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Across a sweeping set of categories, rail industry safety showed marked improvement in 2012.
"Nothing is more important to railroads than safety and America's railroads are safer today than ever before," said Edward Hamberger, AAR president and CEO. "We are proud of the investments the rail industry has made to improve safety for employees, passengers and the public at large. Rail technology is constantly evolving and we will continue to invest in new technologies, training and processes aimed at preventing incidents before they ever happen."
Overall, 2012 set a new record for railroad safety, breaking the previous record set in 2011, which in turn broke the record set in 2010. In 2012, compared to 2011, the train accident rate per million train miles was down 19 percent, the employee casualty rate was down nine percent and the grade crossing collision rate was down eight percent.
According to FRA data, from 1980 to 2012, the U.S. train accident rate fell 80 percent and the U.S. rail employee injury rate fell 85 percent. Since 2000, the declines have been 45 percent and 52 percent, respectively. Train collisions per million train-miles have dropped 87 percent since 1980 and 36 percent since 2000.
While railroads saw gains in the other safety categories, trespassing deaths increased in 2012. "These tragedies affect many communities across the country and the freight rail industry remains committed to public education efforts that warn youth of the dangers of playing on railroad tracks," said Hamberger.


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Diablo 3 is preparing for its launch early this year, but it's hitting a snag in Korea. The somewhat controversial auction house feature is edging a bit too close to gambling, which is making the Korean Ratings Board hesitant.
"Committee members are conflicted about what to do with Diablo 3," a board spokesperson told The Korean Times (via The Escapist), "because of (its American developer) Blizzard's information on the game's 'auction house' feature."
Blizzard has released three submissions to the ratings board, and the latest even removed the feature. Still, the board remains "reluctant" according the representative. The auction house will let users bid on in-game items using real money, and let the sellers profit from their sales.
Meanwhile, a Blizzard spokesperson says the company is committed to a global release "in principle." She declined to give a release date -- understandable since its release in the territory is so up in the air.
Shacknews has contacted Blizzard regarding the Korean release, but has yet to receive a response.

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Council considers ICE policies at legislative meeting
Alexandria Sheriff Dana Lawhorne made a presentation about city and regional U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement policies during the March 20 city council legislative...
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Though located in the Del Ray neighborhood, Eugene Simpson Stadium Park is home to every child who has played baseball in Alexandria. This was...
With opinion, Cuccinelli brings immigration back to foreground
Attorney generals memo to Prince William County prompts concern, confusion in Alexandria
Recent anti-illegal immigrant sentiments are disturbing
It is disturbing to note that many opinion pieces submitted by my fellow Alexandrians do not honestly assess the state of our nation and the world today.
Dont step foot in my city without legal status
As Arizonas official crackdown on illegal border-crossers gains momentum, where will all the scattering illegal immigrants end up? How about welcoming them to settle in such sanctuary cities as Alexandria?
Illegal immigrants are criminals simple as that
Lucero Beebe-Giudices letter calls Alexandrias participation in the Secure Communities federal-local partnership a sell-out of democratic principles in attempts to resolve a federal issue.
City services belong to taxpayers, not undocumented immigrants
In her letter Immigration Solutions Must Reflect Our Values, Lucero Beebe-Giudice of the group Tenants and Workers United cleverly attempts to mask the threat illegal immigrants pose in our society with the use of emotionally appealing words that evoke traditional American ideals.
YOUR VIEW | No crying for criminals
I was amused by the article, "Unfair Word Choice Regarding Immigrants" (December 22, 2009). From the point of view of my ancestors, the Native American Indian, the word "immigrant" did not exist only "welcomed but unwanted visitors" exist.


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The new collective agreement begins in January 2013 and allows for wage increases of 3% percent in each of the next five years. It also reflects changes that help ensure the CP pension plan is sustainable for employees, current retirees and CP.
