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Leaves of Absence and Withdrawals from Wellesley College
Student leaves of absence and withdrawals from Wellesley College are addressed primarily by the Dean of Students, along with the Dean of Students Advisory Committee (the "DAC"), except as otherwise described in this policy. The DAC includes the Dean of Students, the Associate Dean of Students, the Director of Residential Life, the Assistant Director of Residential Life, the Director of Advising and Academic Support Services, the Director of Health Services, the Director of Counseling Services, the Director of Accessibility and Disability Resources, and the Chief of Campus Police, and/or their designees, depending on the circumstances. Wellesley allows or may require students to leave the college under various circumstances, as described in this policy. Students with questions about these matters should consult their Class Dean. It is the responsibility of the student to meet the requirements and deadlines set forth in the policy, and to satisfy any conditions pertaining to a leave of absence.
Voluntary Leaves of Absence
A student may request to take a voluntary leave of absence by using the Request to Leave or Withdraw online form. Any student who has completed one semester at Wellesley is eligible to request a voluntary leave of absence, a status that indicates the student intends to return to Wellesley after a designated period of time. Leave may be taken for as short a period as one semester and as long as two years. At the time a student requests a voluntary leave, the student must indicate the purpose of the leave and the semester of the student's planned return, in order to allow for the planning required for registration and housing. Depending on the purpose of the leave, the student may be required to follow particular departure or return processes, as specified below. All requests for voluntary leaves of absence must be approved by the DAC and will be confirmed by the Class Dean.
Voluntary leaves for the purpose of studying away from Wellesley require the submission of detailed academic plans to the Director of International Studies and/or the Class Dean. More information about these requirements is available here. A student on leave for study elsewhere may apply to transfer up to four units of credit per semester, up to a total of no more than eight units of credit. More information about transfer credits is available here. Students leaving to study at least half-time in another institution in the United States may be eligible for federal based financial aid, and should review and follow the procedures detailed here.
Students should request such leaves by submitting the online form by November 1 for a spring semester leave and by March 1 for a fall semester leave. If additional time is needed to make a final decision about a leave, students should consult with the Class Dean.
Students requesting a leave of absence for medical reasons should indicate this on the online form, and must follow the clearance procedures outlined below, as may be modified based on the DAC's review of the student's individual circumstances.
A student may request a personal leave of absence after the beginning of the semester at any time during a semester. The timing of a leave can have consequences in terms of tuition refunds and whether the semester counts as one of a student's eight semesters, so students should consult with the Class Dean on this.
A first-year student desiring to declare a leave before the end of the first semester at Wellesley must consult with the Dean of First-Year Students. The student may be required to withdraw from the College and in that case, if the student later desires to return to the College, must apply for readmission through the Academic Review Board.
Voluntary Withdrawals
A student who plans to leave Wellesley permanently (typically to transfer to another institution) should withdraw from the College, rather than go on leave, using the online form. If, after withdrawing, a student wishes to re-matriculate at Wellesley, the student may apply for readmission through the Academic Review Board.
Mandatory Leaves of Absence and Withdrawals
Wellesley College may require a student to leave the College under various circumstances, as described below.
Medical Conditional Leaves:
The DAC, in consultation with health professionals as necessary, may require a student needing time away to address medical or mental health concerns to be placed on a leave of absence. In doing so, the DAC, in consultation with health professionals as necessary, will specify the conditions to be satisfied before the student may return to the College, including:
- A written statement from the student to the Director of Health Services and/or the Director of Counseling Services (as appropriate), sharing the student's understanding of the reasons for the leave of absence, explaining the student's readiness to return to school at this time, and what accommodations, if any, the student anticipates needing upon returning to Wellesley.
- Written documentation from the student's treating clinician, therapist and/or psychiatrist to the Director of Health Services and/or the Director of Counseling Services (as appropriate), which illustrates that the student has progressed to a point of readiness to return safely to the demands of Wellesley's residential college environment. The documentation should include:
- The name, address, and/or other contact information of the treating clinician;
- A clinical diagnosis and/or other information needed to determine appropriate accommodations;
- The clinician's professional opinion regarding the student's readiness to return to the rigors of a student studying and residing at Wellesley College, as well as the rationale supporting that opinion, including information regarding any prescribed treatment plans which the clinician believes is necessary to follow in order to maintain and sustain the student's readiness to return to and participate in college life;
- Suggested accommodations and/or support the clinician believes the student would need to return; and
- Any other pertinent information the student believes will assist the College in assessing the student's readiness to return and meet the College's academic and residential expectations.
For leaves for medical or psychological reasons, there are checklists outlining the steps to follow for a return, and forms for a student's clinicians to complete and return, available here.
The medical documentation should be sent by mail, although if necessary materials can be faxed. Also, a student must complete appropriate release forms (located here) pertaining to the student's medical information to allow the Director of Health Services and/or the Director of Counseling Services (as appropriate) to consult with the members of the DAC and such other College officials as the College believes to be necessary for considering a student's request to return and the support the College can provide for the student. The deadline for receiving all of the above information is May 8 for return in the fall semester and November 1 for return in the spring semester.
Students with questions about a medical leave should consult their Class Dean, Health Services, and/or Counseling Services.
Once having been cleared from a medical conditional leave, a student will ordinarily be required to satisfactorily complete a full semester at Wellesley before the student is allowed to be at the College for wintersession or summer school, or to participate in an approved study abroad program.
Financial Conditional Leaves:
The DAC, in consultation with Student Financial Services, may require a student who has not met a financial obligation to the College to be placed on leave. Return is contingent on meeting all outstanding financial obligations or agreeing with the College on a satisfactory payment plan, as certified by Student Financial Services.
