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Throughout Spring Training the Dodgers PR department sends out helpful daily notes from Camelback Ranch, and I am happy to pass them along.
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- LACE 'EM UP: The Dodgers opened their fifth Spring Training at Camelback Ranch – Glendale today with 29 pitchers (seven non-roster) and five catchers (three non-roster) working out for the first time. Non-roster catcher Eliezer Alfonzo is the only pitcher/catcher yet to report to camp due to family reasons.
- HILLTOPPERS: Clayton Kershaw, the winner of MLB's last two ERA titles, was among the first group of 14 Dodger hurlers to throw bullpens on the first day of workouts this morning. While Kershaw finished second in the NL Cy Young voting in 2012, he picked up one of baseball's most prestigious honors this offseason with the Roberto Clemente Award, which recognizes a Major League Baseball player who best represents the game through positive contributions on and off the field, including sportsmanship and community involvement. Kershaw and his wife, Ellen, founded Kershaw's Challenge, a charitable organization that encourages people to make a difference by giving back to at-risk children and communities in need. The charity has provided assistance to a variety of organizations, including to its cornerstone charity, "Arise Africa," which helped the Kershaws build and now sustain an orphanage for children in Lusaka, Zambia called "Hope's Home."
- Also throwing their first official bullpens of the spring were Josh Beckett, Chris Capuano, Chad Billingsley, Stephen Fife, Matt Magill, Matt Guerrier, Javy Guerra, Shawn Tolleson, Paco Rodriguez, Kelvin De La Cruz, Chris Withrow, Gregory Infante and Mark Lowe.
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- BATTERY POWERED: Pitching has traditionally been a strength of the Dodger organization and last season, the club ranked third in the Majors with both a 3.34 team ERA and a .238 opponents' batting average. In addition, Los Angeles pitchers surrendered just 122 home runs, the lowest total in the big leagues and seven less than their closest competitor, the Washington Nationals (129 homers allowed). Despite the staff's success a year ago, the Dodgers were active in the free agent market, adding:
- Zack Greinke: The 2009 American League Cy Young Award Winner and All-Star signed a six-year contract with Los Angeles. The 29-year-old, who will enter his 10th Major League season, has a 91-78 career record with a 3.77 ERA and has posted double-digit wins in five consecutive seasons.
- J.P. Howell: The left-handed reliever and seven-year Major League veteran signed a one-year contract with the Dodgers after going 1-0 with a 3.04 ERA in 55 appearances with Tampa Bay last season. Since 2008, Howell, 29, ranks seventh in the American League (min. 200 games) with a .209 opponents' batting average and has averaged more than a strikeout per inning in that span with 239 Ks in 237.0 innings.
- Brandon League: After originally being acquired in a midseason trade with the Mariners, League signed a three-year free agent contract to return to Los Angeles. In 28 appearances with the Dodgers, the 29-year-old went 2-1 with six saves and a 2.30 ERA, finishing the season by tossing scoreless relief in 20 of his last 21 outings.
- Hyun-Jin Ryu: The seven-time Korea Baseball Organization All-Star and five-time KBO strikeout leader signed a six-year deal with the Dodgers after being posted by the Hanwha Eagles. The 25-year-old left-hander has a 98-52 record and a 2.80 ERA in 190 career games as a professional in Korea.
- MISSED THE BUS: Yesterday, ESPN's Baseball Tonight Spring Training Bus Tour rolled through Camelback Ranch – Glendale as Matt Kemp, Clayton Kershaw and Don Mattingly were interviewed by Karl Ravech, Tim Kurkjian, Curt Schilling and Rick Sutcliffe, which have been airing on ESPN over the last 24 hours. In addition, Kemp, Kershaw and A.J. Ellis were filmed with ESPN's 360-degree slow motion cameras for features that will air during the club's appearances on Sunday Night Baseball this season.
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Yeah Jungleland? New Orleans Community Activist Rejects, etc.
May 9, 2012 by Staff
Filed under News, Weekly Columns
(Akiit.com) The New York Times Magazine recently ran a story on my home, the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, a place one of the most powerful newspapers in the world insensitively dubbed a "Jungleland." Contrary to the article, residents of this community are not reconciled to life in the wilderness and we don't live in an untamed mess of overgrowth or in a forgotten wasteland. We are not resigned to anything; we are fighting to revive our community.
While the article cites the city government's futile attempts to improve the neighborhood, it barely mentions the overall lack of government support before and after Hurricane Katrina and the hard work by committed citizens to improve the community. Yes, many parts of the Lower Ninth are overgrown and neglected, but what the article missed is that many are not. Moreover, the untold story is how city, state and federal government abandoned this community.
The Times probably had good intentions – document the bad situation so our community can get help. But while writing about broken people, vacant lots and weeds may be sexy journalism, the community needs the outside world to understand how implicit and unconscious bias caused by a history of racism pummeled us.
After Katrina, millions of dollars flowed into New Orleans, and the Lower Ninth was declared the glaring example of what needed rehabilitation. Yet, nearly seven years later, the French Quarter and other areas of tourism and affluence are sparkling, while few improvements have been made in the Lower Ninth. In fact, most of the decaying properties cited in the article are owned by the City of New Orleans, not the residents.
Each day, a tour bus cruises the neighborhood showing visitors hurricane damage and poor living conditions. So tour companies are making money off our tragedy and lack of support. The people? We have become mere spectacles dehumanized in the process.
We need the media to shine a spotlight on the fact that the city, state and federal governments turned their backs on this community.
We haven't given up. Many local organizations and churches are working hard to revitalize the Lower Ninth. Unfortunately, the Times article mentions only Brad Pitt's Make It Right organization as the silver lining in the dark cloud that is the Lower Ninth. Churches and other groups may not offer the glitter, clout and financial resources of Brad Pitt, but they labor daily to improve the quality of life here. The Times article included more about the varieties of plant and animal life that have moved in than about the people and organizations fighting to rescue this community.
Before the Lower Ninth is judged, consider why it has become a vast wasteland. Before Katrina, nearly 15,000 people lived in this community, which had the highest homeownership rate in the city. The overwhelming majority of these owners were African-American. After the destruction, 75 percent of the residents didn't return because staying where they had fled was easier than the struggle and expense of returning to rebuild.
Those who did return discovered very little government support. Without nonprofits and thousands of volunteers, more of the Lower Ninth might actually be "Jungleland."
Perhaps the biggest hurdle to restoration is that this community had fewer resources before Katrina. Like other poor, African-American communities nationwide, it had suffered the results of structural racism. The color of our skin had an impact on our schools, access to health care, employment opportunities, and housing and basic human rights. When resources are scarce to begin with, it's hard to recover after tragedy.
