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There are only two software patents I'm aware of which are legitimate. Lempel ziv and GIF; the rest are simple business methods or obvious HUI which should not be patentable at all. Adding "computer" or "Web" does not make a normally used procedure patentable! Barring all software patents may be a bit extreme but may be the only solution. I can't articulate any clear criteria on what should make software patentable. Maybe because I'm stupid or maybe because there aren't any. I know it when I see it is not a viable criteria.
IMHO the problem lies with pretty much all software patents. They make claims that are too broad and are used to fraudulently patent concepts which are not patentable.
I'm puzzled by this comment. As I remember from the above Anonymous Coward was the one advocating the complete removal of all patent, TM and copyrights, was I wrong?
As for critiques of given patents most of us are not qualified to do so and apparently neither are the patent examiners. The only two patents I am familiar enough to comment on that are legitimate are Lempel Ziv and GIF. The rest of the software patents make vague too broad clams and are simply means of disguising business methods BS or concepts which are not patentable.
As foe copyright TD is not anti but for reform and fixing obvious abuses like the WB DMCA copyfraud.
I disagree as this approach is throwing the baby out with the bathwater. The situation is easily fixed; disallow business method and software patents. (I am aware of only two software patents which were legitimate, the rest are only thinly disguised business methods which mention "computer, browser, etc." to obfuscate their purpose.)
As for copyright this http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CEEQFjAC &url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.copyrightreform.eu%2Fsites%2Fcopyrightreform.eu%2Ffiles%2FThe_Case_for_Cop yright_Reform.pdf&ei=CLqLUtSgKIqEyAH5nIHIDQ&usg=AFQjCNFGLtvog5ah1gt7gPwAHnu7WLJGTQ&sig2= XQHCV4v3VioUjlZ3VMi7Hw&bvm=bv.56643336,d.aWc is a good start. There should also be penalties for copy fraud (claiming copyright for public domain material, claiming copyrights fasley, �), as well as elimination of statutory damages.
I must disagree! "�laws are made in the interests of specific wealthy and influential individuals." is nonsense. Even the richest individuals are irrelevant any more. Its the big corporations and special interest groups who can give $xxxM bribes to congress who count.
"TPP, is a disgraceful, despicable example of the USA trying to take the best for itself and it's businesses"
I must disagree with Anonymous Coward on this. The TPP is not about US interests but about powerful international companies whose interests are counter to those of the US as a whole�I agree that the TPP is despicable. The deification on Mickey Mouse is not in the US interest; it only benefits Disney. Unless Congress gets the balls to reign in NSA, DoJ and the FBI (given the recent otherwise senseless vote by the judiciary committee) I am led to wounder what information the NSA et al have on the senators.
The NSA is charged with spying on foreign interests. But the inability of the Congress to limit NSA to their legitimate role makes everyone wounder if the US can effectively govern anything.
Overall this will hurt the US far more then even the really disastrous TPP and TTIP as it gives legitimacy to anti competitive restrictions on the digital economy�which is the only growing segment of the US economy.
Most of the copyright negotiations are essentially open market. The only exception is the mechanical license. e.g. I want to use a song on my CD that someone else owns the copyright to. I don't need to go through expensive and often impossible negotiations, I simply pay a fixed fee and go ahead. For the rest of the copyrights I need to hire a specialty law firm (~$600�$1200) plus what ever price can be negotiated. That's OK if I'm making national commercials or a feature film; but not if I just want to use it in a wedding, a documentary, or a corporate event. Oz handles this by having a compulsory license for Wedding music sync. Maybe the way to go is to have a compulsory license for certain uses and then negotiate for uses where it makes sense. e.g. I want a sync license for use in a event video that will have less than some number of copies made�say 1,000�or an ametuer production that will have an audience of less than say 1,000 including any DVDs made.
There are a lot of things wrong with copyright which must get fixed, but if you say we will buy on an open market with out Imaginary Property Rights there is no negotiation.
I don't have any beef with the consumer. We all want what we want, when we want it, at a far price.
The problem I have is that in spite of Apple saving the music studios with their iTunes singles the studios still don't want to adapt their business model. The movie studios and networks are worse. They will eventually die and good riddance.
