYVILLE - A software package promising to "drastically" reduce human error in Village of Mayville utility accounting and inventory will be online no later than the end of 2013 after the Village Board of Trustees approved purchase of the $19,500 program at its meeting Tuesday, June 11.
Titled "Continuing Property Records Software," or CPRS, the program, according to its creator Utility Software Acquisitions, will track all customers' electric meter information, keep an up-to-date material inventory, track work orders and monitor all street lights as well as provide fiscal year-end reports for the Public Service Commission and New York State Power Authority.
"Our CPRS and inventory will show you the location of every nut, bolt and inch of wire in your (electric) system whether installed or in stock," Utility Software owner Rick Palumbo wrote in a letter to the village.
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Shown is a speed limit sign on Valley Street in the Village of Mayville after brush was cleared away by Joseph Mount, a resident on the street. Mount appeared at the Village Board of Trustees meeting on Tuesday, June 11 to express his concern about speeding vehicles on Valley.
The new software will be, Palumbo stated, custom designed, "to suit your line crew and system needs." Following this, all current data will be put into the system along with verification of meters, inventory items and so-called pole line entries.
Each account will be balanced with the general ledger and incorrect information removed, according to Palumbo's letter.
Joseph Mount, a resident on Valley Street in the Village of Mayville, expressed his concern about speeding vehicles on Valley, especially after 3:30 p.m. Board member Tye Flurrie suggested a radar speed advisory sign be placed on the street to remind motorists of the 30 mph limit.
In other business, Public Works Superintendent John Buxton estimated some 43.5 tons of material was carted away during Mayville's annual spring clean-up.
The lowest, and in fact only, bid for fuel in the 2013-14 fiscal years was Lictus Keystone of Clymer. The bids were $3.115 for 87 octane gasoline and $3.105 for No. 2 diesel fuel.
R. Weise, Jr., of Sherman was low bidder for Screen Gravel at $9.40 a yard delivered anywhere in the village. There were three other bidders.
Thirty-five yellow pine utility poles ranging in height from 30 to 45 feet will be supplied by Cox Wood Products, no address given, with a low bid of $10,394.75, the lowest of three bidders.
Z & M Ag and Turf of Falconer was low bid for a zero-turn mower, in this case a John Deere model Z920M commercial mower at a price of $6,504.
Mayville's fire department was authorized to operate a "pan game" during the July 4th celebration at Lakeside Park.
Mayor Marty Bova was authorized to enter into a concession agreement with the Thunderbird Club during the annual Tom Drake Memorial Race Friday, July 12 and Saturday, July 13.


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After Lynley is reinstated, he tries to catch a crime boss but his star witness is found shot dead on "Masterpiece Theatre: Mystery!" at 8 p.m. Sunday.
A local supermarket manager decides to stand on an Independent ticket at the General Election on back-to-back episodes of "Masterpiece Theatre: The Amazing Mrs. Pritchard" at 9:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.
PBS' convention coverage, anchored by Jim Lehrer of The Newshour, will include extended uninterrupted coverage of podium activities and speeches; reporting from the floor of the convention; newsmaker interviews; political analysis and historical perspective. Convention coverage airs from 7 to 10 p.m. Monday to Thursday.
Ed Slott, an IRA expert, shares strategies viewers can implement to safeguard their retirement savings on "Stay Rich Forever" at 9 p.m. Friday.
America's favorite malt shop memories are back with this hit collection for lovers only on "My Music: Doo Wop Love Songs" at 6 p.m. Saturday.
Focuses on the years 1965 to 1969 and includes essential '60s generation folk rock, R&B and pop on "My Music: My Generation The '60s" at 8 p.m. Saturday.
This never released concert filmed in London in 1977 was the second to the last with Keith Moon on "The Who at Kilburn 1977" at 10 p.m. Saturday.


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Developed by People Can Fly with Epic Games, Bulletstorm is slated to launch for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on February 22, 2011. An Xbox 360-exclusive Epic Edition will offer early beta access to Gears of War 3 at no extra charge, "while supplies last."
