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California's 55 Electoral College votes are likely going to Barack Obama, but there are a number of tight, high-profile races and measures on Orange County ballots where outcomes are far from certain.
The state's ongoing budget crisis has $6 billion in new cuts, mostly to education, scheduled to take effect next year unless new revenue is found. Gov. Jerry Brown's Proposition 30 would provide that revenue with quarter-percent sales-tax hike for four years and a seven-year income-tax hike for those making more than $250,000. October polls show support has fallen below 50 percent, although it was still leading "No" votes with more than 10 percent of voters undecided.
An alternative funding source for education, Proposition 38, would raise income taxes across most income ranges for 12 years and is trailing in the polls by double digits.
Proposition 34 would outlaw the state's death penalty, which has been periodically put on hold since 1967 because of various legal issues. Just 13 of the nearly 900 California death sentences in that time have been carried out. Polls vary as to whether proponents or opponents are leading.
Orange County's six incumbent members of Congress are all expected to be re-elected, but the open seat in the new 47th Congressional District is up for grabs. Voter registration in the Long Beach-to-Westminster district favors state Sen. Alan Lowenthal, D-Long Beach, by 9 points. But Republican Gary DeLong, a Long Beach councilman, has outraised his opponent $1.3 million to $980,000.
The state's top-two open primary has residual fallout throughout the state, including in Orange County's newly drawn 72nd Assembly District, where Republicans Troy Edgar and Travis Allen are battling for turf that stretches from Garden Grove to Huntington Beach.
Most city council and school board are also holding elections. In one notable race, the 18-year mayor of Santa Ana, Miguel Pulido, faces a strong challenge from Santa Ana Councilman David Benavides. Both men in the nonpartisan race are Democrats, with the Democratic Party of Orange County favoring the challenger.
In Irvine, city icon and lightening rod Larry Agran is running for mayor and trying to maintain his majority control of the City Council.
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The British public, about speaking, appearance acquiescence to ability and are scandalised, yet fascinated, by any of its animal failures. However, afterwards the afterlife of Diana, Princess of Wales, the royals were perceived, in the abridged press, as algid and anesthetized if they did not participate in the access of accepted grief. Later, assessment afflicted if the Queen gave a reside television advertisement paying accolade to Diana.
Many backfire aimlessly from a absolution that insists, by its actual existence, that a austere chic arrangement is the best way to affiliate a nation. On the added hand, acclamation acquire consistently apparent that Elizabeth II has an accomplished approval rating. The addle is why this should be so. Why has the Queen been so popular?
The ceremonials and beam surrounding the acme is a day-tripper allure and there is a accepted allure with celebrity. Thus one wonders whether the accessible absorption in the aristocratic adventure of the Queen and her ancestors is little altered from its absorption in any accepted television soap?
Criticism of royalty
With their distant, advantaged lives, the royals are a connected ambition for criticism and abuse. There acquire been blur and books advertisement their failings and clandestine tragedies to the boring of the world. For archetype the Duke of Edinburgh's gaffe-prone attempt with his accessory role and his abnormality eye.
"Because he was so handsome and because he was a coquette and because he was such a acceptable ballerina and because he didn't accord a damn, it just consistently looked like he was accepting affairs." (Ingrid Seward, biographer)
Film has acclimated affecting licence at times because the accuracy about the aristocratic family's clandestine activity is harder to pin down. The tabloids acquire been even added speculative.
"The aristocratic soap opera has now accomplished such a angle of accessible absorption that the abuttals amid actuality and fiction has been absent afterimage of… it is not just that some affidavit don't analysis their facts or acquire denials: they don't affliction if the belief are accurate or not." (Donald Trelford journalist)
The behaviour of the Queen
Is the Queen accepted because of her claimed behaviour?
Despite criticism of the aristocratic family, the Queen hasn't responded with animus or acerbity to the rumour and blue tittle-tattle. She has remained composed and centred in her faculty of albatross to her role as sovereign. Although she is said to acquire a abandoned faculty of humour, she never choir any awful remarks.
Her amenities are categorical (unlike those of her bedmate Phillip), she is never chichi or aloof (unlike her sister Margaret); never barmy (unlike her adolescent children); never adulterine to her apron (unlike her son Charles), never putting cocky afore assignment (unlike her uncle Edward); and she is not emotionally artful (unlike as her daughter-in-law, Diana, has been apparent by some).
She does not wish acclaim for herself. For archetype she played down acceptable Britain's longest-reigning monarch, chief adjoin any accessible fanfare.
The position of the Queen
Is the Queen accepted because of her position as sovereign?
Whether we obey it or not, we all charge the aphorism of law and order; contrarily association would collapse. The case of abyss is by the crown. This is conducted by a QC (queen's counsel).
I would altercate that, as arch of state, her position provides built-in adherence abaft the abounding political process. This shows itself decidedly if there is a accessible change of government.
By befitting quiet about her own political views, she doesn't yield sides. Can we again amount her because of this absolutely built-in function? Abounding humans accept she unites the country.
Britain has had a absolution for a connected time. Some admire affectation and comedy whilst others abhor it and the amount required. It seems that for the majority of British people, history and attitude are intertwined with their cultural identity.
The adherence to assignment of the Queen
The Queen charcoal aloof in public. In affairs of diplomacy, others apperceive her as absolutely formal, and aristocratic agreement is about actual strict. But is the Queen accepted because of her adherence to duty? Through the years she has continued, anniversary in anniversary out, to accommodated people. Ordinary citizens, assembly of innumerable accommodating organisations, political leaders and key individuals acquire announced with her at every affectionate of accident all over the world. The Queen takes the agitation to consistently dress her best, agitate easily and smile. Also, she listens and gives words of recognition, encouragement, and inspiration.
She has an absorption in the abundance of added countries as able-bodied as her own. There are few, if any, antisocial animadversion which ability could cause offence. As figurehead of Britain and the Commonwealth of nations, she has consistently been a absolute ambassador.
Whatever her claimed thoughts or political ideas, the role of the absolute is to abide aloof at all times. For archetype she visited Northern Ireland and for the aboriginal time met associates of Sinn Fein. This is the political addition of the IRA. Humans who were amenable for murdering a affiliate of her family, her accessory Lord Mountbatten.
The religious behavior of the Queen
"For me the article of Christ and my own claimed accountability afore God accommodate a framework in which I try to advance my life." (The Queen's Christmas Advertisement 2000)
In a civil society, her religious behavior apparently do not accomplish her popular. However I anticipate her conduct which after-effects from them has. She has approved to attach to her own acceptance in Christ's teaching about advantageous service. This has meant giving her activity to accomplishing what is acceptable for the account of others. She recognises at times this involves an aspect of self-sacrifice. I would say this is the accurate appearance of religion, and the adverse of a egoistic attitude. She has affluence of servants, but she herself has been a assistant to all those for whom she is their queen. Christ lived his activity this way.
"The Son of Man did not appear to be served, but to serve, and to accord his life." (Jesus Christ)
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Holiday specials are the big events this week, but several series go big, too. The highlights:
Can "Peter Pan Live!" be another "Sound of Music Live!" for NBC? Last year's live telecast of "Music" drew a surprising 18.6 million viewers, bolstering NBC's hope that live musicals could be audience magnets. The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical is beloved, and the casting of Carrie Underwood intrigued viewers, even if many found her performance wanting.
Ultimately, "Music" had other first-rate assets that made it worth watching: Broadway veterans Audra McDonald, Laura Benanti and Christian Borle.


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The SolarWorld-led trade case against government-sponsored solar manufacturers in China has generated daily headlines for four months now, as it has progressed through investigations of the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission. While details of the case are complex and the process looks muddy to those outside the small internal team managing the case, many of SolarWorld's more than 1,100 employees are paying close attention.
"Our country needs a strong manufacturing base for us to continue our leadership in technology and innovation," says Mike Rice, 59, production manager in SolarWorld's crystal growing area. Calling himself "an old manufacturing guy," Mike has worked in manufacturing for 36 years and developed strong opinions about trade with China.