"The members voted overwhelmingly in favor of the contract, especially given it provides good wage and benefit improvements," said Steven Hadden, president of USW Local 1976.
"CP is pleased with this positive outcome as it includes provisions for productivity and efficiency enhancements," said Peter Edwards, CP vice president of human resources and industrial relations.
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Mike Ludwig of Truthout: Workers in nine major cities are now fighting back against sexual harassment.
The Government Accountability Office approved a proposal to slash funding from the Children's Health Insurance Program for low-income families.
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Matt Bors relentlessly skewers the latest absurdities of American politics and culture. From war to religion to obsessive lawn care, Bors' cartoons dissect and expose the news, "avoiding the Donkeys and Elephants of many of his peers," to make readers think and laugh about real issues. Bors' unique cartoons feature a vivid style and biting humor that have earned him a great deal of praise. Drawn! Magazine editor John Martz says that Bors is "one of few in his field whose work redefines what an editorial cartoon should look like."


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The company known today as KCS was founded by Arthur E. Stilwell in 1887. Stilwell envisioned a single-line railroad from the heartland of the United States to the Gulf of Mexico.
Building off of this vision to develop a north-south railroad, KCS extended its network into Mexico in 1997 by joining with Transportación Ferroviaria Mexicana, S.A. de C.V. (TFM) to operate the Northeast Railway. In 2005, KCS acquired full ownership of TFM and renamed its Mexico operations Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de C.V. This acquisition resulted in the first and only coordinated rail network between the United States and Mexico.
In 2011, KCS reported carloads of two million and revenue of $2.1 billion. This was the first time that KCS carloads reached the two-million threshold and the first time that annual revenue exceeded $2 billion.
"The ringing of the opening bell of trading on the New York Stock Exchange is for us a celebration of the contributions of generations of dedicated KCS employees," commented KCS Executive Chairman Michael R. Haverty. "Our founder, Arthur Stilwell, had a unique vision; a vision, if anything, more vibrant today than it was 125 years ago."


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UPDATE: Last week, I noted I'd be looking to short ES futures at 2,749 with stops above 2,752 and with a target of 2,440.75.
ES futures are consolidating some of the recent gains. I see one more shot higher to either 2,749 or 2,794 before real selling pressure sets back in.
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It was 40 years ago today, April 3, 1973. Martin Cooper, then a senior engineer at Motorola, made a cell phone call — the first one ever.
Cooper, now age 85, tells the story of this call in an interview with the BBC, embedded below. The call, in the presence of a journalist, was to his chief competitor, Dr. Joel S. Engel, who was head of Bell Labs: "Joel, this is Marty. I'm calling you from a cell phone, a real handheld portable cell phone."
Yes, the first cell phone call was for the purpose of gloating. Cooper says that Engel tells him he doesn't remember the call.
In the interview Cooper discusses some of the benefits to mankind that came from ubiquitous mobile phones. He also says that Motorola treated him well (even though he got $1 from it for signing away the rights to all his inventions).
He also criticized the mobile carriers for focusing on speed rather than reliability of coverage. "The emphasis of the carriers has been to market speed, and yet the technology exists today, and it's being adopted slowly ... that would give us really solid coverage and increase the capacity of the system."
[Editors note: In retrospect, the first thing to say would be "Watson! Come quickly! I need you!"]


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The difference between the history given in Kings and Chronicles
The Books of Kings have given us the general and public history of God's government in Israel; and, from Rehoboam to Zedekiah, the history of the kings of Israel — a history in which the result of the fall of the kingly power is manifested in presence of God's long-suffering. That which is said in these books respecting Judah only extends to the connection of Judah with the house of Israel during this period.
The Books of Chronicles give us the history of the same period under another aspect (that is, that of blessing and of the grace of God); and, more particularly, they give us the history of the house of David with respect to which this grace was manifested. We shall see this verified in a multitude of instances.