The big problem is how badly copyright is broken. Take a look at this proposal on copyright reform�good ideas; http://christianengstrom.wordpress.com/the-pirate-party-on-copyright-reform/
Musicians are not generally eligible for royalties in the US music industry. Compulsory licenses were developed in the days of player pianos to keep a monopoly from cornering the market and industry. They do not apply to broadcast in any way. If I have a band and want to record a record of some composers song I write the copyright holder�almost always a studio although that is changing rapidly�tell him how many copies I want to make and pay the couple cents peer minute per song. This should apply to streaming, MP3 or CD release. It should be applied to synchronization and all rights.
Well that's possible but I can't understand how they got into such an unassailable position in Germany. Tradition perhaps. But they are hurting Germany's competitive position with their extortion.
"You guys keep asserting that it's just lack of availability, but actually there's two words always tacked on to that for most people: for free. Those who aren't buying now won't buy any more."
This has been repeatedly proven incorrect over and over. Apple saved the music industry with their $0.99 music cost. Huge numbers of folks were willing to pay. What people will not pay for is being ripped off. Paying $12�14 for a CD with three or four new songs (one or two of which are good or maybe just OK) and the 20 minutes of covers on a 30 to 45 minute CD didn't cut it.
People are willing to pay. The classical music CD still does well but there you get high quality recordings with the CD having 60+ minutes of good music. I'd haply pay for a good CD of the USC performance of 'Carmina Burana' by Carl Orff in spite of the fact its online for free.
Why German politicians have given GEMA such a broad license to kill remains a mystery. But GEMA is running their line of credit low thanks to their greed and unreasonable demands including making schools pay for having students sing.
This looks like a great idea! Also extending the compulsory license to music syncronization would be necessary and beneficial. Sure some folks would not get huge royalties at one go bu they would get more a little at a time. In the past it wasn't uncommon to see someone who wanted to covert a song the contact the label and if they were not producing a lot of copies told "�go ahead don't bother us with a $$$ check�" or you send the check and it's never cashed�too much trouble and cost to bother with. Now its easy and simple to make money via the 'net on really small transactions with volume, and even if the volume is small the costs are negligible.
Today copyright is broken and badly in need of a fix, but that's a separate issue!
This could benefit everyone by providing some competition to the AT&T, Verizon, Time Warner, COMCAST oligopoly�which must be broken up.
But maybe its no big deal as they are already supplying NSA the data either directly or, via the UK or the Germans.
As a 20 year EMT�now retired to a first responder�I know from experience�that only 3 to 7 "accidents" are actually accidental. The other ones are caused by a failure of the same component in one or more vehicles�that is the nut behind the wheel! This argues in favor of these cars.
Against this are two things: today any computer program complex enough to do something interesting can't be completely debugged.
Second is the inherently faulty design of the car's control systems. They are all on one common buss and compromise of any system will compromise vital ones as well as the WiFi or the entertainment center. This means that today's cars are easily hacked remotely via things like the tire pressure sensors. There have been presentations at most of the recent hacking conferences on the vulnerabilities of today's cars. Unless these are systematically addressed; which the automakers aren't interested in doing, cars and trucks are increasingly hazardous!
Hopefully any autonomous vehicle will address these problems. But the lack of reliable software still remains.
The 15 mph bumpers are big heavy and expensive and don't work all that well. They can limit the damage to the car, but not other: vehicles, objects, pedestrians or even horses A 25mph bumper may be technically feasible but it will not be foam.
Besides needing massive government reform which we will not get so long as we do not have congressional term limits and don't tax bribes. Redesign of the internet is not possible because much of it is controlled by oligopolies who collude with each other: the cable providers Comcast and Time Warner being the worst, they work with the Telcos/Wireless providers AT&T and Verizon. They will not support nor permit any change that they do not approve and that keep them from getting $Bn/year from DoJ and NSA.
Not a bad point as a 20 year EMT and still a first responder I can say that most traffic accidents are not! maybe 3 to 4 in a hundred are. Drinking, eating, futzing with the radio, MP3 player, CD player, DVD player, texting, chatting on the cell phone (even the heads up ones), or messing with the in car navigation (better than trying to read directions or a map though) render yet one more driver dangerous at any speed!
These cars will have massive black boxes that record everything including video and audio from inside the car.
But without intelligent legislation at this point it will be determined by case law.