Mike Rice, production manager in SolarWorld's crystal growing area
Mike says he had raised the question of how SolarWorld would compete with the government of China when he interviewed with SolarWorld for his position in 2010. "I was told we have a solid business plan, we have great technology, and we have top-notch leadership. We can compete." How does he feel about that answer two years later? "Frankly, this is the best-run plant I've ever worked in. I think we can compete with anybody – IF things are on the up and up. It's hard to compete against the free capital that the Chinese government is providing."
"If we don't put a stake in the ground and ensure that everyone is abiding by international laws," Mike says, "we won't have a manufacturing industry in the U.S." Mike recognizes that SolarWorld exposed itself to controversy by filing the trade case. "I'm glad we're standing up for all-American manufacturing," he says. "We're doing the right thing by saying the Chinese government is breaking the law. We're not asking for anything more than for everyone to follow established law."
Eli Loehrke, 34, a wafering operator, has followed the trade case closely, too. "I have a Google alert for anything that has to do with SolarWorld," he says. "If it's about my job and my company, I want to know about it."
Eli Loehrke, SolarWorld wafering operator
Eli also believes that the decision to file a trade case was a good one: "Somebody had to do it. It's not just the solar industry that has to compete with China. If we're going to do manufacturing in this country, it had to be done." Eli says he's talked about the case with friends outside of SolarWorld. "No one I know thinks less of SolarWorld for doing it," he says.
Asked about the trade case, accounts payable specialist Betty Winston, 42, says simply, "I'm proud of it." For Betty, the case is personal. "I lost my job to China. I was a wave-solder operator with my previous employer. Management came to us in 2005 and told us we were going to be replaced by cheaper labor in China and we needed to train our replacements. I refused because I didn't believe in it. If we're going to sell it in America, we need to make it in America."
The employer let Betty go. But thanks to federal aid for workers displaced by foreign competition, Betty received a grant for re-training and received an associate's degree in accounting, which enabled her to get her SolarWorld job in December 2009.
Betty Winston, SolarWorld accounts payable specialist
When Betty first learned about the problems in the solar market that the Chinese government's subsidies were causing, she became fearful. "I thought I was going to lose my job again," she says. But Betty says she felt relieved when the company's leadership announced it would not stand silent in the face of illegal and unfair trade and instead would fight to rekindle growth in renewable-energy manufacturing and jobs.
"We're all one people, whether we're Chinese, German, or American," she says. " A fair, even playing field will help everyone."


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LOWELL -- A major piece of Lowell history lost some weight Tuesday afternoon when a gigantic limb of the legendary Pow-Wow Oak tree broke off and fell onto Clark Road.
"I'm heartbroken," said former City Councilor and Mayor Brian Martin. "It's like seeing a building get knocked down."
The tree, which is estimated to have survived 320 years of New England weather and City Council arguments, lost one of its highest, major branches about 12:45 p.m.
This branch, having previously stretched over part of Clark Road, fell and knocked off a few other ones on its way down, leaving just the gravity-defying, upward-facing bottom limb hanging over the street and across utility lines.
Sun staff photos can be ordered by visiting our MyCapture site.
No people or cars were harmed by the falling branches, but Clark Road was closed for a few hours from Miriam Lane to Glenmere Street and some homes lost power.
One of those was 286 Clark Road, which sits behind the famous tree that's been a popular meeting spot for everyone from Revolutionary War Minutemen to tired Market Basket shoppers.
"My wife was cooking lunch when she heard this big earthquake-like sound," said Eddie Casella, who lives at 286 Clark Road. "It's sad, people stop by all the time to see and to take pictures and videos. Everybody has a story about it."
Neighborhood residents watched DPW workers clean up the broken bits of Pow-Wow Oak that were strewn about the street.
"It's just too bad. This tree needs to be protected," said Koumantzelis, who was busy in western Massachusetts when the branch came down. "As long as no children or cars or anything were hurt, that's the important thing, though."
Martin and some other residents made sure to grab some of the branches' bigger pieces, the rest of which the DPW workers agreed to save.
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The Pow-Wow Oak Protectors celebrated the official dedication of the Pow-Wow Oak Monument in September, as well as the Preservation Covenant granted by the city. Koumantzelis said the covenant protects the site and monument for the tree forever, so the group can grow another tree if the current one dies or needs to be cut down.
Surveyor Dave Desmarais, who did some work on the tree for the Pow-Wow Oak Protectors, said that arborist John Coppinger was coming to examine the tree and that the city would send someone Wednesday to assess the tree's overall safety.
"I hate to see this happen," said Desmarais. "People like George worked hard and had a three-year battle to get this site recognized to save the tree. It's a shame.
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Three children (with a baby cameo) take on the roles of Link, Zelda and Ganon in what could be the most favourable outcome of Legend of Zelda fans in love, even if they got the musical credit wrong.
I can only hope that my children will one day allow me to submit them to this profound level of geekery. I also hope that my children will be able to look past the mislabeling of the tune being played as "Zelda" by System of a Down and realise that it's actually "Zelda" from Joe Pleiman's 1998 album The Rabbit Joint.
But let's forget all that. Aren't they just adorable?
The Legend Of Zelda - System of a Down Music Video [YouTube via Huffington Post]


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City Missions (1953)
City missions are a form of home mission work or church extension, practiced in one form or another by most Protestant and Catholic churches. In European countries, where because of the state church system the entire population was nominally Christian, city missions were an organized attempt to reach and reclaim for the church the large numbers of city people who had become alienated from the church and Christianity because of the peculiar conditions of life in the cities, in particular modern industrialization, or who, having left the home villages and small towns, had not established connections with the church in their new city homes. In England the free or nonconformist churches also established city missions among the Christian population nominally belonging to the state church. The same was true of the work of the free churches on the European continent, where such denominations as Methodist, Baptist, and Brethren have established themselves largely through city mission work. In the United States and Canada where, except in Catholic Quebec, there have been no state churches since early times, city missions have been largely church extension work (the new congregation often being called a "mission" so long as it is not self-supporting), or have taken the form of "rescue" missions among the down-and-out. Another form consists in institutional social service work in slum and underprivileged areas, often called "institutional churches."
Apparently the first city mission was the one organized in Glasgow in 1826. The London City Mission was next organized in 1835 with the help of Lord Shaftesbury. Both of these missions were in effect united activities of already existing Christian action societies. In Germany J. H. Wichern, influenced by the London City Mission, began similar work in 1848 by organizing the "Hamburg Society for Inner Mission." The German "Inner Mission" work grew largely after that time. By 1900, 70 other German cities had followed the example of Hamburg (and Berlin). The YMCA, organized in England in 1844, originally contributed much to city mission work. The Salvation Army, organized by William Booth in London in 1865 (1878), was essentially a city mission organization.
United States
The New York City Mission and Tract Society, a nondenominational group, the oldest organization for city mission work in North America, was organized first as a band of volunteer workers to encourage nonchurch people to attend the city's churches, then (by 1833) began to employ paid workers, and finally (1867) began to build churches. Later it organized institutional churches. Its example was followed in many other cities of the United States and Canada. However, most denominations soon organized "home mission" work in the cities, sometimes under this name, sometimes as "city missions" or as "church extension." The enormous flood of foreign immigration in the 19th century led to much city mission work among immigrant groups.
City mission work was unknown among Mennonites anywhere except in the United States and Canada. Apart from the original Germantown village church in 1683, the first truly city churches in America were established in Philadelphia (General Conference Mennonite Church) in 1865, in Elkhart, Indiana (Mennonite Church (MC), in 1871 and Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Mennonite Church), in 1876; the city of Kitchener (Berlin) grew up around the First Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church, 1813) of that city. Apart from the late rise of such city churches, North American Mennonitism were exclusively rural and is still remained largely so in the 1950s. This rural character combined with the late rise of the missionary and philanthropic interest among the Mennonites accounted for the complete lack of interest and work in city missions until the end of the 19th century.