For instance, many Lower Ninth residents had no homeowners and flood insurance. The Road Home program, designed to help people rebuild, provided payments to homeowners based on pre-Katrina property values, not actual repair costs. So whites who owned homes in affluent neighborhoods received payments that allowed them to rebuild, even though many of their homes incurred less damage than those of people in neighborhoods like the Lower Ninth.
A 2008 lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) alleged such discriminatory practices and was settled last year. HUD was to pay $62 million to Louisiana homeowners, but disposition of that money is unclear. In another setback, the city didn't allow Lower Ninth residents to come home and start rebuilding until nine months after other New Orleans citizens returned. Faced with increased uncertainty, chaos and financial burdens, people were forced to find work and resettle in their evacuation locations.
What few services were available also caused concern. The social safety net already had gaps but was completely shattered by Katrina. Elderly residents worried about where they could receive health care, parents didn't know where they would send their children to school and seven years later, the community has no grocery store. Clearly the government didn't want us back because the original master rebuilding plan had the Lower Ninth slated to become green space.
Rebuilding our community may not be profitable, but it's right. African-American lives in the Lower Ninth are just as valuable as those of whites in the French Quarter or Garden District.
Often overlooked is the role that structural racism played in destruction of our community. If the French Quarter had been in the same area as the Lower Ninth, the government wouldn't have allowed anything as potentially destructive as a barge to remain untethered with a storm coming. Levees would have been built to withstand a Category 4 hurricane so major tourist attractions wouldn't be jeopardized.
The French Quarter wasn't saved because it sits nine feet higher than the back section of the Lower Ninth but because of racism and classism. Black residents of the Lower Ninth were deemed expendable long before Katrina.
With a new mayor in office, there is at least hope for the future. We've had more street repairs in the Lower Ninth, but that's where it ends for now. I've heard promises and seen plans, but the community is naturally skeptical. We have become accustomed to broken promises. So we don't hold our breath. We don't get excited. We wait and see.
Written By Jenga Mwendo

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Neil Young to Release 'Paradox' Soundtrack
Neil Young has confirmed details and release information for his next album: Paradox, the soundtrack to a new film in which he stars, will arrive digitally and as a two-record set on March 23. It will be available on compact disc beginning April 20.
According to a news release, Young recorded the music on the MGM soundstage with three different groups: Promise of the Real, an orchestra and another backing band comprised of Jim Keltner, Paul Bushnell and Joe Yankee. In addition, Paradox contains several solo passages played by Young on electric guitar. There are three sides of music on the LP, with the fourth consisting of etched artwork.
Young composed the bulk of the material for the film, which was written and directed by Daryl Hannah, his girlfriend. He collaborated on "Running to the Silver Eagle" with Promise of the Real, the band fronted by Lukas Nelson; Nelson and his brother Micah worked with Young on "Diggin' in the Dirt." There are also covers of Jimmy Reed's "Baby What You Want Me To Do?," the Turtles' "Happy Together," Lead Belly's "How Long?" and "Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground." The latter was written by the Nelson brothers' father, Willie Nelson, who also provides narration in the opener "Many Moons Ago in the Future."
Paradox will be screened at SXSW on Friday and will hit Netflix on March 23, with a limited theatrical release to be announced at a later date. A news release describes the film as a "fantasy, a loud poem and a whimsical tale of music and love," adding that Paradox is a "sweetly idiosyncratic personal expression. Sometime in the future-past, a band of outlaws hides out high in the mountains. The 'Man in the Black Hat' (Young), the 'Particle Kid' (Micah) and 'Jail Time' (Lukas) and a band of cowboys and outlaws pass the days digging for treasure while they wait for the full moon to bring its magic, the music and let the spirits fly."
Neil Young, 'Paradox (Original Music From the Film)' Track Listing
Side 1
1. "Many Moons Ago In the Future" (Narration by Willie Nelson)
2. "Show Me"
3. "Paradox Passage 1"
4. "Hey"
5. "Paradox Passage 2"
6. "Diggin' In the Dirt - Chorus"
7. "Paradox Passage 3"
8. "Peace Trail"
Side 2
1. "Pocahontas"
2. "Cowgirl Jam"
3. "Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground"
Side 3
1. "Paradox Passage 4"
2. "Diggin' in the Dirt"
3. "Paradox Passage 5"
4. "Running to the Silver Eagle"
5. "Baby What You Want Me to Do?"
6. "Paradox Passage 6"
7. "Offerings"
8. "How Long?"
9. "Happy Together"
10. "Tumbleweed"


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Fear of the Other
No Fear in Love
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Emphasizing biblical teaching to receive Others for who they are and their differences as gifts and mysteries bearing the grace of God, Willimon also offers a strong critique of the privileged who all too often rush to speak of reconciliation and evade the injustice of huge inequalities faced by foreigners and strangers - as well as the antagonism the stranger experiences. He identifies concrete, everyday ways persons are formed in welcoming others without annihilating their differences.
Rooted in the New Testament understanding of Gentile outsiders grafted into the covenant community, Willimon invites readers to an on-the-ground faith that remembers the God who comes to us again and again through so-called outsiders, strangers, immigrants, and those without status. Beyond welcome, Christians must become "other" to the world, shaking off the dominant culture's identity and privilege through practices of listening, humility, and understanding.