Administrative Conditional Leaves, Dismissals, and Expulsions:
The Dean of Students or her designee may place a student on leave for behavior that violates College rules and regulations or the rights of others (including the responsibility to respond to appropriate requests and recommendations of the College's administrative staff); or if the student's continuing presence at the College constitutes a risk to the health, safety, or general well-being of the student or others in the College community. Such a leave may be for a stated period of time, or the Dean or her designee may place conditions on such a leave, and the student will not be permitted to return to the College until all such conditions are met to the satisfaction of the Dean. The Dean or her designee may also dismiss for an open-ended period of time (with the possibility of return at an unspecified future date) or expel (with no possibility of return) a student who has egregiously or repeatedly failed to maintain academic or behavioral standards. In all such cases, the Dean or her designee will provide the student with a written statement of the reasons for her determination and, if appropriate, the conditions which must be fulfilled for the student to return to the College. In all such cases, the student will be allowed to request that the DAC review the Dean's decision and to provide information to the DAC in support of a request to be allowed to return to the College. A student may request reconsideration of the decision only if there is new information available that was not available at the time of the original decision.
Academic Conditional Leaves and Academic Withdrawals:
The Academic Review Board may require a student who is not of diploma grade standing to be placed on leave. In doing so, the Board will impose specific conditions to be satisfied before the student may return to the College, such as a specified time away from the College or evidence of satisfactory completion of academic work away from Wellesley. The Board may also require a student who is not of diploma grade standing and is not making satisfactory progress toward completing degree requirements to be withdrawn from the College, with the expectation that the student will not return to Wellesley. A student may request reconsideration of the decision only if there is new information available that was not available at the time of the original decision.
Honor Code Suspensions, Dismissals, and Expulsions:
A student found to be in violation of the Honor Code may be suspended for a given period of time, or dismissed for an open-ended period of time (with the possibility of return at an unspecified future date) or expelled (with no possibility of return), in accordance with the published procedures of the Honor Code Council. A student may appeal the decision in accordance with the published procedures of the Honor Code Council, available here.
General Provisions Related to All Leaves and Withdrawals:
- INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: International students in non-immigrant (F-1 or J-1) status who separate from the College lose their eligibility to remain in the United States in F-1 or J-1 status at Wellesley College. The student's record in the Student & Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) may be terminated. International students must consult with the International Student & Scholar Advisor BEFORE any action is taken to separate from the College. Please see information regarding immigration regulations for international students here or contact the International Student & Scholar Advisor at email@example.com for more information.
- Refunds of portions of the comprehensive fee may be available, depending on the effective date of the leave, in accordance with the scale published annually by Student Financial Services and available here. After the eighth week of the semester, refunds are no longer available, and the semester counts as one of a student's eight semesters in residence, despite the lack of completion of coursework.
- A student who goes on a leave of absence cannot remain in residence on campus more than 48 hours after the effective date of the leave.
- A student on a mandatory withdrawal, suspension, or dismissal may not be permitted to transfer credit to Wellesley for academic work done while away from Wellesley.
- A leave may be extended for no more than four consecutive semesters. If a student's leave exceeds four semesters, the student will be withdrawn from the College.
- Students who are withdrawn or dismissed from the College may apply for readmission at some later date, and readmission will be considered in light of the reasons for withdrawal. Students seeking readmission after withdrawal or dismissal should contact the Director of Advising and Academic Support Services for guidance about the appropriate procedures. If the student was on any kind of conditional leave, the student must fulfill all the conditions of the original leave as part of the readmission process.
- A student placed on a leave of absence or required to leave the College will be notified in writing (typically by email) of this decision and of the reasons for it.
- Transcripts do not report any leaves of absence or withdrawals from the College. Transcripts do report suspensions, dismissals, and expulsions of all kinds. Students going on leave after a semester has begun but before the drop deadline for that semester will not have any notation of that semester's courses on their transcript; after the drop deadline, the courses will be noted as "withdrawn" on the transcript.
- The College's policy is to notify custodial parents/legal guardians in the case of any leave, suspension, expulsion, or dismissal.
- A student planning to be enrolled at the College, whether continuing or returning from a leave or withdrawal, must be registered by the last day of the fall registration period for a return planned for the following spring semester or by June 1 for a return planned for the following fall semester. Active students not registered by those deadlines ordinarily will be placed on personal leaves for the coming semester.


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- Vibrant textile industry
- Dynamic tourism sector with strong potential
- Offshore hydrocarbon reserves (oil and gas)
- Financial support from bilateral and multilateral donors
- Integrated into a regional network (ASEAN)
- Young population (65% of the population under 30)
- High share of agriculture in employment and GDP makes the economy vulnerable to weather conditions
- Underdeveloped electricity and transport networks
- Lack of skilled workforce
- Dependent on concessional finance due to weak fiscal resources
- Significant governance shortcomings, high levels of corruption
- Poverty rate still high; low levels of spending on health and education
Growth is expected to remain dynamic in 2019
Growth is expected to continue to benefit from lively domestic demand supported by increased public spending and rapid wage growth (thanks to increases in the minimum wage), with private consumption representing 75% of GDP. Household disposable income will increase, even if the agriculture sector, which employs a quarter of the workforce, is still likely to suffer from weak agricultural commodity prices. Inflation will remain contained as the economy is largely dollarised, thus somewhat indirectly shielded from imported inflation in addition to inflation being moderated by US monetary policy tightening. Public investment will mainly target education, agriculture and infrastructure. Private investment is higher than public. China will remain a major investor in the country through PPP, but also fully Chinese projects. Other FDI are expected to continue to grow, especially in the textile sector, but to subsequently lose momentum in the medium-term because of rising wages and competition with neighbouring countries (especially Bangladesh and Myanmar) and uncertain access to the European Single Market. Manufacturing exports (over 90% of total exports), especially clothes and shoes, will continue to grow steadily. However, the external sector's contribution to growth will be negated by the surge in imports. The services sector will continue to expand, thanks notably to the strong growth of the tourism sector and the casino gaming industry. The construction sector will also contribute to growth, thanks to Chinese investments, the booming property market, and the development of tourism infrastructure.