The first North American Mennonite city missions were established by the Mennonite Church (MC): Chicago 1893, Lancaster 1896, Philadelphia 1899, Canton (Ohio) 1903, Fort Wayne (Indiana) 1905. This type of work in the denomination grew steadily and in almost all major sections of this group one or more city missions were established. After World War II a new burst of activity followed, especially in the East. In 1953 the yearbook of this group listed 256 home missions with a membership of 5,597, most of which were in cities or towns. The Mennonite Brethren in Christ group was the next to start city mission work, with South Bend, Indiana, in 1895, Dayton, Ohio, in 1896, Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1897. In the early decades of the 20th century this small denomination was at one time operating over 100 city missions. Gradually almost all of these became established congregations, and in later times the church extension type of work largely superseded the city mission type. The Central Conference Church started the first of its city missions in 1909 in Chicago with later a second in Chicago, and one in Peoria. The General Conference Mennonite Church started its first city mission, originally known as River Street Mission, in 1910 in Los Angeles, followed by one in Chicago in 1914. The church extension emphasis has always dominated over the city mission interest and consequently few city missions were ever operated at one time. In the Mennonite Brethren Church each district conference operated at least one city mission, and the Mennonite Brethren General Conference agency operated two city missions in the 1950s—at Minneapolis and Winnipeg. Some of the smaller groups (Krimmer Mennonite Brethren, Evangelical Mennonite Church) established one or more city missions by the 1950s. At one time there were nine Mennonite city missions in Chicago operated by six different conferences.
Administratively the Mennonite city missions in North America have been either under home mission or city mission boards or societies, or directly under conference mission committees or district conference administration. Only in the Mennonite Church (MC) and the General Conference Mennonite Church were foreign missions and home (city) missions combined under one board. In character many of the city missions served the combined purpose of ministering to rural Mennonites moving to the city, and of evangelizing non-Christians and non-Mennonites. Except in the case of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ, the city mission efforts have not been successful in establishing strong "indigenous" city congregations composed of non-Mennonite converts. The rural mindset, frequent lack of trained workers, inability to adapt to new conditions, and similar facts have been handicaps.
See also Urban Church
The Annual Report of the Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities (1905-1999) regularly contained descriptive and statistical summaries of the city mission work of the Mennonite Church (MC). The printed reports of other conference mission boards, as well as certain conference yearbooks, also contained some information and statistical data.
Eash, A. M. After Ten Years [26th Street Mennonite Mission in Chicago 1906-16]. Chicago, 1916.
Erb, Alta Mae. Our Home Missions. Scottdale, PA: Mennonite Publishing House, 1920.
Erb, Alta Mae. Studies in Mennonite City Missions. Scottdale, PA: Mennonite Publishing House, 1937.
Huffman, Jasper A. History of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ Church. New Carlisle, O.: The Bethel Pub. Co, 1920: Chapter XV, 202-213. Available in full electronic text at http://www.archive.org/details/historymennonit00huffgoog.
Kaufman, Edmund G. The Development of the Missionary and Philanthropic Interest Among the Mennonites of North America. Berne, Ind., 1931.
Mininger, J. D. Exalting Christ in the City, or the Why, What, and How of City Missions. Scottdale, PA: Mennonite Publishing House, 1937.
Oyer, Emma. What Hath God Wrought in a Half Century at the Mennonite Home Mission. [Chicago] Elkhart, IN: Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities, 1949.
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Bender, Harold S. "City Missions (1953)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 26 Apr 2019. http://gameo.org/index.php?title=City_Missions_(1953)&oldid=128066.
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Bender, Harold S. (1953). City Missions (1953). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 26 April 2019, from http://gameo.org/index.php?title=City_Missions_(1953)&oldid=128066.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, pp. 603-604. All rights reserved.
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text: The Golisano College is housed within a three-floor, 126,500 sq. ft. facility that features stunning architecture coupled with state-of-the-art research facilities. Upon arriving in the building, visitors are greeted by a curved Brazilian slate stairway and three cube sculptures created by famed artist Harry Bertoia, that house trees that stretch up through the atrium. There are 13 classrooms, 12 studio teaching labs, and 16 dedicated labs at the College, offering access to the study of every major computing platform. The College's dedicated Security Lab is isolated from the rest of the campus's networks to allow the in-depth study of viruses, firewalls, and other computer vulnerabilities. Additional labs include an Entertainment Lab for 3D modeling, game and interactive media development; a Mobile Computing and Robotics Lab for the research and development of portable devices; and an Artificial Intelligence lab dedicated to the understanding of human reactions and processing. The College also features its own deli – Ctrl-Alt-Deli – where students can grab meals throughout the day without having to leave the building. The Golisano College is located on RIT's picturesque Rochester, New York campus.


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All-Region honors have been presented to Hope College sports athletes in cross country and volleyball.
The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association is presenting All-Region honors to seven Hope College runners. Athletes of member schools that finished in the top 35 individually at the NCAA Division III Regional are presented this award.
Honored are sophomore Camille Borst of Allendale (Allendale HS), sophomore Meredith Busman of Coopersville (Coopersville HS), sophomore Sheri McCormack of Holland (West Ottawa HS), senior Nate Love of Midland (Midland HS), senior Kate Nelson of Williamston (Williamston HS), senior Kelly Lufkin of Houghton (Houghton HS), and junior Blake Rottschafer of Spring Lake (Spring Lake HS).
The American Volleyball Coaches Association is honoring two Hope players with All-Region awards. Honored for a second year is junior Greer Bratschie of Grand Rapids (East Grand Rapids HS) and for a first time freshman Jenna Grasmeyer of Hudsonville (Unity Christian HS).


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Today the Hertz Corporation announced that they'll be the first car rental company in the United States to offer electric vehicles (EVs) as part of their rental program. The EVs will be deployed through the company's Connect by Hertz program in New York City, followed by Washington DC and San Francisco. Beginning in 2011 they'll be adding EVs to their rental locations worldwide. If you've got a trip coming up — or just need a ride for an hour or two — you can reserve an EV on their website right now. Green transportation for everybody!
"Hertz is the first to provide consumers with electric vehicle access on a global scale," noted Mark P. Frissora, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Hertz, "we're the first to make tomorrow's driving experience available to consumers today." With sales of EVs — like the Chevy Volt and the European Car of the Year, the Nissan Leaf — off and running, Hertz is sure to hit it big with their EV rental and car share programs.
New York City officials are excited that the city is the first stop on the Hertz electric road — the Director of the Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability for New York City, David Bragdon noted, "Electric vehicles and car sharing help meet two fundamental PlaNYC goals, making New York a cleaner and less congested city," PlaNYC is a city-wide program that aims to reduce emissions and increase quality of life and green spaces. Hertz plans to leverage a fleet of electric vehicles as incentive for transportation hubs to stock up on EV charging stations and help form an EV grid. As an incentive to try out their new EVs, Hertz is offering a free one-year Connect by Hertz membership when you book an EV before December 25th!


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Saturday, 14 April 2012 08:08
BBC & ABC censor Dr. Niels Harrit
The harsh reality is that the widely-esteemed BBC is in actuality the disinformation arm of the British Government and has an appalling record of censorship, lying by commission and lying by omission in support of continuing British and US crimes against humanity, as recorded by "Censorship by the BBC". The Australian ABC has a similar appalling record of censorship and lying.
This UK, BBC and Australian ABC censorship is most notable in relation to the 9-11 atrocity (3,000 dead) and the subsequent Zionist-backed, US-led War on Terror (9 million post-9-11 war-related deaths including violent deaths and avoidable deaths from war-imposed deprivation in Libya, Somalia, Palestine, Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan; Google "Muslim Holocaust, Muslim Genocide"). This is exampled below by the complete BBC and ABC censorship of Dr Niels Harrit, the Danish scientist who together with his colleagues found unexploded nano-thermite high explosive in all samples of the World Trade Center (WTC) dust examined.
Professor Niels Harrit is a distinguished Danish chemist from the Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, who with his international colleagues found compelling chemical physics-based evidence for unexploded nano-thermite high explosive in all samples of the World Trade Center (WTC) dust examined, this in turn providing compelling evidence for explosive demolition of the 3 WTC buildings (the Twin Towers and WTC7) and hence for US Government involvement in the 9-11 atrocity (see Niels H. Harrit, Jeffrey Farrer, Steven E. Jones, Kevin R. Ryan, Frank M. Legge, Daniel Farnsworth, Gregg Roberts, James R. Gourley, Bradley R. Larsen, "Active Thermitic Material Discovered in Dust from the 9/11 World Trade Center Catastrophe, The Open Chemical Physics Journals, vol.2, pp.7-31 (25), 2009).