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Austin Color Vibe 5K Run | Oct 22, 2016 RACE INFORMATION
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The Color Vibe 5k run will be held at Barton Creek Square! Address: Barton Creek Square, 2901 S Capital of Texas Hwy, Austin, TX 78746 Start Time: 8:00 AM PRICING
Color Vibe is proud to help the local community, not only by bringing a ton of colorful happiness to your town, but also helping out your local charity. For more information on how we can help or to apply to become a Color Vibe charity partner please email email@example.com. TEAM UP WITH US We are partnering with local sponsors to make this an awesome event, and we'd love to have your business involved. There are a ton of ways that you can contribute and have your business benefit. Just send us an email at firstname.lastname@example.com and let's talk! PACKET PICK-UP / CHECK-IN
Packet Pick-up / Check-in is held the day before the event to alleviate congestion on race day and give everyone a better event experience. We strongly encourage you to come to Packet Pick-up or have someone get it for you. If you are unable to attend Packet Pick-up, or would like to check-in on race day morning there will be a $5 late check-in fee per registration added when you get your packet. PRE-RACE DOCUMENTS
We're putting the final touches on everything, but don't worry, we'll get you everything you need! Check back with us as we get closer to the event and we'll have it all here for you. We'll also blast out an email with more information as we get closer, so you'll be all set for Color Vibe event! The waiver that each participant must agree to is listed below. Be sure to sign the waiver BEFORE YOU RUN! No waiver, no run, no exceptions! WAIVER
All participants are required to sign a release waiver to run in the Color Vibe Race Series. Upon registering you'll be able to digitally sign the release waiver. By registering and participating in the Color Vibe Race Series you agree to the following release waiver: I know and understand that participating in a 5K run with color is a potentially hazardous activity. I know, recognize, understand, and appreciate these risks, realizing this is a strenuous activity which requires physical conditioning and hereby represent and certify that I am in good health and in physical condition to participate in this event.I assume all risks associated with running or walking in this event and acknowledge it carries with it the potential for property loss, serious injury, or death. I understand the risks include, but are not limited to, those caused by terrain, falls, contact with other participants, lack of hydration, traffic, obstacles, fire, weather, bee stings or bites, actions of other people including, but not limited to, participants, volunteers, spectators, coaches, event officials and event monitors, and/or Administrators of the event. All such and related risks being known and appreciated by me. I also agree to obey all laws while participating in the event. I also agree to immediately adhere to directions given me by event officials as well as law enforcement and emergency personnel. I acknowledge that this is a running and/or walking event that involves physical activity, is a test of my physical and mental limits and carries a potential for moderate and serious injury, death, property loss or damage. I also acknowledge that the Event involves spraying a corn-starch colorant ("Colorant") and may cause skin irritation, itching, burning, discomfort or vision problems, permanently stain or damage any of my personal belongings or property. I acknowledge the Event has properly warned of the effects involved with the Colorant, and advises me to wear proper eye, nose and mouth protection at all times. I understand the risks involved with attending the Event that may include, but not limited to: falls, slips, contact and/or crashes with other Attendees, injuries from contact with the Colorant, effects of weather including heat and/or humidity, cold, defective equipment, condition of the roads and/or course, rough terrain, heavy rain, water hazards, hazards posed by spectators or other Attendees, man-made or natural obstacles, wild animals, insects, and poisonous plants. I ASSUME ALL RISKS INVOLVED WITH THE EVENT, THE COURSE, EQUIPMENT AND THE COLORANT. I agree to monitor my health while participating in the Event, and will withdraw from the Event immediately and seek medical personnel if I believe continuing will present a risk to myself or other Attendees. I agree that I will fully inspect the course before participating, and notify the Event's personnel immediately of any hazardous situations. I agree to wear appropriate clothing and foot attire as established by industry standards and common safety practices during all activities at the Event. I acknowledge that I am not under the influence of alcohol, nor am I, nor will I be at the time of the event, under the influence of any drugs, including prescription, illegal or over-the counter medication, which could impair my ability to participate in the Color Vibe event. If I am taking medication, I affirm that I have seen a physician and have approval from him or her to participate in the Color Vibe event while under the influence of medication. I attest and verify that I am physically fit, have sufficiently trained for the Event, and my physical condition has been verified acceptable to participate in the Event by a medical doctor prior to attending. I am covered by medical insurance, individually or as part of an organization. Further, I give my consent to medical treatment in the event of an emergency or other incident, in which, in the reasonable judgment of the on-site personnel, I require medical care. I assume all liability for any and all medical expenses incurred as a result of training for and/or attending the Event, including but not limited to: ambulance transportation, medical attention, medical treatment or services, hospital stays, physician and pharmaceutical goods and services. 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I hereby grant to the Licensee, its successors, assigns and licensees an irrevocable license to use and reproduce, in whole or in part, the contents of the Footage, my name, my likeness, image, voice, appearance, or that of my property and biographical information about me in connection with the race in which I am participating and the production and exploitation thereof, in any and all manners and media, throughout the world, in perpetuity, for marketing, promotional, advertising, public relations or commercial purposes via videos, publications, advertisements, news releases, websites, including social media, and any promotional materials in any other medium. I grant permission to all the foregoing parties to use any photographs, motion pictures, recordings, or any other record of this event for any legitimate purpose. I understand that pets, bicycles, skateboards, roller-blades, or scooters are not allowed in any event. I will abide by these guidelines. 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Quite a bit of research has begun
to explore influences of sleep on
cognitive processes. In adults,
sleep has a huge influence on memory.
Sleep speeds learning of new skills.
It also helps to separate the information being learned from the situation
in which it was learned, which can make it easier to use that knowledge in
other circumstances.
Young children spend a tremendous
amount of time asleep, and so research is also beginning to explore the
influence of sleep on things children learn.
An interesting study in the March/April, 2014 issue of Child Development by Denise Werchan
and Rebecca Gomez examined how sleep influences toddlers' ability to learn new
When a child learns a new noun,
for example, it is important for the child to be able to apply that word to the
object (or objects) for which they have seen it used, but also to apply that
word to other objects that come from the same category. For example, a child may sit in the family
minivan and hear it called a car. She may see a neighbor's sedan and hear that
called a car as well. She might also be given a four-wheeled toy
and hear that is a car, too. To be a successful language-user, this child
ultimately has to be able to recognize which other objects should be called a car and which ones should not.
This process requires generalization. That is, the child has to go from the limited
number of instances of the category they have seen to figure out which other
objects share the same label. This
process requires some amount of forgetting.
After all, the child will observe many characteristics of these objects
like their shape, size, color, and parts.
Some of these characteristics (like shape, and some parts) matter a lot
in deciding whether to call something a car, and others (like color) matter less. So, it is helpful for the child to forget
some of what they have seen in order to begin to generalize the new word to
other objects.
Werchan and Gomez suggested that
sleep might actually interfere with toddlers' ability to learn new words. These researchers argued that sleep helps to
solidify memories, and so if children associate too much information with a
label, they might not learn to generalize it to new objects.
To test this possibility,
30-month-old toddlers were taught labels for three types of novel objects
(which were constructed by the researchers).
The labels were words like dax
or tiv that are not used as words in
English. During the training, children
saw three examples of each object. They were also exposed to several other
novel objects that were not labeled, that would be used as distractors
One group of children was tested
about an hour before their normal nap time.
They napped, and then came to a psychology lab to be tested four hours
after the training. A second group was
tested far from their normal nap time.
They were also tested in the lab four hours after training, but they had
not napped. A third group was trained
and then tested immediately.
During the test, children saw
four objects: a new example from one of the
categories they learned, an object they saw during training that had not been
named, an unfamiliar object, and a familiar object (like a toy duck). They were told the label and were asked to
point to the object. For example, if
they saw the object that had been called a dax
during training, they would be asked "Which one's a dax? Can you point to the one that's a dax?"
The children who were tested
immediately and those who napped got about 40% of the test questions
correct. The children who did not nap got
over 80% of the test questions correct.
This study suggests that when
toddlers are learning words, their ability to generalize those words to new
objects requires them to forget some of what they saw. More of this forgetting happens when children
remain awake than when they sleep. So,
this kind of word learning is enhanced when children stay awake after learning
the words.