All Bulletstorm needs now is a skateboarding section, Limp Bizkit soundtrack, branded baseball caps and in-game advertising for Mountain Dew. To the max, motherflipper!
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COMPETITION powerhouse Mortlake will field two sides in the South West Cricket Twenty20 tournament.
The Cats, buoyed by strong interest in the short-form competition, have given themselves a double chance to claim the association title next weekend.
SWC officials have released the draw for the annual tournament at Terang, Camperdown and Cobden on Saturday and Sunday.
The winner earns the chance to line up in the inter-association Sungold Cup in Warrnambool over the Australia Day long weekend.
A second Mortlake team comes on the back of division two pacesetter Ecklin pulling out of the tournament. Woorndoo also will not field a team, meaning there will be 13 teams from 12 clubs chasing short-form glory.
Mortlake captain Todd Lamont said strong depth at the club sparked inquiries about the Cats fielding a second team.
He called on the club's top players to make themselves available.
Lamont said the Mortlake first XI would have a strong chance to take the crown.
The Cats had strong representation in the SWC squads which contested the Western Waves Festival of Cricket at Hamilton in December.
But the limited amount of Twenty20 cricket in the season meant there were no guarantees for the pre-tournament favourites.
"Everyone on the team hits the ball well, there's no doubt about that," Lamont said. "The first nine batsmen we could easily reverse the order and there wouldn't be any issues.
"It's more fielding — we can get lethargic in the field and go to sleep a bit. Twenty20 can wake you up a bit."
Lamont said he supported Twenty20 cricket, but urged officials to keep it separate from the regular season.
He called for the SWC Twenty20 tournament to go ahead midweek, which would free up more weekends for regular-season rounds.


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One Rooney brother not ready to decide Steelers sale
Thursday, September 18, 2008
By Ed Bouchette and Gerry Dulac, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
One Rooney brother told the Post-Gazette today that he wants to delay deciding on offers for their shares in the Steelers franchise until at least next week.
"I am not going to vote today,'' Art Rooney Jr. said early this afternoon. "I think we've come a long way on this thing. I'm not interested in putting this off, but I think at the appropriate time we should hear all this stuff today and let's think about it over the weekend and come back and decide which direction we should go."
Art Jr. and three of his brothers, Tim, Pat and John, have a conference call scheduled late this afternoon to discuss the two offers for their shares in the franchise, which combined total 64 percent. They have one offer from their brother Dan and his son Art II and another from billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller.
Druckenmiller has told them he wants to have a decision by tomorrow, although it's believed he might give them more time if they are moving closer to a decision.
"The deadline doesn't mean too much to me with all due respects to Mr. Druckenmiller,'' Art Rooney Jr. told the Post-Gazette. "I just want to do things that are right for my family and the Steelers too, not because there's a deadline. If you're going to do things, you want to do it when it's right, not because of a deadline.
"This is the time when we've collected all the information and we're going to hear it and discuss it. Personally, I don't care to make a decision. I want to talk to my own people, my sons and lawyer friends and others I trust."
Art Rooney Jr. did say, though, that the time is near for him and his three brothers to decide. The NFL started the process when it told the Rooneys they could not own racetrack/casinos and still be involved in ownership of the Steelers, and that they also must abide by league rules and have at least one owner with 30 percent stock in the team. Each of the five Rooney brothers, including Dan, owns 16 percent of the team. The other 20 percent is owned by members of Pittsburgh's McGinley family.
"You get to a point where you have to make a decision in your life and we're there right now,'' Art Rooney Jr. said. "It came about because of the NFL and its rules on gambling, which are very appropriate, and the other technical thing about their ownership deal.
"We've had a situation put on us by the league . . . I think we're getting close to the time where we have to make a decision."
The Post-Gazette reported today that the brothers might accept neither offer and seek other, higher bids at a later time.
"I don't see that immediately. I, Art Rooney Jr., don't see that right now. We only have two people involved in this. We didn't want to make a circus about it.
"Mr. Druckenmiller, he's probably getting tired of it, too, but we have to do it at the appropriate time. We're kind of there, we have all the information from the people involved and the NFL. You can't wait forever, you have to make a decision.