However a BBC Search for "niels harrit" yields zero (0) results and an ABC Search for the phrase "neils harrit" only yields 1 relevant result as compared to a Google Search result of 244,000 URLs. This solitary ABC article does not itself refer to Niels Harrit but this distinguished Danish scientist is mentioned in its comment thread by one of numerous listeners (Max on 16 April 2010 at 4.56 pm) commenting on this ABC Radio National program called Counterpoint on which the ABC and Clive Williams (Adjunct Professor at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University) criticized theories other than the "official story" for what happened on 9-11 (see "Terrorism and conspiracy theories", Radio National, Counterpoint, 12 April 2010).
Below is a summary from a peer-reviewed, international chemical physics journal of what BBC and the Neocon American and ABC do not want their audiences to see, know about or think about.
Professor Niels Harrit and colleagues in their scientific paper in a peer-reviewed journal reported discovery of unexploded nanothermite in all World Trade Center (WTC) dust samples studied (2009): "We have discovered distinctive red/gray chips in all the samples we have studied of the dust produced by the destruction of the World Trade Center. Examination of four of these samples, collected from separate sites, is reported in this paper. These red/gray chips show marked similarities in all four samples. One sample was collected by a Manhattan resident about ten minutes after the collapse of the second WTC Tower, two the next day, and a fourth about a week later. The properties of these chips were analyzed using optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy (XEDS), and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).
The red material contains grains approximately 100 nm across which are largely iron oxide, while aluminum is contained in tiny plate-like structures. Separation of components using methyl ethyl ketone demonstrated that elemental aluminum is present. The iron oxide and aluminum are intimately mixed in the red material. When ignited in a DSC device the chips exhibit large but narrow exotherms occurring at approximately 430 °C, far below the normal ignition temperature for conventional thermite. Numerous iron-rich spheres are clearly observed in the residue following the ignition of these peculiar red/gray chips. The red portion of these chips is found to be an unreacted thermitic material and highly energetic… having observed unignited thermitic material in the WTC residue, we suggest that other energetic materials suitable for cutter charges or explosives should also be looked for in the WTC dust. NIST [National Institute of Standards and Technology] has admitted that they have not yet looked for such residues… Based on these observations, we conclude that the red layer of the red/gray chips we have discovered in the WTC dust is active, unreacted thermitic material, incorporating nanotechnolgy, and is a highly energetic pyrotechnic or explosive material." .
William Joyce (Lord Haw Haw) was hanged for collaborating with the Nazis as a journalist during World War 2. However no civilized people would suggest the same punishment for the so-called journalists of the BBC and the ABC who are variously complicit in the atrocities of the US War on Muslims (about 12 million war-related violent deaths and avoidable deaths from war-imposed deprivation since 1990; about 9 million such Muslim deaths since 9-11 in the US War on Terror; for the shocking details not reported by the BBC and the ABC simply Google "Muslim Holocaust, Muslim Genocide"). However these genocide-ignoring and genocide-complicit BBC and ABC journalists should be brought to account and a humane course of action simply involving expert exposure of their crimes is suggested by Dr Mahathir Mohamad (former PM of Malaysia and responsible for an under-5 year old infant mortality rate of 6 deaths per 1,000 births in Malaysia as compared to 5 and 8 in the UK and US, respectively; as reported by WHO ).
Dr. Mahathir suggested a non-government, non-UN war crimes tribunal of eminent World citizens (akin to the War Crimes Tribunal on Iraq that included brilliant, humanitarian Indian writer Arundhati Roy), as reported by the Perdana Global Peace Organization: "The former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad hosted the conference and won applause yesterday for calling for the leaders to be tried by an unofficial tribunal for war crimes in Iraq. He said the war had caused more terror than al-Qaeda."We should not hang Blair if the tribunal finds him guilty, but he should always carry the label 'War Criminal, Killer of Children, Liar'," said Dr Mahathir in a speech illustrated by pictures of wounded children, deformed babies and tortured men. "And so should Bush and the pocket Bush of the Bushland of Australia," he said, referring to the Australian Prime Minister, John Howard." (see Dr Gideon Polya, "Can children save the world's children", Countercurrents, 10 October 2009 and "Malaysia's PM labels Bush, Blair as war criminals", People's Daily, 6 February 2007).
Holocaust-ignoring is far, far worse than repugnant holocaust denial because the latter at least admits the possibility of public discussion. One notes that holocaust denial in relation to the WW2 Jewish Holocaust (5-6 million dead, 1 in 6 dying from deprivation, 1941-1945) has been criminalized in some European countries, of which some have extended custodial punishment of holocaust denial to denial of the Armenian Genocide (1.5 million killed, 1915-1923). Freedom of speech and freedom of scholarly inquiry argue against custodial or financial penalties for holocaust denial – the punishment should simply be the disgrace of public exposure. Holocaust-ignoring, holocaust-complicit, genocide-ignoring and genocide-complicit BBC and ABC journalists should be brought to account and punished simply by the ignominy of public exposure of the truth they are suppressing, ideally by a distinguished, authoritative, international tribunal.
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Thorbjørn Olesen held on for a first European Tour victory at the Sicilian Open despite a gallant challenge from Chris Wood, who equalled the Verdura Golf Resort & Spa course record.
The 22 year old Dane started the final round with a three shot lead after a brilliant 67 in blustery conditions on Saturday.
But while the third round had proved extremely testing, Sunday's final round was played in glorious sunshine and perfect scoring conditions.
England's Wood took full advantage, charging out the pack to catch Olesen on four separate occasions.
Olesen held firm, however, paring the difficult 17th and 18th holes for a round of 69 and a 15 under par aggregate total.
"It feels amazing," he said. "I had three seconds last year, so to finally get my first win is great.
"I've been playing some great golf this year, without all parts of my game coming together. But this week my long and short game both came together, and it feels fantastic to finally get over the line.
"I saw he [Wood] was doing well when I arrived at the ninth, so I knew I had to go for it and make birdies, so it kind of made up my mind for me that I had to play attacking golf.
"I was definitely a bit nervous. I was just trying to focus on one shot at a time, but that's very difficult to do because your mind keeps thinking of other things. But I'm really happy to finish with a par on 18, because it's a really tough golf hole. So when I found the green with my second shot, I was very happy."
Wood, who now has six top-three finishes on The European Tour without a win, finished a shot further back in second, with Nicolas Colsaerts and Søren Kjeldsen tied for third on 12 under.
Wood charged out of the blocks to quickly turn the contest into a two-horse race.
After birdies at the second and third, a brilliant approach at the fourth left the 24 year old with a five foot eagle putt, and he birdied the fifth from six feet for good measure.
One behind at that point, the top two were level when Olesen made a nervous start, duffing a chip from the edge of the first green and bogeying.
The young Dane birdied the second from 15 feet to steady the ship, but Wood was level again when he birdied the seventh from three feet after a fine chip.
Olesen responded with an eight foot birdie putt at the fourth, and Wood almost led when his chip at the tenth lipped out.
He went ahead moments later as Olesen missed from six feet at the fifth, but it was a temporary blip as he rolled in a mid-range birdie putt at the sixth to level, and went back in front after finding the green in two at the par five seventh and two-putting.
Wood fought back again, birdieing the long 11th and holing a 40-footer at the next, only for Olesen to level before the turn with a 15 footer at the ninth.
Wood birdied the 14th as Olesen missed from two feet at the 13th, but the decisive swing came when both players found themselves out of position moments later.
Wood missed the fairway at the 17th and overshot the green with his approach, while Olesen tugged his second at the 14th left into thick rough.
But while Olesen produced a magnificent pitch for a tap-in birdie, Wood could only chip to ten feet and missed the clutch putt.
"I actually hit a terrible second shot on 14, but I managed to hit a great chip shot to set up the birdie chance, which was probably the most crucial shot of the week," Olesen admitted.