As the researchers point out,
this finding differs from what is usually observed with adults. Adults often generalize their learning better
after sleep. The difference is that adults
are better than toddlers at focusing on the most important information when
learning something new. So, for adults
the most important part of generalizing is separating the content of what was
learned from the situation in which it was learned. Sleep helps with that separation. Toddlers need to forget some of the content
of what they learned in order to generalize effectively, and so for them sleep
helps them.


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While in the good old times, annuities have been paid (and actually had to be paid) by professional representatives, this business has now been largely conquered by specialized firms. The professional representatives then receive a notice saying "the annuities will be paid through other channels", "you are no longer responsible for the annuities" or the like. While sending annuity reminders and actually paying the renewal fees are basically two different things, the question of reminders is rarely addressed explicitly. It is, however, generally considered to be implicit that the representative is not expected to send annuity reminders where it is clear that the payment is effected via other channels. In any case, the client would clearly not pay for such reminder services and would feel bothered and confused by receiving such reminders rather than appreciating the diligent service of his professional representative.
The above understanding is more or less common ground for reminders sent before the due date of the renewals, the situation gets complicated when it comes to official notifications indicating that the renewal fee can still be paid with surcharge and/or loss of rights communications or decisions received after the lapse of the period for payment with surcharge. The due diligence requires the representative to forward these communications unless the patentee explicitly says that he does not want this. Neither the instructions to "abandon", to "let lapse" or to "withdraw" implies that the applicant or patentee does not wish to be kept updated on the available legal remedies for the case that the instruction was erroneous, unintentional or otherwise misconceivable. Unlike in the case of "ordinary" annuity reminders, the professional representative is expected and indeed obliged to forward official notifications drawing attention to the possibility to pay the renewal fees with surcharge or notification of a loss of right even in those cases where he thinks that the non-payment of annuities was intentional (which is often unknown to the representative) unless the client has explicitly waived the receipt of these notifications.
The duty to monitor annuity deadlines and to send reminders is considered to be transferred to the party entrusted with the effectuation of the payment whereas the duty to forward official communications and to inform available legal remedies remains with the professional representative.
The situation can of course been more complicated in cases where the ownership of the patent and/or and intermediate foreign professional representative who had sent the original instructions has changed. If the transfer of the patent is not registered, the professional representative might even have been informed about it. The waivers to receive certain information expressed by the original patentee and/or by the original foreign representative might not be valid for the new representative or patentee and might not reflect the desired services of the new patentee or representative.
Against this background, most of the patent law firms tend to forward communications received after non-payment of the annuity in case of doubt. A decision not to forward such communications would require detailed analysis of the previous instruction including the file history as described above, which would be more complicated than simply forwarding the communications by far. It is, however, difficult to charge a client for this service, in particular in cases where the responsibility for the payment of annuities has been transferred or where the right to receive this communications has been explicitly waived.
For important deadlines in general, the safe receipt of notifications of deadlines should be confirmed somehow and a series of reminders should be sent in cases of doubt. Does this apply to cases where the professional representative is formally not responsible for the payment of annuities even if this might be perceived as bothersome in a case where the client has intentionally abandoned the protective right? Or is the degree of due care required somehow lowered in this specific case?
The decision T942/12 has to be seen in this context. The core part of the decision goes as follows:
The renewal fee for the fifth year fell due by 31 July 2007 and was not paid. The notice drawing attention to Article 86(2) EPC dated 4 September 2007 was sent to the European representative of the applicant, Page Hargrave (PH). PH forwarded this notice to GH on 7 September 2007. GH states they have no record of ever having received this notice. PH took no further action with respect to the renewal fee as it had been instructed by letter of 9 September 2005 that it "was not required to maintain renewal fee reminder records or attend to the payment of renewal fees". ....
If a European representative is expressly instructed that he is not required to monitor the payment of renewal fees, the duty of due care does not involve that he nevertheless does so. It cannot be expected that the European representative monitors renewal fee payments at his own expense (he will not be able to charge fees for actions he is to refrain from according to his instructions). Furthermore, sending reminders against instructions may irritate the instructing party and may impair the relationship with the client. The client may have good reasons for giving such instructions, e.g. to avoid receiving reminders from different sources that will lead to additional work and expense for him. Reminders from different sources can also be a source of confusion and thus lead to mistakes.
The present case therefore differs from the case law where it was held that even if the renewal fee was paid by someone else, the European representative remained responsible in the procedure before the EPO, and had to take the necessary steps to ensure payment (see Case Law of the Boards of Appeal, 7**(th) edition 2013, III.E.4.5.2 b)), as in none of those cases the European representative had expressly been instructed not to monitor renewal fees.
The Board therefore concludes that the duty of care of PH involved the forwarding of the notice drawing attention to Article 86(2) EPC to GH, not however checking whether GH indeed received the notice and took the appropriate action (emphasis added).
This blogger welcomes this important decision because it accounts for the complexity of real life circumstances within which professional representatives have to exercise their due care rather than imposing unrealistic requirements.


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For the choir director: A song of the descendants of Korah, to be sung by soprano voices.*46: title Hebrew according to alamoth.
1God is our refuge and strength,
always ready to help in times of trouble.
2So we will not fear when earthquakes come
and the mountains crumble into the sea.
3Let the oceans roar and foam.
Let the mountains tremble as the waters surge!
4A river brings joy to the city of our God,
the sacred home of the Most High.
5God dwells in that city; it cannot be destroyed.
From the very break of day, God will protect it.
6The nations are in chaos,
and their kingdoms crumble!
God's voice thunders,
and the earth melts!
7The Lord of Heaven's Armies is here among us;
the God of Israel*46:7 Hebrew of Jacob; also in 46:11. See note on 44:4. is our fortress.
8Come, see the glorious works of the Lord:
See how he brings destruction upon the world.
9He causes wars to end throughout the earth.
He breaks the bow and snaps the spear;
he burns the shields with fire.
10"Be still, and know that I am God!
I will be honored by every nation.
I will be honored throughout the world."
11The Lord of Heaven's Armies is here among us;
the God of Israel is our fortress.


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I was rather gobsmacked when Zena asked me to do the closing keynote at #ililc5. An offer I couldn't refuse but daunting nonetheless. Especially as there was no 'theme' this year so I could talk about 'anything' according to my instructions!
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Our privacy commitment to you
When you use our products and services, you trust us with your information. We find this relationship extremely important and promise the following to you.
- We always process your data in accordance with the EU Data Protection Rules and other applicable privacy legislation to protect it from unauthorised access and to ensure safe data transfers.
- We are transparent about how we use the data collected from you.
- We make clear to you what your benefit is for sharing your data with us and match our communication with your needs and preferences.
- We do this in easy-to-understand language throughout the whole KLM and partner airline journey.
- We put you in control of your data and will use your feedback to improve continuously.