Substantial deficits, generating a dependence on external financing
The budget deficit is expected to widen because of higher spending. It will not be offset by revenues growth associated with the dynamism of the economy and the gradual improvement of tax collection. With the ruling party holding all seats in Parliament, the budget expansion was voted unanimously. It plans to expand the defence budget by 10% and social spending by 16%. The increased spending will largely rely on external financing; bilateral grants and concessionary loans, mainly from China and Russia, represent around 8% of public revenue. Consequently, the public debt burden will continue to increase. Almost completely externally held (half of it is owed to China) and denominated in foreign currency, it will remain sustainable in 2019 as it is largely based on concessional terms. Foreign exchange reserves are adequate, covering around six months of imports, or almost all of the external debt level.
Credit continues to grow rapidly, especially for real estate and construction. Meanwhile the banking sector remains weak because of inadequate supervision and a concentration of risks in the property sector. At the same time, the economy is highly dollarised with foreign currency accounting for almost all deposits, significantly exposing banks to exchange rate risks.
The current account deficit will remain large, mainly due to the continued rise in the trade deficit as the cost of imports of capital and intermediate goods and oil products increases faster than export prices. Tourism growth will help maintain a surplus in the balance of services. High levels of international aid and remittances by expatriate workers will offset the repatriation of dividends by foreign companies. Steady FDI inflows, especially from China and Japan, will make it possible to finance the current account deficit.
Ruling party wins all parliamentary seats in a sham of democracy and stability
Following the parliamentary elections of July 2018, the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) regained all seats in Parliament. The elections were largely perceived by international monitors, the United States and European countries, as unfair and anti-democratic. The opposition had benefited from a weariness regarding Hun Sen's reign (Prime Minister since 1998) and acute social tensions over expropriations and poor working conditions in the textile sector. However, before the election, the government had dissolved the National Cambodia Rescue Party (CNRP), the main opposition party, banned 118 of its members from politics for five years, and imprisoned its leader on treason charges. Repression also targeted the media and NGOs. Later in 2018, Prime Minister Sen liberated some members of the opposition in a move that was perceived as a concession to critiques of the regime's values – but even so, the EU announced a revision of Cambodia's preferred access to the Single Market. Meanwhile, ties with China are strengthening, with the country becoming as a diplomatic ally and major investor in Cambodia.
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What happens in Rumble Fish?
In Rumble Fish, Rusty-James has a series of violent and formative experiences in his youth. He's stabbed early in the novel, and his brother, Motorcycle Boy, is shot by police while trying to free the "rumble fish," or pet fish from a store. In the end, Rusty-James tries to forget his violent past.
Rusty-James and Motorcycle Boy live with their alcoholic father after their mother leaves them for California.
Rusty-James is stabbed by Bill Wilcox. Later, Motorcycle Boy is killed by police after he breaks into a pet store and sets the animals free.
- After Motorcycle Boy's death, Rusty-James is sent to a reformatory. Six years later, while walking on the beach, he sees an old friend, but decides not to rekindle the friendship. He wants to forget everything about his past.
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Rumble Fish contains many elements of the successful Hinton formula, in which a young male protagonist narrates the story of his often violent experiences during a crucial period of growing up. There are few adults or women who intrude on this romantic male stage, where the protagonist—like the reader—learns a number of important lessons about the world and people's roles in it. The names of the characters hint at the novel's allegorical mode: "Rusty-James" and "Motorcycle Boy," respectively, the narrator and the older brother who gives the narrator his lessons. The distinction of Rumble Fish is the intensity of its negative message.
If anything, Rumble Fish is more violent and action-packed than Hinton's earlier novels, for it includes a number of gang battles, from the early fight between Rusty-James and Biff Wilcox to Motorcycle Boy's violent death. Rusty-James is stabbed in that first rumble but is patched up by Motorcycle Boy at home, where the reader discovers that their mother has escaped to California and the two boys live with their alcoholic father. Time after time in the novel, Rusty-James has similar violent encounters, only to be saved by Motorcycle Boy, who appears out of nowhere, like a knight from a medieval romance.
Motorcycle Boy is not able in the end to save himself, however: Trying to free the "rumble fish" of the title by taking them from the pet store where they are sold and pouring them into the river, he is shot and killed by police. Rusty-James is taken to a reformatory. Six years later, Rusty-James encounters his friend Steve from this period on a beach in Southern California. It is clear that Steve would like to reconnect with Rusty-James, but the narrator has no such illusions: "I waved back. I wasn't going to see him. I wasn't going to meet him for dinner, or anything else. I figured if I didn't see him, I'd start forgetting again. But it's been taking me longer than I thought it would."
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Colorado football "inspired" by ESPN film on Bill McCartney years
BOULDER — Many Colorado football players met as a group Tuesday night to watch ESPN's outstanding 30 for 30 documentary about the program's rise under former coach Bill McCartney, "The Gospel According to Mac."
"We had a bunch of guys who showed up to that, and there were a lot of them who watched it at home," coach Mike MacIntyre said Wednesday. "They were really inspired by it. A lot of guys have talked to me about it. What's funny, coach Darian Hagan, he's all over it. They go, 'You were skinny and fast.' They're giving him a hard time. And they're making fun of his Jeri Curl, too."
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Our generation already is overpast,
And thy lov'd legacy, Gerard, hath lain
Coy in my home; as once thy heart was fain
Of shelter, when God's terror held thee fast
In life's wild wood at Beauty and Sorrow aghast;
Thy sainted sense trammel'd in ghostly pain,
Thy rare ill-broker'd talent in disdain:
Yet love of Christ will win man's love at last.
Hell wars without; but, dear, the while my hands
Gather'd thy book, I heard, this wintry day,
Thy spirit thank me, in his young delight
Stepping again upon the yellow sands.
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Chuck & Honest Abe... Separated At Birth?
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[Ed. note: Chris Mooney now works as an energy and environment reporter for The Washington Post.]
Chris blogs for "Science Progress," a website of the Center for American Progress. He is a host of the Point of Inquiry podcast and was recently seen on BBC 2 guest hosting a segment of "The Culture Show."
In the past, Chris has also been visiting associate in the Center for Collaborative History at Princeton University, a 2009-2010 Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT, and a Templeton-Cambridge Fellow in Science and Religion. He is also a contributing editor to Science Progress and a senior correspondent for The American Prospect magazine.