He still had to par the difficult closing stretch, but there were no wobbles as he walked away with the €166,660 winner's cheque.
Wood was rightly delighted with his performance, after he matched Peter Lawrie's course record from the opening round.
"It's been coming for a while," he said. "I've been playing really well lately and not getting the scores.
"It's nice to play well and give myself a chance. I put it in the worst possible position off the tee on 17, but didn't play a bad shot into the green – just didn't get any spin. The 18th was a tough hole, so I was pleased with a par to close. Unfortunately it wasn't enough in the end, but I gave it my best shot and that's all you can do."
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In 1989, in the town of Hooper, Utah, a seventh-grader named Todd Rose found himself facing a familiar problem in an awfully familiar place. The place was the school principal's office, and the problem was another weeklong suspension, this time for throwing vials of ammonium sulfide gas—stink bombs, as generations of pranksters know them—at the blackboard during art class.
On that day, nobody—not the teacher, the principal, or the classmates who egged him on—would have been surprised to learn that Rose became a high-school dropout, with a 0.9 GPA and a $4.25-per-hour job stocking shelves. They might do a double take to see him now though: a professor at Harvard's Graduate School of Education and a leader in the field of educational neuroscience.
Like millions of kids in American classrooms, Rose was a "misfit" learner, he recounts in a new book, "Square Peg: My Story and What It Means for Raising Innovators, Visionaries, & Out-of-the-Box Thinkers." Today he's at the forefront of a movement to reimagine the education system around what he calls the science of the individual—a growing body of research that points to our brain networks, hormones, and even gene expression as being in a constant state of interplay with our surroundings, not predetermined or fixed. As schools increasingly abandon textbooks and move into an era of digital-based curriculums, Rose argues, educators have a rare opportunity to transform learning and create rich, highly flexible environments that can adapt to each child's natural variability.
"We have a society based on a myth that has put us in this self-imposed death spiral, and that is this myth of the average," says Rose, who credits dedicated college mentors and his own hard work for graduating from Utah's Weber State University with a 3.97 GPA, and getting into Harvard's PhD program in 2000. "If you take a kid like me—I was a little more impulsive, a little overactive—how in the world that should be a predictor of failure is beyond me....When we create rigid environments that teach to the average, everyone loses."
Rose spoke with Ideas by phone from his office at Harvard.
IDEAS: You write about your parents' struggle to raise you. Did they ever doubt themselves?
ROSE: My mom set the tone the right way. She said, "It's fine enough to group you and call you ADHD, but that's not you." She instantly homed in on the idea that at the end of the day, I'm an individual, and if we let the term come to define me that I would end up losing.
IDEAS: How did you go from throwing stink bombs to taking school seriously enough to get into Harvard?
ROSE: I dropped out of high school my senior year, the same time I found out that my girlfriend, who is now my wife, was pregnant. When my son was born, that was the first turning point for me in the sense of realizing that I was about to mess up my kid's life if I didn't do something....It just so happens that my dad and I had started to develop a close relationship for the first time after I got married....He knew things weren't going well, and he said, "You know, I've been thinking a lot about this, and I don't think you're lazy. I just think you have to be challenged all the time." That was a gift that instantly reframed everything about the way I thought about myself.
IDEAS: A lot has been written about learning differences among children. What's new about the idea of "variability" that you want education to embrace?
ROSE: The thing that's been neglected until recently is that the most important kind of variability is not how I compare to you, but how I change in different contexts and the pathways I am pursuing toward an outcome. When I say variability, it's really about how the individual changes in different situations and also over time.
IDEAS: You write about the phenomenon of stereotype threat, which is typically understood in terms of race or gender. How does it apply to kids with learning challenges?
ROSE: Stereotype threat kicks in whenever we classify someone as part of a group and that group is consistently associated with a negative outcome. So, when we say women are worse at spatial ability, it isn't really true, but because it's a widely held belief, your brain says, "Uh-oh, I'm in trouble in this environment," and you get this anticipation of threat. We can show that simply by reminding kids they're ADHD or dyslexic and they're going to have a hard time with something, it triggers a cortisol stress response and it affects their performance. Once they start to have that kind of failure, just waking up in the morning and knowing that they have to go to school makes their cortisol levels shoot through the roof. By the time they get to school, they're usually in a full threat response, and their cognitive abilities plummet.
IDEAS: Isn't there an irony in teaching at an elite institution like Harvard, which rewards kids who excel in the cookie-cutter model?
ROSE: When I got to Harvard, I sort of expected it to be a place that was very elitist. But what I've been consistently surprised at—I mean really surprised at—is when you actually look at the people who are doing the admissions decisions, how hard they work to actually look past test scores and get a holistic view of the kid.
IDEAS: But Harvard does kind of epitomize this problem in higher education, which was once the great equalizer in American society and now seems more and more out of reach.
ROSE: Absolutely.... If anything, I want to expand our talent pool and make these decisions even harder for Harvard. But also, it comes down to that American dream. We're supposed to be the country of [virologist] Jonas Salk, right? Jonas Salk's parents immigrated, and he went to the City College of New York, which doesn't charge tuition. We made that bet as a public: If you went to school on the taxpayers' dime, you could succeed. And then Jonas Salk cured polio, and he gave that cure away. The impact of that one innovation changed the world. So for me it's about, if our cure for cancer is probably a Latina sitting in a classroom in Oakland, how do we take advantage of this opportunity right now to reimagine the medium of public education, so that it doesn't come down to everyone fighting for smaller and smaller numbers of spots at Ivy League schools?Francie Latour, a Boston-based writer, has written about the education achievement gap for Essence magazine.


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The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is considering selling assets in its Maiden Lane III LLC portfolio, which were assumed in the government bailout of American International Group Inc., the district bank said today.
"The change in the investment objective for Maiden Lane III reflects a strategic decision to explore possible sales of some of the assets in the portfolio in light of improving market conditions and the success of the Maiden Lane II sales," Jack Gutt, a spokesman for the New York Fed, said in an e-mailed statement.
The New York Fed is seeking to accelerate the repayment of its loan to the Maiden Lane III vehicle after completing the sale this year of the assets in its Maiden Lane II LLC portfolio, another pool of debt assumed in AIG's rescue. The central bank was owed about $9 billion under its loan to Maiden Lane III as of March 28, according to the New York Fed website.
AIG and the Fed have benefited from the rebound in mortgage-linked assets, such as those assumed in the bailout. The insurer may use proceeds from sales of Maiden Lane III assets to help buy back more stock from the U.S. Treasury Department, Josh Stirling, an analyst for Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., said in a note to clients today. AIG advanced 5.3 percent to $32.52 at 4:02 p.m. in New York, the most since February.
"The Fed will only transact if it deems that a particular transaction represents good value, is done competitively and is not market disruptive," Gutt said. No auctions were announced.
After selling the last group of bonds in the Maiden Lane II pool in February, the New York Fed said that taxpayers earned $2.8 billion on their $19.5 billion loan to that vehicle. It was created in 2008 to buy holdings that AIG handed the Fed in exchange for a cash injection.
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Since AIG restructured its relationship with the US Government over a year ago, the company has made tremendous progress in reducing its government ties, Wells Fargo analyst John Hall wrote in a note to clients.
AIG had to be rescued during the financial crisis of 2008 through multiple bailouts, with the U.S. government at one point pledging $182 billion to keep the insurer afloat.
In the last few years it has been selling off non-core assets to pay back the government.
In March alone, the Treasury recovered more than $14.6 billion on its investment in AIG, including $6 billion from its sale of the insurer's stock.
AIG still owes taxpayers an estimated $45 billion for the bailout it received during the financial crisis. The government still holds a 70 percent stake in the company.
AIG now has only one remaining tie to the government apart from the 70 percent interest it holds in the company - a $9 billion interest in the SPV Maiden Lane III, analyst Hall said.
Wells Fargo expects the Maiden Lane III portfolio, created during AIG's bailout, to continue to wind down. It sees the government's stake to be reduced through a combination of secondary offerings and sales to sovereign investors as well as share repurchase.