What about the case where the driver�who is supposed to back stop the car is inattentive (very likely), incapacitated (drunk, drugged, a sleep, or just employees bad judgement like today?
Now how about the car computer is hacked and it is driven by some one else into other cars or a bridge abutment?
BTW check up on this http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/journalist-michael-hastings-killed-car-crash-article-1.1376 574
Well you don''t understand computers if you seriously think that! Current cars are subject to remote hacking of their computers and an least one suspected murder has occurred by that method. There is a Black Hat Conference paper on how to remotely control today's cars with $25 of hardware and a little code. So far Oracle hasn't managed to get the bugs out of JAVA in spite of over 10 years of massive efforts. What makes you think that a computer driver can be successfully debugged and protected from attack? I don't believe it.
The auto industry got Tucker. And the Author's Guild is still trying to stop Google Books. Those who adapt survive. A distant cousin of mine inherited the family buggy whip business back in the '70s. There were only two old guys still there and no apprentices. The were making dressage and carriage whips for the horsey set. He looked around at demand and started making custom signal whips (used by the BDSM set). He is up to 12 employees and has a 3 month backlog. He still makes the carriage whips etc. but his business has expanded with the times.


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Originally published: 11.09.11 by Geoffrey James
It's better to be a supporting character than a protagonist.
Does the message you're telling your customers tell the wrong story? If your message is all about your company and the wonderful things that you can do, you're probably alienating your customers. Dean Schantz, a management consultant at Corporate Visions, suggests that companies emulate IBM, and tell the customer's story instead. As any novelist could explain, every story has four essential elements: a protagonist who takes action; a plot objective that the protagonist is trying to achieve; an antagonist who (temporarily) prevents the protagonist achieving that objective; and supporting characters who help or hinder the protagonist.
The typical corporate message has the seller as the protagonist, making a sale as the objective; the seller's competition as the antagonist; and the customers as the supporting characters who help the protagonist (the seller) to achieve greatness. Is it any wonder customers often feel that they're not that important?
Consider changing this around. When you tell your story, make the customer the protagonist; the antagonist is the challenge that the customer faces; the plot objective is to overcome that challenge (i.e., solve a problem or achieve a goal); and cast you and your firm in the supporting role.
Think of it this way: When you're selling to the customer, don't try to be the hero who conquers the dragon. Instead, you want to be the wizard who gives the hero a magic sword. For example, IBM has an extremely strong brand message, forged through over a century of success. It's the largest IT employer in the world, generates more profit than any other technology company, holds more patents than any other U.S. company, etc. But that story, as impressive as it is, doesn't resonate all that well outside of IBM, which is why IBM's sales reps almost never recite it.
Instead, they've tended to use a very simple message for the past 50 years: "Nobody ever got fired for hiring IBM." Any sales professional that has tried to sell against IBM knows that IBM's account managers are experts at creating solutions that play into a customer's story line. And they've been able to do that even when IBM's brand story (like when it sold its PC business) was less than lustrous.
How, then, do you write a great sales message? Essentially, you have to figure out the customer's story and then insert yourself into it as a key supporting character. For example, your customer lost heat in the middle of hosting company over a holiday weekend. They called your company early Saturday morning, and by lunchtime, your crew had the heat back on and everyone was sitting down to homemade chicken soup.
Your company made good on its "24-hour service" promise, but the customer's story would be much more memorable the next time someone else loses heat and needs immediate response!
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SEATTLE — SEATTLE (AP) - Organizers want to go beyond Earth to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Seattle's iconic Space Needle.
On Monday, they announced a multi-tiered contest to send a member of the public on a short ride into space using a company from the burgeoning space travel industry.
"The private business of taking people to space is right in front of us," said Ron Sevart, president and CEO of the Pacific Northwest landmark. "It felt so natural for us to build a contest around that."
He said the idea came after event organizers explored the circumstances around the opening of the Space Needle in 1962.
The Space Needle - with its hourglass tower and a top that resembles a flying saucer - embodied the era.
"It was an optimistic time, a forward-looking time, right in the middle of the space race," Sevart said.
To mark the occasion and help celebrate the future of space travel, the Space Needle brought in a pioneer.
Buzz Aldrin, the second astronaut to step on the moon, spoke at the formal contest announcement, recounting his Apollo mission and detailing his vision of the future.