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We are bringing the community back to its original purpose - the discussion of fragrance. Therefore you may notice a few changes on the boards, for example the absence of off-topic. We were and are primarily a site for the discussion of the fragrance industry. This is such a wide and fascinating area, we would like to concentrate solely on this.
We feel it is important that you have a say in the direction the community takes. We have retained the report button for pornography and abusive posts. We have also added a "like" button. This should eliminate the need for the "plus 1" and "agree" posts that do not further the conversation. It will also enable us to compile a list of popular threads. Also new is the "objection" button. Where you feel a post is tasteless, not relevant to Basenotes or otherwise not to your taste, you can use the objection button. If enough people object to a post it will be hidden from view. In this way you have the power to direct the tone of the boards.
Do not forget we are not just a community! Check out the other areas of the constantly growing site for news, reviews, competitions, interviews with industry luminaries and of course the Basenotes invented wardrobe features.
We cannot wait for your feedback and thoughts about our new home. Please post in the community centre if you have any questions or suggestions.
We hope you enjoy your new home,
The Basenotes Team
Last edited by Grant; 30th October 2013 at 12:39 AM.
It's so nice to be back here!
Ah, there really is no place like home!
Bel Respiro, I adore you... but my heart belongs to another.
Cheers all!
Here we are!
"Your fragrance with a fume of iodine" L. Cohen
Now I see my wardrobe from may 15th I see that I bought about 20 bottles in 5 months…
Ah well!
Missing the off topics… but I like this site lay out better.
If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch
l'm so happy, thanks Danielle & Grant!
"What is this secret connection between the soul, and sea, clouds and perfumes? The soul itself appears to be sea, cloud and perfume..." - from Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis.
I have 4,000 posts, now it says I have 2700. What happened to my milestone? Lol. Will things be imported or? Will things just be like they were in May?
It's great to be back, I've missed my wardrobe!
Looks like the wardrobe has yet to come back.
Activity stream came back.
Last edited by kalli; 29th October 2013 at 06:59 PM.
Thanks much and congrats!
Ce message provient du Québec!
Everything feels so strange but at the same time familiar. Welcome back!
Brilliant. MY WARDROBE!!! Happy.
Yay, wardrobe back.
You have no idea how happy seeing my old wardrobe has made me.....! :-) THANK YOU!!! :-)
just when we started feeling comfortable with the new lay out turning back to the old one is tricky and a lil messy, seems like all recent activity gone.. let's see, loving basenotes either way...
Hello folks.
Sorry for the extended delay - things didn't quite go to plan.
Still, we are here and we are working. Over the next several weeks we will be importing the data from Huddler - keep the faith dudes, and we will keep working to restore the data.
Feels good to be back HOME! My actual post count before this is 5109, good thing I keep track of it. Thanks for everything, Grant (and company)
Thanks for everything. I'd gotten used to the other format, but it's good to be back.
Great to be back. Much, much, much better!!
Many thanks from me too. Seconding what has been said before- it is great to be back.
Digging the move back forward!
Back to the Future!!
Glad to be back
I lost all my PMs.. Are those gone for good? Now I cant keep track of who was ordering what from me lol
They will be returned, seekritdude.
Great to be back! Love the changes!
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Bring back "Off-Topic," please!
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Best Emmy White: Aubrey Plaza
Remember my hate-on for that annoying girl in Crazy, Stupid, Love? Analeigh Tipton? The over-breather? Click here for a refresher. Tipton goes to the Kristen Stewart school of over-breathing - three times in a short sentence for dramatic effect, which seems to have become the acting hallmark of a generation, and somehow this has translated into a not insignificant amount of interest in her, now being labelled the new "quirky, funny, hot girl" and my answer to that is ...
Please don't sh-t on Aubrey Plaza.
Aubrey Plaza ends the Analeigh Tipton conversation right away. And Aubrey looked amazing last night in white at the Emmys. Love the fit, love the styling, love that she didn't reach well outside her comfort zone and put on some ridiculously formal structured crazy ass gown that requires 2 attendants to move it around. Aubrey dialled it up, totally, but she still managed to look at ease. That's exactly how it should be.
Photos from Wenn.com and Kevin Winter/Gettyimages.com


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In the wake of the Google Chrome OS news, it's worth taking a look back at those other OSes that just didn't quite make it. Not to say that Chrome OS is doomed, but these are murky, unforgiving waters.
Some of the products on this list were or are vital to the computing industry as we know it, especially the dearly departed Palm OS and the sure-to-infuriate-fanboys inclusion of Linux. But then...who the hell ever heard of Inferno? [Silicon Alley Insider via Switched]


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Know Anyone Who Thinks Racial Profiling Is Exaggerated? Watch This, And Tell Me When Your Jaw Drops.
This ABC experiment on race dynamics is easily the best thing I've seen on television in years. The result blows my mind, and at 1:50, I literally yelled, "You've got to be kidding me!" at my screen. Let me know if you do, too.
I know everyone gets uncomfortable talking about race, but it would be great if people were more aware so they could challenge their own preconceived notions. You sharing and tweeting this could go a long way toward doing that. Totally your call though.


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With More Lists, Is Oscar Picture Even Fuzzier?
The nation's film critic groups are weighing in on 2011's bests. Below find the most recent Top Tens and kudos. Mad Moviegoer's Top 10 will run in the Denver Post, Dec. 25. I'll begin a countdown to the top pick on this blog starting Dec. 16.
Meanwhile fellow movie lovers, send me your Top 10 list and I'll share. Make sure to include an estimate of how many movies you saw this year. While your at it, break it down between those watched in the theater and those on DVD or streaming.
American Film Institute (AFI):
"The Descendants"
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
"The Help"
"J. Edgar"
"Midnight in Paris"
"The Tree of Life"
"War Horse"
L.A. Film Critics
Best Picture: "The Descendants"
Best Director: Terrence Malick, "The Tree of Life." Runner-Up: Martin Scorsese, "Hugo."