In March, AIG sold part of its stock in AIA Group <1299.HK> to repay part of its bailout. It is also considering launching the initial public offering of its airplane leasing business ILFC in the second quarter.
Proceeds from the sales of ILFC, its remaining holdings in AIA, and the retained interest in ML III can help AIG buy back $21.3 billion of its shares, Hall said.
"(Once independent from the government), we expect AIG to become an increasingly active capital manager, which could be accretive to its earnings per share and return on equity," Hall said.
Wells Fargo raised its earnings per share estimate for the insurer for 2012 and 2013 to $3.38 and $3.06 respectively.


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The Dallas Stars made the biggest splash on Sunday morning, signing winger Ray Whitney to a two-year contract worth $4.5 million per season. In an interview with TSN, the 40-year old Whitney confirmed that the Stars' willingness to do a two-year deal was the deciding factor in his decision to move to Texas.
Age is the big question mark on this signing; in all other ways, the Stars got a bargain.
Whitney tied Marian Hossa and Joe Thornton for 12th in NHL scoring last year with 77 points, ahead of a laundry list of NHL stars earning much more money than he will on this deal. It was one of the finest seasons of Whitney's career – he even ended up being named to the NHL's second all-star team.
In Phoenix, Whitney played the toughest available opposition, and while he did end up with a lot of time in the offensive zone he also had superb possession numbers (his relative Corsi, of +12.7/60, was the best on the team) and his scoring rate was off the charts good. There were only five players in the league more likely to pick up a point on any given even-strength shift.
As for the primary question of age, Whitney has a few items in his favour, one of which is durability. He played all 82 games last season and has only missed seven in the past four years. His style of play likely assists in that, as he's creative and cerebral rather than playing either a power game or a game predicated on pure physical ability, like speed. McKeen's Hockey described him (in part) this way last summer:
[U]ndersized, finesse winger with tremendous poise and playmaking vision .. remains a wily puckhandler equipped with a keen sense of danger and a tricky shot, even if age has tempered the blistering north-south burst .. strong and shifty in possession .. knows how to create space for himself, aided by superb in-tight puck control .. can be a liability when not scoring however as he becomes static and uninvolved both physically and defensively…
Whitney's never been known as a complete player, but his ability to retain possession of the puck and gain territory, as well as his high-end offensive output still make him a highly valuable commodity.
It's probably a little much to expect 77 points again next season, given that Whitney scored just a hair under 60 points over the two previous seasons, but even if his output decreases he's likely to put up north of 50 points next year (as he has every season since the lockout) and could be good for a near point-per-game pace if things break right.
The more I think about it, the more I like this signing for Dallas, despite the risk. The free agent crop was weak in scoring forwards, and the best ones were going to cost more than Whitney did.
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- The 2012 NHL Entry Draft: Recap
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Classic pop crooner Michael Buble plays Philadelphia's Wells Fargo Center on Saturday, September 21st and Lite Rock is giving you the chance to win tickets and to meet Michael the night of the show!
The tour is in promotion of his latest album "To Be Loved". Michael Buble's choice of music that is easy on the ears, his constant touring, and wide appeal to audiences young and old, has made him one of the most popular singers of the past decade.
His love for singing was realized early on. Buble's grandfather exposed him to the sounds of singers like Rosemary Clooney, Ella Fitzgerald, Stevie Wonder and Frank Sinatra. While Buble says he likes the music of today, it was the classic standards that helped define his future. After his grandfather played him a song from the jazz band the Mills Brothers, he came to a realization that singing this type of music was what he wanted to do.
Buble's big break came after his music was introduced to former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Mulroney had received a copy of Buble's demo and absolutely loved his music. Buble was invited to perform at the prime minister's daughter's wedding, where he was introduced to Warner Bros. executive David Foster. Soon after the two met, Buble was signed to a recording contract. In early 2003, his debut album was released, going platinum and reaching the top ten on the album charts in the UK and Canada.
Since the release of his first album, Buble has come out with multiple hit records that have been met with more critical acclaim. In 2006, his album "It's Time", with hit singles like "Home" and "Feeling Good," won Juno Awards for Pop Album of the Year, Album of the Year, Artist of the Year, and Single of the Year.
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This morning's holdover question: As many as 25% of people have been known to do this in their sleep. What is it?
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- Bowman v. Monsanto Docketed by U.S. Supreme Court: Questions of Saved Seed, Patent Exhaustion, Self-Replicating Technologies and More
- October 15, 2012 | Author: John P. Mandler
- Law Firm: Faegre Baker Daniels - Minneapolis Office
On October 5, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court granted review in Bowman v. Monsanto, a saved-seed case that includes questions of patent exhaustion and self-replicating technologies — and has the potential to impact multiple industries.
Bowman purchased Roundup Ready® soybean seed from a licensed source and signed a Technology Agreement agreeing, among other things, to use the seed for a single season commercial crop, not to save seed and not to replant the seed. Bowman did not breech the Agreement.
While he grew authorized seed in a first crop, Bowman also grew a second crop of soybeans from seeds purchased from a commodity grain elevator. He tested the crop to confirm that the commodity seed was largely Roundup Ready® seed and grew the second crop using glyphosate-based herbicide, which is compatible with Monsanto's herbicide resistant Roundup Ready® seed. In subsequent years, he saved the seed from the second crop and replanted the second crop with the saved seed.
Monsanto sued Bowman in Indiana District Court for patent infringement, alleging infringement of two U.S. patents related to Roundup® glyphosate-based herbicide and resistant Roundup Ready® soybeans. (US Patents 5,352,605 and RE39, 247E). The '605 patent issued in 1994 with claims directed to plants and chimeric genes containing a CaMV (35S or 19S) promoter and a structural gene heterologous to the promoter.
The '247E patent issued in 2006, with claims to DNA molecule comprising a promoter, structural sequence and a 3' non-translated poly-adenylation site, and includes claims where the structural sequence encodes an EPSPS resistance sequence. Additional claims recite plant cells, seeds and methods that employ the DNA molecule. The district court granted summary judgment of infringement with damages to Monsanto. Bowman appealed to the Federal Circuit.
On appeal, Bowman asserted the doctrine of patent exhaustion, arguing all rights to patented seeds placed in the grain elevator as undifferentiated commodity seed are exhausted when sold to downstream purchasers, under the Supreme Court's decision in Quanta Computer, Inc. v. LG Electronics, Inc., 128 S. Ct. 2109 (2008). According to Bowman, under Quanta, each seed sold is a substantial embodiment of all later generations, whereby the exhaustion doctrine encompasses the progeny of seeds and other self-replicating biotechnologies. Analogizing to the Supreme Court's disapproval of any categorical elimination of the exhaustion doctrine to method claims, Bowman asked the Court to similarly reject the effective elimination of the exhaustion doctrine for self-replicating products. Monsanto v. Bowman, Fed Cir 2012 (slip opinion at page 10).
Monsanto asserted the second generation commodity seed sales to the grain elevator did not exhaust Monsanto's patent rights because of the express condition in the Technology Agreement that the progeny of licensed seed never be sold for planting. A grower's sale of harvested soybeans to a grain elevator is not an authorized sale when it results in replanting. According to Monsanto, even if there was patent exhaustion in the commodity seeds, Bowman is still liable for patent infringement due to planting the seeds, as patent protection is "independently applicable to each generation of soybeans (or other crops) that contains the patented trait," citing Monsanto Co. v. Scruggs, 459 F.3d 1328 (Fed Cir 2006); Monsanto Co. v. McFarling, 302 F.3d 1291 (Fed Cir 2002). Monsanto also cited J.E.M. Ag Supply, Inc. v. Pioneer Hi-Bred Int'l, Inc., 534 U.S. 124, 143 (2001) for its holding that patent exhaustion in seeds, if applicable, must be limited to the seeds sold: "Most notably, there are no exemptions for research or saving seed under a utility patent."