"I don't see it this weekend, but I see it in the very, very near future."
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Chicago Pizza will be holding various fund-raisers to help a family that recently lost its father and husband, by selling raffle tickets and donating gross profits to the family.
Joshua James Ryan, 34, passed away on Oct. 12 from a heart attack. He is survived by his wife, Viri, and his five children, David, Marissa, Senny, Noah and Jonah.
He worked at Chicago Pizza full-time for the past five years and was recently accepted into the nursing program at Edison State College.
Ryan was known as "Gooch" at the restaurant.
"The man was an energizer bunny," said Pam Randall with Chicago Pizza. "At work he was the first person to say hello and the last to say goodbye. Our kitchen is so quiet without him. He had a real presence."
She said he was a devoted husband and father who never hesitated to tell anyone who would listen how proud he was of his family and that he did everything for the betterment of his family.
"Joshua also reached out to anyone else who was in need ... always had an encouraging word or joke to make you laugh," Randall said.
In three days, she said they have raised close to $1,000 from their customers at the restaurant for the family.
"We want to make sure that his wife and children don't have to worry about paying the bills right now," Randall said about the staff at Chicago Pizza.
The restaurant is selling $5 per chance tickets for an opportunity to win the first place prize of a medium Chicago Bears Brian Urlacher jersey and a $50 gift card for Chicago Pizza for the second place winner.
Individuals interested in purchasing a raffle ticket must stop by the restaurant at 1341 S.E. 47th Terrace, Cape Coral.
The raffle winners will be announced Nov. 1 with a family member pulling the winning tickets.
Randall said the restaurant has had an outpouring of other donations to the raffle, so people can go to Chicago Pizza's Facebook page at www.facebook.com/pages/Chicago-Pizza/108763817061 to stay updated.
"The Chicago Bears Organization has also donated an autographed mini-helmet to be raffled/auctioned," she said.
Randall said in honor of the business' first anniversary at the new location, on Nov. 3, 20 percent of the gross profits of that day will go toward the family.
"All people have to do is come in and eat, pick up or call for delivery to do something for the family," she said.
An account has also been set up for the family under his wife's name. Viri Ryan. at Wells Fargo. The account number is 9958118300 for those who wish to make a donation.


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AC on Line: Helping Women Pay for College
With options ranging from institutional scholarships and federal loans to organizational grants and work-study programs, women pursuing post-secondary education can often secure funding from multiple sources to finance their collegiate experience. For many female students, however, the problem is finding scholarships catering specifically to their interests and goals. The guide below makes this process easier by highlighting the type of women's funding programs available, providing insight on how to find and apply for scholarships, and giving advice on how to seek out unconventional funding sources.
Action without Borders
Action Without Borders/ Idealist.org is an interactive site where people and organizations can exchange resources and ideas, locate opportunities and supporters, and take steps toward building a world where all people can lead free and dignified lives.
American Association of University Women: Internship, Public Policy and Government Relations
AAUW's Public Policy and Government Relations Department seeks two to three interns to work with both its legislative and grassroots teams each quarter/semester. Interns will learn about the legislative process and provide grassroots assistance to members. Past interns have had the opportunity to monitor legislation, participate in lobby visits, attend Congressional hearings and press conferences, and respond to requests from policy-makers and members.
Bucknell CDC LGBT Career Resources
Navigating an internship or job search can be enough work in itself without the added challenge of figuring out how your sexual identity may or may not play a part in the process. This site contains several resources, including a PowerPoint presentation to provide advice, support and guidance.
Bucknell Public Interest Program (BPIP)
Launched as a pilot program in 2001, BPIP consists of Bucknell alumni, faculty, and administrators working together to educate students about careers in the non-profit and public service sectors. BPIP supports events and programs throughout the year to give students opportunities to learn about these sectors and to network with alumni.
Apply for the Felicia Park Rogers Summer Internship Program. Come work in the national headquarters of COLAGE this summer! COLAGE is a national movement of children, youth, and adults with one or more LGBT and/or Q parents, with the goal of community building and working toward social justice through youth empowerment, leadership development, education, and advocacy.