Best Actor: Michael Fassbender, "A Dangerous Method," "Jane Eyre," "Shame," "X-Men: First Class." Runner-Up: Michael Shannon, "Take Shelter."
Best Actress: Yun Jung-hee, "Poetry." Runner-Up: Kirsten Dunst, "Melancholia."
Best Supporting Actress: Jessica Chastain, "Coriolanus," "The Debt," "The Help," "Take Shelter," "Texas Killing Fields," "Tree of Life" Runner-Up: Janet McTeer, "Albert Nobbs."
Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer, "Beginners."Runner-Up: Patton Oswalt, "Young Adult."
Best Screenplay: Asghar Farhadi, "A Separation."
Best Cinematograpy: Emmanuel Lubezki, "The Tree of Life."
Best Documentary: "Cave of Forgotten Dreams."
Best Production Design: Dante Ferretti, "Hugo." Runner-Up: Maria Djurkovic, "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy."
Best Music/Score: The Chemical Brothers, "Hanna." Runner-Up: Cliff Martinez, "Drive."
Boston Critics
Best Picture: "The Artist"
Best Actor: Brad Pitt for "Moneyball"
Best Actress: Michelle Williams for "My Week With Marilyn"
Best Supporting Actor: Albert Brooks for "Drive"
Best Supporting Actress: Melissa McCarthy for "Bridesmaids"
Best Director: Martin Scorsese for "Hugo"
Best Screenplay: Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin and Stan Chervin for "Moneyball"
Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki for "The Tree of Life"
Best Documentary: "Project Nim"
Best Foreign-Language Film: "Incendies"
Best Animated Film: "Rango"
Best Film Editing: Christian Marclay for "The Clock"
Best New Filmmaker: Sean Durkin for "Martha Marcy May Marlene"
(Our own Denver Film Critics Society will announces winners Jan 9.)


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Landry to Join Admirals
The Tampa Bay Lightning reassigned defenseman Charles Landry to the Norfolk Admirals from Montreal of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, Lightning Vice President and General Manager Steve Yzerman announced today.
Landry, 5-foot-11, 187 pounds, appeared in 57 games with the Montreal Juniors this season, recording career bests with 11 goals and 40 points. He also registered a plus-26 rating. Landry led the team in goals by a defenseman, was third in points by a defenseman and was tied for third overall in plus/minus. He also posted one goal and three points in ten playoff games for the Juniors.
A 19-year-old native of Napierville, Quebec, Landry has played in 234 QMJHL games between Montreal and the Drummondville Voltigeurs. He has registered 22 goals and 96 points during his career. He has also skated in 43 post-season games, amassing six goals and 12 points.
Originally undrafted, Landry was signed to a three-year, entry-level contract by the Lightning on September 15, 2010. He represented the Lightning at the 2010 Traverse City NHL Prospects Tournament as an invitee.
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Robotic assisted thymectomy for the management of autoimmune myasthenia gravis
Epublication WebSurg.com, Jan 2013;13(01). URL: http://websurg.com/doi/vd01en3832
We present the case of a 16-year-old female patient who has had an autoimmune myasthenia gravis for 8 months. Symptoms are generalized to her four arms. Anti-acetylcholine antibodies and the therapeutic test of Mestinon® (Pyridostigmine) are positive. In recent months, her symptoms worsened with the onset of swallowing disorders. Immunoglobulin treatment was poorly effective and was complicated by the appearance of jaundice. CT-scan showed a mediastinal thymic hyperplasia. Thymectomy is indicated. To do so, a left thoracoscopy is performed and assisted by means of the Da Vinci™ robot. Pathological findings demonstrated the presence of a lymphoid thymic hyperplasia. The use of the Da Vinci® robot for this type of intervention has been recognized many years ago now with the works of Federico Rea and Jens Ruckert among others. The advantage of this technique is the possibility to proceed with a radical thymectomy enlarged to the mediastinal fat exactly in the same way as for a median sternotomy, which is the standard technique. When compared to thoracoscopy, the advantage stems from 3D vision, segmentation of the operator's movements, and exceptional maneuverability of the instruments which have 7 degrees of freedom. These instruments allow for an access to the lower cervical area without the use of a cervicotomy. The choice of the left side is explained by the need to identify the phrenic nerve's position, which is more difficult to predict than the right nerve's position, which can be easily identified on the right lateral aspect of the superior vena cava.


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Richard Kessler on arts education
Douglas McLennan's blog
Dalouge Smith advocates for the Arts
Doug Borwick on vibrant arts and communities
Observations & Insights from National Arts Strategies
Art from the American Outback
Michael Rushton on pricing the arts
China's cultural rise
Diane Ragsdale on what the arts do and why
Chloe Veltman on how culture will save the world
For immediate release: the arts are marketable
No genre is the new genre
Clayton Lord on new art and new audiences
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Paul Levy measures the Angles
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John Rockwell on the arts
issues in arts, technology, creativity
Sarah Lutman amplified
innovations and impediments in not-for-profit arts
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Art, Music, and Dance in the Lone Star state
Deborah Jowitt on bodies in motion
Apollinaire Scherr talks about dance
Jean Lenihan: Dance and other Movements
Tobi Tobias on dance et al...
Jeff Weinstein's Cultural Mixology
Martha Bayles on Film...
David Patrick Stearns has no way out
Fresh ideas on building arts communities
Greg Sandow performs a book-in-progress
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Focus on New Orleans. Jazz and Other Sounds
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Harvey Sachs on music, and various digressions
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Kyle Gann on music after the fact
Doug Ramsey on Jazz and other matters...
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Joe Horowitz on music
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Lee Rosenbaum's Cultural Commentary
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June 14-20, 2007
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July 23-26, 2006
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Sam Bergman on tour with the Minnesota Orchestra
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IBM and Indiana sue each other over whether millions are owed to Big Blue
The gloves came off this week in an ongoing contract dispute between IBM Corp. and the state of Indiana over whether millions of dollars are owed to Big Blue. What is not in dispute is that Indiana canceled in October a $1.4 billion contract with IBM to modernize the state's welfare systems. From there the two sides diverge very quickly.