The Federal Circuit affirmed the district court's holding that patent exhaustion does not apply to Bowman's accused second-crop plantings. Like earlier, Federal Circuit decisions in McFarling and Scruggs"... patent exhaustion does not bar an infringement action." Monsanto v. Bowman (slip opinion at page 12). The U.S. Supreme Court granted Bowman's petition for writ of certiorari on October 5, 2012, which presented the following question concerning patent exhaustion of self-replicating technologies:
- Whether the Federal Circuit erred by (1) refusing to find patent exhaustion in patented seeds even after an authorized sale and by (2) creating an exception to the doctrine of patent exhaustion for self-replicating technologies?
In its brief-in-opposition, Monsanto reformulated the question to one of creating a new generation of genetically modified soybeans to which independent patent rights are applied:
- Whether the Federal Circuit correctly ruled that Monsanto's patent rights in biotechnology related to genetically modified plants (here, patented technologies that make soybeans resistant to glyphosate-based herbicides) are independently applicable to each generation of soybeans embodying the invention, such that a grower who, without authorization from Monsanto, creates a new generation of genetically modified soybeans infringes Monsanto's patents.
The Solicitor General provided commentary in a lengthy amicus brief, urging the court to deny certiorari. The SG disagreed with the Federal Circuit decisions on patent exhaustion, finding the "conditional sale" doctrine to be inconsistent with Supreme Court precedent. He cautions that a decision in either party's favor could have long-term consequences. Following the Federal Circuit's decision would "eliminate commodity soybeans as a low-cost alternative for second-crop plantings" while following Bowman's view could broadly impact "patents for man-made cell lines, DNA molecules, nanotechnologies, organic computers and other technologies that involve self-replicating features." According to the SG, it would be better to wait for more development in the case law before potentially adopting "a restrictive definition of 'making' that could have unforeseen consequences for other present and future self-replicating technologies," citing the Court's own cautionary statements in Bilski v. Kappos, 130 S. Ct. 3218, 3227 (2010).


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About the Author: Luke Forgerson serves as DipNote's Managing Editor.
People around the world watched as history was made last week in Cairo's Tahrir Square. President Barack Obama said, "The word Tahrir means liberation. It is a word that speaks to that something in our souls that cries out for freedom. And forevermore it will remind us of the Egyptian people -- of what they did, of the things they stood for, and how they changed their country, and in doing so changed the world."
In his remarks, President Obama underscored U.S. commitment to Egypt as the country pursues a transition to democracy. Earlier in the week, President Obama called for the voices of the Egyptian people to be heard, and U.S. officials appealed for the universal rights of the Egyptian people to be respected. Deputy Secretary Steinberg testified before Congress on developments in Egypt and Lebanon and implications for U.S. policy in the region.
The people of Sudan continued to take historic steps of their own last week. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton congratulated Sudan, both northern and southern leaders, on the results of the Southern Sudan Referendum. President Obama announced U.S. intent to recognize Southern Sudan as a sovereign, independent state in July 2011. Continuing his 25th trip as U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan, Major General (Ret.) Scott Gration visited Port Sudan, a city on the country's eastern coast, and completed his third visit to Darfur in the last two months.
Decades hence, historians will closely examine the recent events that have taken place in Egypt and Sudan. Last week, historians at the Department of State looked back at 150 years of the Foreign Relations of the United States series, the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions.
History holds many lessons for us, and may even prompt us to ask, "How can we do better?" That was the question Secretary Clinton addressed when she convened the first ever, all-hands-on-deck ambassadorial conference. Kris Balderston focused on how we can do better by empowering our ambassadors to build partnerships with businesses, foundations, academia, faith-based groups, and diaspora communities.
In Croatia, we saw an example of a public-private partnership that has helped remove landmines and unexploded ordnance from 500,000 square meters of land and rehabilitate it for agricultural use. In Estonia, the United States is working with a civilian, demining group to help protect post-conflict communities by safely clearing landmines and unexploded munitions.
The Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS) seeks to deploy civilian expertise to help countries find and implement ways to prevent or emerge from violent conflict. S/CRS released its 2010 Year in Review publication, telling us about efforts in Afghanistan, Sudan, the Kyrgyz Republic, and other countries critical to our national security. In Afghanistan, for example, civilian expertise and U.S. development programs are assisting farmers increase agricultural productivity.
USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator Mark Lopes told us how a staff exchange program between the U.S. and Brazilian development agencies will create more opportunities to leverage our assistance in third countries, and Assistant Secretary Jose Fernandez described how the United States and Brazil are working together to foster economic partnerships.
In Pakistan, the U.S. and Pakistani governments are working together -- in what some have described as a model for cooperation on bioengagement elsewhere -- to detect and assess microbial and viral waterborne pathogens and to improve capacity to manage biological risks associated with drinking water supplies. The United States and Pakistan are also partnering to support English-language instruction for teachers and expand educational opportunities for youth.
Emphasizing the importance of dialogue among the government, academia, nonprofit, and private sectors, Chief Information Officer Susan Swart participated in the Tech@State conference on open source software. Swart said that the Department must keep pace as technology moves ahead. In Thailand, Ambassador Kristie Kenney is using the latest technology to engage the public through social media. Ambassador Susan Rice is also using social media to connect with others. She held a foreign policy town hall at Twitter last week and took questions from participants worldwide via @AmbassadorRice. In related news, the Department of State started tweeting last week in Arabic and Farsi.
Here at DipNote, we are preparing for the next installment of "Conversations With America," a series of live webcast discussions between representatives of prominent, non-governmental organizations and the State Department's senior leadership. Watch Special Advisor for International Disability Rights Judith Heumann hold a conversation with David Morrissey on Thursday, February 17 at 3:00 p.m. (EST), and submit your questions for them in advance of the webcast here.
In case you missed our most recent "Conversations With America" broadcast -- during which Ambassador Luis CdeBaca, Deputy Assistant Secretary Cheryl Benton, and Wade Henderson discussed U.S. efforts to combat human trafficking -- you can watch the video here.
And if you missed Secretary Clinton's piece for Glamour addressing the fight against child marriage, read it here. The Secretary shares about reconnecting with two of her heroes: Nujood Ali, the first child bride in Yemen to get a divorce, and Shada Nasser, Nujood's attorney. You will find Nujood's story, the story of a young girl who stood up for injustice and the brave woman who stood behind her, inspirational.
Finally, as spring break approaches in the United States, we share safety information for U.S. students traveling abroad. We encourage all students preparing for an international trip -- and their parents -- to take a moment to review this information, and we urge all U.S. citizens traveling, studying, or residing abroad to sign up online for the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP). STEP enrollment makes it possible for the State Department to contact U.S. citizens abroad in the case of family emergency in the United States or because of a crisis in a foreign country.
Palgye in South Korea writes:
There are so many great achievements. do not blame anyone .... And you still think a lot of work remains.
Ron in New York writes:
"The Human Spirit cries out for Freedom."
Eric in New Mexico writes:
News Item;
(CNN) -- The U.S. State Department launched a new Farsi-language Twitter feed Sunday in a bid to connect with internet users in Iran.
"US State Dept recognizes historic role of social media among Iranians. We want to join in your conversations," the department said in its first tweet.
One thing the dept might take from my experience blogging and interacting with Iranian dissidents is the all intrusive regime covert presence in the Iranian blogospere, and expect to be interacting with agents of the regime posing as dissidents as well as the real thing and everything inbetween.
The brain-drain of intellect that Iran has been undergoing over thirty years is not in of itself homeless, wandering adrift in exile.
You build it, they will use the platform to express themselves.
Morover, there are half a million Iranian/Americans holding citizenship in the US and most have family in Iran.
State by its lonsome cannot hope to establish the credible links needed to get the word out, or scratch more than the surface of the daily grind inside Iran.
31 years of isolation and here's your way of gaining clarity if you're willing to seek their help to do this at the grass-roots level.
The other thing to remember is that Conspiracy theory tends to be a national pastime, or at least a distraction, that the regime quite willingly entertains and uses to sow doubt, split any unity in amongst opposition org's.
It might be different as a member of government than I as a citizen in how you want to deal with the negative, but as an American on an Iranian blog for instance when my government's policies were challenged, and a sound-bite was quoted, and misunderstood, I'd post the transcript full and unedited, and you folks have a leg up on me in this as I had to go looking for policy, you folks implement it so it should be at your fingertips to thwart dissemination of disinformation.