God's history of the people preserved
These Books, written or drawn up after the captivity (see 1 Chron. 6:15), preserve God's history of His people, recorded by the Holy Ghost, as He loved to remember it, exhibiting only such faults as require to be known in order to understand the instructions of His grace.
God's record of names
He records at the same time the names of those who had gone through the trials mentioned in this history without being blotted out of the book. Here indeed it is but the outward figure of this blessed memorial of the people of His grace; but in fact this is what we find here. All Israel is not there; but all are not Israel who are of Israel. At the same time the Spirit of God goes farther back, and gives us the genealogy from Adam of the generation blessed by grace according to the sovereignty of God, with that which belonged to it outwardly, or after the flesh. He puts into relief, sufficiently to make it apparent, the part owned in grace, which stood externally in relationship with that which was merely outward and natural; putting always that which is natural first, as the apostle tells us.
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Margo A. Bagley
- Hardy Cross Dillard Professor of Law
Margo A. Bagley's teaching and writing focus on U.S., international and comparative patent law issues, particularly relating to biotechnology and pharmaceutical protection.
After receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering in 1986 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Bagley worked in products research and development with the Procter & Gamble Company, where she was named Food Product Development Excellence "Rookie of the Year" and was co-inventor on a U.S. patent for improved peanut butter. Later, she worked as a senior research analyst for the Coca-Cola Company. Through her corporate experience, Bagley developed an interest in the law of intellectual property.
Bagley received her J.D. in 1996 from Emory, where she was a Robert W. Woodruff Fellow, an editor of the Emory Law Journal and was elected to Order of the Coif. She is a member of the Georgia bar and is licensed to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Bagley worked as an associate with Smith, Gambrell & Russell and Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner before becoming an assistant professor of law at Emory University in 1999. She was a visiting professor of law at Washington & Lee University School of Law in fall 2001 and at the University of Virginia School of Law in fall 2005. She has also taught international patent law and policy courses in Germany, China, Israel and Singapore. She joined the University of Virginia faculty in 2006.
Bagley is a member of the board of directors of the Public Patent Foundation and also served on the National Academy of Sciences Committee on University Management of Intellectual Property: Lessons from a Generation of Experience, Research, and Dialogue. She also was a member of the Scientific Committee of the 2013 European Policy on Intellectual Property Conference in Paris, France, and recently co-authored a report on the Nagoya Protocol and Synthetic Biology commissioned by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
In 2013, Bagley co-authored "International Patent Law and Policy," the first stand-alone casebook focusing on international patent law in more than a decade. (More)
Bagley also has provided expert assistance to the government of Mozambique in the World Intellectual Property Organization Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge, and Folklore negotiations in Geneva, Switzerland. (More)
Video: Digital DNA: The Nagoya Protocol, Intellectual Property Treaties, and Synthetic Biology (December 2015)
Article: Professor Margo Bagley Helps Protect Indigenous Intellectual Property Rights on International Stage (October 2015)
Video: Margo Bagley in Seminar on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Related Topics (Geneva, Switzerland; June 2015)
Click "video on demand" and select "WIPO/IPTK/GE/2/15 Seminar on Intellectual Property, and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge, and Traditional Cultural Expressions..." The presentation begins at 55:17.
Video: Interview with Margo Bagley (June 2015)
"Key Speeches, Interviews with Selected Speakers," beginning at 1:38.
Scholarship Profile: Engineering Solutions to Patent Puzzles(Virginia Journal 2008)
Faculty Q&A: Bagley Focuses on Law Behind Keeping Drug Patents Profitable (October 2011)
Article: Virginia Law Students Get Rare Front-Row Seat to Federal Appellate Process (September 2011)
- J.D.Emory University School of Law1996
- B.S.University of Wisconsin-Madison1986
Digital DNA: The Nagoya Protocol, Intellectual Property Treaties, and Synthetic Biology(Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 2015). (a link to the program description, a webcast, and the report, released that day, is available here.)