Indiana fires IBM from $1.4 billion contract
IBM v Indiana
Indiana v IBM
Both sides filed their lawsuits against the other on Thursday. IBM wants $43.4 million in deferred fees and $9.3 million for hardware and equipment it says the state is still using. Indiana is asking for unspecified damages. IBM is not disputing Indiana's right to terminate the contract, but the company wants to be paid for the work and equipment it supplied prior to the termination, according to its filing in the Marion County, Ind., Circuit Court. Indiana says it paid IBM $437 million between December 2006, when the contract started, and October 2009 when it was terminated. In its filing, the state says in its court filing that it was "left with virtually nothing of value from IBM's failed performance." In a statement Thursday, Anne Murphey, secretary of Indiana's Family and Social Services Administration criticized IBM for failing to "help our most vulnerable Hoosiers." She said that IBM's efforts set the state back in its attempt to fix the welfare system. Her statements are in contrast to the statements from state officials IBM includes in its lawsuit. The state praised the infrastructure IBM built as part of the modernization project when it was used to quickly standup benefit processing in the wake of massive flooding in the state, according to IBM's filing. On the day, he announced the cancellation of the contract Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels said welfare fraud had stopped with the modernization project. The year before it started $100 million was stolen. At the time of the cancellation, Daniels said that IBM had failed to make progress to fix poor service under a corrective action plan put in place in the spring of 2009. According to IBM, the state wanted the modernized system to have more face-to-face interaction between citizens and that the system use a case-based approach for determining as opposed to task-based approach. That was a reversal from what the state said it wanted in the request for proposals. IBM was building a system that would allow applicants and recipients of benefits to go online to have transactions with the state, according to its filing. IBM cites a variety of other factors that led to the termination including political pressure from labor unions and members of the state legislature who were opposed to the outsourcing deal. There also was the economic downturn, which greatly increased the number of applicants using the system, and the severe flooding the state suffered in May and June of 2008. In 2007, the state also created a new public health initiative that was added to the project. The company also says its relationship with the state changed after Murphey became secretary early in 2009. According to the state's filing, in March 2009, Indiana asked for a corrective action plan, which listed 36 categories of deficiencs. IBM also conducted a review and proposed a 360-page plan and a 53-page spreadsheet with action items. Some of the areas in need of improvement included wait times at local offices, high turnover rates for employees, scheduling problems and problems with categorizing imaged documents. Even if IBM met all the items in the corrective action plan, it would still not be in compliance with the contract. The plan set a deadline of Sept. 30, 2009. The state said performance did improve by the deadline. Indiana also says that counties that were not moved to the new system were performing better than counties that did move. One measure of poor performance cited by the state was that counties using the moderznized system had a higher appeal rate for denied benefits than the counties that had not moved to the system yet. The state terminated the contract "for cause," a point IBM disputes. Indiana's filing says it doesn't owe IBM any more money because it is a for cause termination. For IBM, the dispute isn't about the $52.8 million it says it is owed, but about the principle, said spokesman Clint Roswell. IBM agreed to the deferred payment approach because it gave the state a set amount it would need to pay each year over the life of the contract, instead of paying larger amounts up front. "They certainly had the right to fire us," he said, even though the company disputes Indiana's charges of poor performance. Indiana is picking what parts of the contract it wants to comply with. "This is a real strike against business," Roswell said. "We think this throws the whole procurement process into chaos."
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It has been proven again and again that large projects never succeed, yet the governments are sold that these projects could succeed. As a vendor, i want a large contract so that i can have certainity in billing for the next few years and can win other big contracts due to it. As a govt agency, i want to outsource all my risks to the vendor. The vendor will charge the agency a bomb for all kinds of scope creep, as the business users do not understand the implications of changing functional requirements. The vendor as part of its proposal submission would have had listed certain assumptions to bid a price, and if they think those assumptions are not being met, the agency will get a big bill. From experience, it is always best to break a big project into manageable chunks, but the problem is the govt agency staff do not have the discipline to manage projects. The business requirements phase should not be outsourced to a vendor under any circumstances. That's something the agency should always get it done and then only issue the RFP for architecture, development, integration and post-implementation.
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Legend has it that Mario Vargas Llosa was notified of winning the Nobel Prize while working in the Rose Main Reading Room of the New York Public Library. Vargas Llosa has worked on at least two of his novels here—The Storyteller and The Dream of the Celt—and while teaching at Princeton he spent afternoons off here reading. This year, in celebration of his new novel, The Neighborhood, the titan of contemporary Western literature travels from the stacks to the stage to discuss his life in letters.


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Claire Bretécher is one of the best social-satirical French cartoonists of her time, best known for her comics dealing with women and gender-related issues, such as 'Les Frustrés' and 'Agrippine'. Born in Nantes, she worked as an art teacher for several months, before taking on illustration assignments for the magazines of the Bayard group. She had her breakthrough when she illustrated René Goscinny's text strip 'Le Facteur Rhésus' in L'Os à Moelle in 1963. A year later, she was an illustrator for Record, and she also made short stories and the comic series 'Claire et Pétronille' and 'Baratine et Molgaga' for this magazine until 1970. In 1965 and 1966, she was present in magazine Tintin with the gag series 'Hector'.
Between 1967 to 1971, she made humorous series like 'Les Gnan-Gnan', 'Les Naufragés' (with scripts by Raoul Cauvin) and 'Robin des Foies' for Spirou. Together with Yvan Delporte, she produced 'Alfred de Wees' for the Dutch magazine Pep, that was later published as 'Fernand l'Orphelin' in Spirou's Trombone Illustré section in 1977.
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From 1969, she was also a regular contributor to Pilote. She created the 'Cellulite' feature between 1969 and 1977, in which she satirized the excesses of feminism. Pilote also ran her series of gags under the title of 'Salades de Saison' from 1971 to 1974. Desiring to make more adult-themed comics, Bretécher founded the satirical magazine L'Écho des Savanes with Gotlib and Nikita Mandryka in 1972.