A sense of humor helps convey the American "attitude" toward tyranicly generated nonsense. And no, it is not a waste of your time to takle that head-on, it's the traditional challenge to stand up for what you believe in that's being put forth.
Next, understand that what America and the international community can do and what has been requested of us in support of freedom in Iran has already been laid out by a collection of Iranian ideas from various sources among the opposition, and posed as a framework for proceeding forward.(*)
On the basis that what was proposed in 2005 not only being consistant with long-term US policy, but strengthens it today.
One may note many similarities in how America's policy developed and was initiated in the latter half of the last admin. and the follow-through attempted by this one in terms of sanctions and asset freezes, while a search for someone reasonable to negotiate with from the regime continues, and perhaps will till hell freezes over.
Well, if we think Iran having nuclear weapons is unnacceptable, then logic would tell you the Iranian people probably also have a problem with that and the more you can encorage their voices in the matter, then you can start gaining their trust, having something in common.
Worked for me.
" 1.  Implementation of full international economic and military sanctions on the Islamic Republic regime via UN security council resolution based on human rights, support for terrorism, and this to be tabled with or without IAEA board recommendation on the nuclear threat the theocracy poses.
2.  Full diplomatic sanction and closing of Iranian embassies world-wide, removal and deportation of regime representatives, their agents and spies from all nations. Diplomatic sanction by the UN, and removal of representation from this international forum till such time as a legitimate interim government can be established in Iran.
3.  Freezing of any and all financial assets of the Islamic Republic regime, their current and former leadership, and corporate interests world-wide, till such time as a new interim government can be established.
4.  Repeated statements by world leaders publicly calling for the leadership of the Islamic Republic regime to step down peacefully, and to relinquish the government to the hands and will of the Iranian people.
5.  The coordinated post-regime rebuilding of vital social institutions and infrastructure of democracy should be implemented now. The training of judges, civil servants, police, etc. The Iranian exile community can provide the talent, initially and there are many more inside Iran supporting the opposition who will answer the call to service as the situation permits. This will speed up the post-regime process, and greatly enhance stability in the interim government. "
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Source:-The "Student Movement Coordination Committee for Democracy in Iran" (SMCCDI)
( Excerpts from letter of January 27, 2005 to George W. Bush. )
Pelo B. in the Dominican Republic writes:
History keeps repeating itself.. When people are oppressed, suppressed and depressed they revolt. Finally the world is starting to see itself as a single organism and that coming together and unifying gives us so much power.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
Resolving a conundrum;
What to do when an opposition group makes a request like this?
"4. Repeated statements by world leaders publicly calling for the leadership of the Islamic Republic regime to step down peacefully, and to relinquish the government to the hands and will of the Iranian people."
With regards to US policy maintaining support for "the people's will" in matters of regime replacement therapy indiginiously initiated, and not being it our place to determine the outcome;
There's a notable difference in being able to affect a peacful outcome among governments that America has vast security and aid association with than one that is actively hostile to the US and others among the UN family.
If one is incined to notice patterns of behavior, the hostile regime is more inclined to be more oppressive of its own population's universal rights, and in notable cases the regime takes a holier-than-though approach to telling its subjects how to be, rather than letting them be unobstructed citizens fully participating in society as they see fit, so long as harms no other citizen's ability to do so under a constitution based on universal rights.
The debate then must allow for the notion to be tossed forth that perhaps as alternative short of kinetic war, the US gov. would along with others deem the government of Iran to be worthy of removal by collective intent, following the judgement and understanding reached as to the totality of the threat the regime poses to a world that seeks to live free and at peace.
If you want to isolate the regime, the formula is pretty strait forwardly put by the Iranian opposition, if the political will to seek it is there among the UN member states.
But will US policy, not taking a "cookie-cutter" aproach, take a more proactive stance to supporting "regime replacement therapy" in hostile states than non?
I'd say as a matter of observation that it's probably high time we had that debate publicly, and noting VP Biden and a few senator's comments, that has begun in earnest I think.
Well, my thoughts are that one should not be timid with friend or foe, and always tell it like it is.
Iran has been given every opportunity to become a productive, respected member of nations, and has told everyone in so many ways they weren't worthy, so then it is up to us to tell the Iranian people they deserve better than that from their government, and that we'll seek to make it possible for the people to do what they need to do to deal with their problem.
And the logic being pro-active about resolving their problem as well as what may be in our collective cappacity to do in support, because the regime has made the threat it poses across the board, every other nation's problem to deal with.
Can we dictate the terms of a future government?
Sure we can, and that instance on abiding by international norms of conduct in relations is paramount to what folks are seeking by way of "behavior change" ...or were, probably convinced by now that that was not in any future that a reasonable mind might continue to anticipate becoming manifest.
It may be time to turn a corner in the mind and say that alternatives to the present regime in Iran should be explored, and co-initiated with the people, who are again taking a beating in their streets.
That's my best advice to the WH and State at this point in time.
Valient S. in Nigeria writes:
Eric in New Mexico writes:
@ Pelo B,
Aye then, you understand America's secret, we revolt by the vote every two years, and after two-hundred-thirty odd, we're just getting used to the idea of "hyperpower" status..(chuckle).
At this point one might say we've institutionalized revolution as a constant 50 states all being in flux. None would think to succeed from this union.
Fortunately the founding fathers not only allowed for additional ideas and amendments incorperated over time, but insisted on mechanism of succession in leadership that would assure the constant influx of ideas and timely change of leadership, in a predictably way the public could take as "tradition" after this long now.
Simply , Of the people being the ultimate check on government abuses of power, through accountability under the law.
As a taxpayer, every civil servant essentially works for you, the vast board of tustees placing in them our public trust, electing those to lead and organize the public will and enact policy and law to make it so.
Why then would anyone pay a bribe to someone in your employ?
It is a different order of institutional mindset that sets democracy apart from all other forms of government, as imperfected yet as it may be.
I enjoyed reading your comment, and ameobic dissertation..."Finally the world is starting to see itself as a single organism" which conjures up a vision of a mass of protoplasm.
So what do we feed this beast?
Donald M. in Virginia writes:
Bravo Zulu to the State Department and to President of the United States President Barack Obama However, the United States should ensure they watch Mubarak to see what happens next. If only Iraq could of been handled the way Egypt was done, can't change the past but History is being made. Seems like Obama team is finding the right steam, the form of communication to enhance the message. Iran and others can learn from Egypt and other Arab states that when people stand up, that should count. People will have a voice.
Godspeed in all languages, all faiths, and we welcome freedom.
Addy A. in California writes:
Egypt issue was handled great at the end. In the beginning, some blamed us for not saying openly that we are against Mubarak, of course this is a political issue and well understood here as we don't want to be blamed for anything. However, at the end the messages were clearer and this helped many including me to explain it to the people in Egypt via Twitter and Facebook. Well done
Palgye in South Korea writes:
person in Korea, Secretary of State is friendly with the people, by talk, is hate me, I think is the problem.
why? i don't know and i'm fatigue.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
@ Valient S. in Nigeria,
With a name like Goodluck, how can Mr. Johnathan go wrong?
That was my first thought when he became Nigeria's leader.
And with luck, hard work, and patience on the part of the people, I'm sure Nigeria will find its potential in the 21st century.
Now if the citizens of Nigeria inspire your leradership to think, then you've done your part in helping yourselves get where you want to be.
Best regards,


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GameOn necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 92 diseños de 38 diseñadores freelance.
We are seeking development of a logo and brand identity for GameON, as the product has been provisionally named, which is a greaseless, odorless pain relief cream that also combines regenerative and healing ingredients for overall joint health.
Game ON!
We want an eye catching powerful logo that will relate well to "Weekend Warriors" or avid athletes, those who don't compete professionally, but seek to stay active, and the primary barrier to doing so and competing effectively, is pain. The marketing campaign for GameON intends to speak to this generation about remaining competitive and staying strong, without being sidelined by aches and pains. The product was developed by a leading Pain Management physician and has been tested among pain management patients with positive results.
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