Feminist Majority Foundation
The Feminist Majority Foundation, one of the nation's leading research and advocacy organizations for women's rights, develops creative long-term strategies and permanent solutions for the pervasive social, political, and economic obstacles facing women. FMF seeks highly motivated undergraduate students with an interest in public policy and political science, particularly in areas concerning gender, human rights and development.
Global Fund for Women
Global Fund for Women internship opportunities are designed for undergraduate and graduate students to provide first hand experience in the world of women's international philanthropy. Interns will work closely with particular teams in achieving their assigned goals.
GLSEN: Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network
The Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network strives to assure that each member of every school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression.
Human Rights Campaign: McCleary Law Fellows Program
As the nation's largest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, the Human Rights Campaign is dedicated to ending discrimination, securing equal rights and protecting the health and safety of GLBT Americans.
Human Rights Watch
Internships for Undergraduate Students - Human Rights Watch offers academic semester and summer internships for undergraduate students in our New York, London, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, Brussels, and Berlin offices. Interns may be placed in one of the following regional or thematic programs at HRW: Africa, the Americas (does not include US or Canada), Asia, Europe & Central Asia, Middle East & North Africa, United States, Arms, Children's Rights, Women's Rights, HIV/AIDS & Human Rights, Business & Human Rights, Refugees, Emergency Response, Terrorism/Counterterrorism, International Justice, and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Rights. Internships also are available with the Advocacy, Communications & Press, Development & Outreach, Legal & Policy, Human Resources and Finance & Administration departments as well as the International Film Festival.
Description: Undergraduate internships are primarily administrative and clerical in nature, but other projects can be assigned as they arise and match the student's interests and abilities, including research, drafting documents, translating, and helping researchers prepare for missions.
Institute for Women's Policy Research
The Institute for Women's Policy Research conducts rigorous research and disseminates its findings to address the needs of women, promote public dialogue, and strengthen families, communities, and societies. IWPR focuses on issues of poverty and welfare, employment and earnings, work and family issues, health and safety, and women's civic and political participation.
International Women's Tribune Centre
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JP Morgan Winning Women Undergraduate Programs
The JPMorgan Winning Women Undergraduate Programs give an introduction to the world of investment banking and financial markets for female students. The programs offer intensive and experiential opportunities to develop the knowledge, tools and skills needed for a successful career in finance.
Minnesota Women's Consortium
An internship at the Minnesota Women's Consortium offers the opportunity to get politically involved and make a worthwhile contribution to the women's movement.
National Organization for Women
With over 500,000 contributing members, NOW is the largest feminist organization in the United States. Since NOW was founded in 1966, we have struggled to end the injustice and inequality women face daily. As an intern with the National NOW Action Center you will be on the front lines of the women's rights movement.
National Women's History Museum Internship Program
The National Women's History Museum (NWHM) is seeking a Communications intern to assist with a variety of tasks relating to strategic communications and marketing. The intern will assist in the development of talking/message points, press materials, correspondence, reports, as well as the development and implementation of integrated communications plans.
National Women's Law Center - Jobs, Fellowships, and Internships
The National Women's Law Center is a non-profit legal advocacy organization that works to advance the rights of women, particularly the rights of low-income women and girls. The primary focus areas include education, employment, family economic security and health. Students with majors in English, education, political science, pre-law and women's studies are encouraged to apply; however, all majors will be considered.
National Women's Studies Association
The Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership is a not-for-profit educational organization that provides ethical leadership training and professional development for women. Ethical leadership is concerned with the means as well as the ends to personal and professional achievements. As such, Woodhull has developed a community that encourages women to lead with honesty, respect, courage and compassion; to strive for the common ground in decision-making; and to share in community service.
National Partnership for Women & Families
Internships - The National Partnership invites bright, energetic women and men who are passionate about our issues to apply for internships with us. Internships are available throughout the year in each area. This is an opportunity to learn from seasoned professionals, to work inside the advocacy/public policy community, and to advance issues that have a direct impact on women and families nationwide.