Brétécher left the editorial team of this magazine after only one year, to create her best-known series 'Les Frustrés' for Le Nouvel Observateur. The comic, full of social observations, earned her the label "Best sociologist of the year" by French linguist Roland Barthes in 1976. Some installments caused quite a stir among Catholic readers, such as the serial about Sainte-Thérèse d'Avila.
She also turned to self-publishing and released the first 'Les Frustrés' collection in 1975. She continued working only for Le Nouvel Observateur until 1981, and self-published numerous books from 1976, including 'Le Cordon Infernal', 'La Vie Passionnée de Thérèse d'Avila', 'Les Mères', 'Le Destin de Monique', 'Docteur Ventouse, Bobologue' and 'Tourista'.
In 1988, she launched the 'Agrippine' series, in which she dealt with existential dilemmas and futile teenager concerns, set in a consumer society. After self-publishing four books between 1988 and 1995, she released three more through Hyphen (1998-2004) until a final book was published by Dargaud in 2009. A TV series based on the comic was broadcasted by Canal + in 2001. Claire Brétécher retired from her comic activities in 2009. She is also active as a painter. In 2006 an asteroid was named after Bretécher.


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The door to China's tightly controlled domestic stock market continues to crack open. This morning comes word that a three-year-old Van Eck exchange-traded fund built for the market is finally able to own "A shares" directly, after overcoming a series of barriers to access.
A spokesman says Market Vectors ChinaAMC A-Share ETF (PEK) began buying those stocks directly today after signing on China Asset Management (Hong Kong) Limited as a partner and subadvisor. Previously, the ETF used derivatives to get at the controlled Chinese market, a technique which caused it to trade to premiums and discounts like a closed-end fund.
Leaving aside for the moment whether you really need this investment, it's true that this market until recently has been harder for foreigners to access than stocks in Hong Kong. U.S. and other overseas asset managers have to resort to partnering with Chinese firms in possession of something called an RQFII quota in order to launch a mutual fund or ETF, a trend which picked up late last year. (For Market Vectors, that's where China Asset Management comes in.)
By my count this is the second ETF on the market to hold A shares directly, after the November launch of Deutsche Wealth & Asset Management's db X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares Fund (ASHR). Other efforts are underway.
The spokesman says the quota obtained by Market Vectors' partner is RMB 1 billion, or about $164 million. The ETF currently holds around $29 million in assets.
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iShares China Large Cap ETF (FXI), which doesn't own A shares, is down more than 5%, the Deutsche Wealth ETF is down by nearly 5%, Guggenheim China Smallcap ETF (HAO) is down by 1%, and Direxion Daily China Bull 3X Shares (YINN) has slumped 15%.


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New Financial Services market report from Euromonitor International: "Financial Cards and Payments in Hungary"
Boston, MA -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/01/2013 -- Signs of post-crisis recovery are not yet clearly visible in Hungary. Consumer consumption has been stagnating during the last two quarters and declined in H2 2012. Indeed, purchasing rates hit an all-time low in the first quarter of 2012 with the result that the retail recovery has been delayed. Real household wages declined slightly during the first quarter of 2012 and the last quarter of 2011 despite some improvements in the output of industrial players, mainly due to rising export orders.
Euromonitor International's Financial Cards and Payments in Hungary report establishes the size and structure of the market for ATMs cards, smart cards, credit cards, debit cards, charge cards, pre-paid cards and store cards. It looks at key players in the market (issuers and operators), number of cards in circulation, numbers transactions and value of transactions. It offers strategic analysis of sector forecasts and trends to watch.
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Pink & Nerdy
Usually I am not fan of pink, but I liked the style of this dress. It reminded me of a dress my sister wore for my 8th birthday. I remember just admiring her all night while all my little friends said they wanted to look like her. :-) Now I have the dress and she continues to be a beauty.
Wearing: H&M Dress, Target tights, Streets Ahead Belt, SM Shoes, UO Glasses
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I love you like that dress is such beautiful.ReplyDelete
I like the look ;-)! I just came across your blog and find it fun! goood work!ReplyDelete
I like the purple nail polish in a post you had! How fun!
love the glassesReplyDelete
yurr style is impeccable
This kind of reminds me of the pink dress Carrie wears in Sex and the City. Very, very cute!ReplyDelete
you look lovely in that dress!;) really like your blog, mind if id linked you? xoxoReplyDelete
Actually as much pink as I have in my room I NEVER really wear it...ReplyDelete
This dress however looks fantastic. Ever since I saw Sex and the City the movie I am a big fan of slim dresses with statement belts!
And that SUUUUCKS about your blogroll :/ I hope that doesn't happen to me :::crosses fingers::: please don't forget about my bloggie...
I love pink dresses!! you look so pretty!! BESOS!ReplyDelete
Nice glasses!ReplyDelete
great outfit!!!ReplyDelete
love your style :)
Te queda genial el vestido aunque no seas fan del rosa.ReplyDelete
Un besito guapa.
Muy chulo el contrasteReplyDelete
Ooooh I love the pink! I also really love that belt, cute and unique. Hope you have a great weekend girl!ReplyDelete
P.S. Thanks for linking to me, I linked to you as well! I really enjoy your blog - I would kill for you legs! =)
I just came across your blog and I really like everything I am seeing on here. You have such great shoes! I am in love with those yellow heels <33ReplyDelete
Fancy swapping links?
love the colour, realy suits ur skin tone.ReplyDelete
LOVE IT!ReplyDelete
That dress looks so beautiful on you! I love the idea of pairing it with nerdy glasses! How stylish :)ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousJanuary 10, 2009 at 1:59 PM
i love this outfit!! so cute!!ReplyDelete
i have a similar dress like this. I wore it for xmas and i also paired it with nylons! i love it and i can't wait to wear it again! :)
I love your glasses!ReplyDelete
Great color on you. And are your shoulder tattoos like Sienna Miller's?ReplyDelete
Casey: I don't remember the pink dress in sex & the city. I would have to watch the movie again. Thank you!ReplyDelete
Monikapolitan: I might watch SATC tonight again, while I stuff my face with pizza. Thanks!