- We ensure that your data is safe with us. In the unlikely event that your data has been breached, we will make sure to stop the leak as soon as possible and inform you immediately.
- If we need to disclose your data outside our organisation, we describe this explicitly in our privacy statement. We do not share, sell, or give your personal information to any outside organisation without your explicit consent.
- We are trustworthy with your data and strive for international certifications (e.g. ISO-27001).
About this privacy statement
This privacy statement applies to all personal data that KLM processes when customers use our websites or mobile apps or contact us. We process your personal data primarily to handle your bookings, arrange your trips and purchases, and answer your questions. We may also use your data to send you offers adjusted to your interests and preferences.
In this privacy statement, we provide more information about the personal data we collect and use and what your rights are. For more information, please click on the relevant paragraph below.
We are Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines or KLM), a Dutch airline, with its office at Amsterdamseweg 55, 1182 GP Amstelveen, The Netherlands.
We offer our corporate loyalty programme Bluebiz in partnership with our group company Air France. Air France (Société Air France, S.A.) is an airline with offices at Rue de Paris 45, F-95747 Roissy CDG Cedex, France. We are jointly responsible for the collection and use of your personal data for the Bluebiz loyalty programme. We have an arrangement in place setting out our respective responsibilities for complying with applicable privacy legislation. In short, we have agreed that you can contact either KLM's or Air France's Privacy Office (see 8 "Your rights" below) if you wish to exercise your rights or have any complaints about the collection or use of your personal data. KLM and Air France will assist each other when necessary so as to ensure that you can exercise your rights. We work together to ensure that your questions and complaints are properly addressed.
With our subsidiary Transavia Airlines CV ('Transavia', also part of the Air France-KLM Group) we exchange personal data of passengers who have caused (serious) nuisance and who have been refused boarding (see also 2.1 (J), 4.1 (G) and 5.3 below). Transavia is an airline with its office at Piet Guilonardweg 15, 1117 EE Schiphol, The Netherlands. Together with Transavia, we are responsible for the processing of your personal data that takes place in the context of this exchange. A mutual arrangement sets out our respective responsibilities for compliance with applicable privacy laws including the exercise of your rights (see section 8 "Your rights" below).
2.1. General We may collect and use the following categories of personal data: (A) Name, passport details and other identifying data When you make a reservation or book a flight with us, we collect your name, title, gender, date of birth, nationality, country of residence, and passport details. If you make a reservation or book a flight for other persons, we also collect their identifying data. Please make sure that they understand that we collect their personal data and how we use it. (B) Your contact details and your personal account or registration details We may collect your address, telephone number, and e-mail address. If you register for a service, event, contest or campaign or create a personal account, we may also record your log-in details and other information that you provide during registration or when filling in the account form. If you are a business traveller, we also collect information about your organisation, such as its name and address. (C) Information about your reservations, bookings, and purchases When you make a reservation or book a flight with us, we collect and use your reservation and booking details. Those details may include information about your flight, prices, and the date of your reservation or booking. In addition, we collect and use information about additional services (such as extra baggage, upgrades, and onboard WiFi) and products you purchase from us. (D) Information in relation to your trip When you travel with us, we collect and use information about your trip, such as your itinerary, online or airport check-in, mobile or hardcopy boarding pass, and information about your travel companions. We may also record your specific medical needs or dietary requests and any additional assistance you require.
Prior to boarding or disembarking, we may also perform health checks or collect or use your health data, because we are statutorily required to do so, for reasons of public interest in the area of public health, or with your explicit consent.
At some airports, as part of access controls, security measures and security procedures (such as matching checked baggage to the correct passenger), your identity may be verified using biometric features, for example through facial recognition. From the external organisation providing these controls or procedures, we normally receive confirmation that your identity has been verified (an identity confirmation). Unless otherwise specified, we do not receive any personal data about you other than that already in our possession (such as information about your boarding pass). We do not receive biometric data (such as a facial image). The external organisation providing biometric identification is the data controller for the processing of your biometric data. For more information on the processing of your personal data by this organisation, please refer to the relevant organisation's privacy statement. For more information on the purposes for which we use the identity confirmation, please refer to section 4.1 (H).
We may be required by law to make a copy of your proof of identity (see section 5.4 (A) below for more information).
4.1. Main purposes for which we use your personal data (A) To provide our services to you We use the information described under 2.1 (A) to (G) to handle your reservations and bookings and to arrange your trips and purchases. For example, we use your name, passport number, and other identifying information to issue your ticket. We use your contact details to inform you about changes in your flight status.
(F) To communicate with you We use your contact details to communicate with you about our services or loyalty programme, to answer your questions, or to address your complaints.
(G) Passengers who exhibit unruly behaviour or misuse our services i. General: KLM maintains lists of passengers who have exhibited unruly behaviour or misused our services (see 2.1 (J) above). Depending on the severity of the behaviour, KLM may (i) for a period of three years attach additional conditions to their admission on board or (ii) for a period of (in principle) five years refuse them on board. In case of aggravating circumstances (such as repeated misconduct), KLM may decide to refuse a passenger for a period exceeding five years. In very severe cases, KLM may even decide to refuse a passenger permanently. We apply different guidelines for processing this special information in respect of children. Children under the age of 15 who exhibit unruly behaviour are not registered on the list. As for children aged 15 to 16, KLM may attach conditions to their admission for a maximum period of one year. Passengers who have been refused entry for five years or more will be personally informed (if possible, by e-mail) of the fact that they have been placed on the list, the reason for placement, what security measures have been imposed on them, how long these measures will be effective and where they can file a complaint or object to the placement. More information about access to or correction of this data can be found below under 8 'Your rights'. ii. Illegal drugs: KLM receives from the State of the Netherlands the names of passengers who have disembarked at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and who have been found by the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee to be carrying illegal drugs. KLM may refuse to enter into any transport contract with these persons for a period of 3 years for direct flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Suriname, Aruba, Bonaire, St. Maarten, or Curaçao and direct flights from these countries to Schiphol. You may request permission to access or rectify this data by submitting a written request to that effect to the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee, PO Box 90615, 2509 LP The Hague, The Netherlands. If you reside in Aruba, the Netherlands Antilles, Suriname or Venezuela, you must enclose a copy of your passport with your written request.