The Space Needle's contest is another step toward fulfilling his vision of the space program from more than 50 years ago, he said.
"Private industry is going to gradually assume some of the things that government has been able to do only previously," Aldrin predicted. "The ability to continue exploring space is going to be dependent on private citizens engaging in the business of taking people into space."
Aldrin was joined by Sevart; Eric Anderson, chairman of Space Adventures, a Virginia-based private space travel company; and Richard Garriott, one of a handful of private citizens who have spent time on the International Space Station.
"It's an opportunity for the average person to have chance to do something very few people have ever done," said Anderson, whose company has sent seven people into space, hitching rides on Russian rockets.
The trip to space offered through the contest would be a suborbital shot, with about six minutes of zero gravity. The total flight, from takeoff to landing, would last about 30 minutes, with the pilot-less rocket taking two passengers to a height of about 62 miles. Training for the flight would take about two days, Anderson said.
More details will come later as Space Adventures - along with Texas-based Armadillo Aerospace - develop vessels. The cost of the grand prize is about $110,000. Anderson said he estimates the first flight will take off in about two years.
"The most impressive takeaway that I had on the International Space Station was seeing Earth from space, it was truly life changing," said Garriott, a computer engineer who has invested in private space travel, and spent 12 days circling Earth.
The contest - dubbed Space Race 2012 - will have several stages. People interested can sign up to enter at the Space Needle's website through the end of December.
The minimum age for contestants is 18. Sevart is expecting millions of entries.
After the entry period, a computer will randomly choose 1,000 people who will be asked to submit a one-minute video. Following the video, the public, via a vote, will whittle down the number of contestants.
A fitness challenge will be set up for the top vote-getters before a panel makes a final selection.
The winner will be announced in April 2012, on the 50th anniversary of the Space Needle's opening.
Sevart cautioned space travel might not be for everyone, adding that the winner must be mentally and physical prepared.
The Space Needle was built in 1961 as the nation was in the midst of the space race with the Soviet Union. The tower was the marquee attraction at the 1962 World's Fair, which featured exhibits of that era's version of the future.
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Benzoyl peroxide
Benzoyl peroxide | |
dibenzoyl peroxide |
Other names
benzoyl peroxide |
Identifiers | |
CAS number | 94-36-0 |
PubChem | 7187 |
ChemSpider | 6919 |
EC-number | 202-327-6 |
ChEMBL | CHEMBL1200370 |
RTECS number | DM8575000 |
ATC code | D10 ,QD11AX90 |
Jmol-3D images | Image 1 |
Properties | |
Molecular formula | C14H10O4 |
Molar mass | 242.23 g mol−1 |
Appearance | colourless solid |
Density | 1.334 g/cm3 |
Melting point | 103–105 °C decomp. |
Solubility in water | poor |
Pharmacology | |
Routes of administration |
topical |
Licence data | US |
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MSDS | External MSDS |
EU Index | 617-008-00-0 |
EU classification | Explosive (E) Irritant (Xi) |
R-phrases | R3, R7, R36, R43 |
S-phrases | (S2), S3/7, S14, S36/37/39 |
Autoignition temperature | 80 °C |
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Spectral data | UV, IR, NMR, MS |
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Benzoyl peroxide /ˈbɛnzɔɪl pəˈrɒksaɪd/ is an organic compound in the peroxide family. It consists of two benzoyl groups bridged by a peroxide link. Its structural formula is [C6H5C(O)]2O2. It is one of the most important organic peroxides in terms of applications and the scale of its production. Benzoyl peroxide is used as an acne treatment, for improving flour, for bleaching hair and teeth, for polymerising polyester and many other uses.
Benzoyl peroxide is included in the World Health Organization (WHO) Model Lists of essential medicines, which is a list of minimum medical needs for a basic health care system.
Synthesis, structure and physical properties[edit]
Benzoyl peroxide was the first organic peroxide prepared by intentional synthesis. It was prepared by treating benzoyl chloride with barium peroxide,[1] a reaction that probably follows this equation:
- 2 C6H5C(O)Cl + BaO2 → [C6H5C(O)]2O2 + BaCl2
Benzoyl peroxide is usually prepared by treating hydrogen peroxide with benzoyl chloride.