Planned Parenthood
Fill out the online form, and email a letter of interest and current resume to firstname.lastname@example.com. Please indicate which region of the state desired for and internship: Western, Central, Northeast, Southeast.
Public Leadership Education Network (PLEN) - Women & Public Policy Internship
We all remember what that feeling was like - being in college, collecting internship applications, wondering if you would ever make it to Washington. Somewhere along the way someone reached out and helped you; a door opened; a networking connection came through. PLEN is that door for hundreds of young women every single year.
Syracuse University - Diversity Career Resources
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The Aspen Institute: William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fellowship for Minority Students
The Aspen Institute, founded in 1950, is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering enlightened leadership and open-minded dialogue. Through seminars, policy programs, conferences and leadership development initiatives, the Institute and its international partners seek to promote nonpartisan inquiry and an appreciation for timeless values.
The Pedro Zamora Public Policy Fellowship
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Wider Opportunities for Women
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Women's Commission for Refugee Women & Children
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Women's eNews: Internship Program
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I feel like her head looks a bit weird
It's okay, but... You seriously think Lucy would wear that dress?!
Who knows? She played shy, but she did wear a dress just to practice for the play, when she was alone with her pets.
Too bad she refused to wear the Godzilla outfit
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Leclair Comments on Phase 3 Cystic Fibrosis Treatment Clinical Trial Results
- 07-16-2014
- By Jennifer Nachbur
Life is short for patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), but not as short as it used to be. In fact, lifetime survival for individuals afflicted with the inherited disease – caused by a single defective gene – has improved drastically since the 1950s when most died during childhood, due to the development of more effective therapies. The future is looking even brighter, according to newly-released results from a Phase 3 combination drug clinical trial, which show that patients with the most common mutation of CF experienced "significant improvements in lung function and other key measures of the disease," according to a news release from Vertex Pharmaceuticals, which sponsored the trial.
The global randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled studies, conducted at multiple centers, including the University of Vermont/Fletcher Allen Health Care, included four 24-week combination treatment arms in the studies, known as TRAFFIC and TRANSPORT.
CF, which afflicts roughly 30,000 people in the U.S., causes the production of abnormally thick mucus that blocks airways in the lung and impedes the pancreas' ability to process enzymes and absorb food. CF patients suffer from frequent lung infections that cause scarring, further limit breathing and require hospitalization. Patients must maintain a strict regimen of breathing and lung-clearing exercises to keep the mucus moving and improve lung capacity.
"We have had multiple patients participate in the Vertex trials leading up to the Phase 3 study," says Laurie Leclair, M.D., University of Vermont associate professor of medicine and director of the Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center at Fletcher Allen Health Care, which treats about 140 patients from Vermont and upstate New York, including roughly 80 adults and 60 children. "There is tremendous enthusiasm for the most recent trial, because it shows a benefit – improved lung function – for the most common CFTR mutation."
The two drugs in the current study both target the defective protein underlying CF, which is called cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator or CFTR. The combination treatment was tested on CF patients age 12 and older with two copies of the F508del mutation. One drug – called ivacaftor and marketed as Kalydeco™ – was used in combination with an experimental therapy called lumacaftor or VX-809.
"Ivacaftor alone targets a mutation only seen in three to five percent of CF patients, but the current study shows that the combination of ivacaftor and lumacaftor is a beneficial, oral therapy targeting the most common underlying defect in CF," adds Leclair.
In its news release, Vertex states that it "plans to submit a New Drug Application (NDA) by the end of 2014 to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for review, with potential approval in 2015 of the combination treatment for people with two copies of the F508del mutation ages 12 and older."


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LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - An unusual situation left hundreds of UK students out in the cold overnight.
Lexington Fire officials evacuated the Kirwan Four dorm after dozens of students complained of feeling ill.
"I guess people were feeling sick so they called the fire department," explains UK student Kevin Schmidt.
Students were ordered out of the building while fire crews investigated for a possible cause.
They later found out that a student dropped a keychain with a mace dispenser on it. The mace went off and spread into the ventilation system.
"I think the way they handled it was good, they evacuated the building to make sure everyone was okay and found the source. I mean it could have been mace or pepper spray but it also could have been something else, they were just following precautionary measures."