(H) To conduct our business operations or to comply with statutory obligations We collect, use and retain your personal data to conduct our business operations, such as conducting flights, ensuring flight safety and for record-keeping purposes. We also process your data to improve our business operations. For example, we use recordings of telephone calls to train our customer service staff (see 2.1 (F)). Furthermore, we process your personal data to comply with our legal and tax obligations and for the purposes of fraud prevention and control, and dispute resolution. In the case of fraud or misuse of our services, we may enter your personal data in our internal fraud control and warning systems (see 4.1 (G) above). 4.2 Specific services, apps, events, contests, or campaigns For specific services, apps, events, contests, or campaigns, we may use your personal data for purposes other than those described in this privacy statement. We will inform you about those purposes when you register for the service, event, contest, or campaign, or when you download the relevant app. 4.3 Legal basis We may collect and use your personal data only if we have a legal basis for doing so. In many cases, we need your personal data to receive your booking, arrange your flight or purchases, facilitate your participation in our loyalty programmes, or to answer your questions (see 4.1 (A), (B) and (G) above). In those cases, the legal basis for processing your data is 'necessary for the performance of a contract'. If you have consented to the collection and use of your personal data (which consent you may withdraw at any time, see 8 "Your rights" below), we will collect and use your data based on that consent. In certain cases, we may use your personal data if we or third parties have a legitimate interest in doing so. We will always consider all interests carefully: your interests, the interests of others, and KLM's interests. Based on our legitimate interest, we will collect and use your data for, for instance, flight safety, statistical research, or direct marketing purposes, or to offer personalised discounts and offers (see 4.1 (C), (D),(E) and (G) above for more information). We may have a legal obligation to collect and use your data, for example, to satisfy immigration formalities (see 4.1 (H). If you refuse to provide the personal data that we need to perform the contract we have concluded with you or to comply with a legal obligation, we may not be able to provide all the services you have requested from us. Consequently, we may have to cancel your flight, or we may not be able to provide you with the additional services you have requested. If you provide incomplete or inaccurate information, we may be forced to deny you boarding or entry into a foreign territory.
5.1. General We may share your personal data with third parties in the following cases: (A) To facilitate your bookings and trips To handle your reservations and bookings and to arrange your trips and purchases, we often need to share your personal data with our partner airlines, airport operators, and other companies involved in facilitating your trip (see 3.1 (B) above, "How we collect your data"). We also exchange your data with SkyTeam and SkyTeam Alliance members to provide you with a more seamless travel experience (see section 1 above). (B) For our Bluebiz corporate loyalty programme For more information, see "Who we are" and 3.1 (C) under "How we collect your data". (C) Regarding corporate accounts If you book a flight using your employer's corporate account, your employer will have access to certain booking details, such as the ticket price, travel dates, and your destination. Your employer is independently responsible for how it collects and uses your personal data and informs you about it. (D) For support or additional services To provide our services, we use the support or additional services of third parties, such as IT suppliers, social media providers, marketing agencies, and screening service providers. All such third parties are required to adequately safeguard your personal data and only use such data in accordance with our instructions. The Air France-KLM group carries out its business operations using centralised databases and systems. Those central databases and systems may be hosted or managed by one group company for other group companies. In addition, for efficiency purposes, certain operational functions may be performed by one group company for other group companies. This means that our group companies may have access to your personal data for these purposes. Our group companies may only use your personal data as required for the relevant business function and in accordance with this privacy statement. (E) Regarding payment services To process payments for your trips and purchases, we may work with third parties that offer payment services. In many cases, those payment service providers also conduct fraud checks. They operate their own privacy policies in terms of the way in which they use your personal data. (F) Personalised marketing through social media platforms For more information, see 4.1 (E) under "Purposes for which we use your data". (G) To enable our partners to tailor their services to your trip We may share your non-personalised information (destination, travel date, and duration of the trip) with partners that offer additional services (e.g. hotel accommodations, car rental services) so that they can provide you with offers tailored to your trip. Our partners operate their own privacy policies in terms of the way in which they use your personal data. 5.2. Specific services, apps, events, contests, or campaigns For specific services, apps, events, contests, or campaigns, we may share your data with third parties other than those described in this privacy statement, for example, when we organise a campaign or an event in collaboration with a partner or when we integrate their services into our apps. We will inform you about this when you register for the service, event, contest, or campaign, or when you download the app. 5.3. Data exchange with Transavia
Airlines have an obligation to guarantee flight safety. For this purpose, KLM takes certain (necessary) security measures. For example, KLM keeps a list of passengers who have exhibited unruly behaviour on the ground or on board (see 2.1. (J) and 4.2 (G) above). Based on this list, KLM can (i) for a period of three years attach additional conditions to their admission on board or (ii) for a certain period refuse them on board. Transavia, KLM's subsidiary, maintains a similar list. To increase the scope of the internal security measures taken, KLM and Transavia exchange the personal data of passengers of whom has been decided that they must be refused boarding (see 4.1. (G) above). A person who is refused by KLM will now also be refused on board Transavia flights (and vice versa). If you have exhibited unruly behaviour and this has led to registration on the list, you will be personally informed about this by the airline where the unruly behaviour took place.
5.4 Government agencies (A) General We may be legally required to collect your personal data before you travel to another country and share it with the government agencies in the countries on your itinerary. For example, we may be legally required to collect and share your identifying data and your booking and travel information with those agencies for purposes of border control, immigration formalities, entering a country, or combatting terrorism or other serious crimes (see 5.4 (B) below). If you depart from certain countries, in specific cases we are required by law to make a copy of your passport and provide it to the Dutch government upon request. We may also be statutorily required to share your health data with the government agencies in the countries on your itinerary for public health purposes (see 2.1 (D) above). (B) PNR and API data i. General: under applicable European and local laws and regulations, we are required to disclose PNR and API data to certain government agencies.
6.1. Security (A) Our commitment Ensuring the security and confidentiality of your personal data is our priority. Taking into account the nature of your personal data and the risks of processing, we have put in place all appropriate technical and organisational measures as required by applicable legal provisions (in particular Article 32 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)) so as to ensure an appropriate level of security and, in particular, to prevent any accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, disclosure, intrusion of or unauthorised access to these data. (B) The security measures we have taken i. Banking transactions: we are required to comply with the Data Security Standard for the Payment Card Industry (the PCI DSS standard) issued by the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC). This standard was created to increase control over cardholder information so as to reduce the fraudulent use of payment instruments. All KLM service providers required to process bank card data must comply with the PCI DSS standard. We strive to combat identity theft on the Internet. For this reason, we use, for example, a device for detecting fraudulent payments designed to protect you in the event of loss or theft of your bank card. ii. Organisational measures: we have implemented and maintain various organisational measures intended to strengthen the awareness and accountability of our employees. We have programmes in place designed both to ensure awareness and to promote the sharing of good practices and safety standards. In this context, a rich collection of documents on information security challenges and privacy protection have been made available to our employees. iii. Technical measures: we strictly control physical and logical access to internal servers hosting or processing your personal data. We protect our network with state-of-the-art hardware devices (Firewall, IDS, DLP etc.) as well as architectures (including secure protocols such as TLS 1.2) in order to prevent and limit the risk of cybercrime. (C) The evolution of our security systems To maintain an appropriate level of security, we have internal processes in place based on the best standards (in particular, the ISO 27000 family of standards). We rely on dedicated experts to guarantee the best possible level of protection. In this regard, we maintain a privileged relationship with the NCSC (National Cyber Security Centre).