The oxygen-oxygen bond in peroxides is weak. Thus benzoyl peroxide readily undergoes homolysis (symmetrical fission), forming free radicals:
The symbol • indicates that the products are radicals; i.e., they contain at least one unpaired electron. Such species are highly reactive. The homolysis is usually induced by heating. The half-life of benzoyl peroxide is one hour at 92 °C. At 131 °C, the half-life is one minute.[2]
Benzoyl peroxide breaks down in contact with skin, producing benzoic acid and oxygen, neither of which is significantly toxic.[3] It is important to note that the safety of the decomposition products does not mean that the substance itself is safe, as it is benzoyl peroxide's action as an oxidizing agent that is of importance. Hydrogen peroxide can be corrosive due to its oxidizing properties, but decomposes to form water and oxygen. Sodium hypochlorite (commonly known as "bleach") also shares these properties, but disproportionates to form harmless products such as sodium chloride.[citation needed]
Most benzoyl peroxide is used as a radical initiator to induce polymerizations.[4] Other major applications include its antiseptic and bleaching properties.
Acne treatment[edit]
Benzoyl peroxide works as a peeling agent. It increases skin turnover, clearing pores and reducing the bacterial count (specifically P. acnes) as well as acting directly as an antimicrobial.[5] It may be combined with salicylic acid, sulfur, erythromycin or clindamycin (antibiotics), and adapalene (a synthetic retinoid). Two common combination drugs include benzoyl peroxide/clindamycin and adapalene/benzoyl peroxide, a unique formulation considering most retinoids are deactivated by peroxides.
Benzoyl peroxide for acne treatment is typically applied to the affected areas in gel or cream form, in concentrations of 2.5% increasing through 5%, and up to 10%. Research suggests that 5% and 10% concentrations are slightly more effective than 2.5%, while 2.5% is usually better tolerated than the 10% concentration, though the majority of major studies comparing it to other treatments use the higher concentrations.[6][7]
Benzoyl peroxide commonly causes initial dryness and sometimes irritation, although the skin develops tolerance after a week or so. A small percentage of people are much more sensitive to it and liable to suffer burning, itching, peeling and possibly swelling.[citation needed] It is sensible to apply the lowest concentration and build up as appropriate. Once tolerance is achieved, increasing the quantity or concentration and gaining tolerance at a higher level may give better subsequent acne clearance.[citation needed]
Other uses[edit]
Other common uses for benzoyl peroxide include
- Dyeing hair
- Teeth whitening systems
- The preparation of flour
- A initiator and catalyst for polyester thermoset resins, as an alternative to the much more hazardous methyl ethyl ketone peroxide.[citation needed]
- A hardener in order to start the polymerization process in resins. For instance, PMMA resins can be polymerized with benzoyl peroxide.[8]
In the U.S., the typical concentration for benzoyl peroxide is 2.5% to 10% for both prescription and over-the-counter drug preparations that are used in treatment for acne. Higher concentrations are used for hair bleach and teeth whitening. Benzoyl peroxide, like most peroxides, is a powerful bleaching agent. Contact with fabrics or hair can cause permanent color dampening almost immediately. Even secondary contact can cause bleaching; for example, contact with a towel that has been used to wash off benzoyl peroxide-containing hygiene products.[9]
Concentrated benzoyl peroxide is potentially explosive,[10] and can cause fires without external ignition. The hazard is acute for the pure material, and for this reason, the compound is generally used as a solution or a paste. For example, cosmetics contain only a few percent of benzoyl peroxide and pose no explosion risk.
Studies have highlighted the carcinogenic potential of benzoyl peroxide. A 1981 study from the journal Science concluded that "caution should be recommended in the use of this and other free radical-generating compounds".[11]
In a 1977 study using a human maximization test, 76% of subjects acquired a contact sensitization to benzoyl peroxide. Formulations of 5% and 10% were used.[12]
- ^ Brodie, B. C. (1858), "Ueber die Bildung der Hyperoxyde organischer Säureradicale", Justus Liebigs Ann. Chem. 108: 79–83, doi:10.1002/jlac.18581080117
- ^ Li, Hui, III (1998), Synthesis, Characterization and Properties of Vinyl Ester Matrix Resins, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Vermont, Chapter 2
- ^ Benzoyl peroxide, SIDS Initial Assessment Report, Geneva: United Nations Environment Programme, April 2004
- ^ Klenk, Herbert; Götz, Peter H.; Siegmeier, Rainer; Mayr, Wilfried (2005), "Peroxy Compounds, Organic", Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, Weinheim: Wiley-VCH, doi:10.1002/14356007.a19_199
- ^ "Treating Acne Vulgaris: Systemic, Local and Combination Therapy: Benzoyl Peroxide". Medscape.com. 2010-08-17. Retrieved 2012-09-08.