Trace: Thanks you so much. Really you would kill for my legs? I need to work out more often. Thank you so much!!
Marielle: If you're still crazy about my yellow shoes go to Victoriassecret.com. They're on sale!
WendyB: Yes, I do. Although when I got my tattoo I had no idea Sienna Miller had one. Her stars are more on the side. Mine are in front of my shoulder. XO
This dress is wonderfull. I love hot pic in fact!ReplyDelete
It looks so good on you.
We almost have the same tattoo except mine is more on my shoulder.ReplyDelete
you are gorgeous!ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousJanuary 11, 2009 at 1:40 AM
hmmm not a fan but everything flows...pinky...lolReplyDelete
the pink really makes you radiate a fun, bubbly, personality! love this look:DReplyDelete
great outfit! I love the pink and the glasses. You can totally rock itReplyDelete
This dress is so beautiful! I love the colour ! you are so pretty with your glasses!ReplyDelete
You are absolutely Gorgeous, and that pink is stunning on you. Love the look.ReplyDelete
ah what a great dress and pink looks great on you!ReplyDelete
Great dress!!!ReplyDelete
haha clothes that fulfill childhood wishes are the absolute best. case in point: i longed with a passion to rock "belly shirts" or "baby tees" when i was a little one, and all of the cropped shirts coming into style lately are like an absolute dream come true for me. the dress looks fantastic.ReplyDelete
OMG i love the glasses!ReplyDelete
I am planning to buy some eye glass wear too b/c I really need it so how did you know which shape of glass to get? I'm having a tough time :(
Not too many people can wear those glasses and not look pretentious trendy...you pulled it off nicely.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 12, 2009 at 6:49 AM
dUDE...YOURE HOT..LIKE UBER..LOLReplyDelete
I love it, especially with the belt!!ReplyDelete
love the pink dress hot pink is the one!!ReplyDelete
great dressReplyDelete
you can rock the pink!
It's Fashion Fever: I really didn't bother with the shape of the glasses.ReplyDelete
I pretty much tried them on. Like them and bought them. Once you try on your pair you'll know which one are the right ones for you. The ones that will make you say I look hot. :-)
great dress ! and pink its very nice on you !ReplyDelete
uh...more like pink and super hot! you look totally fierce in this ensemble. love how you paired the glasses w/such a sexy dress, too.ReplyDelete
and i am soooo looking forward to your make-up tutorials! i'd love to see something on eyes, eyebrows, or face (like foundation, concealer, highlighter, etc...). can't wait!
Not only the dress, but also the color is veeeery nice:)ReplyDelete
That colour looks great on you!ReplyDelete
what a cute dress and the color is to die for.ReplyDelete
Me encantan las gafas de nerd!! fueron el regalo que me hizó mi novio esta navidad...te quedan genial con este vestido!!!ReplyDelete
you look so cuteReplyDelete
really adorable
love the combination of pink and nerdy
the pink and black are perfect together, soo chicReplyDelete
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Will We Allow Patents To Lock Up Synthetic Biology?
from the one-hopes-not deptJames Boyle has an excellent article worrying about the potential impact of patents on synthetic biology, following the recent news of Craig Venter's supposed creation of "synthetic life." Of course, as with nearly everything involving Venter, there's an awful lot of hype about this. Venter is a master self-promoter, and very good at exaggerating what he's done to puff himself up. He's been talking about this idea of "creating life" for years, but as Boyle notes, what he's done here isn't so much creating life, as it is modifying it:
Though many of the headlines talked of Venter being God and having created life in the lab, that is not an accurate way to describe it. Venter started with a particular naturally occurring cell and effectively, de-compiled, analysed and then painstaking edited and reassembled that cell's genome to create a version of the cell never found in nature. Researchers had already synthesized the genome of the polio virus, creating a genome that would actually "produce" a live virus that infected mice in the lab, but the size of that initiative was several orders of magnitude smaller. The significance of what Venter's team did lay in the scale of the enterprise and the mastery of the code that it demonstrated. It is as if I took your computer, copied the operating system, figured out what each part of that system did, pruned, cut and edited its functions, and then reloaded a substantially edited system back into the computer -- a version which actually proved capable of running it.That doesn't mean it's not an important step, but it's not quite as big a deal as it's been made out to be. That said, however, Boyle is worried that Patent Offices around the world are going to start patenting the very basic building blocks of synthetic biology, and more or less monopolize the important research that can be done in this field to advance it from the theoretical to the useful:
In an article written for the journal PloS Biology in 2007, my colleague Arti Rai and I explored the likely legal future of synthetic biology. We found reason to worry that precisely because synthetic biology looks both like software writing and genetic engineering, it might end up combining the expansive patent law aspects of both those technologies, with the troubling prospect of strong monopolies being created over the basic building blocks of science itself. Some of the patents being filed are astoundingly basic, the equivalent of patenting Boolean algebra right at the birth of computer science. With courts now reconsidering both business method and perhaps software patents, and patents over human genes, the future is an uncertain one.This is a very real threat. Venter has long been a strong advocate for patenting genes, so it wouldn't be surprising to see him try to limit this market quite a bit himself. History has shown time and time again that real innovation happens when there's real competition in the market, as players work hard to one-up each other. Giving the basic building blocks of synthetic biology to one company can lead to a vast decrease in research and development into this emerging field -- exactly the opposite of what the patent system intended.
In the world of software, the proprietary model faces competition from open source alternatives, free both in price and in that their code is openly available and can be scrutinized and rewritten. Internet Explorer competes with the open source browser, Firefox. Microsoft dominates the desktop operating system market but there is a Linux alternative. Microsoft web server software competes with (and trails) the open source offerings from Apache and others. The same is true in the world of synthetic biology. The Biobricks Foundation is a nonprofit founded by scientists who are keenly aware of the parallels to the software world. They want to create an open source collection of standard biological parts, to make sure in other words, that the basic building blocks, the standard tools of this new world of biological science, remain "open" in a scientific commons. But their efforts, too, are rendered uncertain by the threat of overbroad patents on foundational technologies.
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