(D) How to protect yourself Personal data security and confidentiality depend on everyone's best practices. When you make a reservation, you will be sent file references . These booking references must remain confidential at all times. Disclosing them to other passengers may allow them access to your booking information through our systems or those of third parties involved in delivering your trip (e.g. travel agencies or online search and booking sites). If you are travelling with others and do not want your personal information disclosed to them, we recommend making separate reservations. We also advise you not to disclose the passwords you use to access our services to third parties, to log out of your profile and social account systematically (especially in the case of linked accounts), and to close the browser window at the end of your session, especially if you are accessing the Internet from a public computer. This will prevent other users from accessing your personal data. To avoid the risk of hacking, we recommend using different passwords for every online service you use. We cannot be held responsible for theft of your data on a platform that is not managed by us. In addition, we strongly recommend that you do not distribute to third parties documents issued by KLM containing your personal data (your boarding pass, ticket number, etc.) or other information related to your trip or to publish these on social networks. If you decide to publish these documents on social media, you are responsible for consulting and understanding the general conditions of use, information security practices and privacy policies applicable to those third-party social networks. We cannot be held responsible for how data is processed, stored or disclosed on these platforms. To find out more about our IT security measures, please consult our IT security portal. (E) Management of security incidents There is no such thing as 'zero risk' and even if we implement all the security measures recognised as appropriate, unforeseen things can happen. We have specific procedures and resources in place to manage security incidents under the best possible conditions. We have also set up a specific procedure for assessing possible breaches of security that could lead to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure of or access to your personal data, for notifying the competent supervisory authority within the period stipulated by applicable law, and for warning you when a breach is likely to result in a high risk to your rights and freedoms. Tests are carried out periodically to verify the functioning of the security installations and adequacy of the procedures and devices deployed. 6.2. Retention
We do not keep your personal data for any longer than is necessary. How long your personal data is retained depends on the purposes for which the data is processed and the applicable statutory retention periods.
(D) Skyteam Alliance If you wish to exercise your rights regarding the processing of your personal data within the framework of the SkyTeam Alliance, please contact KLM's Privacy Office:
9.1. This privacy statement took effect on 1 February 2024 and replaced our previous privacy policy of 15 September 2022. This privacy statement is amended from time to time. We will notify you of any changes before they take effect.


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This article describes how to troubleshoot problems connecting to websites that start immediately after updating Firefox to a new version.
- Follow the instructions in this article if you can connect to websites using another browser (such as Internet ExplorerSafariEpiphany), but not in Firefox. If no browsers can load websites, see Firefox and other browsers can't load websites.
- For troubleshooting connection problems unrelated to updating Firefox, see Firefox can't load websites but other browsers can.
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The cause
If you were able to load websites until you updated Firefox, your Internet security software (including firewalls, antivirus programs, anti-spyware programs, and more) is likely preventing Firefox from connecting to the Internet.
This problem occurs when your Internet security program was set to trust the previous version of Firefox, but no longer recognizes your updated version as trusted.
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This was originally reported back in September 2010 but despite being tagged status-completed is still a problem:
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Welcome to Q&A for professional and enthusiast programmers
Surely it should read:
Welcome to a Q&A site for ....
or even:
Welcome to the Q&A site for ....
(the bold indicates the missing text).
Currently it reads as though it's welcoming the questions and answers themselves to the site (thanks Chris). Though you could argue that is what the site is about!
The same error is on all the other sites in the network too.


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We speak with Kai Huschke, the NW and Hawaii Organizer for the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund—working to pass Community Bills of Rights that elevate local law and rights above corporate rights. Local initiatives he advised have recently received state-level push-backs. The backlash in Washington State, for example, overturned over 100 years of Washington State legal precedent.
Simon Davis-Cohen: Over a hundred years of Washington State legal precedent has recently been overturned in response to local citizen initiatives you have played an advising role on. Never before had laws in Washington been subject to judicial review before they became law. Using this new tactic, opponents of Bellingham's, and more recently Spokane's, Community Bill of Rights have successfully blocked initiatives from appearing on local ballots. Why aren't you surprised?
Kai Huschke: It is in these kinds of moments you see the system for what it is in full force, that it has been designed to protect commerce and property interests over rights. In the Bellingham and Spokane cases, the courts said that it is more important to defend corporate interests' speculative claims of damages rather than uphold the right of the people to vote.
That sounds shocking, and it should be to folks, but why it's not surprising is that the structure has been built to respond to peoples' attempts to gain more say over what happens in their community. In Bellingham it was BNSF railroad saying you can't say no to coal trains because it goes against the Commerce Clause of the US Constitution. In Spokane it was the local Chamber of Commerce, Homebuilders Association, and developers arguing to the judge that you can't expand rights to residents to decide what happens development-wise in their neighborhoods, institute greater protections for the Spokane River, or expand basic rights for workers, because the local government doesn't have that authority.
It's not surprising because the people supporting the Community Bill of Rights in Spokane have always understood that the right to self-government is a complete fantasy. That without taking down the structure we have today – programmed to ignore the rights of people and nature – we should expect more of these kinds of decisions that smash direct democracy.
Simon Davis-Cohen: In Oregon a similar backlash is taking place—against local efforts to ban genetically modified crops. Oregon's Governor and State Legislature have taken steps (Senate Bill 863) to remove from localities all governing power over genetically modified crops. How does this illuminate the power structure that already exists in Oregon and other states?
Kai Huschke: The Oregon Legislature just recently completed the dirty work on behalf of some of the largest corporate agricultural companies in the world by adopting a new law that chokes off any local control over seed for farming. This action shines a big fat light on the fact that a functioning, healthy right to self-government in Oregon communities does not exist. It is the same game that has played out in many other ways in Oregon's ongoing history and is the way that things play out all over the country.
The corporate interests use the structure of government to drive in preemptive law that functions to crush any semblance of democracy at the community level. The system is very clear that it is about protecting—no matter the costs to people, communities, and the environment—decision making staying in the hands of a few over the best interest of the majority. The few are mainly large corporations that have been expanding this system of preemption as well as guarding against attacks from the people for the last 150 years.
Simon Davis-Cohen: Both tactics to prevent local bills of rights from being passed argue that certain issues are not within localities' jurisdiction to govern. What are these issues and why do you think they are within local jurisdiction?
Kai Huschke: There are a number of things at play around the question of authority. The two clearest elements are state preemption and Dillon's Rule. State preemption says that some body at the state or possibly the local level (as defined by the state) has all power over certain issues. This means when residents want the right to decide how major development will proceed in their neighborhoods they are denied that right because another entity preempts them. The same scenario can be applied when talking about environmental protections or worker rights. The people and even local government are not allowed to exercise their right to expand rights protections against what the state has claimed it has the authority to regulate.