- ^ Mills, O. H., Jr.; Kligman, A. M.; Pochi, P.; Comite, H. (1986), "Comparing 2.5%, 5%, and 10% benzoyl peroxide on inflammatory acne vulgaris", Int. J. Dermatol. 25 (10): 664–67, doi:10.1111/j.1365-4362.1986.tb04534.x, PMID 2948929
- ^ Yong, C. C. (1979), "Benzoyl peroxide gel therapy in acne in Singapore", Int. J. Dermatol. 18 (6): 485–88, doi:10.1111/j.1365-4362.1979.tb01955.x, PMID 158569
- ^ http://www.degaroute.com/sites/dc/Downloadcenter/Evonik/Product/DEGAROUTE/en/Degaroute%20Brosch%C3%BCre.pdf
- ^ Bojar, RA; Cunliffe, William; Holland, KT (1995), "The short-term treatment of acne vulgaris with benzoyl peroxide: effects on the surface and follicular cutaneous microflora.", Br J Dermatol 132: 204–8, PMID 7888356
- ^ Cartwright, Hugh (17 March 2005). "Chemical Safety Data: Benzoyl peroxide". Oxford University. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
- ^ USA (2012-05-24). "Skin tumor-promoting activity of benzoyl peroxide, a... [Science. 1981] - PubMed - NCBI". Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2012-09-08.
- ^ Leyden, James J.; Kligman, Albert M. (1977), "Contact sensitization to benzoyl peroxide", Contact Dermatitis 3 (5): 273–75, doi:10.1111/j.1600-0536.1977.tb03674.x
External links[edit]
- International Chemical Safety Card 0225
- NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards 0052
- SIDS Initial Assessment Report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
- "Benzoyl peroxide", Re-evaluation of Some Organic Chemicals, Hydrazine and Hydrogen Peroxide, IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans 71, Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer, 1999, pp. 345–58, ISBN 92-832-1271-1.


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Originally Posted by CardinalAndGold He speaks the truth, but is that really something the governor is supposed to say? He isn't the governor of Nebraska or Colorado.
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Sen. Bill Stanley, R-Franklin County, asked the Senate today to return the bill to the Senate Privileges and Elections Committee. The procedural move effectively kills the bill for the year, because today is the deadline for the Senate to act on its own legislation.
"I believe that we need to do some more work so that we'll bring it back next year and make sure that it is stronger," Stanley said in brief remarks on the Senate floor this afternoon.
Senate Joint Resolution 287 would require schools and other public venues to accommodate prayer, and also prohibit public schools from compelling a student "to perform or participate in academic assignments or educational presentations that violate his religious beliefs."
The Republican-controlled Senate Privileges and Elections Committee endorsed the bill last week. But when it reached the floor of the evenly-divided Senate, Stanley twice asked members to postpone action on the bill before having it sent back to the committee. The Senate has 20 Republicans and 20 Democrats. Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling, a Republican, cannot break tie votes on constitutional amendments.
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Yes, as a real estate agent and property manager,I fought battles for honest dealings starting in 2000 and still do.
I am presently holding my license inactive until I find a place to operate my business ethically. This means I have denied myself income and send potential customers away all the time. I believe in integrity or all the effort to do business is useless.
Who do we think wants this President gone the very most? Financial services. Who does not want this reality to be known? Financial services. That includes some massive lenders, insurers and others. Remember Hank Paulson? His buddies are still hanging around.
Guess which lenders are back in the housing market? Previous offenders. Want a redo of the 2000-2008 market? I refuse to talk to them. Unless they are shoved out of this market along with their Congressional friends, this country will go through another massive meltdown despite regs and we won't recover. The stakes are indeed that high. It would be nice if every voter finally discovered the obvious.