The Nagoya Protocol and Synthetic Biology Research: A Look at the Potential Impacts (with Arti K. Rai) (Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 2013). (a link to the program description, a webcast, and the report, released that day, is available here.)
Patent Law in Global Perspective (editor with Ruth L. Okediji) (Oxford University Press, 2014).
International Patent Law and Policy (with Ruth L. Okediji and Jay A. Erstling) (West, 2013).
Book Chapters:
"'Grant Me Justice Against My Adversary': What Parables Can Teach Us About AMP v. Myriad Genetics and Organic Seed Growers & Trade Assoc. v. Monsanto," in Irene Calboli & Srividyha Ragavan, eds., Reconciling Diverse Identities and Intellectual Property (Cambridge University Press, 2015).
"Patent Barbarians at the Gate: The Who, What, When, Where, Why and How of US Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Disputes," in Ruth L. Okediji & Margo A. Bagley, eds.,Patent Law in Global Perspective 149 (Oxford University Press, 2014).
"Patent Term Restoration and Non-Patent Exclusivity in the US," in Josef Drexl & Nari Lee, eds., Pharmaceutical Innovation, Competition and Patent Law: A Trilateral Perspective 111 (Edward Elgar, 2013).
"Patents and Technological Innovation; Issues and Opportunities," in Gary Libecap ed., Advances in the Study of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Economic Growth, Vol. 18: The Innovation Process: A Multidisciplinary Approach, (Elsevier Science & Technology Books 2007).
"A Global Controversy: The Role of Morality in Biotechnology Patent Law," in Peter Yu ed., Intellectual Property and Information Wealth (Praeger Press 2007).
"On Being Human," 11 J. Intell. Prop. L. & Prac. 217 (2016) (reviewing Dylan Mohan Gray, dir., Fire in the Blood (2013)).
"Of Disclosure 'Straws' and IP Systems 'Camels': Patents, Innovation, and the Disclosure of Origin Requirement"
"The Wheat and the (GM) Tares: Lessons for Plant Patent Litigation from the Parables of Christ," 10 U. St. Thomas L.J. 683 (2014).
"On Shaky Ground?" review of "Knowledge as Property: Issues in the Moral Grounding of Intellectual Property Rights" by Rajshree Chandra , J. Intell. Prop. L. & Pract. (2013).
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Review of Peter Drahos, The Global Governance of Knowledge: Patent Offices and Their Clients (2010) 2 IP L. Book Rev. 15 (2011).
"The New Invention Creation Activity Boundary in Patent Law," 51 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 577 (2009).
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"The Need for Speed (and Grace): Issues in a First-Inventor-to-File World," 23 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 1035 (2008).
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"Academic Discourse and Proprietary Rights: Putting Patents in Their Proper Place," 47 B.C.L. Rev. 217 (2006).
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"Stem Cells, Cloning and Patents: What's Morality Got to Do With It?" 39 New Eng. L. Rev. 501 (2005) (symposium issue).
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"Patents and Morality: A Role for Congress," Nat'l L.J., May 3, 2004.
"Patent First, Ask Questions Later: Morality and Biotechnology in Patent Law," 45 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 469 (2003).
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"Legal Movements in IP: TRIPS, Bilateral Agreements, and Access to Essential Medicines," 17 Emory Int'l L. Rev. 781 (2003) (symposium issue).
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"Still Patently Unconstitutional: A Reply to Professor Nard," 88 Minn. L. Rev. 239 (2003).
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"Patently Unconstitutional: Geographical Limitations on Prior Art in a Small World," 87 Minn. L. Rev. 679 (2003).
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"Internet Business Model Patents: Obvious By Analogy," 7 Mich. Telecomm. & Tech. L. Rev. 253 (2001) (symposium issue).
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Comment, "Using Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to Block Materially Different Gray Market Goods in the Common Control Context: Are Reports of Its Death Greatly Exaggerated?" 44 Emory L.J. 1541 (1995).
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