With Dillon's Rule it is about the local government only being able to address issues that the state says it can. All power of the local government comes from the state. Powers can be given and powers can be taken away. Spokane, Bellingham, or whatever city you live in, your local government is basically a child to the parent that is the state. The child only can do what the parent allows.
Preemption and Dillon's Rule fly directly in the face of what the Washington State Constitution says in Article 1, Section 1: "All political power is inherent in the people, and governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, and are established to protect and maintain individual rights."
The question has always been about (once you realize that what we've been told or taught about democracy, self-government, and protecting nature is false) what we are willing to do to change the structure in order to actually elevate and protect the rights of people, neighborhoods, workers, and nature over corporate pursuits.
Simon Davis-Cohen: In what ways are communities in Washington and Oregon alone? In what ways are they a part of something larger?
Kai Huschke: Pennsylvania, New Mexico, New Hampshire, Washington, and Oregon have launched statewide community rights networks aimed at supporting local efforts to secure the right to self-government. These five states are also looking at making state constitutional change that would further recognize self-governmental power, eliminate corporate rights, and protect nature's rights. Ohio will launch the next community rights network, with states like Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, and Iowa considering doing the same.
Individually at the community level and collectively at the state and federal level, it is understood that we have a structural governmental problem that has to be corrected. Without doing so, the local level assaults by corporations and state governments will continue to escalate. The 160 communities who have passed new law that recognize community rights not corporate rights are the blue prints for what local government should look like as well as what state and federal constitutional change could look like.
In addition the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund has drafted both state and constitutional changes for a variety of states so a very real and very needed discussion can happen around shifting our energy away from issue fights within a rigged system and start to seriously build towards the structural change necessary to incorporate all the issues. More information can be found in the "State Law Center" section of the CELDF website.
Simon Davis-Cohen: Why is the right of local self-governance important for American grassroots movements?
Kai Huschke: It is the essence of what American grassroots movements have been about. It was practiced all across the country at various times in our history. It was the major driving force behind the Revolutionaries, encapsulated in the Declaration of Independence and later attempted to be put into practice through the Articles of Confederation.
Rightfully so, the idea of self-governance is fronted as to what it means to be American. The community rights efforts of today are the grassroots to institute true self-government. They are built on the foundation of communities being empowered to elevate civil, political, economic, and environmental rights as they see fit.
Local self-government is the bedrock element. Partnered closely to it is the reality that corporate "rights" must be abolished and that nature's rights must be recognized. This system change only happens if it comes from the bottom up, is built by the people, and the people move unapologetically forward to make this a reality.
The system we have today is not ours. It is not the legitimate system of the people. It is an unjust system. It is time that the people put in place a legitimate system of governance that protects the rights of people, communities, and nature first and foremost. That only happens when we actually start practicing local self-governance.
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CCNA Exam Cram: Concepts in IP Addressing
Terms You'll Need to Understand:
- Binary
- Hexadecimal
- Decimal
- Octet
- IP address
- Subnet Mask
- Subnet
- Host
- Increment
Techniques You'll Need to Master:
- Identifying Address Class and Default Mask
- Determining Host Requirements
- Determining Subnet Requirements
- Determining the Increment
The CCNA exam(s) require a near-perfect fluency in subnetting. Success requires speed and accuracy in answering the many questions you will see on this topic. The key to this level of fluency is practice—you must work at your skills until they become second nature.
The following sections discuss binary and hexadecimal numbering systems as compared with the more familiar decimal system. An understanding of binary, in particular, is crucial to success on the test as it is fundamental to computer systems in general, and to topics such as subnetting, access lists, routing, and route summarization in specific.


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Computers that control cars of the future can be considered drivers just like humans, the federal government's highway safety agency has decided.
The redefinition of "driver" by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is an important break for Google, which is developing self-driving cars that get around without steering wheels, pedals — or even the need for a person to be inside.
Though treating a computer like a driver for regulatory purposes helps Google, its cars have miles to go before they get on the road in great numbers. While the safety agency agreed with Google's "driver" reinterpretation in a recent letter, it didn't allow other concessions and said numerous federal rules would have to be changed to permit the cars.
Google, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., is testing dozens of prototypes in California, Texas and Washington. The company has suggested they could be ready for the public in a few years.
In written requests over the past three months, Google asked the safety agency to interpret federal code in ways that would ease the path to market for its cars.
The agency agreed that the car can be a driver but, in a Feb. 4 response posted on its website, also rejected the company's claim that the cars comply with many related regulations including requirements for foot or hand brakes. Google said the requirement wasn't necessary because the electronic driver can stop the cars. The government said regulations are clear and would have to be changed to allow that.
"In a number of instances, it may be possible for Google to show that certain (federal) standards are unnecessary for a particular vehicle design," Paul Hemmersbaugh, the highway traffic safety agency's chief counsel, wrote. "To date, however, Google has not made such a showing."
To put their cars on the road, automakers must self-certify that they meet federal safety standards and get approval from the traffic safety agency. Hemmersbaugh's letter encouraged Google to apply for exemptions to the standards. It also said for some requests, the agency will have to go through the cumbersome federal rule-making process to approve the cars.
Adding a note of skepticism for Google's design, in which human control would be limited to a start and stop button, Hemmersbaugh wrote the company, might "wish to reconsider its view that a pedal may never be needed in any circumstance, and that there is not a risk of harm associated with a pedal's absence."
Google spokesman Johnny Luu said the company had no comment beyond that it was reviewing the agency's response.
After several years of caution, federal regulators said last month that they wanted to help speed the widespread adoption of self-driving cars if they prove to be safe.
In January at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said his department wants to get self-driving cars on the road quickly and will fast-track policies and possibly even waive regulations to do it.
Self-driving vehicles could eventually cut traffic deaths, decrease highway congestion and improve the environment, Foxx said. He encouraged automakers to come to the government with ideas about how to speed their development.
He also said the safety agency, which is part of his department, will oversee development of guidance for automakers on what's expected of self-driving car prototypes and what sort of tests should be used to make sure they are safe.
That policy could eventually lead to consistent national regulations for autonomous cars. Right now, individual states like California, Florida and Nevada have their own regulations.
Safety advocates worry the agency is getting too cozy with the auto industry when it comes to technology regulations.
On Wednesday, Foxx called the government's reinterpretation of driver "significant," but added in a written statement that "the burden remains on self-driving car manufacturers to prove that their vehicles meet rigorous federal safety standards."
The federal government isn't predicting when autonomous cars will be on public roads in big numbers, but some automakers have said they could be in use in limited areas by 2020 — and Google has been more bullish than that.