Awareness of the truth about this issue is severely lacking. I guess corporate media would rather focus on trivia. That's more fun and sells better.


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These passages do not explain the differences very well. In fact, I doubt whether they are trying to show a difference.
They call "am going to + infinitive" the future tense. Yes, that is one form.
Another form is "will"
I will wear a dress, tomorrow. (But see below. This form is rarely used without an adverb)
He will make a cake, tonight.
Student A: What are you doing next saturday?
Student B: I'm dancing with Brooke. And you?
Student B: I'm going dancing with Brooke. And you? (Also correct)
Student B: I will probably go dancing with Brooke. And you? (Also correct)
Student B: I'm going to fix my car. And you? (Also correct; same form as 1)
Student A: I'm staying home"
Student A: I'm going to stay home" (Also correct)
Student A: I will probably stay home" (Also correct)
Student A: I intend staying home" (Also correct)
Student A: I think I'll stay home" (Also correct)
Note a bare "I will go dancing" is not common, but with an adverb it is.
"Maybe I will go dancing". "Possibly I'll go dancing". "I think I will go dancing"
"I will stay at home, as usual", "I'll stay at home most likely".


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The Vikings have a one-dimensional offense. They know it and the Texans know it as well. Houston will do everything it can to invited Christian Ponder to throw the football. Ponder has problems throwing anything but short passes and he lacks confidence as well the ability to execute a legitimate NFL passing offense. | Quarterback | Matt Schaub was an MVP candidate early in the season, but he needs to get the Texans back on track in the final weeks of the season. The Texans have excellent balance between the pass and the run, but they have not played with a lot of urgency. Schaub can turn things quickly in Houston's favor by hitting a couple of big passes early. |
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The Vikings will be tested quite a bit by the versatility of the Houston offense. It's one thing to stop the Bears and Rams in back-to-back weeks; it's quite another to stop Schaub, Foster and Johnson. The Vikings are going to attempt to pressure Schaub with the speed of defensive end Jared Allen. Linebacker Chad Greenway is one of the best tacklers in the league. | Defense | The Texans have the strength up front to challenge Peterson and devastate Ponder. J.J. Watt is a sensational talent. When he senses the Texans are facing a team with a below average quarterback, he gets very hungry and will get his share of sacks and pass deflections. Safeties Danieal Manning and Glover Quin both excel at making plays on the ball. |
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Section 525. Comment
upon or Inference from Claim of Privilege
(a) Civil Case. Comment may be made
and an adverse inference may be drawn against a party when that party, or in
certain circumstances a witness, invokes a privilege.
(1) No comment may be made and no adverse inference
may be drawn against a defendant who invokes the privilege against self-incrimination
or against a defendant for calling a witness who invokes a privilege that belongs to the witness and not to the defendant.
(2) In a case tried to a
jury, the assertion of a privilege should be made
outside the presence of the
jury whenever reasonably possible.
Subsection (a). This subsection
is derived from the long-standing rule in Massachusetts that an adverse inference
may be drawn against a party who invokes a testimonial privilege in a civil
case. Phillips v. Chase, 201 Mass. 444, 450, 87 N.E. 755, 758 (1909)
(attorney-client privilege). Drawing the adverse inference in a civil case does
not infringe on the party's privilege against self-incrimination under
either Article 12 of the Declaration of Rights of the Massachusetts
Constitution or the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Kaye
v. Newhall, 356 Mass. 300, 305–306, 249 N.E.2d 583, 586 (1969)
(attorney-client privilege). It makes no difference that criminal matters are
pending at the time. Frizado v. Frizado, 420 Mass. 592, 596, 651 N.E.2d 1206, 1210
(1995) (privilege against self-incrimination).
In Labor
Relations Comm'n v. Fall River Educators' Ass'n, 382 Mass. 465, 471–472, 416 N.E.2d 1340, 1344–1345
(1981), the Supreme Judicial Court expanded
the rule to allow an adverse inference to be drawn against an organizational
party as a result of a claim of the privilege against self-incrimination
by its officers who had specific knowledge of actions taken on behalf of the
organization in connection with the underlying claim. In Lentz v. Metropolitan
Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co., 437 Mass. 23, 26–32, 768 N.E.2d 538, 541–545 (2002), the Supreme
Judicial Court expanded the principle even further to include circumstances in
which the court finds, as a preliminary question of fact, that the witness who
invokes the privilege against self-incrimination is acting on behalf of
or to further the interests of one of the parties. The Supreme Judicial Court
also noted that the potential for prejudice can be reduced by limiting the
number of questions that may be put to the witness who invokes the privilege,
and by a limiting instruction. Id. at 30–31, 768 N.E.2d at 544.