Students were allowed back inside the dorm a short time later after fire crews aired out the building.
No students got seriously ill and no one was transported to the hospital.


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In the latest release of the national college power rankings assembled by SwimSwam.com on Wednesday, Jan. 2, the Columbia women's swimming team jumped in to the poll for the first time this season at the No. 25 spot.
View Full Article: SwimSwam College Power Rankings: Injury, Retirement Hurt Georgia's Title Hopes
The Lions have posted several impressive performances this season, including a record-breaking showing from junior Kristina Parsons at the 2012 AT&T US Winter Nationals. In the 'C' finals of the 100 fly, Parsons swam a new program record of 54.62, breaking the record held by Allison Hobbs ('10CC) since 2009.
Senior Katie Meili has continued to have elite showings this season in the 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke, and 200 IM events. The co-captain leads the Lions with nine individual wins on the season, including dominating performances in the 100 breast where she stands undefeated in Ivy League competition. Meili has posted strong times early this season posting a 59.7 in the 100 breast, a 2:12.7 in the 200 breast, and a 1:57.4 in the 200 IM.
Up next, Columbia will compete at Uris Pool for the first time this season as they host Bucknell on Saturday, Jan. 5 at 1 p.m.


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{{cleanup}} There are several taunts available from avatars in online mode in GTA 4 . They can range from flirty to casual to fighting to intimidating. Taunts were disabled in TBoGT and TLAD, but avatars are still able to taunt automatically when they are hit by a car or by another player, or when they hit a car while they are driving. ( e.g. 'Whiplash!' ) {{toc}} ===Avatar 1&5 (Asian)=== *Casual- "Hey, what's up?" "Hello." *Flirty- "Woo, I like those tight buns" "Woo, look at that" *Intimidating- "This one is gonna be trouble" *Aiming- "I've got you in my sights!" "You're about to be dead!" *Mad- "Your mom is a whore" "Get off my case " *Fighting- ===Avatar 2&6 (White Girl)=== *Casual- "Hey" "Hey There" *Flirty- "Mmm, I'd throw that in a pot and cook it! "Look at those buns of friggen steel!" *Intimidating- "Looks like an ass kicking waiting to happen" *Aiming- "Got you" "Look at the biirdiee" *Mad- "Bite me" "Stick it up your ass, einstein" *Fighting- "Your mom!" "Time to take a ride on the pain train!" *Driving- "This isn't San Andreas, DRIVE!" ===Avatar 3&7 (Mexicana Mama)=== *Casual- "Hey, que pasa? "Whats going on?" *Flirty- "Woo, that's it baby, work what ya got!" "Corajo, look at that ass! *Intimidating- "Somebody needs to learn how to keep a low profile" *Aiming- "Stay right there, time to put that face out of its misery" "Gimme a smile, I'm about to put some fire up your ass!" *Mad- "Why don't you go fuck yourself?" "(Spanish slur)" *Fighting- "I'll bitch slap you into next week!" "That's IT, I'm taking your ass down" (need More) ===Avatar 4&8 (Black Girl)=== *Casual- "Hey" "Hello" *Flirty- "Hey baby, come give mama some SUGAR!" "Mmmm, looking good honey, yessir!" *Intimidating- "Who's this fool lounging round here" "This fool don't think I spotted him but we gonna see" *Aiming- 'I spotted 'em!" "I got 'em lined up!" *Mad- "Your game is tired, get out my face" "Kick rocks you fucking cornball" *Fighting- "Imma slap the mess out your ass" "Imma slap the dog shit outta you" "You gonna make me take my earring off" "See, now you on my shit list!" 'You gonna make me lose my religion" *Driving- "Get your head out your ass and drive, damnit!" ===Trivia=== *Women can speak when aiming, but not men. *To get the player character to talk while driving is extremely rare but possible at the beggining of a race. *Women use flirty taunts when near women and use intimidating near men, which is most likely a bug. *If the player doesn't have any weapons while driving a car, they can taunt like they are on foot. [[Category:Multiplayer in GTA IV]]
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