Counsel has the right to comment on an
opposing party's failure to testify in a civil case. See Kaye v. Newhall, 356 Mass. at 305, 249 N.E.2d at
586; Silveira v. Kegerreis,
12 Mass. App. Ct. 906, 906–907, 422 N.E.2d 789, 789 (1981).
When a nonparty
witness is closely aligned with a party in a civil case, and the nonparty
witness invokes the privilege against self-incrimination, the jury should be
instructed that the witness may invoke the privilege for reasons unrelated to
the case on trial, and that they are permitted, but not required, to draw an
inference adverse to the party from the witness's invocation of the privilege
against self-incrimination. The jury is permitted to draw an inference adverse to
a party from the witness's invocation of the privilege against self-incrimination.
Lentz v. Metropolitan Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co.,
437 Mass. at 26–32, 768 N.E.2d at 541–545.
Subsection (b)(1).
This subsection is derived from Article 12 of the Declaration of
Rights of the Massachusetts Constitution and the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution
of the United States, as well as from G. L. c. 233, § 20,
Third, and G. L. c. 278, § 23. See Commonwealth v. Goulet,
374 Mass. 404, 412, 372 N.E.2d 1288, 1294 (1978). See also Commonwealth
v. Szerlong, 457 Mass. 858, 869–870 n.13, 933
N.E.2d 633, 644 n.13 (2010). In
Commonwealth v. Vallejo, 455 Mass. 72, 78–81, 914 N.E.2d 22, 28–30 (2009), the Supreme Judicial Court
adopted the reasoning of Commonwealth v. Russo, 49 Mass. App. Ct. 579, 731 N.E.2d
108 (2000), and held that a defendant's privilege against self-incrimination
may be violated by comments made by a codefendant's counsel on the defendant's
pretrial silence or the defendant's decision not to testify. For a discussion
of the numerous cases dealing with the issue of whether a remark by a judge, a
prosecutor, or a co-counsel constitutes improper comment on the defendant's
silence, see M.S. Brodin & M. Avery,
Massachusetts Evidence § 5.14.8 (8th ed. 2007). A defendant may have the
right to simply exhibit a person before the jury without questioning the
person. See Commonwealth v. Rosario, 444 Mass. 550, 557–559, 829 N.E.2d
1135, 1141 (2005). When there is a timely request made by the defense, the
trial judge must instruct the jury that no adverse inference may be drawn from
the fact that the defendant did not testify. See Carter v. Kentucky, 450
U.S. 288, 305 (1981); Commonwealth v. Sneed, 376 Mass. 867, 871–872, 383
N.E.2d 843, 845–846 (1978). See also Commonwealth v. Rivera, 441 Mass.
358, 371 n.9, 805 N.E.2d 942, 953 n.9 (2004) ("We remain of the view that
judges should not give the instruction when asked not to do so. We are merely
saying that it is not per se reversible error to do so.").
Subsection (b)(2).
This subsection is derived from Commonwealth v. Martin, 372 Mass.
412, 413, 421 n.17, 362 N.E.2d 507, 508, 512 n.17 (1977) (privilege against
self-incrimination), and Commonwealth v. Labbe,
6 Mass. App. Ct. 73, 79–80, 373 N.E.2d 227, 232 (1978) (spousal privilege). "Where
there is some advance warning that a witness might refuse to testify, the trial
judge should conduct a voir dire of the witness,
outside the presence of the jury, to ascertain whether the witness will assert
some privilege or otherwise refuse to answer questions." Commonwealth v.
Fisher, 433 Mass. 340, 350, 742 N.E.2d 61, 70 (2001). If the witness
asserts the privilege or refuses to testify before the jury when it was not
anticipated, the judge should give a forceful cautionary instruction to the
jury. Commonwealth v. Hesketh, 386 Mass. 153,
157–159, 434 N.E.2d 1238, 1241–1243 (1982).


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